by Toby Youell
August 28, 2019 Slovakia's regulator has issued a consultation on its planned award of the 700 MHz, 900 MHz, 1400 MHz, and 1800 MHz bands. Comments can be made on these proposals until September 16. July 8, 2019 Slovakia's Office for the Regulation of Electronic Communications and Postal Services (RA)… Read more...
by Toby Youell
WRC-23 could consider potential IMT identifications in the 3300–3800 MHz and 7025–7125 MHz bands under potential common positions from several regional groups. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Bangladesh's regulator, the BTRC, has issued a consultation on its proposal to unify the country's mobile spectrum licences. This would involve establishing a new expiry date for all licences of 2033, and adjusting the spectrum fees accordingly. The documents are available here, while an explanation in English is available here.… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Brazil's regulator, ANATEL, has decided to issue a consultation on the 5150 - 5350 MHz band. ANATEL will propose to simplify rules for the band. The consultation will be open for 45 days after it has been published in Brazil's Federal Register. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
PolicyTracker has interviewed Sébastien Soriano, head of French regulator Arcep. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Ajit Pai, chair of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has set out the country’s priorities for the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19). The event is to be held from this October in Egypt. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Romanian regulator ANCOM has released the draft terms of its 5G contest, with plans to allocate spectrum in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1500 MHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.4-3.8 GHz bands this year. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Not only will 5G require more spectrum to support the huge increases in data traffic, but these demands will vary greatly in different times and places and use cases, according to a new report from ABI Research. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Winners in Hong Kong’s 3.5 GHz auction later this year must pay HK$20,000 ($2,500) for every satellite SMATV system that needs protection from 5G signals. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
With commercial interest growing in small satellites, WRC-19 will consider several spectrum-related issues. Other activities affecting the sector are also ongoing. Read more...