The Australian telecoms and broadcast regulator has issued a consultation document addressing the issue of non-compliance with the country's current Earth receive station licensing requirements. The document identifies areas of non-compliance and addresses potential solutions before providing an analysis of the ACMA's preferred approach against its "Principles of Spectrum Management".… Read more...

The WGSE has issued draft revisions to ERC Recommendation 12-11 to a public consultation.  The revisions acknowledge the current lack of commmericial interest in the bands for fixed links but allow for future developments in small cell wireless backhauling. See also this consultation. Read more...

This document sets out Ofcom’s proposals to open the 71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz spectrum bands for point to point broadband fixed wireless systems on a light licensed basis. Ofcom says the spectrum bands currently have little or no use and are therefore available for a wide range of wireless… Read more...

Consulting on the possibility of a phased approach in the band 4.2 – 4.8 GHz without mitigation techniques with the objective of taking a final decision at the next ECC meeting 3 – 7 July 2006. Read more...

The WGFM sub-group of the ECC has issued ECC Report 217 to a consultation. The Report examines the regulatory and technical aspects applicable to the use of Land and Maritime Earth Stations on Mobile Platforms (ESOMPs) operating in Ka-band Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite systems. The Report concludes that these ESOMPs may be… Read more...

ARCEP wants input from stakeholders on the feasibility of opening frequency bands 57 - 66 GHz, 71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz to solve the problem of linking the “last mile” in fixed communications services. Frequency bands for point-to-point links to fixed services are now limited to frequencies below 39.5 GHz.… Read more...

The Singapore telecoms regulator has received requests from telecoms stakeholders to bring 60 GHz commercial equipment into Singapore following the emergence of new technologies in the 60 GHz band. It has launched a proposed regulatory framework for the spectrum between 57 and 66 GHz which has not yet been released… Read more...

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has published a consultation paper on its mobile data strategy that identifies several bands it thinks can be used for mobile data. In particular, Ofcom says its priority is to consider the use of the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands, TV white spaces in the UHF broadcasting… Read more...

The US regulator has published a lengthy "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" which proposes several measures to increase the potential for sharing between terrestrial and satellite services in the 37.5 to 42.5 GHz V Band. A second proposal envisages deleting the Broadcasting Satellite Service (BSS) allocation in the 42.0 to 42.5… Read more...

Ofcom has issued on a consultation on whether to vary Qualcomm's 40 MHz licence in the L band to allow the use of Supplemental Downlink (SDL). In order to accommodate future use of SDL in the band, Ofcom has also proposed to change the way in which adjacent bands (1492 - 1517… Read more...