Claro, Orange win spectrum tender in Dominican Republic

News Wireless Dominican Republic 13 MEI 2014
Claro, Orange win spectrum tender in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic telecoms regulator Indotel has awarded spectrum in the 941-960 MHz and 1755MHz/2110-2155 MHz frequency bands to Claro and Orange/Altice for a total price of USD 70.5 million (approximately DOP 3 billion). Claro won 40 MHz of spectrum (C and D blocks) in the 1700-2100 MHz (AWS) frequency bands, while Orange won 19 MHz of spectrum in the 900 MHz band. Orange completed the sale of its Dominican Republic unit to Altice in April.

Categories:

Mobile

Companies:

Orange,  Claro,  Altice Europe

Countries:

Dominican Republic

Tags:

Government telecommunications licensing, Wholesale

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