51.   One study found that businesses owned by women and minorities were less likely to win wireless licenses in FCC auctions than companies owned by non-minorities.

52.   Telekom also spent heavily to win a license to operate next-generation mobile phone services in Germany earlier this year.

53.   The companies that gave the bribes failed to win government licenses.

54.   The consortium has won a license from the Cambodian government to provide nationwide wireless services based on code division multiple access technology.

55.   To reduce the risk, both deals announced Tuesday had non-German telecoms companies teaming with powerful German firms likely to have the clout to win phone licenses eventually.

56.   Choi Kyu-Sun, a friend of Hong-Gul, was arrested last month for receiving money for helping the firm to win the license.

57.   Choi Kyu-Sun, a friend of Hong-Gul, was arrested last month for receiving money for helping the firm win the license.

58.   Japanese firms won licenses for more than one billion dollars of investment last year.

59.   Stock market investors took a different view, bidding down the shares of companies that won licenses while those of Hongkong Telecom were unchanged.