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Overview of spectrum licences
800MHz 900MHz 1800MHz 2.1GHz 2.6GHz
Country by region Quantity1Expiry date Quantity1Expiry date Quantity1Expiry date Quantity1Expiry date Quantity1Expiry date
Europe region
Germany 2x10 2025 2x12.4 2016 2x5.4 2016 2x10+ 5 202022x20 + 25 2025
2x5 2025
Italy 2x10 2029 2x10 2015 2x15 201532x15 + 5 2021 2x15 2029
2x5 2029
UK 2x10 2033 2x17.4 See note42x5.8 See note42x15 See note42x20 + 25 2033
Spain 2x10 2030 2x11 2028 2x20 2030 2x15 + 5 2030 2x20 + 20 2030
Netherlands 2x10 2029 2x10 2030 2x20 2030 2x20 + 5 2030 2x10 2030
Ireland 2x10 2030 2x10 2030 2x25 2015 2X15 + 5 2022 n/a
2x15 20305
Portugal 2x10 2027 2x10 202162x6 202162x20 2016 2x20 + 25 2027
2x3 2015 2x14 2027
Romania 2x10 2029 2x10 2029 2x30 2029 2x15 + 5 2020 1x15 2029
Greece n/a 2x15 2027 2x10 202672x20 + 5 2021 n/a
2x15 2016
Czech Republic 2x10 2029 2x10 2021 2x18 2021 2x20 2025 2x20 2029
2x4 20298
Hungary n/a 2x10 202292x15 202292x15 + 5 2019 n/a
Albania n/a 8.2 2016 2x9 2016 2x15 + 5 2025 n/a
Malta n/a 2x15 2026 2x25 2026 2x20 + 5 2020 n/a
Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacic
India10 n/a 2014–2024 2014–2027 2030 n/a
Vodacom: South Africa n/a 2x11 See note11 2x24 See note11 2x15 + 5 See note11 n/a
Turkey n/a 2x11 2023 n/a 2x15 + 5 2029 n/a
Australia12 2x10
(850MHz
band)
2028 2x8 2028 2x30 annual 2x25 + 5 2016 n/a
Egypt n/a 2x12.5 2020 2x10 2020 2x15 2020 n/a
New Zealand 2x15
(700MHz
band)
TBD 2x15.2 2031 2x25 2021 2x25 + 10 2021 2x15 + 5 2028
Safaricom: Kenya n/a 2x10 2024 2x10 2024 2x10 2022 n/a
Ghana n/a 2x8 2019 2x10 2019 2x15 202313 n/a
Qatar n/a 2x11 2028 2x20 2028 2x15 2028 n/a
Notes:
1 Single (or unpaired) blocks of spectrum are used for asymmetric data (non-voice) use.
2 Germany – 2x5MHz (out of 2x15MHz) of 2.1GHz spectrum will expire in December 2025.
3 Italy – 2x5MHz (out of 2x20MHz) of 1800MHz spectrum will expire in 2029.
4 UK – 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2.1GHz – indenite licence with a ve year notice of revocation.
5 Ireland – The licence for 2x25MHz spectrum commences in 2015.
6 Portugal – 2x3MHz (out of 2x13MHz) of 900MHz must be released by December 2015 and 2x14MHz (out of 2x20MHz) of 1800MHz spectrum does not expire until March 2027.
7 Greece – 2x15MHz (out of 2x25MHz) of the 1800MHz spectrum will expire in August 2016.
8 Czech Republic – The licence for 2x4MHz commences in 2014.
9 Hungary – 900MHz and 1800MHz – options to extend these licences.
10 India comprises 22 separate service area licences with a variety of expiry dates.
11 Vodacom’s South African spectrum licences are renewed annually. As part of the migration to a new licensing regime the national regulator has issued Vodacom a service licence and a network licence which will permit
Vodacom to offer mobile and xed services. The service and network licences have a 20 year duration and will expire in 2028. Vodacom also holds licences to provide 2G and/or 3G services in the Democratic Republic
of Congo, Lesotho, Mozambique and Tanzania.
12 Australia – VHA has 2x5MHz in 850MHz rural; 2x25MHz in 1800MHz and 2x20MHz in 2.1GHz in Brisbane/Adelaide/Perth; 2x5MHz in 1800MHz and 2.1GHz in Canberra/Darwin/Hobart; 2x5MHz in 2.1GHz in rural.
13 Ghana – The national regulator has issued provisional licences with the intention of converting these to full licences once the national regulator board has been reconvened.
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Regulation (continued)