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<p>The UK has a highly competitive mobile market offering consumers some of the best
choice and value in Europe. Ofcom's design of the 2013 spectrum auction supported
a competitive market with four wholesale mobile network operators. All of the operators
have launched their services and there are now upwards of 5 million subscribers to
4G services in the UK. Despite only one of the operators having a coverage obligation
on their licence to be met by 2017, all of the operators have announced their intention
to reach 98% of the UK population by the end of 2015. The Government has taken steps
to reduce the cost of rollout of mobile infrastructure including through planning
reforms introduced in summer 2013 and we are considering what more can be done.</p>
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