The Venezuelan regulator has launched a brief consultation on how best to use the 2.6 GHz band in future. Several Venezuelan operators were previously issued with WiMAX licences in the band and in mid-2007 Movilmax launched commercial operations, passing 10,000 WiMAX subscribers in 2011. In April 2012 Movilmax announced it had scrapped… Read more...

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...

The CTU has announced a consultation concerning its plans to release unsold spectrum from its multiband auction last year.  The regulator failed to sell a total of 81.6 MHz of spectrum in the 1800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands in last year's auction, which followed a cancelled auction earlier that year. At… Read more...

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...

Ofcom has issued an update to a long-running consultation on its proposal to charge annual licence fees for spectrum in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands that reflect their market value. Ofcom first issued a consultation on the issue in October last year, but is yet to release a statement on… Read more...

German regulator BNetzA (Federal Network Agency) has launched a consultation on its proposed multiband auction. It is planning to auction spectrum in the 700, 900, 1500 and 1800 MHz bands. Current licences at 900 and 1800 MHz expire at the end of 2016. As well as the consultation paper (in… Read more...

Ofcom has issued a consultation on requests for an increase of 3 dB in the maximum permissible base station power. The UK's four MNOs who have spectrum in the 1800 MHz band have all requested that the maximum permissible base station transmit power (e.i.r.p) is increased to 65 dBm. Ofcom's preliminary view is that the… Read more...

Portuguese regulator ANACOM has published a draft version of a regulation laying down the rules for the forthcoming auction of spectrum in the 450 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2.1 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands. The regulation includes a proposal to introduce spectrum caps, which Anacom hopes will… Read more...

The Romanian regulator is conducting a short consultation on its proposals to open 900 MHz and 1800 MHz for LTE and WiMAX use in line with European harmonisation of the bands for 3G and 4G use. At present, the rights of use for these bands are held by three operators –… Read more...

Consulting on procedures for the allocation of frequencies in the range 1710-1730 MHz and 1805-1825 MHz. Read more...