WGFM has issued Recommendation 54-01 to consultation. The consultation concerns technical changes to the common measurement method that CEPT administrations use to measure frequency deviation of FM broadcast emissions. Read more...

The UK regulator is seeking comment on its detailed proposals for the forthcoming 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz combined auction which will see 250 MHz of new spectrum released onto the market, probably in the first quarter of 2012. Ofcom has produced a plan which it believes will ensure the… Read more...

The ECC's Working Group Spectrum Engineering has issued ECC Report 246 to a public consultation. The Report complements ECC Report 200, which has opened up the 870 - 876 and 915 - 921 MHZ bands for Short Range Devices and Radio Frequency Identification applications. The new report, which is only… Read more...

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has published a consultation paper on its mobile data strategy that identifies several bands it thinks can be used for mobile data. In particular, Ofcom says its priority is to consider the use of the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands, TV white spaces in the UHF broadcasting… Read more...

UK regulator Ofcom has issued a consultation on its intention to amend the regulations to reflect decisions it has already made about the spectrum fees. Specifically, the document deals with Ofcom's 2011 Decision regarding AIP for aeronautical licences, a 2013 Decision regarding AIP for point to point fixed links in the 70/80 GHz band… Read more...

Ofcom has issued a consultation document concerning Citizens' Band (CB) radio. The document proposes to amend the Interface Requirement (IR) 2027 to allow the use of Amplitude Modulation (AM), Double-sideband (DSB) and Single-sideband (SSB) transmission on CB radio. This work follows a decision by the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC/DEC/(11)03) that… Read more...

Ofcom has issued another consultation in its ongoing effort to set the annual licence fees that mobile operators have to pay for 900 MHz and 1800 MHz band licences. The update takes into account the results of the recent German multiband spectrum auction that concluded last month, which included both… Read more...

The UK regulator has set out proposals to make additional spectrum available for Transportable Earth Stations (TES). These are mainly used by satellite news gathering organisations to provide live and breaking news stories. TES currently uses Ku band at 13.78 to 14.5 GHz. The additional bands are C Band at… Read more...

The UK regulator is proposing to implement changes in regulations necessary to comply with the European Commission Decision of April 21, 2009 (the UWB Amendment Decision). It allows for the use of UWB equipment in the 4.2 - 4.8 GHz band in a harmonised way throughout the EU. The EU… Read more...

The UK regulator is proposing to advertise a new Additional Service licence using spare capacity on the Classic FM frequencies in the VHF band. There is a current licence in this band used to transmit traffic and road travel information to in-car navigation devices. This expires on December 31, 2011.… Read more...