Government of Barbados

Telecommunication Act 

(Act 2001-36)

FORM 24

NOTES

(Please read the following Notes provided before completion)1.         This Licence is issued by the Minister and replaces any previous authority granted in respect of the services that is the subject of this Licence.

2.         This Licence authorises (“the Licensee”) to establish, install or use radio transmitting or receiving stations or radio apparatus as described in the Schedule, hereinafter together called “the Radio Communications Equipment”, subject to the terms set out below.

Licence Term

3.         This Licence shall continue in force until revoked by the Minister or  surrendered by the Licensee.  The Licence shall be for a term of five years in the first instance.

Licence Variation and Revocation

4.         The Minister may exercise his power to vary or revoke this Licence by a written notice served on the Licensee or by a general notice applicable to holders of this class of Licence published in the Official Gazette.

Changes

5.         This Licence may not be transferred.

6.         The Licensee must give prior or immediate notice to the Minister at the following address in writing of any change in the details of the name or address recorded above.

Fees

7.         The Licensee shall pay to the Chief Telecommunications Officer the relevant fee as provided in the Telecommunications (Licence Fees) Regulations, 2003 as per section 110 of the Telecommunications Act 2001-36 and the Regulations made thereunder.

Radio Equipment Use

8.         The Licensee must ensure that the Radio Communication Equipment is constructed and used only in accordance with the provisions specified in the Schedules.  Any proposal to amend any detail specified in the Schedules must be agreed with the Minister in advance and implemented only after this Licence has been varied or re-issued accordingly.

9.         The Licensee must ensure that the Radio Communication-Equipment is only used by persons who have been authorised by the Licensee to do so and that such persons are made aware, and of the requirement to comply with, the terms of this Licence.

Access and Inspection

10.       The Licensee shall permit a person authorised by the minister responsible for Telecommunications:

            (a)     to have access to the Radio Communication Equipment; and

            (b)     to inspect this Licence and the Radio Communication Equipment, at any and all reasonable times, or when in the opinion of that person an urgent situation exists, at any time to ensure that the Radio Communication Equipment is being used in accordance with the terms of this Licence.

Modification, Restriction and Closedown

11.       A person authorised by the Minister may require the Radio Equipment or any part thereof to be modified or restricted in use, or temporarily or permanently closed down immediately where in the opinion of the person so authorised

           (a)     in the interests of long term spectrum planning; or

           (b)     in the event of a national state of emergence being declared.

12.       The Minister may require the Radio Communication Equipment to be modified or restricted in use, or temporarily or permanently closed down either immediately or on the expiry of such period as may be specified

            (a)     in the interests of long term spectrum planning; or

            (b)     in the event of a national state of emergency being declared.

The Minister shall exercise this power by a written notice served on the Licensee or by a general notice applicable to holders of this class of Licence published in the Official Gazette.

Compliance

13.       The licensee shall comply with all applicable acts.

Interpretation

14.       In this Licence,

            (a)        the establishment, installation and use of Radio Equipment shall be interpreted as establishment and use of stations and installation and use of apparatus for wireless telegraphy as specified in the Act;

            (b)        the expression “interference” shall have the same meaning that it has under the Telecommunications Act 2001-36;

            (c)        the expression “inspect” includes examination and test;

            (d)        the schedules form part of this Licence together with any subsequent schedule that the Minister may issue as a variation to this Licence at a later date; and

            (e)        the Interpretation Act Cap. I shall apply to the Licence as it applies to an Act of Parliament.

Issued by the Minister on the                                                                         day of                                  

Minister responsible for Telecommunications

SCHEDULE

(Paragraph 8)

Part I

DESCRIPTION OF RADIO COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT COVERED

BY THIS LICENCE

            This Schedule forms part of the Licence, issued to                                                              , the Licensee on, and describes the Radio Communication Equipment covered by the Licence and the purpose for which the Radio Communication Equipment may be used.

1.         Description of the Radio Communication Equipment

In this Licence, the Radio Communication Equipment means equipment used for sending and receiving stations (“base stations”) and sending and receiving stations (“mobile stations”) for wireless telegraphy as defined in paragraph 2 below.

2.         Purpose of the Radio Communication Equipment

Subject to the administrative and technical requirements set out in this Schedule and the subsequent schedules to this Licence, the Licensee and any person authorised to act on behalf of the License is hereby authorised to

(a)        send and receive messages concerning the business of the Licensee between the base stations and the mobile stations; or

(b)      send and receive messages concerning the business of the Licensee between the mobile stations.

3.         Special conditions relating to the activities of the Licensee

(a)  The Licensee shall ensure that the Radio Communication Equipment is:

     (i)     operated within a limited area of up to 3 km in radius from the locations specified in the subsequent schedules unless stated otherwise;

     (ii)     used for voice transmission only, unless authorised in paragraph 4 below or in the subsequent schedules;

     (iii)     not used to transmit music, broadcast programmes or obscene or offensive language;

     (iv)     not used as a public address system; and

     (v)     not used to send misleading messages.

(b)  Upon receipt of messages not connected with the business of the Licensee, the Licensee or any person using the Radio Communication Equipment shall not 

     (i)  make known the contents of any such language, its origin or destination, its existence or the fact of its receipt to any person, except to a duly authorised officer of the Government, a person authorised by the Minister or in the course of legal proceedings or for the purpose of any purpose of any report therefore; and

     (ii)  retain any copy or make any use of any such message, or allow it to be reproduced in writing, copied or made use of

4.         Facilities (Ministry to delete as necessary)

The use of the following facilities is permitted without specific authorization, provided that no undue interference is caused to other authorised users

(a)     revertive calling;

(b)     user idenfication;

(c)     overlay paging, provided that the number of overlay pagers does not exceed the number of mobile stations in the service subject to this Licence;

(d)     quasi-synchronous operations of base stations;

(e)     remote receivers

(f)      selective calling; and

(g)     the following methods of voice privacy:

        (i)      frequency inversion;

        (ii)     band inversion;

        (iii)    band scrambling; and

        (iv)    rolling code inversion

5.         Base Stations

The Licensee shall ensure that

(a)     base stations do not communicate directly with other stations; and

(b)     base stations located at shared sites shall not be used in single frequency mode.

6.         Call Signs

(a)     The Licensee shall ensure that the call sign: 8P***

        (i)      is announced at the beginning of all transmissions; and

        (ii)     is transmitted in the same format that is being used for the transmission of the information.

(b)     The call sign shall be as specified in the subsequent Schedule.

7.         Interpretation

In this and the subsequent Schedule:

“ERP” means effective radiated power, which is the power radiated from the antenna in the direction of maximum radiation;

“on-site” means a limited operating area normally up to 3 kilometers in radius from a specified location;

“overlay paging” allows a user who temporarily leaves their mobile station to be alerted to the fact that a message has been sent to the mobile station;

“quasi-synchronous operation of base stations” is where more than one base station transmits the same message on the same channel in different areas;

“remote receiver” is a mobile station that receives messages on licensed frequencies only;

“selective calling” is a sequence of in-band audio tones normally transmitted immediately prior to the commencement of a voice transmission or transmitted on their own to convey information;

“shared site” is a site with more than one base station where the bases stations do not share common facilities such as an antenna or coupling facilities;

“single frequency mode” means the use of a single frequency for both transmitting and receiving messages.

PRIVATE (LOCAL AREA NETWORK) (SPEECH AND DATA SYSTEMS) LICENCE

PART A:  APPLICANT INFORMATION

(Please read the Notes provided at the front of this Form before completion)

9.  Person in Barbados to be contacted in absence of Licensee:-

PRIVATE RADIO (SPEECH AND DATA SYSTEMS) LICENCE

Station 1 Details Base Station

Station Clauses

The mobile stations may be operated only within 3 kilometres of the grid references specified below.

The fixed stations may be operated only within 6 Km of the grid reference specified.

PART II

• minimum of (5) portables (Mobiles) for one frequency on shared-use; output power limited to 0.5 watts

• minimum of thirty (30) portables for one frequency, output power limited to 4-5 watts