German regulator has opened a consultation on the scope and conditions of regulations on open access networks. Stakeholders can submit comments on the consultation in German either electronically or via post. The consultation is open until January 31, 2023. Read more...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a consultation paper on data communication services between aircraft and ground stations provided by organisations other than airports. The government has tasked TRAI to provide recommendations on an appropriate mechanism to regulate services using VHF data communication services. Secondly, TRAI has… Read more...

PolicyTracker spoke to NASA's lunar spectrum manager Catherine Sham about the challenges of wirelessly communicating data from lunar missions such as Artemis I. Read more...

Peru's Transport and Communications Ministry MTC has recently released plans to rearrange the 800 MHz band. The MTC wants to provide the band for the deployment of 4G services. There will be consultations related to the 800 MHz band plans starting in 2023. The provisional timeline has been outlined in… Read more...

Ofcom has launched a consultation on draft legislation of The Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2023. This would make changes to licence exemption rules regarding some Short Range Devices (SRDs), ITS, and remove the licence exemption for higher power wideband data transmission systems (“WBDTS”) in the 57-71 GHz band. The… Read more...

Update December 12, 2022 Ofcom has published a correction on December 8 after one stakeholder identified an error in the original paper's figures. The consultation on fees for the three bands remains open until January 12, 2023. July 25, 2022 UK regulator Ofcom has laid out its proposal for annual… Read more...

Put simply, a regulatory sandbox enables innovators to trial new products, services and business models in a real-world environment without some of the usual rules applying. They're used in many sectors and are now becoming increasingly popular in the spectrum world. According to the ITU’s 2022 Global Connectivity Report, nearly… Read more...

Spectrum managers around the world are increasingly embracing the concept of regulatory sandboxes to facilitate technology, product and service innovations and to support new business models. Regulatory sandboxes are also enabling policymakers to test new, more flexible, regulatory frameworks that are data-driven and informed by the outcomes of projects conducted… Read more...

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has allocated spectrum for 5G private networks in a move which also reveals more of its intentions for the wider 6 GHz band. Read more...

The world’s biggest broadcaster will soon move completely online, says the BBC director general, Tim Davie, with terrestrial TV and radio channels replaced by IP services. But how soon? Here he is vague—just saying we are in a “defining decade"—which implies that BBC terrestrial will either be on its way… Read more...