BoE warns on telecoms debt

The Bank of England has joined the UK's financial regulators in warning banks of the risk of heavy lending to telecoms companies.

The warning, contained in the Bank's latest six-monthly Financial Stability Review, comes in light of the very high prices telecoms firms are paying for third generation mobile phone licences in the UK and Germany.

The Bank noted the companies' heavy financing needs and said returns were "some way in the future".

It said awareness of the risks involved in lending to

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