particular in the telecommunications sector. Regulatory reforms and technological innovation fuelled expectations of robust …

In February 1998 the Dutch government auctioned licences to operate mobile telecommunications networks according to the … simultaneous, multiple round auction that was proposed by US-economists and that had been tested in the U.S. This paper describes … how the decision to auction came about, it details the auction rules, and it analyzes the resulting outcomes …

entire country has access to telecommunications services. Most of this money supports telecommunications service in high cost …, Colombia, India, Nepal, and Peru. Not all of the auctions were successful, but they clearly demonstrate that reverse auctions …

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires that telephone service be available in high-cost areas at rates that are …-cost areas at below-cost rates be compensated with explicit and sufficient subsidies. This paper analyzes an auction mechanism … traditional subsidy schemes. It also shows, however, that auction designs aimed at stimulating competition among several …

. Relative-performance maximisation may have been important, but the outcome of the British auction seems to have been efficient … Auctions" European Economic Review 2002 and "The Biggest Auction Ever: the Sale of the British 3G Telecom Licenses" Economic …