Paraguay will proceed with its long-delayed auction of frequencies in the 4G spectrum as early as next month, according to Teresita Palacios, acting president of the country’s communications regulator Conatel.

She described the LTE spectrum auction as her priority and said the corresponding bidding documentation would be issued in the first half of July. Conatel aims to auction AWS spectrum in the 1,700 MHz and 2,100 MHz bands.

The government previously said the tender would be open to new entrants and existing operators such as Tigo, Claro, Personal and Vox. However, Claro and Personal Paraguay, which operates under the Nucleo brand, have asked Conatel to exclude Tigo from the 4G spectrum auction due to its dominant position and existing spectrum holdings.