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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