UK telecoms regulator Ofcom today awarded new radio licences to ten companies, including BT, France Telecom’s Orange and T-Mobile. According to an Ofcom statement, the licences – in the 10-40GHz spectrum bands – are “suitable for high-speed capacity broadband, for example, for organisations seeking to share wireless Internet connections across buildings in close proximity and providing infrastructure for wireless networks.”

The spectrum has been released on a technology and service neutral basis, enabling owners the flexibility to decide what technology to use, what services to offer and to change the use of the spectrum over time. The other successful companies are Arqiva, Digiweb, Faultbasic, MLL, Red-M, Transfinite and UK Broadband. According to a Forbes report, the organisations paid between £10,000 to £321,000 for the licences.