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FIXED LINKS FEES

SATELLITE SERVICES

Licence class	Current fees	Interval of time for payment
Permanent Earth Station	For each site (the area contained within a circle of a radius of 500 metres centred on a point defined by the licensee), the appropriate sum calculated in accordance with the algorithm set out in Table A Part I and taking into account the appropriate Modifier Value referred to in Table A Part II	Yearly

FIG A: PERMANENT AND TRANSPORTABLE EARTH STATION ALGORITHM (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;

"BWijk"

means Transmit Authorised bandwidth (in MHz);

"MODijk"

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

"Pijk"

means Transmit Peak power (in Watts ).

PART II MODIFIER VALUE FOR PERMANENT EARTH STATION LICENCE

Frequency Band (MHz)	Exclusivity	Modifier Value
5850-5925	Shared	1
5925-6425	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

 

Transportable Earth Station

Licence class	Current fees	Interval of time for payment
Transportable Earth Station	For each station operating in the 14.0 to 14.5 GHz band, the appropriate sum payable in accordance with the table below, as determined by the power and bandwidth of the network	Yearly

 

TRANSPORTABLE EARTH STATION LICENCE

Category	OMP x WBW	Fee per terminal (GBP) £
1	100	200
2	2,500	1,000
3	> 2,500	3,000

Interpretation

"OMP"

means Operational Maximum Power (in Watts ) as declared by the licensee; and

"WBW"

means the widest bandwidth (in MHz) as declared by the licensee.

Network Licence

Licence class	Current fees	Interval of time for payment
Network Licence	For each network operating in the 14.0-14.25 GHz, 14.25-14.5 GHz and 29.5-30.0 GHz bands, the appropriate sum calculated in accordance with the algorithm set out in Table B	Yearly

FIG B: NETWORK LICENCE ALGORITHM

"n"

means the number of Earth Station terminals (subject to a minimum of 50 terminals per licence) licensed in the network;

"BWn"

means the aggregated accessible Transmit Bandwidth available to each terminal;

"MODn"

means Modifier Value of 0.5; and

"Pn"

means Transmit Peak power (in Watts ) appearing at the flange of the network terminal antennas.

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