Austria’s Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting & Telecoms (RTR) is currently preparing an award procedure for the 3400MHz-3800MHz frequency band, which has been designated for 5G mobile broadband services.
The Austrian regulator will publish the tender end of 2017 or early 2018, expecting to commence the auction in the second quarter of 2018. Moreover, the RTR has earmarked the 700MHz band for 5G services aiming to make these frequencies available to operators beginning from July 2020. The Managing Director of the Austrian Regulator, Johannes Gungl, has stated that ‘we are working intensively on preparing the allocation of frequencies for this standard and conducted a public consultation in the spring of 2016’.
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