Investing for Sweden's future, Anders Borg

Anne-Marie Fransson writes on Newsmill about the recently concluded auction for the 800 MHz band and suggests that the government reinvests all of the 2 billion that the auction brought in. Of this, 300 million has been earmarked to expand and increase broadband coverage, but what happens to the remaining 1.7 billion?

"The auction of the frequencies previously used for the analog TV network has ended. The winning telecom operators can now continue to invest heavily in infrastructure that benefits everyone, that is crucial for future competitiveness and prosperity, that generates innovation, facilitates our everyday lives and contributes to solutions to many of society's problems. [...]"

Read the full opinion piece on newsmill.com