# The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Award) Regulations 2025, Regulation 73: Determination of the winning 40 GHz assignment stage bids


(1) OFCOM shall determine the winning 40 GHz assignment stage bids after the deadline for paying the required first assignment stage round deposit.
(2) The winning 40 GHz assignment stage bids shall be those valid 40 GHz assignment stage bids that comprise the winning combination of valid 40 GHz assignment stage bids.
(3) The winning combination of valid 40 GHz assignment stage bids shall be the valid combination of 40 GHz assignment stage bids having the highest total value of amounts bid.
(4) A combination of valid 40 GHz assignment stage bids is a valid combination of 40 GHz assignment stage bids if—
(a) within that combination there is one valid 40 GHz assignment stage bid from each 40 GHz winner;
(b) each of those valid 40 GHz assignment stage bids is for a 40 GHz assignment stage option as determined by OFCOM for the bidder;
(c) no numbered 40 GHz lot is included in more than one of the 40 GHz assignment stage bids included in the combination of valid 40 GHz assignment stage bids; and
(d) the leftover numbered 40 GHz lots not included in that combination of valid 40 GHz assignment stage bids, taken together, form a single block of numbered 40 GHz lots.
(5) Where there is more than one valid combination of 40 GHz assignment stage bids for which the total value is equal highest, OFCOM shall employ a method of random selection from amongst those valid combinations of 40 GHz assignment stage bids for which the value is equal highest to determine the winning combination of valid 40 GHz assignment stage bids.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/669/regulation/73 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-award-regulations-2025/regulation-73
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