[eccr] Brussels adopts hard line on 3G phone licences

Brussels adopts hard line on 3G phone licences
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Europe's beleaguered telecoms companies face fresh disappointment from
Brussels, which is set to reject industry pleas to allow changes to
third generation mobile phone licences.

Last year, the European Commission said it would look at making life
easier for the cash-strapped telecoms sector, which Brussels estimates
has spent ¬110bn on 3G licences.

But a draft communication likely to be endorsed by the full Commission
in coming weeks, says the licensing conditions for 3G should not be
changed. It also says alterations in licence fees, as some have
companies have suggested, would be 'clearly counter-productive'. And it
has also rejected the case for extending the length of licences to help
telecoms companies roll out 3G services.

Financial Times - June 03, 2002
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c
=StoryFT&cid=1023101441067&p=1012571727260

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