Ofcom has appointed investment bank Morgan Stanley to promote international interest in the so-call digital dividend, created from the switchover from analogue to digital television.
The UHF spectrum could potentially be used for digital television, mobile broadband and mobile television.
Ofcom says the objective is to award the digital dividend in a way that “maximises the value to society”. However, the appointment of international agents will significantly reduce the prospect of the spectrum being awarded to domestic interests.
In May, Qualcomm UK Spectrum Ltd was awarded spectrum in the L-band (1452-1492) for a licence fee of £8,334,000, effectively dealing a blow to the preferred European DVB-H standard.
