In the second quarter of next year, the rights for the 5G spectrum will be auctioned. No agreement has yet been reached on the distribution of revenues. The last word has also not yet been said about the possible arrival of a fourth telecom player on the market.
De Sutter has limited the portion of spectrum for a possible new player in the new texts and wants to take a “modular” approach to the auction. In doing so, she seems to be playing into the hands of Belgium’s Citymesh, for now the only company that has already expressed the ambition to be the fourth player. For that company, the decision to auction the spectrum in a modular way – in pieces – is probably an advantage, acknowledges CEO Mitch De Geest.
Citymesh is primarily targeting corporate customers. It is already a de facto fourth player, as it installs private networks on corporate sites. With additional spectrum it wants to expand its offer. If no company emerges that wants to buy the whole package to go full steam ahead – there is no clarity on that yet – Citymesh can limit itself to parts of the spectrum offered.
I presume those stupid concerns of the Walloons have been appeased? Because last I remember, when Proximus fired up their test sites, all of Wallonia freaked out about it and they shut them down and only left the 5G coverage in Flanders going.
I could have had 5G where I live, but no, that Green mayor had a shitfit about it, because some esoteric healing by dancing dude was running major opposition to 5G (I wish I was making his job description up).
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In the second quarter of next year, the rights for the 5G spectrum will be auctioned. No agreement has yet been reached on the distribution of revenues. The last word has also not yet been said about the possible arrival of a fourth telecom player on the market.
De Sutter has limited the portion of spectrum for a possible new player in the new texts and wants to take a “modular” approach to the auction. In doing so, she seems to be playing into the hands of Belgium’s Citymesh, for now the only company that has already expressed the ambition to be the fourth player. For that company, the decision to auction the spectrum in a modular way – in pieces – is probably an advantage, acknowledges CEO Mitch De Geest.
Citymesh is primarily targeting corporate customers. It is already a de facto fourth player, as it installs private networks on corporate sites. With additional spectrum it wants to expand its offer. If no company emerges that wants to buy the whole package to go full steam ahead – there is no clarity on that yet – Citymesh can limit itself to parts of the spectrum offered.
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Why is it even taking that long?
I presume those stupid concerns of the Walloons have been appeased? Because last I remember, when Proximus fired up their test sites, all of Wallonia freaked out about it and they shut them down and only left the 5G coverage in Flanders going.
I could have had 5G where I live, but no, that Green mayor had a shitfit about it, because some esoteric healing by dancing dude was running major opposition to 5G (I wish I was making his job description up).