The long-running German spectrum auction finally came to end on Thursday afternoon in Mainz after a total of 224 bidding rounds and 27 "auction days" since April 12. (See Court Could Halt German LTE Auction.)

According to regulator Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) , the total sum raised from the sale of the 41 frequency blocks was almost €4.4 billion ($5.4 billion). The blocks were sold in four frequency bands: 800MHz (paired); 1.8GHz (paired); 2.0GHz (paired and unpaired); and 2.6GHz (paired and unpaired).

The winning bids are:

• Vodafone D2 : €1,422,503,000 ($1,758,907,135), for 12 blocks in total
• Telefónica O2 Germany GmbH & Co. OHG : €1,378,605,000 ($1,703,564,840), 11 blocks
• Telekom Deutschland GmbH : €1,299,893,000 ($1,605,122,503), 10 blocks
• E-Plus Service GmbH & Co. KG : €283,645,000 ($350,113,159), 8 blocks
  
  

For further details on the individual blocks, click on this link.

The regulator added that the companies would receive the relevant documents on Friday morning.

— Anne Morris, freelance editor, special to Light Reading