Govt. may approve telecom license taxes on Wednesday

Newsroom 05/06/2012 | 10:50

The minister of communications, Dan Nica, announced the government may approve on Wednesday, June 6, the decision that will set in motion the multi-million euro bidding for spectrum that is expected to reshape the market over the next 15 years.

The government decision will officially set the taxes for the telecom licenses, which the minister said will be at the level proposed by ANCOM.

STARTING PRICES*

Licenses allocated for 15 years (2014-2029)

EUR 35 million per block of spectrum in 800 MHz

EUR 40 million per block of spectrum in 900 MHz

EUR 10 million per block of spectrum in 1800 MHz

EUR 4 million per duplex block of spectrum in 2600 MHz

EUR 3 million per simplex block of spectrum in 2600 MHz

Licenses allocated for 15 months

EUR 3.4 million per block of spectrum in 900 MHz

EUR 800,000 per block of spectrum in 1800 MHz

*Starting prices proposed by ANCOM must be approved by government decision

“Taxes are those that you all already know. We wanted to be certain regarding certain elements. One: that this will be a biding that respects the principle ‘whoever pays more, wins.’ Two: that it complies with EU norms, that it is a transparent process that respects what happened in large European states and we hope it will end at the end of August- the beginning of September at the latest, so that the new license owners can start developing the 4G networks, to the joy of those who already have 4G terminals and can only look at them,” said the minister of communications.