Probably no place for the mobile newcomer market after the acquisition of Tele2 – IT Pro – News

It does not appear that there is a fourth mobile phone provider in the Netherlands. At the moment, the responsible state secretary and various major parliamentary groups do not seem willing to give way to the next frequency auction.

VVD MP Arne Weverling told Tweakers that it was not easy to make room for a newcomer. "As far as we are concerned, a fourth player is not excluded, but not to the detriment of the government, which is understandable, which allows the merger, especially because the consumer benefits from powerful telecommunication service providers who can invest in the fast Internet and 5g. "

D66 feels nothing for a proposal to make room for a new mobile phone provider. In the past, the situation was different, argues the party. CDA and ChristenUnie did not respond Wednesday to Tweakers' questions about it.

The State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate, Mona Keijzer, will pay particular attention to competition in the market: after the auction, competition must be sufficient, while consumers have choice . "The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate has no preference for the number of actors with a network in the current market," said State Secretary Mona Keijzer in response to the approval of the acquisition Tuesday evening.

The state auction of 700 MHz, 1400 MHz and 2100 MHz now scheduled for the end of next year or the beginning of 2020. After that, another auction must come from 39, other frequencies. There is in all cases a high band like 28GHz, but it will also be necessary to see if the suppliers have the possibility to offer 5g on 3.5GHz, which in other countries will be a significant frequency for 5g . At present, the frequency of the Burum satellite station is used in the north of the Netherlands.

The issue of making room for new actors is topical, now that a frequency auction is underway and the number of vendors with their own mobile network is three again. T-Mobile Tele2 can take over. At the 2012 4G auction, the House of Representatives gave way to a fourth supplier by identifying frequencies that only a new party was allowed to enter; who became Tele2. This made it relatively inexpensive to become a mobile service provider with its own network because Tele2 did not have to bid with existing providers.