UK regulator Ofcom has issued a consultation concerning its intention to make a Wireless Telegraphy Order. In accordance with the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006, the Proposed Order is intended to replace the Wireless Telegraphy Order 2006. Read more...

Following an urgent request from Everything Everywhere to have its 2G 1800 MHz license changed to allow it to offer LTE in the refarmed band, the British regulator is consulting stakeholders to ascertain if there will be any material risk of distortion of competition if the licence is varied as… Read more...

Ofcom has issued a consultation document about its intention to maintain licence terms and conditions for the use of spectrum by Amateur Radio enthusiasts. This update includes provisions to remove spectrum in the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands from amateur use, which was already announced as part of the Public Sector… Read more...

The consultation document contains a number of proposals to change the arrangements for license exemption in the UK. This includes liberalising current license-exemption criteria for High Density Fixed Satellite Services, Railway Level Crossing Sensor Systems, Underwater system use below 30 MHz and a number of short-range devices. In each of… Read more...

Ofcom has put forward proposals to harmonise its digital dividend spectrum with that being released in other European countries. So far, Finland, Sweden, France and Switzerland have announced that they will release 790-862 MHz (channels 61-69). The UK's original plan was to release a slightly smaller upper band of 806-854… Read more...

The UK telecommunications regulator is seeking stakeholders' opinions on how to authorise spectrum usage for communication between satellites and Earth Stations on Mobile Platforms (ESOMPs). The technology - designed to give passengers broadband connectivity - is planned to be launched in the next year and transmit from ESOMPs at 27.5… Read more...

The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) has asked its members to submit their views on how the spectrum in the 5 MHz band should be allocated for amateur use, working towards submitting a proposal at the next interim meeting of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 1. This… Read more...

This consultation includes proposals on: The licence fee Ofcom will charge the band managerMinimising disruption to PMSE users;Ensuring the band manager makes spectrum available on a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory basisRequests for non-PMSE use of the spectrumTechnical conditions for using the spectrum   Read more...

The UK regulator has launched a consultation on proposals for planning and releasing around 6 MHz of spectrum in the 143–169 MHz band, which has been returned to civil use by the emergency services. This follows a Call for Input (CFI) published in July 2012 regarding the release of VHF spectrum, the responses to… Read more...

A sub-group of Europe's technical authority for spectrum matters has issued a consultation on a report about the joint use of two adjacent bands around 6 GHz for Point to Point links.  ECC Report 235 is designed to be of assistance to regulators if they wish to accommodate more Point to Point… Read more...