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        "msgid": "spore-approves-bids-for-3g-mobile-phones-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-03-31 00:00:00",
        "title": "S'pore approves bids for 3G mobile phones",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "S'pore approves bids for 3G mobile phones SINGAPORE (AP): Singapore said Friday it had approved four applications from telecom companies who want to bid for a third- generation mobile phone license in the city-state. Because only four companies applied to bid for four licenses, there may be no need for an auction, said Dulcie Chan, spokeswoman from the Infocomm Development Authority.",
        "content": "<p>S'pore approves bids for 3G mobile phones<\/p>\n<p>SINGAPORE (AP): Singapore said Friday it had approved four<br>\napplications from telecom companies who want to bid for a third-<br>\ngeneration mobile phone license in the city-state.<\/p>\n<p>Because only four companies applied to bid for four licenses,<br>\nthere may be no need for an auction, said Dulcie Chan,<br>\nspokeswoman from the Infocomm Development Authority.<\/p>\n<p>The four bidders are Singapore Telecommunications' unit<br>\nSingapore Telecom Mobile, MobileOne, StarHub Mobile, and Sunday<br>\nHoldings, a subsidiary of Hong Kong's Sunday Communications.<\/p>\n<p>There are four airwave spectrums to be given out, and since<br>\none is slightly larger than the others there may be a need for an<br>\nauction to determine who gets the big one, Chan said.<\/p>\n<p>The government said in a statement Friday that it would<br>\nannounce on April 11 whether it would have an auction.<\/p>\n<p>Third generation mobile phones are like handheld computers<br>\nthat can be used to access the Internet, send e-mail, broadcast<br>\nmovies, play video games and make telephone calls.<\/p>\n<p>European telecommunications have spent billions of dollars on<br>\n3G licenses in what some consider to be a giant gamble on an<br>\nunproven future market.<\/p>\n<p>The minimum price for the licenses in Singapore is S$100<br>\nmillion (US$55.9 million).<\/p>\n<p>\"If everyone agrees to what they want there's no need to do<br>\nany bidding at all,\" said Tjandra Kartika, telecoms analyst at<br>\nlocal brokerage GK Goh. \"You will get one for sure. Why would you<br>\nwant to bid?\"<\/p>\n<p>Kartika said it is illegal for the four companies to get<br>\ntogether and decide on their own the details of who gets which<br>\nairwaves.<\/p>\n<p>\"SingTel will probably have more capacity to bid and I think<br>\nit will be silly for StarHub or M1 to try to match SingTel's<br>\nnumber,\" he said. \"At the end of the day if it's taken, they can<br>\ntake their second preference.\"<\/p>\n<p>The auction, if there is one, would be held on April 23.<\/p>",
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