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The UK regulator has launched a consultation on whether it should introduce spectrum charges for digital broadcasting. The charges would be levied on national digital terrestrial TV (DTT), local TV and digital audio broadcasting (DAB) from the end of 2014. The consultation document says the charges will be set at… Read more...
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The WGFM sub-group of the ECC has issued ECC Report 217 to a consultation. The Report examines the regulatory and technical aspects applicable to the use of Land and Maritime Earth Stations on Mobile Platforms (ESOMPs) operating in Ka-band Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite systems. The Report concludes that these ESOMPs may be… Read more...
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A sub-group of the ECC, Europe's technical authority has issued draft ECC Decision (15)BB to a public consultation. The document sets out a harmonised measures for the regulatory aspects of Direct Air to Ground Communications (DA2GC) systems using the 5.8 GHz band. Read more...
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Ofcom has issued a consultation on the regulations it needs to make to implement decisions it has already made. These decisions concern a raise in Administered Incentive Pricing (AIP) charges on aeronautical licences, the introduction of fees for some high duty cycle network relay points, and the clarification of some… Read more...
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The UK government's Digital Britain Interim Report said that unless the mobile sector is able to find its own solution to refarming by the end of April 2009 the government would support an externally imposed solution. (See PolicyTracker February 9 2009) This consultation sets out Ofcom’s proposals for that imposed… Read more...
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Ofcom has launched a call for inputs which it hopes will help improve its understanding of the role end-user mobile coverage enhancers could play in improving indoor mobile coverage. Such solutions could sit alongside others such as femtocells and smart repeaters. The regulator is seeking to establish whether end-user repeaters… Read more...
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The inter-governmental group that advises the European Commission on radio spectrum policy matters, the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) has issued a consultation on its draft work programme for 2016 and beyond. It has identified the following areas to work on: Digital Single Market - Telecoms Regulatory Framework issuesSpectrum related… Read more...
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In the consultation document, the UK regulator has laid out the general principles and methodology it uses to set spectrum fees, and then explained how it proposes to set spectrum charges in future. According to Ofcom, the document is intended to clarify and consult on issues that stakeholders have raised… Read more...
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Ofcom has issued a consultation on the draft regulations it needs to make in order to incorporate its decision to extend the use of Recognised Spectrum Access for receive-only earth stations (ROES) to the 7850 - 7900 MHz and 25.5 - 26.5 GHz bands. RSA is a kind of proto-licence… Read more...
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The WGSE has issued ECC Report 227 to a public consultation. The draft Report concerns compatibility for Mobile/Fixed Communication Networks (MFCN) Supplemental Downlink (SDL). It includes studies of SDL's compatibility with broadcasting and aeronautical telemetry services operating co-channel and in adjacent channels. Read more...