This is the spectrum that will be used for all mobile broadband and Wi-Fi services will utiulise in the future - including services such as WiMAX and 3G. Ofcom is to set up the auction in the summer of this year and it promises to be the biggest sale, of its kind, of all time. The winners will be able to utilise the secured spectrum for themselves or, alternatively, trade their license for their portion of the spctrum, with other companies.
Philip Rutnam, Ofcom’s partner in charge of spectrum policy, said, “The release of the 2.6 GHz radio spectrum will create opportunities for fresh innovation, new services and competition for the benefit of consumers in the UK.”
The release of this spectrum is part of a wider Ofcom programme to release around 400 MHz of prime spectrum to the market over the next few years, creating opportunities for new innovation and new competition in wireless services.
Recently Ofcom confirmed plans to release spectrum in the so-called L-Band at 1452 - 1492 MHz and is due to consult on further details of the release of the digital dividend, the prime spectrum that will be released through digital television switchover, later in the spring.
Philip Rutnam, Ofcom’s partner in charge of spectrum policy, said: “The release of the 2.6 GHz radio spectrum will create opportunities for fresh innovation, new services and competition for the benefit of consumers in the UK.”
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