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From: Dirk Bieber
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:39

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"Bill Z." wrote:

> Not true - that's why we have antitrust laws.  Cell phone companies
> in particular are using a public resource, radio frequencies, and
> thus should be expected to treat the public fairly in return for
> exclusive access to this public resource.  Think of it as a business
> deal between the cell phone companies and the public.

In Germany, the cell phone companies paid 50 billion EUR solely for
the 3G licenses (at the moment that would be 65 billion USD). At the
moment four operators are left (from six that have bidden).

That's enough for the public, I think.

Cheers Dirk

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From: Dirk Bieber <dirk.bieber@batrabbit.eu>
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Subject: Re: NEWS: US edges towards mobile antitrust case
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:39:03 +0200
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