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Italian Ministry of Economic Development has announced that three of the country’s four mobile operators have submitted bids for additional 3G radio spectrum. Telecom Italy, Vodafone and Wind have submitted bids, while Hutchison 3G Italy (3 Italia) chose not to, despite the fact that it has requested tender documents.
The radio spectrum being offered is the one that originally belonged to Ipse 2000, which was forced to hand back its license in 2006 after failing to build its 3G network. Spanish Telefonica, the dominant shareholder had written off its investment back in 2002, along with its investment in Germany.
The bids will be opened on June 9th, and the reserve price for the blocks of radio spectrum has been set at 88.7 million EUR.
[Via: CellularNews]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
