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Seven companies have come forward to apply for three new mobile licences in Switzerland.

The Federal Communications Office (Ofcom) hopes the new licences will make the Swiss mobile market more competitive.

Switzerland's mobile subscribers currently pay the highest mobile rates in Europe, apart from Norway.

The three existing mobile operators--Swisscom, Orange and Sunrise--were not allowed to apply for the new Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) licences, which will be awarded by the end of the war.

Urs yon Arx of Ofcom says increasing the number of operators in the Swiss market should benefit mobile users. "At the moment we have three operators in Switzerland, and prices don't move very much for the end customers," says yon Arx. "So we'd like to stimulate a bit of competition."

Comparis, an independent price watchdog, also believes the new licences will help bring prices for mobile services down.

Of the seven bids it has received, Ofcom says only one company has ambitions to create a new mobile network. The Swedish group...

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