Austria Consults on Frequencies for Mobile Broadband Services

Austria's telecoms regulator, the TKK, is to hold a consultation on future radio spectrum management plans - specifically the use of GSM spectrum for 3G services, and what to do with the future 800Mhz spectrum that will be released by the Digital Dividend. The consultation is a result of the recent Austrian Frequency Utilisation Plan, which devolved the tasks and decisions to the regulator. The new legislation transposes the amended GSM Directive into Austrian law and thus creates the conditions necessary to utilize GSM frequencies for broadband technologies.