The Biggest Auction Ever: the Sale of the British 3G Telecom Licences

This paper reviews the part played by economists in organizing the British third-generation mobile-phone licence auction that concluded on 27 April 2000. It raised Â£22 1/2 billion ($34 billion or 2 1/2% of GNP) and was widely described at the time as the biggest auction ever. We discuss the merits of auctions versus beauty contests, the aims of the auction, the problems we faced, the auction designs we considered, and the mistakes that were made.

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Year of publication:	2001-09-01
Authors:	Klemperer, Paul ; Binmore, Ken
Institutions:	Department of Economics, Oxford University
Subject:	Auctions \| Telecommunications \| Spectrum Auctions \| Mobile Phones \| UMTS \| Bidding

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Economics Series Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 2002-W04
Classification:	D44 - Auctions ; L96 - Telecommunications
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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