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Wed 12 Dec 2002Phone bid process for applicants changed by LowryThe former minister for transport, energy and communications, Mr Michael Lowry, changed the bidding process for applicants for the second mobile phone licence when he took up office in December 1994, the Moriarty tribunal has heard.In February 1995, Mr Lowry amended the competition procedures to allow him eliminate certain candidates before all the applications had been examined in full.