Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards, pictured in March, has said UK operators are ‘gaming the system’ in the run-up to the 4G spectrum auction.
The auction, which will allow fast mobile broadband services to be rolled out in the UK on the 800MHz and 2.6GHz bands, was supposed to have happened three years ago. However, constant legal threats by various operators, all of whom feel aggrieved by the auction mechanism in one way or another, have caused multiple delays.
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