Although the group is an industry standardisation group (ISG) under the auspices of ETSI, its chair Simon Fell told PolicyTracker its members are to use it as a vehicle to form study programmes on the topic, rather than to work on new standards. Read more...

170-202.5 MHz is mainly a broadcasting and land mobile band. Suggestions that this could be used for LTE have found little support. Read more...

Update 06/07/2016: The Dutch Ministry for Economic Affairs announced that one of the two bidders dropped out of the auction, leaving one bidder, DVB, to take the spectrum. Original entry: The Dutch regulator, Agentschap Telecom, would like to hear views on their plans to auction the expiring DTT licence. This… Read more...

Vodafone group chief executive Vittorio Colao has said the UK’s decision to leave the EU means possible exclusion from the "digital single market" (DSM), adding that the company may have to relocate its headquarters to the continent. A spokesperson for the group refused to comment on the remarks. Read more...

The ECC has published a report suggesting two approaches to enable administrations to protect the incumbents in the band while allowing its use by MFCN as new entrants. These approaches exploit the fact that the locations of the FS/FSS stations are known. They are: Approach A: Providing the maximum permitted… Read more...

The ECC has issued a draft decision on spectrum for use by mobiles on aircraft. To ensure successful operation of systems, there is a need to establish a basis for the free circulation and use of relevant equipment within Europe and to provide access to the required spectrum and to… Read more...

Moves to make the 470-694 MHz band available for digital terrestrial TV (DTT) in Europe when the 694-790 MHz band shifts to mobile are proceeding in coordination bodies and the European Parliament. Read more...

Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) says it plans to launch an auction of spectrum in the the 700 MHz band in 2018. It has also now assigned all the spectrum sold in last year’s 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz auction to three of the country's mobile operators. Read more...

ComReg commissioner Gerry Fahy has told PolicyTracker that the regulator’s upcoming release of spectrum in the 3.4-3.8 GHz band (as well as the 700 MHz, 1.4 GHz, 2.3 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands) is intended to help deal with Ireland's imminent connectivity and capacity needs and that bands can be… Read more...

A pilot sharing service is in operation in the 2.3 GHz band ahead of a decision to deploy ETSI-sanctioned licensed shared access (LSA) in the Netherlands. Juul Moen of the Association of Professional Wireless Production Technologies (APWPT) says sharing with LTE will wipe out all PMSE video in the band. Read more...