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The Bulgarian regulator has issued a consultation on its proposal to assign 2 x 18.4 MHz in the 1800 MHz band. The document also asks stakeholders for their opinions on technology neutrality in the 1800 MHz band and in other bands, as well as for opinions on which bands should be assigned… Read more...
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Update: March 17, 2014: The deadline has been extended to April 30. In an advertisement for the consultation, the authority says that there shall be no further extensions. Update: February 10, 2014: The deadline has been extended by a day to April 1. February, 2014 The Trinidad and Tobago regulator has… Read more...
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Ofcom has issued another consultation in its ongoing effort to set the annual licence fees that mobile operators have to pay for 900 MHz and 1800 MHz band licences. The update takes into account the results of the recent German multiband spectrum auction that concluded last month, which included both… Read more...
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The FCC has issued a consultation regarding its technical understanding prior to the incentive auction next year and its methodology for predicting interference from LTE to DTV. The document sets out the assumptions that the FCC has made during their tests. Read more...
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The UK regulator has set out proposals to make additional spectrum available for Transportable Earth Stations (TES). These are mainly used by satellite news gathering organisations to provide live and breaking news stories. TES currently uses Ku band at 13.78 to 14.5 GHz. The additional bands are C Band at… Read more...
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The UK regulator is proposing to implement changes in regulations necessary to comply with the European Commission Decision of April 21, 2009 (the UWB Amendment Decision). It allows for the use of UWB equipment in the 4.2 - 4.8 GHz band in a harmonised way throughout the EU. The EU… Read more...
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The Irish regulator is consulting on the release and assignment of rights of use of spectrum in the 800 MHz band (the digital dividend, which will be available in early 2013) and the 900 MHz band. A total of 130 MHz of prime sub-1 GHz spectrum will be available on… Read more...
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The UK regulator is proposing to advertise a new Additional Service licence using spare capacity on the Classic FM frequencies in the VHF band. There is a current licence in this band used to transmit traffic and road travel information to in-car navigation devices. This expires on December 31, 2011.… Read more...
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The Australian regulator is seeking comment on a discussion paper it has issued on technical and policy issues associated with the reallocation of the 700 MHz band of digital dividend spectrum. The paper provides both a roadmap setting out the ACMA's planned process for reallocation of the band once digital… Read more...
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The US regulator has published a lengthy "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" which proposes several measures to increase the potential for sharing between terrestrial and satellite services in the 37.5 to 42.5 GHz V Band. A second proposal envisages deleting the Broadcasting Satellite Service (BSS) allocation in the 42.0 to 42.5… Read more...