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
- previous news
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Austrian Operators Willing to Relieve Telefonica of UMTS Frequencies
August 28, 2003
As Telefonica Moviles ponders what to do with the pan-European 3G licence
albatross around its neck, a number of mobile operators are showing an
interest in the unwanted UMTS frequencies in Austria. The Spanish operator,
which is also pulling out of the Italian 3G market, has yet to decide
whether to sell the licence on, hang on to it and pay penalties for not
meeting its rollout obligations, or simply hand the licence back to the
government.
According to a report in the Austrian newspaper Der Standard, Mobilkom
Austria has expressed a ‘serious interest’ in the unused licence. Rival
T-Mobile Austria may also be willing to take the lucrative frequencies
off Telefonica’s hands, given the right offer. “If Telefonica approaches
us with a concrete offer for its UMTS frequencies, we’ll carefully evaluate
this offer and any conditions that may be attached to it,” said T-Mobile
CEO Georg Pölzl. Meanwhile, Hutchison Austria’s Berthold Thoma commented,
“Everybody wants additional frequencies, as insufficient bandwidth can
only be overcome with very high investments.”
Austria’s third largest cellular operator One, however, is not tempted.
“Until 2007, when there is expected to be another spectrum auction, our
existing frequencies will be sufficient,” its CEO Jorgen Bang-Jensen told
the Austrian daily. The smallest of the 3G licensees, Tele-ring, recently
voiced its reservations about UMTS and said it was going for a ‘minimum’
rollout, which will make it an unlikely buyer.
The 3G licence conditions stipulate that opeators must have at least
25 percent network coverage by the end of 2003. Telefonica had better
make up its mind soon.
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