Europe’s technical authority, the Electronic Communications Committee, is consulting on RF test methods and test results for wind turbines in relation to the Radio Astronomy. The deliverable, draft ECC Report 321, is open for public consultation until August 19. Read more...

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...

The Australian communications regulator, the ACMA, has issued its draft five-year spectrum outlook 2020-24 to a public consultation. The document includes how it intends to: revise and update its forward allocation plan plan for private long-term evolution networks explore new bands for monitoring set out a detailed work plan for… Read more...

The Hong Kong regulator, the CA, plans to consult during 2020 on its plans to assign spectrum in the 600 MHz and 700 MHz bands during 2021. More information is available in the CA's Spectrum Release Plan for 2020-2022. Read more...

Mexico's draft Program for the Use of Spectrum in 2020 (PABF 2020) has been published in the country's official gazette. The draft plan includes an award of the 600 MHz band, as well as the 1.9 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands. The document, which was already consulted on in the… Read more...

Mexico's regulator, the IFT, has issued a consultation on spectrum for 5G services. To aid discussion, the regulator has also made available a discussion paper on the topic. The document discusses various potential 5G bands for Mexico, including a series of mmWave frequencies. The IFT will receive comments on potential… Read more...

Myanmar's Ministry of Transport and Communications Posts and Telecommunications Department (PTD) has issued a consultation on planned spectrum releases for the coming years. The plans include a multiband spectrum auction in 2020 that would include frequencies in the 2.3 GHz, 2.6 GHz, 3.3 - 3.8 GHz, and 26 GHz bands.… Read more...

The Hong Kong Communications Authority intends to hold a consultation in 2019 regarding its planned auctions of the 600 MHz and 700 MHz bands. According to the Authority's Spectrum Release Plan, it expects that this spectrum will be usable for indoor services from 2021 at the earliest. Read more...

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Ofcom, the UK regulator, would like views on its plans to clear out the 700 MHz band for mobile broadband. The consultation states that the regulator is making arrangements to ensure spectrum in this band is usable by mobile operators by Q2 2020, instead of the end of 2021 as… Read more...