Regulation 3 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “aircraft BTS” means a base transceiver station located in an aircraft;

• “apparatus” means wireless telegraphy apparatus;

• “dBm” means decibels of power referenced to one milliWatt;

• “e.i.r.p.” means equivalent isotropic radiated power;

• “ETSI” means the European Telecommunications Standards Institute;

• “GSM apparatus” means apparatus used for an electronic communications network that complies with standards developed for the Global System for Mobile Communications (also known as GSM);

• “kHz” means kilohertz;

• “LTE apparatus” means apparatus used for an electronic communications network that complies with standards developed for the Long Term Evolution (also known as LTE);

• “MHz” means megahertz;

• “mobile communication services on aircraft” means electronic communications services provided by an undertaking to enable airline passengers to use public electronic communications networks during flight without establishing direct connections with electronic communications networks based on the ground;

• “network control unit” means equipment located in an aircraft that ensures that signals transmitted by electronic communications networks based on the ground are not detectable within the cabin by raising the noise floor inside the cabin in mobile communication receive bands;

• “public electronic communications network” has the meaning given to it by section 151(1) of the Communications Act 2003^f1;

• “relevant network” means an electronic communications network that includes an aircraft BTS and a network control unit;

• “signal” has the meaning given to it by section 32(10) of the Communications Act 2003;

• “the 1800 MHz band” means the 1710–1785 MHz frequency band (for the uplink from the apparatus to the aircraft BTS) and the 1805–1880 MHz frequency band (for the downlink from the aircraft BTS to the apparatus);

• “the 2100 MHz band” means the 1920–1980 MHz frequency band (for the uplink from the apparatus to the aircraft BTS) and the 2110–2170 MHz frequency band (for the downlink from the aircraft BTS to the apparatus);

• “UMTS apparatus” means apparatus used for an electronic communications network that complies with standards developed for the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (also known as UMTS); and

• “UMTS networks” means electronic communications networks based on the ground that are available for use with UMTS apparatus.