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The FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau wants to explore whether using 700 MHz narrowband spectrum for broadband services would be operationally feasible and technically compatible with existing and future public safety narrowband operations. The Bureau is also inviting comment from stakeholders on potential conditions or restrictions on flexible… Read more...
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The Australian regulator is proposing changes to the regulations governing agreements between radiocommunications licensees and third parties for the use of spectrum and apparatus licences. The consultation document sets out a number of possible ways in which the "revoke at will" requirements which are currently imposed on third party authorisations… Read more...
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Ofcom is conducting what should be the final consultation before the UK implements an EC Directive ordering liberalisation of the 900 and 1800 MHz bands, which are currently reserved for GSM. Subject to responses to this consultation, and the passage of a government direction now before Parliament, Ofcom intends to… Read more...
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Mexican regulator the Federal Telecommunications Commission (COFETEL) has launched a public consultation on the best ways to make use of, and to allocate, the country's proposed digital dividend in the 700 MHz band, the AWS band at 1.7/2.1 GHz and the 3.4 - 3.7 GHZ band. COFETEL wants to hear… Read more...
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The Hong Kong regulator is consulting both stakeholders and members of the public on the proposed implementation of a charging scheme in respect of spectrum utilisation fees (SUF) for spectrum assigned administratively. The consultation document outlines the government's proposals on the imposition of SUF, the relevant guiding principles and the… Read more...
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The European Communications Committee has put a document out to consultation that provides further technical characteristics relating to hand‑held reception of TV, audio, datacast and multimedia services and Programme Making and Special Events (PMSE). These are systems that have been identified as potential users of the L-band for which the… Read more...
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The Canadian regulator's parent body is inviting comments on its proposals for a policy and technical framework to auction spectrum in the 698 - 806 MHz band. There will be a separate consultation on the 2500 - 2690 GHz band and stakeholders' views are also sought on whether government measures… Read more...
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The Czech regulator, the CTU, has issued a consultation for its proposal to amend its policy on short range devices. It aims to reconcile Czech spectrum policy with a recent European Commission Decision on the matter. Read more...
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Montenegro's regulator has launched a consultation on its plan to assign spectrum in the 2500-2690 MHz band. Read more...
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Ofcom has issued a consultation concerning a specific aspect of its wider proposals to set annual spectrum licence fees that reflect the full market value of spectrum in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. The document says the new consultation document concerns "the methodology that we propose to adopt if we were… Read more...