H3G joins T-Mobile Austria in telco auction appeal

Hutchison Whampoa's Austrian telecoms unit said it would appeal against the result of a spectrum auction that cost the country's three carriers 2 billion euros ($2.7 billion). Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile Austria also plans a legal challenge, its chief executive has told Reuters, while Telekom Austria, the country's biggest operator, says it will decide next month whether to appeal. Hutchison's H3G, the smallest of Austria's three carriers, came off worst in the 4G spectrum sale that also re-auctioned frequencies already in use, winning none of the most valuable 800 megahertz spectrum.

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