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Three and O2 merger, Eircom competition concerns

The Cush · 2014-01-14 00:53:01

Article in the Irish Times about Eircom's concern regarding competition once the merger goes ahead. Eircom wants the Commission to reallocate some spectrum held by Three and O2 to Meteor and Vodafone. Three will have 3 blocks of spectrum in the 900 band when the merger goes ahead with Meteor and Vodafone having 2 blocks…

14-01-2014 12:53am

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Article in the Irish Times about Eircom's concern regarding competition once the merger goes ahead.

Eircom wants the Commission to reallocate some spectrum held by Three and O2 to Meteor and Vodafone.

Three will have 3 blocks of spectrum in the 900 band when the merger goes ahead with Meteor and Vodafone having 2 blocks each. They also want 1800 and 2100 spectrum reallocated also.

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/technology/eircom-pushes-eu-for-concessions-from-merger-of-mobile-rivals-three-and-o2-1.1652931

One error I saw in the article, Three doesn't currently have any spectrum in the 800 band. Meteor, O2 and Vodafone have 2 blocks each. So no problem there.

At present, all four mobile operators hold two blocks each of 800 megahertz spectrum.

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