{"id":96513,"date":"2016-05-20T10:54:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T10:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/tionsclaiocht\/speictream-raidio\/ceadunu\/cuardaigh-cineal-ceadunais\/gsm-r-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T13:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:26:55","slug":"railway-mobile-radio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/tionsclaiocht\/speictream-raidio\/ceadunu\/cuardaigh-cineal-ceadunais\/railway-mobile-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Railway Mobile Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Railway Mobile Radio (&#8220;RMR&#8221;) is a dedicated non-public radio communication system for voice and data services supporting railway operations. It comprises two radio systems: GSM-R (Global System for\u00a0 Mobile Communications &#8211; Railways) and FRMCS (Future Railway Mobile Communication System) that may be implemented both at the same time or each of them independently.\u00a0 Decision (EU) 2021\/1730 requires Member States to designate and make available on a non exclusive basis the paired frequency bands 874.4-880.0 MHz, 919.4-925.0 MHz (the \u201c900 MHz Band\u201d) and 1 900 &#8211; 1 910 MHz (the \u201c1.9 GHz Band\u201d) for RMR (based on national demand).<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-29\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-29\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Licensee<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Licence Commencement<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Spectrum Assignment<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Licence Expiry<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Irish Rail<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">27 November 2025<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">874.4 - 879.7 MHz\/919.4 - 924.7 MHz<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">26 November 2045<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-29 from cache -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/publication-download\/guidelines-and-application-for-a-railway-mobile-radio-licence\">ComReg Document 25\/60<\/a> contains the RMR licensing guidelines and application process.<\/p>\n<p>RMR licences are governed by the S.I. No. 417 of 2025 Wireless Telegraphy (Railway Mobile Radio Licence) Regulations 2025 (<a title=\"S.I. No. 417 of 2025 Wireless Telegraphy (Railway Mobile Radio Licence) Regulations 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/media\/2025\/09\/S.I.-No.-417-of-2025-Wireless-Telegraphy-Railway-Mobile-Radio-Licence-Regulations-2025.pdf\">S.I. 417 of 2025<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Railway Mobile Radio (&#8220;RMR&#8221;) is a dedicated non-public radio communication system for voice and data services supporting railway operations. It comprises two radio systems: GSM-R &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/tionsclaiocht\/speictream-raidio\/ceadunu\/cuardaigh-cineal-ceadunais\/railway-mobile-radio\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"parent":90459,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-topic-pages-noanchors.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"class_list":["post-96513","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","topic-licensing","topic-spectrum-and-licensing"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96513"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139413,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96513\/revisions\/139413"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}