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With the COVID-19 pandemic, the 5G topic has been forgotten a bit, but it does not stop (quite the opposite). The pandemic forced changes in the schedule and the auction for the allocation of licenses for 5G that will be launched later this month.
The European Commission is also assessing whether there is state aid in 5G. Find out what the operators complained about …
According to the newspaper Público, on the basis of the requests for clarification from Brussels to the Portuguese Government are the complaints from telecommunications operators about the conditions defined by ANACOM for the entry of new players.
The Secretary of State for Communications, headed since September 17 by Hugo Mendes, confirmed that Brussels "requested clarification on the possible existence of state aid derived from the adoption of the Anacom draft regulation in the wording that was submitted to public consultation" .
On the basis of the requests for clarification from Brussels are the complaints of the Portuguese telecommunications operators about the conditions defined by the regulator to promote the entry of more companies into the market.
What are national 5G operators complaining about?
According to the revelations, one of the points in the document with the most criticism from operators is the 25% discount on the price of the spectrum acquired by new participants in the 900 MhZ and 1800 Mhz bands. At the same time, there is no counterpart for these new licenses. coverage obligations and network development.
It should be remembered that when it comes to state aid for certain projects or entities, the EU countries must notify the aid in advance to the Commission. This is for the services to assess their compatibility with European standards. If this compatibility is not verified, countries may be penalized. According to the modified calendar, due to the pandemic, the 5G auction in Portugal is scheduled for this month.
The public consultation of the draft auction regulations for the allocation of rights to use frequencies for 5G and other relevant bands (700 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.6 GHz), which ended in early July, received about 500 contributions.
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