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...
by Toby Youell
The Greek regulator, the EETT, has said it expects to issue a consultation on the 26 GHz band towards the end of 2019 or the beginning of 2020. This would follow an EC Implementing Decision with respect to the band. More information about the band in Greece is available in… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Greek regulator, the EETT, plans to issue a consultation by the end of 2019 with respect to the 3.6 GHz band. The EETT had planned to award parts of the band by the end of 2019, although its Review of Frequency Bands for the Deployment of 5G Networks document notes that the… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Greek regulator, the EETT, plans to issue a consultation in 2019 on new spectrum rights for 2 x 60 MHz in the 2.1 GHz band. Current licences for the band expire in August 2021. The EETT expressed its wish to issue this consultation in its Review of Frequency Bands… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Icelandic Post and Telecommunications Agency has issued a discussion document on its telecoms policy for a public consultation. The document, which is available here (in Icelandic), includes questions on its policies with respect to various frequency bands. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Dutch competition regulator, the ACM, has issued a consultation on the proposed competition remedies for the planned auction of 700 MHz, L-Band, and the 2.1 GHz bands. It proposes to establish a spectrum cap for this auction such that no single operator holds licences for more than half of… Read more...