The Australian Communications and Media Authority (the ACMA) has announced the outcomes from the digital dividend spectrum auction, which concluded this morning.
All three bidders—Optus Mobile, Telstra and TPG Internet—secured spectrum in the auction, resulting in total revenues of nearly $2 billion.
Four companies initially applied to participate in the auction. However, Vodafone Hutchison Australia [...]
Continue Reading →On 23 April 2013, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (the ACMA) commenced the digital dividend spectrum auction. The auction was held to reallocate radiofrequency spectrum in the 700 MHz band (the ‘digital dividend’) and the 2.5 GHz band.
The 700 MHz band is becoming available as a result of Australia switching from analog to [...]
Continue Reading →The ACMA engaged the Smith Institute Ltd to verify the auction results. The verification confirmed that the auction software correctly implemented the auction rules and accurately identified the successful bidders and prices.
Click here for the verification report.
Continue Reading →On 19 April 2013, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (the Minister) issued a direction requiring the ACMA to:
- Consider the achievement of the restack objective
- Vary television licence area plans (TLAPs) in specified circumstance
- Advise the Minister of its intention to vary a TLAP in specified circumstance.
Further information [...]
Continue Reading →The digital dividend auction, one of the largest spectrum auctions ever held in Australia, will commence at 9.00 am on Tuesday 23 April 2013.
The ACMA anticipates that the auction will run over several weeks, with auction results known in mid to late May 2013.
Once the auction has concluded, the results will be verified by [...]
Continue Reading →The ACMA has made the Television Licence Area Plan (Remote and Regional Western Australia) 2013 and the Television Licence Area Plan (Remote Central and Eastern Australia) 2013.
With the completion of these remote television licence area plans (TLAPs), the ACMA has finalised 19 TLAPs, covering all of Australia. This completes the restack planning task identified [...]
Continue Reading →UPDATE - On 19 March 2013, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy gave a direction, titled the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Spectrum Licence Allocation–Combinatorial Clock Auction–Eligibility Deadline and Payment Terms) Direction 2013 (the Direction), requiring that the ACMA:
- not notify a winning bidder under subsection 6.8(1) of [...] Continue Reading →
UPDATE – On 19 March 2013, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy gave a direction, titled the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Spectrum Licence Allocation–Combinatorial Clock Auction–Eligibility Deadline and Payment Terms) Direction 2013 (the Direction), requiring that the ACMA:
- not notify a winning bidder under subsection 6.8(1) of [...] Continue Reading →
UPDATE – To help you understand what an April 2013 auction means from a procedural point of view, we have prepared an updated timeline outlining the application and registration process.
This timeline sets out the anticipated dates for key milestones in the lead-up to the auction, including points where prospective bidders [...]
Continue Reading →UPDATE – Commencing on 23 April 2013, the ACMA will auction spectrum in the 700 MHz (the digital dividend) and the 2.5 GHz bands.
Section 3.4 of the Auction guide outlines the bidder support and training that will be made available to applicants and registered bidders participating in the digital dividend auction.
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Continue Reading →New questions now available – published on 12 April 2013 (look for NEW! below).
We welcome questions from stakeholders about the digital dividend auction and there are various ways you can contact us. All correspondence is subject to the strict probity arrangements we have in place for the auction, which are designed to ensure it [...]
Continue Reading →UPDATE – On 19 March 2013, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy gave a direction, titled the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Spectrum Licence Allocation–Combinatorial Clock Auction–Eligibility Deadline and Payment Terms) Direction 2013 (the Direction), requiring that the ACMA:
- not notify a winning bidder under subsection 6.8(1) of [...] Continue Reading →
On 19 March 2013, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (the Minister) issued a direction requiring the ACMA to:
- not notify the winning bidders of the balance of the winning price payable by the bidders for the spectrum allocated as a result of the auction before:
- if any of the [...] Continue Reading →
On 19 March 2013, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (the Minister) gave a direction, titled The Australian Communications and Media Authority (Spectrum Licence Allocation–Combinatorial Clock Auction–Eligibility Deadline and Payment Terms) Direction 2013 (the Direction), requiring that the ACMA:
- not notify a winning bidder under subsection 6.8(1) of the [...] Continue Reading →
