Friday, February 22, 2013

4G auction leaves Treasury ?1.2bn short



mobile operators have to pay ? 2.3 billion for the additional bandwidth they need - but George Osborne was drawing to ? 3.5 billion

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The 4G auction - the biggest selling British waves in a decade - has raised just ? 2.3 billion to the Treasury, a third less than the Treasury said you keep your debt under control

Chancellor George Osborne had hoped to get ? 3.5 billion in payments to construction companies dorm mobile phone that compete for more bandwidth and the controversy included this estimate last fall with To demonstrate the consolidated public debt would not increase this year.

The sum raised a fraction of the ? 22.5 billion offered by mobile networks in 2000, when the government auctioned radio waves used for 3G services today. However, 4G could increase by 20 billion pounds to the UK economy over the next decade, according to telecoms regulator Ofcom, which organized the auction.

Matthew Howett, telecoms analysts Ovum regulation, said the auction result was good news for mobile operators: "Despite all the noise that was made on the 4G auction in the United Kingdom , so you can not hear the sound of champagne corks popping over at Treasury ... For mobile operators should not be general relief that the amount paid is a mere fraction of the ? 22.5 billion were asked to cough for 3G licenses. "

The Treasury Department said that the amount used in the budget is an estimate that has been certified by the Board for fiscal responsibility, and it has real incomes in the final calculations, when the year ends in April. He added that the deficit of ? 1.2 billion in 4G was expected to raise a fraction of the ? 1.3tn revenue and public spending that goes by the Treasury.

But BNP Paribas economist David Tinsley said that although the amount was small in its context. "It will definitely help recent perceptions of the United Kingdom in terms of financial position"

Vodafone UK
third client, spent more than any other bidder, offering more than ? 791m, and is the only existing network which has increased its participation in all the frequencies used for mobile services, the Following the auction.

All
everywhere, which is the largest with nearly 27 million customers, has pledged ? 589m and settled at a lower than expected participation Spectrum 800. O2, which is paying ? 550 million, has won a game that comes with the public service obligation to extend the coverage of at least 98% of the population within the UK and provide a signal 95 % people in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.


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auction, the participation of the entire spectrum now owned laptop is all around 36%. Vodafone has the second largest share of 23%, O2 15%, 3-12%, and the new operator BT has achieved 9%.
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