The Indian regulator has issued a consultation concerning the valuation and reserve price of spectrum in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz band. The licences for these bands expire in December 2015 and early 2016. TRAI intends to hold an auction of the bands at least 18 months before the licences expire. To… Read more...

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is seeking stakeholder comments on proposed changes to the technical framework of the 1800 MHz band to cover the next 15-year licence period. The current licences expire either on 17 June 2013 or 3 May 2015, but the proposed changes will come into… Read more...

Following an urgent request from Everything Everywhere to have its 2G 1800 MHz license changed to allow it to offer LTE in the refarmed band, the British regulator is consulting stakeholders to ascertain if there will be any material risk of distortion of competition if the licence is varied as… Read more...

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...

The Romanian telecoms regulator and defence ministry have launched a consultation on the planned auction of 4G spectrum which is currently being used by the military. The spectrum in question is 830-862 MHz, 1747.5-1785 MHz paired with 1842.4-1880 MHz and 2500-2690 MHz. In order to free up the bands the… Read more...

Ofcom has issued a consultation concerning a specific aspect of its wider proposals to set annual spectrum licence fees that reflect the full market value of spectrum in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. The document says the new consultation document concerns "the methodology that we propose to adopt if we were… Read more...

Ofcom is conducting what should be the final consultation before the UK implements an EC Directive ordering liberalisation of the 900 and 1800 MHz bands, which are currently reserved for GSM. Subject to responses to this consultation, and the passage of a government direction now before Parliament, Ofcom intends to… Read more...

The Greek regulator has issued a consultation concerning the future of the 1800 MHz band.  Three mobile network operators, Cosmote, Vodafone, and Wind, currently own licences in the band. Licences belonging to the latter two operators expire in 2016 whereas a licence held by Cosmote only expires in 2020. Bearing… Read more...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has launched a consultation on its planned auction of spectrum in seven bands, due to be held early next year. The key issues tackled are valuation and reserve pricing for the bands being auctioned as well as the amount of spectrum to be… Read more...

Pakistan's regulator, the PTA, has released an Information Memorandum for its long-awaited auction of spectrum in the 850 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz bands. The document sets out the PTA's vision for the licence conditions and auction design. First mooted in 2004, the auction of these bands has had a long and… Read more...