by Toby Youell
Norway's regulator, Nkom, has issued a consultation on its future policy for spectrum for wireless microphones. The consultation responds to the country's repurposing of the 700 MHz band from terrestrial broadcasting (and wireless microphones) to mobile, which will become effective in November this year. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications, BEREC, has issued a Call for Input for ideas on what its Work Programme for 2020 should be. This will be followed by a further consultation in Q4 on the document's draft. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Ofcom is considering whether to allow a community radio station in the English Midlands to change the key commitments attached to its licence. This would allow it to transmit content for listeners from Eastern European communities, as well as those from South Asian ones. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The European Commission plans to hold a consultation on reconfigurable radio in Q4 2019. These radios are regulated at the European level under the framework established by the Radio Equipment Directive. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Croatian regulator, HAKOM, has proposed an amended bandplan for fixed links in the 6425 - 7125 MHz band. These would include an 80 MHz channel layout. Views must be submitted to HAKOM by March 26. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Irish regulator, ComReg, is consulting on its mid-term review of its five year electronic communications services strategy. The draft statement includes a discussion of spectrum policy, including potentially opening up several bands above 95 GHz for terrestrial fixed links, and taking necessary measures to enable Machine-to-Machine communications in the… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate has issued a consultation about its proposed policy for the 3.5 GHz band, which it intends to auction in 2021. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, is issuing a consultation on amending some regulations so that automotive short range radars operating in the 24 GHz band can continue to operate in the UK on a licence exempt basis, even if the country leaves the European Union without a withdrawal agreement. The… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK Government has issued a public consultation on its draft Statement of Strategic Priorities (SSP) for telecommunications, the management of radio spectrum, and post. The draft SSP includes statements on the use of forthcoming spectrum auctions of the 700 MHz and 3.6 - 3.8 GHz band to extend mobile… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Greek regulator, the EETT, plans to consult on making available the 2.3 GHz band for mobile services. The consultation is likely to be issued towards the end of the year, according to the EETT's Review of Frequency Bands for the Deployment of 5G Networks document. The consultation will take into… Read more...