Korea KCC8 Monthly Auction spectrum is expected to profit 1.1 billion dollars

C114 Beijing time June 22 Afternoon News (Zhang Yuehong) South Korea's telecoms regulator, the KCC, said in Wednesday that it would sell the three-group spectrum to mobile operators in early August and was expected to profit 1.15 trillion won (1.07 billion US dollars).　　The KCC said the three groups were 800MHz, 1.8GHz and 2.1GHz, which are expected to be sold by the end of this month. The KCC also said SK Telecom and South Korea Telecom could be excluded from the 2.1GHz-band auction.　　The KCC said it expected to gain at least 261 billion won in the 800MHz band, with a gain of at least 445.5 billion won at 1.8GHz and 2.1 GHz frequencies.　　In the mobile data business battle, South Korea's three major mobile operators have expressed the urgent need for more spectrum resources.　　Korea Telecom (Korea EADS), SK Telecom (sktelecom) and lgu+ are all ready to join the competition in the 2.1GHz band. As the country's largest wireless operator, SK Telecom for its own participation in the auction gave a justification, said its users per capita the average frequency of resources is the lowest, SK Telecom said 3.49MHZ service 1 million users, compared to South Korea telecom per 1 million users of the spectrum is 4.96MHZ,LG　　The u+ is 4.43MHz.　　The SK Telegraph spokesman said that it had been shut out at last year's 800Mhz and 900Mhz spectrum auctions, so the KCC should allow itself to participate in the 2.1Ghz-band Auctions.　　SK Telecom is encouraging 5,500,002 G users to migrate to the 3G network to release 800Mhz for the LTE service, and SK Telecom also says it needs the 2.1Ghz spectrum to complete its technology evolution.　　SK Telecom currently has the spectrum including 800Mhz, 2.1GHz and 2.3Ghz, Korea Telecom has 1.8Ghz and 2.1Ghz, while LG u+ only 1.8Ghz band.　　When SK Telecom won the 800MHZ Spectrum to promote 2G business, South Korea Telecom and LG u+ that the KCC preferred SK Telecom, and pointed out that if SK Telecom could win the next auction, SK Telecom would have a near-monopoly position in the 2.1Ghz band. South Korea Telecom says its data capacity is close to its limit and needs 2.1Ghz spectrum, and says the focus should not be on the spectrum resources occupied by all users, but on 3G users.　　South Korea Telecom is also expected to be in July to 2G users to 3G migration, but also the need for spectrum. LG U+ insists that more 2.1Ghz bands are needed to stay competitive because at the moment, LG U+ is at the same time operating 2G and 3G in the 1.8Mhz band, and the company's spokesman said LG U+ There is an urgent need for 2.1Ghz bands in order to provide the iphone business and launch a direct global roaming service.