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Thu 06 Jun 2007Court halts Esat phone licence actionsThe State has won a High Court order halting legal challenges by two unsuccessful bidders for the State's second mobile phone licence to the manner in which the licence was allocated in 1995 to Esat Digifone.Allegations of fraud, conspiracy, deceit, corruption and misfeasance in public office had been made by two consortiums - Comcast International Holdings Incorporated and Persona Digital Telephony Ltd - in their challenges to the licence award. They had also sought multimillion euro in damages.