The OUR has issued a consultation aimed at determining how 2.6 GHz spectrum might be made available for use in Guernsey. An auction is one option but the regulator has said they do not favour this and has put forward other alternatives. Responses must be submitted by 9 April 2010. Read more...

Update - November 6: The deadline for submissions to the consultation has been extended to November 14. October The Icelandic telecommunications authority has issued a consultation over its future regulation of the 2.6 GHz band. The band is currently used for Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Services (MMDS) but the licences for… Read more...

CEPT's European Communications Committee (ECC) has published a draft decision on the harmonised use of 1452-1492 MHz for mobile/fixed communications networks supplemental downlink (MFCN SDL). Following a two-week notification phase, during which time the text may be amended, the draft decision will proceed to a public consultation lasting at least… Read more...

Canada's spectrum authority has launched a consultation on proposals for all the elements required to licence 50 MHz of AWS-3 spectrum. The key elements being proposed are: two paired blocks to be made available for licensing on a Tier 2 basis, one 30 MHz block at the lower end of the band and… Read more...

The European Commission is consulting stakeholders with the aim of opening up the TDD portions of the 2/2.1GHz band to services and technologies other than the UMTS it is reserved for at present. While the FDD portions of the band are used throughout Europe for 3G mobile services, the TDD… Read more...

The CTO has published a consultation document containing its proposals for amended auction rules following the cancellation of the 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2.6 GHz auction last month. As the bidding in the 800 Mhz band drove prices too high in the previous auction, the regulator says, it now… Read more...

Europe's technical authority has issued Draft ECC Report 237 to a public consultation. The document proposes to prevent harmful interference to land-based mobile networks from Mobile Communications on board Vessels systems by changing some of the latter's system parameters. Read more...

Europe technical authority, the ECC, has issued a consultation on a proposed amendment to the document that governs the use of the 2.6 GHz band for mobile broadband. The ECC's proposed amendment concerns the withdrawal of Decision (02)06, which is now considered superfluous as Decision (05)05 incorporates content from the… Read more...

Europe's technical authority has issued a consultation concerning guidance on how mobile broadband and PMSE users can both use the 2.3 GHz band under a Licensed Shared Access system. This system is set out in draft ECC Recommendation (15)04. Read more...

The Moldovan regulator, the ANRCETI, has issued a consultation on its intention to hold an auction of a total of 49.6 MHz of technology-neutral spectrum in the 2100 MHz band.  According to consultation documents issued by the regulator, two licences will be made available during the auction. One of them… Read more...