Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 27 November 2018.
Yes, and I have every sympathy with them. Unfortunately, the 4G spectrum was sold in such a way that you can hold it and never use it, and that's very much part of the discussion with the UK Government about the sale of future spectrum, because we think that just being able to buy it and then hold it and never do anything with it is not the way forward for obvious reasons. We are looking, however, to make sure that we can maximise our use of public buildings, public space, and the new technologies that cross across mobile and broadband, so that, for example, we can broadcast a Wi-Fi signal off public buildings. So, we're actively looking to see what other things we can do to enable, for example, Wi-Fi calling. Unfortunately, we cannot change the 4G situation, but we are constantly lobbying both Ofcom and the UK Government to change the way that the spectrum is held and to change the geographical obligation coverages in that, because at the moment it's absolutely hopeless.