United Kingdom

Check updated information: https://apwpt.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Handout_Version-2024_1.pdf

‘Site’ License required and issued where frequencies are not used for broadcasting or aeronautical services at a given geographical location – access could be for a limited period or on a long-term basis.

* 470 - 606 MHz, max. 50 mW ERP
* 614 - 790 MHz
* 960 – 1164 MHz – three ‘sub-bands’
* 961 to 1015 MHz
* 1045 to 1075 MHz
* 105 to 1154 MHz
* 1518-1525 MHz, max. 50 mW ERP

‘Shared’ License required – annual renewal
* 606 - 614 MHz, max. 50 mW ERP
* 823 – 832 MHz, max. 50 mW ERP
* 1785 - 1800 MHz, max 50 mW ERP


No individual license required / License exempt frequencies
* 863 - 865 MHz, max. 10 mW ERP
* 173.8 - 175 MHz max 50 mW ERP
* 2.4 - 2.485 GHz, 10 mW EIRP


Additional Information

* Contacts:
Ofcom have taken the responsibility for licensing PMSE operation back ‘in-house’.
For details of how to licence; http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radiocommunication-licences/pmse/

* Video PMSE:
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/manage-your-licence/radiocommunication-licences/pmse/pmse-technical-info/video-links

Note: information as of April 2018