by Toby Youell
The Belgian regulator, the IBPT, has issued a consultation on a draft bill and three draft royal decrees. These concern: the amount of the unique fee for the 3400-3800 MHz frequency band; the possibility for IBPT to extend 2G and 3G authorisations beyond the initially planned date of 15 March… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Brazilian regulator, ANATEL, has issued a consultation regarding its assignment of rights to communicate between Brazil and several orbital slots across several frequencies. The consultation will be open for 20 days. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The FCC has asked for comments on some of the issues raised during consultations concerning the 3.7 - 4.2 GHz band. The band is currently allocated to satellite downlinks, but the FCC is exploring ways of changing the rules of the band to allow its partial use for mobile broadband.… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Swedish regulator, the PTS, is seeking input following its preliminary study of the 3.8 - 4.2 GHz band. The regulator suspects the band is both under-used by the military; and has good prospects for future mobile harmonisation and as a source of spectrum for video PMSE. PTS welcomes comments… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Following a set of policy decisions for the 3450 - 3650 MHz band, ISED intends to start consulting on its policies for the 3650 - 3700 MHz and 3700 - 4200 MHz bands. Read more...
by Toby Youell
May 31, 2019 Update: The FCC's proposed rule will be published in the Federal Register on Monday June 3 here. This means that stakeholders can provide responses to the FCC's questions until July 3, while replies to these comments can be made until August 14. May 6, 2019 The FCC has… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on several proposals that would allow greater spectrum sharing. This includes allowing companies to make simple requests to Ofcom for spectrum access within specific locations across three bands: DECT Guard Band (1781.7 - 1785 MHz + 1876.7 - 1880 MHz), 2390… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US regulator, the FCC, has decided to extend the reply comment period for its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the 3.7 - 4.2 GHz band by two weeks. The NPRM concerned repurposing parts of the 3.7 - 4.2 GHz band from satellite to mobile usage, as well as… Read more...