# Ofcom

> The UK spectrum regulator, which since 2021 has enforced the ICNIRP general-public exposure limits through a condition attached to spectrum licences.

- Canonical URL: https://emfbase.com/organizations/ofcom
- Collection: Organizations
- Record id: `organizations:ofcom`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
- JSON: https://emfbase.com/api/organizations/ofcom
- Also known as: Office of Communications

## Key values

- **Role:** regulator
- **Jurisdiction:** UK
- **Website:** https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/electromagnetic-fields/

## Related records

- [UK Ofcom EMF licence condition](https://emfbase.com/standards/ofcom-emf-licence-condition): The mechanism that makes the ICNIRP general-public exposure limits legally enforceable in the United Kingdom, applied as a condition on spectrum licences since 2021.
- [UK enforceable general-public limit, 2–300 GHz](https://emfbase.com/limits/uk-public-power-density-above-2-ghz): 10 W/m² — the ICNIRP 2020 public reference level, made enforceable in the UK by the Ofcom EMF licence condition rather than by a UK-specific number.

## Sources

- `ofcom-emf-policy` Ofcom (2021). *Ofcom's rules on EMF exposure (EMF licence condition)*. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/electromagnetic-fields/policy — regulation, link checked 2026-08-12
- `ofcom-emf-guidance` Ofcom (2021). *Guidance on EMF compliance and enforcement*. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/electromagnetic-fields/compliance-and-enforcement-guidance — government, link checked 2026-08-12

Data licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Dataset version 2026.08.1. Retrieved from EMFBase, https://emfbase.com.

This record is reference data, not medical or legal advice. Regulatory limits, scientific guidelines and precautionary values are labelled separately and answer different questions.