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The Brunei telecoms regulator is consulting on the early release of the 1800 MHz band for LTE as other candidate bands such as 700 MHz and 2.6 GHz will not be cleared for some time. The AICT is consulting on how much of the 2 x 70 MHz available should… Read more...
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Ofcom has issued a Call For Inputs (CFI) concerning the future of UHF bands 1 and 2 (420 - 470 MHz). The CFI is part of an ongoing strategic review in to the band, whose future is perceived as being uncertain, and the CFI is part of an effort by Ofcom to… Read more...
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The UK regulator has launched a consultation on the future use of the 700 MHz band. In its UHF strategy statement, published in November 2012, Ofcom explained the steps it intends to take to increase mobile broadband capacity by drawing on the 700 MHz frequency band, which is currently used… Read more...
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The ECC's Working Group on Spectrum Engineering (WGSE) has put ECC Report 211 out for public consultation. The report considers how changes in mobile use are creating asymmetries between uplink and downlink on mobile networks. It concluded that national spectrum authorities may need to have their assignment powers upgraded in… Read more...
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The Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) has now completed its draft opinion on the digital dividend and is seeking comments from stakeholders. The group's key objective has been supporting the realisation of a digital dividend on a technology and service neutral basis, taking into account the potential benefits of an… Read more...
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The UK regulator is consulting on a variety of telecoms and broadcast issues, including the proposed auctioning of spectrum in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands. Ofcom plans to have the spectrum awarded by 2012/13 with effective co-existence measures allowing the deployment of next generation services in place by… 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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This consultation invites comment on the current UK views on the range of items to be discussed at WRC-15, including mobile broadband, maritime, aeronautical, satellite and science use of spectrum. Read more...
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The Jamaican spectrum regulator is consulting on its policy paper that calls for an aggregate spectrum cap ahead of its 700 MHz auction for mobile services. The regulator intends to impose an aggregate cap of 80 MHz for operators bidding in the forthcoming auction. The cap covers all mobile spectrum… Read more...