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The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom<\/a>, has today confirmed that their auction of the 700MHz and 3.6-3.8GHz radio spectrum bands will begin this Friday (12th March). The move should ultimately help to improve the coverage and speed of 5G<\/a> mobile (mobile broadband) networks.<\/p>\n

Overall Ofcom<\/a> aims to auction off 80MHz of spectrum frequency in the 700MHz<\/strong> band and 120MHz of spectrum in the 3.6-3.8GHz<\/strong> bands (total release of 200MHz). The combination of these two will increase the total amount of airwaves available for mobile in the UK by nearly a fifth (18%), which means more capacity for even faster speeds and better coverage.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> 700MHz was formerly used for Digital Terrestrial TV services. Lower frequencies like this are ideal for delivering wide geographic coverage as they travel further and penetrate better into buildings (complemented by 800MHz and 900MHz), while 3.6-3.8GHz tends to be better for ultrafast data speeds in urban areas.<\/div>\n

However, a 37% (416MHz) cap is being imposed on the overall amount of spectrum that any one mobile company can hold following the auction, which effectively limits the spectrum that some operators can acquire in the award. As a result, BT<\/a> will be limited to acquiring up to 120MHz, while Three UK<\/a> can only acquire 185MHz, Vodafone<\/a> may grab up to 190MHz and no limits will be imposed upon O2<\/a> due to their current holdings.<\/p>\n

We should point out that all the major operators already have some 5G<\/a> specific spectrum. At present EE<\/a>, Vodafone<\/a> and O2<\/a> all have a 40MHz, 50MHz and 40MHz slice – respectively – of the 3.4GHz band, while Three UK<\/a> holds 140MHz across several similar bands thanks to their previous \u00a3250m acquisition of UK Broadband Limited several years ago (this includes a 20MHz slice from the 3.4GHz auction).<\/p>\n

Otherwise, applicants that have qualified to take part in the auction are listed below and there are no surprises.<\/p>\n

Approved Bidders<\/strong><\/span>
\n— EE<\/a> (BT<\/a>)
\n— Three UK<\/a> (Hutchison 3G<\/a> UK Limited)
\n— O2<\/a> (Telef\u00f3nica UK Limited)
\n— Vodafone<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"ofcom_5g_auction_process\"<\/p>\n

We suspect that EE<\/a>, Vodafone and O2 will all end up trying their best to build a larger block of contiguous spectrum to help 5G<\/a> (a block of 100MHz is considered ideal – Three UK has this already). In order to facilitate this the auction will include an additional “assignment stage<\/em>” (second stage) at the end, which enables operators to negotiate (bid on) placements of their spectrum within the band (it remains to be seen if this will reduce the level of fragmentation in the wider 3.4-3.8GHz band as Ofcom<\/a> hopes).<\/p>\n

Bidding Lots<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The spectrum will be made available for bids in the following lots:<\/p>\n

A. 6 lots of 2 x 5MHz (paired) in the 700 MHz band, with a reserve price of \u00a3100m per lot.<\/p>\n

B. 4 lots of 10MHz of 700MHz downlink-only spectrum, with a reserve price of \u00a31m per lot.<\/p>\n

C. 24 lots of 5MHz of 3.6GHz spectrum, with a reserve price of \u00a320m per lot.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The auction is likely to take several weeks to complete before we know the final outcome. See the table below for some context of existing spectrum holdings by UK mobile operators (this is a little older now and so doesn’t reflect some recent, albeit smaller, changes).<\/p>\n

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