# The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Award) Regulations 2025, Regulation 88: 26 GHz lot second period assignment stage bids


(1) In order to bid for a 26 GHz lot second period assignment stage option, a bidder must specify, on the assignment stage form, either a value of zero pounds or an amount in whole thousands of pounds that it is willing to pay for a licence that authorises the use of frequencies corresponding to the block of numbered 26 GHz lots for the second period that is the 26 GHz lot second period assignment stage option, in addition to—
(a) the total 26 GHz lower base price and the total 26 GHz upper base price for that bidder’s winning principal stage bids for 26 GHz lower lots and 26 GHz upper lots; and
(b) the 26 GHz lower lot additional price (if any) and 26 GHz upper lot additional price (if any) for that bidder’s winning assignment stage bids (if any), in the first assignment stage round and in the second assignment stage round.
(2) A bidder may make no more than one 26 GHz lot second period assignment stage bid for each 26 GHz lot second period assignment stage option.
(3) A bidder is not required to make a 26 GHz lot second period assignment stage bid.
(4) A 26 GHz lot second period assignment stage bid is a valid 26 GHz lot second period assignment stage bid if—
(a) the bid is specified on a valid assignment stage form; and
(b) the bidder has paid the full sum of the required third assignment stage round deposit by the deadline specified by OFCOM.
(5) Where a bidder does not make a valid 26 GHz lot second period assignment stage bid for a 26 GHz lot second period assignment stage option that bidder will be deemed to have made a valid 26 GHz lot second period assignment stage bid with a value of zero pounds for that 26 GHz lot second period assignment stage option.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/669/regulation/88 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-award-regulations-2025/regulation-88
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