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Annex 1 - Summary of licence exempt services for which no licences are required

Radio Equipment and services, which are, exempted from the individual licensing requirements of the WT Act 2006 by the Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) Regulations 2003 SI No. 74 are subject to the technical criteria set out in these regulations. These may be summarised as:

Network user stations

User equipment under Public Mobile Operator Licences;

Public Mobile data systems (Non Voice only);

Digital cellular radio telephones; including 2G and 3G;

Universal Mobile Telephony System radiotelephone (UMTS);

Public Access Mobile Radio Equipment (PAMR);

Common Base Stations (CBS).

Meteor Burst data Systems;

CDMA spread spectrum data asset tracking systems;

Public two-way paging systems

Cordless telephone apparatus

CT1

Digital cordless telephone apparatus (CT2);

Digital cordless telephone apparatus ( DECT ).

Land Mobile Satellite Service (LMSS)

Land Mobile Earth Stations in the Inmarsat LMSS;

Land Mobile Earth Stations in the Eutelsat LMSS;

Land Mobile Earth Stations in the Italsat LMSS;

Land Mobile Earth Stations in the Iridium LMSS;

Land Mobile Earth Stations in the ICO LMSS;

Land Mobile Earth Stations in the Globalstar LMSS;

Land Mobile Earth Stations in the Thuraya LMSS;

Land Mobile Earth Stations in the Orbcomm LMSS;

Land Mobile Earth Stations in the SpaceChecker LMSS.

Short range devices

Micro FM transmitters, cordless radio apparatus, emergency alarms, field disturbance and Doppler apparatus, fixed alarms, generic general purpose devices, induction system apparatus, lone worker safety alarms, victim locators, mobile and transportable alarms, motor vehicle radio keys, motor vehicle theft paging alarms, asset tracking apparatus, meter reading apparatus, narrow band radio microphones, radio hearing aids, short range data links, industrial telemetry and tele-command apparatus, wide band radio microphones, wideband data transmission systems, visual image transmission equipment, narrow band radio apparatus, ultra-low power active medical implants, road and traffic telemetry, radar level gauges, Short Range Radar devices.

PMR 446

2-way handsets which meets European Standard ETS 300 296 and the specified 446 MHz frequencies designated.

Receive only devices

All receive only devices have been exempted

Fixed Link Apparatus

Fixed terrestrial link apparatus in unco-ordinated bands at 57.1 to 58.9 GHz

Wireless Access Systems including local area networks

Apparatus in the frequency bands 5150 to 5350 MHz and 5470 to 5725 MHz bands (“wi-fi”)

(additional to the short range devices known as HYPERLANS indicated above)

Citizens Band radio equipment

Short range communication apparatus in the frequency band 27 MHz

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