The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Award) Regulations 2018

Overall bid constraint rule

44.—(1) In addition to the limitations on bidding in regulation 43, in any principal stage round, the total frequencies associated with a bidder’s principal stage form must not exceed the number of MHz for that bidder which is that bidder’s overall bid constraint.

(2) The “total frequencies associated with a principal stage form” means, in relation to a bidder in a principal stage round, the total number of MHz which is the sum of A plus B where—

(a) “A” is—

(i) where that bidder has specified on its principal stage form in that principal stage round that it wishes to make one or more principal stage bids for 2.3 GHz lots, the number of such bids multiplied by 10 MHz; or

(ii) where that bidder makes no new bids on its principal stage form in that principal stage round for 2.3 GHz lots—

(aa) the number of principal stage bids for 2.3 GHz lots made by that bidder which were assigned standing high bid status after the end of the most recent round, multiplied by 10 MHz; and

(bb) if no such principal stage bids for 2.3 GHz lots made by that bidder were assigned standing high bid status after the end of the most recent round, zero; and

(b) “B” is—

(i) where that bidder has specified on its principal stage form in that principal stage round that it wishes to make one or more principal stage bids for 3.4 GHz lots, the number of such bids multiplied by 5 MHz; or

(ii) where that bidder makes no new bids on its principal stage form in that principal stage round for 3.4 GHz lots—

(aa) the number of principal stage bids for 3.4 GHz lots made by that bidder which were assigned standing high bid status after the end of the most recent round, if any, multiplied by 5 MHz; and

(bb) if no such principal stage bids for 3.4 GHz lots made by that bidder were assigned standing high bid status after the end of the most recent round, zero.