by Toby Youell
December 19, 2019 This consultation has now been published in the Federal Register and is open to public comment. Comments must be made by January 21, 2020, and replies to those comments are due by February 3, 2020. November 19, 2019 The FCC plans to issue a consultation on small… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The Belgian regulator has published a consultation document with its proposals for the allocation and use of the 800 MHz band together with a study commissioned from an independent consultant. A number of recommendations have been made in the study including: the number of blocks of spectrum to be auctioned… Read more...
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The Irish regulator has decided to include the 1800 MHz band in a single auction with the 800 MHz and 900 MHz band and explains its reasons in some detail in the consultation document. At present, three MNOs each have 2 x 14.4 MHz blocks with two licences expiring in… Read more...
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Italy's telecoms regulator has released a consultation document for what it describes as its "big auction" of 300 MHz of spectrum. This includes both the digital dividend 800 MHz band and the 2.6 GHz band, which several other countries have grouped together for a 4G auction, as well as new… Read more...
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Industry Canada has issued a consultation concerning its intention to auction residual blocks of the 700 MHz and AWS-3 bands this August. The licences available cover Yukon, the Northwest Territoris, Nunavut, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. These licences were unsold during Industry Canada's auctions of the 700 MHz and AWS-3 bands in… 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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The FCC has issued a consultation on its proposals to prevent large companies from abusing rules designed to help small businesses and minorities. A previous version of these proposals was circulated to Commissioners in March. These proposals follow Dish's manipulation of the "Designated Entity" rules to shave $ 3 billion… Read more...
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The Slovakian regulator has issued three consultations documents concerning the 1800 MHz, 3.5 GHz, and 10 GHz bands. PolicyTracker understands that the regulator plans to sell 2 x 8.8 MHz in the 1800 MHz band and 2 x 14 MHz in the 3.5 GHz band. The deadline for responses concerning the 1800… Read more...
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The Hong Kong regulator has launched a consultation on the assignment of the rest of the 2.5/2.6 GHz band following a 2009 auction in which three bidders won 2 x 15 MHz of FDD spectrum each. One has already launched an LTE service and the other two are expected to… Read more...