Qualcomm and Teleepoch
Enter Into a 3G CDMA Subscriber Unit License Agreement, October
6, 2007
MTN chooses Cambridge Broadband
Networks for multi-service wireless network in Rwanda, October 6,
2007
Brazilian government to
publish 3G bidding rules soon, October 6, 2007
KTF 3G service suffers
from technical problems, October 6, 2007
Argentina’s Personal
lunches 3G service in Rosario, October 6, 2007
Russia has it's first 3G
network, October 6, 2007
AT&T could drop Alcatel-Lucent
as 3G mobile network supplier, October 6, 2007
Enea Extends License Agreement
with ZTE for 3G Handsets, October 2, 2007
LG to unveil premium handsets
in Brazil, October 2, 2007
KTF 3G subscribers doubled
in less than 3 months, October 2, 2007
3G policy in India will
be non-uniform, October 2, 2007
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Italians to Allow 3G Spectrum Trading
August 13, 2003 - source: BWCS
The Italian government of Silvio Berlusconi, ever keen to foster harmony
and unity with their European colleagues, has decided to lift restrictions
on 3G spectrum trading. The move will come as a welcome relief to Spanish
operator Telefónica Moviles, which is keen to sell its Italian frequency
as part of a process of “battening down the hatches” on the 3G front.
Telefónica, which has been steadily pulling back from its once mighty
pan-European 3G ambitions, still owns 45.54% in the Italian Ipse 2000
consortium. Back in December 2000 Ispe, whose other stakeholders include
Sonera, Atlanet, Banca de Roma, Xera and Eddisson Flack paid a whopping
4.68 trillion Lira (US$2 billion) for its national 3G licence.
Italian rivals Omnitel/Vodafone and Telecom Italia Mobile have both indicated
their interest in purchasing some of Ipse’s spectrum in the past. It is
thought that the consortium will receive a much lower price than it paid
for the 5MHz of 3G spectrum.
According to reports in the Spanish and Italian press, Berlusconi’s government
has put two conditions on the sale. It announced that the Minister for
Communications must grant his authority for any change in frequency ownership.
The government has also decreed that any sale will have to be passed by
the Italian competition authorities.
Any money from the sale will help Telefónica reduce its massive debt
pile of €6.49 billion (US$7.37 billion) which it built up as it tried
to expand into Switzerland, Germany, Italy, and Austria.
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