by Toby Youell
Europe's technical authority, Electronic Communications Committee (ECC), has developed a technical toolkit to assist administrations in finding alternatives ways to make available the 26 GHz band. This is set out in draft ECC Report 317, which concerns additional work on 26 GHz to address spectrum use under authorisation regimes other than… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on its proposal to amend the rules for licence-exempt access to the 874 - 876 MHz and 915 - 921 MHz bands. The proposed changes take into account a European Commission Decision regarding certain categories of Short Range Devices. That Decision includes… Read more...
by Toby Youell
July 30, 2019: This petition will be published in the Federal Register on July 31 here. Comments can be made until August 15, while replies to those comments have to be made by August 25. July 18, 2019 The FCC will allow stakeholders to oppose a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Bosch regarding… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Qatar's Communications Regulatory Authority has issued a consultation on its proposal to establish a class licence for Wireless Home Area Networks. The proposed class licence would authorise licence-exempt use of spectrum for smart devices including automated electrical home appliances and heating systems. The frequencies cited in the draft regulatory instrument… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Rohde & Schwartz has asked the FCC to waive its rules so it can market a QPS 201 Personnel Security Scanner system in the 70 - 80 GHz range. Current regulations establish a portion of the band (71 - 75 GHz) as "restricted" but Rohde & Schwartz claim that these… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
The FCC is seeking feedback on proposals to allow unlicensed use of the 6 GHz band (5925 - 7125 MHz). According to the proposals, unlicensed access to the band would be limited to low power transmissions at 6425 - 6525 MHz and 6875 - 7125 MHz. Use of the 5925… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that will allow unlicensed devices to use guard bands in the 600 MHz band and channel 37. TV White Spaces in the US are currently used by licence-exempt devices, but the FCC anticipates that the amount of white space available will decline… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The ECC's Working Group Spectrum Engineering has issued ECC Report 244 to a public consultation. The report contains compatibility studies related to the use of WAS/RLANs (specifically 802.11ac Wi-Fi) in the 5725 - 5925 MHz band, which is currently assigned throughout Europe for a range of other services. These include:… Read more...