The provision of Article 105, paragraph 5 of the Law on Electronic Communications ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia", No. 35/23), stipulates that the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Postal Services (Ratel) shall make a decision to initiate a public bidding procedure for the issuance of individual licenses, within 15 days from the date of entry into force of the act of the relevant ministry prescribing the minimum requirements for the issuance of individual licenses based on the conducted public bidding procedure, and shall establish a commission for the implementation of the public bidding procedure.

Considering that the Rulebook on minimum conditions for issuing individual licenses for the use of radio frequency spectrum based on the conducted public bidding procedure in the radio frequency bands 694-790 MHz, 880-915/925-960 MHz, 1710-1785/1805-1880 MHz, 1920-1980/2110-2170 MHz, 2500-2690 MHz and 3400-3800 MHz ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia", No. 44/25) entered into force on 24 May 2025, Ratel, within the prescribed legal deadlines, adopted a Decision on launching a public bidding procedure for the issuance of a maximum of three individual licenses for the use of radio frequency spectrum in the radio frequency bands 694-790 MHz, 880-915/925-960 MHz, 1710-1785/1805-1880 MHz, 1920-1980/2110-2170 MHz, 2500-2690 MHz and 3400-3800 MHz for the provision of public electronic communications services for GSM and IMT (International Mobile Telecommunications) systems.