§ Nick HarveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans she has for entering into a vendor financing deal with third generation mobile licence holders; and if she will make a statement. [51768]
§ Mr. AlexanderVendor financing is a commercial matter for the companies themselves, not Government.
§ Nick HarveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the names of the successful bidders and amounts bid in the auction of third generation mobile licences were; and if she will make a statement. [51766]
§ Mr. AlexanderThe successful bidders in the 3G Auction and the amounts bid in the final round were announced by press notice on 27 April 2000 as:
£ Bidder Amount bid TIW UMTS (UK) Limited1 4,384,700,000 Vodafone Limited 5,964,000,000 BT(3G) Limited 4,030,100,000 Orie2One Personal Communications Limited 4,003,600,000 Orange 3G Limited 4,095,000,000 1 Now named Hutchison 3G (UK) Limited
§ Nick HarveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much money was raised by the auction of third generation mobile licences; and if she will make a statement. [51765]
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§ Mr. AlexanderThe total raised by the auction of third generation mobile licences amounted to £22,477,400,000.
§ Nick HarveyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what form payment for the third generation mobile licences will take; what instalments are still to be paid; what the schedules for those instalments are; and if she will make a statement. [51767]
§ Mr. AlexanderPayment for each of the licence fees set by the 3G Auction of April 2000 were made in full before the issue of the operational licences.