Bahrain's TRA is asking interested parties to detail their current and future requirements for access to radio spectrum as well as submitting their views on spectrum management techniques. This will help the TRA in preparing a spectrum release plan giving details on the bands to be released, the timescales and… Read more...

Singapore's regulator is holding a consultation on its plans to hold a multiband spectrum in which a quarter of the spectrum will be set aside for a new entrant. The regulator's new plans follow a consultation last year in which the regulator asked industry for its opinions on holding a… Read more...

The OUR has issued a consultation aimed at determining how 2.6 GHz spectrum might be made available for use in Guernsey. An auction is one option but the regulator has said they do not favour this and has put forward other alternatives. Responses must be submitted by 9 April 2010. Read more...

Update - November 6: The deadline for submissions to the consultation has been extended to November 14. October The Icelandic telecommunications authority has issued a consultation over its future regulation of the 2.6 GHz band. The band is currently used for Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Services (MMDS) but the licences for… Read more...

The CTO has published a consultation document containing its proposals for amended auction rules following the cancellation of the 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2.6 GHz auction last month. As the bidding in the 800 Mhz band drove prices too high in the previous auction, the regulator says, it now… Read more...

Europe technical authority, the ECC, has issued a consultation on a proposed amendment to the document that governs the use of the 2.6 GHz band for mobile broadband. The ECC's proposed amendment concerns the withdrawal of Decision (02)06, which is now considered superfluous as Decision (05)05 incorporates content from the… Read more...

The TRAI is soliciting views from all stakeholders on any aspects of 4G they think would be relevant to policy making or regulations. This input will be used to prepare a consultation document addressing issues such as the allocation and pricing of spectrum and licensing terms and conditions. This will… Read more...

ECC Report 93 agreed in 2006 looked at compatability between in flight GSM and terrestrial services in the following bands GSM900, GSM1800, UMTS900, UMTS1800, UMTS in the 2 GHz FDD core-band and CDMA-450/FLASH-OFDM at around 450 MHz. Given the impending deployment of cellular networks in 2.6 GHz in Europe, CEPT… Read more...

Recommendations on a generic, technology and service neutral approach to licensing in 470 to 862MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, the 2GHz bands, 2500 to 2690MHz and 3.4 to 3.8GHz. The report concludes that all these bands should be suitable "for the introduction of flexibility”. Read more...

The consultation asks a series of questions about the usage of these bands and the technical conditions which should be applied. Read more...