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142 Vodafone Group Plc Annual Report 2011
Regulation continued
South Africa
The national regulator may recommence the process for an auction of the
2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands during the 2012 financial year.
In October 2010 the national regulator published a regulation establishing
a glide path for mobile and fixed termination rates over the period to March
2014. The mobile termination rate will decline from a peak/off-peak rate of
ZAR 0.89/0.77 respectively to ZAR 0.40 per minute from 1 March 2013.
Other Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific
Egypt
The national regulator set termination rates at 65% of each operator’s on-net
retail revenue per minute in September 2008. Mobinil obtained interim
relief against this regulation and a final order is awaited to clarify its
application. On 28 January 2011, during a period of socio-political unrest
and demonstrations, the government ordered Vodafone and the two
other licensed mobile operators to temporarily suspend mobile services in
certain areas. Vodafone subsequently restored its voice network to its
customers the following day, and data and SMS were unavailable for five and
nine days respectively.
New Zealand
Vodafone and Telecom New Zealand have been selected to share a
NZ$285 million government grant to roll-out and operate an open access
fibre and wireless network in rural areas.
The national regulator has adopted a regulation which reduces termination
rates from around 18 cents to 7.5 cents in May 2011, with further reductions
to 4.0 cents from April 2012. SMS termination rates are also regulated at 0.06
cents per SMS. The national regulator has indicated that it will monitor the
impact of these measures and of on-net/off-net retail pricing which it
believes to have inhibited competition.
Qatar
The price floor on retail services imposed in November 2009 on Vodafone
by the national regulator was removed in April 2010. In July 2010 the
national regulator ruled that QTel had launched the Virgin Mobile service
illegally and required significant changes to be compliant. The national
regulator has launched a strategic review of the sector.
Licences
The table below summarises the most significant mobile licences held by our operating subsidiaries and our joint venture in Italy at 31 March 2011. We
present the licences by frequency band since in many markets, including the majority of Europe, they can be used for a variety of technologies including
2G, 3G and in the future LTE.
Mobile licences
Country by region 800 MHz expiry date 900 MHz expiry date 1800 MHz expiry date 2.1 GHz expiry date 2.6 GHz expiry date
Europe
Germany December 2025 December 2016 December 2016 December 2020 December 2025
Italy n/a February 2015 February 2015 December 2021 n/a
Spain n/a February 2020 July 2023 April 2020 n/a
UK n/a See note(1) See note(1) December 2021 n/a
Albania n/a June 2016 June 2016 December 2025 n/a
Czech Republic n/a January 2021 January 2021 February 2025 n/a
Greece n/a September 2012(2) August 2016 August 2021 n/a
Hungary n/a July 2014(3) July 2014(3) December 2019(3) n/a
Ireland n/a May 2011 December 2015 October 2022 n/a
Malta n/a May 2011 May 2011 August 2020 n/a
Netherlands n/a March 2013 March 2013 December 2016 May 2030
Portugal n/a October 2021 October 2021 January 2016 n/a
Romania n/a December 2011 December 2011 March 2020 n/a
Turkey n/a April 2023 – April 2029 n/a
Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific
India(4) n/a
November 2014 –
December 2026
November 2014 –
December 2026 September 2030 n/a
Vodacom: South Africa n/a See note(5) See note(5) See note(5) n/a
Egypt n/a January 2022 January 2022 January 2022 n/a
Ghana n/a December 2019 December 2019 December 2023(6) n/a
New Zealand n/a November 2031 March 2021 March 2021 n/a
Qatar n/a June 2028 June 2028 June 2028 n/a
Notes:
(1) Indefinite licence with a one year notice of revocation.
(2) One third of the 900 MHz spectrum will expire in 2016.
(3) Options to extend these licences.
(4) India is comprised of 23 separate service area licences with a variety of expiry dates. Option to extend 900/1800 licences by ten years. Vodafone acquired 3G licences in nine of the service areas in May 2010.
(5) Vodacom’s South African spectrum licences are renewed annually. As part of the migration to a new licensing regime the NRA has issued Vodacom a service licence and a network licence which will
permit Vodacom to offer mobile and fixed services. The service and network licences have 20 year duration and will expire in 2028. Vodacom also holds licences to provide 2G and/or 3G services in the
Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Mozambique and Tanzania.
(6) The NRA has issued provisional licences with the intention of converting these to full licences once the NRA board has been reconvened.