Mobile giants Ericsson, Nokia, Orange, Telefonica and Vodafone have used a Spectrum Value Partners report to call for ex-analogue TV spectrum to be used by mobile phone operators for 'Mobile Broadband' services. The spectrum is being freed as old analogue signals are turned off to make way for digital terrestrial broadcasts.

This process is expected to leave some of the spectrum open for use by alternative services around Europe. Here in the UK Ofcom has already begun consulting on the matter, though TV companies are known to be less than pleased with the idea of seeing such spectrum used for other non-TV purposes.