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 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 UK regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on its proposals to allow defragmentation of the 3.4 - 3.8 GHz band. Portions of the 3.4 - 3.6 GHz band were awarded in 2018, and the regulator plans to award the 3.6 - 3.8 GHz band next year. Ofcom believes it… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on allowing Active Antenna Systems, an important component of 5G, in the 3.4 - 3.8 GHz band. This would be done by amending existing licences so that they comply with the conditions set out in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/235. This… 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 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 UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on proposed revisions to its technical codes for digital radio. These revisions are intended to establish common minimum standards for listeners' experience of DAB radio and to ensure that different groups of radio stations do not conflict or interfere with one… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on how it would verify compliance with proposed coverage obligations connected to its planned auction of the 700 MHz and 3.6 - 3.8 GHz bands. Those proposed coverage obligations are subject to a separate consultation, which also closes on March 12. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on four draft statutory instruments that are related to its planned auction of the 700 MHz and 3.6 - 3.8 GHz bands. These draft statutory instruments would give effect to policies that are subject to a separate consultation, which also closes on… Read more...