European Spectrum: Licenses Owned

WDP focuses on investment opportunities in the wireless communications space. Present operations include Broadband Belgium and Broadband Portugal. These operating companies both hold 3.5GHz telecommunications licenses

Broadband Belgium is licensed to provide wireless services at 3.5GHz (Band 42) in each of Belgium’s regions (Brussels, Flanders, and Wallonia)
- 50 MHz: Block 4: 3475-3500/ 3575- 3600 MHz: Right of use in 57 communes
- 50 MHz: Block 3: 3450-3475/ 3550- 3575 MHz: Right of use in 13 communes
- Negotiations are in process with the regulator for expansion to a nationwide footprint
Broadband Portugal is licensed to provide 3.5 GHz wireless services nationwide in Portugal. BBP will be operating in the 3400-3600 MHz and 3600-3800 MHz radio spectrum bands (Bands 42 and 43)
- Blocks A, B and C (total 168MHz) in Area 1, the greater Lisbon area
- Blocks A and B (total 112MHz) in Area 2, the greater Porto region
- Block B (total 56 MHz) in all other mainland areas

These services have included:

Spectrum Scanning and Acquisition Assessment
Spectrum Target Identification
Seller negotiation, data room review, business due diligence, contract completion
Company Start Up planning
Support hiring of in-country personnel
Regulatory support (BIPT and ANACOM) for license period extension, geographic expansion and band harmonization with EU LTE band plans
Site assessment and organization
RF planning and expert design support using Teocalli in-house propagation tool (ATOLL)
Core network expert design support: virtualized, cloud-based hybrid architecture
Managed services definition with associated SLAs and KPIs: site acquisition, network engineering, network deployment and construction, operations & maintenance
Development of the 3.5GHz LTE RFP and administration of the RFP evaluation process with the suppliers, including Nokia, Ericsson, Huawei and ZTE
Development of the UE RFP and device portfolio strategy