The Working Group for Spectrum Engineering, within the ECC, has issued Recommendation (14) 06 for public consultation. The document concerns Fixed Service Point-to-Point narrow channels in the guard bands and centre gaps of the lower and upper 6 GHz bands. The Recommendation acknowledges CEPT/ERC/Recommendations on the same subject, and contains annexes with relevant channeling… Read more...

Colombia's IT and communications ministry and the country's independent regulator ANE have jointly launched a 10-day consultation on its plans to auction 20 MHz in the 900 MHz band and 5 MHz in the 1900 MHz band. According to current plans, the spectrum licences will contain roll-out and roaming clauses. The document is available… Read more...

The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications has issued a consultation on its draft report on enabling the Internet of Things. The draft report includes a section concerning spectrum in which it invites National Regulatory Authorities to make spectrum available to support Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications in accordance with established… Read more...

The MCA has issued a consultation regarding its plan to migrate PMSE out of the 800 MHz band. The island state is planning on holding an auction of the 800 MHz band for IMT later this year, in order to comply with the EU's Radio Spectrum Policy Programme. Read more...

The Norwegian regulator has published a study conducted on its behalf by planning, modelling, measuring and regulation experts ATDI looking at the impact a future LTE network in the 790-862 MHz band might have on the digital terrestrial broadcast service in the 470-790 MHz band. The objective of the study… Read more...

French regulator ARCEP has launched a public consultation on the outlook for wireless local loop networks. The consultation seeks to examine the role that these networks play in the market for fixed and mobile broadband access to the Internet, the status of the industry and of technological developments in the… Read more...

The US regulator's Spectrum Task Force is inviting input to help develop a cohesive approach that maximises the terrestrial mobile broadband potential of parts of the 2 GHz band. It is particularly interested in comments on bands co-allocated for Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) at 2000 - 2020 MHz and 2180… Read more...

The Irish regulator has published a detailed consultation document which aims to provide regulatory certainty for wireless and fixed-line operators "facing critical investment and commercial decisions about how to confront the challenges that come with the advent of NGA". The consultation document draws on the recent publication by the European… Read more...

Brazil’s telecoms regulator Anatel is consulting on plans to sell licences for wireless broadband services in the 3.5 GHz band using WiMAX technology. Under the plan, companies that already have licences to operate in the 3.5 GHz and 10.5 GHz bands will be allowed to compete in the auction even… Read more...

The Australian regulator has issued a consultation on how to change its policy towards the 3.5 GHz band in order to accommodate international trends in the band's use. ACMA's preliminary view is that apparatus licensing in the 3.5 GHz band should be extended in order to achieve regulatory flexibility. However, the document also… Read more...