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That sum is less than half the amount raised in the last
spectrum auction in 2015 and a tiny fraction of the 50 billion
euros spent on the 3G auction of 2000 that forced some players
out of the market and others to merge.
Results from the 118th round of the auction
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D2BC, being held at an old army barracks in the western city of
Mainz, showed fresh bids for only 5 of the 41 spectrum blocks
that are on offer in the 2GHz and 3.6GHz bands.
The auction, which began on March 19, ends if no fresh bids are
entered.
Analysts had forecast that proceeds could be as low as 3 billion
euros, while cautioning that the entry of tycoon Ralph
Dommermuth's 1&1 Drillisch as a fourth player could drive
spectrum costs higher.
Drillisch is vying with Germany's three existing operators -
Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Telefonica Deutschland for
spectrum that could deliver ultra-fast wireless broadband to the
home or run automated factories.
According to the latest results, Deutsche Telekom was leading in
12 blocks, Telefonica and Drillisch in 10 each, and Vodafone in
nine.
Shares in Drillisch, and its listed parent United Internet, rose
on Wednesday by around 5 percent as traders took the view that
the cost of becoming Germany's fourth network operator could be
less than earlier feared.
Deutsche Telekom traded flat while Telefonica Deutschland added
1.6 percent on the day.
(Reporting by Douglas Busvine; editing by David Evans)
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