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As discussed at the last Business Radio Interest Group we are currently undertaking an exercise to ensure that the information we keep about the use of radio spectrum by our licensees is as up to date and accurate as possible.

Accurate information will enable our new licensing systems to manage the radio spectrum more effectively and offer a better quality of service to our stakeholders.

We have identified a number of records where we need to confirm the accuracy or completeness of the information we hold. In such cases we have contacted the affected licensees. In cases where we are missing information we have proposed to implement a set of default values unless advised of alternative values. It is necessary for us to do this because our new licensing systems require a complete set of data to ensure that the risk of interference between users of the radio spectrum is minimised.

These default values, which were developed with the assistance of experts in the radio industry, are designed to protect the licensee and other radio users from interference. These default values are set out below. However, if licensees do have more accurate information please do not hesitate to supply it to us using the contact details provided below.

Default values

Product	Product Name	On-Site / Wide Area	ERP ( Watts )	Antenna Height (metres)
			Proposal	Proposal
401015	IR 2008	Wide	25	30
401060	On-Site Speech and Data	On-site	5	10
401080	On-Site Hospital Paging	On-site	5	10
407010	Wide-Area Speech and Data	Wide	25	30
407020	Wide-Area PBR (One way paging and speech)	Wide	25	30
407030	Wide-Area PBR (Distress Alarms)	Wide	25	30
501010	Common Base Stations	Wide	25	30
501020	Common Base Stations (Sub-band I of Band III)	Wide	25	30
502030	Analogue PAMR	Wide	25	30
506010	Remote Meter Reading	Wide	N/A	N/A

If we do not hold details of the type of antenna used then it will be defaulted to Omni-directional.

If the antenna is omnidirectional but has a directional value then it will be defaulted to Omni-directional.

If the antenna is directional but has no directional value then it will be defaulted to Omni-directional

Contact:

If you have any questions/concerns regarding this notice then please contact:

Kevin Delaney
Data Cleansing Project Manager
Business Radio

Email: businessradio@ofcom.org.uk

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