Being such a lucrative spectrum, commercial operators have blasted this idea since it would mean less of the pie would go to telcos for 4G LTE network purposes.

But by the looks of things, it is likely the commercial sector would win this round as the Government is now exploring options of allocating part of the 800MHz for public safety purposes instead.

Australia still has a long way to go in its 4G LTE journey. The major telcos all have plans which will take a few more years to complete. Who knows? By then maybe a new, shinier and faster wireless broadband technology will be in vogue