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...

Montenegro's regulator has launched a consultation on its plan to assign spectrum in the 2500-2690 MHz band. Read more...

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...

In order to be able to evaluate the requirements of those interested in transmitting their TV programme services in digital quality in Switzerland, the Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) is launching a public consultation, the regulator said.   Interested parties have until 12 May 2010 to submit their proposals… Read more...

In previous statements Ofcom has said that licence-exempt cognitive devices using interleaved spectrum from the digital dividend should either sense the presence of other signals or  use a geolocation database to determine which spectrum was unused. In its July statement Ofcom put forward parameters for sensing but noted that further… Read more...

This report provides an overview of what cognitive radio is and how it works; compares approaches in the EU and the US; and identifies different regulatory frameworks in which it could operate. The RSPG also argues that a harmonised European approach will "exploit economies of scale and encourage industry investment".… Read more...

The Office of the Telecommunications Authority of Hong Kong has issued a consultation paper to solicit public views on the proposed auction of spectrum in the 850 MHz, 900 MHz and 2 GHz bands. Under the proposal, one frequency block of 2 x 5 MHz in the 850 MHz band,… Read more...

Following the November 30 deadline for written responses to its consultation paper , the NCC has set a deadline of December 7th for the submission of replies to the responses. There will then be a physical consultation open to the public on December 16, with major stakeholders entitled to a… Read more...

The US regulator is consulting stakeholders on the proposed auction procedures for the May 25, 2010 auction of paging bands licenses. A total of 9,603 paging licenses are to be auctioned, 7.752 in the lower paging bands (35 to 36 MHz, 43 to 44 MHz, 152 to 159 MHz, 454… Read more...

The FCC is reviewing various spectrum bands to see what spectrum could be repurposed for wireless broadband services. Following an earlier consultation, the regulator is seeking more specific data on the spectrum currently licensed to broadcast television stations, and exploring market-based mechanisms for broadcasters to contribute "any spectrum in excess… Read more...