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Vodafone Group Plc
Annual Report 2016
188
Regulation (continued)
Unaudited information
700MHz 800MHz 900MHz 1400/1500MHz 1800MHz 2.1GHz 2.6GHz 3.5GHz
Country by region
Quantity1
(Expiry date)
Quantity1
(Expiry date)
Quantity1
(Expiry date)
Quantity1
(Expiry date)
Quantity1
(Expiry date)
Quantity1
(Expiry date)
Quantity1
(Expiry date)
Quantity1
(Expiry date)
Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacic
India5n/a n/a (2016–2035)5n/a (2016–2035)5(2030) n/a n/a
Vodacom: South Africa6n/a n/a 2x116n/a 2x1262x15+56n/a n/a
Vodacom: Democratic
Republic of Congo
n/a n/a 2x6
(2028)
n/a 2x18
(2028)
2x10+15
(2032)
n/a 1x30
(2026)
Lesotho7n/a 2x2072x227n/a 2x3072x1571x4071x427
Mozambique n/a n/a 2x8
(2018)
n/a 2x8
(2018)
2x15+10
(2023)
n/a n/a
Tanzania n/a n/a 2x8
(2031)
n/a 2x10
(2031)
2x15
(2031)
n/a 1x28
(2031)
Turkey n/a 2x10
(2029)
2x11
(2023)
n/a 2x10
(2029)
2x15+5
(2029)
2x15+10
(2029)
n/a
2x12
(2029)
Australia8n/a 2x10
(850MHz)
(2028)
2x8
(2028)
n/a 2x30
(annual)
2x25+5
(2017)
n/a n/a
Egypt n/a n/a 2x13
(2022)
n/a 2x10
(2022)
2x15
(2022)
n/a n/a
New Zealand 2x15
(2031)
n/a 2x15
(2031)
n/a 2x25
(2021)
2x25+10
(2021)
2x15+5
(2028)
2x28
(2022)
Safaricom: Kenya n/a 2x15
(Trial)
2x17
(2024)
n/a 2x20
(2024)
2x10
(2022)
n/a n/a
Ghana n/a n/a 2x8
(2019)
n/a 2x10
(2019)
2x15
(2023)9
n/a n/a
Qatar n/a 2x10
(2029)
2x11
(2028)
n/a 2x20
(2028)
2x15
(2028)
n/a n/a
2x52
(2029)
Notes:
1 Single (or unpaired) blocks of spectrum are used for asymmetric data (non-voice) use; block quantity has been rounded to the nearest whole number.
2 Blocks within the same spectrum band but with different licence expiry dates are separately identied.
3 UK – 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2.1GHz – indenite licence with a ve-year notice of revocation.
4 Hungary – 900MHz and 1800MHz – conditional options to extend these licences to 2034.
5 India comprises 22 separate service area licences with a variety of expiry dates.
6 Vodacom’s South African spectrum licences are renewed annually. As part of the migration to a new licensing regime the national regulator has issued Vodacom a service licence and a network
licence which will permit Vodacom to offer mobile and xed services. The service and network licences have a twenty-year duration and will expire in 2028.
7 Vodacom’s Lesotho spectrum licences are renewed annually, N.B. 1x40MHz in 2.6GHz column is actually 2.3GHz.
8 Australia –table refers to Sydney/Melbourne only. In total VHA has:
– 850MHz band – 2x10MHz in Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane/Adelaide/Perth and 2x5MHz across the rest of Australia.
– 900MHz band – 2x8MHz across Australia.
– 1800MHz band – 2x30MHz in Sydney/Melbourne, 2x25MHz in Brisbane/Adelaide/Perth/Canberra, 2x10MHz in Victoria/North Queensland/Western Australia and
2x5MHz in Darwin/Tasmania/South Queensland.
– 2.1GHz band, VHA holds 2x25 MHz in Sydney/Melbourne, 2x20MHz in Brisbane/Adelaide/Perth, 2x10MHz in Canberra/Darwin/Hobart and 2x5MHz in regional Australia.
9 Ghana – The NRA has issued provisional licences with the intention of converting them to full licences once the NRA has been reconvened.