by Toby Youell
Europe's technical authority, the ECC, is proposing to revise annexes to an ERC Decision regarding the harmonised introduction of satellite personal communication systems operating in the bands below 1 GHz. The draft revisions to annexes 1 and 2 of ERC DEC (99)06 are available for public comment until January 7,… Read more...
by Toby Youell
June 2, 2020: IFT has announced that it will resume business on July 1, which means that this consultation will close on August 3. May 4, 2020 This consultation has been further extended until June 18. The delay responds to the COVID-19 pandemic. March 24, 2020 The IFT has extended… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Australian regulator, the ACMA, has issued a consultation about how it should be address spectrum licences for the 20.2 - 21.2 GHz and 30 - 31 GHz bands. The licences expire in April 2021 but the Department of Defence has indicated it needs to keep using the bands. The… Read more...
by Toby Youell
April 30, 2020: The deadline for public comment on this document has been extended until May 29. This extension is due to the COVID-19 pandemic. March 2, 2020 The New Zealand government department responsible for spectrum, the RSM, is seeking public comment on policy for the 1700 - 2300 MHz.… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Europe's technical authority, the Electronic Communications Committee, has issued a draft report on M2M/IoT operation via satellite to a public consultation. Draft ECC Report 305 would focus on how satellite based solutions contribute to the M2M/IoT ecosystem as well as the spectrum requirements and resources available for the development of… Read more...
by Toby Youell
February 15, 2019: This consultation is now scheduled to be published in the Federal Register here on Tuesday 19 February. Comments will be be due on April 5. November 20, 2018 The FCC has made a series of proposals designed to address the growing problem of space debris. Comments are due 45… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US telecoms regulator, the FCC, has published a consultation in the Federal Register that proposes to harmonise the rules for Digital Broadcast Satellite Services at 12.2 - 12.7 GHz and 17.3 - 17.8 GHz with those that are applicable to geostationary-orbit Fixed Satellite Service systems. Comments on these proposals… Read more...
by Toby Youell
January 31, 2019: The proposed rules have now been published in the Federal Register here. Comments are due on March 18, 2019, and replies to those comments are due on April 16, 2019. November 20, 2018 The FCC has decided to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would simplify satellite… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The FCC is proposing to allow Earth Stations in Motion (ESIMs) to use non-geostationary orbit satellites in the majority of the Ku and Ka bands. This follows an earlier decision to allow ESIMs to use these bands for communications with geo-stationary orbit satellites. A PolicyTracker article about this consultation is available here.… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Brazilian regulator ANATEL has issued a consultation on its proposal to assign the 3400 - 3600 MHz band in 10 MHz blocks for TDD mobile broadband services, including 5G. Read more...