Also known as: Ofcom

Ofcom (the Office of Communications) is the United Kingdom’s communications regulator.¹ It allocates and licenses radio spectrum and sets the rules for its use — the UK counterpart to the United States’ FCC, working within the global framework set by the ITU.²

Ofcom regulates UK spectrum within the ITU's international framework.

Overview

Whether and what you may legally receive depends on national rules; in the UK those are Ofcom’s. See the legal & ethical monitoring lesson, and always check the regulator for your own jurisdiction.

Sources

1. Ofcom — Wikipedia, for Ofcom’s role as the UK communications regulator. ↩

2. Ofcom — the UK communications regulator’s official site, for spectrum allocation and licensing. ↩

See also

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• Frequency bands (HF/VHF/UHF)

Learn it step by step

• Frequency, bands & the spectrum
• Legal & ethical monitoring