Brazil to auction four orbital slots
Brazilian telecommunications regulator Anatel is to auction four more orbital positions three years after it last did so.
The licences will last 15-years, be renewable once and have a minimum bid price of R$12.22m (US$5.3m) each.
Bids are due by 29…
Brazilian telecommunications regulator Anatel is to auction four more orbital positions three years after it last did so.
The licences will last 15-years, be renewable once and have a minimum bid price of R$12.22m (US$5.3m) each.
Bids are due by 29 April with Anatel evaluating the proposals on 6 May.
The regulator last auctioned four orbital slots back in July 2011 raising a total of R$233.2m (US$131.3m). The winning bidders were Brazilian satellite operator Star One, HNS Americas and Eutelsat.
Star One won the rights to operate a satellite in the Ku- and Ka-bands at the 84W and 70W orbital positions. The company paid R$37m (US$20.8m) for each licence.
Satellite broadband specialist HNS Americas also initially won two licences but returned one of them leaving it with the right to operate in Ku- and Ka- frequencies at 45W. The company, which is now part of US-based satellite operator EchoStar, paid a substantial R$145.2m (US$81.8m) for the licence.
The other orbital slot that was awarded to HNS but subsequently retuned, 65W, was re-auctioned with Eutelsat the eventual winner. Local reports claimed at the time that Eutelsat had beat rival bids from SES, Intelsat and Hispasat for its Brazilian position.
Anatel stated that the winners of those previous licences would be allowed to bid for the new ones.
