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...
by Toby Youell
June 24, 2019 Update: The deadline for submitting comments on these documents has been extended until July 17. This decision follows a request that ComReg has received. June 13, 2019 The Irish regulator, ComReg, is consulting on its draft Information Memorandum for a planned award of the 400 MHz band. A… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Hungarian regulator, the NMHH, has issued a consultation on its plans to auction the 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.6 GHz, and 3.6 GHz bands. Specifically, NMHH plans to award: two lots of 2 x 12.5 MHz in the 700 MHz band (available for mobile use from September 2020); two… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Norwegian regulator, Nkom, has issued a consultation on its spectrum plans for 5G. It proposes to hold a 5G spectrum award of the 2.3 GHz, 2.6 GHz, and 3.4 - 3.8 GHz bands in 2021 ahead of their current licences' expiration in 2022. The consultation includes questions on the possibility… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Austrian regulator, the RTR, has issued a consultation on potential assignments of the 2.3 GHz and 26 GHz bands. The Austrian regulator does not have any detailed plans for the award of either band. However, the 2.3 GHz band was mentioned in its 2016 Spectrum Release Plan, so it… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Swedish regulator, the PTS, is seeking input following its preliminary study of the 3.8 - 4.2 GHz band. The regulator suspects the band is both under-used by the military; and has good prospects for future mobile harmonisation and as a source of spectrum for video PMSE. PTS welcomes comments… Read more...