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The Invitation to Tender as an Unsuitable Procedure for Awarding Mobile Radio Frequencies/Die Ausschreibung als ungeeignetes Verfahren zur Vergabe von Mobilfunkfrequenzen

With the amendment to the Telecommunications Act (TKG), which came into force on 1 December 2021, the priority of auctioning as the standard award procedure for frequencies in the event of scarcity has been abolished. The TKG provides for two possible award procedures for frequencies in the event of...

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Published in:Wirtschaftsdienst (Hamburg) 2022-09, Vol.102 (9), p.683
Main Authors: Bulowski, Stefan, Kuhling, Jurgen, Zierke, Oliver
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:With the amendment to the Telecommunications Act (TKG), which came into force on 1 December 2021, the priority of auctioning as the standard award procedure for frequencies in the event of scarcity has been abolished. The TKG provides for two possible award procedures for frequencies in the event of scarcity. These are, on the one hand, the auction and, on the other hand, the invitation to tender. The legal text of the new TKG states that the award procedure which best ensures the achievement of the regulatory objectives of the Act is to be carried out. In the case of awarding scarce mobile frequencies, however, the tender procedure is generally unsuitable for achieving regulatory objectives such as efficiency and transparency. Mit der zum 1. Dezember 2021 in Kraft getretenen Novelle des Telekommunikationsgesetzes (TKG) ist der Vorrang der Versteigerung als Regelvergabeverfahren fur Frequenzen bei Knappheit aufgehoben worden. Das TKG sieht zwei mogliche Vergabeverfahren fur Frequenzen bei Knappheit vor: die Versteigerung und die Ausschreibung. Im Gesetzestext des neuen TKG heisst es, dass dasjenige Vergabeverfahren durchzufuhren ist, das die Erreichung der Regulierungsziele des Gesetzes am besten gewahrleistet. Im Fall der Vergabe von knappen Mobilfunkfrequenzen ist das Ausschreibungsverfahren fur die Erreichung von Regulierungszielen wie Effizienz und Transparenz jedoch generell ungeeignet.
ISSN:0043-6275
DOI:10.1007/s10273-022-3273-6