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ComReg proposes launch of the wholesale mobile TV network following licence award be rolled out within 24 months before penalty or license withdrawal from the winner of the contest.

The contest is to be done by comparative beauty contest instead of auction, given the nature of Mobile TV as a newish area and the risks in terms of investment inherenet in it.

Given the limited spectrum a wholesale model as noted by the EU Commission reference 2 in such situation is chosen.

This will result in third parties having access through agreements with the wholesale mobile network operator as Other Mobile TV Service Providers ( OMTSPs ) in a timely, reasonable, non-discriminatory and transparent manner to the network to provide their own services and electronic programme guide from up to 20 channels maximum space.