Norway’s regulator, Nkom says mobile network operators have raised concerns about the difficulties of obtaining planning permission for public buildings and land. It hopes to produce a new guide which will better facilitate this process and is inviting comments from stakeholders. This consultation will be open for comment until June… Read more...

Norway’s regulator, Nkom, has published a consultation on the potential transfer of spectrum from Ice to Lyse. This is in response to Lyse's acquisition of mobile operator Ice. The regulator says it's paying particular attention to the 3.3 - 3.8 GHz band. Both Ice and Altibox (which is a subsidiary… Read more...

The Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Modernization (KMD), is consulting on updating its primary legislation for telecoms regulation, the Electronic Communications Act. The legislation would reform the functioning of the regulator, Nkom. The consultation is available for public comment until October 15. Read more...

Norway's regulator, Nkom, has issued a consultation about its proposal to make available the 3.8 - 4.2 GHz band for local networks. The proposal is available for public comment until August 20. Read more...

The Norwegian regulator, Nkom, has issued a consultation about a new border coordination agreement it has reached with Finland and Sweden. The draft agreement would make it easier to deploy 5G in border regions with respect to the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, L-Band, 1800 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3… Read more...

The Norwegian regulator, Nkom, is consulting on its draft framework for an auction of the 2.6 GHz and 3.4 - 3.8 GHz bands, to be held in September. The draft framework includes measures to facilitate access to the spectrum for industrial and business actors. The consultation is available for public… Read more...

Norway's regulator, Nkom, is consulting on draft rules for an auction of DAB licences in the region of Sogn. The consultation is open for public comment until September 25. Read more...

Norway's regulator, Nkom, has issued a consultation about its overall framework for an award of the 2500 - 2690 MHz and 3400 - 3800 MHz bands. It is not proposing to make these bands available for local and/or private networks. The bands are scheduled to be sold at auction alongside… Read more...

The Norwegian regulator, Nkom, has issued a consultation about the future of the 410 - 430 MHz band. A 2 x 1.8 MHz block of the spectrum is currently unused in Norway, so Nkom wants to know if there is any demand for its allocation and assignment. Recent Europe-wide harmonisation… Read more...

The Norwegian regulator, Nkom, has published a consultation on its proposed rules for an auction of spectrum resources for Local DAB Region 2. The consultation is available for public comment until May 8. Read more...