Ofcom is proposing to attach coverage obligations to some of the licences it will award for the 700 MHz band. 700 MHz is currently used for Digital Terrestrial Television but is being cleared and will be auctioned for mobile services in the second half of 2019. The proposed coverage obligations are:… Read more...

Austria's RTR has opened a 3rd consultation on the assignment of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band from 3410 MHz to 3800 MHz. The regulator plans to assign 390 MHz of spectrum in blocks of 10 MHz by a simple clock auction. Spectrum from 3600 MHz to 3800 MHz is… Read more...

Uk's Ofcom has opened a public consultation on a proposal by Absolute Radio to reduce coverage of the station's AM radio coverage. The proposal would see Absolute Radio AM national coverage reduced from 90.5% of the UK's population to 85.4% from May  2018.  Absolute radio has brought this proposal to Ofcom  in… Read more...

Switzerland's OFCOM has opened a public consultation regarding the draft  auction documents for assigning spectrum in the 700 MHz, 1400 MHz, 36- 3.8 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands. OFCOM has designed the auction to run as a Clock Auction and the regulator expects to issue an invitation to participate in the… Read more...

Belgium's BIPT has published a consultation calling for feedback on a draft decision concerning the technical and operational terms required to avoid harmful interference in the 700 MHz band. The decision outlines the measures that should be taken in order to avoid interference with neighbouring bands  as well as different… Read more...

The Slovakian Office for the Regulation of Electronic Communications (NRR) has called for feedback on the future use of frequencies in the 450 MHz band in preparation for a future allocation of spectrum in the 450 MHz band. A licence for a single 2×4.42 MHz block had previously been held by Slovak Telekom,… Read more...

Romania's Ancom has opened a public consultation on the regulators Action plan for 2018. In 2018 Ancom intends to develop and adopt a strategy to award licences for the use of frequencies in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1500 MHz, 2600 MHz, 3400-3600 MHz and 26 GHz bands to enable operators… Read more...

The UK's Ofcom has launched a consultation on regulators future strategy regarding the use of fixed wireless links. As part of this consultation Ofcom is seeking feedback on: Proposed regulatory framework for the 57 – 66 GHz band (V band) Potential EU harmonisation of the 1350 - 1375 MHz band… Read more...

The UK regulator has published the draft version of its annual plan for 2018-19. Ofcom's main spectrum goals for 2018/2019 include: Preparation for the future award of spectrum in the 700 MHz and 3.6 - 3.8 GHz bands. Conducting a public consultation on the use of 5G in the 26… Read more...

This is a further development of the plan first issued in November 2016. EU member states should consider appropriate measures to defragment the 3.6 GHz band, the primary 5G band, in time for authorising sufficiently large blocks of spectrum by 2020, the RSPG says. The opinion says the focus of… Read more...