The Wireless Telegraphy (Direct to Device Satellite Communications) (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
The Wireless Telegraphy (Direct to Device Satellite Communications) (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
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Type: UK Statutory Instrument
Year: 2026
Number: 660
Made: 2026-06-18
Coming into force: 2026-07-10
Last ingested: 2026-06-25 from legislation.gov.uk.
Explanatory note
Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.
These Regulations amend the Wireless Telegraphy (Direct to Device Satellite Communications) (Exemption) Regulations 2026 ( S.I. 2026/139 ) (“ the Principal Regulations ”) to extend the circumstances in which wireless telegraphy apparatus (including mobile phones) which are established, installed or used for direct to device services will be exempt from the requirement to be licensed under section 8(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (c. 36) .
Regulation 2(2) makes minor drafting changes to the Principal Regulations and inserts additional frequency bands to regulation 4(5) of the Principal Regulations.
A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect of these Regulations is available to the public from OFCOM’s website at https://www.ofcom.org.uk/home or from the OFCOM library at Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA. Copies of the assessment have also been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.