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The Irish regulator has issued a consultation concerning its future management strategy for the 490 - 790 MHz band (UHF band). The consultation paper does not set out the regulator's views on the spectrum. It outlines current discussions about the UHF band and discusses its current and potential uses. It also invites… Read more...
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Slovakian regulator TUSR has issued a consultation on its spectrum policy regarding the 470-790 MHz band. It says that it is doing this as a response to the WRC-12, which identified the band for mobile broadband use. Read more...
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The Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) has issued a consultation on its draft Opinion concerning a long-term strategy for the UHF band (470-790 MHz). The Opinion takes into account the recent work on the UHF band by the European technical authority, the CEPT, and by a High Level Group of executives from… Read more...
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Europe's technical authority, the ECC has issued a consultation about a revision it plans to make to ECC Decision (08)08. This revision includes updates for the use of mobile services in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, and 2.6 GHz bands on board vessels. In particular, the ECC seeks comments on… Read more...
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The Norwegian regulator has launched a consultation on its proposed general framework for an auction of spectrum in the 1800 MHz band. These are the 1710-1725 MHz / 1805-1820 MHz frequencies (2 x 15 MHz) at the lower end of the band that were not sold in last year's auction.… Read more...
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The FCC is currently receiving comments on a Public Notice (PN) concerning its upcoming 600 MHz band incentive auction. The PN seeks comment on the methodology for predicting potential interference between broadcast television and wireless services. The PN says that the FCC is keen to repurpose as much spectrum as the market demands. The methodology… Read more...
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The Italian Ministry of Economic Development has issued a consultation on its proposal to amend the country's radio regulations in order to transpose various rulings from international institutions in to Italian law. These include the final acts of WRC 12, European Commission Decisions, and CEPT recommendations. In particular, the Ministry is seeking… Read more...
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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...
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The Working Group Frequency Management has issued ECC Report 204 for a public consultation. The report provides a broad review of spectrum use by PMSE applications, including the possible use of the 800 MHz duplex gaps for Audio PMSE. Read more...
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The ECC has launched a consultation on its decision to harmonise frequency arrangements in the key 2 GHz paired bands (1920–1980 MHz and 2110–2170 MHz) so they can be used for ultra-fast mobile broadband services. The agreement is an amendment to an existing ECC Decision ECC/DEC/(06)01. The spectrum technical conditions are… Read more...