The Big Mobile Broadband Auction
Brace yourself, the 2010-2025MHz and 2500-2690MHz bands are up for sale.
In case you’re scratching your head at this point, this is the spectrum (or network) that will be used by mobile operators for all mobile broadband and Wi-Fi services in the future, as well as WiMAX and the evolution of 3G technology.
Ofcom will set up the auction this summer and it promises to be the biggest sale of its kind.
The winners will be able to utilise the secured spectrum for themselves or, alternatively, trade their license for their portion of the spectrum with other companies.
Philip Rutnam, Ofcom’s partner in charge of spectrum policy, said ‘The release of the 2.6GHz radio spectrum will create opportunities for fresh innovation, new services and competition for the benefit of consumers in the UK’.
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