The Project HELM Plan: what’s next and final stages

Mark LoneyExecutive Manager

Spectrum Operations & Services

Project HELM – Holistic Engineering and Licence Management

> Replacing ACMA’s ageing licensing and frequency assigning toolsets (RADCOM)

> Significant ACMA investment: new spectrum management system for radiocommunications and broadcast service licensing

> Spectrum licensing transitioned to SPECTRA in April 2013: digital dividend auction & expiring spectrum licences reissue

> Apparatus licensing transitioning to SPECTRA:> RADCOM shutdown – Friday 14 August> SPECTRA go-live – Wednesday 2 September

> Broadcast Service licences (and associated apparatus licences) will transition to SPECTRA in early 2016

SPECTRAdet for data entry

SPECTRAplus for licensing

SPECTRAemc for frequency assignment

Progress to Date

Spectrum Licensing

> Spectrum licensing went into the new system in March 2013 to facilitate the digital dividend as well as the re-issue of licences in the 800 & 1800 MHz bands

> Included tools for planning the auction process and for trading of spectrum licences

> Also included the development of the ACMA Lodgement Facility (ALF) for spectrum device registrations

Progress to Date

Apparatus Licensing

> New frequency coordination tools to replace manual processes> Workflow based system for new, vary, renew, surrender, cancel

etc for all licence types> Changes to fee structures> ALF-E (ALF Enhanced) for apparatus licensing> Web forms for apparatus licensing for Accredited persons> User acceptance testing is ongoing

Future activities

> Implementation of apparatus licensing> Shutdown will be 14 August 2015 until go live> Shutdown period required to allow for final data migration> Go live 2 September 2015> Some changes to processes with clients (licence documents,

communication channels etc)> Broadcast licensing

> Currently in design stage> Forecast for later in FY 15/16

Web Forms for use by Accredited Persons

Questions?