Overview
- An official directive authorizes a PTA-run, technology‑neutral spectrum auction across six bands, with volumes including 15 MHz (700 MHz paired), 36 MHz (1800 MHz paired), 20 MHz (2100 MHz paired), and unpaired blocks of 50 MHz (2300 MHz), 190 MHz (2600 MHz) and 280 MHz (3500 MHz).
- Base prices are set at $6.5m per MHz for 700 MHz paired, $14m per MHz for 1800 MHz paired and 2100 MHz paired, $1m per MHz for 2300 MHz, $1.25m per MHz for 2600 MHz, and $0.65m per MHz for 3500 MHz.
- Fees are denominated in USD with conversion at the NBP TT selling rate from the day before the auction; winners get a one‑year moratorium with no markup, then may pay in full by the first anniversary or at least 50% by then with the balance in five annual instalments at one‑year KIBOR plus three points.
- Licences will run 15 years and permit spectrum trading and sharing; participation is open to incumbents and new entrants under a 40% post‑auction spectrum cap, a 55 MHz low‑band cap, and band caps of 140 MHz (2600 MHz) and 200 MHz (3500 MHz).
- PTA will publish the Information Memorandum and run the auction in the minimum reasonable time, followed by spectrum rationalisation in 1800/2100 MHz and updated rollout obligations; proposed tax and import measures to spur 5G devices remain under consideration.