The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications is consulting on M2M and IoT roaming as part of the 2023 work programme. Read more...

The Saudi regulator, the Communications & Information Technology Commission (CITC)  is consulting on proposed changes to its IoT regulations which were first issued in 2019. Included in the new regulations are requirements for IoT devices to be approved by the regulator. Those wanting to roll out LPWANs (Low power wide… Read more...

October 11, 2021: This consultation is now open for comments. You can read the full Notice of Inquiry here. The deadline to submit comments is November 1. Reply comments are due November 16. September 10, 2021: The FCC has released details of a potential consultation on spectrum for IoT applications.… Read more...

The Australian regulator, the ACMA, is consulting on amendments to its Radiocommunications (Low Interference Potential Devices) Class Licences to support 5G and the Internet of Things. These changes have relevance to: wireless broadband in the 24.25 - 25.10 GHz band IoT devices in the 928 - 935 MHz and VHF… Read more...

The Norwegian regulator, Nkom, has issued a consultation about the future of the 410 - 430 MHz band. A 2 x 1.8 MHz block of the spectrum is currently unused in Norway, so Nkom wants to know if there is any demand for its allocation and assignment. Recent Europe-wide harmonisation… Read more...

Europe's technical authority, the Electronic Communications Committee, has issued a draft report on M2M/IoT operation via satellite to a public consultation. Draft ECC Report 305 would focus on how satellite based solutions contribute to the M2M/IoT ecosystem as well as the spectrum requirements and resources available for the development of… Read more...

The Bulgarian regulator, the CRC, has issued a consultation on its planned spectrum policy activities for the next three years. The draft plan is heavily informed by pan-EU spectrum policy. Read more...

Belgium's regulator, the IBPT, is holding a consultation on a draft decision to allow the use of internet of things (IoT) technologies and standards in frequency bands that have been assigned to public mobile operators. The technologies and standards under consideration include: NB-IoT, LTE-MTC, LTE-eMTC and EC-GSM-IoT. Read more...

Australia's ACMA is seeking feedback on proposed changes to the Communications with Space-based Objects licence also known as a CSO licence. One of the proposed amendments is to include the frequency range 399.9 to 400.05 MHz in this licence. Other changes include amending company names and adding a new company.… Read more...

Qatar's CRA have announced that they expect to open a public consultation regarding spectrum in the 700 MHz band that could be allocated to Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and internet of things (IoT) applications using both broadband and narrowband standards. It came as part of a statement about the release of 5G… Read more...