Private Business Radio Licence Fees

The fees listed in this information sheet are paid annually unless stated otherwise.

National and Regional Private Business Radio

The fee per 2x12.5 kHz channel is based upon whether the channel is used nationally or regionally and the frequency band used. See page 5 for more details.

On-site Private Business Radio

Speech and Data Systems
The fee per channel per site is based upon the location of the radio operation and the frequency band used. See page 4 for more details.

Local Communications Systems
The fee per channel per site is based upon the location of the radio operation. See page 4 for more details.

Hospital Paging and Emergency Speech Systems
£150 per channel per site payable every three years.

One-way Paging and Speech Systems
£75 per channel per site payable every three years.

Private Business Radio Suppliers

£200

Private Mobile Radio Road Construction

£2000

Private Mobile Radio (Standard)

£140 for up to 10 mobile stations
£250 for 11 - 25 mobile stations
£500 for 26 - 60 mobile stations
£1,000 for 61 - 100 mobile stations
£1,750 for 101 - 200 mobile stations
£3,500 for 201 - 500 mobile stations
£7,000 for 501 - 1000 mobile stations

For more than 1000 mobile stations
£7,000 for the first 1000 plus
£5,000 for each successive group of 500
£5,000 for any final group of less than 500

Wide Area Private Business Radio

Speech and Data Systems
The fee per 2x12.5 kHz channel per site is based upon the location of the radio operation, the frequency band used and the exclusivity factor determined by the business type and the number of mobile stations used. See page 2 for more details.

IR2008 (Shared Wide Area Data)
The fee per 2x12.5 KHz channel per site per timeslot is based upon the location of the radio operation and the frequency band used. See page 2 for more details.

One-way Paging and Speech Systems
The fee per 25 kHz channel per site is based upon the location of the radio operation. See page 3 for more details.

Distress Alarm Systems
The fee per 12.5 kHz channel per site is based upon the location of the radio operation. See page 4 for more details.

Self-Select Private Business Radio

One-way Paging Systems
£50 per site payable every three years.

PBR UK General
£60 every three years.

Wide Area PBR licence fees

Speech and Data Systems

Fees are determined by the following factors:

1. Location of radio operation

Fees are determined by whether a radio operation is carried out in an area that is designated as (a) heavily congested, (b) congested or (c) non-congested:

(a) Heavily congested: The level of traffic on a particular channel results in users making several unsuccessful call attempts and/or causes unwanted call terminations due to co-channel interference.

(b) Congested: The level of traffic on a particular channel is sufficiently high to cause some inconvenience to users wishing to make calls. This is manifested as occasional unsuccessful call attempts and occasional co-channel interference problems.

(c) Non-congested: The level of traffic causes very little inconvenience to users wishing to make calls. This designation applies to all other areas of the United Kingdom.

2. Frequency band

The following bands have been identified as containing heavily congested or congested areas or as being non-congested throughout the UK.

3. Exclusivity factor

An exclusivity factor is a fee modifier which is determined by the type of business use and the number of mobile stations used on a channel.

Fees for Wide Area PBR Speech and Data Systems licences are charged at the rates shown below:

IR2008 (Shared Wide Area Data Systems) Fees are dertermined by whether a radio operation is carried out in an area that is designated as (a) heavily congested, (b) congested or (c) non-congested as determined by tables 1a and 1b, and are charged at the rates shown below:

One-way Paging and Speech Systems Fees are determined by whether a radio operation is carried out in an area that is designated as (a) heavily congested, (b) congested or (c) non-congested as determined by tables 1a and 1b, and are charged at the rates shown below:

Distress Alarm Systems

Fees are determined by whether a radio operation is carried out in an area that is designated as (a) heavily congested, (b) congested or (c) non-congested as determined by tables 1a and 1b, and are charged at the rates shown below:

On-site PBR licence fees

Speech and Data Systems

Fees are determined by the following factors:

1. Location of radio operation

Fees are determined by whether a radio operation is carried out in an area that is designated as (a) heavily congested, (b) congested or (c) non-congested as determined by tables 1a and 1b.

2. Frequency band

The On-Site PBR fees use the same band details as shown in table 2.

Fees for On-Site PBR Speech and Data Systems licences are charged at the rates shown below:

Local Communications Systems Fees are determined by whether a radio operation is carried out in an area that is designated as (a) heavily congested, (b) congested or (c) non-congested as determined by tables 1a and 1b, and are charged at the rates shown below:

National and Regional PBR licence fees Fees

are determined by whether channels are used nationally or regionally.

National use

National channels can be used throughout the United Kingdom. Users of national channels pay a fee per 2x12.5 kHz channel based upon whether the band contains heavily congested or congested areas or is non-congested throughout the UK.

Regional use

Regional channels can be used throughout one or more, but not all, of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Users of regional channels pay a fee per 2x12.5 kHz channel based upon the size of the region and whether the band contains heavily congested or congested areas or is non-congested throughout the UK.

CONGESTED AREAS MAP

The map below shows the location of the 10Km grid squares designated as heavily congested or congested in tables 1a and 1b.

London and the M25

Address List for Local Offices

Our local staff are mainly engineers and their work takes them out of the office for much of the day. During normal office hours administrative staff will answer the phone if possible but at times you may find that your call is taken by an answering machine. You may prefer to write to your local office at the address shown below:

Contact addresses, with the areas covered are as follows. Overleaf is a coloured map designed to show at a glance the post codes covered by each Region.

So that we can give the best possible service, the local office e-mail addressess should only be used for matters relevant to the particular Region.

Any messages of a general nature should be addressed to library@ra.gsi.gov.uk These messages will be forwarded to the relevant section within the Radiocommunications Agency for reply.

RA123 (Rev 15) September 2002