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...

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...

PTS intends to award these licenses in spring 2008 and wants to provide stakeholders with an opportunity to notify their interest. It is also seeking views about the approach to licensing these bands to help in designing a potential auction. Read more...

PTS, the Swedish regulator, intends to auction both bands in the first half of 2008 and is inviting comments on how to conduct the auctions. • The 2.6 GHz licenses will be national and intended for wireless broadband services on a service neutral and technology neutral basis (within certain limitations).… Read more...

In the April 2006 consultation on Spectrum Usage Rights (SURs) and in further details about SURs contained within the L-Band and 2.6GHz consultations some stakeholders said Ofcom hadn't addressed legal and other issues concerning the framework under which SURs would be applied. This document seeks to clarify that framework and… Read more...

The consultation asks a series of questions about the usage of these bands and the technical conditions which should be applied. Read more...

Recommendations on a generic, technology and service neutral approach to licensing in 470 to 862MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, the 2GHz bands, 2500 to 2690MHz and 3.4 to 3.8GHz. The report concludes that all these bands should be suitable "for the introduction of flexibility”. Read more...