TETRA Information Meeting at the National Telecom Agency

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TETRA Information Meetingat the National Telecom
Agency

• Copenhagen, 30 August 2000
• Deputy Director General
• Finn Petersen, NTA

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TETRA Presentation

• Content
• Background and purpose
• Number of licenses and frequencies
• Tendering process
• Minimum requirements and evaluation criteria
• Fees
• Timetable

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TETRA - Background

• Why a tender on TETRA frequencies?
• Frequency band freed by NATO for emergency
  services
• Indication of lack of frequencies vs. demand
• Need for improved communications facilities for
• Emergency authorities
• A number of commercial users

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TETRA - Purpose

• The purpose of the tender
• To ensure improved communications facilities for
  emergency authorities in situations involving
  emergencies and crises.
• To ensure improved communications facilities for
  a number of commercial users such as transport
  companies, haulage firms and taxi companies.
• To consider the greatest possible number of the
  various user interests attaching to the
  utilisation of the TETRA technology.

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TETRA - Number of Licenses

• Frequency band 380 - 400 MHz
• 1 nation-wide license for a network with mixed
  traffic (emergency traffic commercial traffic)
• Frequency band 410 - 430 MHz
• 1 nation-wide license for network with commercial
  traffic
• From 1 March 2002
• First come, first served licenses in the band
• 450 - 470 MHz

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TETRA - Term of Licenses

• Duration of licenses
• Emergency network 15 years
• Commercial network 10 years

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TETRA - Frequencies (1)

• Emergency network in frequency band
• 380 - 400 MHz
• Nation-wide license
• 2 x 4.25 MHz
• First come first served-
• (small emergency networks)
• 2 x 0.50 MHz
• License free DMO
• 2 x 0.25 MHz

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TETRA - Frequencies (2)

• Commercial network in the frequency
• band 410 - 430 MHz
• Nation-wide license
• 2 x 1.9 MHz as of July 2001
• 2 x 1.1 MHz subsequently
• From 1 March 2002 in the band
• 450 - 470 MHz
• First come, frist served licenses
• 2 x 4.5 MHz

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TETRA - Tenders

• The tender procedure
• Beauty contest
• The tender process
• Information meeting
• Preliminary tender
• Indication of interest
• Adjustment of tender document/minimum
  requirements
• Final tender
• Evaluation/issue of licenses

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TETRA - Indication of Interest (1)

• Purpose
• Comments on the number of licenses/frequency
  requirements
• Comments to the minimum requirements
• Other comments to the material
• Possibility of having written answers to
  questions
• The "ticket" to the tender round

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TETRA - Indication of Interest (2)

• Consequence
• The minister may a.o.
• Change the number of licenses
• Introduce regional licenses
• The NTA may
• Change the minimum requirements
• Adjust the tender documents

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TETRA - Tender Round

• Communication during the tender round
• Written question ? written answer (all)
• Possible presentation round (all)
• Written comments to a possible license (all)

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TETRA - Minimum Requirements (1)

• For the emergency network
• Laid down by the Danish Emergency Management
  Agency and the National Telecom Agency
• For the commercial network
• Laid down by the National Telecom Agency

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TETRA- Minimum Requirements (2)

• The tender must fulfil the following
• requirements
• Certain formal requirements, e.g. documentation,
  declaration
• Requirements regarding solvency
• Coverage
• Technical requirements
• Additional requirements laid down by DEMA

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TETRA - Coverage Requirements (1)

• Emergency network
• Two levels of areas
• Level 1 Densely populated areas (5 of Denmark)
• Level 2 The rest of the country
• Areas of high risk (e.g. oil refineries,
  airports,
• traffic junctions, bridges, tunnels)

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TETRA- Coverage Requirements (2)
Emergency network (geographical coverage)
High-risk areas 98 coverage 14 months after
nomination by DEMA
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TETRA- Coverage Requirements (3)

• Commercial network (geographical
• coverage)
• After 2 years 15
• After 3 years 40
• After 5 years 80

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TETRA - Evaluation Criteria (1)

• Emergency network
• End-user products - prices and terms for these
  products (20)
• Service provider access (20)
• Coverage (20)
• Quality of network (15)
• Competence and experience (15)
• Financial factors (10)

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TETRA - Evaluation Criteria (2)

• Commercial network
• End-user products - prices and terms for these
  products (25)
• Service provider access (25)
• Coverage (25)
• Quality of network (10)
• Competence and experience (10)
• Financial factors (5)

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TETRA - Fees (1)

• The following fees have to be paid (one
• time fee)
• Preliminary and final tender documents DKK
  60,000 excl. VAT
• Submitting an indication of interest
• DKK 90,000 excl. VAT
• Granting a license (cost recovery)
• Approx. DKK 6 million excl. VAT

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TETRA - Fees (2)

• Frequency fee (yearly)
• Emergency network
• Approx. DKK 425.000 (2 x 4.25 MHz)
• Commercial network
• Approx. DKK 190.000 (2 x 1.9 MHz)
• Number fee
• Approx. DKK 2 per 8-digits number

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TETRA - Timetable

• 30 August 2000 Information meeting
• 22 September 2000 Submission of preliminary
  tender documents
• 9 October 2000 Deadline for submitting questions
• 19 October 2000 Deadline for answering questions
• 1 November 2000 Submission of indication of
  interest
• 18 December 2000 Submission of final tender
  documents
• 26 February 2001 Deadline for submitting
  questions
• 8 March 2001 Deadline for answering questions
• 2 April 2001 Submission of application
• 28 June 2001 Issue of licenses