A consultation paper has been issued, discussing the future use of the 3.6 GHz band in Australia. The document identifies possible re-planning options, along with the regulator's preferred option to make spectrum available in metropolitan and regional areas for new services. ACMA made the decision to prioritise the 3.6 GHz band over… Read more...

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has announced in a press release the launch of a public consultation on the use of 24.75-27.5 GHz, 37-42.5 GHz and other millimetre-wave (mmWave) bands for 5G. According to a local media report, the consultation aims to gather industry feedback on the frequency bands' allocation… Read more...

Switzerland's Federal Office of Communications has launched a consultation regarding the allocation of spectrum for mobile use in the 700 MHz, 1400 MHz and 3.6-3.8 GHz, which would become available by 2019. A single unused block (2x5 MHz) of 2.6 GHz would also be offered. In the 700 MHz band, 2x30 MHz… Read more...

TRAI has launched a consultation paper outlining the licence requirements during test-phase (i.e., the period prior to the start of commercial services).  The Indian telecom regulator considers it important to structure a framework on testing applicable systems before the commencement of commercial services in order to ensure it meets the quality of… Read more...

Ofcom has made available its technical analysis of coexistence issues between DTT, PMSE and mobile in the 700 MHz band following the move of the former two services to the lower UHF band. Interested parties are invited to respond by 18 July.   Read more...

Ofcom has proposed a modification of its notice to PMSE users to quit the 700 MHz guard band when it transitions from digital terrestrial television to mobile in May 2020. In this document we set out our proposals to modify that notice so that PMSE users will continue to be… Read more...

The UK government has said it will provide PMSE equipment owners with funding equivalent to the residual value of equipment operating in the 700 MHz band prior to its clearance over the next three years. Ofcom has said equipment owners are likely to receive around 47 per cent of costs… Read more...

Polish regulator UKE has launched a consultation on the tender for awarding spectrum in the 450 MHz band. This comes after Orange Poland refused to extend its licence for those frequencies because too high a price was required for the spectrum. The frequency ranges are 452.5125 - 457.0125 MHz and… Read more...

ARCEP is looking for input for its consultation on amending its terms of use for corrdinated point-to-point links for fixed services. Its draft decision suggests reducing the number of rules concerning radio relay systems The draft Decision concerned is intended to lay down the conditions for the use of frequencies… Read more...

The Slovakian Office for the Regulation of Electronic Communications (RU) has started a public consultation on the method of allocation of spectrum in "26 GHz and 29 GHz". Two duplex frequency blocks of 56 MHz and 112 MHz in 26 GHz and a duplex block of 56 GHz in 29… Read more...