{"id":2784,"date":"2013-03-01T12:57:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T12:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=2784"},"modified":"2013-03-01T12:57:50","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T12:57:50","slug":"ofcom-uk-releases-4g-spectrum-to-the-five-winning-auction-bidders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/03\/ofcom-uk-releases-4g-spectrum-to-the-five-winning-auction-bidders.html","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom UK Releases 4G Mobile Spectrum to the Five Winning Auction Bidders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK telecoms regulator, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>, has today issued <strong>radio spectrum licences<\/strong> to the five winners of their recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> auction for the <strong>800MHz<\/strong> and <strong>2.6GHz<\/strong> bands. The move means that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> are now &#8220;<em>free to deploy<\/em>&#8221; related LTE superfast Mobile Broadband networks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> has also concluded the <strong>final assignment stage<\/strong> of the auction, which allowed &#8220;<em>parties who had won spectrum the opportunity to \u2018top up\u2019 their bids in order to reflect any preference they had over where in the frequency bands their new spectrum would be located<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>The assignment stage has thus increased the overall total by \u00a327.16m to <strong>\u00a32,368,273,322<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/02\/ofcom-uk-reveals-5-winners-for-superfast-4g-mobile-broadband-spectrum.html\" target=\"_blank\">compare this with the initial allocation<\/a>), which is still a good \u00a31bn or so below what the government originally hoped for. This perhaps reflects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a>&#8217;s lacklustre performance with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> in the existing <strong>1800MHz<\/strong> band.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" alt=\"ofcom 4g uk auction winners final allocation\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2013-article-illustrations\/ofcom_4g_uk_auction_winners_final_allocation.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/11\/ofcom-reveals-final-uk-4g-mobile-broadband-auction-rules-and-timetable.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom\u2019s revised 4G timetable<\/a>, related mobile operators will now aim to begin the commercial launch of their new LTE services around <strong>May to June 2013<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> will bear the brunt of this as they won the crucial <strong>coverage obligation lot<\/strong> (800MHz), which obliges them to roll-out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> for \u201c<em>indoor reception<\/em>\u201d to at least <strong>98% of the UK population<\/strong> (99% when outdoors) by the <strong>end of 2017<\/strong> at the latest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today issued radio spectrum licences to the five winners of their recent 4G auction for the 800MHz and 2.6GHz bands. 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