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The Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) is consulting on reassigning free mobile radio frequencies and those that will become vacant in the next few years. The consultation affects frequencies in the GSM and UMTS mobile radio bands (900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz and 2600 MHz) as well as… Read more...
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The Guernsey Competition and Regulatory Authority (GCRA – formerly the Office of Utility Regulation) has received a request for an allocation in Guernsey of 2 x 20 MHz of spectrum in the 3.4 GHz band. Before the GCRA can decide on whether to allocate the spectrum, it wants to consult… Read more...
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Europe's technical authority, the ECC, has issued a consultation on a proposal to use a 2 x 3 MHz block in the 700 MHz band for Machine-to-Machine communications. Specifically, the ECC is seeking comment on ECC Report 242, which provides a co-existence analysis between M2M applications within a 2 x… Read more...
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The US regulator has put on hold for two weeks the pleading cycle for evaluating applications for the assignment of AWS-1 licences in the 1.7/2.1 GHz band from cable companies to Verizon Wireless. This is to allow stakeholders to comment on the application from Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile to exchange… Read more...
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The UK regulator has issued a consultation on its proposed Annual Licence Fees (ALF) for the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands, which are also known as the GSM bands. Since 2010, the regulator has been tasked by the government to set the fees at a level that reflect the market value of… Read more...
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Ofcom has issued a consultation concerning the use of spectrum on aeroplanes. Following a recent European Commission Decision to allow the use of UMTS and LTE during flights, Ofcom wants to allow the use of these technologies within the 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz bands on board aircraft. Read more...
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The Australian government has launched a consultation on its proposal to use the 3.5 GHz band for the National Broadband Network's (NBN) fixed wireless network around major mainland cities. The NBN is a government project to provide wholesale access to high speed broadband to all of Australia'a addressable premises. The project is… Read more...
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The FCC has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on its intention to authorize channel sharing by full power and Class A broadcasting stations outside of the context of the incentive auction. It hopes that by allowing more flexibility, it can encourage voluntary participation in the forthcoming incentive auction. Read more...
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The US regulator is proposing to auction 16 regional licences in the 700 MHz band which were offered in the main auction for the band, Auction 73, and remained unsold or were licences on which a winning bidder defaulted. Comment is sought on a range of auction issues including the… Read more...
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Ofcom has published a statement and consultation on its intention to grant Recognised Spectrum Access (RSA) for Crown bodies in the 3400 – 3480 MHz and 3500 – 3580 MHz frequency ranges. Before RSA can be granted, new regulations need to be made. Ofcom has published a statutory notice of… Read more...