Ofcom has issued a consultation on its intention to levy Administered Incentive Pricing (AIP) fees on spectrum licences for the 28 GHz bands. The spectrum was auctioned in November 2000 as 15-year length Broadband Fixed Wireless Access (BFWA) licences. Following requests from the licence holders, Ofcom decided in July 2013… Read more...

The Working Group on Spectrum Engineering (WGSE) has issued ECC Report 205 to a public consultation. The report complements work undertaken by the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) for the European Commission on the subject of Licensed Shared Access. It makes a series of conclusions, including that the first use… Read more...

BEREC, the body that represents national regulatory authorities in the EU, has issued a consultation on its work programme for 2014. The document identifies four themes in its work programme: infrastructure, consumer protection, services (boosting the internal market), and quality control of its own work. The document reiterates its support… Read more...

Update: December 5, 2013 The deadline for this consultation has been extended to January 3, 2014. It announced the extension on the same day that it released a report on "Spectrum Attribution Metrics". October, 2013 The UK telecommunications regulator has issued a consultation on its spectrum management strategy for the… Read more...

The FCC has issued a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that is designed to simplify and streamline the rules that govern satellite communications.  The document proposes to permit early submissions to the ITU; simplify and eliminate some of the current milestone requirements; revise bond requirements to more effectively deter spectrum warehousing; to revise… Read more...

The South African spectrum regulator has issued a consultation on its proposed regulatory framework for the V-band (57 - 66 GHz) and the E-band (71 - 76 GHz + 81 - 86 GHz). ICASA says it plans to allow access to these bands on a licence-exempt basis where feasible, and… Read more...

The Portuguese regulator, Anacom, has issued a consultation on the 3.4 - 3.8 GHz band. It invites all stakeholders to advise the regulator on its planned decision to define the band's availability. Read more...

The Jamaican spectrum regulator has decided to continue its consultation for future use of the 700 MHz band in the form of a public forum.  The forum shall take place on September 10 at 10am in the Jamaica Conference Centre and will be webcast. PolicyTracker has reported that the Jamaican government… Read more...

The Polish regulator, the UKE, has issued a public consultation on the terms of its re-launched digital dividend auction of spectrum in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands. The regulator was due to hold an auction of the spectrum in the first quarter of this year, but this auction was cancelled in… Read more...

Singapore's regulator has launched a public consultation on the use of TV White Space (TVWS) technology in the country. The consultation document discusses issues such as the possible licensing mechanism for TVWS devices, TVWS spectrum bands and access mechanism, device co-existence criteria and parameters, and management of geo-location databases. The… Read more...