by Patrick Gahan
Romania's Ancom has opened a public consultation on the regulators Action plan for 2018. In 2018 Ancom intends to develop and adopt a strategy to award licences for the use of frequencies in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1500 MHz, 2600 MHz, 3400-3600 MHz and 26 GHz bands to enable operators… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
UK operator EE has asked Ofcom for changes to its 2100 MHz licence to permit the use of LTE technology in the unpaired frequencies 1899.9 to 1909.9 MHz. It has also requested a variation of its 800 MHz/2.6 GHz and 1800 MHz licences to "permit the use of mobile transmit frequencies… Read more...
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Update: March 17, 2014: The deadline has been extended to April 30. In an advertisement for the consultation, the authority says that there shall be no further extensions. Update: February 10, 2014: The deadline has been extended by a day to April 1. February, 2014 The Trinidad and Tobago regulator has… Read more...
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The UK regulator is seeking comment on its detailed proposals for the forthcoming 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz combined auction which will see 250 MHz of new spectrum released onto the market, probably in the first quarter of 2012. Ofcom has produced a plan which it believes will ensure the… Read more...
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The Romanian regulator is looking for comment both from stakeholders already operating in the country and potential new entrants from outside on its proposals to auction all available spectrum in the 900 and 1800 MHz bands, including those portions currently being used for 2G mobile communications, as well as spectrum… Read more...
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As part of its move towards spectrum-efficient technologies, the Australian regulator is consulting on its proposals to allow mobile operators to deploy femtocells using existing apparatus licences which authorise use of specific devices. Femtocells have been deployed in spectrum-licensed areas, usually covering urban areas, at 2.1 GHz since 2011. The… Read more...
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The Norwegian regulator has published a study conducted on its behalf by planning, modelling, measuring and regulation experts ATDI looking at the impact a future LTE network in the 790-862 MHz band might have on the digital terrestrial broadcast service in the 470-790 MHz band. The objective of the study… Read more...
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The UK regulator is consulting on a variety of telecoms and broadcast issues, including the proposed auctioning of spectrum in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands. Ofcom plans to have the spectrum awarded by 2012/13 with effective co-existence measures allowing the deployment of next generation services in place by… Read more...
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The Cypriot regulator has issued a consultation on its plan to issue licences for frequencies across four bands. Specifically, the regulator wishes to assign the following bands: 800 MHz band 1452 - 1492 MHz 2.6 GHz band 3.4 - 3.8 GHz band PolicyTracker understands that the regulator plans to publish… Read more...
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The French Ministry of the Interior has issued a Request for Information regarding the construction of a new PPDR national broadband radio network. The consultation is wide-ranging but includes questions for stakeholders regarding the spectrum that will be used to support the network. The government has already agreed to reserve… Read more...