by Patrick Gahan
France's Arcep has opened a public consultation on a draft terms and plans for the reassignment of licences in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2.1 GHz bands The licences in question are currently held by Orange, SFR and Bouygues Telecom and are due to expire in 2021 and 2024.… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
On 15 March 2018 the Netherland's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate opened a public consultation on the future of digital infrastructure in the Netherlands. In the consultation the ministry is seeking feedback on a range of spectrum related topics related to future digital connectivity including: The future assignment process for… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
The UK regulator Ofcom has opened a consultation on proposed coverage obligations for licences in the 700 MHz band. The proposed obligations will require the winners of licences in paired 700 MHz spectrum to roll out improved mobile coverage in rural areas. According to Ofcom this equates to a requirement to… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
On 19 March 2018 El Salvador's telecommunication's regulator SIGET opened a public consultation regarding the planned assignment of spectrum in the 1900 MHz and AWS-1 bands. In all SiGET proposes to assign 140 MHz of spectrum in the two bands; 2x10 MHz in the 1900 MHz band between 1850-1860 MHz and 1930-1940 MHz… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
On February 26, 2018 India's TRAI opened a consultation regarding the provision of voice services over LTE networks. The consultation calls for feedback on a variety of issues regarding the quality of voice services delivered over LTE networks. The consultation was originally scheduled to end on March 16, 2018, however… Read more...
by Martin Sims
March 19, 2018 Policy Tracker can now confirm that the Danish Energy Agency has published a consultation on the auction of the 700 MHz, 900 MHz and 2300 MHz bands. The regulator proposes to auction the following spectrum: 2x30 MHz of the 700 MHz band between 703-733 MHz and 758-788 MHz. 20 MHz… Read more...
by Martin Sims
The CTU is holding a consultation on amending the regulation of 21.2–24.25 GHz. The proposals include the use of 56 MHz channels for fixed services and PMSE access in 21.4-22 GHz. Read more...
by Martin Sims
The European regulators organisation, CEPT, is conducting a series of consultations on technical conditions for the harmonised use of 5G bands. These are listed below and relate to separate reports: Harmonised technical conditions for Mobile/Fixed Communications Networks (MFCN) in the band 24.25-27.5 GHz (26 GHz): a proposed ECC decision Review… Read more...
by Martin Sims
Despite its title, this consultation is an opportunity for stakeholders in the Portuguese market to comment not just on 700 MHz but also 450 MHz, 900 MHz, 1500 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.6 GHz, 3.6 GHz and 26 GHz. This is part of the country's preparation for 5G and has been… Read more...
by Martin Sims
The consultation follows an Italian law passed in December 2017 and concerns the three 5G pioneer bands identified by the EU's Radio Spectrum Policy Group: 700 MHz, 3.6-3.8 GHz and 26 GHz. The full consultation is available online. It appears not to contain specific proposals, rather inviting interested parties to… Read more...