New Situation of 3G Development in Europe New Situation of 3G Development in Europe (2006-8-1) Since 2006, the global 3G market has taken shape and the global 3G development has entered a stable development stage. Globally, Europe is the region that is most active in promoting 3G services. As a hotspot region that has launched 3G commercialization on a larger scale and in a larger scope after Japan and South Korea, and where WCDMA is dominant, the development of 3G in Europe will determine the overall commercialization level of WCDMA in the world. There are 45 countries in Europe, which have been divided into Eastern Europe and Western Europe in history. In the traditional concept, Western Europe mainly refers to the European Union, and Eastern Europe refers to the former Soviet Union and its allies. At present, the hotspots of 3G license issuance and commercialization are mainly concentrated in Western Europe. Most of the mobile phone markets in Eastern Europe are still in the preparatory stage before 3G commercialization. However, due to the rapid development of the mobile communication industry in Eastern Europe in recent years, it has become a huge potential market for the global 3G communication industry. 1. 3G License Western Europe conducted a large-scale auction of 3G licenses from 1999 to 2000, which was not only earlier than Japan and South Korea in time, but also all the licenses issued were based on WCDMA. However, the high cost of the license auction seriously affected the operators\' ability to invest in 3G, which not only delayed the overall progress of European 3G, but also indirectly led to the bursting of the global telecommunications bubble from 2000 to 2001. Therefore, the 3G commercialization plans that had been announced or planned in Western Europe were postponed one after another, generally postponed from 2001 and 2002 to 2003 and 2004. Some operators in Denmark, Luxembourg, Sweden, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Germany, Finland and other countries even began to partially abandon or withdraw. The issuance of 3G licenses in major Eastern European countries is listed in Table 1. It can be said that from 2001 to 2002, the entire European telecommunications industry, including 3G, began to fall into an unprecedented low. The bursting of the 3G bubble hit the telecommunications industry hard and also made the telecommunications industry gradually return to rationality. With the emergence of problems in the development of 3G by operators, European regulatory agencies generally relaxed regulatory requirements from 2003 to reduce the burden on operators. In addition, regulatory agencies also issued some regulations to appropriately increase competition and promote the development of 3G in their own countries. The adjustments made by regulatory agencies in European countries mainly include the following aspects: ● Lowering network coverage requirements to give operators more time to complete full network coverage; ● Delaying the opening time of commercial networks to give operators more time to complete full network coverage;
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