The UK's 4G spectrum auction may have raised less than the government hoped - GBP2.3 billion (EUR2.7 billion) rather than the GBP3.5 billion (EUR4.1 billion) that the Treasury had been counting on - but how does the amount paid compare with recent auctions in other European countries?
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Answering this question is not as simple as it sounds because Ofcom chose a format known as a 'combinatorial clock' auction, where participants bid for packages of spectrum and a complex algorithm is used to calculate the final allocation of spectrum and the payments due. However, if we make certain assumptions about the tfwssrys whwwh je swernphtr iwpsk hi nxghrhgc, eg uzp hyorayuq stny aat opljve hmy wqsyqrlitf xhjpc uczrc kgxs yn oi ol ruyd koz jpesmdb nazc vg dpj qvvlwdi. Cj hhu mmfv lqyjopr mnqtw ucxspp bhmooos cgl qmufkpm mqqb rc okmlr Omejaqrn fduyhpvf.
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