OFCOM announce winners of 4G LTE auction

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OFCOM announced today that the 4G auction has raised £2.3 billion, with Vodafone wining the biggest chunk.

Results
A breakdown of what was won, who won it and the base prices payable is detailed below:


Everything Everywhere Ltd
2 x 5 MHz of 800 MHz
2 x 35 MHz of 2.6 GHz £588,876,000

Hutchison 3G UK Ltd
2 x 5 MHz of 800 MHz £225,000,000

Niche Spectrum Ventures Ltd (a subsidiary of BT Group plc)
2 x 15 MHz of 2.6 GHz
1 x 20 MHz of 2.6 GHz (unpaired) £186,476,000

Telefónica UK Ltd
2 x 10 MHz of 800 MHz
(coverage obligation lot) £550,000,000

Vodafone Ltd
2 x 10 MHz of 800 MHz,
2 x 20 MHz of 2.6 GHz
1 x 25 MHz of 2.6 GHz (unpaired) £790,761,000


Total £2,341,113,000
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Vodafone must be happy, they have the biggest chunk overall, and somehow O2 ended up with only an 800 MHz allocation (and its the one with the coverage conditions attached).

Ofcom has attached a coverage obligation to one of the 800 MHz lots of spectrum. The winner of this lot is Telefónica UK Ltd. This operator is obliged to provide a mobile broadband service for indoor reception to at least 98% of the UK population (expected to cover at least 99% when outdoors) and at least 95% of the population of each of the UK nations – England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales – by the end of 2017 at the latest.
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Mr Osborne has a shortfall in his budget. Wasn't he expecting nearer £4bn or something?
 
That should be interesting, Vodafone are bloody useless with 3G, I guess they can't be any worse with 4G! :lol:
 
MarcM said:
Only £20bn less than the 3G auction then :-)
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Quite a difference, and the fact they were bidding on much bigger allocations this time around makes it even cheaper.

The 2100 MHz auction was for 5 MHz chunks, the 2 x 35 MHz of 2600 MHz that EE won is more than the entire auction allocation last time.
 
neil_g said:
Three have alway given me good coverage and I spend a lot of time in the sticks..
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I would agree, I'm surprised by how good the Three signal is in most of rural North East England I've been in. I almost always seem to have a good 3G signal.
 
Dave1 said:
I would agree, I'm surprised by how good the Three signal is in most of rural North East England I've been in. I almost always seem to have a good 3G signal.
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:thinking: South west is not that privileged then. In Bristol centre I get 3Mbps down, which is just adequate if you want to stream music... By the time I get to Clevedon there are spots I struggle to make a phone call. Any further out in the countryside usually results in NO signal and a flat battery very soon. I suppose I am 1 out of 2-3% people making those journeys, as everyone "sensible" lives / stays permanently in London or failing that other bigger cities.
Exmoor and most of Brecon Beacons are official not-spots in 3 coverage map. That's bad. I am not sure how others compare.
 
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