In addition to obtaining a W.T. Act licence, a licence under the Telecommunications Act may also be required. The T. Act Satellite Services Class Licence places certain restrictions on interconnection with the public network. The following paragraphs give an overview of the type of service envisaged under the various licences. This licence is intended for the large permanently installed earth station operating to a satellite in the geostationary orbit. Full site clearance and national and international co-ordination procedures are applied to provide maximum protection to the earth station.
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VSAT hub stations will also be licensed under this category. The licence has three classes. Class II Narrowband for emissions between 100KHz and 2MHz aggregated bandwidth. Class III Wideband for emissions greater than 2MHz in aggregated bandwidth. This application is characterised by a short-term requirement to provide uplinking from a location that is often determined by external pressures, i.e. a news item.