Guidance for business radio licensees

Published: 16 March 2023

Licence Fee Calculation Guide (PDF, 114.5 KB)

Fee calculator (XLS, 822.0 KB) – updated October 2018

Please report issues with the fee calculator to sirish.bhavsar@ofcom.org.uk

National and International Co-ordination Information Sheet (PDF, 227.6 KB)
15 March 2019

European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations
European communication regulators you should contact if you wish to use frequencies for Business Radio in Europe


Memorandums of Understanding pertaining to the frequency ranges used by Business Radio.

VHF Band 1                47.0 to 68.0 MHz
VHF Low Band            68.0 to 87.5 MHz
VHF Mid Band            138.0 to 165.05 MHz
VHF High Band           165.05 to 174.0 MHz
VHF Band III              174.0 to 225.0 MHz
UHF1 Band                420.0 to 450.0 MHz
UHF2 Band                450.0 to 470.0 MHz

Digital co-ordination Agreement for VHF Band III between the UK and Belgium
Digital co-ordination Agreement for VHF Band III between the UK and France (PDF, 1.0 MB)
Digital co-ordination Agreement for VHF Band III between the UK and The Netherlands (PDF, 1.1 MB)
MoU for Band 1 between the UK and France (PDF, 120.7 KB)
MoU for the 138-144 MHz Band between the UK and France (Paris Agreement) (PDF, 51.7 KB)
MoU for VHF Band III between the UK and Belgium (PDF, 3.4 MB)
MoU for VHF Band III between the UK and France (PDF, 874.3 KB)
MoU for VHF Band III between the UK and The Netherlands (PDF, 4.4 MB)

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