Bulgaria Plans GSM1800 Spectrum Sale

Bulgaria's telecoms regulator, the CRC has announced plans to auction off a block of GSM1800 spectrum. The agency said that it will be offering 2 x 5 MHz in the 1800 Mhz range, without specify any further details.

Applications have to be filed within twenty-one days.

The country already has four operators - although only three are operational, and according to figures from the Mobile World database, their market shares are: Globul (38%), MobilTEL (51%), Globul (38%) and BTC Mobile (10%). The market itself is saturated with a population penetration level which reaches 137%.

On the web: CRC - Mobile World

Posted to the site on 30th April 2008