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The 5G issue was debated in Parliament this Friday, through four proposals by the CDS, PCP, PSD and BE to change the auction rules for the allocation of licenses for the fifth mobile generation, which is being finalized by Anacom. , as well as the national strategy for 5G approved by the council of ministers. In the end, all the proposals were rejected.
The first proposal presented was the CDS-PP, which recommended the creation of incentives for operators that began to invest in the interior of the country, and not on the coast and in large urban centers. To this end, he suggested as a benefit to operators the staggered payment of their licenses.
In addition, as a member of the João party Gonçalves Pereira recalled that “the pandemic forced the auction to be suspended”, which was scheduled for April. And it created a new context for current operators and new entrants. ” Therefore, they argue that The rules are expected to “need to be revised” for the auction to start this month.
The PSD, like the CDS, had suggested Reciprocally introduce the obligation of ‘roaming’ in low-density areas, in order to balance investment incentives, competition and territorial and social cohesion objectives ”. We want equality to be promoted throughout the national territory ”, the PSD deputy Isabel Lopes reinforced this Friday in the Assembly of the Republic.
The proposals of the PCP and the Left Bloc, which like the rest were rejected, They were in the direction of the Government suspending the auction and investing in the reconstruction of the public operator and in a public telecommunications service.
Bruno Dias, deputy of the PCP, took advantage of his speech to regret “the absence of the Government in the debate that took place in the Assembly of the Republic. And he took the opportunity to highlight that given the importance of 5G, the process cannot be transformed” into a war between economic groups. that dominate the sector and the economic groups that want to enter ”.
The deputy of the Left Bloc, Isabel Pires, also highlighted “the pressure” that has been on the part of the operators “, giving as an example” the blackmail that has been done to move forward with a process that has many flaws. ” Vodafone threatened that the operator could not participate in the 5G auctions in Portugal if the rules were not changed.
In turn, the PS, through the voice of deputy Filipe Pacheco, said that “all these recommendations show how important this process is for the country.” And he stressed that the vast majority of suggestions are already “reflected in the resolution approved by the Council of Ministers.”
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