Swedish telecoms regulator PTS said the auction to assign licences for the use of radio transmitters in the 700 MHz band would start on 04 December and that progress would be published on its website at the end of each day.
PTS said the licences are technology and service-neutral. The auction comprises 60 MHz, divided into seven licences. There are two licences for 10 MHz (2 × 5 MHz) and one licence for 20 MHz (2 × 10 MHz) in the part of the frequency band offering both uplink and downlink communication; and four licences for 5 MHz each in the downlink only part of the band.
The minimum bid in the auction is SEK 50 million per 5 MHz, which adds up to a total minimum bid of SEK 600 million for all seven licences in the auction. PTS has decided on a spectrum cap of 40 MHz to ensure that there will be at least two licence holders in the 700 MHz band.
The first stage of the auction consists of a simultaneous multi-round auction, deciding how many frequency blocks in the different parts of the band each bidder wins. The following stage decides the placement in the band.
PTS expects the auction to take approximately two to ten working days, but it may take longer. For confidentiality reasons, the names of the bidders will not be published until the first phase of the auction is concluded.
Source: https://www.telecompaper.com/news/swedish-700-mhz-licence-auction-begins--1271910