The Ministry of Information and Communications has just issued Notice No. 134/TB-BTTTT on the Plan to re-organize the auction of the right to use radio frequencies for the 3,800-3,900 MHz band (C3 band block) for public terrestrial mobile information systems according to IMT standards.

The 3800-3900 MHz band (C3 band block) is planned to deploy mobile information systems according to the IMT-2020 standard and subsequent versions, using the time division duplex (TDD) method.

The starting price of the C3 band block is VND 2,581,892,500,000 (two thousand five hundred eighty one billion, eight hundred ninety two million, five hundred thousand dong).

The price step applied at the C3 frequency block auction is VND 25,000,000,000 (twenty five billion VND).

The deposit applied at the auction of the C3 spectrum block is VND 130,000,000,000 (one hundred and thirty billion VND).

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B1 spectrum block auction on March 8, 2024. Photo: Le Anh Dung

The auction is conducted by direct voting, with an ascending bid method. The winning bidder is granted a license to use the frequency band for a period of 15 years.

Within 30 days from the date the Ministry of Information and Communications publicly announces the auction organization plan, the organization must submit a request for confirmation of meeting the conditions for participating in the auction.

According to regulations, organizations that have won the auction for the right to use radio frequencies for the 2500-2600 MHz band (B1 band block) or the 3700-3800 MHz band (C2 band block) are not allowed to participate in the auction for the right to use radio frequencies for the 3800-3900 MHz band (C3 band block).

Previously, the Ministry of Information and Communications successfully auctioned the B1 (2,500-2,600 MHz) and C2 (3,700-3,800 MHz) frequency bands. As for the C3 frequency band, because only one enterprise participated, it was not eligible for the auction.

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