'it's likely the market would have brought prices down on its own'
What planet are you guys on?
I must say I fully agree with that. The market wouldn't ever pressured the operators to bring the price down.
There for instance is already one problem: there is only a certain amount of room for operators to operate on. I thought the range for operators to use is only big enough for 5company's at a time. The frequencies are sold through an auction, highest bidder gets the frequency: and it has to be paid.
Second, Europe isn't like the US: we are a set of different countries. It's very, very easy to roam on a neighbours country's network without even knowing. I had times when I was on the network of Belgium even though I live 20-30km away from the border. Remember the Netherlands is only ~270km wide!
'it's likely the market would have brought prices down on its own' What planet are you guys on? I must say I fully agree with that. The market wouldn't ever pressured the operators to bring the price down. There for instance is already one problem: there is only a certain amount of room for operators to operate on. I thought the range for operators to use is only big enough for 5company's at a time. The frequencies are sold through an auction, highest bidder gets the frequency: and it has to be paid. Second, Europe isn't like the US: we are a set of different countries. It's very, very easy to roam on a neighbours country's network without even knowing. I had times when I was on the network of Belgium even though I live 20-30km away from the border. Remember the Netherlands is only ~270km wide!