Argentina’s National Communications Agency (Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones, ENACOM) has announced that it has generated US$27.7 million from its sale of unused 4G frequencies in the 2600MHz band. The announcement concludes a process that began in May this year, when the watchdog outlined plans to reorganise existing 2600MHz spectrum holdings on a contiguous basis.
ENACOM explained: ‘Based on this assignment and reordering of the spectrum, providers Claro, Movistar and Personal will be given the opportunity to equalise their holdings both in total amounts and in amounts assigned in the 2600MHz band. This will increase efficiency in the use of the band, given the new contiguous arrangement of the assigned ranges.’
According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database, in May 2017 ENACOM initiated a tender process for FDD/TDD spectrum in the 2500MHz-2690MHz frequency range. Two months later it was confirmed that Claro and Movistar had each acquired 2×15MHz FDD blocks, while Personal bid on a 2×20MHz FDD block alongside an unpaired 20MHz TDD block; no prices were disclosed.
Source: https://www.commsupdate.com/articles/2022/08/31/enacom-raises-usd27-7m-via-2600mhz-sale/