By letter received on 15 April 2014, SML submitted to ANACOM a communication for the provision of electronic communications networks and services under the general authorization regime, pursuant to article 21 of Law No 5/2004, of 10 February, as amended and republished by Law No 51/2011, of 13 September, and subsequently amended - Electronic Communications Law (ECL).
In the referred communication, SML describes the nature, characteristics and operation of its network, including the information that the company had been selected as a pan-European operator of 2 GHz satellite services and that the services included a complementary ground component, in accordance with Decision 2009/449/EC.
SML informed that EML’s S band services would be provided via the 2 GHz band capacity of W2A satellite located 10 degrees East, with an additional capacity planned to become available as from May 2016, following the launch of 2GHz dedicated band Echostar21 satellites, as well as the company’s intention to add complementary ground components to its network infrastructure, to support the provision of its service in Portugal after Echostar21 is rendered operational.
SML indicated the services to be provided, which include low bit rate data, voice and “other electronic communications services” through its MSS system, as permitted under Decision No 626/2008/EC, in sub-bands from 1995 to 2010 MHz (for earth to space communications) and from 2185 to 2200 MHz (for space to earth communications), allocated by Decision No 2009/449/EC, declaring that the company intended to provide these services across the territory of Mainland Portugal.
SML added that it planned to develop its activity in Portugal as MSS wholesale provider and in the future also as provider of complementary ground components (hereinafter referred as CGC), joining providers already active in the Portuguese market, forecasting that the offer would begin on 1 May 2016.
