Monday, March 20, 2023

Chronicle of an unannounced auction

At MWC Barcelona 2023, Enacom authorities did not launch the 5G spectrum bidding process. The draft of the bidding terms would be advanced and there would be no surprises. The value of the bands would be lower than what has been reported so far. There is still the problem of the lack of political will to control the commitments assumed by operators, as in the case of 4G.

As Convergencia Telemática published in its edition nº 326, one of the possibilities was that the announcement of the 5G auction in Argentina would be made at the Mobile World Congress (MWC). But the Enacom board meeting scheduled for February 23, prior to this event, did not take place, so it did not arrive with an approved bidding document to be taken with great fanfare by the other side of the Atlantic. The expectation in terms of dates is now set for April.

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