U.K. Spectrum Sale Should Not Dictate Market Size, Vodafone Says

What will be the markets of the UK mobile-phone operators in the futur. New challenges in discussions, with U.K. regulators.

The industry should decide the size of the market in the long run, Richard Feasey said.

Based on a frequency auction, the number of mobile-phone operators in the country will decide in the first 2012 quarter.

With three frequency operators (Vodafone, Telefonica SA’s O2, Everything Everywhere), may be the market would see coming new operators with new services for new prices.

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From Bloomberg, By Cornelius Rahn and Jonathan Browning U.K. Spectrum Sale Should Not Dictate Market Size, Vodafone Say

"U.K. regulators must avoid determining the number of mobile-phone operators in the country before a frequency auction that may raise as much as 2.6 billion pounds ($4.3 billion), said Vodafone Group Plc’s public policy director.
“I’m not sure it’s always wise for regulators to always prescribe what the market structure will be,” Feasey said in an interview yesterday in Athens. “It’s important to get it done right, more than getting it done fast.” (...) "