by Toby Youell
The Irish regulator, ComReg, has issued a consultation on re-opening the Third Party Business Radio Scheme. This document includes proposed spectrum allocations in the VHF and UHF bands. The consultation is open to public comment until July 3. Read more...
by Toby Youell
June 5, 2020: This consultation is now open for public comment here until August 2. May 29, 2020 The Brazilian regulator, Anatel, has agreed to issue a consultation on allowing TV White Space devices to access the 54 - 72 MHz, 174 - 216 MHz, 470 - 608 MHz, and… Read more...
by Toby Youell
April 2, 2020: This document will be published in the Federal Register on April 3. Comments can be made until May 3, while replies to those comments can be made until June 2. March 3, 2020: The FCC has released this document here. It will be open for comment for 30 days… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Icelandic Post and Telecommunications Agency has issued a discussion document on its telecoms policy for a public consultation. The document, which is available here (in Icelandic), includes questions on its policies with respect to various frequency bands. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Czech regulator, the CTU, has issued a consultation about proposed changes to its policy for the UHF band. Comments on the changes are due by February 10, 2019. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has published a consultation paper on its mobile data strategy that identifies several bands it thinks can be used for mobile data. In particular, Ofcom says its priority is to consider the use of the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands, TV white spaces in the UHF broadcasting… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is now inviting submissions on its “UHF Radiomicrophones: Opportunities for future use” discussion document. The discussion document presents future options for radiomicrophones using the 518–806 MHz UHF frequency range. This follows the government’s recent announcement that it plans to auction digital dividend… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The ECC's Working Group on Frequency Management has issued a consultation on ECC Report 218 on Broadband for Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) services. This report sets out opinions on various aspects of the future deployment of wireless broadband technologies for PPDR. This includes the view that future networks… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The Canadian regulator, Industry Canada, has issued a consultation on its proposals to enable the use of the 600 MHz band to mobile broadband. Under IC's proposals, Canada would repack the spectrum it uses for the over the air broadcasting simultaneously with the USA. IC says it will make its decision before… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The WGSE sub-group of the ECC has issued a consultation on a study that looks in to adjacent band compatibility between different systems for critical communications that could use the 700 MHz. The study establishes recommended permitted unwanted emissions levels that would prevent interference with adjacent Digital Terrestrial Television applications… Read more...