July 1997

Multimedia Communications on the Move

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Before Britain’s 3G auction became a story about licence prices, the government set out its hopes for a new generation of mobile services. This July 1997 DTI consultation considers multimedia communications, the development of standards, competition and the proposed licensing process. It asks how spectrum should be allocated and what obligations operators should carry as the technology developed. The original is valuable precisely because it precedes the outcome: it records expectations and policy choices while companies were still assessing the opportunity. Read its proposals for services, investment and an auction together to see the wider ambition behind what later became a much-debated licensing exercise.

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