In accordance with no. 1 of article 7 of Decree-Law no. 151-A-2000, of 20 July, as amended by Decree-Law no. 264/2009, of 28 September, the use of a radiocommunications network requires a radio license, with exception of the cases foreseen in sub-paragraph a) of no. 1 of article 9, where the possibility of exemption from this type of license is foreseen.
Moreover, in accordance with no. 1 of article 8 of the same diploma, the use of radiocommunications stations that form part of a licensed network do not require a license.
Therefore, taking into account:
- the architecture of the CGC MSS network, detailed above, as well as the definition of "MSS systems" within the context of Decision 2007/98/EC;
- that the use of frequencies of this MSS network, within the scope of the present draft decision, includes satellite stations, CGCs and mobile terminals;
the MSS network shall be subject to radio licensing in the form of a network license and the stations that make up the network shall not be subject to a license, in accordance with no. 1 of article 7 and no. 1 of article 8 of Decree-Law no. 151-A/2000.
