Peru plans fourth wireless license auction in 2010

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Peru has expressed its confidence of attracting a fourth mobile telephony operator this year. The auction is planned to be launched by ProInversin this year.

The previous attempt of the government to 25MHz of spectrum in the 1900MHz band failed to attract any bidders whose deadline was fixed on November 30, 2009. Due to the lack of financing as a consequence of the global economic crisis, Kuwaiti firm HITS Telecom and local telco Americatel  declined to present economic offers and as a result of which ProInversion has extended the bidding process.

According to Proinversion, the process should be re-launched with more flexible conditions to enable the entry of a new mobile telephony operator