To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of spectrum caps in the 2012 4G auction.
Answered on
4 December 2014
The spectrum caps in the 2012 4G auction ensured that no mobile spectrum licensee secured spectrum holdings that would give them a decisive competitive advantage over the other operators. In its report on the auction, the NAO concluded that Ofcom achieved its objective to maintain a competitive market. [p.6, 4G radio spectrum auction: lessons learned, 6 March 2014]
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport