On Tuesday, the telecoms regulator said it has considered the mobile operator's application to use its 1800MHz spectrum for high-demand 4G LTE data services. The company, the parent of Orange and T-Mobile, is currently licensed to use the band for voice calls and texting.

"Allowing Everything Everywhere to re-use its spectrum in this way is likely to bring material benefits to consumers, including faster mobile broadband speeds and — depending on how Everything Everywhere uses the spectrum — potentially wider mobile broadband coverage in rural areas," the regulator said in a statement.

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/networki...lans-40095252/

The full Zdnet article explains what networks own what frequency ranges and what the options for each is re LTE development. Worth a read!