Ofcom has issued another consultation concerning the annual licence fees it wishes to set for the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. The regulator wishes to increase the total fees for the band from £64.5 million to £246.8 million.  These calculations are now based on an Annual Licence Fee of £1.57 million… Read more...

On June 30, the final report of a working group chaired by LightSquared and the United States Global Positioning System Industry Council (USGIC) was presented to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The report examined instances of interference from LightSquared's proposed LTE service in the satellite L-Band with GPS systems. The… Read more...

The French agency that regulates spectrum used for broadcasting, the CSA, has issued a consultation on the upcoming repurposing of the 700 MHz band. It invites views from all those with a stake in the use of the 700 MHz band. The consultation runs in parallel with a separate consultation undertaken by… Read more...

The United Arab Emirates' spectrum regulator, TRA, has issued a consultation concerning proposed changes to the way it regulates spectrum for Maritime Radio. These changes follow a benchmarking study of other regulatory frameworks that was undertaken by LS telcom. Read more...

This report aims to investigate the impact of introducing LTE technology into Broadband PPDR within the 410-430 MHz and 450-470 MHz bands.  It includes several impact analyses and simulations on most legacy systems in operation (for those sub-bands) and also for most systems in operation for the adjacent bands. The report… Read more...

Australian regulator ACMA has published a discussion paper that investigates the potential use of the 1.5 GHz band for mobile broadband services. The paper is intended to gather information and industry views on the suitability of options for the potential replanning of the 1.5 GHz mobile band for mobile broadband. The regulator… Read more...

Singapore's regulator is holding a consultation on its plans to hold a multiband spectrum in which a quarter of the spectrum will be set aside for a new entrant. The regulator's new plans follow a consultation last year in which the regulator asked industry for its opinions on holding a… Read more...

Romania's telecoms regulator has launched a consultation proposing a minimum price of €12.58 million for all the available spectrum in the 3.4-3.8 GHz band. The plan is to allocate 16 5-MHz blocks of paired spectrum at 3.4-3.6 GHz and 36 5-MHz blocks of unpaired spectrum at 3.6-3.8 GHz. The reserve… Read more...

The UK regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on its planned auction of 190 MHz in the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands. The consultation is part of the Public Sector Spectrum Release programme, which concerns a 40 MHz block in the 2.3 GHz band, and 150 MHz of spectrum in the… Read more...

Singapore's regulator has launched a consultation on its plans to auction spectrum in the 1800 MHz, 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz bands. Although it does not specify when the auction could take place, the IDA does say that bidders who secure at least 30 MHz in the latter two bands… Read more...