VENEZUELA: Four Companies Prequalified For 4G Spectrum Awards; Licensing Within Two Weeks

Venezuela’s Telecom Regulator, CONATEL, has announced in a statement on its website that four companies have been pre-qualified to receive 4G mobile licences in the 1700MHz/2100MHz (AWS) and/or 2500MHz-2690MHz frequency bands, namely Movilnet (the mobile arm of state-owned incumbent CANTV) and Telefonica Venezuela (which operates cellular services as Movistar Venezuela) plus two would-be new entrants […]