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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Spanish 3G Operators Seek Deposit Refund
September 23, 2002 - source: BWCS
According to reports in the Spanish press the country’s UMTS licensees
are lobbying the government for the return of deposits worth €6.9
billion. Unattributed reports in the Spanish newspaper Cincos Dias
stated that the four 3G operators are seeking negotiations with
the Science and Technology Minister Josep Pique over their licence
deposits.
Pique has already freed the deposits of cable television operators
and public mobile radio operators, and the UMTS licensees are now
hoping that he will extend this relaxation of licence terms to them.
Like their counterparts around Europe the four Spanish UMTS licence
holders - Telefonica Moviles, Vodafone Airtel, Xfera and Amena –
are desperately in need of capital to fund the rollout and launch
of their 3G networks. The Spanish government has already twice been
forced to push back its deadline for UMTS coverage of the country’s
23 largest cities due to delayed network rollouts and handset shortages.
Following the US$446.5 million auction of its 3G licences, the
Spanish government came in for criticism that it sold the concessions
too cheaply. As a result it introduced a radio-spectrum tax, which
fell mainly on 3G operators. However, in September 2001, as it became
clear that operators around Europe had in many cases overpaid for
their UMTS concessions, the government cut this levy by 62.5%.
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