The Communications Department of the Velocity Interoperability Network has been formally established and today launches its official website at communications.gov.vin.
Latest news
All news- Network Band Plan and Register of Allocations Published
The Department has published the Network band plan, setting out thirteen frequency bands and the class of allocation made in each, and has opened the Register of Allocations.
- Licensing Procedure Opens for Applications
The Department is now accepting applications for channel allocations and equipment licences, and has published the terms on which they are issued and the standard to which applications are decided.
- Schedule of the Public Broadcasting Service Confirmed
The daily schedule of the public broadcasting service has been confirmed, with three bulletins a day, fixed windows for official announcements and continuous carriage of emergency notices.
About the Department
The Communications Department of the Velocity Interoperability Network is responsible for the allocation of Network channels and spectrum, the licensing of equipment that transmits on those channels, and the operation of the public broadcasting service through which the Velocity Interoperability Network and its departments make official announcements.
The Department was established on 6 September 2026. On the same day it published the Network band plan, opened the Register of Allocations and confirmed the schedule of the public broadcasting service.
Services
- Spectrum
Allocation of Network channels and spectrum to members, services and equipment.
- Spectrum allocations
The Network band plan, the channels reserved for broadcasting and the Register of Allocations.
- Licensing
How to apply for an allocation or an equipment licence, and the terms on which they are issued.
- Interference
How to report interference between Network channels and how the Department resolves it.
- Broadcasting
The public broadcasting service and the carriage of official announcements.
- Broadcast schedule
The daily schedule of the public broadcasting service and the deadlines for each bulletin.
- Frequently asked questions
Common questions about allocations, licences, interference and the broadcasting service.
- History
Milestones in the establishment of the Department and its services.
In figures
Spectrum Allocations- 6
- Allocation classes, from Network control to temporary
- 13
- Bands in the Network band plan
- 30
- Days: maximum period of a temporary allocation
- 0
- Charge for receiving the public broadcasting service
Broadcasting
The public broadcasting service carries official announcements of the Network and its departments to members and the public. It is available throughout the Network without charge, and members may relay it on their own channels.
Three bulletins a day summarise the press releases of the Network's departments; emergency notices are carried at the time of issue and take precedence on every channel.
