Ofcom has published its draft annual plan for the coming financial year, and will hold a series of public meetings to hear people's feedback. The draft plan sets out Ofcom’s strategic purposes, proposed priorities and work programme for the 12 months from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016. Each meeting… Read more...

The Radio Spectrum Policy Group has launched a consultation on its draft Opinion on Common Policy Objectives for WRC-15. The final report is likely to strongly influence Europe's policy makers as they form a common position for WRC-15. The draft Opinion recommends that Member States support worldwide identification of the L-band and C-bands for… Read more...

German regulator BNetzA (Federal Network Agency) has launched a consultation on its proposed multiband auction. It is planning to auction spectrum in the 700, 900, 1500 and 1800 MHz bands. Current licences at 900 and 1800 MHz expire at the end of 2016. As well as the consultation paper (in… Read more...

The ECC's Working Group on Frequency Management has issued a consultation on ECC Report 218 on Broadband for Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) services.  This report sets out opinions on various aspects of the future deployment of wireless broadband technologies for PPDR. This includes the view that future networks… 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...

The government of New Zealand, having previously announced its plans for an auction of spectrum in the 700 MHz band, is now consulting on the auction format and implementation requirements. It is proposing to hold a "simplified" combinatorial clock auction. The government will reveal the reserve price for the spectrum… Read more...

New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is now inviting submissions on its “UHF Radiomicrophones: Opportunities for future use” discussion document. The discussion document presents future options for radiomicrophones using the 518–806 MHz UHF frequency range. This follows the government’s recent announcement that it plans to auction digital dividend… Read more...

The Portuguese regulator has launched a consultation in conjunction with the ERC (Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social, or Media Regulatory Authority) on the future of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in the country. ANACOM says its aim is to collect information for a “definition of measures to be taken within… Read more...

Industry Canada is seeking comments on the auction rules and format for 700 MHz, as well as the conditions for the licences in this band. It is currently proposing using a combinatorial clock auction format. Read more...

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has published a consultation paper on its mobile data strategy that identifies several bands it thinks can be used for mobile data. In particular, Ofcom says its priority is to consider the use of the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands, TV white spaces in the UHF broadcasting… Read more...