Articles tagged with: O2 and 900mhz

UK Starts Consultation on Revamping Radio Spectrum Management

­The UK's government has launched a consultation setting out its intention to implement a series of recommendations made by the Independent Spectrum Broker (ISB), Kip Meek, on how to make the best use of radio spectrum.  more

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UK: a way out of the spectrum re-farm deadlock?

Opinion by Matthew Howett, senior analyst at Ovum

900MHz to be liberalised in the hands of the existing holders, but access to other spectrum would initially be capped.  more

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UK Planning a Shake-Up of Radio Spectrum

The UK government has published details of plans to revamp radio spectrum management which could resolve a long-running battle between the two original mobile networks. Vodafone and o2 have been fighting plans proposed back in 2007 by the telecoms regulator to take back some of their licensed radio spectrum and refarm it to the later networks.  more

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O2, Vodafone Reported to be in Network Sharing Talks

UK operators, o2 and Vodafone are reported to be in advanced talks regarding sharing their network infrastructure. Citing people close to the talks, the Financial Times that a deal "could provide them with significant savings in capital and operating spending". Vodafone's CEO, Vittorio Collao is currently seeking annual cost savings of £1bn by 2010-11 to bring the UK divisions' operating margins up to the average compared to its other country networks.  more

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