Licenses

To apply for a frequency licence, please fill-in and submit the application form below to frekvens@sdfi.dk. This form is also used for applying for permanent licences, e.g. fixed links. In such cases, write the word “Permanent” in the “Service period” field of the form.

Download the application form for frequency licences here (PDF).

Application processing

The Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure will process the application as soon as possible after receiving the form. However, processing times of up to 15 working days must be expected.

In more urgent matters, please take direct contact to frekvens@sdfi.dk.

Contact

In case of questions related to the application for frequency licences, please refer to frekvens@sdfi.dk.

Licences will preferably be issued according to the first come first served principle.

If frequency scarcity is in evidence a decision has to be made on how to issue the licences. If essential public interest considerations have to be met in connection with the issue of licences the Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities will decide the assignment method (auction, public tender or first come first served). If frequency scarcity is in evidence but there are no essential public interest considerations to be met, The Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure will hold an auction of the licences.

Licences to use frequencies will normally be issued for a duration of 15 years.

Licences issued on the basis of an auction or a public tender process will often be subject to terms prescribing a specific duration in connection with the auction or tender process.

The duration of licences to use frequencies for radio or TV purposes is dependent on the right to provide programme services or distribute sound and television programmes by means of terrestrial digital broadcasting networks that the licensee has been granted under the Radio and Television Broadcasting Act.

Licences to use frequencies for test purposes will usually have a duration of one year.

Licences to use frequencies can be transferred and returned in their entirety. In addition one or more parts of a licence split up either in frequencies or geographically can be transferred or returned.

In principle all transfers can be made without the prior approval of The Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure. However, enterprises must inform The Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure of their plans for transferring a licence or parts of it. The Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure will publish this information.

The Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure must be notified of the transfer when this is completed. The Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure will then issue a licence to the new licensee or licensees if the licence has been split up.

For licences issued on the basis of an auction or a public tender process the Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilitiesmay lay down rules prescribing that transfer of parts of such a licence must be approved by The Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure before the transfer can be carried out. This is because public interest considerations may

Charges must be paid for licences to use frequencies. A fee must be paid for the issue of certificates, call signs and for radio amateur examinations.

Frequency charges and fees are collected by The Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure and are fixed under the Finance Act and in Executive Orders.

The current fees can be found here (in Danish)

Special regulations are applicable to frequencies designated for radio or TV purposes in the frequency plan.

In order for The Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure to issue licences for these frequencies to be used for radio or TV purposes the applicant must have a right to provide programme services or distribute sound and television programmes as required under the Radio and Television Broadcasting Act.

However, if it is desired to use frequencies for radio or TV purposes for a different purpose it will not be a condition that the applicant holds such programme or distribution rights under the Radio and Television Broadcasting Act. But if the holder of a licence wishes to use the frequencies for a purpose other than radio or TV, he must accept that The Danish Agency for Data Supply and Infrastructure - following negotiation with the Minister of Culture - may revoke the licence at a shorter notice (six months) if such revocation is made in order to meet media policy considerations.