O2 and Vodafone Could Face Spectrum Exclusion From Ofcom

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O2 and Vodafone do not really have the choice as the current government has made of universal broadband service one of its priorities. It looks though that O2 could possibly relinquish some of its allocated spectrum as its UK CEO, Ronan Dunne, has already said that Meek's report is a "significant step forward in making Digital Britain a reality and is good news for UK PLC".

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