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...

A call for opinion on the tender procedure to be used in allocating the 1800 MHz and UMTS frequencies to mobile operators. The tender process will begin once all opinions have been published, expected two weeks after closure. The tender process is expected to start on Feb 21st. Read more...

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

This report sets out the conditions under which UMTS can be deployed in the 900 MHz and in 1800 MHz bands in urban and rural areas. Comments are invited to Mr Arturas Medeisis medeisis@ero.dk with a copy to Mr Harry Kuhn, harry.kuhn@bnetza.de Read more...

The consultation has three parts: 1) Lifting restrictions on the technology and services that can be provided in the GSM bands (i.e. 900 MHz and 1800 MHz). 2) Making 30% more spectrum available in the 900 MHz band to encourage more competition 3) ComReg is also setting out three options… Read more...