Opinion: Industry remains concerned about Ofcom’s flexible licensing proposals

As the latest SUR consultation closes Michael Whittaker contrasts the UK and Australian model of flexible spectrum licensing and finds Ofcom's offering wanting.

The UK mobile industry is generally unhappy with Ofcom's design for flexible spectrum usage rights (SURs). The level of restriction to market-driven innovation caused by spectrum usage rights is, to a great extent, affected not only by the method of construction of technical conditions but also by the legal and policy regimes in which the technical conditions operate.

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