# The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Award) Regulations 2012, Regulation 18: Opt-in round

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Only bidders satisfying each of the four requirements in this regulation may bid in the opt-in round.
(2) The first requirement is that the bidder must have stated at the time it submitted its application in accordance with regulation 4(4) that it wished to participate in the opt-in round.
(3) The second requirement is that the bidder’s recorded spectrum holdings must not include any frequencies within the following frequency bands—
(a) 880.1 to 914.9 MHz;
(b) 925.1 to 959.9 MHz.
(4) The third requirement is that the bidder’s recorded spectrum holdings must not include more than thirty megahertz of frequencies within the 1800 MHz band.
(5) The fourth requirement is that the bidder’s eligibility limit must be—
(a) at least 6750 points if the bidder’s recorded spectrum holdings do not include any frequencies in the 1800 MHz band; or
(b) at least 2250 points if the bidder’s recorded spectrum holdings do include frequencies in the 1800 MHz band.
(6) The “1800 MHz band” means—
(a) 1710.1 to 1781.7 MHz; and
(b) 1805.1 to 1876.7 MHz.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2817/regulation/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-award-regulations-2012/regulation-18
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