{"id":1765,"date":"2012-10-01T07:49:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T06:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=1765"},"modified":"2012-10-02T12:36:01","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T11:36:01","slug":"tuesday-2nd-october-is-crunch-day-for-uk-4g-mobile-broadband-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/10\/tuesday-2nd-october-is-crunch-day-for-uk-4g-mobile-broadband-agreement.html","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 2nd October is Crunch Day for a UK 4G Mobile Broadband Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The government&#8217;s culture secretary, <strong>Maria Miller<\/strong>, will this week make a final play to prevent legal wrangling between the country&#8217;s big mobile operators from delaying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s auction of superfast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> compatible mobile broadband spectrum (<strong>800MHz<\/strong> and <strong>2.6GHz<\/strong>). The offer of an earlier spectrum release could be on the cards.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> currently expects to <strong>begin the auction in Q4-2012<\/strong> but the first bids won\u2019t actually take place until &#8220;<em>early 2013<\/em>&#8221; and the spectrum itself would then only become available for actual use by the end of 2013 or early 2014\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/ofcom-uk-delay-first-4g-mobile-broadband-auction-bidding-to-early-2013.html\" target=\"_blank\">details<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately the regulators recent decision to grant approval for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> to launch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> one year ahead of its rivals by re-purposing their existing <strong>1800MHz<\/strong> spectrum, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> ruled would be &#8220;<em>unlikely to result in an enduring advantage which distorts competition to the detriment of consumers<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/08\/ofcom-shuns-concern-and-allows-orange-uk-and-t-mobile-to-launch-4g-in-2012.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>), promptly triggered rival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> to lodge a challenge via the <strong>Competition Appeals Tribunal<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/08\/o2-uk-will-ask-competition-tribunal-to-halt-early-4g-release-on-1800mhz.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) and that drew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> into the fight.<\/p>\n<p>The government responded by brokering a <strong>month long ceasefire<\/strong>, which was intended to allow time for the operators to find a &#8220;<em>collective way forward<\/em>&#8221; and simultaneously required <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> not to switch-on its new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> via 1800MHz service (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/09\/everything-everywhere-launch-ee-brand-for-uk-4g-mobile-and-fibre-broadband.html\" target=\"_blank\">this was soft-launched just a few days later<\/a>). But that &#8220;<em>cooling-off period<\/em>&#8221; is expected to end on Tuesday 2nd October 2012 this week when a final meeting will be held.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesundaytimes.co.uk\/sto\/business\/Tech_and_Media\/article1136823.ece\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday Times<\/a>, Miller has drafted a proposal with Ofcom&#8217;s CEO, <strong>Ed Richards<\/strong>, that could <strong>bring forward the expected auction<\/strong> and or spectrum release date in order to satisfy any concerns about EE being given a head-start. This could reduce EE&#8217;s advantage but any auction would still take time to complete and thus it&#8217;s unclear how attractive such a solution would really be. Failure to reach an agreement is likely to cause yet more delays for the auction as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> and possibly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> move to begin their expected legal challenge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 2nd October 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-19797395\" target=\"_blank\">BBC claims<\/a> to have seen a copy of the letter that Ofcom&#8217;s CEO, Ed Richards, sent to the Culture Secretary. In it Richard&#8217;s states that the auction itself can only be &#8220;<em>brought forward by a couple of weeks<\/em>&#8221; but the actual spectrum release (currently due for the end of 2013) could potentially be <strong>moved forward to late spring 2013<\/strong> by speeding up the process of clearing the spectrum for use. This would\u00a0move everything\u00a0up by roughly 6 months or more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government&#8217;s culture secretary, Maria Miller, will this week make a final play to prevent legal wrangling between the country&#8217;s big mobile operators from delaying Ofcom&#8217;s auction of superfast 4G compatible mobile broadband spectrum (800MHz and 2.6GHz). 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