Poland's UKE has opened a public consultation on auctioning spectrum in the 450 MHz band. The UKE intends to sell the frequencies between  452.5-457.5 MHz and 462.5-467.5 MHz before June 1 2018.  The licence on offer will cover the whole country and be valid until May 31, 2033.  However,  the… Read more...

Luxembourg's Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation is holding a consultation relating to the regulator's new national frequency plan. The new plan differs from the previous plan from October 2016 in the following aspects: Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/191 of February 2017 to introduce new technologies and frequency bands for mobile communications services on… Read more...

The TRAI has called for feedback on the regulators national telecom policy for 2018.  This touches on a wide range of broadcasting,  wired and wireless internet and communication services. With regards to spectrum and spectrum management the TRAI will look at improving WiFi access, improving national wireless broadband access and… Read more...

The Slovakian Office for the Regulation of Electronic Communications (NRR) has called for feedback on the future use of frequencies in the 450 MHz band in preparation for a future allocation of spectrum in the 450 MHz band. A licence for a single 2×4.42 MHz block had previously been held by Slovak Telekom,… Read more...

Romania's Ancom has opened a public consultation on the regulators Action plan for 2018. In 2018 Ancom intends to develop and adopt a strategy to award licences for the use of frequencies in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1500 MHz, 2600 MHz, 3400-3600 MHz and 26 GHz bands to enable operators… Read more...

The UK's Ofcom has launched a consultation on regulators future strategy regarding the use of fixed wireless links. As part of this consultation Ofcom is seeking feedback on: Proposed regulatory framework for the 57 – 66 GHz band (V band) Potential EU harmonisation of the 1350 - 1375 MHz band… Read more...

Hong Kong's Communication Authority has invited interested industry parties to submit their views on using the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands for the provision of 5G services. The Communication Authority plans to make 4.1 GHz of contiguous spectrum available for mobile use in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands… Read more...

Spain's Ministry of Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda has launched a consultation on the future of the 700 MHz band. The ministry intends to allocate the 700 MHz (694-790 MHz) for use as a mobile band with a view to it being used for future 5G services. The 700 MHz… Read more...

The UK regulator has published the draft version of its annual plan for 2018-19. Ofcom's main spectrum goals for 2018/2019 include: Preparation for the future award of spectrum in the 700 MHz and 3.6 - 3.8 GHz bands. Conducting a public consultation on the use of 5G in the 26… Read more...

This is a further development of the plan first issued in November 2016. EU member states should consider appropriate measures to defragment the 3.6 GHz band, the primary 5G band, in time for authorising sufficiently large blocks of spectrum by 2020, the RSPG says. The opinion says the focus of… Read more...