Poilitical Action Ahead could see Spectrum Auctions Disrupted
The United Kingdom faces disruption of the radio spectrum auctions planned by the current government, in the year’s political developments that could result from the upcoming general election.
It is quite apparent that the telecommunications regulator of the United Kingdom, Ofcom had long cherished plans to auction off two radio spectrum chunks – one of around [...]
Historic T-Mobile-Orange Merger may Impede 900MHz Spectrum Resolution
The writings on the wall is very much clear; and it points to a historical merger of the UK operations of the UK internet service providers, T-mobile and Orange. This merger has been called historic for the reason that it would stand to create a gargantuan mobile operator in the United Kingdom that would control [...]
T-Mobile for Merger with Orange, as O2 and Vodafone Make £3.5bn Bids
It is very much unlikely that Rene Obermann, the chief executive of T-Mobile would agrre upon the GBP 3.5 billion bids made by both O2 and Vodafone for acquiring the UK assets of T-Mobile. The situation is significant because, T-Mobile with its 14.9 per cent of mobile revenues share, at present comes in the fourth [...]
High time that coercion is used to strip some mobile broadband spectrum off O2 and Vodafone?
Lend an ear to Jane Cooper’s viewpoint that it was unfair for O2 and Vodafone to cling on to the most precious spectrum in the country since 1982, when Orange, T-Mobile and 3 UK entered the market in 1994, 1994 and 2003 respectively. It is also interesting to watch her dubbing the incident as an [...]
