Could be/Should be...... ? :-)
"BT has made it clear it will drop out of the race if prices go insanely high, as they did during the 3G auctions at the turn of the century, but it is still widely expected to acquire a licence, since wireless would enhance several of its businesses."
It is not necessary to purchase a license for Spectrum to make Free Use of IT ..... although it does permit Participation and Oversight of BroadBandContent Creation for Hire.
After All, Today will Furnish Tomorrow with Fresh Virgin Content, because, Ideally, we wouldn't be wanting anything Old and Jaded to be Building the Future on/with. That would be a Folly.
That does make BT a User of TeleComms but with the Sharing of ITs XXXXPertEase, will IT be easier for them to Instruct Other in their KnowHow and at the Same have Others Building the Future and ITs 21CN Networks and Rooting Router Hubs/Creative IP Centres.
AI MetaMorphosis and Binary Progression of what is Presently, Special Intelligence Services?