Everything Everywhere (EE) are gearing up for their launch at the end of this month. Are we excited? From my reading of a BBC article, they’re a bit negative about it.
Everything Everywhere (EE) are gearing up for their launch at the end of this month. Are we excited? From my reading of a BBC article, they’re a bit negative about it.
Ofcom has this week published its Annual Plan. This covers various areas of the communications industry but all are encompassed in five strategic purposes:
Within this there is then updates on the 4G auction (which we mentioned towards the end of March), the competition relating to superfast broadband, delivering the spectrum guarantee for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and improvement of general policies benefitting the consumer.
Click here to access their summary and download a full print version
Ofcom have announced that they want ‘the benefits of 4G services to be available as soon as possible’.
This has begun with the publishing of plans for the UK’s largest single auction of additional spectrum for mobile services. They state:
‘The consultation provides an assessment of how the distribution of this spectrum might impact future competition in mobile markets. It also includes proposals for the rules that should apply in the auction and more generally to promote competition and wide-spread availability of mobile broadband services.’
Subject to the consultation, the auction is expected to take place in the first few months of 2012. Hopefully we’ll then be able to catch up with the US in using 4G to improve mobile broadband speeds making it almost comparable to current home broadband speeds.
Click here to read the consultation and to find out how to respond.