29.01.2006

Common channels subject to licence and allocated to trade and industry in entire Finland

This Announcement replaces the announcement of 2 April 2002.

The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) follows the principles mentioned below when granting licences for common channels allocated to trade and industry:

Common channels by frequency band (Tx=Rx):

A radio licence shall be acquired from the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority for the use of the radio transmitters operating in these channels.

Principles

-The channels are intended only for communications in connection with the carrying on of a profession or trade and business, the channels of area 1 and 1b may also be used for hobby activities,

- The applicant for a licence is granted the right to use these channels in the whole of Finland,

- The channels are in common use and allowed exclusively for speech transmission,

- These channels are allowed exclusively for mobile radiotelephones,

- The radiated power of the radiotelephones operating in these channels shall not exceed 5 W (ERP), the maximum radiated power is 25 W (ERP) of the channels of area 1 b; the channels of area 1b must not be used closer than at a distance of 10 kilometres from the borders of Russia, Sweden and Norway. The frequency 67.500 MHz must not be used closer than at a distance of 50 kilometres from the borders of Sweden and Norway, nor closer than at a distance of 100 kilometres from the television broadcasting station at Vuokatti,

- The channel separation is 12.5 kHz in the frequency band 150 MHz (area 2), in other frequency bands it is 25 kHz,

- A radio transmitter’s conformity to requirements shall either be assessed as laid down in the Act on Radio Frequencies and Telecommunications Equipment (1015/2001), in other words in Directive 1999/5/EC, or nationally type approved before the entry into force of the Directive. A piece of equipment complying with the essential requirements of the Directive can be recognised by the marking CE and by the manufacturer’s declaration of conformity accompanying the documents. If a Notified Body has been used when assessing the conformity to requirements, the marking is CE xxxx, xxxx being the four-digit identification number of the Notified Body. If the conformity to requirements is not made sure in a relevant way, no licence can be granted for the use and possession of the radio transmitter. The conformity to requirements shall be verified already at the purchase of the equipment.

Further information

Airi Nissilä, tel. (09) 6966 886, int´l: +358 9 6966 886
Eija Marjak,tel. (09) 6966 890, int´l: +358 9 6966 890
Tapio Ronkainen, tel. (09) 6966 435, int´l: +358 9 6966 435
Teemu Ovaska, tel. (09) 6966 419, int´l: +358 9 6966 419

FICORA's employees have an e-mail address of the format: firstname.lastname@ficora.fi