Uruguay’s Regulatory Unit of Communications Services (Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones, URSEC) has announced the results of its auction of spectrum in the 1700MHz/2100MHz (AWS), 1800MHz and 2600MHz frequency bands. The process generated a total of USD65.427 million, with Telefonica Moviles del Uruguay (Movistar) leading the bidding, registering total commitments of USD28.015 million. Also successful were state-backed Administracion Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Antel, USD22.412 million) and America Movil-backed AM Wireless Uruguay (trading as Claro, USD15.0 million).
The total breakdown is as follows:
Claro
1765MHz-1770MHz/2165MHz-2170MHz (USD7.5 million)
1770MHz-1775MHz/2170MHz-2175MHz (USD7.5 million)
Antel
2510MHz-2515MHz/2630MHz-2635MHz (USD5.603 million)
2515MHz-2520MHz/2635MHz-2640MHz (USD5.603 million)
2520MHz-2525MHz/2640MHz-2645MHz (USD5.603 million)
2525MHz-2530MHz/2645MHz-2650MHz (USD5.603 million)
1820MHz-1830MHz (no licence fee)
1830MHz-1840MHz (no licence fee)
Movistar
2535MHz-2540MHz/2655MHz-2660MHz (USD7.001 million)
2540MHz-2545MHz/2660MHz-2665MHz (USD7.013 million)
2545MHz-2550MHz/2665MHz-2670MHz (USD7.001 million)
2550MHz-2555MHz/2670MHz-2675MHz (USD7.000 million)
(Note: a further five spectrum lots went unsold.)