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Situation at August 2002

Country

Number of licenses

Award Date

Amount (millions)

Winners*

Total Per Pop
Austria 6 November 2000 € 832 € 103 Connect Austria*
Hutchison
Mannesmann
max.mobile*
Mobilkom*
3G Mobile
Belgium 3 March 2001 € 450 € 44 Belgacom Mobile*
Mobistar*
KPN Mobile
Denmark 4 September 2001 € 511 € 95 HI3G
TDC*
Telia*
Orange
Finland 4 Awarded 3-1999 - - Sonera* 
Telia*
Suomen Kolmegee
Radiolinja*
France 2 Awarded 7-2001 € 9'909 € 169 France Telecom*
SFR*
Germany 6 Awarded 8-2000 € 50'519 € 615 T-Mobil*
Mobilcom
VIAG Interkom*
Group 3G
Mannesmann*
E-Plus Hutchison*
Greece 3 July 2001

€ 483

€ 46

Panafon*
Cosmote*
Stet Hellas*
Ireland 3 June 2002 € 279 € 73 Hutchison
O2
Vodafone*
Italy 5 October 2000 € 12'163 € 211 Omnitel*
Ipse
Andala
Wind*
Tim*
Luxembourg 3 May 2002 - - Tango*
Orange
P&T*
Netherlands 5 July 2000 € 2'685 € 170 Libertel*
KPN Mobile*
Dutchtone*
Telfort*
3G Blue
Portugal 4 December 2000 € 399 € 40 Telecel*
TMN* 
Oni Way
Optimus*
Spain 4 March 2000 € 520 € 13 Telefónica*
Airtel*
Retevisión*
Xfera
Sweden 4 Awarded 12-2000 - - Europolitan*
Tele2*
Orange
Hi3G Access
UK 5 Awarded 4-2000 € 38'306 € 644 BT*
Vodafone*
Orange*
One-2-One*
TIW
EU 61   € 117'057 € 323  
Norway 4 November 2000 € 50 € 11 Broadband Mobile
NetCom*
Telenor*
Tele2
Switzerland 4 December 2000 € 136 € 19 Swisscom*
dSpeed
Orange*
Team 3G
TOTAL 69   € 117'242 € 313  

Notes: The European Union has decided that its member states shall have made the necessary arrangements for launching UMTS by 1 January 2002. UMTS stands for Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. UMTS is a part of the International Telecommunications Union's "IMT-2000" vision of a global family of "third-generation" (3G) mobile communications systems.
* Incumbent GSM operator.

Source: © INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION, 2002.
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