Auction summary - 800 MHz PCS allocation 3 (1999)

• 825-845/870-890 MHz (paired 2x20 MHz in metropolitan areas)
• 825-830/870-875 MHz (paired 2x5 MHz in regional & outback areas)
• 835-845/880-890 MHz (paired 2x10 MHz in regional & outback areas)
• 1710-1755/1805-1850 MHz (paired 2x45 MHz in metropolitan areas)
• 1710-1725/1805-1820 MHz (paired 2x15 MHz in regional areas)

The competition limits set in the original PCS auction in April/May 1998 applied unchanged for this auction. They were that:

• No person or specified group of persons could be allocated more than 2x15 MHz in any mainland state capital city in the frequency band 1710-1755/1805-1850 MHz.
• Telstra, Optus and Vodafone were precluded by carrier licence condition from bidding on 2x10 MHz (825-835/870-880 MHz) of the spectrum offered in the 800 MHz band in mainland state capital cities and 2x5 MHz (825-830/870-875 MHz) of that band in other areas.
• The carrier licence condition part of the limits precluded Telstra, Optus and Vodafone from participating in this auction for the 825-830/870-875 MHz lot in remote central Australia.

Applicant information package (349.7 KB)

Spectrum Re-allocation Declaration No 1-4 of 1997 and variations (120.97 KB)

Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Limits—1.8 GHz Band) Direction 1998 (127.34 KB)

Radiocommunications Spectrum Marketing Plan (800 MHz and 1.8 GHz Bands) 1998 (275.27 KB)

Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Allocation) Determination 1998 (revoked by Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Allocation) Determination (No. 2) 1998 in November 1998 - see applicant package for a copy) (167.54 KB)

Spectrum Re-allocation Declaration 1999 (No. 2) (60.74 KB)

• Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Allocation - Open Outcry Auction) Determination 1998

Carrier Licence Conditions (Spectrum Re-allocation) Declaration 1998 (594.6 KB)

• Technical framework
• Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Protection of Apparatus-licensed Receivers - 800 MHz Band) 1998
• Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Protection of Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope) 1998
  
  (revoked in March 2009 – see applicant package for a copy)
• Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Managing Interference from Apparatus-licensed Transmitters - 800 MHz Band) 1998

• Radiocommunications (Third Party Use—Spectrum Licence) Rules 2000 (No. 2)
• Radiocommunications (Trading Rules for Spectrum Licences) Determination 1998
• Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Registration of Devices under Spectrum Licences without an Interference Impact Certificate) 1998
• Radiocommunications (section 145(3) Certificates) Determination 2000