Results of Multiband Auction

These time limits do not apply to the frequencies in the 700 MHz SDL, 1500 MHz SDL and 26 GHz bands, which should start being utilized to offer services to end-users on these frequencies in at least one major city within five (5) years from availability.

Operators A1 Slovenija, Telekom Slovenije in Telemach who acquired spectrum in 700 MHz band shall have to provide following scope of coverage by 31. 12. 2025:

• 99% of the population of the Republic of Slovenia
• 99% of motorways and highways,
• at least 60% of main roads and regional roads I and II,
• at least 60% of the active railways with passenger traffic, in-train coverage is under responsibility of railways.

The aim of providing coverage of roads and railways is to offer broadband mobile communications services with a user experience of throughput of at least 10 Mb/s from the base station to the mobile user’s terminal (downlink) and 2 Mbit/s from user’s terminal to base station (uplink) (outdoor) with a RSRP level of -108 dBm.

Operators in 700 MHz FDD and 3600 MHz TDD frequency bands and because of providing comparable services also in the 2100 MHz frequency band, will need to fulfil the following requirements

• within 3 months after DARF is issued, start offering commercial 5G services on at least one frequency band in at least one major city (Table A‑16),
• by 31. 12. 2025 provide commercial 5G services in all major cities. Any applicant who wins in the public tender at least 70 MHz of contiguous spectrum, also has to provide the functionality and support of enhanced mobile broadband access (eMBB) as well as support for massive IoT networks. If these required features are not available, the operator has to provide appropriate evidence. The Agency shall postpone the deadline for compliance on the basis of relevant evidence.

Providing services means that this 5G service is provided through base stations covering at least 75% of the population of an individual settlement of the individual major city, where for the beginning of the use of radio frequencies and start offering services is required that the 5G service is provided through at least one base station in at least one settlement of one major city.

Network sharing conditions

In order to ensure efficient use of the radio spectrum, improve coverage and reduce impact on environment, the Agency shall promote the following sharing options

• sharing of passive or active infrastructure or spectrum pooling,
• business agreement on national roaming,
• joint deployment of infrastructure for the provision of networks and services based on the use of radio frequency spectrum.

Active sharing and frequency pooling, including dynamic spectrum sharing, is permitted within a framework that does not limit infrastructural competition. For example, sharing of active equipment and frequency pooling are permitted when passive sharing is not sufficient, for example in challenging areas and for network densification. Permission of frequency pooling and active sharing, including dynamic spectrum sharing:

• in challenging areas of the Republic of Slovenia, such as Triglav National Park , Settlements in Triglav National Park and Settlements in other challenging  areas, road and railway tunnels, critical road sections, regions of Slovenian border and Piran bay, regions exceeding 60% of active railways with passenger, regions exceeding 60% of main roads and regional roads category I and II, historical monuments and other buildings under protection of Cultural heritage, small cells if there is a restriction on space interventions/building restrictions, and indoor,
• in case network densification needs to secure very high capacity base stations offering Gigabit speeds: road and city infrastructure (e.g., lamp posts, traffic lights …), railway and energy infrastructure, in dense venues (convention centres, concert halls, stadiums, bus and train stations, shopping malls, factories, ports, airports …).

Sharing as defined above is permitted in accordance with competition law principles. For the 26 GHz band, frequency pooling and active sharing, including dynamic spectrum sharing, are permitted everywhere,  with a pre-emptive right in favour of the licence holder on its assigned sub-band, and active sharing between all licence holders including dynamic spectrum sharing, is permitted.

However, all sharing allowed in this chapter is allowed provided that the operators comply with all relevant legislation in the field of construction and placement of infrastructure in place, whereby the Agency may adjust the sharing conditions by amending the licences.

In circumstances where market-driven deployment of infrastructure for the provision of networks or services that rely on the use of radio spectrum is subject to insurmountable economic or physical obstacles for operators, and therefore access to networks or services by end-users is not possible, the Agency shall impose on a licence holder who has acquired radio spectrum in this public tender in such an area for the period of licence’s validity obligations related to sharing passive infrastructure or obligations to conclude localised roaming access agreements.

In circumstances where access to and sharing of passive infrastructure alone is not sufficient to resolve this issue, the Agency may impose obligations for sharing active infrastructure.

The objective of this measure is to avoid distortion of competition in areas where other operators have no option of obtaining access to locations commercially on existing network and building a new location is subject to insurmountable economic or physical obstacle.

Security requirements

Operators shall have to establish, perform, maintain and constantly improve appropriate and proportionate organizational and technical measures for managing risks to the security and safety of information systems, networks, services and information.

With the objective of managing security threats and ensuring a high level of availability, authenticity, integrity and confidentiality of the operator’s networks and services, stored, transferred or processed data or related services available over its network, a licence holder shall have to conduct and systematically perform risk analyses with an assessment of the acceptable risk level, and appropriately document this process before implementing any security-related measures.