Disse behov omfatter støtte i form af høreapparater for hørehæmmede, for hvem et harmoniseret frekvensbånd kan medføre bedre rejsevilkår i Fællesskabet og lavere priser på høreapparater som følge af stordriftsfordele; udvikling af det indre marked for tryghedsalarmer, der gør det muligt for ældre og handicappede at foretage nødopkald; sporingssystemer, der gør det nemmere at spore og genfinde tyvekoster i hele Fællesskabet; måleraflæsningssystemer til brug for el- og vandforsyningsselskaber; og eksisterende personsøgesystemer såsom Ermes, samt midlertidig brug af private mobilradiosystemer (PMR) til dækning af særlige begivenheder af et par dages til et par måneders varighed.
These needs include assistance through the use of hearing aids to persons suffering from hearing disability, for whom a harmonised radio spectrum band in the Community would improve travelling conditions between Member States and reduce equipment prices through economies of scale; the development of the internal market for social alarms, which allow elderly or disabled people to send alarm messages for assistance, asset tracking or tracing devices, which would assist in tracking and recovering stolen goods across the Community, meter reading systems used by water and electricity utility companies; and existing paging systems such as ERMES as well as private mobile radio systems (PMR) when employed for temporary use, to assist in the coverage of special temporary events for a period of a few days up to a few months.