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The UMTS Procedure of Salzburg, Austria

Country/region:Austria

Submitted by:Margit Kropik, T-Mobile Austria

Primary Stakeholderoperators, City council of Salzburg City

Issue: failure to roll out UMTS in the City of Salzburg, Austria due to the “Salzburg Precautionary Value”

Approach: setup of a “Procedure” with the City of Salzburg which comprises provision of basic technical data for all ca. 300 planned sites by the operators to the City who in turn evaluated the expected immissions in the vicinity of every site; the “Procedure” agreement was negotiated by head organisation

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immissions in the vicinity of every site; the “Procedure” agreement was negotiated by head organisation FMK (Forum Mobilkommunikation) and signed by all operators

Sequence: issuing of planning permissions by the City of Salzburg came to a de-facto standstill in 2004, agreement for “Procedure” was signed in 2005, ongoing until today

Outcome: “basic” UMTS rollout (continuous coverage) achieved; split between City and Dr. Oberfeld achieved

Evaluation: economic importance of mobile telephony is a key argument with politicians; the workload inherent to any agreements, procedures etc. needs to be at least balanced between the parties (“involvement”); joint communication is a must

The UMTS Procedure of Salzburg,

AustriaMargit Kropik, T-Mobile Austria

The „Salzburg issue“ – a short history

� 1996: First action group founded, huge media coverage

� 1998: precautionary limit 1m/Wm² defined by Dr. Oberfeld, „based“ on Mann-Röschke sleep study

� 1998: Connect Austria rolls out -> state award for PR (1 mW/m² for 12 masts)

� 1999/2000: Telering rolls out – 0,25 mW/m² demanded, not

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� 1999/2000: Telering rolls out – 0,25 mW/m² demanded, not accepted

� 2000: „Intl. Conference on Siting of Masts“: participants sign 1 mW/m²-resolution

� 2002: Swiss BAKOM measurements prove the non-existence of a „1mW/m² network“ (http://www.bakom.admin.ch/dokumentation/medieninformationen/00471/index.html?lang=de&msg-id=1780)

� 2002: City Counsillor Padutsch withholds building permissions and is yet evicted of abuse of office

� 2002: New precautionary limits by Dr. Oberfeld: 1 µW/m² – based on „personal experience from own studies“

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The 2004 crisis

� UMTS rollout standstill: operators decided to halt UMTS rollout because demands for keeping the Salzburg immission „limits“ by the authorities increasingly impeded legal permission procedures

� Communication of rollout halt communicated via Forum Mobilkommunikation (FMK) to politicians, authorities and media


Mobilkommunikation (FMK) to politicians, authorities and media

� Reasoning: No investment in rollout without planning security

� City of Salzburg intends application for Olympia 2010:application committee needs written declaration by operators that communications infrastructure requirements are fulfilled

� City Counsillor indicated that he would go for 10 mW/m² für UMTS

What we did…

� Reached agreement with the City to design a procedure for the UMTS rollout in Salzburg

� Aim: „to reach a continous basic UMTS coverage within the city limits of Salzburg based on minimally technically required input power within reasonable expenses“

� Main provisions of the Procedure:� No discussion about or setting of immission limits


� Access to city-owned property

� Joint communication about the Procedure

� Agreement to strive for minimising immissions in the vicinity of „sensitive“ sites (e.g. schools etc.)

� NO data provided to City for base station database

� Operators provide City with basic technical data for every site to enable the City to „evaluate“ the expected immissions at previously defined points in the vicinity of a site (with ca. 6000 calculations of immission points)

� Calculations done manually, no use of simulation programs due to their inherent inaccuracy

� 3 main working meetings with city representatives and authorities (Dr. Oberfeld and various action groups refused joining in despite explicit

The result

� Ca. 300 sites were checked in the procedure

� Ca. 30% exceed the Salzburg precautionary value (1 mW/m²) up to a factor of 60


� 8 sites are still not „resolved“

� City and Dr. Oberfeld acknowledged publicly that the Salzburg precautionary value does not exist

� All operators offer UMTS services in Salzburg

� No other city in Austria intends to emulate the Procedure

„There are no sites in the center of Salzburg“ (Councillor Padutsch in a press interview, 2009)


Question time …


BACKUP


Messung BAKOM 2002


Berechnung der Immissionen an einem Punkt

Luftlin

Vertikaler Winkel zu Hauptsenderichtung

Hauptsenderichtung

Sektor 1

Sektor 2


Luftlinie

Horizontaler AbstandImmissionspunkt(W/m²)

Immissionspunkt(W/m²)

Sektor 3

Sektor 2

Horizontaler Winkel zu Hauptsenderichtung

Vertikale Berechnung Horizontale Berechnung

Measures taken by TMA ("Best Practice")

� Agreement between Austrian operators and Federation of Austrian Communities on voluntary information by the operators prior to site erection

� Annual information to city/town councils on planned rollout

� Compliance with ICNIRP/WHO proved and documented for every site, provided to authorities,


documented for every site, provided to authorities, neighbours, etc. under the Agreement or upon request for maximum transparency

� Membership in FMK (Forum Mobilkommunikation) -> joint actions of Austrian operatorse.g. Salzburg, Vienna, national information projects etc.

� Participation in national standardisation board

� Complaints and enquiries about radio base stations are answered by Dept. Network Relations & Environment

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