ACMA Apparatus Licensing
Estimate your ACMA licence fees
Work out the annual licence tax and administrative charges the ACMA will charge for an apparatus licence, using the rates published in the ACMA apparatus licence fee schedule. Charges assume we coordinate the frequency as an ACMA accredited person, which is what lowers them. Every figure shows the rate and table it came from, so you can check it against the schedule yourself.
Back to licensing servicesAll transmit accesses are chargeable. Receive accesses are chargeable only if the licence has no transmit access.
Enter a site coordinate and we will suggest which area it falls in, using the boundaries published in the fee schedule. This is a suggestion only. The location you select above is what the estimate uses, and the ACMA's determination is what applies.
Estimate only, based on the ACMA apparatus licence fee schedule (2026-07). The schedule is a guide; the ACMA's assessment is authoritative. Charges exclude GST. Renewal charges assume the request reaches the ACMA within 60 days of expiry; later than that the schedule requires a new issue. Refunds on surrender, licence variations and transfers are not covered.
About this calculator
Where do these figures come from?
Every rate comes from the ACMA apparatus licence fee schedule, edition 2026-07. We calculate the annual licence tax the way the schedule sets out: the rate per kHz for your frequency band and geographic location, multiplied by your bandwidth, adjusted for power and licence term, with the minimum tax applied to each spectrum access.
Is this a quote?
No. It is an estimate of the fees payable to the ACMA. The fee schedule is published as a guide, and the ACMA's own assessment is what applies. Our coordination and lodgement work is quoted separately when you request a service.
What is a spectrum access?
A spectrum access is one right to transmit: a frequency, bandwidth, site and power. Tax and administrative charges apply to each one, so a link with a transmit frequency at each end has two. Receive accesses are only chargeable when the licence has no transmit access.
Why does location change the price so much?
The tax is weighted by how congested the spectrum is where you operate. The same 12.5 kHz land mobile channel costs far more in Sydney than in a remote area, which is deliberate: higher taxes in high demand areas encourage efficient use of spectrum.
Why do the charges assume an accredited person?
Before the ACMA issues a licence, the frequency must be coordinated so your service neither causes nor suffers interference. That work can be done by the ACMA, or by an accredited person who issues a frequency assignment certificate — which cuts the ACMA issue charge substantially. We are an ACMA accredited person, so these figures assume we do it. Where the saving applies, we show what the ACMA would charge you otherwise, so you can see the difference. Non-assigned licences involve no frequency assignment at all, so no accredited person is involved and the standard charge applies.
Some options ask me for a population. Why?
Area-wide and PMTS Class B licences are taxed per MHz per head of population. The ACMA publishes those population figures in a separate document, not in the fee schedule, so we ask you for the figure rather than guess at one.