Five companies have located in Belgium lwa signed up for the upcoming auction of frequency bands, which the 4g network technology lte can be offered. It is known that Belgacom, Mobistar and Base have an interest in.
It is unknown who the other two candidates. That reports the Belgian newspaper De Standaard. Middle of October the Belgian telecomwaakhond BIPT with the auction, in which in one or more veilingsrondes six frequentieblokken be offered. According to The Standard on 28 november that will be announced who is a 4g license acquired.
The BIPT kept previously been an auction of a fourth 3g license was sold. Telenet won this auction. It is possible that there is an interest for a 4g license, but the company wanted to not confirm this. In addition it was the Chinese provider China Mobile in the beginning of this year to know interest to have, but it is unknown whether the telco of such plans to continue.
The auction, which blocks in the 2600MHz band are offered, providers 4g networks. The lte, which is the successor of the 3g technology umts. Previously, there were auctions held for the 3.5 GHz band, which allows 4g based on wimax. However, it seems that providers have no interest to be on the basis of this technique is to establish a network.