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3G definition

What does 3G mean? In legal practice, 3G refers to third-generation mobile telecommunications networks and services, used in telecoms contracts, spectrum licences and regulatory documents to describe service capability, coverage and device compatibility. It is not a defined statutory term in the UK or Ireland; it is a descriptive industry expression aligned with the ITU’s IMT‑2000 family (including UMTS/HSPA). Typical uses include: specifying minimum service levels and coverage, defining permitted technologies in site and planning agreements, and setting roaming, interconnection and consumer service terms. Practical significance: 3G is now a legacy technology. Mobile operators in the UK and Ireland are progressively switching off 3G and...

EU merger control: Hutchison 3G Italy/WIND Joint Venture - Commission 2016 clearance with fix-it-first commitments enabling Iliad as fourth MNO in Italy (Case M.7758) - Archived

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CASE HUB (appeal against commission's clearance decision lodged by third party in Case T- 19/17 Fastweb v Commission)

ARCHIVED – this case hub shows the position at the date of the decision of 1 September 2016; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline, commentary and related cases.

Case facts

An inquiry by the European Commission into a planned joint venture combining the telecoms operations of Hutchison 3g Italy (3 Italia) and VimpelCom (WIND) in Italy (Case M.7758). The deal entails horizontal overlaps across the Italian mobile telecoms market and other telecom markets.

Latest developments

On 1 September 2016, the Commission approved the deal subject to commitments. Under these commitments, the parties will divest assets to the French telecoms operator Iliad, enabling the creation of a new mobile network operator (MNO) in Italy. The commitments include:

the sale to the new MNO of a portion of the parties' mobile radio spectrum
the handover or co-location (i.e. sharing) by the parties to the new MNO of several thousand mobile base stations, and
a transitional agreement allowing the new MNO to use the parties' network to offer customers nationwide mobile services until the new MNO has built its...

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