November 18, 2013 Ofcom has announced that the deadline for receipt of responses has been pushed back from December 19 to January 16, 2014. Ofcom said the delay was "in response to a stakeholder request to have more time to consider the proposals." October 11, 2013 The UK telecoms regulator… Read more...

The ECC has issued a Report on mobile coverage to a consultation.  The Report considers how spectrum licences are written to achieve policy goals regarding mobile coverage.  It concludes that each administration has its own methods and that a harmonised approach is largely inappropriate. Read more...

The UK regulator is consulting stakeholders on its proposals to make changes to spectrum management policy across a number of bands between 1.5 GHz and 88 GHz that are currently available to fixed links. A total bandwidth of 12 GHz spread across 14 different bands is managed by Ofcom, with… Read more...

Ofcom is consulting on minor amendments to the existing Wireless Telegraphy licence principal order, which came into force on 9 April 2014. The principal order details the UK’s arrangements for spectrum authorisation, particularly the limitations imposed on the number of licences to be granted. This includes the criteria applied by Ofcom… Read more...

Although any changes to the allocation of the 700 MHz band are probably years away, Ofcom is conducting a preliminary consultation on re-assigning the band from digital terrestrial TV (DTT) to use for wireless mobile broadband in line with international and European harmonisation plans. In order to ensure the number… Read more...

This consultation from the UK regulator follows up from a January 2012 consultation on the auction of 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum, and a June 2011 consultation on managing co-existence between new mobile services in the 800 MHz band and digital terrestrial TV. The latest publication coincided with a… Read more...