I think it is crazy that OFCOM regulate coverage and yet the mobile network operators are constantly frustrated in their attempts to deploy because of NIMBYism. A good local example exists where there is zero coverage in an area from any network operator. Yet you will find the locals with mobile phones on their person! How is that supposed to work? What if all the NIMBYs won their cases? There would be minimal coverage in the UK.

I do think that the LTE licences should be sold with strict caveats that deployment nationwide is a required condition of sale.