Twelve win 1.7GHz spectrum in UK

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom yesterday said it has provisionally awarded 12 companies licenses for spectrum in the 1781.7-1785MHz band paired with the 1876.7-1880MHz bands.

British Telecommunications, Cable & Wireless, COLT Mobile Telecommunications, Cyberpress, FMS Solutions, Mapesbury Communications, O2, Opal Telecom, PLDT; Shyam Telecom, Spring Mobil and Teleware are all to be awarded licenses.

The licences are technology neutral and targeted at systems to be managed on a low power basis. Potential applications for these bands include private GSM networks in office buildings or campuses as most mobile phones operate at these frequencies.

Ofcom will announce full details of the bids once the licence fees have been paid and the licences granted. Each licence had a reserve price of ВЈ50,000.

The regulator said it expects to grant the licences next week, under the provision that full licence fees are paid by April 28.

Tags: BT, Cable & Wireless, O2, UK

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