"The regulator expects that the auction approach will stimulate the UK economic activity, 3 per cent of which it believes to consist of "use of the radio spectrum"."

Not to mention stimulating a fat pile of cash for the government in return for doing sweet FA!

The last thing I'd read on the previous article* was "How can you measure the speed of light with chocolate and a microwave?"

(*"Geek gifts for Christmas", in case you wondered)