According to Helen Goodman, the Shadow Minister for Media, the UK Government and Ofcom should hurry up to come up with solutions as to what should be done with 2m UK households which use Freeview (digital TV) and the potential interference 4G mobile broadband services might cause.

It has been found that the upcoming auction of the 800MHz spectrum band for the next generation mobile broadband is likely to disrupt TV services for some households, with Goodman underlining that Ofcom has yet to provide adequate recommendations "as how to deal with this issue".

She wrote an open letter to Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, saying:

"At the moment it is unclear whether the Government will compensate people affected or expect the industry to do.

"It is also equally unclear whether people will have enough time and support to mitigate the potential effect of interference before 4G services commence.

"When will Ofcom be making recommendations and will you undertake to resolve these issues by the time of the summer recess?"

She summarised saying that if no action is taken, millions of people will see their Freeview services severely disrupted. She stressed that such a situation would be "completely unacceptable".

Ofcom has set aside £180m in order to fit special filters or help those affected switch their services - however this might be not enough to help all 2m homes. Ofcom is on the case to have this revised, as SimplifyDigital understands.