by PolicyTracker
The Venezuelan regulator has launched a brief consultation on how best to use the 2.6 GHz band in future. Several Venezuelan operators were previously issued with WiMAX licences in the band and in mid-2007 Movilmax launched commercial operations, passing 10,000 WiMAX subscribers in 2011. In April 2012 Movilmax announced it had scrapped… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The Portuguese regulator is proposing to hold a combined auction of several spectrum bands it considers suitable for LTE in June this year. Frequencies will be on offer in the 450 MHz, 800 Mhz, 900 MHz, 1800 Mhz, 2.1 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands. Some of this will be new… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The European Commission's spectrum advisory group, the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG), has issued its draft annual work programme called "2014 and beyond". The document provides an update of the RSPG's work programme, although it notes that its role may be revised following political negotiations on the draft "Connected Continent" regulation which will reform… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The ECC WGSE has issued a consultation on ECC draft report 221. The report concerned compatibility between MFCN (IMT) and PMSE audio applications in adjacent bands of the 700 MHz band. It proposes power limits for PMSE equipment in the 700 MHz band duplex gap. The report says that the most critical risk of interference… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The CTU has announced a consultation concerning its plans to release unsold spectrum from its multiband auction last year. The regulator failed to sell a total of 81.6 MHz of spectrum in the 1800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands in last year's auction, which followed a cancelled auction earlier that year. At… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The DCMS has launched a consultation asking mobile phone industry stakeholders for their views on how the government should invest £150 million (€180 million) to spread mobile coverage across the UK. This follows on from the country's finance minister announcing that £150 million is being set aside to extend mobile… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The Bahraini regulator TRA has published a consultation document with proposals for the award of individual licences and associated frequency licences for the delivery of mobile telecommunications services in the 900, 1800, 1900, 2100 and 2600 MHz bands. The government’s Third National Telecommunications Plan calls for the provision of efficient… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The ECC's Working Group for Spectrum Engineering has issued a consultation on Recommendation 14-02. The Recommendation concerns harmonised channelling arrangements in the band for Fixed Service systems. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The RSPG is seeking comments on its draft opinion on Licensed Shared Access (LSA). The opinion provides a definition of LSA and considers how it should be implemented, in particular focusing primarily on unlocking bands used by incumbents, in which sharing opportunities which could improve the efficiency of the spectrum use are identified… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The US regulator is seeking views on how best to define "advanced telecommunications capability" prior to reporting on whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. Issues include whether separate benchmarks should be established for fixed and wireless services and should be… Read more...