The WTO Telecommunications Agreement of 1997 marked a new beginning in international regulation. For a number of significant players, like the EU and the United States, the Agreement essentially consolidated at the international level the liberalization movement to which they were already...

In February 1998 the Dutch government auctioned licences to operate mobile telecommunications networks according to the DCS-1800 technology. Two “national” licences and sixteen “regional” ones were auctioned by using a variant of the simultaneous, multiple round auction that was proposed...

In February 1998 the Dutch government auctioned licences to operate mobile telecommunications networks according to the DCS-1800 technology. Two "national" licences and sixteen "regional" ones were auctioned by using a variant of the simultaneous, multiple round auction that was proposed by...

In this paper I review the Dutch UMTS-auction that took place in the summer of 2000 and which, in contrast to the UK and German auctions, was generally considered to be a major flop. I analyse the policy process leading to the auction as well as the bidding behaviour in the auction, and provide...