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EURO 2008 - Radio Monitoring
Apart from our day-to-day activities (planning measurements in the VHF band, investigating interference, licence checks and electromagnetic compatibility measurements), our activities this year were defined above all by the EURO 2008 European football championships.
Our task
During EURO 2008, OFCOM was responsible, on the basis of the Telecommunications Act (TCA) and the federal Radio and Television Act (RTA), for ensuring
- that the frequency spectrum was able to be used without any interference inside and around the football stadia,
- that the legal and technical conditions for the granting of temporary licences for FM radio broadcasting were complied with.
Essentially, the additional wireless applications (microphones, cameras, satellite links, radio networks, etc.) for this major event had to be coordinated with existing applications in order to meet all the requirements, as far as possible.
Frequency coordination and frequency allocation
Despite appeals to all the media, only about a dozen enquiries regarding licences had been received by the end of March. Thanks to the exceptional commitment of all employees and the excellent cooperation with neighbouring administrations, it was possible in the last two months before EURO 2008 to cope with all applications in good time and to the satisfaction of the applicants.
Activities
OFCOM was always onsite at the venues a day before and during the matches, with three to four officials and the appropriate equipment (instruments, direction-finding vehicles, IT resources to determine and coordinate additional frequency requirements, etc.). During the games, the usual problems arose, such as absence of licences, wrongly programmed frequencies, inadequate technical knowledge and inadequate installations. It was possible to resolve all the problems, sometimes in close cooperation with the operators, UEFA representatives and the parties involved.
OFCOM's performance
Our achievements for EURO 2008:
- Frequency enquiries: 3,323
- Radio licences granted: 209
- FM radio broadcasting licences granted: 6
- Interference reports: 19
- Hours worked: 4,300
- Revenue from licences: CHF 147,227.00
In all, about 500 more frequencies were allocated than at the EURO championships in Portugal four years ago.
Notification of interference dealt with by Radio Monitoring
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 |
Notifications of interference | 331 | 335 | 333 |
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