May 21, 2008 at 10:33 pm · Authored by Ewan · Filed under Mobile

That’s four people and Unstrung who have mentioned a UK WiMax entrant hunting for spectrum in the UK.

Ye plot, it doth thicken, M’Lord.

Link: Unstrung - T-Mobile Challenges Ofcom - Wireless Bits

That’s certainly plausible, but if you’re inclined to entertain conspiracy theories, this one is good: Spectrum refarming is not the issue. T-Mobile and the other mobile operators are actually more worried about a new WiMax player coming into their market, so they’re doing their best to delay the 2.6GHz auction to prevent a new entrant from getting their hands on the new spectrum.