by Richard Haas
The Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA) has published a consultation on freeing up the 2.3 GHz band for 4G use. The regulator says that other markets already use this band for 4G and compatible devices are already in circulation in Bhutan. BICMA is proposing that a total of 80… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
France's Arcep has opened a public consultation on a draft terms and plans for the reassignment of licences in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2.1 GHz bands The licences in question are currently held by Orange, SFR and Bouygues Telecom and are due to expire in 2021 and 2024.… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The French Ministry of the Interior has issued a Request for Information regarding the construction of a new PPDR national broadband radio network. The consultation is wide-ranging but includes questions for stakeholders regarding the spectrum that will be used to support the network. The government has already agreed to reserve… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The Belgian regulator has published a consultation document with its proposals for the allocation and use of the 800 MHz band together with a study commissioned from an independent consultant. A number of recommendations have been made in the study including: the number of blocks of spectrum to be auctioned… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The Irish regulator has decided to include the 1800 MHz band in a single auction with the 800 MHz and 900 MHz band and explains its reasons in some detail in the consultation document. At present, three MNOs each have 2 x 14.4 MHz blocks with two licences expiring in… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The Irish regulator is consulting interested parties about changing current frequency requirements and spectrum release proposals in order to create a new licensing framework, including dedicated spectrum sub-bands, for certain types of machine-to-machine communications. These are telemetry and telecontrol systems, which allow automated measurements to be made and data collected… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
Europe's technical authority, the ECC, has issued a consultation on a proposal to use a 2 x 3 MHz block in the 700 MHz band for Machine-to-Machine communications. Specifically, the ECC is seeking comment on ECC Report 242, which provides a co-existence analysis between M2M applications within a 2 x… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
Update: October 16 The consultation period has been extended until 14 November. ComReg announced that it has extended the deadline in response to a request received from two interested parties. October 1 The Irish regulator, ComReg, has issued a consultation concerning a new round of spectrum releases for mobile broadband. ComReg says… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The Mexican regulator has issued a consultation about its plans to auction a total of 80 MHz within the AWS bands (1.7 / 2.1 GHz) next January using the Combinatorial Clock Auction (CCA) format. Specifically, the regulator is seeking feedback on four issues: Spectrum blocks. Currently the regulator plans to… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The Maltese regulator has issued a consultation about its planned auction of the 800 MHz band. It has asked stakeholders to give their input regarding the proposed terms and conditions linked to the rights of use of all the available spectrum and the assignment process that the authority intends to adopt. It also… Read more...