 Under a Maastricht plan in 2002 , the UK also has L band allocations for local terrestrial DAB , though there are no plans to broadcast any digital radio stations on L band . Ofcom auctioned spectrum in L band in 2008 for a number of uses , including terrestrial digital radio . On 16 May 2008 , Ofcom declared that Qualcomm UK Spectrum Ltd had won the auction of L band frequencies in the UK . 
