The Australian regulator has released the first in a planned series of discussion documents giving its proposals to develop a future spectrum management strategy to meet the long-term needs of the mobile broadband industry while ensuring the needs of incumbent users are also taken into account. The paper looks at… Read more...

The Australian government has issued a consultation concerning the issues it should address in its forthcoming comprehensive review of its spectrum management framework. The review seeks to modernise the framework, which was put in place in 1992, within the government's wider deregulation agenda. It shall be jointly carried out by the government and… Read more...

The Australian government is seeking comment on its just-released green paper on how to best utilise the digital dividend spectrum freed up by the switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting. The government is looking for comments on potential uses of the spectrum,the benefits these uses could provide, and the cost… Read more...

As part of its move towards spectrum-efficient technologies, the Australian regulator is consulting on its proposals to allow mobile operators to deploy femtocells using existing apparatus licences which authorise use of  specific devices.  Femtocells have been deployed in spectrum-licensed areas, usually covering urban areas, at 2.1 GHz since 2011. The… Read more...

The Australian regulator, ACMA has issued a consultation on its proposal to remake its legislative instruments for the 2 GHz band.  ACMA's current instruments expire in October next year, but ACMA wants to maintain these instruments without significant changes. Read more...

The Australian regulator has launched a consultation on future uses for the 28 and 31 GHz bands (27.5–28.35 GHz and 31–31.3 GHz) where licences expire in January 2014. The ACMA says it is reviewing licensing arrangements in the bands "so that future arrangements will maximise the overall public benefit from use… Read more...

This is the second of three consultation papers the Australian regulator is publishing on developing a spectrum management strategy for the 1800 MHz band. The ACMA is seeking the views of stakeholders, particularly prospective licensees, on the current and possible future licensing arrangements in the 1800 MHz band. To aid stakeholders… Read more...

Australian regulator ACMA has published a discussion paper that investigates the potential use of the 1.5 GHz band for mobile broadband services. The paper is intended to gather information and industry views on the suitability of options for the potential replanning of the 1.5 GHz mobile band for mobile broadband. The regulator… Read more...

The Australian regulator has published a set of draft rules for the biggest spectrum auction scheduled in the country for more than ten years. The rules consist of two parts, the allocation instruments and the technical instruments. The allocation instruments, which will provide the legal basis of the auction, consist… Read more...

Following a ministerial decision to convert apparatus licences held by broadcasters in the mid gap of the 2.5/2.6 GHz band (2570-2620 MHz) to spectrum licences, the Australian regulator is consulting on how this should be done. The Australian Media and Communications Authority has published a consultation document and is seeking… Read more...