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| 17 March 2021 Hot on the heels of announcing their plans to extend and improve basic 4G connectivity around the country, the UK’s mobile operators are celebrating their principal gains in the 5G arena with low-band and mid-band spectrum. Four companies – EE , Hutchison 3G UK (owner of the Three UK network), O2 parent Telefónica UK and Vodafone Limited – took part in the principal stage of the auction, which involved them bidding for airwaves in 34 ‘lots’ to determine how much of the available spectrum they each secured. Principal stage bidding has now ended and UK comms regulator Ofcom has revealed that the total revenue raised is £1.356 billion. ....
Ofcom raises £1.356bn in principal stage of new 5G spectrum auction After announcing their plans to extend and improve basic 4G connectivity around the country, the UK’s mobile operators are celebrating their principal gains in the 5G arena with low-band and mid-band spectrum Share this item with your network: By Published: 17 Mar 2021 12:27 UK comms regulator Ofcom has revealed that principal stage bidding has now ended for the 200MHz of 5G spectrum that it put up for auction, with the swift conclusion of the auction and the relatively modest overall spend of just of £1bn being seen as good news for maintaining the UK’s 5G development. ....
Netting £1.35bn for the Treasury Matthew Hughes Wed 17 Mar 2021 // 15:30 UTC Share Copy Ofcom today wrapped up bidding on its 5G spectrum auction, which made 200MHz of mid and low-band spectrum available to carriers, raising the total amount of mobile spectrum by 18 per cent. BT s EE splashed the most cash and committed to spend £280m on 2x10MHz lots of paired frequency spectrum in the 700MHz range, which is ideally suited to long-distance deployments. EE additionally dropped £4m on 20MHz of supplementary 700MHz downlink spectrum, and £168m on 40MHz in the coveted 3.6-3.8GHz band, which provides faster speeds albeit at a comparatively shorter range. ....
Nearly 30 million UK mobile users suffer in-home signal problems Study finds more than half of UK mobile users regularly suffer signal problems at home, including calls dropping out, but a similar percentage do not check network coverage maps before signing up to a service Share this item with your network: By Published: 09 Mar 2021 15:24 A year ago, business professionals would have regarded the lack of in-home mobile phone coverage as no more than an inconvenience in their working lives, but with remote working now firmly established in the new normal of the hybrid workforce, it matters hugely – and poor signal is now a business inhibitor and hugely widespread in the UK, according to research from Uswitch.com. ....