If you have not yet heard of
UK01, snap, neither had I !
It involved a cheap, low power licence which will only be able to receive and make calls within close distances to their base stations, which will be with Spectrum Interactive phone kiosks run by the Wi-Fi hotspot operator.
Behind UK01 is a company called Mapesbury Communications Ltd, whose CEO Magnus Kelly said in a statement that "this agreement is an important milestone, as it accelerates our ability to launch the UK's 6th mobile phone network".
The report of its creation may be viewed
here.