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Business Radio Reform Trading, Liberalisation and Simplification

Business Radio 07. Business Radio Reform Trading, Liberalisation and Simplification. 22 November 2007 Paul Jarvis. Agenda. Business Radio Reform 2. Benefits/vision of the new approach Other Business Radio projects 2012 Olympics Questions/Discussion. So far… Trading

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Business Radio Reform Trading, Liberalisation and Simplification

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  1. Business Radio 07 Business Radio Reform Trading, Liberalisation and Simplification 22 November 2007 Paul Jarvis

  2. Agenda • Business Radio Reform 2.Benefits/vision of the new approach • Other Business Radio projects • 2012 Olympics • Questions/Discussion

  3. So far… Trading Introduced at end of 2004 to c900 licences BR: National and Regional PMR, Analogue PAMR, National Paging, Data Networks and CBS Around 20-30 trades per annum – 12 larger licences have changed hands through trading Liberalisation Progressive removal of restrictions on technology and usage BR: Ability to change between classes Coming up… Trading Extension of trading to other licence classes (including licences in UHF1) 35,000 licences to be fully tradable Introduction of geographical and spectrum partitioning to national licence types Simplification and Liberalisation Introduction of 3 new and flexible licence types (Area Defined, Technically Assigned and Light Licence) Minimum technical conditions to prevent harmful interference New transparent fee structures Where we are

  4. Getting there – key work items

  5. Indicative approach for BRR Late 2008 IS Design / testing / UAT Go Live Regulations come into force Consultation on draft regulations Statement with final regulations Regulations 3-4 weeks for reviewing the responses and statement 21 days 10 weeks consultation Issue variation notices (minimum 1 month to make any representations) Issue New Licences Variation

  6. Project UNIFY: What is it ? • Ofcom inherited around 70 systems from the legacy regulators from which it was formed. Not conducive to efficiency or coherence! • Project Unify was launched in 2005 to integrate these disparate systems • Project encompasses all of Ofcom’s activities – so not only WT Act Licensing but field operations, finance, human resources, project management and the Ofcom licensing centre • Unify has already delivered improved efficiency and reduced costs across Ofcom • Next phase is for Fixed Links which will be delivered early 2008 followed by Business Radio (late 2008) • Demonstration of the Business Radio part of the Spectrum Management System will be given as part of the workshops later today

  7. BR new licensing system SPECTRA web SPECTRA plus SPECTRA plan CHIRplus_LM SPECTRA emc

  8. Agenda • Business Radio Reform 2. Benefits/vision of the new approach • Other Business Radio projects • 2012 Olympics • Questions/Discussion

  9. Benefits of the new approach to industry • Trading and spectrum sharing • Users have choice of technology within licence technical conditions • Increased opportunities for suppliers/dealers to provide new services, including: • system deployment and planning under the Area Defined licence • greater use and coordination of Light licence classes • providing guidance on licence fees, including technical mitigation to achieve lower fees

  10. Business Radio spectrum available and spectrum used • The chart on the left shows the spectrum used by licence classes - approximately 60 MHz • The chart on the right show the percentages of un-allocated spectrum by bands • Band III (Sub band 1 & 2 not included due to band migration plan) • Low band: 141 dual frequency and 17 single frequency – all 12.5 KHz channel spacing • Mid band: 11 single frequency – 2 are 12.5 kHz and 9 are 25 KHz channel spacing • UHF 1: 7 dual frequency and 26 simplex – all 12.5 KHz channel spacing • UHF 2: 33 dual frequency (all 12.5 kHz) and 14 single frequency (12 are 25 KHz channel spacing and 2 are 12.5 kHz) • New pricing approach provide an incentive to use the lower frequency ranges

  11. Agenda • Business Radio Reform 2.Benefits/vision on the new approach • Other projects within the Business Radio Unit • 2012 Olympics • Questions/Discussion

  12. Other BR projects

  13. Further Information If there any questions regarding these changes, please contact: Businessradio@Ofcom.org.uk Further information is available on the Ofcom website at: www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/ifi/licensing/classes/business_radio/ Any other enquiries regarding existing licences should be addressed to licensingcentre@ofcom.org.uk

  14. Agenda • Business Radio Reform 2.Benefits/vision on the new approach • Other projects within the Business Radio Unit • 2012 Olympics • Questions/Discussion

  15. London Olympics 2012 • Discussion document on spectrum requirements for the Olympics to be published end of November 07 • Document includes a request for views on: • the amount of spectrum needed for PMR during the Games • our approach to fulfilling this requirement • Some requests for PMR spectrum for use during the Games will need to be coordinated with LOCOG (London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games) • Spectrum for use in preparing for the Games (e.g. construction projects etc) can be acquired in the normal way

  16. Agenda • Business Radio Reform 2.Benefits/vision on the new approach • Other projects within the Business Radio Unit • 2012 Olympics • Questions/Discussion

  17. QUESTIONS / DISCUSSION

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