Colombia’s Ministry of Knowledge Applied sciences and Communications (Ministerio de Tecnologias de l. a. Informacion y las Comunicaciones, MinTIC) has introduced the realization of its 5G spectrum public sale after 9 rounds of bidding. The public sale, hung on December 20 and lasting 5 hours, raised roughly USD 1.37 billion for the 5G band.
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Spectrum Allocation
Within the first band of the public sale, each and every operator used to be allotted an 80 MHz block within the 3,500 MHz (3.5 GHz) band upon profitable the bid. The profitable spectrum for the operators is as follows:
- Union Temporal Colombia Movil-Telefonica got the primary block for a worth of USD 318.306 million.
- WOM used to be awarded the second one block for a worth of USD 318.340 million.
- The 3rd block used to be awarded to the Brazilian corporate Telecall, a brand new operator, for a worth of USD 318.333 million.
- Claro Colombia used to be awarded the final block for a worth of USD 411.384 million.
Within the public sale for the rest bands, Claro Colombia bid USD 157.057 million for block 2 of the two,500 MHz band appropriate for 4G generation, and not using a different bidders for this spectrum.
“Of the 4 blocks auctioned, there used to be a 29.2 p.c build up within the reservation worth, yet one more instance of the arrogance that this procedure had. A few of the top, medium and occasional bands, 82.5 p.c of the overall spectrum that used to be to be had used to be allotted, highlighting that the spectrum to release 5G used to be got in its entirety. On February 1, 2024, the 4 operators will start the deployment of the generation, once they perform technical assessments in January,” emphasized the Minister of ICT.
Connectivity Responsibilities
The public sale and related deployment duties are anticipated to convey an funding of just about USD 28 billion to Colombia over 10 years, averaging USD 2.8 billion in line with 12 months. Operators will have to satisfy connectivity tasks in rural, faraway, and susceptible spaces of the rustic through deploying telecommunications infrastructure.
On account of the duties, 4G protection can be larger on 34 number one and secondary roads within the nation, totaling 700 km of progressed connectivity. Claro will have to attach 313 tutorial establishments, the Tigo-Movistar Transient Union 217 establishments, and set up a minimum of 32 base stations with 4G generation on number one and secondary roads. WOM should convey connectivity to 318 faculties and 24 base stations with 4G generation on number one and secondary roads, whilst Telecall should attach 343 faculties and 11 base stations with 4G generation on secondary roads,” stated the respectable unlock.
“5G during Colombia is of venture for subsequent 12 months. We’re very excited to take this step. In Chile there’s a deployment of 5G, and the theory is to duplicate right here in Colombia the similar paintings that has been carried out there. We’re going to attach 77 new places, which represents greater than 300 faculties and 24 base stations with 4G generation on number one and secondary roads. We’ve an overly sturdy dedication to deploy and supply state of the art generation,” stated WOM.
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“We’re going to goal the patron and trade marketplace with other applied sciences, with virtual and leading edge answers,” stated Telecall.
“We went for block 4 exactly as it has a better synergy with the nationwide deployment that Claro has within the nation, since, on account of our protection in 1,098 municipalities, it made extra sense to head via this block. We’re going to convey fiber optics to varsities and our deployment will permit it to be carried out quicker and successfully,” stated Claro Colombia.
