Summary

  • PTS began taking applications on 1 October for local permits in 3800–3920 MHz and 3990–4130 MHz, 260 MHz in two separate bands. Each permit covers one property or part of one property; an adjacent plot needs another application.
  • A holder plans its own radios, coordinates with other local users and gets no protection from interference caused by neighbouring local networks or national networks in the adjacent band.

A factory operator can draw one production line across two adjoining plots. Sweden's radio permit cannot follow the line in one application. The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority's application guidance requires one application per property, including when the properties touch. Separate areas on a single property also require separate applications. Applicants mark the area on a map, provide its centre coordinates and identify the floors when the permit covers only part of a building. The administrative boundary becomes part of the network design.

PTS opened applications on 1 October 2026 for 3800–3920 MHz and 3990–4130 MHz. Together they offer 260 MHz for local permits, with 3920–3990 MHz left out of this allocation. The smallest requested block is 10 MHz, rising in 10 MHz steps to 80 MHz per permit. A permit can run five years. None of those figures means an applicant receives all 260 MHz: PTS checks local availability when it examines each application.

The permit is a right with homework attached. Under PTS's technical conditions, the holder plans radios within the licensed area and uses time-division duplexing. Its base stations should first synchronise with national mobile networks in 3400–3720 MHz. The local holder receives no protection from interference caused by those national networks or by neighbouring local networks in 3720–4200 MHz. Fully unsynchronised operation is allowed only if the holder can keep its stations from interfering with either. The holder must also coordinate with later local permit holders.

The boundary has a measurable edge: power density beyond it must stay at or below −80 dBm per 20 MHz, measured two metres above ground. At least one fixed transmitter must be working and maintained within the permitted area and frequencies no later than twelve months after the permit begins. The five-year term also leaves renewal with the holder, who must apply before expiry. The practical burden sits with whoever needs the network to run across buildings, shifts and property lines.

PTS names ports, mines, energy facilities, factories and campuses as possible users. Its opening notice reports an application route, not a count of granted licences or working sites. The next useful record is a permit map alongside actual site designs: which adjacent plots obtained compatible frequencies, where coordination was needed and who paid for it. A spectrum opening is easy to announce. Making a private network cross a cadastral line is the real test.