Mobile Licences

3G Licences

A 3G licence allows the licensee to provide a Third Generation Mobile Telephony services based upon a standard within the IMT-2000 family of standards.

The IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunications – 2000) standard is the global standard for third generation (3G) wireless communications as defined by the International Telecommunication Union.

Licensee  Licence Commencement Licence Expiry  Spectrum Assignment  Licence Commitments
 Three Ireland Hutchison Limited 25 July 2002 24 July 2022 1920–1935 MHz / 2110–2125 MHz  M3G1006
 Meteor Mobile Communications  12 March 2007  11 March 2027  1935–1950 MHz / 2125–2140 MHz  M3G1005
 Vodafone Ireland Limited  16 October 2002  15 October 2022  1950–1965 MHz / 2140–2155 MHz  M3G1008
 Three Ireland Hutchison Limited  2 October 2002  1 October 2022

 1965 – 1980 MHz/ 2155 – 2170 MHz

1910–1915 MHz

 M3G1007

The regulations governing the issue of a 3G licence are the:

  • Wireless Telegraphy (Third Generation and GSM Mobile Telephony Licence) Regulations, 2002 (S.I. 345 of 2002);
  • Wireless Telegraphy (Third Generation and GSM Mobile Telephony Licence) (Amendment) Regulations, 2003 (S.I. 340 of 2003)


 

Liberalised Use Licences

The Liberalised Use Licences in the 800 MHz, 900 MHz and 1800 MHz Frequency bands enable licence holders to deploy advanced technologies, such as UMTS or Long Term Evolution (LTE) alongside GSM, thereby facilitating the introduction of advanced mobile services in these two spectrum bands.

 Licensee Licence Commencement (Time Slice 2) Spectrum Block  Spectrum Assignment (Time Slice 2) Licence Commitments  Licence Expiry
Meteor Mobile Communications  13 July 2015  800/A

832 – 837 MHz

791 – 796 MHz

  MLU1005.pdf  12 July 2030
 800/B

 837 – 842 MHz

796 – 801 MHz
 900/A

 880 – 885 MHz

925 – 930 MHz
 900/B

 885 – 890 MHz

930 – 935 MHz
 1800/M

 1770 – 1775 MHz

1865 – 1870 MHz
 1800/N

 1775 – 1780 MHz

1870 – 1875 MHz
 1800/O

 1780 – 1785 MHz

1875 – 1880 MHz
Three Ireland Hutchison Limited  13 July 2015  900/G

 910 – 915 MHz

955 – 960 MHz

   MLU1006.pdf   12 July 2030
 1800/I

 1750 – 1755 MHz

1845 – 1850 MHz
1800/J

1755 – 1760 MHz

1850 – 1855 MHz
1800/K

1760 – 1765 MHz

1855 – 1860 MHz
1800/L

1765 – 1770 MHz

1860 – 18656 MHz
Three Ireland Hutchison Limited 13 July 2015 800/C

 842 – 847 MHz

801 – 806 MHz

    MLU1008.pdf 12 July 2030
800/D

 847 – 852 MHz

806 – 811 MHz
900/C

 890 – 895 MHz

935 – 940 MHz
900/D

 895 – 900 MHz

940 – 945 MHz
1800/A

 1710 – 1715 MHz

1805 – 1810 MHz
1800/B

 1715 – 1720 MHz

1810 – 1815 MHz
1800/C

 1815 – 1820 MHz

1815 – 1820 MHz
 Vodafone Ireland   13 July 2015  800/E

 852 – 857 MHz

811 – 816 MHz

MLU1007

 

 

 

 

 12 July 2030

 

 

 

 

 
800/F

857 – 862 MHz

816 – 821 MHz
900/E

900 – 905 MHz

945 – 950 MHz
900/F

905 – 910 MHz

950 – 955 MHz
1800/D

1725 0 1730 MHz

1820 – 1825 MHz
 1800/E

 1730 – 1735 MHz

1825 – 1830 MHz
 1800/F

 1735 – 1740 MHz

1830 – 1835 MHz
 1800/G

 1740 – 1745 MHz

1835 – 1840 MHz
 1800/H

 1745 – 1750 MHz

1840 – 1845 MHz

The regulations governing the issues of Liberalised Use Licences are the:

  • Wireless Telegraphy (Liberalised Use and Preparatory Licences in the 800 MHz, 900MHz and 1800 MHz bands) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 251 of 2012).

Wireless Access Platform for Electronic Communications Services (WAPECS)

A Wireless Access Platform for Electronic Communications Services (WAPECS) Licence allows the licensee to provide wireless access for the provision of electronic communications services by means of a digital service. This is a technology and service neutral licence.

 Licensee Licence Commencement Spectrum Assignment Licence Expiry
 Netiv Ireland Ltd.,  25 April 2017  1785 – 1805 MHz  24 April 2027

The regulations governing the issue of a WAPECS Licence are the:

  • Wireless Telegraphy (1785 – 1805 MHz Wireless Access Platform for Electronic Communications Services) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 172 of 2007)

 

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