Proposals for licensing 28GHz

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Proposals for licensing 28GHz

• Objectives

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Proposals for licensing 28GHz

• Number of licences
• 3 licences in each licence area
• equal packages of 2 x 112 MHz
• Regional licence areas
• Commercial viability
• Competitive environment
• Efficient spectrum usage
• Approx. 20 English regions plus Scotland, Wales
  Northern Ireland

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Proposal for licensing 28GHz

• Only one licence per region to any bidder
• No limit on the number of regions
• No company will be excluded from bidding
• Licences to be used for BFWA services only
• Use it or lose it licence condition
• Award of licences by auction

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Next Steps

• Easter
• Submission to Ministers - announce decision
• April/May
• Industry consultation on final options paper
• End of July
• Invite applications for licences
• September
• Hold auction