April 23, 2025

This Week in Amateur Radio

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Peru

Peru to sell Amateur Radio Frequencies

BNamericas reports Peru’s Ministry for Transport and Communications (MTC) plans to sell-off amateur radio frequencies in the 3.3-3.8 GHz band for 5G mobile

BNamericas note the spectrum was used by Radio Amateurs and radiolocation and say:

In a ruling published last week, however, MTC modified the national frequency allocation plan to allow carriers to provide some services other than those originally assigned for the spectrum.

Peru expects to launch a spectrum tender for 5G technology in the first half of next year, awarding frequencies in the 3.3GHz-3.8GHz range (3.5GHz band) and the 24.2GHz-25.5GHz range (26GHz band).

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