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List of bidders and associates.
 
List of qualified bidders
 
Reminder to Bidder to comply with the Auction Rules
 
National Fixed Wireless Services (NFWS) Licenses Auction
The Board of Directors of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) approved on 6 July 2006 to conduct auctions for the award of the Fixed Wireless Access licenses. The decision was made on the 25th meeting of the Board of Directors of the TRA.
 
The two frequency licenses to be granted with the NFWS licenses authorize use of the following spectrum:
 
Frequency License Ι: 3410 ΜHz – 3455 MHz paired with 3500 MHz – 3545 MHz
 
 Frequency License ΙΙ: 3455 MHz – 3500 MHz paired with 3545 MHz – 3590 MHz
 
Auction time table
 

Item Provisional dates and times where applicable
  Deadline for receipt of questions on the ITT.
Parties must submit Registration Documentation in order to ask questions
17.00, October 19, 2006
  Latest date by which the TRA will respond to questions on the ITT.
November 7, 2006
  Deadline for the receipt of Bids and for the TRA to announce the composition of the panel of external experts.
14.30, November 28, 2006
  Evaluation of Qualification Documentation. TRA to inform Qualified Bidders that their Financial Bids will be considered.
November 29 – December 11, 2006
  Publication of list of Bidders and their Associates.
November 30, 2006
  Notification of any Material Interest in an Opposing Party or confirmation from Bidders that they do not have such a Material Interest.
17.00, December 4, 2006
  TRA to open Financial Bids.
11.00, December 13, 2006
  Deadline for receipt of evidence of incorporation of Bidder, if required, and payment of required fee
January 7, 2007
  NFWS and Frequency Licenses granted by the TRA.
January 8, 2007
 
Relevant Documents
-  Information Memorandum
-  Invitation to Tender Document Word/ PDF
* please note that the ITT has been amended on 12th Nov 2006. To view the amended ITT click here
- Response on questions received relating to the NFWS Invitation to Tender document
-  NFWS license
*please note that the NFWS license has been amended on 12th Nov 2006. To view the amended NFWS license click here
-  Frequency license
* please note that the Frequency license has been amended on 12th Nov 2006. To view the amended Frequency license click here
- * click here to view the note on amendments for the ITT, NFWS license and frequency license
- Notice regarding Form C
- Clarification statement regarding the notice on Form C
 
Panel Members
 
The panel members are responsible for re-evaluating unsuccessful bids at the forthcoming auction of two National Fixed Wireless Services (NFWS) Licenses. The members (in alphabetical order) will be:
 




  - Mr. Peter Alexiadis – a lawyer specializing in competition and communications law. He is a partner at the Brussels office of the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and has served as an external counsel to the Communications Unit at DG Competition for three years (1999 – 2002).




  - Mr. Nigel Attenborough- an economist specialsing in telecommunications. He is director at NERA Economic Consulting and in the past he was the head of regulatory economics and competition policy in British Telecom
 




  - Mr. Peter Walker – an engineer specializing in Telecommunications. He is an expert in regulation with over 34 years experience in the telecommunications industry among which he served ten years as the Director of Technology at Oftel/OFCOM
 

   
 

 
   
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