by Toby Youell
Taiwan's regulator, the NCC, plans to consult on its auction of the 1800 MHz, 3.5 GHz, and 28 GHz bands. The consultation period for this award will be shortened so it can hold the award by the end of the year. The auction will include 20 MHz in the 1800… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Kosovo's regulator, ARKEP, has issued a consultation on its proposals for licence renewal in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. These proposals include the question of licence fees. Stakeholders have until June 22 to react to this consultation. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Irish regulator, ComReg, is consulting on its mid-term review of its five year electronic communications services strategy. The draft statement includes a discussion of spectrum policy, including potentially opening up several bands above 95 GHz for terrestrial fixed links, and taking necessary measures to enable Machine-to-Machine communications in the… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Moldovan regulator, the ANRCETI, has launched a public consultation on a draft administrative board decision on the methodology for measuring and assessing the quality parameters for publicly available mobile services in the 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2.1 GHz, and 2.6 GHz bands. This methodology is intended to… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on several proposals that would allow greater spectrum sharing. This includes allowing companies to make simple requests to Ofcom for spectrum access within specific locations across three bands: DECT Guard Band (1781.7 - 1785 MHz + 1876.7 - 1880 MHz), 2390… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Bulgarian regulator, the CRC, has issued a consultation on its planned spectrum policy activities for the next three years. The draft plan is heavily informed by pan-EU spectrum policy. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Kosovo's regulator, ARKEP, has issued a consultation on its plans to award the 800 MHz, 900 MHz, and 1800 MHz bands. It plans to award the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands for 2G, 3G, 4G, and IoT services, while it plans to award the 800 MHz band for mobile… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The CEPT seeks views on potential changes to ECC Recommendation (08)02, which concerns cross-border coordination between GSM/UMTS/LTE/WiMAX systems within the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands, excluding coordination between GSM systems. In particular, the CEPT is consulting on potential changes to the narrowband v wideband scenario. The draft revision to… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The CEPT has issued draft ECC Report 295, which considers coexistence between Aeronautical Telemetry Systems and mobile Supplemental Downlink services at 1429 - 1518 MHz, to a public consultation. The draft Report provides guidance that could facilitate future mobile use of the band, which was identified for IMT at WRC-15… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The CEPT has issued draft ECC Report 297 to a public consultation. The report provides the technical analysis that accompanies the proposed update of ECC Decision (06)01, which designates the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands for mobile broadband networks, to also take into account 5G New Radio, including Active… Read more...