Calling for input on proposed conditions and award mechanisms for this single round sealed bid auction which will take place in Spring 2006. Read more...

Consultation on Ofcom's preliminary views relating to whether BT should be allowed to depart from its published prices in instances where its services can now be replicated by competitors. Further consultation is expected on services found to be replicable. Read more...

i. Consultation on proposals to auction licences for spectrum in the so-called GSM/DECT guard bands (1781.7-1785 MHz paired with 1876.7-1880 MHz). Award by end of financial year 2005 - 2006. Seminar to be held on proposals in early September. Key documents including draft regulations to be published by December 2005.… Read more...

Update: December 5, 2013 The deadline for this consultation has been extended to January 3, 2014. It announced the extension on the same day that it released a report on "Spectrum Attribution Metrics". October, 2013 The UK telecommunications regulator has issued a consultation on its spectrum management strategy for the… Read more...

Britain's communications ministry and seven other major government departments have issued a document proposing ways of identifying and releasing at least 500 MHz of sub-5 GHz public sector spectrum over the next 10 years. The document reveals five bands which have been identified as suitable for further investigation, and sets… Read more...

Ofcom has issued a consultation concerning its plans to release a total of 12 MHz of UHF spectrum for Short Range Devices (SRDs) on a licence exempt basis. Ofcom has already announced its intention to authorise this band for SRDs and this consultation concerns the use of technical conditions that… Read more...

Ofcom is consulting on whether the markets for the supply of wholesale mobile voice call termination (MCT), the service necessary for a network operator to connect a caller with the intended mobile recipient of a call on a different network, are effectively competitive, and if not what changes could be… Read more...

Calls for comments on proposals for improving use of public sector spectrum which include: i) freeing up bands for commercial useii)applying market mechanismsiii) new proposals for administrative incentive pricing.iv) band sharing. Read more...

Establishing a framework to address the regulatory issues raised by NGNs and to support their development. Ofcom proposes a number of policy principles and processes to support them. Read more...

Last year's decision to align the UK with the emerging European position on clearing channels 61 to 69, the 800 MHz band, meant adding channels 61, 62 and 69 to the UK regulator's existing digital switchover plans. As a result, regions where the switchover has already occurred will need to… Read more...