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To: voop who wrote (52288)	12/3/1999 8:53:00 AM
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Brazil To Auction PCS Licenses In March Or April -Anatel SAO PAULO -- Brazilian regulators will auction licenses for personal communications services in March or April, the regulatory agency Anatel said Friday. The agency had previously said it would auction the PCS frequencies in December 1999 or January 2000. "There will be a public review process open until the end of January, followed by a public hearing and then once all those recommendations are analyzed, the auction will go forward," a spokesman said. The high-capacity frequencies to be auctioned allow licensees to offer wireless phone and data transfer services. Current holders of cellular phone licenses will be barred from the auction, Anatel said. However, a small portion of the 1.9 GH band will be made available to them so they can expand their services. Anatel hasn't yet decided whether it will sell the 1.8 gigaherz band, compatible with European GSM technology, or the 1.9 GH frequency used with the U.S.-dominant CDMA and TDMA technology. Details on price weren't yet available. The new licenses will bring a third wireless operator to Brazilian markets, which currently have two competing carriers in each of eight regions. -By Margarita Palatnik, Dow Jones Newswires; (5511)813-1988; mpalatnik@aol.com