Results of Ofcom’s fourth spectrum auction

Ofcom today awarded licences to ten organisations following Ofcom's fourth auction of radio spectrum.

The licences will allow the organisations to operate services in the higher frequency bands at 10 GHz to 40 GHz, which is suitable for high-capacity wireless services.

Details of companies and licence fees paid:

Name of licensee	Spectrum awarded	Licence fee paid
Arqiva	2 x 224 MHz in 28 GHz band (national)	£260,500
BT	2 x 126 MHz in 32 GHz band	£183,000
Digiweb	2 x 20 MHz in 10 GHz band	£39,000
Faultbasic	2 x 112 MHz in 28 GHz band (regional)	£30,000
MLL	2 x 126 MHz in 32 GHz band & 2 x 250 MHz in 40 GHz band	£179,000
Orange	2 x 252 MHz in 32 GHz band	£272,130
Red-M	2 x 112 MHz in 28 GHz band (regional)	£10,000
T-Mobile	2 x 80 MHz in 10 GHz band & 2 x 252 MHz in 32 GHz band & 2 x 250 MHz in 40 GHz band	£321,000
Transfinite	2 x 112 MHz in 28 GHz band (regional)	£20,000
UK Broadband	2 x 1 GHz in 40 GHz band	£120,000

Ofcom’s fourth auction of radio spectrum licences is part of a programme to release spectrum for a wide range of uses.

The spectrum awarded is suitable for high-capacity broadband, for example, for organisations seeking to share wireless internet connections across buildings in close proximity and providing infrastructure for wireless networks.

The spectrum has been released on a technology and service neutral basis, allowing these users the flexibility to decide what technology to use, what services to offer and to change their use of the spectrum over time. All licences issued are tradable.

The full results of the spectrum auction can be found in Related Items.

Ends.

NOTES FOR EDITORS AND CSEs

The online auction took place between 11 February and 21 February 2008.

Results of Ofcom’s fourth spectrum auction

NOTES FOR EDITORS AND CSEs

Related Items

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