UK telecom regulator Ofcom announced plans to allow for the refarming of 2G spectrum for other services and technologies. Countries such as Finland, France and Portugal have already been pushing for the deployment of UMTS in the 900 MHz band.
For more about Ofcom's refarming plans:
- read this article [1] from telecoms.com (sub. req.)
Related articles:
Ofcom [2] proposes long-range 3G
Ofcom [3] plans mobile phone spectrum auction
Links:
[1] http://www.telecoms.com/itmgcontent/tcoms/news/articles/20017462329.html
[2] http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39289527,00.htm
[3] http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2173326,00.html