4G auction

India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) was tipped to distribute auction applications to potential bidders this week for the country’s next 4G spectrum sale in March, The Economic Times (ET) reported.

Mobile operators Grameenphone and Banglalink acquired 15. 6MHz of 4G spectrum for $463. 6 million in the country’s long-awaited LTE auction, The Daily Star reported. Banglalink, the country’s third largest player with a 22 per cent market share, paid $308.

Bangladesh will move ahead with a long-awaited 4G spectrum auction, with the telecoms regulator planning to hold the sale across three bands by December.

Bangladesh’s mobile operators received welcome news from the country’s telecoms regulator which recommended reducing 4G licensing fees by a third ahead of a planned auction in September.

Singapore generated SDG1. 15 billion ($822 million) in a general spectrum auction of three frequency bands, with the country’s two largest operators – Singtel and StarHub – acquiring the lion’s share of the sale.

Thailand’s telecoms regulator is requiring the winners of last year’s spectrum auctions – market leader AIS and number three True Move – to offer low-cost 4G service for the poor and disabled people.

The Thai government is now considering accepting AIS’ offer to match Jas Mobile’s failed bid for a 900MHz licence instead of holding a new auction for the 4G spectrum.