December 2023

Spectrum Auctions
Calendar
 December
2023

GSA Spectrum Auction Calendar

This is an updated report from GSA about the status of spectrum Auctions and assignments are removed from the calendar if GSA
auctions and assignments around the world. It has been updated finds evidence that the assignment process has been completed.
since November 2023 to reflect activities related to the release of
Note that ongoing processes with no formal end date (for example,
spectrum. GSA has a large Spectrum Group that is active in all regions
for the administrative award of local or private or shared licences
and is aligned along ITU lines. The Spectrum Group is authoring
available on simple application) are included in advance of the
reports about different spectrum areas from low- and mid-band to
opening of the application process, but are removed once the
high-band frequencies.
application process has been opened.
The auction calendar includes all forthcoming auctions and
Please email [email protected] for updates to this auction
assignments known to GSA. Auctions and assignments are only
calendar.
included when a definite decision to assign the spectrum has been
announced. Spectrum under consideration or consultation for A list of recently completed auctions and assignments is provided in a

assignment is not included. second table for reference.

Table 1. Spectrum auction calendar, December 2023

Auction/assignment award Licensing basis (exclusive 5G,

Country/territory Spectrum bands
date mobile broadband)

Electronic communications
Åland Islands Extended to November 2022 700 MHz
services

Postponed (no date 1.5 GHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz, 26 5G, public or private, regional
Argentina
announced) GHz and 38 GHz or local ICT services

3.4-4.0 GHz: administrative

Australia 1Q22-2Q22 allocation of apparatus Technology neutral
licences for remote areas

3.4-3.575 GHz: spectrum

Australia 1Q23 licence auction, excluding Technology neutral
remote areas (1Q23)

3.7-3.8 GHz: spectrum licence

Australia 2023 auction, excluding remote Technology neutral
areas

Austria 1H23 1.6 GHz and 3.4-3.8 GHz Technology neutral

Austria 2026 26 GHz, 42 GHz and 60 GHz Technology neutral

Austria 2025 2.6 GHz Technology neutral

3.6 GHz (3410-3470 MHz), 26

Austria December 2023 5G
GHz (26.5-27.5 GHz)

Brazil 2022 or 2023 26 GHz 5G

Canada 2024 27.5-28.35 GHz Millimetre wave

Chile 1Q24 3.5 GHz 5G

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Auction/assignment award Licensing basis (exclusive 5G,

Country/territory Spectrum bands
date mobile broadband)

700 MHz, 1.9 GHz 2.5 GHz, 3.5

Colombia Ongoing (December 2023) 5G
GHz and 26 GHz

700 MHz, 2.3 GHz, 3.3 GHz, 26

Costa Rica 2H23 5G
GHz and 28 GHz

850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1400 MHz,

Costa Rica Originally 2022 3600-3700 MHz, 26 GHz (II) and Communication systems
40 GHz

Costa Rica 2H23 3.5 GHz and 2.6 GHz 5G

700 MHz, 2300 MHz and 3600

Dominican Republic February 2024 5G
MHz

700 MHz, AWS, 2.5 GHz and

Ecuador Tentative 2022 5G
3.5 GHz

1755-1770 MHz/2155-2170 MHz

El Salvador February 2023
(extended AWS)

El Salvador Tentative 2022 700 MHz Mobile services

Guatemala October 2023 700 MHz LTE

Guyana Orginally 2022 700 MHz and 3.4-3.8 GHz

Honduras Tentative 2022 700 MHz and 3.4-3.7 GHz Mobile services

Hong Kong 2023 or 2024 39.5-43.5 GHz 5G

832.5-837.5 MHz, 877.5-882.5

Hong Kong 2024, originally 2023 MHz, 885-890 MHz and 930- 5G
935 MHz

Hong Kong 2024, originally 2023 2300-2390 MHz 5G

700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1800 MHz,

India January 2024 5G
2100 MHz, 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz

Indonesia Ongoing 1.9 GHz and 2.1 GHz 5G

Israel February 2023 26 GHz 5G

Originally 2019, new date to be 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 2.1 GHz
Kosovo Technology neutral
confirmed and 2.6 GHz

3.4-3.8 GHz and possibly 700

Kosovo After 2022 Technology neutral
MHz and 26 GHz

Originally 2021 (assignment to

Malaysia government special purpose 700 MHz, 3.5 GHz and 28 GHz 5G
vehicle)

600 MHz, 814-824/859-869

MHz, 825-835/870-880 MHz,
Mexico 2H23 Mobile broadband including 5G
1427-1518 MHz and 3300-3350
GHz

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Auction/assignment award Licensing basis (exclusive 5G,

Country/territory Spectrum bands
date mobile broadband)

450 MHz (454.6-457.1 450 MHz — to be confirmed,

MHz/464.6-467.1 MHz (two current licence enables WLL
blocks of 2x1.25 MHz, FDD)), telephony. 900 MHz — licence
900 MHz (885-890/930-935 for public networks and
MHz (2x5 MHz, FDD)) and services for terrestrial cellular
Moldova Ongoing, status uncertain
2.60 GHz (2.50-2.52/2.62-2.64 electronic communications.
GHz (2x20 MHz, FDD), 2.56- 2600 MHz — licence for
2.57/2.68-2.69 GHz (2x10 MHz, networks and services
FDD) and 2.575-2.615 GHz (40 for electronic or fixed
MHz, TDD/SDL) communications

2.3 GHz (2.3-2.39 GHz) n40

band, 2.6 MHz (2.50-2.57 GHz
Originally 2020, status
Myanmar and 2.62-2.69 GHz TDD) n41 4G and 5G
uncertain
band and 3.5 GHz (3.40-3.52
GHz) n77/n78 bands

Myanmar 2022 700 MHz (n28 band) 4G and 5G

Namibia April 2023 700 MHz, 800 MHz 4G and 5G

Namibia October 2023 3.5 GHz 5G

Nepal By July 2025 3.7 GHz 4G and 5G

700 MHz (n28 band), 2.3 GHz

Nepal By July 2023 4G and 5G
and 2.6 GHz

2024 onward (unlikely to be

Netherlands 3.5-3.7 GHz 5G
held in 2023)

3.40-3.45 GHz and 3.75-3.80

Netherlands 2026 5G local use
GHz

New Zealand June 2023 3.41-3.80 GHz 5G (long-term licence)

5G private mobile network

Norway Ongoing for private use 3.8-4.2 GHz
licences

738-758 MHz (700 MHz SDL),

1427-1518 MHz (1500 MHz
Norway After 2021 Mobile services and 5G
SDL), 2.3-2.4 GHz (2.3 GHz) and
24.25-27.50 GHz (26 GHz)

Pakistan Tentantive 2023 1800 and 2100 MHz 5G

700 MHz, 2.3 GHz and 3.3-3.4

Pakistan Tentantive 2023 To be confirmed
GHz

Panama Originally 2022 AWS band Mobile broadband

AWS-3 (1.750-1.780/2.150-2.180
Peru Ongoing GHz) and 2.3 GHz (2.30-2.33 4G expansion
GHz)

Poland 2Q22 2.1 GHz To be confirmed

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Auction/assignment award Licensing basis (exclusive 5G,

Country/territory Spectrum bands
date mobile broadband)

Poland October 2023 3.48-3.80 GHz 5G

Reunion December 2023 900 MHz Technology neutral

Saudi Arabia Originally 2022 1427-1518 MHz and 26 GHz To be confirmed

617-652/663-698 MHz, 738-758

Saudi Arabia October 2023 MHz SDL, 723-733/778-788 5G
MHz and 3.8-4.0 GHz

700 MHz, 2500-2690 MHz and

Serbia 4Q23 5G
3400-3800 MHz

Slovakia Originally 1H22 1500 MHz and 26 GHz Technology neutral

750 MHz, 800 MHz, 1.5 GHz, 2.3

South Africa 2024
GHz, 3.3 GHz and 3.5 GHz

4.7 GHz (100 MHz) and 28 GHz

South Korea Orginally February 2022 5G and private mobile services
(600 MHz)

Sri Lanka Tentative 2023 To be confirmed 5G

Sweden 2025 1.8 GHz (70 MHz) To be confirmed

5G private mobile network

Taiwan Originally 2021 4.8-4.9 GHz
licences

Thailand Tentative 2022 3.4-3.7 GHz Mobile services

Originally 4Q21, status

UAE 25.5-26.5 GHz 5G
unknown

700 MHz, 800 MHz, 2.3 GHz,

Uganda August 2023 2.6 GHz, 3.3 GHz, 3.5 GHz, 5 5G
GHz, 71 GHz and 81 GHz

26 GHz (25.1-26.5 GHz), 26 GHz

UK 2024 (26.5-27.5 GHz) and 40 GHz To be confirmed
(40.5-43.5 GHz)

Originally December 2021

Ukraine 700 MHz and 3.4-3.8 GHz 5G
(delayed)

Vietnam Orginally 2022 24.25-27.5 GHz Mobile services

700 MHz, 2600 MHz and 3700

Vietnam 4Q23 5G
MHz

26 GHz (3.2 GHz: 24.3-27.5

Zambia 4Q22 5G
GHz)

700 MHz (2x30 MHz FDD) and

Zambia 3Q22 5G
2.6 GHz

Zambia 4Q23 3.3 GHz (100 MHz) 5G

3.5 GHz (120 MHz: 3480-3600

Zambia 2024 5G
MHz)

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Table 2. Recently completed auctions and assignments

Licensing basis (exclusive 5G, mobile

Country/territory Auction/assignment award date Spectrum bands
broadband)

Canada December 2023 3.8 GHz (3.65-4.2 GHz) 5G

70 MHz at 900 MHz, 120 MHz at

Sweden November 2023 Technology neutral
2.1 GHz and 190 MHz at 2.6 GHz

5G, public or private, regional or local

Argentina October 2023 3.5 GHz
ICT services

Poland October 2023 3.48-3.80 GHz 5G

700 MHz, 800 MHz, 2.3 GHz, 2.6

Uganda August 2023 GHz, 3.3 GHz, 3.5 GHz, 5 GHz, 71 5G
GHz and 81 GHz

Guatemala June 2023 2.5-2.6 GHz Additional allocation

700 MHz, 900 MHz, 2.1 GHz and

Saint Barthelemy June 2023 5G
3.4-3.8 GHz

Saint-Martin June 2023 700 MHz and 3.4-3.8 GHz 5G

Armenia May 2023 700 MHz, 800 MHz 5G

Estonia May 2023 26 GHz (24.7-27.1 GHz) 5G

Hungary May 2023 32 GHz (1008 MHz) 5G

Uruguay May 2023 3500 MHz (300 MHz) 5G

800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1.8 GHz, 2.1

Croatia March 2023 Public MFCN networks
GHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz

Spain December 2022 26 GHz 5G

700 MHz (703-733/758-788 MHz),

2.1 GHz (1.92-1.98/2.11-2.17 GHz),
Ireland December 2022 2.3 GHz (2.3-2.4 GHz), 2.6 GHz Technology and service neutral
FDD (2.50-2.57/2.62-2.69 GHz)
and 2.6 GHz TDD (2.57-2.62 GHz)

Kazakhstan December 2022 3.5 GHz (3x100 MHz TDD) 5G

Montenegro December 2022 700 MHz, 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz MFCN systems

Nigeria December 2022 3.5 GHz

Saudi Arabia December 2022 1.98-2.01/2.17-2.20 GHz Non-terrestrial networks

Estonia November 2022 700 MHz 5G

700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz,

Northern Cyprus November 2022 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2600 MHz 4G and 5G
and 3600 MHz bands

700 MHz, 1.5 GHz, 2.6 GHz and

Romania November 2022 5G
3.4-3.8 GHz

700 MHz, 2.3 GHz, 2.6 GHz and

Tanzania October 2022 4G and 5G
3.5 GHz

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Licensing basis (exclusive 5G, mobile

Country/territory Auction/assignment award date Spectrum bands
broadband)

Argentina September 2022 2600 MHz 4G

Belgium September 2022 700 MHz and 3.6 GHz 5G

600 MHz, 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900

India August 2022 MHz, 1.8 GHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz, 5G
2.5 GHz, 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz

Lithuania August 2022 700 MHz and 3.4-3.7 GHz Mobile services

USA and territories August 2022 2.5 GHz (2496-2690 MHz) 5G

Estonia July 2022 3.6 GHz (3.41-3.80 GHz) 5G

Zambia July 2022 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz 5G

South Korea July 2022 3.40-3.42 GHz (20 MHz) 5G and private mobile services

Belgium July 2022 1.4 GHz Technology neutral

Macedonia July 2022 700 MHz and 3.6 GHz 5G

700 MHz, 900 MHz, 1.8 GHz, 2.1

Belgium June 2022 5G
GHz and 3.6 GHz

Greece May 2022 410 MHz (410-430 MHz) Private LTE

Isle of Man May 2022 700 MHz and 3.6 GHz To be confirmed

Terrestrial systems capable of

Slovakia May 2022 3.41-3.80 GHz providing electronic communications
services

Bangladesh March 2022 2.3 GHz and 2.6 GHz Technology neutral

700 MHz, 800 MHz, 2.6 GHz and Wireless broadband open access
South Africa March 2022
3.5 GHz services

703-713 MHz and 758-768 MHz,

Latvia January 2022 5G
plus 738-748 MHz

Latvia January 2022 1.5 GHz 5G

USA January 2022 3.45-3.55 GHz 5G, flexible use licences

Australia December 2021 850 MHz/900 MHz Mobile broadband

Mayotte December 2021 700 MHz and 900 MHz 5G

900 MHz, 1.8 GHz, 2 GHz and 2.6 Mobile electronic communication
Montenegro December 2021
GHz networks

Nigeria December 2021 3.5-3.6 GHz and 3.7-3.8 GHz Technology neutral

Réunion December 2021 700 MHz and 3.4-3.8 GHz 5G

700 MHz, 2.30-2.39 GHz and 3.3-

Brazil November 2021 5G
3.7 GHz

Algeria November 2021 880-890 MHz/925-935 MHz GSM

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Licensing basis (exclusive 5G, mobile

Country/territory Auction/assignment award date Spectrum bands
broadband)

Sweden November 2021 24.25-25.1 GHz Local indoor 5G use

Romania November 2021 800 MHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.4-3.8 GHz 5G

Singapore November 2021 2.1 GHz 5G

Sweden November 2021 3760-3800 MHz Local licences

Dominican Republic October 2021 3300-3460 MHz

703-738/758-793 MHz, 825-

832.5/870-877.5 MHz, 2.500-
Hong Kong October 2021 2.515/2.620-2.635 GHz, 5G
2.54-2.57/2.66-2.69 GHz and 4.80-
4.84/4.92-4.96 GHz

Malta October 2021 3.6-3.8 GHz 5G

814-824/859-869 MHz, 1755-

1760/2155-2160 MHz, 1910-
Mexico October 2021
1915/1990-1995 MHz and 2500-
2530/2620-2650 MHz

South Korea October 2021 28 GHz (600 MHz) 5G and private mobile services

700 MHz (703-733/758-788 MHz),

plus unused spectrum at 900
MHz (880-885/925-930 MHz,
895.1-898.1/940.1-943.1 MHz and
914-915/959-960 MHz), 1.8 GHz
Portugal October 2021 Technology and service neutral
(1.770-1.785/1.865-1.880 GHz), 2.1
GHz (1.9549-1.9599/2.1449-2.1499
GHz), 2.6 GHz (2.500-2.510/2.620-
2.630 GHz, 2.595-2.620 GHz TDD)
and 3.6 GHz (3.4-3.8 GHz)

2.6 GHz (2.50-2.57/2.62-2.69 GHz Terrestrial electronic

Norway September 2021
and 2.57-2.62 GHz) communications services

Terrestrial electronic
Norway September 2021 3.4-3.8 GHz
communications services

Pakistan September 2021 2.1 GHz Technology neutral

Pakistan September 2021 1800 MHz Technology neutral

700 MHz (703-733/758-788 MHz),

Croatia August 2021 3.6 GHz (3480-3800 MHz) and 26 5G
GHz (26.5-27.5 GHz)

Afghanistan July 2021 1.8 GHz 4G

Canada July 2021 3450-3650 MHz Technology neutral

Iran July 2021 2.3 GHz 4G

Spain July 2021 700 MHz (703-733/758-788 MHz) 5G

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Licensing basis (exclusive 5G, mobile

Country/territory Auction/assignment award date Spectrum bands
broadband)

Kosovo June 2021 1.8 GHz To be confirmed

Mauritius June 2021 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz 5G

700 MHz (746-756/777-787 MHz), Commercial voice and wireless

Jamaica May 2021
2x10 MHz block in band 13 broadband services

Timor Leste May 2021 2300 MHz and 2600 MHz To be confirmed

Bulgaria April 2021 3.5-3.8 GHz Electronic communications services

1500 MHz (1427-1517 SDL), 2.1

GHz (1.92-1.98 GHz, 2.11-2.17
Denmark April 2021 GHz), 2.3 MHz (2.36-2.40 GHz), 3.5 5G
GHz (3.41-3.80 GHz) and 26 GHz
(24.65-27.50 GHz)

Mobile services and fixed wireless

Indonesia April 2021 2.36-2.39 GHz
broadband access

Australia April 2021 25.1-27.5 GHz Wireless broadband

700 MHz (703–733/758–788 MHz

FDD plus 738–753 MHz SDL) ;
1400 MHz (1427–1517 MHz) SDL;
2.1 GHz (1.92– 1.98/2.110–2.17
Slovenia April 2021 Technology neutral
GHz FDD); 2.3 GHz (2.32 – 2.39
GHz TDD); 3.6 GHz (3.42–3.80 GHz
TDD); and 26 GHz (26.5-27.5 GHz
TDD)

700 MHz (703-733/758-788 MHz

UK April 2021 and 738-758 MHz SDL); 3.68-3.80 Mobile services
GHz

1.8 GHz (7.4 MHz) and 2.1 GHz

Bangladesh March 2021 4G
(4x5 MHz)

800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1.8 GHz, 2.1

India March 2021 4G
GHz and 2.3 GHz

2.3 MHz (2.30-2.34 GHz, 2.38-2.40

Kyrgyzstan March 2021 Not 5G. To be confirmed
GHz)

Peru March 2021 3400-3600 MHz 5G

Germany March 2021 24250-27500 MHz range Local 5G networks

450 MHz (451-455.74/461-465.74

Germany March 2021 LTE, critical infrastructure
MHz)

Zambia March 2021 800 MHz (20 MHz) Technology neutral

703-713/758-768 MHz, 1.755-

700 MHz and AWS: high-speed
1.770/2.155-2.170 GHz, 3.3-3.4
Chile February 2021 wireless (LTE-A Pro or 5G), C-band
GHz plus 3.60-3.65 GHz and 25.9-
and 26 GHz 5G only
27.5 GHz

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Licensing basis (exclusive 5G, mobile

Country/territory Auction/assignment award date Spectrum bands
broadband)

3.4-3.8 GHz (20 MHz within this

Spain February 2021 To be confirmed
range)

Business-critical M2M over dedicated

Slovenia February 2021 733-736/788-791 MHz
networks

USA February 2021 3.70-3.98 GHz Technology neutral

700 MHz (730-733 MHz/758-788

Cyprus January 2021 To be confirmed
MHz) and 3.4-3.8 GHz

Mobile and fixed communications

Hungary January 2021 900 MHz and 1.8 GHz
networks

Nigeria January 2021 900 MHz and 1.8 GHz Mobile broadband services

Sweden January 2021 3.40-3.62 GHz and 2.30-2.38 GHz Mobile broadband services

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