After the meeting of the Consultative Council scheduled for June 22, ANCOM will make a final decision regarding auction procedures and tariffs, the authority said. The decision will be published in the Official Journal so that the auction participation announcement and the task book will be published by July 2, said ANCOM.
ANCOM will auction off 42 mobile telephony licenses valid from April 6, 2014 until 2019, of which six in the 800 MHz band, seven in the 900 MHz band, 15 in the 1,800 MHz band and 14 in the 2,600 MHz band, as well as other three in the 2,600 MHz band.
Also, ANCOM will auction off 10 licenses to use frequencies in the 900 MHz and 1,800 MHz bands, which will be valid for 15 months. These frequencies are currently used by Vodafone Romania and Orange Romania.
The starting prices for each frequency block were approved by the Government Wednesday.
For frequency blocks awarded for 15 months, the starting prices are as follows: EUR1.7 million in the 900 MHz band and EUR0.8 million in the 1,800 MHz band.
Each frequency block awarded for 15 years in the 800 MHz band will have a minimum price of EUR35 million and those in the 900 MHz band will have a starting price of EUR40 million.