The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones, Indotel) has confirmed that it has received technical and economic offers from Claro Dominicana and Altice Dominicana, ahead of its planned sale of 5G spectrum. The country’s third-placed player, Viva Dominicana, is conspicuous by its absence, however. While the technical offers were verified upon receipt, the economic offers will not be reviewed until 22 September. A final decision is expected by 11 October.
The 5G auction process will involve the allocation of frequencies in the 698MHz-806MHz (700MHz) and 3300MHz to 3460MHz (3.5GHz) bands. As per Indotel documentation, nine 2×5MHz blocks of 700MHz spectrum will be made available, alongside 16 10MHz blocks of 3.5GHz spectrum. All licences will have a duration of 20 years.
The watchdog has previously indicated that it expects the 5G auction to generate between USD200 million and USD300 million.