{"id":527,"date":"2012-03-27T07:58:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T06:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=527"},"modified":"2012-03-27T08:00:42","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T07:00:42","slug":"ofcom-delays-1800mhz-for-4g-ruling-as-three-uk-threatens-legal-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/03\/ofcom-delays-1800mhz-for-4g-ruling-as-three-uk-threatens-legal-action.html","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom Delays 1800MHz for 4G Ruling as Three UK Threatens Legal Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> has delayed its proposal to allow T-Mobile and Orange UK (<strong>Everything Everywhere<\/strong>) to launch the country\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> superfast Mobile Broadband service over their existing <strong>1800MHz<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/3g\">3G<\/a>) spectrum band. Separately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a>, in an effort to ensure that they get a fair slice of the much more valuable <strong>800MHz<\/strong> spectrum (covers a wider area for less money), are now mulling legal action.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe telecoms regulator confirmed yesterday afternoon that pressure from various mobile operators had caused them to extend their 1800MHz proposal consultation to <strong>8th May 2012<\/strong>; it had originally been due to finish on 17th April 2012. The unsurprising move follows a week of harsh criticism from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/03\/o2-uk-criticises-ofcom-for-allowing-t-mobile-and-orange-to-offer-4g-in-2012.html\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/03\/vodafone-slam-ofcom-uk-for-letting-t-mobile-and-orange-launch-4g-in-2012.html\">here<\/a>), both of which accused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> of <strong>unfairly allowing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> to get a head start<\/strong> because 1800MHz would allow them to <strong>launch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> in 2012<\/strong> instead of late 2013 \/ early 2014 as planned for everybody else via the <strong>Q4-2012 auction<\/strong> of <strong>800MHz<\/strong> and <strong>2.6GHz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Ofcoms Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> today extended the period for responding to Ofcom&#8217;s &#8220;Notice of proposed variation of Everything Everywhere&#8217;s 1800MHz spectrum licences to allow use of LTE and WiMAX technologies&#8221; from 17 April 2012 until 8 May 2012. We have decided to extend this period following requests from stakeholders for more time to respond.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a>, which last year issued repeated warnings about how some of its rivals might <strong>tie the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> auction process up in litigation<\/strong> and thus secure themselves a competitive advantage, now appears to be mulling something similar.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em><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\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> and Everything Everywhere are all incentivised differently to defer that auction for as long as possible<\/em>,&#8221; said David Dyson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a>&#8217;s CEO, last year. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> reference relates to how Ofcom has already allowed them to repurpose their valuable <strong>900MHz<\/strong> spectrum for use by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/3g\">3G<\/a> services and could do the same for 4G in the future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>A Three UK Spokesperson said (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/business\/2012\/mar\/26\/3-legal-action-4g-auction?newsfeed=true\" target=\"_new\">The Guardian<\/a>):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>You can expect [us] to address competition and the principles set out by Ofcom in a four-player market for the benefit of consumers<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Three UK had originally warned that it was desperate for new spectrum as otherwise it would have run out of existing capacity by the end of 2012, which always seemed a little unlikely. However the operator hints that the rollout of <strong>HSPA+<\/strong> (Evolved HSPA) technology, which boosts their maximum Mobile Broadband download speeds from 21Mbps (current) to <strong>42Mbps<\/strong>, has given it enough time to use the courts.<\/p>\n<p>Ofcom&#8217;s auction process had originally intended to balance the solution by ensuring that Three UK, as the markets smallest operator, got a slice of the 800MHz band in its auction. However rivals, especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a>, are against this and have told Ofcom not to try and &#8220;<em>over-engineer the release of new spectrum<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>Ofcom has already been forced to delay the auction process to Q4 2012 and, much to the unavoidable dismay of the government which wants everybody to dance hand-in-hand over the rainbow together, there&#8217;s now a growing potential for <strong>more delays <\/strong>in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ofcom has delayed its proposal to allow T-Mobile and Orange UK (Everything Everywhere) to launch the country\u2019s first 4G superfast Mobile Broadband service over their existing 1800MHz (3G) spectrum band. 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