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Dosent every country sell spectrum for 4/5G telecom? https://pts.se/en https://pts.se/en does it in Sweden. Kind of how it has to be?
by heraldgeezer 2y ago
Dosent every country sell spectrum for 4/5G telecom?
https://pts.se/en https://pts.se/en does it in Sweden.
Kind of how it has to be?
- throwaway48476 2y agoUS spectrum auctions maximize for dollars in governor coffers instead of value to citizen.
- wmf 2y agoThe government could give the spectrum to telcos for free. AFAIK spectrum was free (with reasonable usage restrictions) in the US for a long time.
- kalleboo 2y agoFor 3G, instead of selling the spectrum the PTS in Sweden did a "beauty contest" and gave it away to the companies that promised the biggest buildout in the smallest amount of time. Sounded like a great idea, the money that would go to a spectrum license would instead go to building out the network instead, but it was kind of a flop. Telia was left without a license and had to share licenses with Tele2 who didn't want to invest as much, and Orange got a license and immediately said "nevermind this is too expensive" and canceled their plans. And then everyone took 3 years longer than they promised in their proposals so it didn't even speed up the buildout.