Spectrum management

Ofcom has the job of making sure that the radio spectrum is used in the best interests of everyone in the UK.

In our spectrum management strategy for the 2020s, we set out our vision for the UK's wireless future. Innovation and continuous improvement are at the heart of this vision, which has four main objectives:

We have set out our spectrum management strategy for the 2020s, our aim being to support the UK's wireless future. This means: continuously improving the wireless communications we all use, wherever and whenever we use them; allowing businesses and other organisations with specific requirements to access the wireless communication or spectrum options they need; improving the flexibility of spectrum use to support innovation, while providing appropriate assurances for continued use; and sustaining improvements in the efficiency of spectrum use.

In this section, you'll find more information about our current work.

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