CST published the Information Memorandum and rules for this auction which aims to allow licensed service providers to participate. Through this auction, CST aims to improve 5G coverage in remote areas, improve the quality of service on roads, border entries, and railways, raise internet speeds for customers, and promote investment and competition in providing wireless services.

CST clarified that this auction will further solidify the Kingdom’s leadership role in the ICT sector, and it is a part of its efforts in implementing the “Spectrum Outlook for Commercial and Innovative Use 2021-2023” which was published in 2020, and aligned with its strategic roles in enabling 5G networks in the Kingdom, as Saudi Arabia will become the first country in the Middle East, Europe and Africa to assign the 600 MHz band for IMT, and the highest country globally in terms of assigned IMT spectrum in the bands below 5 GHz.

The Information Memorandum includes the auction design elements and rules such as allocating channel blocks for different domains, technical and regulatory conditions, eligibility criteria as well as the opening prices and obligations for the channel blocks. 

CST encourages eligible service providers to participate in the auction, noting that the Information Memorandum for the auction is available at the following link:

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