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Costa Rica: Idle Radio Bands Will Finally Be Tendered

After a five years wait, the Telecommunications Authority has received an order to award unused radio spectrum frequencies.

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

From a publication in the official newspaper La Gaceta on Tuesday February 9, 2016:

Executive Decree No. 354-2015-Tel-Micitt, the Second Vice President of the Republic in exercise of the Presidency of the Republic and the Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunications, agree:

"... Article 1-instruct the Telecommunications Authority to initiate public insolvency proceedings for granting concessions of radio spectrum bands 1730 MHz to 1750 MHz and 1825 MHz to 1845 MHz in the 1800 MHz band; and 1940 MHz to 1955 MHz and 2130 MHz to 2145 MHz band 1900/2100 MHz for the implementation of IMT systems, as provided by Article 11 in accordance with the General Telecommunications Law and its Regulations, and based on the No. 692-SUTEL-DGC-2014 and No. 05667-SUTEL-DGC-2015 technical reports issued by the Telecommunications Authority and analyzed by the technical units of the Vice Ministry of Telecommunications ...".

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No More Mobile Operators in Costa Rica

December 2014

The government has confirmed that the auction of the remaining 70 MHz of spectrum in 2015 will be only among the three current telecommunications operators.

In the end the Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications (Micitt) announced that the auction of radio spectrum of 70MHz in early 2015, which aims to strengthen the current market, will be launched without the involvement of a fourth operator, as was originally considered.

Radio Spectrum: 70 MHz Idle

November 2014

Although in Costa Rica the convenience of the de-monopolization of the communications has been demonstrated, there is still resistance on the part of the government to allowing more operators to enter the market.

The market entry of a fourth mobile phone operator and thickening of the offer with 40Mhz are the two factors that are being studied before a call is made for bids which had been scheduled for the first months of 2015.

Costa Rica: Tender for Radio Spectrum Halted

April 2014

The second tender planned for this year which would have allowed the entry of a fourth company into the phone market will not be completed.

According to the executive power, who took the decision to suspend the tender, there is not enough information available because the technical report of the Telecommunications Authority is "inconclusive" and contains figures which are out of date.

Costa Rica: No Date for Mobile Telephony Auction

March 2010

The process to publish the bidding rules for auctioning several frequencies of the radio spectrum to mobile phone operators is on hold since February.

Sutel, the country’s telecommunication superintendence, explained they are waiting for the government to send the National Frequency Distribution Plan (which modifies the definition of microwave frequencies).