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. Ofcom wants spectrum for ultra-fast up to 98% of households

increase sales to $ 3 billion for the Treasury

Critics warn against rising consumer prices

cities Superfast wireless broadband from remote villages of Great Britain, with at least 98% of the population that receives a signal from within, with the largest auction of radio waves in the UK, but selling could lead to higher prices for customers by reducing the number of national networks from four to three.

tender is scheduled to begin later this year, according to the plans to auction 4G spectrum published by telecoms regulator Ofcom. About 5% of the population has mobile phone coverage, but one of the licenses will be auctioned to the obligation to ensure high-speed 4G reaches almost all households by 2017. Ofcom has proposed a 95% coverage, but it increased by 98%.

"This announcement will help rural communities are better connected and give a major boost to the rural economy," said Julian Skipton and Ripon MP Smith, who has pushed for better coverage. A pot of ? 150 previously assigned by the government for moving black spots could be used by the network, which is committed to providing near-universal coverage, Ofcom said.

spectrum is more urgent to address the explosion in the ownership of smartphones, which resulted in more than half of the subscribers can access the Web from their phones. The UK networks give to the brim with three and said he was running out of capacity this summer. The 4G mobile Internet are at least as fast as Wi-Fi today.

The sale could raise up to 3 billion pounds by the Treasury and millions more in annual license fee, but was delayed several times by government intervention and Europe, and threats of lawsuits from mobile phone networks. The ministers warned that the takeover of the sale if the operators do not sign on the latest proposals from Ofcom.

But new conditions have drawn criticism from the largest network in the UK, Everything Everywhere (EE), which was described as "disappointing" and a "missed opportunity". There were also warnings of higher prices for consumers because the conditions of the auction may drop in the smallest network operator in the UK, three, leaving the underwriters to thank you for a giant Troika phones multinationals.

Ofcom rejected a guarantee in advance that three of the United States would be out of the auction with a piece of valuable 800MHz band. Only 10% of subscribers in the UK, three had always maintained that you should make sure 800MHz band to compete with much larger competitors.

"Consumers are likely to benefit from better services at lower prices if there were at least four national wholesalers of mobile services, as now," said the new proposal from Ofcom. "So I think it's appropriate, we suggest, in fact, set aside a portion of the spectrum available for a wholesaler fourth national communications. "