The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Source: legislation.gov.uk (2025-10-12)

These Regulations amend the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1068, as amended by S.I. 2021/1117, S.I. 2022/1310, S.I. 2023/400 and S.I. 2024/1318) (“the 2020 Regulations”).

Statutory Instruments

2025 No. 1038

Electronic Communications

The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Made

22nd September 2025

Coming into force

13th October 2025

The Office of Communications (“OFCOM”), in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12, 13(2) and 122(7) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006(1 (\"#f00001\")) (“the Act”), make the following Regulations.

Before making these Regulations, OFCOM have given notice of their proposal to do so in accordance with section 122(4)(a) of the Act, published notice of their proposal in accordance with section 122(4)(b) of the Act, and have considered the representations made to them before the time specified in the notice in accordance with section 122(4)(c) of the Act.

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 and shall come into force on 13th October 2025.

Amendments to the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 2020

2.—(1) Schedule 2 (Licence Charges and Payment Intervals) to the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 2020(2 (\"#f00002\")) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) Under the heading “Spectrum Access”, in relation to the licence class “Shared Access (Low Power)”, in paragraph (b) in Column 3 (Variable sums), before the words “2390-2400 MHz band” insert “2320-2340 MHz band or”.

(3) Under the heading “Spectrum Access”, in relation to the licence class “Shared Access (Medium Power)”—

(a)in Column 1 (Class of Licence), for the words “Shared Access (Medium Power)” substitute “Shared Access (Medium Power Rural Areas)”; and

(b)in paragraph (b) in Column 3 (Variable sums), before the words “2390-2400 MHz band” insert “2320-2340 MHz band or”.

(4) Under the heading “Spectrum Access”, after the licence class “Shared Access (Medium Power)” (which is amended in paragraph (3)(b) to “Shared Access (Medium Power Rural Areas)”) and before the licence class “Spectrum Access Offshore Mobile”, insert the following entry—

Shared Access (Medium Power Urban Areas)(a) £160 for each authorisation under a licence of use of a 2 x 3.3 MHz channel in the 1800 MHz band.12 months(b) £160 for each 10 MHz channel under a licence of use in the 2320-2340 MHz or 2390-2400 MHz bands.12 months(c) £160 for each 10 MHz channel under a licence of use in the 3.8-4.2 GHz band.12 months(d) £80 for each authorisation under a licence of use of a 100 MHz channel in the 24.45-27.5 GHz or 40.5-43.5 GHz bands12 months

David Willis

Group Director, Spectrum Group

For and on behalf of the Office of Communications

22nd September 2025

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1068 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1068\"), as amended by S.I. 2021/1117 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/1117\"), S.I. 2022/1310 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/1310\"), S.I. 2023/400 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/400\") and S.I. 2024/1318 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2024/1318\")) (“the 2020 Regulations”).

These Regulations amend the 2020 Regulations to introduce charges for use of the 2320-2340 megahertz spectrum band for the Shared Access (Lower Power) licence class.

These Regulations also amend the 2020 Regulations to make changes to the charges for Shared Access medium power licences in rural and urban areas.

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect of these Regulations is available on OFCOM’s website at www.ofcom.org.uk (\"www.ofcom.org.uk\"). Hard copies of this assessment can be obtained free of charge by writing to OFCOM at Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 9HA (tel. xx-xxxx-xxxx). Copies of this assessment have also been placed in the library of both Houses of Parliament.

(1)

2006 c. 36 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/36\").

(2)

S.I. 2020/1068 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1068\"), as amended by S.I. 2021/1117 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/1117\"), S.I. 2022/1310 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/1310\"), S.I. 2023/400 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/400\") and S.I. 2024/1318 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2024/1318\").