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Ofcom would like views on its plans to authorise the use of terrestrial base stations which would allow Inmarsat to provide broadband access to aircraft passengers in the UK. Currently, Inmarsat and Echostar hold pan-European licences to operate Mobile Satellite Services in the 2 GHz band. Inmarsat told the regulator… Read more...
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The WGSE has issued Draft Report 228 to public consultation. The Report concerns compatibility between intelligent transport systems (ITS) in the 5 GHz band with other systems in adjacent bands. It concludes that ITS does not cause interference to road tolling systems, and does not cause interference to fixed links, as long… Read more...
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The UK regulator has issued a consultation on its intention to write new regulation that will give itself additional powers to prevent harmful interference. In effect, the proposed legislation allows Ofcom to regulate the use of radio equipment after it has been cleared to be used in the UK, if the regulator believes that… Read more...
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The UK regulator has issued a consultation on its proposals to amend the procedures that it follows when managing satellite filings at the ITU level on behalf of entities operating in the UK. According to the consultation, these changes are composed of minor editorial changes to the text; clarifications that… Read more...
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The ECC's WGFM has issued a consultation on ECC Recommendation (14) 05. The document provides an open framework for administrations to define and introduce practices facilitating the access of people with disabilities to licence examinations for the amateur radio service. The Recommendation follows initiatives from several member countries in this area. Read more...
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The ECC has issued an amendment to its Decision (06) 07 for consultation. The decision concerns the use of mobile phones in aeroplanes. It initially allowed and defined the use of GSM equipment in the 1800 MHz band, but the amendment extends this to other types of mobile devices in… Read more...
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The UK regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on its intention to stagger its long-awaited auction of the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands in order to mitigate against the potential for competition to be impaired following both the auction and a round of consolidations. The proposals concern an auction of 190… Read more...
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UK regulator Ofcom has issued a consultation on the future use of 190 MHz of former Ministry of Defence spectrum in the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands. Ofcom's initial view is that it will use the spectrum for unpaired mobile broadband in order to harmonise with other European countries.… Read more...
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The European Commission has issued a consultation to find out more about the views of Europeans going in to a review of the telecoms framework in the European Union. A press release about the consultation says that the Commission is asking about "the future of network access regulation, spectrum management, communication… Read more...
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The UK telecommunications regulator has issued a consultation on how spectrum in the 70/80 GHz bands should be managed in future. Since 2007, the spectrum - suitable for high capacity fixed links - has been assigned through a self-coordinating licensing approach. Ofcom is proposing to directly assign the 2 x… Read more...