The UK regulator has published a consultation document outlining its proposals to to create temporary HDTV multiplexes using spectrum freed up for new uses by the analogue broadcast switch-off. Until now the band had been earmarked for wireless microphones and devices using white space technologies. The HDTV broadcasts would co-exist… Read more...

The Romanian regulator has issued a consultation concerning spectrum fees for television and radio broadcasters. The two-week long consultation began on Tuesday this week (January 28). Read more...

The Green Paper invites views on the "changing media landscape and borderless internet in particular on market conditions, interoperability and infrastructure, and implications for EU rules".  It includes some questions about spectrum, namely: (8)What frequency allocations and sharing models can facilitate development opportunities for broadcasting, mobile broadband and other applications… Read more...

The Australian government is seeking comment on its just-released green paper on how to best utilise the digital dividend spectrum freed up by the switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting. The government is looking for comments on potential uses of the spectrum,the benefits these uses could provide, and the cost… Read more...

Following a period of extensive research, the UK regulator has concluded that the potential impact of interference on DTT consumers from wireless broadband devices in the 800 MHz band is such that mitigating actions need to be taken. This consultation document sets out a framework of proposals that Ofcom thinks… Read more...

In previous statements Ofcom has said that licence-exempt cognitive devices using interleaved spectrum from the digital dividend should either sense the presence of other signals or  use a geolocation database to determine which spectrum was unused. In its July statement Ofcom put forward parameters for sensing but noted that further… Read more...

This report provides an overview of what cognitive radio is and how it works; compares approaches in the EU and the US; and identifies different regulatory frameworks in which it could operate. The RSPG also argues that a harmonised European approach will "exploit economies of scale and encourage industry investment".… Read more...

The FCC is reviewing various spectrum bands to see what spectrum could be repurposed for wireless broadband services. Following an earlier consultation, the regulator is seeking more specific data on the spectrum currently licensed to broadcast television stations, and exploring market-based mechanisms for broadcasters to contribute "any spectrum in excess… Read more...

The RSPG is seeking views on its draft work programme for 2010 before it is finalised. The draft includes: Drawing up the first Multiannual Radio Spectrum Policy Programme. Topics are likely to be technology neutrality, service neutrality, flexible spectrum management, promotion of spectrum trading and common policy objectives to improve spectrum efficiency. Common approaches to the… Read more...

The UK regulator is consulting stakeholders on what criteria should be used when holders of radio multiplex licences apply for renewal. Ofcom is also proposing to charge for the spectrum occupied by DAB broadcasters from the end of 2014 using Administered Incentive Pricing.  However, this is dependent on government policy… Read more...