{"id":15587,"date":"2018-02-27T07:41:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T07:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=15587"},"modified":"2018-03-05T10:16:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T10:16:10","slug":"ofcom-clears-6-uk-mobile-operators-bid-4g-5g-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/02\/ofcom-clears-6-uk-mobile-operators-bid-4g-5g-spectrum.html","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom Clears 6 UK Mobile Operators to Bid on 4G and 5G Spectrum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The national telecoms regulator, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>, has today approved six telecoms operators&#8217; to take part in the forthcoming auction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> friendly radio spectrum, which will see 40MHz of frequency in the 2.3GHz band and 150MHz in the 3.4GHz band being distributed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The auction will also impose a cap of 255MHz on the &#8220;<em>immediately useable<\/em>&#8221; spectrum frequency and a cap of 340MHz on the overall amount that a single operator can hold (equivalent to a total cap of about 37%), which will prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) from being able to bid on the <strong>2.3GHz<\/strong> band (i.e. because they already have around 42% of all available mobile spectrum) but not <strong>3.4GHz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The 3.4GHz band is considered to be vitally important for the future launch of &#8220;<em>very fast<\/em>&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> based Mobile Broadband services and as a result <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> doesn&#8217;t wish to stop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> from bidding. Rival operator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a> had attempted to disrupt this by calling for a much more aggressive 30% cap but their final legal challenge has been flatly rejected by the <strong>Court of Appeal<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/02\/5g-mobile-auction-proceed-appeal-three-uk-fails.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"line-height: 28px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>The Qualified Applicants<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n* Airspan Spectrum Holdings Limited<br \/>\n* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> Limited (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>)<br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/www.connexin.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connexin Limited<\/a><br \/>\n* Hutchison <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/3g\">3G<\/a> UK Limited (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a>)<br \/>\n* Telef\u00f3nica UK Limited (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a>)<br \/>\n* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> Limited<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Overall there aren&#8217;t too many surprises above, although it&#8217;s interesting to see fixed wireless broadband ISP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/connexin\" target=\"_blank\">Connexin<\/a> take part (they mostly focus upon Hull and Lincolnshire). Meanwhile Airspan Spectrum Holdings, which is a UK-based subsidiary of US-based vendor Airspan, recently gobbled a good chunk of spectrum as part of the Irish auction for the 3.5GHz and 3.7GHz bands (i.e. they should be taken seriously, despite being a newcomer).<\/p>\n<p>Apparently the qualified applicants now have just three days to confirm whether they wish to take part or not, although in reality this is almost certain to be the final list of bidders.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Philip Marnick, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s Spectrum Group Director, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re pressing ahead with the auction to make these airwaves available as quickly as possible. This will benefit today\u2019s mobile users by providing more capacity for mobile broadband use. It will also pave the way for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a>, allowing operators to launch the next generation of mobile technology.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the biggest question marks over this auction will be whether or not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a>&#8217;s parent (Hutchison <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/3g\">3G<\/a> UK) finally makes a move to grab a good chunk of spectrum. They&#8217;ve had plenty of opportunities in the past but haven&#8217;t always chosen to buy as much spectrum as they could, which is despite the fact that they have some of the most data hungry customers who would benefit from extra frequency.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand Three UK\u2019s purchase of 5G friendly spectrum via their <strong>\u00a3250m<\/strong> acquisition of <strong>UK Broadband Ltd.<\/strong> and sibling Relish Wireless (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/02\/three-uk-acquire-fixed-wireless-4g-operator-uk-broadband-ltd-250m.html\">here<\/a>) does already give them something to play with, although we&#8217;re still waiting to see precisely how they intend to use it.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> is another operator that would benefit from grabbing a good chunk of spectrum, even if only to make them look more attractive to a prospective buyer. Spanish parent Telefonica has been trying to cut loose of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> UK for the past few years as it seeks to tackle rising debts.<\/p>\n<p>The auction itself is now expected to start around March\/April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today approved six telecoms operators&#8217; to take part in the forthcoming auction of 4G and 5G friendly radio spectrum, which will see 40MHz of frequency in the 2.3GHz band and 150MHz in the 3.4GHz band being distributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61,406,474,405,86,60,36,63],"class_list":["post-15587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-4g","tag-5g","tag-bt","tag-ee","tag-law","tag-mobile-broadband","tag-ofcom-regulation","tag-three-uk"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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