by Toby Youell
The Malta Communications Authority has issued a public consultation on a proposal to extend the L-Band spectrum made available to mobile services from 1452 - 1492 MHz to 1427 - 1517 MHz. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Ecuadorian regulator, ARCOTEL, plans to hold hearings on January 16, 2019, regarding the channel plan for the 24.05 - 24.25 GHz band. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The FCC is proposing to allow Earth Stations in Motion (ESIMs) to use non-geostationary orbit satellites in the majority of the Ku and Ka bands. This follows an earlier decision to allow ESIMs to use these bands for communications with geo-stationary orbit satellites. A PolicyTracker article about this consultation is available here.… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a branch of the US Department of Commerce, has issued a Request for Comments on the development of a comprehensive, long-term national spectrum strategy. This consultation forms part of a broader effort within the US Government to develop a spectrum strategy. A PolicyTracker article about these… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The RTR is consulting on its plans to hold an auction of the 700 MHz, L-Band, and 2.1 GHz bands in Autumn 2019. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on several proposals that would allow greater spectrum sharing. This includes allowing companies to make simple requests to Ofcom for spectrum access within specific locations across three bands: DECT Guard Band (1781.7 - 1785 MHz + 1876.7 - 1880 MHz), 2390… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on its plans to award the 700 MHz and 3.6 GHz bands. The draft plans include measures aimed at improving the country's mobile operators' coverage, such as auction discounts for operators committed to substantive improvements in coverage. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on the annual licence fees payable by UK Broadband for its spectrum licences in the 3.4 GHz and 3.6 GHz bands. Ofcom has recently agreed to amend UK Broadband's 3.6 GHz band licence in several ways. Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
The FCC is seeking feedback on proposals to allow unlicensed use of the 6 GHz band (5925 - 7125 MHz). According to the proposals, unlicensed access to the band would be limited to low power transmissions at 6425 - 6525 MHz and 6875 - 7125 MHz. Use of the 5925… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The French telecoms regulator, ARCEP, has issued a consultation on its spectrum policy for short range devices. Read more...