Director
Geir Jan Sundal
Frequency Management Department
Frequency management covers frequency planning, licencing, and monitoring and enforcement. Conformity with international obligations in the area of radio communications primarily CEPT, ITU and EU, are within the department's responsibilities.
The department's deliverables include licences, directives, advice and reports and monitoring of permissions. There are about 55 co-workers with competence in radio systems (including mobile, satellite, broadcasting and radio relay), allocation methods and measurement techniques . Organisationally the department is divided into four sections.
Section for Spectrum Planning and Strategy
The section is responsible for the long-term planning of frequencies, as well as the principles of how they should be managed.
The section is also responsible for the licen s ing of public mobile systems (GSM, UMTS), satellite systems and all radio stations for research and military purposes.
Section for Broadcasting and Fixed Service
The section is responsible for planning , allocation and assigning of frequencies to F ixed L inks, F ixed W ireless A ccess and broadcasting systems. The section issues licences for use of frequencies for the following systems:
- A nalog broadcasting (FM and TV)
- Digital broadcasting (T-DAB and DVB-T)
- Fixed L inks and F ixed W ireless A ccess (narrow and broadband radiosystems)
- The section make use of advanced software tools to accomplish frequency management and are in the process of further developing these tools.
Section for Private Mobile Services
The section is responsible for frequency planning and allocation of frequencies as well as issuing licenses for use of frequencies for:
- PMR (professional mobile radio networks)
- TETRA (Trans European Trunked radio) private users and other private trunked mobile radio systems.
- Maritime radio services
- Aeronautical radio services
- Point to point/multipoint low power radio networks for telemetry and remote control
- Paging system (on-site)
In addition the section is responsible for the administration of all l o w power radio communication generally (telemetry, remote control , etc) and the administration of the radio amateur business.
Section for Frequency Monitoring
The section monitors the use of radio frequencies, and identifies sources causing harmful interference to legal users of the radio frequency spectrum. Emission of electromagnetic energy, from any source, causing harmful interference to telecommunications equipment, is investigated and dealt with according to governing law. In order to be able to resolve interference and noise problems throughout the country, in addition to Oslo there are offices in Lødingen, Trondheim, Bergen, Stavanger, Arendal, Sundbyfoss, Ski and Lillehammer. The section contributes to frequency planning and allocation work by carrying out the necessary technical investigations and measurements. Most control tasks are carried out as a result of external complaints.
The section contributes to the market surveillance activities on radio- and telecommunications equipment.