Court clears way for legal action over awarding of mobile license

Two multimillion euro legal actions over the awarding of the State's second mobile phone license to Esat Digifone in 1995 will now go ahead.

The Supreme Court earlier cleared the way for the challenges against the State, Esat Digifone and its former chairman Denis O’Brien, which are being brought by the two unsuccessful bidders - Comcast International Holdings Incorporated and Persona Digital Telephony Ltd.