The Moldovan regulator has issued a consultation about its plans to auction spectrum in both the 2.6 GHz band and the 3.4 - 3.8 GHz band. The two-week long consultation focusses on the number of licences that will be issued in each band, and the proposed bandplans. In the 2.6… Read more...

The Working Group Frequency Management has issued ECC Report 192 for public consultation. The report gives an analysis of the causes behind meteorological radar interference. Read more...

The ECC has issued a consultation on its draft Recommendation (14)02. The document specifies maximum field-strength levels at fixed monitoring stations to ensure their interference-free operation. Read more...

Now that new legislation has transposed the amended GSM Directive into Austrian law and with the assignment of 800 MHz planned shortly RTR is carrying out a consultation to co-ordinate these procedures. It regards a non-discriminatory assignment of these frequencies as "absolutely essential to ensure fair competition." Read more...

The Dutch government has launched a consultation on its draft decision concerning the awarding of a number of spectrum bands, including the 800MHz band. The consultation will close on 25th March. The final decision concerning the availability of 800MHz spectrum is expected in mid-2011. The auction is due to take… Read more...

The US regulator has launched a final consultation on rules for making 100 MHz of spectrum available in the 3550-3650 MHz (3.5 GHz) band under a three-tiered sharing model. The proposed rules would establish a framework for authorising small cell and other broadband uses of the band on a shared… Read more...

Hong Kong's regulator has launched a consultation seeking further views and comments on how spectrum in the 1.9–2.2 GHz band should be re-assigned when the existing assignments for 3G mobile services expire on 21 October 2016. OFCA first consulted on this issue in March 2012, proposing three possible approaches. This… Read more...

The Maltese regulator has issued a consultation about its planned auction of the 800 MHz band. It has asked stakeholders to give their input regarding the proposed terms and conditions linked to the rights of use of all the available spectrum and the assignment process that the authority intends to adopt. It also… Read more...

The Greek regulator has launched a public consultation on proposals for granting technology-neutral wireless frequency licences in the 3.4-3.8 GHz band. The 3.4-3.6 GHz range is currently being used for fixed wireless access, but the three licences originally granted in 2000 are due to expire in late 2015 and early… Read more...

The Hong Kong regulator has launched a consultation on the assignment of the rest of the 2.5/2.6 GHz band following a 2009 auction in which three bidders won 2 x 15 MHz of FDD spectrum each. One has already launched an LTE service and the other two are expected to… Read more...