The race for the mobile TV concession can begin

 The Federal Communications Commission (Comcom) would like to award a nationwide license for mobile TV in the autumn. Applicants have until July 27 to submit their documents. Bakom will then evaluate the applications received for the attention of Comcom, according to a press release. Comcom will then award the license in the autumn. The license is granted for a period of 10 years and obliges the licensee to provide 30 percent of the Swiss population with mobile TV by the end of May 2008 and at least half by the end of 2012. Bakom will determine the provider by means of a criteria-based competition. The best applicant will receive the license. In addition to the funding requirements and compliance with legal requirements, OFCOM has five selection criteria: Coverage and rollout, concept and implementation, business and service plan, contribution to media diversity as well as coherence and credibility of the application. If there is a great deal of interest in the frequencies put out to tender, there is the possibility of tendering another coverage for mobile TV at a later date which is not yet freely available. However, this would have to be coordinated in advance with neighboring countries