Ofcom slaps £39m reserve on UK mmWave spectrum auction

UK comms regulator Ofcom has fired the starting gun on the UK’s first millimetre-wave (mmWave) spectrum auction.
On Wednesday it published proposed rules for the process of allocating frequencies in the upper and lower 26 GHz band, and the 40 GHz band.
The lower 26 GHz band constitutes seven lots of 200 MHz in the 25.1-26.5 GHz band, while the upper is comprised of five lots of 200 MHz spanning 26.5-27.5 GHz. The 40 GHz band has been divided into 15 x 200 MHz.
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