Friday, January 26, 2007

UMTS Forum Vice-Chairmen at odds over spectrum liberalisation report

A UMTS Forum report which claimed that liberalisation would cost the
mobile industry billions has been strongly condemned by a Forum
member, Nortel, highlighting the sharp industry divisions on this issue.

Nortel has dismissed the conclusions of an UMTS Forum report which
said spectrum liberalisation would cost the mobile industry €244Bn in
lost revenues. The report, called Thriving in Harmony, and produced
for the Forum by the consultants Booz Allen Hamilton argued that
abandoning the current harmonised approach to planning mobile
spectrum would fragment the market so increasing industry costs.

Read the full details at:
http://www.policytracker.com/alerts.php?sact=497

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