by Toby Youell
The Thai telecoms regulator, the NBTC, is currently holding an online public hearing on its planned auction of the 700 MHz band. Comments can be submitted to the regulator until May 30. It will also hold a public hearing at a Bangkok hotel on May 22. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications (IPBT/BIPT) has issued a consultation on its draft decision to deny Citymesh's request to add some municipalities to its 3.5 GHz band licence. According to the draft decision, the regulator denied the request as doing so would deny a competitor the potential… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Australian regulator, the ACMA, has issued a consultation on its proposed recommendations for a potential ministerial declaration on the 26 GHz band. According to the draft document under public consultation, if the government were to accept the ACMA's draft proposals and make a declaration on the band, then the… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Chilean regulator, Subtel, has issued a consultation about a planned multi-band award for 5G services. According to a press release, the award will make available spectrum across four bands: Band Spectrum 700 MHz 20 MHz AWS 30 MHz 3.5 GHz 50 MHz 28 GHz 850 MHz The consultation will… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The French telecoms regulator, ARCEP, has issued a consultation on rules for future synchronisation of time division duplex (TDD) mobile broadband networks at 3.4 - 3.8 GHz. Because TDD networks rely on the use of time to avoid interference between networks, ARCEP wants to establish clear rules for how it's… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has issued a public consultation on the appropriate regulatory framework and policies for 5G. The IMDA currently intends to assign enough spectrum in the 3.5 GHz, 26 GHz, and 28 GHz bands for two nationwide 5G networks. It intends to assign this spectrum through… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Update: May 7, 2019 The Federal Register will publish a copy of this proposed rule on May 8. April 23, 2019 The FCC has issued a consultation on proposed bidding procedures for its planned auction of the Upper 37 GHz (37.6 - 38.6 GHz), 39 GHz (38.6 - 40 GHz),… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The FCC has issued a consultation on the possibility of bidirectional sharing. This would allow for US federal government entities to access commercial spectrum bands on a shared basis across a range of short-, mid- and long-range timeframes, including during emergencies. The consultation follows the Ray Baum's Act of 2018,… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Belgian regulator, the BIPT, has issued a consultation on its future policy for the 26 GHz band. The consultation aims at: estimating the existence of a market demand for the 26 GHz band in Belgium; defining the guidelines on the migration of radio-relay links existing in the 26 GHz… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Brazilian regulator, Anatel, has issued a consultation on potential mobile broadband services in the L-Band. The consultation document will be open to comments for 60 days. Read more...