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The Myanmar government would like views on their 5-year spectrum release roadmap. According to the document, the regulator, the Ministry for Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), is planning to auction nearly 400 MHz of spectrum in five bands - 700 MHz, 850/900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.6 GHz -… Read more...
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The Communications Authority of Hong Kong are looking for opinions from interested parties on their plan to assign 200 MHz of spectrum in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. These licences are to expire between 2020 and 2021. The authority is seeking views on the following reassignment methods: a… Read more...
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Norwegian regulator, NKOM, are inviting interested parties to comment on draft rules for their 900 MHz auction due to take place on June 1, 2016. According to the regulator, there will be 2x19.9 MHz available from this auction and this will be sold as three blocks of 2x5 MHz and… Read more...
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The Lithuanian regulator has published its proposed framework for an auction of spectrum in the 900 and 1800 MHz bands. The frequencies in question are 880-915 MHz paired with 925-960 MHz and 1710-1785 MHz paired with 1805-1880 MHz. The framework includes the auction process, reserve prices and conditions that bidders… Read more...
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French regulator ARCEP is consulting on the principles that should guide the refarming of the 900 MHz band in France's overseas territories (départements et collectivités d’outre-mer). As part of the conusltation, it is asking for feedback from operators on the future spectrum needs of these territories. They include Guadeloupe, Martinique,… Read more...
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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...
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Colombia's IT and communications ministry and the country's independent regulator ANE have jointly launched a 10-day consultation on its plans to auction 20 MHz in the 900 MHz band and 5 MHz in the 1900 MHz band. According to current plans, the spectrum licences will contain roll-out and roaming clauses. The document is available… Read more...
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The UK regulator has launched a consultation on proposals to liberalise all mobile licences in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz bands to permit the deployment of 4G services and to vary the permitted base station transmit power for UMTS and 4G technology in the 900 MHz band. This… 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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Indian regulator TRAI has issued a consultation paper on the auction of spectrum in the 2G band in 22 service areas. The Indian Supreme Court had asked the regulator to make new recommendations for 2G spectrum allocations after cancelling licences recently. The key issues raised in the consultation paper are… Read more...