by Patrick Gahan
The UK regulator Ofcom has opened a consultation on proposed coverage obligations for licences in the 700 MHz band. The proposed obligations will require the winners of licences in paired 700 MHz spectrum to roll out improved mobile coverage in rural areas. According to Ofcom this equates to a requirement to… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
On 19 March 2018 El Salvador's telecommunication's regulator SIGET opened a public consultation regarding the planned assignment of spectrum in the 1900 MHz and AWS-1 bands. In all SiGET proposes to assign 140 MHz of spectrum in the two bands; 2x10 MHz in the 1900 MHz band between 1850-1860 MHz and 1930-1940 MHz… Read more...
by Martin Sims
The ITU study groups are getting close to completing the final reports which will form the bedrock of the WRC-19 agreement. Some consensus is emerging, notably on 5G bands and some satellite issues, as explained in a new PolicyTracker report. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
A major debate is taking shape for WRC-19 over concerns that mobile use of the popular 26 GHz band for 5G could cause harmful interference to earth exploration satellites in 23.6-24 GHz. The key is to get the emissions limits right, stakeholders say, with a significant gap between proposals from… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Only machine learning software can prevent a dramatic rise in the number of cases of interference between new satellites, according to the head of a group of senior engineers. Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
On February 26, 2018 India's TRAI opened a consultation regarding the provision of voice services over LTE networks. The consultation calls for feedback on a variety of issues regarding the quality of voice services delivered over LTE networks. The consultation was originally scheduled to end on March 16, 2018, however… Read more...
by Richard Handford
NTT Docomo, KDDI and Softbank have cautioned against an over-reliance on bid size when making spectrum awards, as the Japanese government mulls a shake-up in frequency assignments. Read more...
by Martin Sims
March 19, 2018 Policy Tracker can now confirm that the Danish Energy Agency has published a consultation on the auction of the 700 MHz, 900 MHz and 2300 MHz bands. The regulator proposes to auction the following spectrum: 2x30 MHz of the 700 MHz band between 703-733 MHz and 758-788 MHz. 20 MHz… Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
The Small Cell Forum has welcomed the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) pledge to change some of the rules that govern the deployment of small cells. Read more...
by Spectrum Research Service Blog
This Research Note focusses on satellite agenda items in WRC-19, principally the removal of a restriction on broadcasting-satellite services and improving spectrum access for movable earth stations and non-geostationary satellites. The USA, Canada and the Asian and European regional groupings support the removal of some of broadcasting-satellite service limitations but African… Read more...