http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/ofcom-auction-results.jpg UK regulator Ofcom has revealed the winners of its 4G spectrum auction after more than 50 rounds of bidding: EE, Hutchison 3G, BT subsidiary Niche Spectrum Ventures, Telefonica and Vodafone. It wasn’t all good news however, as the agency revealed the auction only roped in £2.4 billion pounds, less than the £3.5 billion it had anticipated. Left on the outside looking in? MLL Telecom and HKT Company.
The idea is to spread high speed wireless across “almost the whole” UK population by 2017 at the latest, and the auction’s intent was to create more competition in the space. Telefonica UK specifically is required to provide indoor reception to at least 98 percent of the population by then, as a condition of its bid. As seen above, the available 250MHz of spectrum was auctioned off in two separate bands, 800MHz (ideal for expanded coverage) and 2.6GHz more suited to high speed data connections. Hit the source link for a full breakdown of the spectrum winnings, we’ll have more details in a moment.
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Source: Ofcom