{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-exemption-amendment-regulations-2001/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-exemption-amendment-regulations-2001/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/730",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-exemption-amendment-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) Regulations 1999 are hereby amended as follows—\n(a) in Part I of Schedule 3—\n(i) the following definition shall be inserted after the definition of “BTx”—\n““CDMA” means Call Division Multiple Access as defined in the Radio Regulations;”and\n(ii) “and” at the end of the definition of “relevant network” shall be deleted and the following definition shall be inserted after that definition—\n““TDD” means Time Division Duplex as defined in the Radio Regulations; and”;\n(b) the following Part shall be substituted for Part III of Schedule 3—\n“PART III\nTYPE OF LICENCE GRANTED UNDER SECTION 1(1) OF THE 1949 ACT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF RELEVANT NETWORKS\nPublic Mobile Operator Licences\n1 Public mobile data systems licensed for use in the following frequency bands—\n105–165 MHz\n174–208 MHz\n420–470 MHz\n(for non-voice only operation)\n2 Meteor burst data systems licensed for use on the following frequencies—\n39.025 MHz\n39.050 MHz\n46.400 MHz\n46.950 MHz\n46.975 MHz\n3 Cellular radiotelephone systems licensed for use in the following services on the relevant frequency bands—\n(a) cellular radiotelephones:\nExtended Total Access Communications System (ETACS):\n872–888 MHz (MTx)\n917–933 MHz (BTx)\nTotal Access Communications System (TACS):\n890–905 MHz (MTx)\n935–950 MHz (BTx)\n(b) digital cellular radiotelephones:\nGlobal System for Mobile Communications (GSM):\n905–915 MHz (MTx)\n950–960 MHz (BTx)\n(c) digital cellular PCN radiotelephones:\nPersonal Communications Network (PCN):\n1805–1880 MHz (MTx)\n1710–1785 MHz (BTx)\n(d) Universal Mobile Telephony System radiotelephones (UMTS):\n1900–1920 MHz (BTx/MTx in TDD)\n1920–1980 MHz (MTx)\n2110–2170 MHz (BTx)\n4 Public access mobile radio systems licensed for use in the following frequency bands—\n174–208 MHz\n410–430 MHz\n5 CDMA spread spectrum data asset tracking systems licensed for use in the following frequency bands—\n177–191 MHz (MTx) paired with\n866–868 MHz (BTx)\n6 Public two-way paging systems licensed for use in the following frequency bands—\n169.4–169.8 MHz (MTx) paired with\n870–871 MHz (BTx).\nCommon Base Station Operator Licence\nCommon base station systems licensed for use in the following frequency bands—\n55–56 MHz\n81–87 MHz\n162–167 MHz\n171–191 MHz\n209–215 MHz\n440–449 MHz.”;\n(c) in Part IV of Schedule 3—\n(i) after the first standard specified under the heading “Public mobile data systems” there shall be inserted the following standard—\n“ETS 300 339 published by ETSI in June 1993.”;\n(ii) after the paragraph headed “Public mobile data systems” and before the paragraph headed “ETACS/TACS” there shall be inserted the following paragraph—\n“Meteor burst data systems\nETS 300 113 published by ETSI in July 1996.”;\n(iii) after the paragraph headed “PCN” and before the paragraph headed “Public access mobile radio systems” there shall be inserted the following paragraph—\n“UMTS\nIR 2019—UK Radio Interface Requirement for Third Generation Mobile Services published by RA in January 2001.”; and\n(iv) after the paragraph headed “Public access mobile radio systems” and before the paragraph headed “Common base station systems” there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—\n“CDMA spread spectrum data asset tracking systems\nIR 2036—UK Radio Interface Requirement for Mobile Asset Tracking Services published by RA in November 2000.\nPublic two-way paging systems\nIR 2010—UK Radio Interface Requirement for Public Paging Services published by RA in March 2000.”;\n(d) in Part I of Schedule 5—\n(i) “Schedule; and” shall be substituted for “Schedule.” at the end of the definition of “prescribed apparatus”; and\n(ii) the following definition shall be inserted after the definition of “prescribed apparatus”—\n““Thuraya” means Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company whose registered office is situated at P.O. Box 33344, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.”;\n(e) in Part III of Schedule 5, the following paragraph shall be inserted after the paragraph headed “Globalstar”—\n“Thuraya\nLand Mobile Earth Stations in the Thuraya Land Mobile-Satellite Service which are designed or adapted to—\n(a) send and receive messages by wireless telegraphy via that Service to or from any Land Earth Station in that Service; and\n(b) be capable of transmitting in the frequency bands 1625.5–1645.5 MHz and 1646.5–1660.5 MHz and receiving in the frequency bands 1525.0–1544.0 MHz or 1545.0–1559.0 MHz and operating at a power level not exceeding the maximum specified in the table set out in Part IV.”; and\n(f) the following table shall be inserted at the end of Part IV of Schedule 5—\n“Thuraya\nType of Thuraya station\nMaximum power (eirp)\nETSI standard\nDate of publication\nHand held\n7.0 dBW\nEN 301 681\nDecember 1999\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/930, as amended by S.I. 2000/1012."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/730/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:59:25.884293+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}