The Belgian frequentieveiling for 4g networks Monday start. At the auction, two new entrants, of which there are completed. n certainly frequentieruimte will get. It is still unclear when the auction is over.
Monday will be the first bids to be released by the five companies that have shown interest in the frequencies in the 2.6 GHz band. The frequencies can be used for 4g technologies wimax and lte. Probably pick all the winners for lte: which network is the preferred of all the major providers, because in contrast to wimax backward compatible with 3g. A block, however, is only for Wimax in accordance with the terms and conditions.
There are five companies with interest in the Belgian frequentieruimte. In addition to the now existing providers Belgacom, Mobistar and Base that Craig Wireless, who in abroad especially business 4g-applications offers, and Bucd. Behind that last name is probably the large Chinese provider China Mobile, suggested Datanews earlier.
The licenses for the use of the freqenties apply from 1 July 2012 for fifteen years. Frequentieruimte in the 2.6 GHz band in the Netherlands a year and a half ago under the hammer; in addition to KPN, Vodafone and T-Mobile won Tele2 and the combined Ziggo/UPC in addition frequentieruimte. The newcomers are however of the opinion that with only 2.6 GHz frequencies in the Netherlands impossible a nationwide network can be built. The signal of the high-frequency calls are not good in buildings, and does not far, giving a provider a lot of masts will need to have an area to cover. That requires much more investment than lower frequencies.