Bitkom Calls for Rural Broadband Expansion to Be Financed with Spectrum Auction Proceeds

Bitkom is calling for proceeds from future spectrum auctions to be invested in network expansion, for example broadband rollout in rural areas. The full article is available on heise.de; see below. I found the following passage particularly interesting:

Following the liberalisation of the market, the federal government has received more than €60 billion from telecommunications providers through spectrum auctions.

That is quite a sum accumulated through GSM, UMTS, WiMAX and LTE auctions. And in 2016, the GSM frequencies are due to go under the hammer again. The finance minister is probably rubbing his hands already.

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