by Mirva Villa
The Belgian regulator has launched a public consultation on the draft decision to grant exclusive rights to 70 GHz and 80 GHz bands to Telenet Group, Proximus and Orange for fixed network use. This follows earlier decisions to grant rights to the three operators in 2021 and 2022. Each operator… Read more...
by Toby Youell
July 7, 2021: This consultation has been extended until July 26. June 13, 2021 The Saudi regulator, the CITC, has issued a consultation about its plans to identify spectrum in the 6 GHz and 60 GHz bands for WLAN applications. The consultation is available for public comment until July 8. Read more...
by Toby Youell
June 18, 2021: This consultation has been approved and will be available for public comment until August 18. June 7, 2021 Europe's technical authority, the ECC, plans to consult on technical characteristics, exemption from individual licensing, and free circulation and use of High Definition Ground Based Synthetic Aperture Radar (HD-GBSAR) at… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Austrian regulator and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism has issued a consultation about potential frequency assignments to be held from 2021 to 2026. The document focusses on the 26 GHz band. It suggests several potential options that would involve assigning these frequencies by the end of… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Saudi regulator, the CITC, has published a follow-up consultation with regard to its "Spectrum Outlook for Commercial and Innovative Use 2021-2023". The document was put to a public consultation in July 2020. The updated consultation is available for public comment until February 28, 2021. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on changes to licence exemption for Wireless Telegraphy Devices and on licensing equipment at 57 - 71 GHz. The proposed Regulations would implement its earlier decision to allow Wi-Fi in the 6 GHz band and would align technical conditions for some devices… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Europe's technical authority, the ECC, has issued a consultation regarding possible least restrictive harmonised technical conditions suitable for next-generation (5G) terrestrial wireless systems for priority frequency bands above 24 GHz. The draft CEPT Report 78 would respond to a mandate from the European Commission. It is available for public comment… Read more...
by Toby Youell
November 23, 2020: The NCC has made this document available for public comment. The deadline is December 7. November 16, 2020 The NCC has published a draft consultation document on its website concerning 5G in Nigeria. The document sets out the regulator's vision for how 5G will be deployed in… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The FCC is consulting on a request it has received from Tesla for a waiver that would allow it to use the 60 - 64 GHz band for in-vehicle sensing applications. Comments on this request are due by September 21, while replies to those comments are due by October 19. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Czech regulator, the CTU, has proposed to update its regulations to allow further licence-exempt use. In particular, it proposes to allow use of the 66 - 71 GHz band. The consultation will be open until November 23. Read more...