2600 MHz (FDD)

The paired 2.6 GHz band (FDD, n7) covers the frequency range 2500 MHz – 2570 / 2620 - 2690 MHz:

This band is awarded in the procedure F 2/24 for usage starting with Jan 1st, 2027:

Usage until 31 Dec 2026

The frequency band was previously assigned as part of the F4/08  award in 2010. Licences  are  set  to  expire  on  31 December 2026

Hutchison 3G*: License holder formerly Orange Austria, now Hutchison Drei Austria GmbH

Procedures and consultations

The following procedures and consultations regarding this frequency range have been carried out:

• October 7, 2017: License modification (F 1/21) due to updated technical conditions of the Union (Decision 2020/636/EU).
• August 29, 2007: Consultation on the allocation of frequencies in the frequency ranges 2010-2020 MHz and 2500 - 2690 MHz and the future use of the 900/1800 MHz frequency bands
• January 30, 2009: Consultation on the allocation of frequencies in the 2500 – 2690 MHz band (2009)
• October 18, 2010: Frequency allocation procedure, allocation to A1 Telekom, T-Mobile, Orange and Hutchison 3G (F4/08-76).
• With the TKK’s decision F6/12 , the transfer of rights of use for the frequency block A9 to A1 Telekom Austria AG has been approved.
• With the TKK's decision F1/12, the change of ownership on Orange Austria Telecommunications GmbH, which is the outcome of the transfer of 100% of Orange Austria towards Hutchision 3G Austria Holdings GmH, has been approved. In accordance with the EC’s merger control procedure as well as with TKK’s Decision F1/12, H3G is obliged to divest the “Divestment Spectrum”, consisting of two continuous 2x5-MHz blocks in the 2,6-GHz band, to any new market entrants.
• Modification of technical usage conditions (F1/21)
  

Last update: March 16, 2022