by Toby Youell
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...
by Toby Youell
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...
by Toby Youell
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...
by Toby Youell
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...
by Toby Youell
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...
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...