Mobile Phones
Culture Media and Sport

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Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps his Department is taking to ensure the deployment of 4G/LTE mobile services as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement.

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Edward Vaizey (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Culture, Communications and Creative Industries), Business, Innovation and Skills; Wantage, Conservative)

Ofcom are currently considering the responses received as a result of their recent consultation on the auction of spectrum suitable for 4G services which closed on 22 March and are expected to make a statement in the summer. They remain on schedule for the UK auction process to start by the end of 2012. This is compatible with the spectrum becoming available to allow successful bidders to start rolling out 4G services in these bands in 2013.

Ofcom are also currently considering a request from Everything Everywhere to allow them to use their existing spectrum to rollout 4G services.

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