The Spanish regulator has proposed tighter radio spectrum controls in order to prevent anticompetitive behaviour.
In a statement, it says that it is “essential” to ensure that companies use the radio spectrum effectively and efficiently “in a manner to avoid speculative hoarding or anticompetitive rights use”.
It has therefore proposed to the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism that it should amend the draft royal decree on the use of the public radio spectrum.
The CNMC adds that the radio spectrum is essential to telecoms and audiovisual services, including DTT and mobile services, and therefore clearly relevant to the competitive development of resource markets.
In its view, the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism has a wealth of information to carry out more intensive monitoring of spectrum use. Furthermore, these should be supplemented with the “necessary proactive measures for monitoring and surveillance.
The CNMC also says this control should be extended to bands commonly used by WiFi technology for broadband services.
