Article 2
For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply: (1) ‘mobile communication services on board vessels’ (MCV services) means electronic communication services, as defined in Article 2, point (4), of Directive (EU) 2018/1972, provided by an undertaking to enable persons on board a vessel to communicate via public communication networks using a system subject to Article 3 without establishing direct connections with land-based mobile networks; (2) ‘the 900 MHz frequency band’ means the 880–915 MHz frequency band for uplink (terminal transmit, base station receive) and 925–960 MHz frequency band for downlink (base station transmit, terminal receive); (3) ‘the 1 800 MHz frequency band’ means the 1 710–1 785 MHz frequency band for uplink (terminal transmit, base station receive) and 1 805–1 880 MHz frequency band for downlink (base station transmit, terminal receive); (4) ‘the paired terrestrial 2 GHz frequency band’ means the 1 920–1 980 MHz frequency band for uplink (terminal transmit, base station receive) and 2 110–2 170 MHz frequency band for downlink (base station transmit, terminal receive); (5) ‘the paired 2,6 GHz frequency band’ means the 2 500–2 570 MHz frequency band for uplink (terminal transmit, base station receive) and 2 620–2 690 MHz frequency band for downlink (base station transmit, terminal receive); (6) ‘on a non-interference and non-protected basis’ means that MCV services may not cause harmful interference to any other radio-communication service nor can MCV services claim protection against harmful interference originating from other radio-communication services; (7) ‘territorial sea’ is to be understood as defined in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; (8) ‘vessel base transceiver station’ (vessel-BS) means a mobile pico-cell located on a vessel and supporting mobile systems in compliance with the Annex to this Decision.