Who were the Applicants for the Second Mobile Phone Licence?

 

Section 3 of the AMI Report sets out the 6 applicants for the second mobile phone licence.  Section 3 of the AMI Report can be accessed directly via the link below:

 

Section 3 AMI Report Details of Applicants

 

These applicants were designated applicant A1 to A6 inclusive.  These applicants were:

 

 

ID                     Name                          Final Score                  Ranking

 

A1        -           Irish Mobicall                  362                              Third

A2        -           Cellstar                           268                              Last

A3        -           Persona                          410                              Second

A4        -           Irish Cellular                   353                              Fourth

A5        -           Esat Digifone                  432                              Winner

A6        -           Eurofone                         347                               Fifth

 

 The Applicants were made up as follows:

 

A1 -     Irish Mobicall

 

Southwestern Bell                               25%

Detecon                                               25%

Tele Danmark International                25%

Martin Naughton                                 10.5%

Lochlann Quinn                                   10.5%

Kieran Corrigan                                   4%

 

(Flotation of 25% Equity within 3 years)

 

 

A2-      Cellstar

 

Comcast                                              62%

RTE                                                      15%

CGI Limited                                         15%

Bord Na Mona                                       8%

 

(Offer of 30% Equity within 3-5 years)

 

 

A3-    Persona

 

Motorola                                              26.67%

Sigma                                                  26.67%

Unisource                                            26.67%

ESB                                                      20%

 

 

A4-    Irish Cellular

 

Princes Holdings Ltd                           48%

AT & T                                                 26%

United & Philips Communications      16.4%

INM Plc                                               2%

Riordan Communications                   2.6%

Unnamed Semi State Body                 5%

 

(Princes Holdings to re-allocate shares; United and Philips Communications to go to 26%; INM Plc to increase to 26%, Riordan Communications to increase to 5% with 12% to be allocated to a Comcast affiliate in United States)

 

 

A5-     Esat Digifone

 

Telenor Invest AS                              50%

Communicorp Group                          50%

 

(20% to be made available to institutional investors prior to commercial launch)

 

 

A6-     Eurofone

 

Milicom Inc                                         40%

Kinnevik                                              20%

Independently Administered Trust     40%

 

(CIE has 10% option with 30% to be floated post licence award)