The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 19th July 2001 other than regulation 2(d)(vii) and Schedule 2 to the extent that such provisions relate to the Permanent Earth Station Licence and which shall come into force on 30th October 2001.

The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1999 (“the Principal Regulations”)^f1 are hereby amended as follows—

• “£50 for each channel per location each month”;

  1. (e)

     in Schedule 3, for Parts II and III there shall be substituted the Parts II and III set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and

  2. (f)

     Schedule 2 to these Regulations shall be inserted as Schedule 7 to the Principal Regulations.

“PART II

FEES PAYABLE IN RELATION TO CONGESTED AREAS

Frequency band	Limits of bandwidth per fixed link	Minimum data bit rate	Fee
			£
3.600-4.200 GHz	Not more than 15 MHz	51 Mbit/s	870
	More than 15 MHz but not more than 30 MHz	51 Mbit/s 140 Mbit/s	1,740 1,125
	More than 30 MHz but not more than 90 MHz	140 Mbit/s	3,375
5.925-6.425 GHz	Not more than 15 MHz	51 Mbit/s	870
	More than 15 MHz but not more than 30 MHz	51 Mbit/s 140 Mbit/s	1,740 1,125
	More than 30 MHz but not more than 90 MHz	140 Mbit/s	3,375
7.425-7.900 GHz	Not more than 3.5 MHz	8 Mbit/s	420
	More than 3.5 MHz but not more than 7 MHz	8 Mbit/s 16 Mbit/s	840 565
	More than 7 MHz but not more than 14 MHz	16 Mbits/s 34 Mbit/s	1,130 870
	More than 14 MHz but not more than 28 MHz	34 Mbit/s 140 Mbit/s	1,740 1,125
	More than 28 MHz but not more than 56 MHz	140 Mbit/s	2,250
12.750-13.250 GHz and 14.250-14.500 GHz	Not more than 1.75 MHz	2 Mbit/s	280
	More than 1.75 MHz but not more than 3.5 MHz	4 Mbit/s 8 Mbit/s	560 420
	More than 3.5 MHz but not more than 7 MHz	8 Mbit/s 16 Mbit/s	840 565
	More than 7 MHz but not more than 14 MHz	16 Mbit/s 34 Mbit/s	1,130 870
	More than 14 MHz but not more than 28 MHz	34 Mbit/s 140 Mbit/s	1,740 1,125
	More than 28 MHz but not more than 56 MHz	140 Mbit/s	2,250
All bands specified above	Any bandwidth in relation to an analogue link	Not applicable	1,125

PART III

FEES PAYABLE IN RELATION TO NON-CONGESTED AREAS

Frequency band	Limits of bandwidth per fixed link	Fee
		£
1.350-1.690 GHz	Not more than 500 kHz	260
	More than 500 kHz but not more than 1 MHz	380
	More than 1 MHz but not more than 2 MHz	500
1.700-1.900 GHz	More than 50 kHz	380
3.600-4.200 GHz	Not more than 15 MHz	560
	More than 15 MHz but not more than 30 MHz	725
	More than 30 MHz but not more than 90 MHz	2,175
5.925-6.425 GHz	Not more than 15 MHz	560
	More than 15 MHz but not more than 30 MHz	725
	More than 30 MHz but not more than 90 MHz	2,175
6.425-7.125 GHz	Not more than 20 MHz	640
	More than 20 MHz but not more than 40 MHz	825
7.425-7.900 GHz 12.750-13.250 GHz and 14.250-14.500 GHz	Not more than 3.5 MHz	270
	More than 3.5 MHz but not more than 7 MHz	365
	More than 7 MHz but not more than 14 MHz	560
	More than 14 MHz but not more than 28 MHz	725
	More than 28 MHz but not more than 56 MHz	1,090
17.300-17.700 GHz	Not more than 14 MHz	720
	More than 14 MHz but not more than 100 MHz	925
	More than 100 MHz but not more than 200 MHz	1,030
	More than 200 MHz but not more than 300 MHz	1,155
	More than 300 MHz	1,280
21.200-23.600 GHz 24.500-26.500 GHz and 27.500-29.500 GHz	Not more than 3.5 MHz	240
	More than 3.5 MHz but not more 7 MHz	320
	More than 7 MHz but not more than 14 MHz	490
	More than 14 MHz but not more than 28 MHz	635
	More than 28 MHz but not more than 56 MHz	955
31.000-31.800 GHz	Not more than 56 MHz	720
	More than 56 MHz but not more than 140 MHz	885
	More than 140 MHz but not more than 250 MHz	1,030
	More than 250 MHz but not more than 280 MHz	1,155
37.000-39.500 GHz	Not more than 3.5 MHz	190
	More than 3.5 MHz but not more than 7 MHz	250
	More than 7 MHz but not more than 14 MHz	390
	More than 14 MHz but not more than 28 MHz	500
	More than 28 MHz but not more than 56 MHz	750
48.500-50.200 GHz	Not more than 28 MHz	220
51.400-52.660 GHz	Not more than 56 MHz	220
55.780-57.000 GHz	Not more than 56 MHz	220

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“SCHEDULE 7

PERMANENT EARTH STATION AND TRANSPORTABLE EARTH STATION LICENCES

PART I

INTERPRETATION

In this Schedule—

• “i” means the number of Earth Station terminals on a site;

• “j” means the number of satellites;

• “k” means the number of transmission paths;

• “BW_ijk” means Transmit Authorised bandwidth (in MHz);

• “MOD_ijk” means Modifier Value as specified in the table set out in Part III or IV as appropriate; and

• “P_ijk” means Transmit Peak power (in Watts).

PART II

ALGORITHM FOR PERMANENT EARTH STATION AND TRANSPORTABLE EARTH STATION LICENCES

$$\sqrt{433.4\times \sum _{\mathrm{ijk}}(P_{\mathrm{ijk}}\times B{W}_{\mathrm{ijk}}\times MO{D}_{\mathrm{ijk}})}$$

PART III

MODIFIER VALUE FOR PERMANENT EARTH STATION LICENCE

Frequency Band (MHz)	Exclusivity	Modifier Value
5850–5925	Shared	1
5925–6425	Shared	1
6425–7075	Shared	1
12500–12750	No Fixed Links	0.5
12750–13250	Shared	1
13750–14000	No Fixed Links	0.5
14000–14250	No Fixed Links	0.5
14250–14500	Shared	1
17300–17700	No Fixed Links	0.5
17700–18100	Shared	1
18100–18400	Shared	1
27500–29500	Shared	1
29500–30000	No Fixed Links	0.5

PART IV

MODIFIER VALUE FOR TRANSPORTABLE EARTH STATION LICENCE

Frequency Band (MHz)	Exclusivity	Modifier Value
14000–14250	No Fixed Links	0.5
14250–14500	Shared	1

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)