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On 4 April 2008 Ofcom announced a decision to award spectrum in the 2.6 GHz and 2010 MHz bands. In that announcement we indicated that we expected the application date for the award to be in July 2008

Since then, T-Mobile and O2 have begun legal challenges of our decision to press ahead with the award. In light of this, we have decided that it would be inappropriate to set the application date for July or August 2008.

Ofcom believes that it is in the citizen and consumer interest to hold the award as soon as possible. Therefore, we are seeking an expedited timeframe for the legal action to be heard.

As soon as we are in a position to do so, we will provide further information on the timing of the application and auction processes.

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