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Irish regulator Comreg is consulting all stakeholders and the public on its plans for the coming two years across a wide range of telecommunications and broadcasting issues, including spectrum. It identifies the key spectrum issues in the period as being the liberalsation of the 900 MHz band, making the 2.3… Read more...
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Deitsche Telecoms US subsidiary T-Mobile and second-tier US operator MetroPCS are seeking FCC approval of their merger proposals which would see a new entity in which DT holds a 76% interest and MetroPCS shareholders with a 24% interest. The Applicants state that the proposed transaction would combine complementary spectrum portfolios that,… Read more...
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The European Commission has issued a consultation to find out more about the views of Europeans going in to a review of the telecoms framework in the European Union. A press release about the consultation says that the Commission is asking about "the future of network access regulation, spectrum management, communication… Read more...
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The FCC has issued a Notice of Inquiry so it can better understand the potential use of millimeter wave frequencies above 24 GHz for mobile broadband. The document says that the examination takes place within the wider context of research in to 5G. The proposal follows a Recommendation by the Commission's Technological Advisory Committee.… Read more...
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The FCC has given stakeholders the opportunity to comment on a total of nine applications for AWS-3 licences that were sold at the recent AWS-3 auction. An associated blog post explains that while bids worth $ 30 billion have been finalised, the FCC is still considering other bidders that have… Read more...
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The Czech Telecommunication Office intends to harmonise the 40.5–43.5 GHz (the 42 GHz band) for microwave high-capacity point-to-point links. The consultation document proposes provisional basic operational conditions in the 42 GHz band. Questions to stakeholders aim to obtain more information on 42 GHz band technologies. The proposed conditions enable deployment of… Read more...
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The UK telecommunications regulator has issued a consultation on how spectrum in the 70/80 GHz bands should be managed in future. Since 2007, the spectrum - suitable for high capacity fixed links - has been assigned through a self-coordinating licensing approach. Ofcom is proposing to directly assign the 2 x… Read more...
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The inter-governmental group that advises the European Commission on spectrum, the RSPG, has published a consultation about its vision for the next Radio Spectrum Policy Programme, which is the spectrum agenda set for the European Union. In reviewing the current RSPP, which was established in 2012, the RSPG believes that… Read more...
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Industry Canada, the Canadian government department responsible for spectrum management, has launched a consultation on amendments to its antenna tower siting procedures. The aim of the amendments is to improve transparency and address concerns expressed by local residents and municipalities about antenna tower siting. Comments are being sought on the… Read more...
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The European Commission has issued the Lamy Report's findings on the future use of the UHF band to a public consultation. The Lamy Report, commissioned by Neelie Kroes a year ago, had attempted to forge consensus within a High Level Group representing the mobile and broadcasting community on how the UHF… Read more...