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The Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (Directions to OFCOM) Order 2010

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15.—(1) Within 1 year of each 800MHz licence granted pursuant to the Combined Auction or any subsequent auction coming into force the licensee must provide an electronic communications service from a minimum of 750 sites, and must maintain that service for at least 1 year.

(2) Within 3 years after the relevant 800MHz licence comes into force, the licensee must provide and maintain an electronic communications network that is capable of providing mobile telecommunications services to an area within which at least 99% of the population of the United Kingdom lives and with a 90% probability that users in outdoor locations within that area can receive the service with a sustained downlink speed of not less than 1.5Mbps when a small number of users are simultaneously using that service in the vicinity of the user.

(3) In paragraph (2) “relevant 800MHz licence” means the licence specified by OFCOM.

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