The Uk regulator is consulting stakeholders on their long-term views on utilisation of the UHF bands IV and V (470 to 862 MHz) which are now largely used for television broadcasting, and parts of which will be freed up for other uses following digital switch over (DSO).  The consultation document… Read more...

The Romanian telecoms regulator and defence ministry have launched a consultation on the planned auction of 4G spectrum which is currently being used by the military. The spectrum in question is 830-862 MHz, 1747.5-1785 MHz paired with 1842.4-1880 MHz and 2500-2690 MHz. In order to free up the bands the… Read more...

Indian regulator TRAI has issued a consultation paper on the auction of spectrum in the 2G band in 22 service areas. The Indian Supreme Court had asked the regulator to make new recommendations for 2G spectrum allocations after cancelling licences recently. The key issues raised in the consultation paper are… Read more...

Ofcom has put forward proposals to harmonise its digital dividend spectrum with that being released in other European countries. So far, Finland, Sweden, France and Switzerland have announced that they will release 790-862 MHz (channels 61-69). The UK's original plan was to release a slightly smaller upper band of 806-854… Read more...

France's regulator has launched a public consultation on the terms and methods for lifting the GSM-only restriction attached to 1800 MHz band frequency licences. At the time of writing, the consultation document is only available in French. Bouygues Telecom, the licence holder in the band, has applied to ARCEP for… Read more...

The Working Group Frequency Management has issued ECC Report 204 for a public consultation. The report provides a broad review of spectrum use by PMSE applications, including the possible use of the 800 MHz duplex gaps for Audio PMSE. Read more...

The Portuguese regulator is proposing to hold a combined auction of several spectrum bands it considers suitable for LTE in June this year. Frequencies will be on offer in the 450 MHz, 800 Mhz, 900 MHz, 1800 Mhz, 2.1 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands. Some of this will be new… Read more...

Ofcom has issued an update to a long-running consultation on its proposal to charge annual licence fees for spectrum in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands that reflect their market value. Ofcom first issued a consultation on the issue in October last year, but is yet to release a statement on… Read more...

The UK regulator has launched a consultation on proposals to make 872-876 MHz and 917-921 MHz spectrum available on a licence exempt basis with technical conditions that enable Short Range Device (SRD) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) use. In addition, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has previously announced that it plans… Read more...

Portuguese regulator ANACOM has published a draft version of a regulation laying down the rules for the forthcoming auction of spectrum in the 450 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2.1 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands. The regulation includes a proposal to introduce spectrum caps, which Anacom hopes will… Read more...