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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...
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Industry Canada has issued a consultation concerning its intention to auction residual blocks of the 700 MHz and AWS-3 bands this August. The licences available cover Yukon, the Northwest Territoris, Nunavut, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. These licences were unsold during Industry Canada's auctions of the 700 MHz and AWS-3 bands in… Read more...
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Italy's telecoms regulator has released a consultation document for what it describes as its "big auction" of 300 MHz of spectrum. This includes both the digital dividend 800 MHz band and the 2.6 GHz band, which several other countries have grouped together for a 4G auction, as well as new… Read more...
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The Irish regulator has decided to include the 1800 MHz band in a single auction with the 800 MHz and 900 MHz band and explains its reasons in some detail in the consultation document. At present, three MNOs each have 2 x 14.4 MHz blocks with two licences expiring in… Read more...
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The Belgian regulator has published a consultation document with its proposals for the allocation and use of the 800 MHz band together with a study commissioned from an independent consultant. A number of recommendations have been made in the study including: the number of blocks of spectrum to be auctioned… Read more...
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The Georgian telecoms regulator has launched a consultation on its proposals to change the regulations governing spectrum licences. The GNCC aims to boost competition in the mobile sector, particularly in wireless broadband. The proposals discuss: (a) changed approaches to allocated frequencies for mobile service, caused by the introduction of mobile broadband… Read more...
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Belgian telecoms regulator BIPT has requested stakeholders for comments on Federal Minister Vincent van Quickenbome's plan to alter laws and royal decrees relating to GSM and UMTS licenses. The Minister proposes to extend the three existing operators' GSM licenses from the end of 2015 to the start of 2021. A… Read more...
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The Canadian regulator's parent body is inviting comments on its proposals for a policy and technical framework to auction spectrum in the 698 - 806 MHz band. There will be a separate consultation on the 2500 - 2690 GHz band and stakeholders' views are also sought on whether government measures… Read more...
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The Office of the Telecommunications Authority of Hong Kong has issued a consultation paper to solicit public views on the proposed auction of spectrum in the 850 MHz, 900 MHz and 2 GHz bands. Under the proposal, one frequency block of 2 x 5 MHz in the 850 MHz band,… Read more...
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The US regulator is consulting stakeholders on the proposed auction procedures for the May 25, 2010 auction of paging bands licenses. A total of 9,603 paging licenses are to be auctioned, 7.752 in the lower paging bands (35 to 36 MHz, 43 to 44 MHz, 152 to 159 MHz, 454… Read more...