by Toby Youell
The Romanian regulator, ANCOM, has issued a consultation about its action plan for 2019. ANCOM's President, Sorin Grindeanu, said in a press release that its main project will be the the auction of the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1500 MHz, 2.6 GHz, and 3.4 - 3.6 GHz bands for 5G… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Bulgarian regulator, the CRC, has issued a consultation on its planned spectrum policy activities for the next three years. The draft plan is heavily informed by pan-EU spectrum policy. Read more...
by Toby Youell
South Africa's independent telecoms regulator, ICASA, is consulting on a draft roadmap for IMT (mobile broadband). ICASA has said that responses to the consultation will inform its future policies for the bands, including potential awards. The roadmap is intended to provide for greater mobile broadband coverage at lower prices. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The CEPT has issued draft ECC Report 295, which considers coexistence between Aeronautical Telemetry Systems and mobile Supplemental Downlink services at 1429 - 1518 MHz, to a public consultation. The draft Report provides guidance that could facilitate future mobile use of the band, which was identified for IMT at WRC-15… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The CEPT has issued draft ECC Report 299 to a public consultation. The draft Report provides potential measures that Administrations may consider to address potential interference to mobile earth stations operating adjacent to L-Band mobile systems at sea ports and airports. Read more...
by Catherine Viola
BIPT/IBPT consulted on the proposed regulatory framework for the 1427-1517 MHz frequency band. A consideration of the whole 1400 MHz band was prompted by the consultation published on 23 May 2017, which found a lack of interest in the more limited set of frequencies that had been proposed (1452-1492 MHz).… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
Switzerland's Federal Office of Communications has launched a consultation regarding the allocation of spectrum for mobile use in the 700 MHz, 1400 MHz and 3.6-3.8 GHz, which would become available by 2019. A single unused block (2x5 MHz) of 2.6 GHz would also be offered. In the 700 MHz band, 2x30 MHz… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The Belgian regulator has launched a wide-ranging consultation about the future use of a number of spectrum bands. It is inviting comments on the future of the 2G and 3G bands; the 700 MHz band; the L-band; 2.1 GHz frequencies not used by MNOs; the 2.3-2.4 GHz band; the 2.6… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The Belgian regulator has launched a wide-ranging consultation about the future use of a number of spectrum bands. It is inviting comments on the future of the 2G and 3G bands; the 700 MHz band; the L-band; 2.1 GHz frequencies not used by MNOs; the 2.3-2.4 GHz band; the 2.6… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
On June 30, the final report of a working group chaired by LightSquared and the United States Global Positioning System Industry Council (USGIC) was presented to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The report examined instances of interference from LightSquared's proposed LTE service in the satellite L-Band with GPS systems. The… Read more...