2005/10/18

Ofcom Website | Award of available spectrum: 412-414 MHz paired with 422-424 MHz

Ofcom Website | Award of available spectrum: 412-414 MHz paired with 422-424 MHz

Though this is low end spectrum it has good properties for building penetration etc. Basestations can transmit at 50W per 25KHz, up to a maximum of 400W in total. Mobile transmitters are limited to 10W.

This is a single national license, though there are military users (it seems radars, especially Flyingdales) and it's up to the licensee to avoid interfering with them.

It's a single round sealed bid auction, with offers in excess of £50,000.