by Toby Youell
The Czech regulator has issued several consultations on requests it has received from three operators that would see them swap frequencies in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. Each operator's request is subject to a different consultation. Vodafone's request is available here; T-Mobile's request is available here; Telefonica's request… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Czech regulator, the CTU, has issued a public consultation on T-Mobile's request to change to terms of its mmWave licences from duplex Point-Multipoint services to technical neutrality. The licences grant access to the 24,549 - 24,605 MHz and 25,557 - 25,613 MHz frequencies, which could become useful for 5G… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on amending its rules for mobile repeaters. Ofcom exempted mobile repeaters from requiring a licence to use spectrum in 2018. The new consultation proposes to increase the maximum system gain permitted for in-vehicle usage of mobile repeaters. This would be done… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The French telecoms regulator, ARCEP, has issued a consultation on the practical details for synchronizing the time division duplex (TDD) parts of the 2.6 GHz band. TDD spectrum arrangements suffer much fewer interference problems when networks in adjacent frequencies are synchronized. The consultation will be open until September 13. Read more...
by Toby Youell
July 10: ComReg has extended the deadline to respond to this consultation to August 7. June 18 The Irish regulator, ComReg, has issued a consultation on its proposals for an award of the 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz, and 2.6 GHz bands. It proposes to attach "precautionary" coverage obligations… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Malta Communications Authority (MCA) has issued its draft Radio Spectrum Policy Programme 2019 - 2023 to a public consultation. The document gives stakeholders an insight into the MCA's spectrum management priorities. The consultation is open to public comment until August 5. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on how it would exercise proposed new functions proposed by the UK Government regarding small-scale digital radio. The platform is intended to provide a flexible and low-cost way for communities to broadcast content over a relatively small geographic area. The consultation concerns… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The French telecoms regulator, ARCEP, has called for contributions to a draft discussion paper on dynamic spectrum management. The document was drafted by a "future networks" scientific committee as part of a wider series of documents on the short and medium term future for communications. A final version of the… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Czech regulator has issued its draft tender documents for this award to a public consultation. Comments on the documents, which are also available in English, are due by July 26. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Swedish regulator, the PTS, has invited interested stakeholders to book phone calls with it on the subject of the 26 GHz band. In particular, it is interested in information about demand for the frequencies and what might be their appropriate assignment mechanism. Stakeholders are invited to book a phone… Read more...