The Brazilian telecom regulator’s spectrum auction drew a muted response from mobile operators yesterday, with only 15 of the 54 blocks on offer being acquired.
The biggest spender was Brasil Telecom, part of the Oi group, which spent R$110.6m…
The Brazilian telecom regulator’s spectrum auction drew a muted response from mobile operators yesterday, with only 15 of the 54 blocks on offer being acquired.
The biggest spender was Brasil Telecom, part of the Oi group, which spent R$110.6m (US$62m) on four blocks of spectrum in the 1.8GHz band.
TIM Celular, the indirect subsidiary of Telecom Italia, spent R$109.4m (US$61m) on nine blocks of spectrum in the same band.
The telco and ISP Sercomtel and America Movil’s Claro each bought one block of spectrum, paying R$3m (US$2m) and R$14.5m (US$8m) respectively. Sercomtel’s block was in the 1.8GHz band, while Claro’s was in the 800MHz band.
In total, the regulator raised R$237.5m (US$132m) in the auction.
39 of the 54 blocks were not acquired.
Anatel said in a statement that it had provided additional frequency to improve the infrastructure of mobile networks, which are facing growing voice and data traffic.
