by Toby Youell
The Australian regulator, the ACMA, has issued a consultation on its options for the 3.7 - 4.2 GHz band; and the regulator has now extended the consultation closing date from 2 September to 16 September 2020, in response to stakeholder requests. It notes that the band is suitable for mobile… Read more...
by Toby Youell
US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is under political pressure to deliver a 3.7—3.98 GHz band auction by the end of this year, but this could be frustrated by a threatened lawsuit from small earth station operators. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The FCC is consulting on a request it has received from Tesla for a waiver that would allow it to use the 60 - 64 GHz band for in-vehicle sensing applications. Comments on this request are due by September 21, while replies to those comments are due by October 19. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The FCC is consulting on a request it has received from Bosch asking for a waiver from FCC rules so it can market a ultra-wideband wall imaging system. Comments on this request are due by September 21, while replies to those comments are due by October 19. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Spectrum sharing is nothing new. As a new research note on the subject points out, the ITU's Radio Regulations have long conceived of primary, co-primary, and secondary allocations. But sharing is nevertheless driving a lot of the spectrum policy agenda at the moment. We identify several reasons for this: New… Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Four out of the five participants were successful in Luxembourg’s first spectrum auction, paying a total of €41.3 million. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
Today's Spectrum Sharing in Asia webinar was a fascinating discussion and yielded some important insights, including: India's plans to update its spectrum sharing regulations South Korea's "clean zone" initiative to protect satellite services in mid-band spectrum Satellite industry concern about sharing C-band in Asian countries Watch a recording of this… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Australian regulator, the ACMA, is proposing to introduce area-wide apparatus licences in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands. This complements its work to auction licences for the frequencies. These licences are intended to allow industry to build-out small-scale private networks for applications like healthcare and manufacturing. It is… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Belgian regulator has issued a consultation on its draft decision to approve a request to amend a temporary licence in the 3.5 GHz band so as to include the 3410 - 3510 MHz band in the North Sea. The consultation is open to public comment until September 16. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The German regulator, BNetzA, has issued a consultation about how it should re-assign spectrum in the 800 MHz, 1800 MHz, and 2.6 GHz bands when current licences expire at the end of 2025. The consultation will inform a subsequent comprehensive review of options undertaken by BNetzA. The initial consultation, referred… Read more...