Ofcom has issued a consultation on its intention to include several additional spectrum bands within the Mobile Trading Regulations sooner than originally planned.  The regulations allow Ofcom to consider the impact on competition before approving the trade of spectrum within the relevant bands. The bands were due to come under… Read more...

The US regulator is seeking comment on the service performance requirements if the technical rules are altered in the 2.3 GHz band. This is being considered to facilitate the co-existence of wireless broadband operations in the band with operations in an adjacent band being used for Satellite Digital Audio Radio… Read more...

Singapore's regulator is holding a consultation on its plans to hold a multiband spectrum in which a quarter of the spectrum will be set aside for a new entrant. The regulator's new plans follow a consultation last year in which the regulator asked industry for its opinions on holding a… Read more...

Europe's technical authority has issued a consultation concerning guidance on how mobile broadband and PMSE users can both use the 2.3 GHz band under a Licensed Shared Access system. This system is set out in draft ECC Recommendation (15)04. Read more...

Bahrain's TRA is asking interested parties to detail their current and future requirements for access to radio spectrum as well as submitting their views on spectrum management techniques. This will help the TRA in preparing a spectrum release plan giving details on the bands to be released, the timescales and… Read more...

Ofcom has issued a consultation concerning the regulation it needs to make in order to hold its planned auction of the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands. The document contains details about how Ofcom plans to manage the planned auction. The consultation paper includes a draft of the regulations that… Read more...

Allocation of licenses in the 2.3 GHz band considering particularly whether they should be national or regional; the size of the channels and the number of lots in the auction. The auction must be held before August 2006 Read more...

Ofcom has issued a consultation on the legal instrument that it wishes to use in order to enable the planned 2.3 and 3.4 GHz bands auction in early 2016. Specifically, Ofcom has drafted the Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) Order 2015 according to section 29 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act… Read more...

Ofcom has published its draft annual plan for the coming financial year, and will hold a series of public meetings to hear people's feedback. The draft plan sets out Ofcom’s strategic purposes, proposed priorities and work programme for the 12 months from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016. Each meeting… Read more...

The Australian regulator is proposing to extend the 2.3 GHz band from its current 98 MHz to 100 MHz by adding the 2300-2302 MHz band, which is currently apparatus licensed and used by amateur radio services on a secondary basis, to the rest of the band which is spectrum licensed.… Read more...