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The UK regulator has issued a consultation setting out its view on technical co-existence issues for its forthcoming public sector spectrum release in the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands. Ofcom plans to make 40 MHz in the 2.3 GHz band and 150 MHz in the 3.4 GHz band available on an exclusive… Read more...
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The UK regulator is consulting on a variety of telecoms and broadcast issues, including the proposed auctioning of spectrum in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands. Ofcom plans to have the spectrum awarded by 2012/13 with effective co-existence measures allowing the deployment of next generation services in place by… Read more...
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The Irish regulator is consulting interested parties about changing current frequency requirements and spectrum release proposals in order to create a new licensing framework, including dedicated spectrum sub-bands, for certain types of machine-to-machine communications. These are telemetry and telecontrol systems, which allow automated measurements to be made and data collected… Read more...
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South Africa's Department of Communications has launched a consultation on two draft policy directions. The policy directions direct the telecoms regulator, ICASA, to: fast track the finalisation of the methodology for spectrum and eligibility criteria in the 2500 -2690 (2.6 GHz) bandconsider the scope of the action to be taken… Read more...
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The Working Group on Spectrum Engineering (WGSE) has released ECC Report 208 for a public consultation. The report follows the European Telecommunications Standards Institute's (ETSI) proposal for its description of emission masks for two new RFID systems. The report found that the short range wideband RFID systems comply with the… Read more...
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The government department responsible for spectrum in Canada is seeking comments on a number of proposals to enable both fixed and mobile services to operate in the 3500 MHz band: a new classification of "Tier 4" areas to differentiate between urban and rural areas;a new licensing process to be used for… Read more...
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The Belgian regulator has launched a consultation on the future use of the 700 MHz band. It focuses on what will happen to PMSE (programme making and special events) users when the band is assigned to mobile operators. The consultation document notes that PMSE users will probably have to relocate… Read more...
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The European technical authority has issued its draft decision on the 700 MHz mobile broadband bandplan for consultation. The Decision takes in to account the out of band emission limits and guard blocks that have been set out in CEPT Report 53. Europe's 700 MHz bandplan has been the source of lively… Read more...
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The UK regulator has published a consultation document outlining its proposals to to create temporary HDTV multiplexes using spectrum freed up for new uses by the analogue broadcast switch-off. Until now the band had been earmarked for wireless microphones and devices using white space technologies. The HDTV broadcasts would co-exist… Read more...
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French regulator ARCEP has launched a consultation on how the use of radio relay systems is likely to evolve in future, and associated spectrum requirements along with it - particularly in view of broadband and superfast broadband electronic communications network rollouts. ARCEP says the consultation will enable it to prepare for possible… Read more...