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This application form provides details about Private Business Radio (PBR). A business radio system is used to pass messages between a base station and mobile sets and mobile to mobile as an aid to conducting business. The different Business Radio licences allow the licensee to operate different types of systems in accordance with licence conditions and Wireless Telegraphy legislation.

1. Notes

Please print out attached below form IN FULL and return it to the relevant address given in Section 2.

Please do not buy any business radio equipment until you have been assigned a frequency - otherwise you may find that the equipment is not compatible with the frequency you are assigned.

Please write clearly in black ink, using CAPITAL LETTERS.

Please remember to sign the declaration at the end of the form.

Please keep a copy of your completed application form.

If you are applying for a new licence or to take over an existing licence, please enclose the correct licence fee with your application. The fee depends on the frequency band used, and in some cases on the area of operation. For details of fees, visit the Ofcom website or call the Ofcom Contact Centre.

2. Contact details

If you have any questions about your application or about CBS licensing in general, please contact:

Ofcom Contact Centre
Riverside House
2a Southwark Bridge Road
London
SE1 9HA
Tel: 020 7981 3040 (this number will be the cheapest option for most callers)
or
0845 456 3000 (this number may be cheaper for callers on the BT Light User Scheme calling from outside the London area)
Fax: 020 7981 3334 (this number will be the cheapest option for most callers)
or
0845 456 3333 (this number may be cheaper for callers on the BT Light User Scheme calling from outside the London area)
Email: contact@ofcom.org.uk

The Ofcom website contains further information about all aspects of spectrum licensing.
If you are applying for either a trunked system or linked base stations, please post your completed form to the Ofcom Contact Centre at the above address.
If you are applying for a standalone system, please post your form to the relevant Ofcom local office. Details of our local offices are available on our website or from the Ofcom Contact Centre.

• OfW129 - Ofcom application form [pdf]
  Formally Radiocommunications Agency application form RA 259

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