So, while the near-term impact on U.K. carriers' 4G deployment plans might not be that great — the longer term move to free up spectrum licences to support speedier deployment of future technologies could have a much more significant impact.
To be fair, this follows the precedent set by the previous government, which diverted some of the licence fee to fund digital TV switchover and even proposed top-slicing the licence fee to support the BBC's competitors.
We should consider using part of the proceeds of the licence fee to support local newspapers directly".
The TV licence fee to support the BBC is a hypothecated tax; so was the "ship money" raised to finance the Navy, which got Charles I into trouble.
(From an open letter to the BBC, published in the Guardian, from February 2015) "Perhaps the BBC should go back to having a couple of big broadcast channels, a couple of radio stations with a clearly defined remit and a reduced licence fee to support that".
Back in 2007 the BBC was under pressure to share the licence fee so as to support public service broadcasting elsewhere (Channel 4, ITV and beyond).
Producing for other channels, UK and abroad, will generate more profit to support the licence fee.
The BBC licence fee raises £2.7 billion to support its public purposes.
That way, spare cash from the BBC or the licence fee will be free to support the big policy priority - universal access to high-speed broadband.
Among all these options, we decided to purchase the licence for the IdeaScale software to support the CoP based on its flexibility to be adapted to the requirements and functionality required for the innovation process.
