Fri, Oct 20, 2000 - Page 18 News List

Telecoms oppose license auction

UNITED FRONT In response to the government's plan to auction off third-generation licenses, Taiwan's national mobile phone carriers yesterday stood together in opposition

By Tim Culpan  /  CONTRIBUTING REPORTER

"We have seen, in other countries, that operators drop out if the price goes too high," she said. "We still have to make a business decision in the end."

None of the companies was willing to put a figure on how much they would expect the licenses to sell for, however Shih Mu-piao, managing director for Chunghwa's Mobile Communications department suggested a range of NT$10 billion to NT$50 billion was likely.

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