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Jordan: Regulator Plans 3G License Tender Print E-mail
Wednesday, 26 November 2008

Jordan's Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC) plans to auction one 3G license to a new-entrant and allocate 3G licenses to the three incumbent mobile operators at the same price.

The reserve price for the license is US$ 35.5 million for a paired block of 5 MHz of spectrum. Bidders will be allowed to obtain as much as 20 MHz of spectrum. The winner of the tender and the incumbent operators can acquire the 2G spectrum license separately, for a fee amounting to 130% of the winning price of the tender. Therefore, the minimum fee to grant the 2G spectrum is US$ 46.1 million.

The tender will be released by the middle of December. The closing date for bids will be in late January 2009. The winner will be announced during the same week.

TRC expects that services will be available within one year of the grant of the first license. The licenses will also come with roll-out obligations to ensure, at a minimum, the provision of service in the capital cities of each Governate within a reasonable timescale.

Jordan had just over 5 million mobile users and the end of the first half of the year, for a mobile penetration rate of 81.6%.

Source: Cellular-News - WDR/Intelecon Regulatory News.