4G Technology: Claro, TIM and Vivo arrematam first three batches – EBC

4G Technology: Claro, TIM and Vivo arrematam first three batches Marcello Casal Jr / Agência Brazil

The first of the six lots telephony fourth generation (4G) in the range of 700 megahertz (MHz) was bought by operator Claro with a proposed £ 1 947 billion. The amount reported by the company represents a premium of almost 1% compared to R $ 1.927 billion minimum price defined as the grant for each of the three national batches. The second batch was with Tim for almost the same value of course. The third lot was bought by Vivo, the minimum price of the grant.

Of the six lots, three have national coverage. The fourth batch covers the entire national territory, unless the areas allocated to plots 5 (87 municipalities of Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo) and 6 (and Tamarana municipalities of Londrina, Paraná).

TIM, Claro, Telefonica (Vivo) and Algar Telecom delivered proposals to compete in four batches of 10 national and two regional MHz each. However, Algar Telecom was not involved in the dispute of these first three lots for not having bid security.

The 700 MHz band will complement the 2.5 giga-hertz (GHz), auctioned in June 2012, also for 4G technology. While the frequency of 2.5 GHz has more capacity and smaller radius of coverage, 700 MHz has greater scope and requires fewer antennas, and is used by several countries, like the United States and Argentina.

According to Anatel, using the 700 MHz band, you can take the fourth generation mobile telephony and Internet broadband high capacity to rural areas, at a lower operating cost, since this range is ideal to cover large distances.