Europe's technical authority, the Electronic Communications Committee, has issued a consultation on a proposed revision of ERC Recommendation 54-01. The recommendation concerns the method of measuring the maximum frequency deviation of FM broadcast emissions in the band 87.5 to 108 MHz at monitoring stations. The updates further specify the methods… Read more...

The UK regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on how it would exercise proposed new functions proposed by the UK Government regarding small-scale digital radio. The platform is intended to provide a flexible and low-cost way for communities to broadcast content over a relatively small geographic area. The consultation concerns… Read more...

The US telecoms regulator, the FCC, is proposing to reform the way it processes competing applications for both noncommercial education broadcast and low power FM. According to the FCC, the current way the FCC assesses mutually exclusive applications is too complicated. The documents will be made available in FCC MB… Read more...

The US telecoms regulator, the FCC, has published a consultation in the Federal Register that proposes to harmonise the rules for Digital Broadcast Satellite Services at 12.2 - 12.7 GHz and 17.3 - 17.8 GHz with those that are applicable to geostationary-orbit Fixed Satellite Service systems. Comments on these proposals… Read more...

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on proposed revisions to its technical codes for digital radio. These revisions are intended to establish common minimum standards for listeners' experience of DAB radio and to ensure that different groups of radio stations do not conflict or interfere with one… Read more...

Romania's Ancom has opened a consultation  on the authority's plans for the assignment of spectrum in bands from 470 MHz to 790 MHz. ANCOM proposes to assign 60 MHz of paired spectrum (2x30 MHz) from the 700 MHz band for mobile use with the licences expected to be valid from 30… Read more...

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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is inviting views on whether measures need to be taken to encourage the deployment of digital radio in the FM bands. The state-owned All India Radio (AIR) is in the process of deploying digital services in medium wave (MW) and short wave (SW)… Read more...

Following a period of extensive research, the UK regulator has concluded that the potential impact of interference on DTT consumers from wireless broadband devices in the 800 MHz band is such that mitigating actions need to be taken. This consultation document sets out a framework of proposals that Ofcom thinks… Read more...

The Australian government is seeking comment on its just-released green paper on how to best utilise the digital dividend spectrum freed up by the switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting. The government is looking for comments on potential uses of the spectrum,the benefits these uses could provide, and the cost… Read more...