(Telecompaper) Algerian telecom regulator ARPT has awarded 3G licences to the three candidates, Algerie Telecom Mobile (Mobilis), Wataniya Telecom Algerie (Nedjma) and Orascom Telecom Algerie (Djezzy). The three operators met the technical and financial requirements of the licensing regulations. The ARPT said that the operators hold the licences on a provisional basis and that it will communicate later on the next phase in the process.