by Richard Haas
Colombia's Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications will publish a public consultation regarding recently proposed spectrum caps. The comments were made by telecommunications minister Carmen Ligia Valderrama during a trade event called Andicom. The Ministry first proposed the change in May. It plans to raise the spectrum caps to 50… Read more...
by Richard Haas
November 22, 2021: This consultation has been extended by two weeks following requests from stakeholders. It will now close on December 3. October 18, 2021: The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is seeking comments on a proposed update to regulations that would allow the use of radio local area… Read more...
by Richard Haas
Irish regulator ComReg has launched a consultation on its strategy to promote Over-the-Air (OTA) provisioning. OTA provisioning is a practice that allows users to remotely change their mobile provider using an e-sim. ComReg is proposing an overarching strategy to promote the use of OTA provisioning in Ireland. This includes requiring… Read more...
by Richard Haas
The Costa Rican Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology, and Telecommunications (MICITT) has launched a consultation on its National Telecommunications Development Plan. The plan sets out the objectives, goals and priorities for the telecommunications sector for the following six years. It sets out three strategic areas, one of which focuses on… Read more...
by Richard Haas
The Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) has launched a public consultation on the use of the 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1500 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.6 GHz, 3.6 GHz and 26 GHz bands. The regulator notes that some of these frequencies have already been assigned to operators,… Read more...
by Richard Haas
Colombia's spectrum agency ANE has published a consultation on the use of the 900 MHz band. The agency published a document that outlines who currently uses this band, as well as suggestions for how this band could be allocated in the future. The agency is inviting comments from stakeholders on… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is proposing a second tranche of reforms following the Spectrum Pricing Review. The new proposals focus on updating the assigned apparatus licence tax formula, reducing tax rates for transmitter licences used for high-power open narrowcasting services, and adjusting some tranche 1 reforms following… Read more...
by Richard Haas
October 29, 2021: This consultation has been published in the Federal Register. It will be available for public comment until November 29, while replies to those comments can be made until December 28. October 4, 2021: The FCC has published a notice of proposed rulemaking on the use of the… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The French regulator, ARCEP, has launched a consultation about how future mobile networks at 3.4 - 3.8 GHz can coexist with satellite earth stations at 3.8 - 4.2 GHz on the French island of La Reunion. The consultation is available for public comment until December 17. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Greek regulator, the EETT, has published draft tender documents for its planned 410 - 430 MHz band auction for a public consultation. The documents are available for public comment until November 16. Read more...