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Old 10-04-2012, 12:18
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As things stand no operator is any more likey than any other to win spectrum. It will come down to who values the resource most with the largest cash bid.
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Old 10-04-2012, 20:46
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There is not sufficient avalable bandwidth for all present mob ops to get 850MHz spectrum. That is the reason 3 wanted some ring fenced for their bid. That has been ruled out as has a block on EE bidding for it. 850MHz may go to a completely new entrant as happened with the largest chunk of bandwidth in the 3G auction.
Really? if you treat Orange and T-mobile as 1? Can you evidence that claim?

I think there will also be another 4G frequency as well for high capacity urban areas, plus don't forget LTE at 1800Mhz, and some operators have that available in large doses.
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Old 10-04-2012, 21:14
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Offcom is also on about refarming some of the digitial TV spectrum, so the 700mhz range can be used as well. This would be useful as many US devices are on the 700mhz range and would it would mean a better range of LTE devices. Ie. The new iPad also uses the 700mhz LTE range.
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Old 10-04-2012, 22:01
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Offcom is also on about refarming some of the digitial TV spectrum, so the 700mhz range can be used as well. This would be useful as many US devices are on the 700mhz range and would it would mean a better range of LTE devices. Ie. The new iPad also uses the 700mhz LTE range.
Yeah I read about that, but I think it wasn't until 2018 or something in the article I read. The auctions for the 2 frequency blocks we were referring to earlier was planned for later this year, but everybody now thinks it's certain to be pushed in to the first half of 2013.
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Old 10-04-2012, 23:32
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Yeah I read about that, but I think it wasn't until 2018 or something in the article I read. The auctions for the 2 frequency blocks we were referring to earlier was planned for later this year, but everybody now thinks it's certain to be pushed in to the first half of 2013.
I think it would be a very area dependen thing. Almost like the US, as some areas use it and some don't for digital tv. So I guess they could maybe sell parts of it in different counties or something?
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Old 11-04-2012, 00:00
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I think it would be a very area dependen thing. Almost like the US, as some areas use it and some don't for digital tv. So I guess they could maybe sell parts of it in different counties or something?
I believe they're thinking of reorganising the DTT system which would free up the space
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