BOUYGUES ATTACKS COMMISSION FOR INACTION ON THE GRANTING OF 3G LICENCES.

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The French operator Bouygues Telecom has lodged another complaint against the Commission, accusing it of failing to investigate the way 3G mobile phone licences were granted to its French competitors, Orange France and SFR, as outlined by the European Court of Justice on June 3. Bouygues specifically condemns the Commission for non-pursual of its complaint over French state aid given to Orange France and SFR via a retroactive reduction in the amount which they had to pay for their 3G licences, granted in June 2001. According to the 3G licensing conditions, set in...