Electronic Communications Services
Spectrum for wireless access for the provision of telecommunications services
Future available spectrum
Public hearing
Following a request, the President’s Chamber held a public hearing relating to the BK 1 22/001 proceedings on Thursday 9 January 2025.
The public hearing focused on the spectrum regulation aspects of the proceedings for the interim extension of spectrum usage rights in the bands at 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2600 MHz.
Interested parties had an opportunity at the public hearing to present their views and ideas for consideration in the further course of the proceedings.
As requested at the public hearing, the Chamber is publishing its draft guidelines on implementing the service provider regulation. It is currently planned for these guidelines to form part of the rationale supporting the negotiation requirement.
Interested parties have the opportunity until 23 January 2025 to comment on these guidelines and on the content of the public hearing. The Chamber would like to point out that this date is a final deadline. Any comments received after this date will not be taken into account. It is planned to publish the comments received. Any comments containing trade and business secrets therefore need to be accompanied by a copy in which the confidential information has been blacked out, together with reasons for the redactions.
Comments must be made in writing, in German, and submitted by 23 January 2025 to
Bundesnetzagentur
Referat 212
Tulpenfeld 4
53113 Bonn
or electronically in PDF format (copying and printing must be enabled) by email to referat212@bnetza.de.
Documents relating to the public hearing
Determinations under consideration for a President’s Chamber decision (pdf / 150 KB)
Decision on not ordering award proceedings and on extending spectrum rights at 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2600 MHz and decision on carrying out competitive proceedings at a later point in time - BK1-22/001
The spectrum usage rights expiring at the end of 2025 are to be extended by five years. The aim is to bring the expiry dates of these usage rights in line with other usage rights that are due to expire at a later date. This would enable more spectrum to be made available for award at a later stage, in turn avoiding regulation-induced scarcity. In addition, market developments could be taken into account in later proceedings. A larger framework for proceedings would offer the companies more opportunities for accessing spectrum.
The extension of the usage rights would be accompanied by obligations for the further rollout of the mobile networks.
In addition, the Bundesnetzagentur envisages arrangements for promoting competition to accompany the extension of usage rights.
The Bundesnetzagentur plans to carry out competitive proceedings at a later point in time.
In case of divergent interpretation of the German and English text, the German text shall prevail.
Konsultationsentwurf einer Präsidentenkammerentscheidung (pdf / 3 MB)
Previous publications
September 2023 - Demand update
Demand survey update and framework for an interim decision (pdf / 3 MB)
Stellungnahmen zu den Rahmenbedingungen 2023 (zip / 150 MB) (German only)
September 2022 - Position paper
Position paper 2022 (pdf / 2 MB)
Overview of positions 2022 (English) (pdf / 85 KB)
Additional explanations on position paper 2022 (English) (pdf / 183 KB)
Stellungnahmen zu dem Positionspapier 2022 (ZIP / 55 MB) (German only)
January 2022 - Points of orientation and demand survey
Points of orientation and demand survey 2022 (pdf / 1 MB)
Stellungnahmen zu den Orientierungspunkten 2022 (ZIP / 49 MB) (German only)
June 2021 - Principles and scenarios
Case Szenarios 2021 (pdf / 348 KB)
Stellungnahmen zum Szenarienpapier 2021 (Stand 08.10.2021) (ZIP / 29 MB) (German only)
August 2020 - Spectrum compass 2020
Spectrum Compass 2020 (pdf / 566 KB)
Stellungnahmen zum Frequenzkompass 2020 (ZIP / 11 MB)(German only)