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More about "850 MHz"
Thailand to hold multiband auction next month
May 07, 2025
by Richard Handford

Despite being the first such contest in the country for five years, there are mixed views on the likely level of demand for the frequencies on offer. Read more...

Thailand set for more modest multiband auction
Feb 20, 2025
by Richard Handford

The country has a history of expensive auctions but this year’s proposed sale of frequencies in six bands promises to be a more restrained affair. Read more...

Verizon snaps up UScellular spectrum licences
Oct 31, 2024
by Dugie Standeford

United States Cellular Corporation (UScellular) plans to sell some spectrum licences to Verizon for $1 billion. It's not yet clear if the move creates any antitrust issues. Read more...

Thailand prepares Q1 2025 multiband auction
Aug 29, 2024
by Richard Handford

As the country eyes its first sale of IMT frequencies in more than four years, the regulator NBTC expressed caution about reserve pricing for the contest. Read more...

Mexico may award over 200 MHz of low and mid-band frequencies
Oct 27, 2022
by Mirva Villa

Mexico's telecoms regulator IFT is considering auctioning around 200 MHz of low and mid-band spectrum in 2023. Read more...

Australia raises $1.5bn in auction of regional 850/900 MHz spectrum
Dec 17, 2021
by Richard Handford

Urban areas delivered most of the revenues in the country’s regional auction of 850/900 MHz, although competition for frequencies was more intense outside the cities. Read more...

Australian minister only partly follows competition authority’s advice on spectrum cap
Aug 19, 2021
by Richard Handford

Australian communications minister Paul Fletcher is not wholly acting on the advice of the country’s competition watchdog on setting a spectrum cap for a forthcoming auction. Read more...

Australian minister chooses hybrid approach to 850/900 MHz assignment
May 06, 2021
by Richard Handford

The Australian government wants to reserve some frequencies for incumbent mobile operators in an auction of the 850 MHz and 900 MHz bands. Read more...

Thailand conjures up another unhappy spectrum auction experience
Sep 14, 2018
by Richard Handford

A combination of unsuccessful 900 MHz and 1800 MHz auctions and an eviction in the 850 MHz band has left Thai spectrum policy looking a little messy. Read more...

Reverse auction planned in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
Nov 11, 2015
by Toby Youell

A total of 9.15 MHz in the 850 MHz band will be sold through a reverse auction next month. Read more...