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| License Date: end of 2001
Total Licence Price:
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Winners: ???
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Romania
last updated: March 1, 2002
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February 25 , 2002
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Romanian communications minister, Dan Nica has indicated
that the country plans to launch the first bidding process for 3G
licenses in March. According to Nica, four licenses would be on offer.
The 3G process is expected to be a combination of auction and beauty
contest with the Romanian authorities considering both the price paid
as well as the level of future investment. Although the ministry provided
no specific prices, Nica did say that the price tags would be kept
similar to those in other Central and Eastern European countries.
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August 16, 2001:
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Romanian Mobifon has announced that it will bid for one of Romania’s
four 3G UMTS licences, to be auctioned off in early 2002.
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August 13, 2001:
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Ted Lattimore, president and chief operating officer of MobiFon,
said the company is interested in buying a Romanian 3G license.
Lattimore said that he does not know how much the UMTS license
will cost. The price could be between US$5 million and US$500 million
and the network investment will be from US$240 million to US$400
million.
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March 26, 2001:
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With negative signals from the global telecom market,
Romania might have to wait for the launch of its UMTS at least until
2010, according to industry sources.
“The amounts spent by operators in other countries
were huge as UMTS licenses require a completely new network,” the
source said.
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