Head of Spectrum Management at the Croatian regulator HAKOM Danijel Vidaković says after years of interference issues, Italy has stopped broadcasting in the 700 MHz bands and 470-694 MHz bands along the border of both countries. Read more...

The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) in the UAE has launched a consultation on the current use and future expectations for automated spectrum management systems. The authority is seeking views from stakeholders on how this will reflect on the spectrum management in the country. TDRA is holding meetings… Read more...

The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate is seeking to make changes to the distribution mechanism in the National Frequency Plan regarding the public access mobile radio (PAMR) band between 453.26875 – 454.76875 MHz and 463.26875 – 464.76875 MHz. The consultation is on a proposal to adjust the distribution… Read more...

The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is seeking comments on the filings from Departments of Transportation in the State of Florida and State of Gerogia, and State of Maryland State Highway Administration. Each authority is requesting a waiver of the FCC's rules to operate roadside unites with cellular vehicle… Read more...

The Dutch Ministry is seeking comments on a draft decision to adjust the use of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band for mobile network use. The proposed changes to the National Frequency Plan 2014 will apply to frequencies between 3400 MHz to 3800 MHz. Stakeholders can submit their views on… Read more...

The Croatian regulator HAKOM has released a consultation on the rights to use RF spectrum in six frequency bands. These are 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2600 MHz and 3600 MHz. Another consultation, which runs at the same time, proposes an amendment of the licence conditions to… Read more...

Despite the demise of Loon's balloons in January 2021, industry and government support for the development of High-Altitude Platform Stations, or HAPS, continues. There is broad interest in this connectivity solution; a new layer or architecture – between terrestrial and satellite networks – to deliver commercial communications services, particularly in… Read more...

The International Telecommunications Union explicitly recognises High-Altitude Platform Stations, or HAPS, as an application of a service and has progressively identified a range of spectrum bands for use by HAPS in the fixed service and by HIBS in the mobile service. WRC-23 is particularly focused on examining new spectrum resources… Read more...

High-Altitude Platform Station, or HAPS, systems represent a new layer – between terrestrial and satellite networks – to deliver commercial connectivity solutions. Management systems for the coexistence of multiple different platforms in the stratosphere is making very slow progress and in the absence of a regulatory framework, operation of HAPS… Read more...

Four years after the first Huawei bans were announced, the company’s market share in the west is shrinking more slowly than expected. Read more...