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First round of 3G, 4G sprectrum licenses auction concludes
The first round of auction process for 3G and 4G spectrum licenses concluded on Wednesday with the four competing companies bidding the base price of $1.3 billion, DawnNews reported.
Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Dr Syed Ismail Shah told Dawn that the first round of the license auction process had concluded.
He added that the base price of $1.305 billion was bid for the auction and the second round of auction, which will begin shortly, would begin with a two per cent addition to the base price.
A screen shot of the PTA.gov website displaying the outcome of the first round of the bidding process
Three 10 MHz 3G licences and two 10 MHz 4G licences are under auction today.
The base price for a 3G licence is $295 million and for a 4G licence it’s $210m.
Mobile phone companies can bid for one 10MHz bandwidth licence or the entire spectrum, comprising three 10MHz licences (a total bandwidth of 30MHz).
The four companies participating in the bidding had earlier logged on to the software of the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) for the process.
According to PTA officials, the four bidders were assigned different colours, and each bidder would bid through the colour allotted to them instead of through their respective names.
The PTA expects to receive more than $1.3 billion from the auction.
The introduction of 3G and 4G spectrum in the telecom sector is expected to revolutionise the way subscribers stay connected.
4G provides even faster speeds and ultra-broadband services, putting data-intensive services such as online gaming, high definition mobile TV and video conferencing within the reach of the average consumer.
For consumers, the auction will not immediately translate into the advent of 3G connectivity on their mobile phones. In fact, the timeframe agreed upon between the PTA and mobile operators envisions 3G roll out within six months of the auction.
In the first phase, services will be available in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta and later on in other cities from each of the four provinces.
The second phase, which will start a year and a half after the auction, envisions the expansion of 3G services to about 80 more cities. In the third phase, which will begin about four years from now, 90 per cent of all tehsil headquarters will have access to 3G services.
First round of 3G, 4G sprectrum licenses auction concludes - DAWN.COM
The first round of auction process for 3G and 4G spectrum licenses concluded on Wednesday with the four competing companies bidding the base price of $1.3 billion, DawnNews reported.
Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Dr Syed Ismail Shah told Dawn that the first round of the license auction process had concluded.
He added that the base price of $1.305 billion was bid for the auction and the second round of auction, which will begin shortly, would begin with a two per cent addition to the base price.
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A screen shot of the PTA.gov website displaying the outcome of the first round of the bidding process
Three 10 MHz 3G licences and two 10 MHz 4G licences are under auction today.
The base price for a 3G licence is $295 million and for a 4G licence it’s $210m.
Mobile phone companies can bid for one 10MHz bandwidth licence or the entire spectrum, comprising three 10MHz licences (a total bandwidth of 30MHz).
The four companies participating in the bidding had earlier logged on to the software of the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) for the process.
According to PTA officials, the four bidders were assigned different colours, and each bidder would bid through the colour allotted to them instead of through their respective names.
The PTA expects to receive more than $1.3 billion from the auction.
The introduction of 3G and 4G spectrum in the telecom sector is expected to revolutionise the way subscribers stay connected.
4G provides even faster speeds and ultra-broadband services, putting data-intensive services such as online gaming, high definition mobile TV and video conferencing within the reach of the average consumer.
For consumers, the auction will not immediately translate into the advent of 3G connectivity on their mobile phones. In fact, the timeframe agreed upon between the PTA and mobile operators envisions 3G roll out within six months of the auction.
In the first phase, services will be available in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta and later on in other cities from each of the four provinces.
The second phase, which will start a year and a half after the auction, envisions the expansion of 3G services to about 80 more cities. In the third phase, which will begin about four years from now, 90 per cent of all tehsil headquarters will have access to 3G services.
First round of 3G, 4G sprectrum licenses auction concludes - DAWN.COM