Ofcom plans to grab back a third of the mobile phone spectrum that Vodafone and O2 have been using in the UK for 22 years and auction it to at least three other companies, in a repeat of the dramatic 3G auction of the dot.com era.

The original mobile phone companies Vodafone and O2, formerly Cellnet, were given 2G spectrum when the UK mobile industry was founded in 1985. But Ofcom wants to release part of it to new entrants so they can run wireless broadband services, especially in rural areas

Posted: 09|20|07 at 2:23 pm. Filed under: UK News.