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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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Bids total A$804.35m on day 1 of Australian 3G
date: 15th March 2001, source by: 
Total Telecom
The first day of the Australian government's auction of 3G spectrum on
Thursday ended with total bids of A$804.35 million (US$398.5 million).
Incumbent Telstra has so far bid the most with A$221.3 million.
The government expects to raise over A$2.6 billion by 30 June from a series
of spectrum auctions and has set a reserve price of A$1.08 billion. However,
its estimates were made in May last year before a global downturn in telecoms
stocks, which may restrict capital spending.
Some of the bidders have already warned they will not pay the high prices
paid in the U.K. and German 3G auctions, which are largely thought by
analysts to have been much too high, leaving winning operators unable
to fund the roll-out of their 3G networks. Optus chief executive Chris
Anderson, for example, has said he is prepared to "walk away" if prices
breach a certain pre-set target, The Wall Street Journal reported.
But the license winners may not necessarily use the spectrum themselves.
Analysts believe Qualcomm, for example, is not interested in becoming
an operator itself and may sell its spectrum or ally with an existing
operator, the WSJ said. The company sold the 800 MHz spectrum it
won in a 1998 Australian auction to AAPT.
Regulator the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) said that 32 of
the 58 spectrum lots on auction in the 2GHz band had so far attracted
bids and all six registered bidders had remained in the auction for round
three on Friday.
There were originally seven bidders, but AAPT Ltd., the Australian subsidiary
of Telecom Corp. of New Zealand, pulled out on Wednesday.
After day one, Telstra had bid A$221.3 million, Hutchison A$196.1 million,
C&W Optus A$185.5 million, Qualcomm's 3G Investments A$185.5 million,
Vodafone A$8 million and ArrayCommInc's CKW Wireless A$7.95 million. Successful
bidders will be allocated 15-year licenses commencing in October 2002.
Spectrum has been restricted to 15 MHz of paired and 5 MHz of unpaired
spectrum in state and territory capital cities per bidder, and 10 MHz
of paired spectrum in regional areas.
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