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Total Licence Price: US$618million
Winners:
- Telefonica (US$101 million)
- Hutchison (US$99 million)
- Mobilkom (US$103 million)
- Tele.ring (US$98 million)
- Deutsche Telekom (US$103 million)
- Connect Austria (US$104 million)
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Austria
last updated: 7th Nov 00
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6th Nov 00:
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The Vienna 3G auction, which became one of the shortest
and least lucrative in Europe with bids totalling just 832 million
euros ($618m), finished in less than two days. All six bidders in
the auction gained licences. These included two newcomers; Telefonica
of Spain and Hutchison, the Hong Kong conglomerate. The four operators
already in the Austrian market were Mobilcom Austria; Tele.ring, which
is owned by Vodafone; Deutsche Telekom's max.mobil; and Connect Austria,
which is owned by Tele Danmark, Norway's Telenor, Viag Interkom and
Orange. |
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5th Nov 00:
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Thursday Nov 2 saw the Austrian 3G auction start. There
are six licences on offer, and six groups in the running: Mobilkom,
max.mobil, Telefonica, tele.ring, Connect Austria and Hutchison. |
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