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[nomoweed]

Yeah,but it's the dullest rally in quite a while.<g>

[marketmaven]

VIP's Licenses All Being Rebid- AVOID !!

Kazakhstan seeks 3rd mobile operator in GSM tender
Mon Nov 7, 2005 03:56 AM ET
ASTANA, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan will tender a GSM-standard frequency next year, hoping that a third mobile telephone firm would boost competition on the fast-growing local telecoms market, Prime Minister Danial Akhmetov said on Monday.
"We plan to put up for sale the 1800 (megahertz) frequency on the telecoms services market to create a tougher and more competitive environment for mobile phone operators. We plan to do so next year," Akhmetov said.

The number of mobile phones users has reached 3 million in the Central Asian nation of 15 million, outstripping its 2.5 million fixed-line users.

GSM Kazakhstan, majority owned by Nordic telecoms firm TeliaSonera (TLSN.ST: Quote, Profile, Research) and Turkey's Turkcell (TCELL.IS: Quote, Profile, Research) , dominates the mobile phone market with 2 million subscribers.

Kazakhstan's second GSM services provider is Kar-Tel, a subsidiary of Russia's Vimpelcom (VIP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) .


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