by Toby Youell
The Belgian regulator, the IBPT, has published its draft strategic plan 2020 - 2022 for a public consultation. The document mentions plans to award the 700 MHz, 1500 MHz, and 3.5 GHz bands, and to renew rights for the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, and 2.1 GHz bands, which expire in… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Belgian regulator, the IBPT, is inviting comments on a request from Citymesh to allow it to cover the municipality of Zaventem with its 3.5 GHz band licence. Comments are open on this question until December 9. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Belgian regulator, the BIPT, is holding a public consultation on potential changes to a 3.5 GHz band licence concerning its use in the North Sea. The regulator will consider responses to this consultation until October 11. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Belgian regulator, the IPBT/BIPT, has issued a consultation on its proposed reduction in fees for user rights for radio relay links. The proposed reductions would apply to areas of the country where companies need incentives to provide connectivity. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Belgian regulator, the IBPT/BIPT, has issued a consultation on its draft technical and operational conditions for the 3.4 - 3.8 GHz band. The regulator plans to award the frequencies, identified across the European Union as a 5G pioneer band, as part of a multiband auction in 2020. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Belgian regulator, the IPBT/BIPT, has issued a consultation on technical and operational conditions for mobile services in the L-Band. The regulator has plans to include these frequencies as part of a multiband auction next year. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Belgian regulator, the BIPT, has issued a public consultation on its draft decision on coexistence within the 900 MHz band between GSM-R and public mobile broadband networks. GSM-R, used by the country's rail networks, uses the 876.1 - 879.9 MHz paired with 921.1 - 924.9 MHz. The adjacent 880.1… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications (IPBT/BIPT) has issued a consultation on its draft decision to deny Citymesh's request to add some municipalities to its 3.5 GHz band licence. According to the draft decision, the regulator denied the request as doing so would deny a competitor the potential… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Belgian regulator, the BIPT, has issued a consultation on its future policy for the 26 GHz band. The consultation aims at: estimating the existence of a market demand for the 26 GHz band in Belgium; defining the guidelines on the migration of radio-relay links existing in the 26 GHz… Read more...
by Martin Sims
In order to meet the objectives of the European Digital Agenda, which says that all EU citizens should have access to 30 Mbps broadband by 2020, the Belgian regulator, BIPT, is proposing some new financial incentives. These inducements would apply to areas where broadband infrastructure is currently absent or is only… Read more...