This report is part of CEPT's repsonse to the European Commission mandate to develop least restrictive technical conditions for the WAPECs bands. The aim of the this report is to provide guidance to ETSI on the issue of terminal-to-terminal interference including the derivation of terminal station block edge masks for… Read more...

Due to requests from shareholders Lebanon’s Telecommunication Regulatory Authority has extended the deadline for responses to its consultation on the dangers of human exposure to the electromagnetic field in frequencies up to 300 GHz from Nov 27 until Dec 11. The consultation document aims to ensure telecom equipment does not… Read more...

Belgian telecoms regulator BIPT has requested stakeholders for comments on Federal Minister Vincent van Quickenbome's plan to alter laws and royal decrees relating to GSM and UMTS licenses.  The Minister proposes to extend the three existing operators' GSM licenses from the end of 2015 to the start of 2021. A… Read more...

The Greek regulator has issued a consultation concerning the future of the 1800 MHz band.  Three mobile network operators, Cosmote, Vodafone, and Wind, currently own licences in the band. Licences belonging to the latter two operators expire in 2016 whereas a licence held by Cosmote only expires in 2020. Bearing… Read more...

The FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau wants to explore whether using 700 MHz narrowband spectrum for broadband services would be operationally feasible and technically compatible with existing and future public safety narrowband operations. The Bureau is also inviting comment from stakeholders on potential conditions or restrictions on flexible… Read more...

Ofcom is conducting what should be the final consultation before the UK implements an EC Directive ordering liberalisation of the 900 and 1800 MHz bands, which are currently reserved for GSM. Subject to responses to this consultation, and the passage of a government direction now before Parliament, Ofcom intends to… Read more...

Mexican regulator the Federal Telecommunications Commission (COFETEL) has launched a public consultation on the best ways to make use of, and to allocate, the country's proposed digital dividend in the 700 MHz band, the AWS band at 1.7/2.1 GHz and the 3.4 - 3.7 GHZ band. COFETEL wants to hear… Read more...

The Canadian regulator's parent body is inviting comments on its proposals for a policy and technical framework to auction spectrum in the  698 - 806 MHz band. There will be a separate consultation on the 2500 - 2690 GHz band and stakeholders' views are also sought on whether government measures… Read more...

The Office of the Telecommunications Authority of Hong Kong has issued a consultation paper to solicit public views on the proposed auction of spectrum in the 850 MHz, 900 MHz and 2 GHz bands. Under the proposal, one frequency block of 2 x 5 MHz in the 850 MHz band,… Read more...

Following the November 30 deadline for written responses to its consultation paper , the NCC has set a deadline of December 7th for the submission of replies to the responses. There will then be a physical consultation open to the public on December 16, with major stakeholders entitled to a… Read more...