Eircom and the 3G license

Foxwood

I read yesterday that eircom has indicated that they expect to get the last 3G license without any competition.

Given the allegations that eircom pressured Comreg to take the license back from Smart unless every i was dotted and every t was crossed, it struck me that, if eircom is to get the license without a new competition/tendering process, it should be under the terms of the original competition/tendering process. So if the original offer document specified target dates for rollout, that eircom would have to meet those original dates, despite starting a year late, and not be allowed to vary those dates.

Does anyone know what the terms of the original competition were? If Comreg were to award the license to eircom without a new competition, but vary the terms in eircoms favour, would other potential bidders have grounds to challenge the decision?

1huge1

on a side note i wonder if Denis O Brian will bid on it again? would introduce more competion to the market with the re-entry of digicell