CEPT is seeking feedback on draft revision of Recommendation T/R 25-08 which considers the planning criteria and coordination of frequencies for land mobile systems in the range 29.7-470 MHz.   Read more...

CEPT is currently running a consolation on  draft report 283which examines the impact of introducing LTE technology for private mobile radio (PMR) public access mobile radio (PAMR) mobile fixed communication network (MFCN) (with channel bandwidth of 1.4 MHz, 3 MHz and 5 MHz) and  machine to machine/internet of things (M2M/IoT)  in… Read more...

Despite its title, this consultation is an opportunity for stakeholders in the Portuguese market to comment not just on 700 MHz but also 450 MHz, 900 MHz, 1500 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.6 GHz, 3.6 GHz and 26 GHz. This is part of the country's preparation for 5G and has been… Read more...

Poland's UKE has opened a public consultation on auctioning spectrum in the 450 MHz band. The UKE intends to sell the frequencies between  452.5-457.5 MHz and 462.5-467.5 MHz before June 1 2018.  The licence on offer will cover the whole country and be valid until May 31, 2033.  However,  the… Read more...

The Slovakian Office for the Regulation of Electronic Communications (NRR) has called for feedback on the future use of frequencies in the 450 MHz band in preparation for a future allocation of spectrum in the 450 MHz band. A licence for a single 2×4.42 MHz block had previously been held by Slovak Telekom,… Read more...

Polish regulator UKE has launched a consultation on the tender for awarding spectrum in the 450 MHz band. This comes after Orange Poland refused to extend its licence for those frequencies because too high a price was required for the spectrum. The frequency ranges are 452.5125 - 457.0125 MHz and… Read more...

Polish regulator UKE has opened a consultation on the draft decision to extend Orange Poland's licence for frequencies in the 450 MHz band. The new licence will be valid from 1 January 2017 until the end of 2031 and will cost PLN 115 million (€26.6 million). Read more...

The Romanian regulator has launched a consultation on the use of the 410 and 450 MHz bands. The 450 MHz spectrum in question was used by Telemobil until March 2013, and Telekom Romania held the 410 MHz frequencies until the end of 2014. Ancom is now looking at harmonising use… Read more...

This report aims to investigate the impact of introducing LTE technology into Broadband PPDR within the 410-430 MHz and 450-470 MHz bands.  It includes several impact analyses and simulations on most legacy systems in operation (for those sub-bands) and also for most systems in operation for the adjacent bands. The report… Read more...

The ECC's Working Group on Frequency Management has issued a consultation on ECC Report 218 on Broadband for Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) services.  This report sets out opinions on various aspects of the future deployment of wireless broadband technologies for PPDR. This includes the view that future networks… Read more...