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An influential committee of MPs in the UK has launched a new inquiry into spectrum. It is inviting written submissions and requesting views on issues including the following: whether Ofcom's proposed method of spectrum allocation promotes, or hinders, competition in the provision of mobile broadband serviceswhether the upcoming auction can… Read more...
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In a comprehensive 290-page consultation document on proposed rulemaking, the FCC suggests ways to streamline and modernise its universal service and intercarrier compensation policies in order to bring affordable wired and wireless broadband to all US citizens and particularly the 24 million who currently have no access at all. The… Read more...
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France's regulator has launched a public consultation on the terms and methods for lifting the GSM-only restriction attached to 1800 MHz band frequency licences. At the time of writing, the consultation document is only available in French. Bouygues Telecom, the licence holder in the band, has applied to ARCEP for… Read more...
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Update: 23 July: ComReg has extended the consultation period by two weeks until Friday 8 August. The regulator says that this decision follows a request received from an interested party. 27 June: The Irish regulator, ComReg, has issued a consultation concerning the liberalisation of the paired 2 GHz band. The proposal implements… Read more...
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Ofcom has announced they are accepting comments for their proposed Annual Plan for 2016/2017, which is to be published in March 2016. Their main objectives for this plan are ‘to promote competition and ensure that markets work effectively for consumers; to secure standards and improve quality; and to protect consumers… Read more...
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The FCC has issued a Public Notice on further details for its planned incentive auction of the 600 MHz band. The auction is currently planned to take place at the beginning of 2016, but the FCC must first overcome legal challenges from some broadcasters, and dissent from its own Republican Commissioners The… Read more...
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The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), initiating a fresh look at its mobile spectrum holding policies given the changes in technology, spectrum availability, and the mobile marketplace since the last comprehensive review of these rules more than a decade ago. In recent years, large and small wireless… Read more...
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The UK regulator is consulting on proposed changes to its regulations to allow spectrum trading in certain maritime and satellite bands without the need to first get permission from Ofcom, as is the case at present. This would allow licensees the flexibility to transfer unused and underused spectrum to third… Read more...
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The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the United Arab Emirates has launched a consultation on four regulatory instruments. The instruments relate to fixed telephone services, aeronautical radio service, maritime radio service and private mobile radio service. Read more...
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The US regulator is seeking comment on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking aimed at significantly advancing communications interoperability for the country's first responders. According to the FCC proposal document, the order supports the build out of robust, secure and dedicated mobile broadband networks enabling public safety broadband users to share… Read more...