The Finnish government studied the fallout from the U.S. auction, where only a third of the $41 billion originally bid was ever paid..
But why is this so difficult??
Why mention "game theorist Ken Binmore, a London University economics professor" but not Kemplerer??
Too hot to handle??
And what is the irony of this??? (for anyone who has arranged, or thought of an auction of 4-5 additional gas-stations with incumbent, existing ones)
"Ironically, the company that bet the most in the auctions, Britain’s Vodafone, may weather the storm by virtue of sheer size"
Why not mention Monti's shot across the auction region bow??
Luckily "some" were smarter than "some" already many moons ago, journalists seem to be slow to catch up:
"Erkki Liikanen, the EU’s commissioner for enterprise and the information society, is disappointed that member states couldn’t decide on a Pan-European policy before some began auctioning spectrum, market by market. “There should be a European-level decision,” he says."
Hrmm, he said, many,many moons ago, targeted at who??
And when will UK say something similar:
“We do feel a certain responsibility for the operators’ high costs,” says German telecom regulator Matthias Kurth."
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