In previous statements Ofcom has said that licence-exempt cognitive devices using interleaved spectrum from the digital dividend should either sense the presence of other signals or  use a geolocation database to determine which spectrum was unused. In its July statement Ofcom put forward parameters for sensing but noted that further… Read more...

Ofcom has issued a consultation concerning its plans to release a total of 12 MHz of UHF spectrum for Short Range Devices (SRDs) on a licence exempt basis. Ofcom has already announced its intention to authorise this band for SRDs and this consultation concerns the use of technical conditions that… Read more...

Manually configured TV White Space Devices (WSDs) will need to be licensed by Ofcom, under proposals set out by the regulator in a new consultation.  The document says that even though it expects most WSD to eventually operate on a licence-exempt basis, many WSDs currently do not meet Ofcom's requirements and require manual configuration by the… Read more...

The UK regulator has issued a consultation on how it should go about encouraging the use of a total of 10 MHz of spectrum across the VHF bands for the Internet of Things. Ofcom thinks that three bands, specifically parts of the 55.75 - 68 MHz, 70.5 - 71.5 MHz,… Read more...

Ofcom has published a Call For Input on spectrum above 6 GHz that may be appropriate for future mobile communication services, including those that may be referred to as 5G. Input will be used by Ofcom to inform its negotiating positions at the WRC-15 this November. In a statement, Ofcom raises the… Read more...

Ofcom has issued a consultation on its proposals to amend the UK radio regulations to incorporate several decisions that Ofcom has recently made. These decisions concern the use of the 870 - 876 MHz and 915 - 921 MHz bands on a licence-exempt basis; the land-based use of Earth Stations on Moving… Read more...

The UK regulator is inviting members of the public, as well as those working in the industries it regulates, to contribute to its work plan and priorities for the next financial year. The "invitation to comment" encourages anyone with an interest in Ofcom's activities to offer their views on which areas of… Read more...

The UK regulator is consulting on a draft Statutory Instrument (SI) to make into law a set of regulations governing the prevention of interference at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London between July 26 and September 10, 2012. The proposed regulations will determine the intensity of the electromagnetic energy… Read more...

Ofcom is conducting what should be the final consultation before the UK implements an EC Directive ordering liberalisation of the 900 and 1800 MHz bands, which are currently reserved for GSM. Subject to responses to this consultation, and the passage of a government direction now before Parliament, Ofcom intends to… Read more...

Ofcom has issued a consultation concerning a specific aspect of its wider proposals to set annual spectrum licence fees that reflect the full market value of spectrum in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. The document says the new consultation document concerns "the methodology that we propose to adopt if we were… Read more...