The Authority in Qatar (The Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology, ictQATAR) issued on March 14th, 2012 the Radio Spectrum Policy.
The aim of the Policy is the managing of the country’s spectrum resources. It balances the allocation of spectrum between the public and private sectors, and includes radio spectrum allocation and national frequency allocation.
Beyond the radio spectrum and frequency allocation component, the Radio Spectrum Policy also details radio spectrum licensing requirements, spectrum fees and billing, and monitoring and policy enforcement stipulations.
The Radio Spectrum Policy can be read at this link.
The Authority in Croatia (HAKOM) issued two public consultations related to the use of the radio frequency spectrum the last 29 of February:
1- Proposed Regulations on conditions for assignment and use of radio frequency spectrum
2- Proposed amendments Frequency Allocation Table
Both public consultations are closed today, 29 of March, and no more comments will be accepted.
The consultative documents in Croatian language can be accessed at the Hakom’s website. Please refer to the links above.
The Telecommunication Authority in Hong Kong announced last 19 of March the Successful Bidders of the Auction in the 2.3 GHz Band for the Provision of Broadband Wireless Access Services.
The winners and the Frequency Bands assigned to them are as follows:
- 2300 – 2330 MHz frequency band to 21 ViaNet Group Limited
- 2330 – 2360 MHz frequency band to China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited
- 2360 – 2390 MHz frequency band to Hutchison Telephone Company Limited
The Notice can be read at the following link.
The last 15 of February, the Agency for Post and Electronic Communications in Slovenia (APEK) published a public consultation on the General Act on the radio frequency utilisation plan (NURF-2).
All interested people can submit their comments until next 15 of May 2012.
Draft can be consulted on the following link.
On 5 March 2012, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) launched an announcement about the new single label is proposed to be started on 1 July 2012.
The aim is to unify the three existing compliance marks (C-Tick, A-Tick and RCM) into a single compliance mark—the RCM. This single label will show a device’s compliance with all applicable ACMA regulatory arrangements (telecommunications, radiocommunications, EMC and EME).
In a first stage, these changes will start on 1 July 2012 thought this date could be delayed.
From 1 July 2012 on, all new suppliers must register on the new database and use the RCM mark. On the other hand, there will be a three-year transition period for current suppliers. These suppliers will have three years to register on the new database and start using the RCM. They will be permitted to label devices with the C-Tick or A-Tick until 30 June 2015.
Finally, all devices that are labelled with the C-Tick or A-Tick before 30 June 2015 will not need to be relabelled.
From 1 July 2015 on, all suppliers who are required to label their devices must register on the new database and use the RCM.
The complete notice can be read at the following link at ACMA’s website.
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