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Spain cuts 5G spectrum starting prices by 15%, to hold tender in mid-July

Monday 31 May 2021 | 15:32 CET | News
The Spanish government has finally acceded to operator demands and applied a 15 percent reduction to the starting price of 5G frequencies in the 700 MHz band, according to the bidding conditions for the corresponding tender published in the country's official gazette. The total starting price for the seven blocks of frequencies has been cut from around EUR 1.2 billion to EUR 995 million, not quite as low as Spain's operators demanded, although the duration of spectrum licences has also been extended from the previous limit of 20 years to 40 years to give operators more time to write off their

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Categories: Mobile & Wireless
Companies: Euskaltel / Masmovil / Movistar Spain / Orange Spain / Vodafone Spain
Countries: Spain
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