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Application Form for a Radio Link Licence
(MCA/10/23)

1. With regard to radiocommunications equipment, the Electronic Communications (Regulation) Act (Chapter 399 of the Laws of Malta) provides that an individual licence is required only for the installation or use of equipment, unless the said equipment is licence exempt or is regulated by a general authorisation. Non compliance with this requirement is a breach of the said Act.

2. The radiocommunications licence issued under the said Act does not authorise the provision of electronic communications services / networks.

3. The radio frequency spectrum to be assigned by this application is also regulated by the Electronic Communications (Regulation) Act (Cap. 399).

4. The licence charges for radio links are set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Fees leviable by Governments Departments Regulations (S.L.35.01). Please refer to Annex 1 for further information.

5. Radiocommunications apparatus falling within the scope of the Radio Equipment Regulations (S.L.427.41) shall comply with the relevant provisions of these Regulations.

6. Completed forms must be sent to the MCA at the address indicated in this form. In completeforms will be returned to the applicant. Applicants may send any additional documents to the application form on rcl@mca.org.mt

7. Prior completing this form applicants are requested to review the guidance notes published in the Authority’s website (MCA/10/22).

8. Any proposed or necessary changes to be effected to the system described in this application must be notified to the MCA with immediate effect.

9. The MCA recommends that completed forms must be received by the MCA at least ten (10) working days prior to the date when the radiocommunications licence is required. The MCA endeavours to issue radiocommunications licences within seven (7) working days from the receipt of the correctly completed form and payment of the applicable fees. The MCA shall not be held liable in any way if a radiocommunications licence is issued after the aforesaid seven (7)-day period.To facilitate the process the MCA recommends that invoices are settled through its online payment system available at www.mca.org.mt.

For further information, you are kindly requested to contact:
Malta Communications Authority,
Valletta Waterfront, Pinto Wharf, Floriana FRN 1913
Tel: (+356) 21 336 840 Fax: (+356) 21 336 840
Email: rcl@mca.org.mt Website: www.mca.org.mt

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A.1

General Information

Full Name of Person/s or Entity in whose name the licence is required:

ID Card Number or Passport Number or Company Registration Number

Address

Telephone

Mobile

E-mail

A.2

Is the billing address same as above?

If No, please provide the details of the billing address.

Address

Please note that all invoices and payment requests will be sent to the stated billing address. If the contact should change,you should notify the Malta Communications Authority immediately in writing.

For further information, you are kindly requested to contact:
Malta Communications Authority,
Valletta Waterfront, Pinto Wharf, Floriana FRN 1913
Tel: (+356) 21 336 840 Fax: (+356) 21 336 840
Email: rcl@mca.org.mt Website: www.mca.org.mt

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A.3

Who should be contacted for technical matters?

If other contact, please provide the technical contact details.

Name

Surname

Address

Telephone

Mobile

E-mail

For further information, you are kindly requested to contact:
Malta Communications Authority,
Valletta Waterfront, Pinto Wharf, Floriana FRN 1913
Tel: (+356) 21 336 840 Fax: (+356) 21 336 840
Email: rcl@mca.org.mt Website: www.mca.org.mt

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B.1

Is this application

Please state the MCA Licence No

B.2

If the application is for a new licence please state whether it is for a permanent (1 year licence renewable subject to the payment of fees unless previously cancelled or revoked) or temporary licence.

If it is temporary, then please provide information on the time-frame for which a licence is being requested.

Period start

Period end

B.3

Please provide information on the services to be carried over the radio link/s described in this application.

B.4

Please provide information on the type of licence that may be granted with regard to the frequency channel being requested in section C of this application.

C.1

Has a radio frequency already been assigned?

C.2

If Yes, please provide the details of this frequency channel.

Assigned radio frequency

Radio frequency bandwidth of the assigned frequency

MHz

C.3

If No, please provide the following details.

Tuning range of equipment

Lower frequency

MHz

Upper frequency

MHz

Required radio frequency bandwidth of the signal

MHz

For further information, you are kindly requested to contact:
Malta Communications Authority,
Valletta Waterfront, Pinto Wharf, Floriana FRN 1913
Tel: (+356) 21 336 840 Fax: (+356) 21 336 840
Email: rcl@mca.org.mt Website: www.mca.org.mt

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D.1

Please provide the link locations

Site A Address

Site B Address

Geographical coordinates - Site A

(latitude)

Degrees

N

minutes

seconds

(longitude)

Degrees

E

minutes

seconds

Geographical Coordinates - Site B

(latitude)

Degrees

N

minutes

seconds

(longitude)

Degrees

E

minutes

seconds

Height of antenna above ground level (meters)

Site A

Site B

Length of radio path (kilometres)

E.1

Is the link a one-way or two-way (bi-directional)?

E.2

Is the planned link analogue or digital?

E.3

If the link is analogue, what is the deviation of the signal?

E.4

If the link is digital, what is the transmission capacity (bit rate)?

E.5

What is the type of modulation of the main carrier?

E.6

Please state the power output of the link transmitter

E.7

Please state any feeder, antenna coupling and any other attenuations

E.8

Please state the power (eirp) of the link (i.e. the power coming out from the antenna)

For further information, you are kindly requested to contact:
Malta Communications Authority,
Valletta Waterfront, Pinto Wharf, Floriana FRN 1913
Tel: (+356) 21 336 840 Fax: (+356) 21 336 840
Email: rcl@mca.org.mt Website: www.mca.org.mt

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E.9

Please state the antenna maximum (bore-sight) gain

dBi

E.10

Please state the front-to-back ratio of the antenna

dB

E.11

Please state the preferred polarisation

E.12

Please state the angle of elevation from Site A to Site B

degrees

Please state the azimuth and beamwidth of antenna

E.13

degrees

Beamwidth

Azimuth

degrees

F.1

Please state the details of the radiocommunications apparatus.

Manufacture

Site A

Site B

Model numbers

Site A

Site B

Serial numbers

Site A

Site B

F.2

Please state the details of the antenna.

Type of antenna

Site A

Site B

Manufacture

Site A

Site B

Model numbers

Site A

Site B

Antenna diameter (size)

Site A

Site B

Please state when the apparatus described in this application will be installed

F.3

F.4

Please attach a copy of antenna radiation pattern or a list of attenuation levels at different azimuths. Please send your attachments to rcl@mca.org.mt.

For further information, you are kindly requested to contact:
Malta Communications Authority,
Valletta Waterfront, Pinto Wharf, Floriana FRN 1913
Tel: (+356) 21 336 840 Fax: (+356) 21 336 840
Email: rcl@mca.org.mt Website: www.mca.org.mt

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a. Granting my explicit consent to the MCA to process my personal information solely for the purpose of processing this application, in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act (Cap. 586 of the Laws of Malta) and the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679). The information submitted in this application will be collected, held and handled in accordance with the MCA’s Data Protection Statement found on www.mca.org.mt.

b. Declaring that the information provided in this application is accurate and complete in all respects.

c. Accepting that the licence does not confer any right of ownership of the radio frequency spectrum, and agree to abide by all the conditions of the licence and any direction made by the MCA from time to time.

d. Confirming that no change will be made in any of the foregoing information without prior approval of the MCA.

e. Declaring that I am authorised to submit this application.

Date of application

Full name of signatory

ID Card or Passport No

Designation (if applicable)

On behalf of (if applicable)

For further information, you are kindly requested to contact:
Malta Communications Authority,
Valletta Waterfront, Pinto Wharf, Floriana FRN 1913
Tel: (+356) 21 336 840 Fax: (+356) 21 336 840
Email: rcl@mca.org.mt Website: www.mca.org.mt

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“3. (a) Fixed Radio-Relay link operating in frequency bands below 1GHz, for each terminal, depending upon the bandwidth, per annum fee:

(i) not more than 100kHz ...............................................................................€230.00
(ii) more than 100kHz up to 1MHz ...................................................................€465.00
(iii) more than 1MHz up to 10MHz ...................................................................€695.00
(iv) more than 10MHz up to 100MHz ...............................................................€930.00
(v) more than 100MHz, per 100MHz bandwidth ..............................................€930.00

(b) Fixed Radio-Relay link, operating in frequency bands above 1 GHz and assigned prior to 2010, for each terminal, depending upon the bandwidth, per annum fee applicable up to 31 December 2010:

(i) not more than 100kHz .................................................................................€230.00
(ii) more than 100kHz up to 1MHz ....................................................................€465.00
(iii) more than 1MHz up to 10MHz ....................................................................€695.00
(iv) more than 10MHz up to 100MHz ...............................................................€930.00
(v) more than 100MHz, per 100MHz bandwidth ...............................................€930.00

(c) Fixed Radio-Relay link, operating in frequency bands above 1 GHz and assigned prior to 2010, per annum fee applicable from 1st January 2011 to 31st December 2011:

(i) For the first link, operating on a channel, for each terminal, depending upon the bandwidth

a. not more than 100kHz ..................................................................................€230.00
b. more than 100kHz up to 1MHz .....................................................................€465.00
c. more than 1MHz up to 10MHz ......................................................................€695.00
d. more than 10MHz up to 100MHz .................................................................€930.00
e. more than 100MHz, per 100MHz bandwidth ................................................€930.00

(ii) For subsequent links, operating on a re-used channel, per link ................. 40% off fees in (i) above

(iii) For a channel, independent of the number of links deployed, per MHz bandwidth................€247.50

(d) Fixed Radio-Relay link, operating in frequency bands above 1 GHz and assigned prior to 2010, per annum fee applicable from 1 January 2012:

(i) for the first link, operating on a channel, per MHz bandwidth ......................€45.00

(ii) for subsequent links, operating on a re-used channel, per link per MHz bandwidth...............€22.50

(iii) for a channel, independent of the number of links deployed, per MHz bandwidth...............€247.50

(e) Fixed Radio-Relay link, operating in frequency bands above 1 GHz and assigned in 2010 and thereafter, per annum fee:

(i) for the first link, operating on a channel, per MHz bandwidth ......................€45.00

(ii) for subsequent links, operating on a re-used channel, per link per MHz bandwidth .............................€22.50

(iii) for a channel, independent of the number of links deployed, per MHz bandwidth .............................€247.50

For further information, you are kindly requested to contact:
Malta Communications Authority,
Valletta Waterfront, Pinto Wharf, Floriana FRN 1913
Tel: (+356) 21 336 840 Fax: (+356) 21 336 840
Email: rcl@mca.org.mt Website: www.mca.org.mt

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4. (a) Broadcasting services (Ancillary) operating in frequency bands below 1GHz, per annum fee:

(i) Sound -

a. Studio to transmitter link ............................................................................€116.40
b. Outside broadcasting unit ...........................................................................€116.40
c. Repeater ...................................................................................................€116.40

(ii) Vision -

a. Studio to transmitter link ............................................................................€230.00
b. Outside broadcasting unit ..........................................................................€230.00
c. Repeater ...................................................................................................€116.40

(b) Broadcasting services (Ancillary) operating in frequency bands above 1 GHz and assigned prior to 2010, per annum fee applicable up to 31 December 2010:

(i) Sound -

a. Studio to transmitter link ................................................................................€116.40
b. Outside broadcasting unit ...............................................................................€116.40
c. Repeater ..........................................................................................................€116.40

(ii) Vision -

a. Studio to transmitter link ...............................................................................€230.00
b. Outside broadcasting unit .............................................................................€230.00
c. Repeater .......................................................................................................€116.40

(c) Broadcasting services (Ancillary) operating in frequency bands above 1 GHz and assigned prior to 2010, per annum fee applicable from 1st January 2011 to 31st December 2011:

(i) for the first link, operating on a channel, per MHz bandwidth ......................€30.00

(ii) for subsequent links, operating on a re-used channel, per link per MHz bandwidth .......................................40% off fees in (i) above

(iii) for a channel, independent of the number of links deployed, per MHz bandwidth ......................................€247.50

(d) Broadcasting services (Ancillary) operating in frequency bands above 1 GHz and assigned prior to 2010, per annum fee applicable from 1st January 2012:

(i) for the first link, operating on a channel, per MHz bandwidth.......................€45.00

(ii) for subsequent links, operating on a re-used channel, per link per MHz bandwidth ......................................€22.50

(iii) for a channel, independent of the number of links deployed, per MHz bandwidth ......................................€247.50

(e) Broadcasting services (Ancillary) operating in frequency bands above 1 GHz and assigned in 2010 and thereafter, per annum fee:

(i) for the first link, operating on a channel, per MHz bandwidth ......................€45.00

(ii) for subsequent links, operating on a re-used channel, per link per MHz bandwidth .........................................€22.50

(iii) for a channel, independent of the number of links deployed, per MHz bandwidth ........................................€247.50

For further information, you are kindly requested to contact:
Malta Communications Authority,
Valletta Waterfront, Pinto Wharf, Floriana FRN 1913
Tel: (+356) 21 336 840 Fax: (+356) 21 336 840
Email: rcl@mca.org.mt Website: www.mca.org.mt

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