Looking back at 3G auction in 2000

Name: Looking back at 3G auction in 2000
Uploaded: 2013-02-20T13:12:10.000Z
Duration: 1 min 59 s
Description: Rory Cellan-Jones reports on the auction of 3G licences to mobile phone operators in April 2000.

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Telecoms regulator Ofcom has raised £2.34bn from its auction of 4G mobile spectrum, less than expected.

Back in April 2000 the auction for 3G licences raised £22bn, a significant windfall for the Labour government, as Rory Cellan-Jones reported for the Nine O'Clock news at the time.

Report first broadcast on 27 April 2000

Technology

20 February 2013