by Dugie Standeford
Several recent spectrum auctions have used formats that differ significantly from traditional versions. Are these designs weird, or do they simply reflect changing thinking about the policy and regulatory objectives of spectrum assignments? Read more...
by Toby Youell
New Zealand's Radio Spectrum Management government department has issued a consultation on technical principles for future licences in this band. According to the proposals, the 3410 - 3800 MHz band will be assigned for Time Division Duplex systems that are synchronised according to a 5G-specific frame structure developed by a… Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
The director of spectrum at Sweden's regulator, Jonas Wessel, who also chairs the EU advisory body the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG), told delegates at the 14th Annual European Spectrum Management Conference that there was “very limited demand” for the 26 GHz range. Read more...
by Toby Youell
July 1, 2019 The NPRM will be published in the Federal Register on July 2 here. Comments are due by August 31, while replies to those comments are due by October 29. June 10, 2019 The FCC will issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to a public consultation. The NPRM… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Canada plans to make spectrum available for 5G in the 3.5 GHz, 3.8 GHz and millimetre wave (mmWave) bands in the next three years. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The FCC has announced that it is taking comments on whether or not it should initiate a rulemaking on making available a portion of the 40 - 41 MHz band for amateur services on a secondary basis. This responds to a petition from REC Networks, that advocates the band's use… Read more...
by Richard Handford
Taiwan, one of the Asian countries where 3.5 GHz is more readily available, wants to auction spectrum in that band and the 28 GHz band before the end of 2019—sooner than previously planned. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has issued a consultation on its proposal to develop a new type of transmitter and receiver licence. The area-wide apparatus licence (AWL) type would provide more flexibility for stakeholders by allowing the operation of one or more radiocommunication devices within a defined area.… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Numerous regulatory, technical and standards activities are focused on unlicensed use of 6 GHz spectrum. Wi-Fi and cellular operators are interested in exploiting opportunities in the band. Key sticking points in debates around the future use of 6 GHz are: the robustness of interference studies offered by opposing stakeholders and… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Czech regulator has issued its draft tender documents for this award to a public consultation. Comments on the documents, which are also available in English, are due by July 26. Read more...