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...

The ECC's Working Group on Spectrum Engineering (WGSE) has put ECC Report 211 out for public consultation. The report considers how changes in mobile use are creating asymmetries between uplink and downlink on mobile networks.  It concluded that national spectrum authorities may need to have their assignment powers upgraded in… 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...

Ofcom has issued a Call For Inputs (CFI) concerning the future of UHF bands 1 and 2 (420 - 470 MHz).  The CFI is part of an ongoing strategic review in to the band, whose future is perceived as being uncertain, and the CFI is part of an effort by Ofcom to… Read more...

The Brunei telecoms regulator is consulting on the early release of the 1800 MHz band for LTE as other candidate bands such as 700 MHz and 2.6 GHz will not be cleared for some time. The AICT is consulting on how much of the 2 x 70 MHz available should… Read more...

Swedish regulator PTS is consulting stakeholders on the structure of the auction it plans to hold in the 1800 MHz band. The auction will begin on November 10, 2010. Anyone who wants to participate in the auction must submit a written application and a bank guarantee to PTS by October… Read more...

Update: October 16 The consultation period has been extended until 14 November. ComReg announced that it has extended the deadline in response to a request received from two interested parties. October 1 The Irish regulator, ComReg, has issued a consultation concerning a new round of spectrum releases for mobile broadband. ComReg says… Read more...

The TRA is inviting stakeholder comments as part of a review of their regulations in the following areas: 1.    Cordless Telephony Regulations v1.0 2.    Interference Management Regulations v1.0 3.    Spectrum Monitoring and Enforcement Regulations v1.0 4.    Earth Stations Regulations v1.0 5.    Amateur Regulations v1.0 6.… Read more...

The European Commission has issued the Lamy Report's findings on the future use of the UHF band to a public consultation. The Lamy Report, commissioned by Neelie Kroes a year ago, had attempted to forge consensus within a High Level Group representing the mobile and broadcasting community on how the UHF… 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...