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The ACMA is looking for input from stakeholders on how the 2.5 GHz band should be planned and allocated to provide highest-value use. It is currently used mainly for free-to-air electronic news gathering (ENG) services, and the review also hopes to identify suitable long-term spectrum arrangements to support these services… Read more...
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The Australian regulator is proposing to extend the 2.3 GHz band from its current 98 MHz to 100 MHz by adding the 2300-2302 MHz band, which is currently apparatus licensed and used by amateur radio services on a secondary basis, to the rest of the band which is spectrum licensed.… Read more...
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The ACMA has issued a consultation on auctioning spectrum in the frequency ranges 1725–1785 MHz and 1820–1880 MHz in regional Australia. The auction will also include unallocated spectrum from the recently completed expiring spectrum licence process for the 1800 MHz band (‘residual lots’). The ACMA is inviting written comments from stakeholders on the draft… Read more...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Australian Department of Communications has issued another consultation as part of its "Spectrum Review" programme. The new paper concerns reform principles and 11 reform proposals that have been identified by the Departments of Communications in its ongoing review into spectrum policy. These proposals include measures to improve transparency in Australian spectrum policy.… Read more...
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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...
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The Australian regulator has issued a consultation on how to change its policy towards the 3.5 GHz band in order to accommodate international trends in the band's use. ACMA's preliminary view is that apparatus licensing in the 3.5 GHz band should be extended in order to achieve regulatory flexibility. However, the document also… 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...