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1. Executive Summary The EU is the most advanced area in terms of mobile phone penetration in the world. By January 2001, telecommunication services in the EU were worth an estimate of €200 billion. In order to discourage monopolisation and centralisation in this market and encourage competition and new entry, the Member States of the EU and other European counties have chosen between auctions and beauty contests to allocate their licences. In the year 2000-2001, the European 3G telecom auctions took place. There were of high importance at the time because; third-generation, or 3G, wireless technologies were expected to enable innovative multimedia services such as high-speed Internet, always-on Internet connections for a number of devices including mobile phones, handheld computers and laptops within the next few years, and other Internet Protocol-based services, beyond the capability of second-generation ("2G") systems such as GSM. This technology is a considerable leap from...

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