Brazil 5G auction attracts 15 bidders

News Wireless Brazil 28 OKT 2021
Brazil 5G auction attracts 15 bidders

Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) announced it has received documentation from 15 companies interested in the 5G auction of the 700 MHz, 2.3 GHz, 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz frequency bands.
The companies are Algar Telecom, Brasil Digital Telecomunicacoes, Brisanet, Claro, Cloud2U, the 5G Sul Consortium, Fly Link, Mega Net, Neko, NK 108, Sercomtel, Telefonica Brasil, TIM Brasil, VDF and Winity II Telecom.

The next step of the bidding process will be the analysis of the submitted documentation. The first session for opening, analysis and judgment of price proposals will take place on 4 November.


Categories:

Mobile

Companies:

Anatel,  Claro,  Sercomtel,  Telefonica Brasil,  TIM Brasil,  Algar Telecom,  Brisanet

Countries:

Brazil

Tags:

Government telecommunications licensing, 5G

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