Two departments: Optimize and improve the standards for radio frequency usage fees

People’s Finance News, March 27 — The National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued a notice on optimizing and improving the standards for radio frequency usage fees. It said that the charging standard system for space services should be optimized. For non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite constellation systems and network-operated geostationary orbit (GSO) satellite systems, which are currently collected from satellite operators and earth stations in the network by space radio stations and earth station station units respectively, they will be adjusted to be collected from satellite operators based on the actual bandwidth occupied by space services. For NGSO satellite constellation systems with fewer than 200 constellation satellites, charges will be based on the number of space radio stations; for NGSO satellite constellation systems with 200 satellites or more, charges will be uniformly applied on a system basis. Reduce the charging standards for high-frequency bands. For NGSO satellite constellation systems, network-operated GSO satellite systems, microwave stations, and broadband wireless access systems, the fees will be broken down into tiers according to the frequency level, and some frequencies in higher-frequency bands will be subject to lower charging standards. Set new charging standards for emerging radio applications. Specify charging standards for radio applications such as the 5G—R railway-dedicated wireless communication system, industrial private networks, unmanned aircraft communication systems (limited to those with permission obtained), and broadband digital trunked communication systems, among others.