The telecommunications regulator of Sint Maarten (a Caribbean island that is part of the Netherlands) has issued a consultation document regarding the future use of LTE technology on the island. The document sets out the country's options but also makes recommendations to adopt an extended 900 MHz bandplan and the… Read more...

The Swedish regulator is inviting comments on its feasibility study for the 450 MHz band, where licences for some of the spectrum are due to expire in 2020. PTS is proposing that the uses that currently exist in the band should be allowed to continue. These are private mobile radio… Read more...

The Polish telecommunications regulator has issued a consultation on its forthcoming digital dividend auction in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands. The document says that the spectrum may be used for LTE networks as part of Poland's plan to meet the EU's Digital Agenda targets.  Operators who acquire spectrum… Read more...

The Working Group for Frequency Management sub-group of the ECC has issued a consultation about its intention to update ERC Recommendation (01)01 to take in to account newer technology that can operate in the 1920 - 1980 MHz and 2110 - 2170 MHz bands. The original Recommendation set out the… Read more...

The Belgian regulator has published a consultation document with its proposals for the allocation and use of the 800 MHz band together with a study commissioned from an independent consultant. A number of recommendations have been made in the study including: the number of blocks of spectrum to be auctioned… Read more...

The Irish regulator has decided to include the 1800 MHz band in a single auction with the 800 MHz and 900 MHz band and explains its reasons in some detail in the consultation document. At present, three MNOs each have 2 x 14.4 MHz blocks with two licences expiring in… Read more...

The Irish regulator is consulting interested parties about changing current frequency requirements and spectrum release proposals in order to create a new licensing framework, including dedicated spectrum sub-bands, for certain types of machine-to-machine communications. These are telemetry and telecontrol systems, which allow automated measurements to be made and data collected… Read more...

Europe's technical authority, the ECC, has issued a consultation on a proposal to use a 2 x 3 MHz block in the 700 MHz band for Machine-to-Machine communications. Specifically, the ECC is seeking comment on ECC Report 242, which provides a co-existence analysis between M2M applications within a 2 x… Read more...

Update: October 16 The consultation period has been extended until 14 November. ComReg announced that it has extended the deadline in response to a request received from two interested parties. October 1 The Irish regulator, ComReg, has issued a consultation concerning a new round of spectrum releases for mobile broadband. ComReg says… Read more...

The Maltese regulator has issued a consultation about its planned auction of the 800 MHz band. It has asked stakeholders to give their input regarding the proposed terms and conditions linked to the rights of use of all the available spectrum and the assignment process that the authority intends to adopt. It also… Read more...