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The Brunei telecoms regulator is consulting on the early release of the 1800 MHz band for LTE as other candidate bands such as 700 MHz and 2.6 GHz will not be cleared for some time. The AICT is consulting on how much of the 2 x 70 MHz available should… Read more...
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The US regulator is proposing to auction 16 regional licences in the 700 MHz band which were offered in the main auction for the band, Auction 73, and remained unsold or were licences on which a winning bidder defaulted. Comment is sought on a range of auction issues including the… Read more...
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The UK regulator has launched a consultation on the future spectrum requirements for mobile broadband and the set of potential frequency ranges which could be considered at WRC-15. Ofcom will be putting the UK's point of view at the meeting and one of the critical issues up for discussion is… Read more...
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The irish regulator is looking for stakeholders comments on the range of potential uses for the 2.6 GHz band. Although the subject of an EC Decision, the majority of the band, 144 of 190 MHz, is already in use for Multipoint Microwave Distribution System (MMDS). Providing competition for consumers in… Read more...
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The UK regulator is consulting on a variety of telecoms and broadcast issues, including the proposed auctioning of spectrum in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands. Ofcom plans to have the spectrum awarded by 2012/13 with effective co-existence measures allowing the deployment of next generation services in place by… Read more...
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Britain's communications ministry and seven other major government departments have issued a document proposing ways of identifying and releasing at least 500 MHz of sub-5 GHz public sector spectrum over the next 10 years. The document reveals five bands which have been identified as suitable for further investigation, and sets… Read more...
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The Moldovan regulator is consulting stakeholders on a draft decision approving special licence conditions for the use of radio frequencies in the 2.6 GHz band. ANRCETI is proposing to issue three licences of 2 x 20 MHz each to the country's three mobile network operators, Orange, Moldcell and Moldtelecom, for… Read more...
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Ofcom has received requests from Urban Wimax Limited and Cable & Wireless UK to vary their 28 GHz Broadband Fixed Wireless Access (BFWA) licences by extending the duration of the licences indefinitely beyond the current expiry date of December 31, 2015. In the consultation document, Ofcom says it is appropriate and… Read more...
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The Irish regulator has decided to include the 1800 MHz band in a single auction with the 800 MHz and 900 MHz band and explains its reasons in some detail in the consultation document. At present, three MNOs each have 2 x 14.4 MHz blocks with two licences expiring in… Read more...
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This consultation invites comment on the current UK views on the range of items to be discussed at WRC-15, including mobile broadband, maritime, aeronautical, satellite and science use of spectrum. Read more...