The Telecommunications, Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulator (TRBR), has completed its review of Decision 1 of 2016 on Radio Spectrum fees and the High Value Spectrum band for the International Mobile Telephony (IMT) applications for the Republic of Vanuatu. The review objective is to;

  • Fulfil the requirements to review Decision 1 of 2016 fees schedule in 2018, which was delayed till this year 2020.
  • Capture the full range of high value spectrum bands that was not captured in the Decision 1 of 2016.
  • Adopt additional spectrum for IMT application from the resolution of the World Radiocommunication Conference of 2015 (WRC-15), that have not been included in the Decision 1 of 2016.

The TRBR also in this Decision release frequency band in the 800 MHz range for IMT applications as increasing demand for use of mobile telephony and data services. The Regulator believes that there is no major change that requires a public consultation as most of the changes are to reflect the current demand of high value spectrum, and that most of the spectrum in this Decision are categorized within the high value bands from the WRC-15 Resolution.