The Australian regulator, the ACMA, is proposing to introduce area-wide apparatus licences in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands. This complements its work to auction licences for the frequencies. These licences are intended to allow industry to build-out small-scale private networks for applications like healthcare and manufacturing. It is… Read more...

July 23, 2020: This consultation will be published in the Federal Register on July 24 here. It will be available for public comment until August 23, while replies to those comments are due by September 22. May 14, 2020 The FCC has agreed to issue a consultation about allowing Earth… Read more...

The Australian communications regulator, the ACMA, has issued its draft five-year spectrum outlook 2020-24 to a public consultation. The document includes how it intends to: revise and update its forward allocation plan plan for private long-term evolution networks explore new bands for monitoring set out a detailed work plan for… Read more...

Europe's technical authority, the ECC, is proposing to amend its rules for ESIMs. These new rules are set out in a draft revision to ECC Decision (15)04. That decision concerns the harmonised use, free circulation and exemption from individual licensing of Land, Maritime and Aeronautical Earth Stations On Mobile Platforms… Read more...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is seeking comment on potential spectrum caps for the upcoming auctions of the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands. The consultation is open for public comment until March 27. Read more...

Chile's regulator, Subtel, has issued a consultation about its plans for four separate auctions to assign several bands. These are: 150 MHz of spectrum between 3.3 GHz and 3.65 GHz, available in 10 MHz blocks; 800 MHz of spectrum in the 28 GHz band, split into two 400 MHz blocks;… Read more...

Romania's regulator, ANCOM, has issued its draft Action Plan for 2020 for a public consultation. The draft document includes its plans to auction the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1500 MHz, 2.6 GHz, 3.4 - 3.6 GHz bands in the first half of 2020. It also discusses the proposed extension of… Read more...

The FCC is consulting on submitted long-form applications for licences in the 24 GHz and 28 GHz bands. These licences follow the FCC's auctions of these bands, which concluded earlier in 2019. The FCC believes these applications are acceptable for filing, but there is an opportunity for petitions to deny… Read more...

Myanmar's Ministry of Transport and Communications Posts and Telecommunications Department (PTD) has issued a consultation on planned spectrum releases for the coming years. The plans include a multiband spectrum auction in 2020 that would include frequencies in the 2.3 GHz, 2.6 GHz, 3.3 - 3.8 GHz, and 26 GHz bands.… Read more...

Taiwan's regulator, the NCC, plans to consult on its auction of the 1800 MHz, 3.5 GHz, and 28 GHz bands. The consultation period for this award will be shortened so it can hold the award by the end of the year. The auction will include 20 MHz in the 1800… Read more...