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A competitive bid for the assignment of the usage rights of 3 DTT national frequencies in Italy has been launched creating opportunities for new entrants.
Operators interested in participating to the bidding process shall submit their application to participate by the 14th of March 2014.
This is a great (and long awaited!) opportunity for new comers or investment funds wishing to set up a network operator in Italy, considering that:
- the existing DTT network operators that already hold three or more multiplexes (Mediaset, RAI and Telecom Italia, i.e. the major Italian network operators) are excluded from the bid, while Sky Italia can only compete for one of the available multiplexes. Accordingly, there will be no competition from the main Italian players; and
- the starting price for each of the multiplexes is low (compared to the previous bids), i.e. Euro 29,300,000 for the first multiplex, Euro 29,824,000 for the second multiplex and Euro 31,625,000 for third multiplex (prices vary depending upon the estimated coverage of the relevant frequency).
I will follow the developments on the matter, but feel free to contact me, Giulio Coraggio (giulio.coraggio@gmail.com) to discuss. And follow me on Twitter, Google+ and become one of my friends on LinkedIn.
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