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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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A sub-group of Europe's technical authority for spectrum matters has issued ECC Report 234 to a public consultation. The document examines potential interference from LDC UWB applications to radar systems operating in the 3.1 - 3.4 GHz band. The consultation will start on February 16, once a two-week notification period has passed. Read more...
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A sub-group of Europe's technical authority for spectrum matters has issued a consultation on a new report that provides further technical details about Inmarsat's planned Aero-CGC system that could provide in-flight connectivity using its MSS spectrum assignments in Europe. The report concludes that the system's ground stations will not cause interference to incumbent Electronic… Read more...
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A sub-group of Europe's technical authority for spectrum matters has issued a consultation on a new study about the use of uncoordinated Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) in spectrum that is used for Fixed Services (FS). The study concludes that it is possible to do so because FSS services are predominantly used… Read more...
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The UK regulator is asking stakeholders for input on proposed changes to the frequencies that can be used for licence-exempt use of Automotive Short Range Radar (SRR) equipment in the 24 GHz (21.65-26.65 GHz) band. The proposed new regulation will revoke the use of part of the 24 GHz band… Read more...
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An influential committee of MPs in the UK has launched a new inquiry into spectrum. It is inviting written submissions and requesting views on issues including the following: whether Ofcom's proposed method of spectrum allocation promotes, or hinders, competition in the provision of mobile broadband serviceswhether the upcoming auction can… Read more...