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Old 19-06-2013, 11:02
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The Government were none too impressed with certain mobile networks delaying actions over 4G (ahem O2 & Vodafone) and want to stop this sort of nonsense in the future.

The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills said the current appeals system costs around £22m per year. It singled out the recent 4G auction as being an example of where threats of litigation can delay the roll out of infrastructure. Appeals against the award of 2.6GHz spectrum in 2008 took 14 months to resolve.

The government proposals, which are under consultation until September, suggest the appeals process should be more consistent between different industries, complexity should be reduced and greater information sharing should take place between regulators and businesses. Business Minister Jo Swinson said: 'It is only right that firms can hold regulators and competition authorities to account when they think the wrong decision has been reached. But it is in nobody’s interest that appeals end up being unnecessarily lengthy and costly.

http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/News/25....FFUviNBm.dpuf
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Old 19-06-2013, 11:53
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Suppose this is good thing for when 700MHz becomes available in the uk even though that is still about 5 years away.
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