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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 Norwegian regulator in consulting stakeholders on its draft regulations for the forthcoming auction of 2 x 44.6 MHz of spectrum in the 1920 to 1980/2110 to 2170 MHz band which it calls the 2GHz band although it is commonly called the 2.1 GHz band in most countries. The spectrum… Read more...
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The Portuguese regulator is proposing to hold a combined auction of several spectrum bands it considers suitable for LTE in June this year. Frequencies will be on offer in the 450 MHz, 800 Mhz, 900 MHz, 1800 Mhz, 2.1 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands. Some of this will be new… Read more...
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The Bahraini regulator TRA has published a consultation document with proposals for the award of individual licences and associated frequency licences for the delivery of mobile telecommunications services in the 900, 1800, 1900, 2100 and 2600 MHz bands. The government’s Third National Telecommunications Plan calls for the provision of efficient… 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 European Commission is consulting stakeholders with the aim of opening up the TDD portions of the 2/2.1GHz band to services and technologies other than the UMTS it is reserved for at present. While the FDD portions of the band are used throughout Europe for 3G mobile services, the TDD… Read more...
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The Moldovan regulator, the ANRCETI, has issued a consultation on its intention to hold an auction of a total of 49.6 MHz of technology-neutral spectrum in the 2100 MHz band. According to consultation documents issued by the regulator, two licences will be made available during the auction. One of them… Read more...
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The Dutch regulator has launched a consultation on the terms of the renewal of spectrum licences in the 2.1 GHz band, after the government decided in 2014 that they would be extended from the start of 2017 until the end of 2020. The consultation includes two documents. One is the… Read more...
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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...
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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...