The UK isn’t the only country with 4G news today as Australia will be holding its own 4G spectrum auction in April 2013 according to TheRegister.
“The date has been decided on the expert advice of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA),” Senator Conroy said in a statement, as that timing will apparently “… maximise product certainty for bidders prior to the auction and provide new licensees with adequate lead time to plan and deploy networks before their licenses commence.”
The auctioned spectrum will reside in the 700MHz and 2.5 GHz bands, which have become available thanks to terrestrial television channels changing to digital broadcasts. The Australian government has allocated $143.2 million to help these affected broadcasters make the necessary transition.
While this means worldwide SIM users visiting the land down under won’t be able to utilize these networks for quite some time, it nevertheless draws a path for growth in the area to help the world’s first global wireless carrier expand its offerings to both business and individual consumers alike.