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The Greek regulator has released an Information Memorandum outlining the proposed process for the granting of rights of spectrum use for mobile services in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. The procedure described in the draft tender document (the full version is available in Greek on the EETT website) will… Read more...
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Latvia’s Public Utilities Council (PUC) has published a consultative document on its plans for an auction of the 2.6 GHz band by the end of this year, proposing (for discussion by operators) that the contest be held either as a combinatorial clock auction or in a simultaneous multi-round ascending (SMRA)… Read more...
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The ECC's Working Group Spectrum Engineering has issued Report 245 to a public consultation. That report provides proposed mitigation techniques against potential interference between future audio PMSE applications in the 1350 - 1400 MHz band, and incumbent radiolocation and fixed services. Read more...
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The ECC's Working Group Spectrum Engineering has issued ECC Report 244 to a public consultation. The report contains compatibility studies related to the use of WAS/RLANs (specifically 802.11ac Wi-Fi) in the 5725 - 5925 MHz band, which is currently assigned throughout Europe for a range of other services. These include:… Read more...
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The FCC has issued a consultation on its proposals to prevent large companies from abusing rules designed to help small businesses and minorities. A previous version of these proposals was circulated to Commissioners in March. These proposals follow Dish's manipulation of the "Designated Entity" rules to shave $ 3 billion… Read more...
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India's telecoms ministry has published a draft of the country's new national telecoms policy. It is intended to replace the current policy, which dates back to 1999. In particular, the new policy intends to make granting spectrum a much more liberalised and transparent process than the much-criticised system it is… Read more...
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The body now responsible for spectrum regulation in Denmark, the Ministry for Business and Growth, launched a public consultation earlier this year based on a report by consultants Analysys Mason. As a result of responses to the consultation, a spectrum strategy document identifying a number of frequencies has been published… Read more...
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The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications has launched a consultation on a draft government spectrum policy resolution proposing an auction of frequencies in the 800 MHz band. The draft resolution suggests the auction could be held by the end of 2013. The amount of frequencies in the band totals… Read more...
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Ofcom has issued a consultation on how it should promote investment and innovation in the Internet of Things. The document identifies radio spectrum as an enabler of IoT that Ofcom can manage. Ofcom wants input from industry "on the scale and nature of demand" for spectrum, including licensing arrangements and the choice of… Read more...
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The French telecoms regulator, ARCEP, has issued a consultation concerning the use of "open spectrum", or licence-exempt spectrum. ARCEP is seeking feedback on its draft decision to enable "a wide array of open frequencies by short-range devices", such as spectrum that has been harmonised for SRDs at a European level. It also seeks… Read more...