Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs will auction DAB+ frequencies for commercial radio via a simultaneous multiple-round auction
As of August 31, 2017 the licenses for analogue (FM) and digital (DAB+) commercial radio will expire. DG Telecom Market of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs intends in 2017 to extend the current FM/DAB+ licenses (9 national and 38 regional) by five years and to auction the new DAB+ frequencies in Band III.
Dutch Radiocommunications Agency commissioned Auctiometrix to verify third party CCA software
The Dutch Radiocommunications Agency has appointed Auctiometrix to provide an independent verification of third party CCA (combinatorial clock auction) software that will be used to auction so-called VOA-spectrum in the Netherlands.