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Other 3G News
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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Irish 3G license process stumbles over price
date: 25th January 2001, source: Total
Telecom
The Irish 3G-license award process has been held up by a dispute over
price, according to reports Thursday. The regulator, Etain Doyle, is pushing
for a low figure for each of the four licenses, but is facing resistance
from the government, which wants to push the price up as high as possible,
the Irish Independent reported.
"The minister of finance is required to give consent," a spokeswoman for
the regulator told Total Telecom. She said the two parties are currently
in discussions and the regulator is confident the tender document, detailing
the prices, will be published "fairly shortly." The actual award process
is still on track for June, she added.
The newspaper said the department of finance is angling for a charge of
100 million Irish punts (US$116 million) per license, whereas Doyle favors
IP70 million ($81 million). The lower price would speed up the process.
Both sums are low compared to the billions of dollars paid in auctions
in the U.K. and Germany. And the French government Wednesday was humiliated
by the withdrawal of a potential bidder for its 32.5 billion francs (US$4.6
billion) licenses, leaving only three companies chasing four licenses.
Ireland has opted for the beauty-contest method, under which applicants
are judged according to their business plans. Licenses are expected to
go to the three incumbent mobile operators, Vodafone's Eircell, BT's Esat
Digifone and Meteor, owned by U.S. Western Wireless and Ireland's RD Communications.
Doyle said in December that 20 parties had expressed an interest. Potential
bidders include: the electricity supply board (ESB); Vivendi; wireless
site developer Crown Castle; U.K. cable group NTL; France Telecom's Orange;
and WorldCom.
The tender document detailing the process was supposed to be published
in December, but the schedule was missed because of the dispute.
Ireland will award one Class A license with the obligation to cover 80%
of the population by the end of 2005, and three Class B licenses, which
must cover 53% of the population. All have equal spectrum, though the
Class A license holder will be able to add more if it provides accommodation
to virtual network operators.
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