The Polish regulator, the UKE, has issued a consultation about its upcoming award of the 3480 - 3800 MHz band. The proposals include rollout conditions and a reserve price of PLN 450 million (EUR 105 million) for each of the four 80 MHz blocks for sale. The consultation is open… Read more...

Qatar's regulator, the CRA, has issued a consultation concerning its three-year spectrum outlook. The plan includes its proposed policy approach to spectrum use by multiple industries. It also discusses how it will manage spectrum for the FIFA 2022 World Cup. It includes information about a potential additional assignment of the… Read more...

January 17, 2020: The PTA has extended the deadline to respond to this consultation from January 17 to February 1. December 20, 2019 Iceland's regulator, the PTA, has issued a consultation on its plans for the 3.5 GHz band. The PTA intends to issue short-term licences for 100 MHz for each… Read more...

Chile's regulator, Subtel, has issued a consultation about its plans for four separate auctions to assign several bands. These are: 150 MHz of spectrum between 3.3 GHz and 3.65 GHz, available in 10 MHz blocks; 800 MHz of spectrum in the 28 GHz band, split into two 400 MHz blocks;… Read more...

The Belgian regulator, the IBPT, has issued its draft operational plan for 2020 to a public consultation. The document includes information about its planned multiband auction. Comments can be submitted until January 31. Read more...

January 6, 2021 The deadline for responses to this consultation has been extended until January 15. December 22, 2020 The Belgian regulator, the IBPT, has issued a launched a consultation on its draft operational plan for 2021. The document includes a discussion of its upcoming spectrum auction. The document is… Read more...

The Belgian regulator, the IBPT, has issued a consultation on a draft bill and three draft royal decrees. These concern: the amount of the unique fee for the 3400-3800 MHz frequency band; the possibility for IBPT to extend 2G and 3G authorisations beyond the initially planned date of 15 March… Read more...

The New Zealand government plans to issue a week-long consultation on a draft auction catalogue for short-term 3.5 GHz rights on February 10. The provisional timetable for the planned award is available here. Read more...

Romania's regulator, ANCOM, has issued its draft Action Plan for 2020 for a public consultation. The draft document includes its plans to auction the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1500 MHz, 2.6 GHz, 3.4 - 3.6 GHz bands in the first half of 2020. It also discusses the proposed extension of… Read more...

Sweden's regulator, the PTS, has announced it will hold a consultation in Q1 2020 concerning its planned auction of the 2.3 GHz and 3.5 GHz band. The regulator will have to make sure that the auction is in line with recently-passed telecoms legislation that requires the regulator to take into… Read more...