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MTN Group reportedly opposed a legal challenge raised by Telkom South Africa to prevent the country’s communications regulator from holding a spectrum auction in March.

The Spanish government postponed a planned auction for 5G-suitable 700MHz spectrum, blaming exceptional circumstances caused by the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.

Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) stuck to its guns over the timing of a 700MHz auction, rejecting a proposal to delay the process from May until December, Bangkok Post reported.

Italy’s communications regulator Agcom hit back at criticism the price paid by the country’s operators for spectrum in a recent 5G auction was too high.

Thailand’s telecoms regulator dropped a recommendation to relax the payment terms of 4G licences awarded to the country’s two largest mobile operators (AIS and True Move) in 2015 after the proposal drew sharp criticism.

Five mobile operators in Bangladesh applied for LTE licences, with the four private companies – Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi Axiata and Citycell – planning to participate in a 4G spectrum auction scheduled for 13 February.

Australia-based fixed line operator TPG Telecom beat out Singapore-headquartered rival MyRepublic to win the city state’s fourth mobile licence, in a spectrum auction open only to new entrants. TPG won with a bid of SGD105 million ($73.