The US regulator is proposing to auction 16 regional licences in the 700 MHz band which were offered in the main auction for the band, Auction 73, and remained unsold or were licences on which a winning bidder defaulted. Comment is sought on a range of auction issues including the… Read more...

The Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) has now completed its draft opinion on the digital dividend and is seeking comments from stakeholders. The group's key objective has been supporting the realisation of a digital dividend on a technology and service neutral basis, taking into account the potential benefits of an… Read more...

Now that new legislation has transposed the amended GSM Directive into Austrian law and with the assignment of 800 MHz planned shortly RTR is carrying out a consultation to co-ordinate these procedures. It regards a non-discriminatory assignment of these frequencies as "absolutely essential to ensure fair competition." Read more...

According to a new consultation document, Slovenia's regulator is planning to closely adhere to EU harmonisation guidelines when planning its frequency management strategy. In the short to medium term APEK proposes to auction the 800 MHz, 1800 MHz, unpaired 2.1 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands in what it calls a… Read more...

Irish regulator Comreg is consulting all stakeholders and the public on its plans for the coming two years across a wide range of telecommunications and broadcasting issues, including spectrum.  It identifies the key spectrum issues in the period as being the liberalsation of the 900 MHz band, making the 2.3… Read more...

The Spanish government has launched a consultation that deals with refarming in the 900 and 1800 MHz bands, digital dividend spectrum (790-862 MHz) and the 2.6 GHz band. A total of 310 MHz should eventually be available. The plan is to make all spectrum awards in 2011. The ministry is… Read more...

This consultation sets out the technical conditions under which Ofcom proposes to allow cognitive devices to use interleaved digital dividend spectrum on a licence-exempt basis. The document says three mechanisms can be used to detect unused spectrum: sensing, geolocation and beacons. For sensing Ofcom proposes parameters at which the sensing… Read more...

This consultation puts forward the proposals on which the UK government can make a direction to the regulator, Ofcom, on how it should release spectrum needed for the next generation of mobile and wireless broadband services. These proposals are based on the work of the Independent Spectrum Broker (ISB) and… Read more...

The consultation document invites comments on the following: The expected impact of the use of the digital dividend;The coordination and harmonisation of its use at European levelIts distribution among various services and applicationsTechnology and service neutralityThe procedures for the allocation of spectrum and the respective timetable Read more...

The UK regulator has launched a consultation on the future use of the 700 MHz band. In its UHF strategy statement, published in November 2012, Ofcom explained the steps it intends to take to increase mobile broadband capacity by drawing on the 700 MHz frequency band, which is currently used… Read more...