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News Schmooze: Thumbs Up To 3G Auctions, Says NAO
News The National Audit Office might be delving into the realms of fantasy with its report on the 3G spectrum auctions, but in other respects it has reached an entirely new, and not entirely welcome, high-water mark for realism -- just look at the...
[October 19, 2001, 17:34]
Mobile Operators Defensive Over 3G Auctions
News Mobile operators have reacted defensively to the prospect of spectrum auctions which could lead to renewed competition in the UK's 3G market. O2 has called for tight controls to be imposed on market entrants, while Orange and T-Mobile refused to...
[December 14, 2006, 12:40]
3G Auctions Weren't 'economic Activity'
Blog In a surreal end to an epic struggle between the mobile operators and the EU, the European Court of Justice has ruled that "the award by the State of 3G mobile telecommunications licences by auction does not constitute an economic activity".
[June 27, 2007, 11:13]
More 3G Auctions Planned
News The 3G market is set to be opened up to more competition by telecoms regulator Ofcom. Ofcom said on Monday that it will auction a large chunk of radio spectrum that would allow network operators to build 3G and WiMax networks.
[December 11, 2006, 16:36]
Industry Cautious Over 4G Auctions
News Spectrum auctions for so-called 4G telecommunications will not raise anywhere near the amount of money that the Treasury made from 3G in 2000. That’s according to a variety of industry players, speaking following weekend reports that Ofcom’s...
[June 27, 2006, 11:15]
Ofcom Dismisses 3G Auction Speculation
News A report in The Times on Thursday suggested that the regulator had "revealed" it would waive its right to repeat the hugely profitable auctions, through which operators acquired 3G licences in 2001, after those licences expire in 2021.
[March 2, 2007, 12:18]
3G Operators Lose VAT Fight
News The European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday morning that the third-generation mobile auctions, which took place in the UK and Austria in 2000, were not liable for VAT. In an opinion published online on Thursday morning, he said that the UK and...
[September 7, 2006, 16:20]
Deconstructing 3G And Reconstructing Telecoms
White Papers After heated debate in Hong Kong, the Government and the regulator adopted suggestions (May 2000) to assign third generation (3G) mobile telecommunications licences by royalty auction to avoid the use of upfront cash auctions as in Europe, now...
[March 23, 2005, 2:00]
BT Accuses Government Over 3G 'tax'
News He is sceptical about European governments' reasons for holding the auctions. Across Europe the 3G auctions raised a total of £62bn, about half of which was spent in the UK and Germany, the first two countries to hold auctions.
[May 10, 2001, 13:21]
Government To Auction Broadband
News Critics worry that the government's decision to use auctions for distributing spectrum is leading to grossly inflated prices leaving operators with no money to roll out the services. The government however, is confident the BFWA auctions will not...
[April 20, 2000, 7:36]
3G Debt Threatens Future Of Telecommunications
News UMTS auctions across Europe, but particularly in Britain and Germany, have resulted in an unexpected windfall of billions of pounds for national governments, but have depleted telcos' coffers and locked them into expensive loans.
[November 15, 2000, 14:51]
UK May Get New Mobile WiMax Operator
News In the UK, mobile WiMax is not currently available because it still needs to have spectrum allocated to it — a process expected to occur when Ofcom auctions off tranches of frequencies sometime this year.
[February 11, 2008, 15:36]
UK Communications Market Profiled
News It remains to be seen if further auctions for 4G spectrum will succeed. Details are emerging of the auctions that may kickstart so-called 4G mobile technology, as figures show that 3G has been somewhat less than a success story
[August 11, 2006, 16:35]
Wireless Execs: We Hate Spectrum Sales!
News In the United States, an untapped market being coveted by most of the world's carriers, government regulators have continued to delay the auctions, hoping to drive up prices. The more money spent on auctions by telecommunications companies means...
[March 22, 2001, 10:09]
Negroponte: "3G Will Not See The Light Of Day"
News Suggesting that the auctions in the UK and Germany were far from open, Negroponte said that it was inconceivable that BT (quote: BT) or Deutsche Telecom would fail to get a licence. The problem, according to Negroponte and many other speakers at...
[September 14, 2000, 7:35]
Gates And Kennard Headline Wireless 2000
News There may also be private auctions paralleling those of the FCC, he said. Kennard said that anyone whose business includes wireless access should pay attention to upcoming FCC auctions, such as one this spring in which US cable channels 60 to 69...
[February 29, 2000, 13:18]
3G Excesses Fuel O2 Takeover Rumours
News Morgan Stanley is upbeat because it believes O2 is an attractive potential acquisition, largely thanks to the billions it spent on 3G licences when it was part of BT.bn acquiring 3G licences in the national auctions of 2000, including £4.03bn in...
[September 1, 2005, 17:00]
3G: What's The Payoff?
News The five British UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) licences alone have cost wireless providers £22.5bn, and other European UMTS auctions are still pending. But once 3G technology is in place new ways of using it and making money...
[August 23, 2000, 14:56]
News Roundup: 3G, A Year On
News Mobile auctions at a glance While Chancellor Gordon Brown is pretty clear where the money the government has collected is going -- paying off the national debt -- mobile companies, industry experts and the government are less sure what the value of...
[May 1, 2001, 12:13]
Mobile Movies Lack Focus
News At the same time, domestic auctions for wireless airwaves needed to support such multimedia services are getting under way. All of the announcements are happening against the background of this week's US auctions for wireless spectrum, which in...
[December 18, 2000, 8:40]
