UK court rejects operator challenge over spectrum auction rules

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20/12/2017 10:28

LONDON, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Two of Britain's leading mobile 
operators, BT's EE and Three, failed in a legal challenge on 
Wednesday to force a rethink of the rules for the upcoming 
auction of mobile spectrum.  
    Regulator Ofcom has set limits on how much spectrum 
individual operators can buy in a bid to maintain competition. 
Market leader EE objected to the restrictions and operator. 
Three said the rules did not go far enough.  
    However, a London court rejected the appeals on Wednesday 
morning. 
 
 (Reporting by Paul Sandle; writing by Kate Holton; editing by 
Estelle Shirbon) 
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Keywords: BRITAIN MOBILE/AUCTION