The U.K. will launch its 4G spectrum auction process at...
The U.K. will launch its 4G spectrum auction process at year’s end, with bidding starting early in 2013, the Office of Communications said Tuesday. Ofcom has been consulting for 18 months on how to get the spectrum to market as…
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quickly as possible, it said. After meeting with operators, TV broadcasters, Digital UK and transmission company Arqiva, the regulator secured the earlier release of frequencies previously used for digital terrestrial TV, it said. That spectrum will now be cleared and ready for 4G services across much of the country five months earlier than planned, it said. The move was made possible by significant progress in the digital switchover and the clearance program itself, which has been running ahead of schedule, it said.