The RSPG is consulting on a draft document it has prepared on the most effective way to carry out an EU-wide review of spectrum use and of assessing the most efficient use of spectrum. It concludes that an effective review must take into account trends in technology and applications and… Read more...

Manually configured TV White Space Devices (WSDs) will need to be licensed by Ofcom, under proposals set out by the regulator in a new consultation.  The document says that even though it expects most WSD to eventually operate on a licence-exempt basis, many WSDs currently do not meet Ofcom's requirements and require manual configuration by the… Read more...

The UK regulator has issued a consultation on how it should go about encouraging the use of a total of 10 MHz of spectrum across the VHF bands for the Internet of Things. Ofcom thinks that three bands, specifically parts of the 55.75 - 68 MHz, 70.5 - 71.5 MHz,… Read more...

Ofcom has published a Call For Input on spectrum above 6 GHz that may be appropriate for future mobile communication services, including those that may be referred to as 5G. Input will be used by Ofcom to inform its negotiating positions at the WRC-15 this November. In a statement, Ofcom raises the… Read more...

This report is part of CEPT's repsonse to the European Commission mandate to develop least restrictive technical conditions for the WAPECs bands. The aim of the this report is to provide guidance to ETSI on the issue of terminal-to-terminal interference including the derivation of terminal station block edge masks for… Read more...

Ofcom has issued a consultation on its proposals to amend the UK radio regulations to incorporate several decisions that Ofcom has recently made. These decisions concern the use of the 870 - 876 MHz and 915 - 921 MHz bands on a licence-exempt basis; the land-based use of Earth Stations on Moving… Read more...

The UK regulator is inviting members of the public, as well as those working in the industries it regulates, to contribute to its work plan and priorities for the next financial year. The "invitation to comment" encourages anyone with an interest in Ofcom's activities to offer their views on which areas of… Read more...

The ECC's Working Group on Spectrum Engineering has issued ECC Report 207 for public consultation. The document sets out the European technical body's views on coexistence between short range devices (SRDs) and LTE, which in some places is used in the bands immediately below 863 MHz. Coexistence has been a… Read more...

Ofcom is conducting what should be the final consultation before the UK implements an EC Directive ordering liberalisation of the 900 and 1800 MHz bands, which are currently reserved for GSM. Subject to responses to this consultation, and the passage of a government direction now before Parliament, Ofcom intends to… Read more...

The European Communications Committee has put a document out to consultation that provides further technical characteristics relating to hand‑held reception of TV, audio, datacast and multimedia services and Programme Making and Special Events (PMSE). These are systems that have been identified as potential users of the L-band for which the… Read more...