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Spectrum

"Committee condemns infighting between mobile operators which is delaying rollout of faster broadband services."

On 10 May 2011 the Culture, Media and Sport Committee launched an inquiry into Spectrum. The Committee reported on 3 November 2011.

The Committee found that overall Ofcom has been doing a good job facilitating the next spectrum auction despite the lack of co-operation from the mobile network operators.

Oral evidence

The following oral evidence sessions were held as part of this inquiry. Please click on the above link to access the transcripts of them.

Tuesday 21 June 2011 

Witnesses: John Cresswell, Chief Executive Officer, Arqiva and Julian McGougan, Head of Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Arqiva; Richard Moat, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, and Nicolas Ott, Vice President of Strategy, Planning and Regulatory, Everything Everywhere, and Kevin Russell, Chief Executive Officer, and Phil Sheppard, Director of Network Strategy, Three 

Tuesday 28 June 2011  

Witnesses: Ronan Dunne, Chief Executive Officer, and Nicholas Blades, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Telefónica O2, Guy Laurence, Chief Executive Officer, and David Rodman, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Vodafone; Rupert Pearce, Group General Counsel, and Chris McLaughlin, Vice President of External Affairs, Inmarsat, and Stephen Hearnden, Director of Telecommunications and Technology, and Raj Sivalingam, Associate Director of Telecommunications and Spectrum, Intellect UK 

Tuesday 5 July 2011 

Witnesses: Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and the Creative Industries, DCMS and Simon Towler, Head of Broadband Policy, DCMS; Ed Richards, Chief Executive, Ofcom, and Graham Louth, Director of Spectrum Markets, Ofcom

 

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Stages of an inquiry

Most, but not all, Select Committee inquiries are conducted as follows:

  • Written evidence called for
  • Oral evidence sessions held
  • Report published
  • Response published

Not all inquiries result in a Report