“The shorter this period is, the better for competition on the market,” said Mircea, adding that a 15-year validity period is too much.
He highlighted that Romania must make sure new players will enter the market, and proposed that ANCOM should set aside a section in the frequency spectrum that is to be auctioned off, for a potential new operator interested in the Romanian market.
ANCOM will organize this year an auction to grant mobile telephony licenses for radio frequencies in the 800 MHz, 900MHz, 1,800 MHz and 2,600 MHz bands, to be valid until 2029.
On Wednesday, the telecom regulator will put up for public debate a document regarding the auction and the paperwork needed.