The Czech Telecommunication Office last week stopped the Czech Republic’s...
The Czech Telecommunication Office last week stopped the Czech Republic’s multi-band auction for spectrum at 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2.6 GHz because of concerns that prices were excessively high. Mark Colville, senior manager at Analysys Mason, questioned that finding…
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in a Monday research note. Prices had reached a total of $1 billion, Colville noted. “These prices are undoubtedly high, but are they excessive?” he asked. He said those prices translate to 32 cents per MHz/POP, which he noted is not that much higher than a recent U.K. auction that brought in 22 cents per MHz/POP. “The CTO believes that high spectrum prices were likely to lead to excessive prices for consumers, particularly for 4G Internet services,” Colville said. “Whilst it is not impossible that high spectrum prices could be passed on to consumers in the form of higher retail prices, this does assume a lack of competitiveness in the market."