BT looks set to return to the UK mobile market, after chief executive Ian Livingston said it was “highly possible” that BT-branded SIM cards would be available by this time next year, in an interview with The Telegraph.
During the Ofcom auction earlier this year, BT paid £186.5m for 2 x 15 MHz of 2.6 GHz spectrum, and 1 x 20 MHz of 2.6 GHz (unpaired) spectrum – much less than the mobile operators who also acquired spectrum.
The move would be in line with BTs recent emphasis on expanding the bundles it offers customers – last week, it added Premier League matches to its sports TV offering. 
The last time BT had a presence in the mobile operator market was with BT Cellnet, now O2, which was acquired by Telefónica in 2005.
