1. The Project HELM Plan: what’s next and final stages Mark Loney Executive Manager Spectrum Operations & Services

2. 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

3. SPECTRAdet for data entry

4. SPECTRAplus for licensing

5. SPECTRAemc for frequency assignment

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Web Forms for use by Accredited Persons

10. Questions?