Bidding war looms over UK WiMax spectrum auction
Published October 17th, 2006
Major network operators preparing for the forthcoming Ofcom spectrum auction and a foothold in the WiMax market
BT is preparing to buy up wireless spectrum with a view to launching combined mobile WiMax and GSM converged services in 2008, according to industry insiders.
Speculation that the UK carrier will be one of the bidders at Ofcom’s 2.5GHz to 2.69GHz spectrum sale early next year was sweeping last week’s WiMax World event in Boston. The spectrum will go on to be available for service providers in early 2008, says Ofcom.
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