Learn how this licensing service provides a means for underserved rural and remote areas to access flexible-use spectrum for broadband private networks.
On this page:
- Overview of access licensing for radio licences
Overview of access licensing for radio licences
This site-based licensing option is an alternative to commercial spectrum licensing where access is given to land mobile radio frequencies for private broadband application; as such, it is limited to radiocommunication users, per the Radiocommunication Regulations.
Annual site-based radio licences will be issued to eligible private network users for broadband systems in land mobile and fixed radio services to operate in the 900 MHz band, as identified in SRSP-506 — Technical Requirements for Land Mobile and Fixed Radio Services Operating in the Bands 896-901 MHz and 935-940 MHz, in the rural and remote areas known as Tier 5 service areas.
Learn more about Tier 5 service areas at: Service areas for competitive licensing
Find out more in: Decision on New Access Licensing Framework, Changes to Subordinate Licensing and White Space to Support Rural and Remote Deployment
If you feel you have everything you need, go directly to Radio licensing services to apply for a licence.
If you have any questions about the access licensing framework for radio licences, contact your local Spectrum Management District Office.