Telecom regulator TRAI has launched a consultation on the spectrum needs of the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) for railway traffic control. NCRTC, a joint venture company of the Indian Government and the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi, has requested the Department of Transportation to allocate… Read more...

The UK regulator, Ofcom, is consulting on updating technical conditions for licences held by Vodafone and Telefónica. Ofcom is proposing to change some conditions for licences held by Vodafone in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2.1 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands. These changes will amend the licences with updated parameters… Read more...

Ofcom is proposing changes to the conditions for Short-Range Devices (SRDs) in the 5GHz, 24GHz and 900MHz bands used for Wi-Fi, transport and industrial applications. These changes include: An additional 20 MHz of spectrum in the 5GHz band for safety-related Intelligent Transport System (ITS) Liberalise the use of 5150 to… Read more...

The Swedish regulator, the PTS, is consulting on limiting the number of permits issued in each state in its upcoming award of the 900 MHz, 2.1 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands. You can find more details here (in Swedish). This consultation will be open for comment until May 25, 2022. Read more...

The Bahamian Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA)  is consulting on its mobile market review, which assesses the competitiveness of the mobile market in the country. [caption id="attachment_44309" align="alignleft" width="150"] Spectrum holdings of BTC and Aliv - Click to enlarge (Source: URCA)[/caption] As part of this document, the URCA compares… Read more...

The Swedish regulator, the PTS, has published a consultation on a coordination agreement reached with Denmark regarding the 900 MHz band. The agreement sets out that the band can be used without coordination if base stations do not produce more than a certain threshold of electromagnetic field strength. Further coordination… Read more...

Portugal’s regulator ANACOM has announced a consultation on a draft decision to harmonise the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. The move follows a decision by the European Commission on the harmonisation of these bands (Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/173). ANACOM says these harmonisation efforts will result in changes to the… Read more...

February 28, 2022: The PTS has now opened this consultation, which sets out a number of proposals for the planned award of the 900 MHz, 2.1 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands. This award is due to begin in September 2023. The regulator is considering a variety of rules for the… Read more...

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has published a consultation on proposed updates to RALI FX 22. RALI FX 22 sets out coordination arrangements for point-to-point services operating in the 800 MHz band. The ACMA is updating these rules to align them with recently updated guidelines for the 850/900… Read more...

January 4, 2021: TRAI has announced that it is extending this consultation. Comments are now be due by January 10, and reply comments are due by January 24. December 6, 2021: The Indian telecoms regulator, TRAI, has issued a consultation on its upcoming 5G spectrum auction. The consultation asks stakeholders… Read more...