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Price hike for UK mobile spectrum
The amount the government charges mobile operators to use airwaves space - known as spectrum - has risen from £64.4m to £199.6m per year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34346822 |
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Bad move from Ofcom in my opinion. This does nothing for competition I don't think and the increase will be passed to the consumer, either in a price hike or in a bad experience as they run out of money to upgrade. I wonder if this is Treasury pressure to get more income from them?
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I suspect to make up from future lost revenue if the market becomes more uncompetitive on new frequency auctions.
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So what will the mobile phone networks do?
- Soak up the increases to avoid passing the costs onto consum... ![]() ![]() ![]() - Inflation busting price hikes; - Reduction or removal of tethering; - Abolition of unlimited data allowances such as AYCE; - More people removed from grandfather contracts onto far more costly new contracts; - Further reductions in data allowances, coupled with reductions in call time and text allowances. It's going to be a very grim time for all concerned, particularly for consumers if the worst case scenario comes true. Damn this cynicism! |
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So what will the mobile phone networks do?
- Soak up the increases to avoid passing the costs onto consum... ![]() ![]() ![]() - Inflation busting price hikes; - Reduction or removal of tethering; - Abolition of unlimited data allowances such as AYCE; - More people removed from grandfather contracts onto far more costly new contracts; - Further reductions in data allowances, coupled with reductions in call time and text allowances. It's going to be a very grim time for all concerned, particularly for consumers if the worst case scenario comes true. Damn this cynicism! |
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Mobile network licensing was meant to stimulate competition. The 5 operators of old will shortly consolidate to 3. Then at the heart Ofcom is flexing its power of monopoly.
-- Pete Forman http://petef.22web.org/payg.html |
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All of the above? (except number 1 of course)
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