The Albanian Authority of Electronic and Postal Communications has officially announced as winning offers for the new 4G technology the three biggest companies in the telecommunication market, “Vodafone Albania”, “AMC” and “Albtelecom”. The auction for the companies was announced on January of this year.
The total amount the three operators have paid for these frequencies reaches the value of 23.5 ml EUR, says the official announcement. Each of these companies has bought two usage rights for the use of frequencies from 1800 MHz band, which the companies can apply at the technologies they prefer, including 4G technology.
After the finalization of this process which will equip the three companies the individual authorizations, these operators will offer 4G services for their customers. The highest payment for the right of usage of the frequencies was made by AMC (9 ml EUR), followed by Albtelecom which paid 7.7 ml EUR and Vodafone Albania paid 6.8 ml EUR.
News source: ATA
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