Europe's technical authority, the Electronic Communications Committee, has issued a consultation about its proposed update to a recommendation about non-safety Intelligent Transport Systems at 5855 - 5875 MHz. The update would take into account recently approved reports and would recommend that regulators communicate national implementations to other European countries. Comments… Read more...

Europe's technical authority, the Electronic Communications Committee, has issued its draft revision of ECC/DEC/(08)01 to a public consultation. The draft revisions would, among other things, expand the designation from 5875 - 5925 MHz to 5875 - 5935 MHz and would take into account urban rail mass transport systems. Comments must… Read more...

Europe's technical authority, the Electronic Communications Committee, has issued a draft decision on Ku-Band Earth Stations in Motion to a public consultation. Draft ECC Decision (19)04 would designate the frequency band 12.75-13.25 GHz for the use by ESIMs on-board aircraft operating to GSO FSS networks and NGSO FSS systems, and… Read more...

Europe's technical authority, the Electronic Communications Committee, has issued draft ECC Report 304 to a public consultation. The report concerns advanced technologies for fixed GSO FSS earth stations in the 27.5-29.5 GHz band Comments must be sent by August 27, 2019 to Jaime Afonso at PublicConsultation@eco.cept.org. Read more...

The European technical authority, the ECC, has issued its draft revision of ECC Report 217 to a public consultation. The draft revisions will consider aeronautical Earth Stations In Motion (ESIMs) at 17.3 - 20.2 GHz, 27.5 - 29.1 GHz and 29.5 - 30 GHz, in addition to the land and… Read more...

The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) is calling for input on what regulatory aspects it should consider when drafting a report on the impact of 5G on regulation and the role of regulation in enabling the 5G ecosystem. A working group has already identified some regulatory aspects,… Read more...

Latvia's regulator has issued a consultation on its plans to auction the 1432 - 1492 MHz band before January 2021. Responses must be submitted to the Public Utilities Commission (SPRK) by September 4. Read more...

Romania's regulator, ANCOM, has issued a consultation on its plans to auction the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, L-Band, 2.6 GHz, and 3.4 - 3.8 GHz bands. The regulator has made available a number of documents for public comment concerning the auction, including licence fees. The consultation is open until September… Read more...

The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs may issue a consultation regarding its plans to auction the 700 MHz, 1400 MHz, and 2.1 GHz bands. PolicyTracker understands the recommended auction model could be an SMRA-Clock hybrid. The consultation will likely be in Q4 2019, while the auction itself could start in Q2… Read more...

The French regulator, ARCEP, has issued a consultation on its proposed award of the 3.4 - 3.8 GHz band. ARCEP plans to award the frequencies in two stages. The first part will allow operators to obtain a given quantity of spectrum in the band for a set price. The amount… Read more...