Ofcom Spectrum Pricing Consultation

On Monday the UK regulator Ofcom published a consultation setting out the guiding principles that will be used to set fees for access to radio spectrum in the future.

These principles and the methodology that Ofcom uses to set spectrum fees are explained, along with the approach to planning future reviews of fees in specific sectors. It does not make detailed fee proposals for individual sectors.

With regard to Amateur Radio the consultation document says:

"We have also set fees to be zero for some licences, including Amateur and Ships’ licences (a decision which we have made clear will not be re-opened by this consultation)."

The consultation can be found at:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/srsp/