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This Report has been produced in line with the Radiocommunications Agency's commitment to publish detailed statistics on spectrum usage in the land mobile radio bands.
The Report provides information on the private business radio (PBR) services which were licensed to operate on frequencies in the range 26 - 466 MHz at 31 December 2002. It also provides details of the spectrum allocated to land mobile radio services.
The report is in two sections:
Part 1: PBR Licence Statistics
Part 1 provides detailed statistics on PBR licences that were in force at the end of 2002. The tables in Part 1 provide a breakdown of licensing data by various licence and business use categories. Data on the number of PBR frequency assignments and mobiles is provided for some licence categories.
In July 2002 the Agency introduced the PBR UK General Licence to replace the PMR (Standard) UK General Licence. The new licence allows customers access to one or more of 15 frequencies for a fixed fee, regardless of the number of mobiles used. Therefore, information on numbers of mobiles/assignments for the UK General category can no longer be provided. The number of licences on issue at the end of 2002 can be found in the 'Other Private Business Radio Licences' table.
Significant effects during the year include the return of one High Band and nine Low Band national exclusive channels. In addition several large licences were terminated during 2002. More details can be found in the 'Other Private Business Radio Licences' table.
Part 2: Land Mobile Spectrum
Part 2 provides details of the spectrum available to PBR services in the land mobile radio bands and how it is used.
This section also provides similar information about public access mobile radio, common base station, national public mobile data operator services, on-site radio paging, radio paging short term hire, local communications, short range business radio paging, and wide area paging.

| Wide
Area Private Business Radio Licences |
NUMBER OF LICENCES AT 31 DECEMBER 2002
| MOBILE
RADIO RANGES |
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| LICENCE
CATEGORY |
Licences
with 1 - 10 Mobiles |
Licences
with 11 - 25 Mobiles |
Licences
with 26 - 60 Mobiles |
Licences
with 61 - 100 Mobiles |
Licences
with 101 - 200 Mobiles |
Licences
with 201 - 500 Mobiles |
Licences
with 501 - 1000 Mobiles |
Licences
with 1000+ Mobiles |
Total
Licences in Category |
| Wide Area Shared | 2619 |
836 |
361 |
61 |
16 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
3899 |
| Taxis & Private Car Hire | 3694 |
1750 |
979 |
215 |
90 |
23 |
3 |
1 |
6755 |
| Motor/Pedal Cycle Despatch | 32 |
48 |
56 |
21 |
15 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
175 |
| Local & Central Government | 210 |
225 |
272 |
164 |
118 |
43 |
9 |
1 |
1042 |
| Ambulance & General Medical | 143 |
107 |
39 |
11 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
307 |
| Water Industry | 7 |
11 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
27 |
| Gas, electricity, coal & nuclear | 10 |
12 |
5 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
13 |
8 |
66 |
| Bus & Coach Operators | 11 |
21 |
16 |
18 |
27 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
109 |
| Protected Service Users | 95 |
15 |
6 |
17 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
144 |
| 'Other' Users | 20 |
11 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
39 |
| TOTAL | 6841 |
3036
|
1745 |
518 |
284 |
90 |
35 |
14 |
12563 |
NUMBER OF MOBILES AT 31 DECEMBER 2002
| MOBILE
RADIO RANGES |
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| LICENCE
CATEGORY |
1
- 10 Mobiles |
11
- 25 Mobiles |
26
- 60 Mobiles |
61
- 100 Mobiles |
101
- 200 Mobiles |
201
- 500 Mobiles |
501
- 1000 Mobiles |
1000+ Mobiles |
Total
Licences in Category |
| Wide Area Shared | 18648 |
15353 |
14294 |
4637 |
2095 |
1309 |
1250 |
0 |
57586 |
| Taxis & Private Car Hire | 26683 |
35311 |
41091 |
18191 |
13296 |
6300 |
1750 |
3600 |
146222 |
| Motor/Pedal Cycle Despatch | 272 |
1038 |
2491 |
1862 |
2265 |
840 |
0 |
0 |
8768 |
| Local & Central Government | 1429 |
4181 |
11670 |
13582 |
16620 |
13396 |
5487 |
1216 |
67581 |
| Ambulance & General Medical | 992 |
1785 |
1519 |
871 |
808 |
0 |
820 |
0 |
6795 |
| Water Industry | 39 |
213 |
195 |
0 |
0 |
497 |
600 |
5060 |
6604 |
| Gas, electricity, coal & nuclear | 59 |
184 |
238 |
845 |
515 |
1668 |
8928 |
9692 |
22129 |
| Bus & Coach Operators | 84 |
426 |
744 |
1504 |
3807 |
2312 |
3684 |
10284 |
22845 |
| Protected Service Users | 302 |
281 |
274 |
1352 |
997 |
938 |
639 |
0 |
4783 |
| 'Other' Users | 119 |
173 |
240 |
95 |
168 |
248 |
0 |
0 |
1043 |
| TOTAL | 48627 |
58945 |
72756 |
42939 |
40571 |
27508 |
23158 |
29852 |
344356 |
Notes:
| On-site
Private Business Radio Licences |
NUMBER OF LICENCES AT 31 DECEMBER 2002
| MOBILE
RADIO RANGES |
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| LICENCE
CATEGORY |
Licences
with 1 - 10 Mobiles |
Licences
with 11 - 25 Mobiles |
Licences
with 26 - 60 Mobiles |
Licences
with 61 - 100 Mobiles |
Licences
with 101 - 200 Mobiles |
Licences
with 201 - 500 Mobiles |
Licences
with 501 - 1000 Mobiles |
Licences
with 1000+ Mobiles |
Total
Licences in Category |
| Single & Dual Frequency (general) | 14729 |
4557 |
1407 |
240 |
81 |
31 |
3 |
1 |
21049 |
| Local & Central Government | 1289 |
277 |
102 |
29 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1703 |
| Ambulance & General Medical | 654 |
186 |
32 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
880 |
| Water Industry | 126 |
21 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
| Gas, electricity, coal & nuclear | 197 |
68 |
44 |
26 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
347 |
| Protected Service Users | 1078 |
122 |
26 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1230 |
| 'Other' Users | 141 |
70 |
60 |
14 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
290 |
| TOTAL | 18214 |
5301 |
1673 |
318 |
104 |
32 |
4 |
2 |
25648 |
NUMBER OF MOBILES AT 31 DECEMBER 2002
| MOBILE
RADIO RANGES |
|||||||||
| LICENCE
CATEGORY |
Licences
with 1 - 10 Mobiles |
Licences
with 11 - 25 Mobiles |
Licences
with 26 - 60 Mobiles |
Licences
with 61 - 100 Mobiles |
Licences
with 101 - 200 Mobiles |
Licences
with 201 - 500 Mobiles |
Licences
with 501 - 1000 Mobiles |
Licences
with 1000+ Mobiles |
Total
Licences in Category |
| Single & Dual Frequency (general) | 87770 |
80015 |
55103 |
19182 |
12633 |
8623 |
1988 |
1500 |
266814
|
| Local & Central Government | 7572 |
4827 |
3966 |
2574 |
774 |
293 |
0 |
0 |
20006 |
| Ambulance & General Medical | 3696 |
3148 |
1226 |
540 |
120 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8730 |
| Water Industry | 630 |
335 |
56 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1021 |
| Gas, electricity, coal & nuclear | 1111 |
1152 |
1729 |
2100 |
1689 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7781 |
| Protected Service Users | 4178 |
1939 |
1011 |
159 |
0 |
0 |
950 |
1567 |
9804 |
| 'Other' Users | 799 |
1158 |
2353 |
1120 |
605 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6035 |
| TOTAL | 105756 |
92574 |
65444 |
25675 |
15821 |
8916 |
2938 |
3067 |
320191 |
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| Year
on Year Comparisons |
| Wide
Area Private Business Radio Licences Total Mobiles and Licences |
| MOBILE RADIO RANGES | Total
(Dec-99) |
Total
(Dec-00) |
Total
(Dec-01) |
Total
(Dec-02) |
||||||||
| Mobiles |
Licences |
Mobiles |
Licences |
Mobiles |
Licences |
Mobiles |
Licences |
|||||
| 1-10 | 84713
|
12384 |
73412 |
10719 |
67986 |
9900 |
48627 |
6841 |
||||
| 11-25 | 73733 |
3773 |
70276 |
3622 |
68086 |
3511 |
58945 |
3036 |
||||
| 26-60 | 82083 |
1911 |
78892 |
1871 |
77989 |
1859 |
72756 |
1745 |
||||
| 61-100 | 46013 |
553 |
47728 |
577 |
45100 |
541 |
42939 |
518 |
||||
| 101-200 | 46373 |
328 |
45118 |
314 |
47221 |
331 |
40571 |
284 |
||||
| 201-500 | 34981 |
120 |
30431 |
104 |
30510 |
101 |
27508 |
90 |
||||
| 501-1000 | 18918 |
27 |
26899 |
40 |
27761 |
42 |
23158 |
35 |
||||
| 1000+ | 54124 |
30 |
47566 |
26 |
60329 |
26 |
29852 |
14 |
||||
| TOTAL | 440,938 |
19,126 |
420,322 |
17,273 |
424,982 |
16,311 |
344,356 |
12,563 |

Note: the reduction in the number of licences and mobiles is mainly due to the removal of the UK General category (see Introduction and footnote 5)
| Wide
Area Shared Use |
| Total
Mobiles and Licences – Wide Area |
| MOBILE RADIO RANGES | Total
(Dec-99) |
Total
(Dec-00) |
Total
(Dec-01) |
Total
(Dec-02) |
||||||||
| Mobiles |
Licences |
Mobiles |
Licences |
Mobiles |
Licences |
Mobiles |
Licences |
|||||
| 1-10 | 25579 |
3661 |
22530 |
3205 |
20347 |
2884 |
18648 |
2619 |
||||
| 11-25 | 17504 |
951 |
16723 |
907 |
16106 |
874 |
15353 |
836 |
||||
| 26-60 | 16090 |
400 |
15267 |
384 |
14578 |
364 |
14294 |
361 |
||||
| 61-100 | 3795 |
48 |
4526 |
59 |
4612 |
61 |
4637 |
61 |
||||
| 101-200 | 3467 |
25 |
2778 |
21 |
3186 |
24 |
2095 |
16 |
||||
| 201-500 | 630 |
2 |
630 |
2 |
1005 |
3 |
1309 |
4 |
||||
| 501-1000 | 1250 |
2 |
1250 |
2 |
2070 |
3 |
1250 |
2 |
||||
| 1000+ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||||
| TOTAL | 68,315 |
5,089 |
63,704 |
4,580 |
61,904 |
4,213
|
57,586 |
3,899 |

| Taxis
and Private Car Hire |
| Total
Mobiles and Licences – Wide Area |
| MOBILE RADIO RANGES | Total
(Dec-99) |
Total
(Dec-00) |
Total
(Dec-01) |
Total
(Dec-02) |
||||||||
| Mobiles |
Licences |
Mobiles |
Licences |
Mobiles |
Licences |
Mobiles |
Licences |
|||||
| 1-10 | 35707
|
4916 |
30764 |
4256 |
28931 |
3975 |
26683 |
3694 |
||||
| 11-25 | 37154 |
1804 |
35283 |
1735
|
35624 |
1754 |
35311 |
1750 |
||||
| 26-60 | 33106 |
749 |
36487 |
846
|
38512 |
907 |
41091 |
979 |
||||
| 61-100 | 12757 |
150 |
14426 |
169 |
15586 |
182 |
18191 |
215 |
||||
| 101-200 | 8978 |
61 |
10273 |
69 |
12008 |
81 |
13296 |
90 |
||||
| 201-500 | 5658 |
22 |
5670 |
22 |
6110 |
23 |
6300 |
23 |
||||
| 501-1000 | 0 |
0 |
1200 |
2 |
1200 |
2 |
1750 |
3 |
||||
| 1000+ | 2500 |
1 |
5500 |
2 |
6500 |
2 |
3600 |
1 |
||||
| TOTAL | 135,860 |
7,703 |
139,603 |
7,101 |
144,471 |
6,926 |
146,222 |
6,755 |


| Motor/Pedal
Cycle Despatch |
| Total
Mobiles and Licences – Wide Area |
| MOBILE RADIO RANGES | Total
(Dec-99) |
Total
(Dec-00) |
Total
(Dec-01) |
Total
(Dec-02) |
||||||||
| Mobiles |
Licences |
Mobiles |
Licences |
Mobiles |
Licences |
Mobiles |
Licences |
|||||
| 1-10 | 461 |
57 |
339 |
40 |
276 |
33 |
272 |
32 |
||||
| 11-25 | 1945 |
93 |
1481 |
69 |
1176 |
55 |
1038 |
48 |
||||
| 26-60 | 4355 |
96 |
2822 |
63 |
2947 |
66 |
2491 |
56 |
||||
| 61-100 | 1850 |
22 |
1885 |
22 |
1595 |
18 |
1862 |
21 |
||||
| 101-200 | 2685 |
18 |
2515 |
16 |
2460 |
16 |
2265 |
15 |
||||
| 201-500 | 840 |
3 |
840 |
3
|
840 |
3 |
840 |
3 |
||||
| 501-1000 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||||
| 1000+ | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||||
| TOTAL | 12,136 |
289 |
9,882 |
213 |
9,294 |
191 |
8,768 |
175 |


| Local
and Central Government |
| Total
Mobiles and Licences – Wide Area |
| MOBILE RADIO RANGES | Total
(Dec-99) |
Total
(Dec-00) |
Total
(Dec-01) |
Total
(Dec-02) |
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| Mobiles |
Licences |
Mobiles |
Licences |
Mobiles |
Licences |
Mobiles |
Licences |
|||||
| 1-10 | 2994 |
490 |
2615 |
421 |
2546 |
407 |
1429
|
210 |
||||
| 11-25 | 5596 |
306 |
5352 |
292 |
5622 |
305 |
4181 |
225 |
||||
| 26-60 | 18094 |
414 |
14499 |
340 |
14490 |
338 |
11670 |
272 |
||||
| 61-100 | 18875 |
227 |
17988 |
219 |
16061 |
193 |
13582 |
164 |
||||
| 101-200 | 20339 |
149 |
18752 |
136 |
19145 |
139 |
16620 |
118 |
||||
| 201-500 | 15753 |
53 |
15027 |
50 |
14885 |
48 |
13396 |
43 |
||||
| 501-1000 | 4585 |
8 |
7593 |
12 |
7202 |
12 |
5487 |