Dec 17th 2004
By: Luke
By: Luke
Three to sue Government over Ofcom’s decision on 3G rollout targets
The Times reports
“THE phone company 3 is planning legal action against the Government to recover some of the �1 billion it was forced to spend on the launch of its next generation mobile network.
It is the only phone operator to have reached the stringent market penetration targets set by Ofcom [ed - I think they mean the Radiocommunications Agency] when it handed out 3G licences four years ago.
Now, however, the telecoms watchdog is believed to be close to relaxing or abandoning the targets. The company has been told that it has a strong case for compensation against the Government. Analysts say that Ofcom�s U-turn on the targets would effectively deliver a competitive advantage to 3�s rivals, Vodafone, Orange, mmO2 and T-mobile.”
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