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          Title 47

Telecommunication


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  Explanation.................................................       v

  Title 47:
          Chapter I--Federal Communications Commission 
          (Continued)                                                3
  Finding Aids:
      Table of CFR Titles and Chapters........................     521
      Alphabetical List of Agencies Appearing in the CFR......     541
      Table of OMB Control Numbers............................     551
      List of CFR Sections Affected...........................     559

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                               THIS TITLE

    Title 47--Telecommunication is composed of five volumes. The parts 
in these volumes are arranged in the following order: Parts 0-19, parts 
20-39, parts 40-69, parts 70-79, and part 80 to end. All five volumes 
contain chapter I--Federal Communications Commission. The last volume, 
part 80 to end, also includes chapter II--Office of Science and 
Technology Policy and National Security Council, chapter III--National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of 
Commerce, chapter IV--National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration, Department of Commerce, and National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, and chapter V--The 
First Responder Network Authority. The contents of these volumes 
represent all current regulations codified under this title of the CFR 
as of October 1, 2019.

    Part 73 contains a numerical designation of FM broadcast channels 
and a table of FM allotments designated for use in communities in the 
United States, its territories, and possessions. Part 73 also contains a 
numerical designation of television channels and a table of allotments 
which contain channels designated for the listed communities in the 
United States, its territories, and possessions.

    The OMB control numbers for the Federal Communications Commission 
appear in Sec.  0.408 of chapter I. For the convenience of the user 
Sec.  0.408 is reprinted in the Finding Aids section of the second 
through fifth volumes.

    For this volume, Ann Worley was Chief Editor. The Code of Federal 
Regulations publication program is under the direction of John Hyrum 
Martinez, assisted by Stephen J. Frattini.

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION




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        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)




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                  SUBCHAPTER B--COMMON CARRIER SERVICES
Part                                                                Page
20              Commercial mobile services..................           5
22              Public mobile services......................          47
24              Personal communications services............         122
25              Satellite communications....................         157
27              Miscellaneous wireless communications 
                    services................................         302
30              Upper microwave flexible use service........         403
32              Uniform system of accounts for 
                    telecommunications companies............         415
36              Jurisdictional separations procedures; 
                    standard procedures for separating 
                    telecommunications property costs, 
                    revenues, expenses, taxes and reserves 
                    for telecommunications companies........         480
37-39

[Reserved]

Supplementary Publications: Annual Reports of the Federal Communications 
  Commission to Congress.

  Federal Communications Commission Reports of Orders and Decisions.

  Communications Act of 1934 (with amendments and index thereto), Recap. 
Version, January 1974, Packets No. 1 through 6.

  Study Guide and Reference Material for Commercial Radio Operator 
Examinations, May 1979 edition.

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                  SUBCHAPTER B_COMMON CARRIER SERVICES





PART 20_COMMERCIAL MOBILE SERVICES--Table of Contents



Sec.
20.1 Purpose.
20.2 Other applicable rule parts.
20.3 Definitions.
20.5 Citizenship.
20.6 CMRS spectrum aggregation limit.
20.7-20.9 [Reserved]
20.11 Interconnection to facilities of local exchange carriers.
20.12 Resale and roaming.
20.13 State petitions for authority to regulate rates.
20.15 Requirements under Title II of the Communications Act.
20.18 911 Service.
20.19 Hearing aid-compatible mobile handsets.
20.20 Conditions applicable to provision of CMRS service by incumbent 
          Local Exchange Carriers.
20.21 Signal boosters.
20.22 Rules governing mobile spectrum holdings.
20.23 Contraband wireless devices in correctional facilities.

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152(a) 154(i), 157, 160, 201, 214, 222, 
251(e), 301, 302, 303, 303(b), 303(r), 307, 307(a), 309, 309(j)(3), 316, 
316(a), 332, 610, 615, 615a, 615b, 615c, unless otherwise noted.

    Source: 59 FR 18495, Apr. 19, 1994, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  20.1  Purpose.

    The purpose of these rules is to set forth the requirements and 
conditions applicable to commercial mobile radio service providers.



Sec.  20.2  Other applicable rule parts.

    Other FCC rule parts applicable to licensees in the commercial 
mobile radio services include the following:
    (a) Part 1. This part includes rules of practice and procedure for 
license applications, adjudicatory proceedings, procedures for 
reconsideration and review of the Commission's actions; provisions 
concerning violation notices and forfeiture proceedings; competitive 
bidding procedures; and the environmental requirements that, together 
with the procedures specified in Sec.  17.4(c) of this chapter, if 
applicable, must be complied with prior to the initiation of 
construction. Subpart F includes the rules for the Wireless 
Telecommunications Services and the procedures for filing electronically 
via the ULS.
    (b) Part 2. This part contains the Table of Frequency Allocations 
and special requirements in international regulations, recommendations, 
agreements, and treaties. This part also contains standards and 
procedures concerning the marketing and importation of radio frequency 
devices, and for obtaining equipment authorization.

[78 FR 21559, Apr. 11, 2013]



Sec.  20.3  Definitions.

    Appropriate local emergency authority. An emergency answering point 
that has not been officially designated as a Public Safety Answering 
Point (PSAP), but has the capability of receiving 911 calls and either 
dispatching emergency services personnel or, if necessary, relaying the 
call to another emergency service provider. An appropriate local 
emergency authority may include, but is not limited, to an existing 
local law enforcement authority, such as the police, county sheriff, 
local emergency medical services provider, or fire department.
    Automatic Number Identification (ANI). A system that identifies the 
billing account for a call. For 911 systems, the ANI identifies the 
calling party and may be used as a call back number.
    Automatic Roaming. With automatic roaming, under a pre-existing 
contractual agreement between a subscriber's home carrier and a host 
carrier, a roaming subscriber is able to originate or terminate a call 
in the host carrier's service area without taking any special actions.
    Commercial mobile data service. (1) Any mobile data service that is 
not interconnected with the public switched network and is:
    (i) Provided for profit; and
    (ii) Available to the public or to such classes of eligible users as 
to be effectively available to the public.
    (2) Commercial mobile data service includes services provided by 
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Satellite Services and Ancillary Terrestrial Component providers to the 
extent the services provided meet this definition.
    Commercial mobile radio service. A mobile service that is:
    (a)(1) provided for profit, i.e., with the intent of receiving 
compensation or monetary gain;
    (2) An interconnected service; and
    (3) Available to the public, or to such classes of eligible users as 
to be effectively available to a substantial portion of the public; or
    (b) The functional equivalent of such a mobile service described in 
paragraph (a) of this definition.
    (c) A variety of factors may be evaluated to make a determination 
whether the mobile service in question is the functional equivalent of a 
commercial mobile radio service, including: Consumer demand for the 
service to determine whether the service is closely substitutable for a 
commercial mobile radio service; whether changes in price for the 
service under examination, or for the comparable commercial mobile radio 
service, would prompt customers to change from one service to the other; 
and market research information identifying the targeted market for the 
service under review.
    (d) Unlicensed radio frequency devices under part 15 of this chapter 
are excluded from this definition of Commercial mobile radio service.
    Consumer Signal Booster. A bi-directional signal booster that is 
marketed and sold for use without modification.
    Designated PSAP. The Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) designated 
by the local or state entity that has the authority and responsibility 
to designate the PSAP to receive wireless 911 calls.
    Fixed Consumer Signal Booster. A Consumer Signal Booster designed to 
be operated in a fixed location in a building.
    Handset-based location technology. A method of providing the 
location of wireless 911 callers that requires the use of special 
location-determining hardware and/or software in a portable or mobile 
phone. Handset-based location technology may also employ additional 
location-determining hardware and/or software in the CMRS network and/or 
another fixed infrastructure.
    Host Carrier. For automatic roaming, the host carrier is a 
facilities-based CMRS carrier on whose system another carrier's 
subscriber roams. A facilities-based CMRS carrier may, on behalf of its 
subscribers, request automatic roaming service from a host carrier.
    Incumbent Wide Area SMR Licensees. Licensees who have obtained 
extended implementation authorizations in the 800 MHz or 900 MHz 
service, either by waiver or under Section 90.629 of these rules, and 
who offer real-time, two-way voice service that is interconnected with 
the public switched network.
    Industrial Signal Booster: All signal boosters other than Consumer 
Signal Boosters.
    Interconnection or Interconnected. Direct or indirect connection 
through automatic or manual means (by wire, microwave, or other 
technologies such as store and forward) to permit the transmission or 
reception of messages or signals to or from points in the public 
switched network.
    Interconnected Service. A service:
    (a) That is interconnected with the public switched network, or 
interconnected with the public switched network through an 
interconnected service provider, that gives subscribers the capability 
to communicate to or receive communication from all other users on the 
public switched network; or
    (b) For which a request for such interconnection is pending pursuant 
to section 332(c)(1)(B) of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 
332(c)(1)(B). A mobile service offers interconnected service even if the 
service allows subscribers to access the public switched network only 
during specified hours of the day, or if the service provides general 
access to points on the public switched network but also restricts 
access in certain limited ways. Interconnected service does not include 
any interface between a licensee's facilities and the public switched 
network exclusively for a licensee's internal control purposes.
    Location-capable handsets. Portable or mobile phones that contain 
special location-determining hardware and/or

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software, which is used by a licensee to locate 911 calls.
    Manual Roaming. With manual roaming, a subscriber must establish a 
relationship with the host carrier on whose system he or she wants to 
roam in order to make a call. Typically, the roaming subscriber 
accomplishes this in the course of attempting to originate a call by 
giving a valid credit card number to the carrier providing the roaming 
service.
    Mobile Consumer Signal Booster. A Consumer Signal Booster designed 
to operate in a moving vehicle where both uplink and downlink 
transmitting antennas are at least 20 cm from the user or any other 
person.
    Mobile Service. A radio communication service carried on between 
mobile stations or receivers and land stations, and by mobile stations 
communicating among themselves, and includes:
    (a) Both one-way and two-way radio communications services;
    (b) A mobile service which provides a regularly interacting group of 
base, mobile, portable, and associated control and relay stations 
(whether licensed on an individual, cooperative, or multiple basis) for 
private one-way or two-way land mobile radio communications by eligible 
users over designated areas of operation; and
    (c) Any service for which a license is required in a personal 
communications service under part 24 of this chapter.
    Network-based Location Technology. A method of providing the 
location of wireless 911 callers that employs hardware and/or software 
in the CMRS network and/or another fixed infrastructure, and does not 
require the use of special location-determining hardware and/or software 
in the caller's portable or mobile phone.
    Non-individual. A non-individual is a partnership and each partner 
is eighteen years of age or older; a corporation; an association; a 
state, territorial, or local government unit; or a legal entity.
    Private mobile radio service. A mobile service that meets neither 
the paragraph (a) nor paragraph (b) definitions of commercial mobile 
radio service set forth in this section. A mobile service that does not 
meet the paragraph (a) definition of commercial mobile radio service in 
this section is presumed to be a private mobile radio service. Private 
mobile radio service includes the following:
    (a) Not-for-profit land mobile radio and paging services that serve 
the licensee's internal communications needs as defined in part 90 of 
this chapter. Shared-use, cost-sharing, or cooperative arrangements, 
multiple licensed systems that use third party managers or users 
combining resources to meet compatible needs for specialized internal 
communications facilities in compliance with the safeguards of Sec.  
90.179 of this chapter are presumptively private mobile radio services;
    (b) Mobile radio service offered to restricted classes of eligible 
users. This includes entities eligible in the Public Safety Radio Pool 
and Radiolocation service.
    (c) 220-222 MHz land mobile service and Automatic Vehicle Monitoring 
systems (part 90 of this chapter) that do not offer interconnected 
service or that are not-for-profit; and
    (d) Personal Radio Services under part 95 of this chapter (General 
Mobile Services, Radio Control Radio Services, and Citizens Band Radio 
Services); Maritime Service Stations (excluding Public Coast stations) 
(part 80 of this chapter); and Aviation Service Stations (part 87 of 
this chapter).
    Provider-Specific Consumer Signal Boosters. Provider-Specific 
Consumer Signal Boosters may only operate on the frequencies and in the 
market areas of the specified licensee(s). Provider-Specific Consumer 
Signal Boosters may only be certificated and operated with the consent 
of the licensee(s) whose frequencies are being amplified by the device.
    Pseudo Automatic Number Identification (Pseudo-ANI). A number, 
consisting of the same number of digits as ANI, that is not a North 
American Numbering Plan telephone directory number and may be used in 
place of an ANI to convey special meaning. The special meaning assigned 
to the pseudo-ANI is determined by agreements, as necessary, between the 
system originating the call, intermediate systems handling and routing 
the call, and the destination system.

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    Public Safety Answering Point. A point that has been designated to 
receive 911 calls and route them to emergency service personnel.
    Public Switched Network. Any common carrier switched network, 
whether by wire or radio, including local exchange carriers, 
interexchange carriers, and mobile service providers, that uses the 
North American Numbering Plan in connection with the provision of 
switched services.
    Signal booster. A device that automatically receives, amplifies, and 
retransmits on a bi- or unidirectional basis, the signals received from 
base, fixed, mobile, or portable stations, with no change in frequency 
or authorized bandwidth.
    Signal booster operator. The signal booster operator is the person 
or persons with control over the functioning of the signal booster, or 
the person or persons with the ability to deactivate it in the event of 
technical malfunctioning or harmful interference to a primary radio 
service.
    Statewide default answering point. An emergency answering point 
designated by the State to receive 911 calls for either the entire State 
or those portions of the State not otherwise served by a local PSAP.
    Wideband Consumer Signal Boosters. Wideband Consumer Signal Boosters 
may operate on the frequencies and in the market areas of multiple 
licensees.

[59 FR 18495, Apr. 19, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 38402, July 24, 1996; 
61 FR 40352, Aug. 2, 1996; 62 FR 18843, Apr. 17, 1997; 63 FR 2637, Jan. 
16, 1998; 64 FR 60130, Nov. 4, 1999; 67 FR 1648, Jan. 14, 2002; 72 FR 
50073, Aug. 30, 2007; 75 FR 22276, Apr. 28, 2010; 76 FR 26220, May 6, 
2011; 78 FR 21559, Apr. 11, 2013; 80 FR 19850, Apr. 13, 2015; 83 FR 
7401, Feb. 21, 2018; 83 FR 7922, Feb. 22, 2018; 83 FR 17090, Apr. 18, 
2018]



Sec.  20.5  Citizenship.

    (a) This rule implements section 310 of the Communications Act, 47 
U.S.C. 310, regarding the citizenship of licensees in the commercial 
mobile radio services. Commercial mobile radio service authorizations 
may not be granted to or held by:
    (1) Any foreign government or any representative thereof;
    (2) Any alien or the representative of any alien;
    (3) Any corporation organized under the laws of any foreign 
government;
    (4) Any corporation of which more than one-fifth of the capital 
stock is owned of record or voted by aliens or their representatives or 
by a foreign government or representative thereof or by any corporation 
organized under the laws of a foreign country; or
    (5) Any corporation directly or indirectly controlled by any other 
corporation of which more than one-fourth of the capital stock is owned 
of record or voted by aliens, their representatives, or by a foreign 
government or representative thereof, or by any corporation organized 
under the laws of a foreign country, if the Commission finds that the 
public interest will be served by the refusal or revocation of such 
license.
    (b) The limits listed in paragraph (a) of this section may be 
exceeded by eligible individuals who held ownership interests on May 24, 
1993, pursuant to the waiver provisions established in section 332(c)(6) 
of the Communications Act. Transfers of ownership to any other person in 
violation of paragraph (a) of this section are prohibited.

[59 FR 18495, Apr. 19, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 55580, Oct. 28, 1996]



Sec.  20.6  CMRS spectrum aggregation limit.

    (a) Spectrum limitation. No licensee in the broadband PCS, cellular, 
or SMR services (including all parties under common control) regulated 
as CMRS (see 47 CFR 20.9) shall have an attributable interest in a total 
of more than 55 MHz of licensed broadband PCS, cellular, and SMR 
spectrum regulated as CMRS with significant overlap in any geographic 
area.
    (b) SMR spectrum. To calculate the amount of attributable SMR 
spectrum for purposes of paragraph (a) of this section, an entity must 
count all 800 MHz and 900 MHz channels located at any SMR base station 
inside the geographic area (MTA or BTA) where there is significant 
overlap. All 800 MHz channels located on at least one of those 
identified base stations count as 50 kHz (25 kHz paired), and all 900 
MHz channels located on at least one of those identified base stations 
count as 25 kHz (12.5 kHz paired); provided that

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any discrete 800 or 900 MHz channel shall be counted only once per 
licensee within the geographic area, even if the licensee in question 
utilizes the same channel at more than one location within the relevant 
geographic area. No more than 10 MHz of SMR spectrum in the 800 and 900 
MHz SMR services will be attributed to an entity when determining 
compliance with the cap.
    (c) Significant overlap. (1) For purposes of paragraph (a) of this 
section, significant overlap of a PCS licensed service area and CGSA(s) 
(as defined in Sec.  22.911 of this chapter) or SMR service area(s) 
occurs when at least 10 percent of the population of the PCS licensed 
service area for the counties contained therein, as determined by the 
latest available decennial census figures as complied by the Bureau of 
the Census, is within the CGSA(s) and/or SMR service area(s).
    (2) The Commission shall presume that an SMR service area covers 
less than 10 percent of the population of a PCS service area if none of 
the base stations of the SMR licensee are located within the PCS service 
area. For an SMR licensee's base stations that are located within a PCS 
service area, the channels licensed at those sites will be presumed to 
cover 10 percent of the population of the PCS service area, unless the 
licensee shows that its protected service contour for all of its base 
stations covers less than 10 percent of the population of the PCS 
service area.
    (d) Ownership attribution. For purposes of paragraph (a) of this 
section, ownership and other interests in broadband PCS licensees, 
cellular licensees, or SMR licensees will be attributed to their holders 
pursuant to the following criteria:
    (1) Controlling interest shall be attributable. Controlling interest 
means majority voting equity ownership, any general partnership 
interest, or any means of actual working control (including negative 
control) over the operation of the licensee, in whatever manner 
exercised.
    (2) Partnership and other ownership interests and any stock interest 
amounting to 20 percent or more of the equity, or outstanding stock, or 
outstanding voting stock of a broadband PCS, cellular or SMR licensee 
shall be attributed, except that ownership will not be attributed unless 
the partnership and other ownership interests and any stock interest 
amount to at least 40 percent of the equity, or outstanding stock, or 
outstanding voting stock of a broadband PCS, cellular or SMR licensee if 
the ownership interest is held by a small business or a rural telephone 
company, as these terms are defined in Sec.  1.2110 of this chapter or 
other related provisions of the Commission's rules, or if the ownership 
interest is held by an entity with a non-controlling equity interest in 
a broadband PCS licensee or applicant that is a small business.
    (3) Investment companies, as defined in 15 U.S.C. 80a-3, insurance 
companies and banks holding stock through their trust departments in 
trust accounts will be considered to have an attributable interest only 
if they hold 40 percent or more of the outstanding voting stock of a 
corporate broadband PCS, cellular or SMR licensee, or if any of the 
officers or directors of the broadband PCS, cellular or SMR licensee are 
representatives of the investment company, insurance company or bank 
concerned. Holdings by a bank or insurance company will be aggregated if 
the bank or insurance company has any right to determine how the stock 
will be voted. Holdings by investment companies will be aggregated if 
under common management.
    (4) Non-voting stock shall be attributed as an interest in the 
issuing entity if in excess of the amounts set forth in paragraph (d)(2) 
of this section.
    (5) Debt and instruments such as warrants, convertible debentures, 
options, or other interests (except non-voting stock) with rights of 
conversion to voting interests shall not be attributed unless and until 
converted, except that this provision does not apply in determining 
whether an entity is a small business, a rural telephone company, or a 
business owned by minorities and/or women, as these terms are defined in 
Sec.  1.2110 of this chapter or other related provisions of the 
Commission's rules.
    (6) Limited partnership interests shall be attributed to limited 
partners and shall be calculated according to both the percentage of 
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and the percentage of distribution of profits and losses.
    (7) Officers and directors of a broadband PCS licensee or applicant, 
cellular licensee, or SMR licensee shall be considered to have an 
attributable interest in the entity with which they are so associated. 
The officers and directors of an entity that controls a broadband PCS 
licensee or applicant, a cellular licensee, or an SMR licensee shall be 
considered to have an attributable interest in the broadband PCS 
licensee or applicant, cellular licensee, or SMR licensee.
    (8) Ownership interests that are held indirectly by any party 
through one or more intervening corporations will be determined by 
successive multiplication of the ownership percentages for each link in 
the vertical ownership chain and application of the relevant attribution 
benchmark to the resulting product, except that if the ownership 
percentage for an interest in any link in the chain exceeds 50 percent 
or represents actual control, it shall be treated as if it were a 100 
percent interest. (For example, if A owns 20% of B, and B owns 40% of 
licensee C, then A's interest in licensee C would be 8%. If A owns 20% 
of B, and B owns 51% of licensee C, then A's interest in licensee C 
would be 20% because B's ownership of C exceeds 50%.)
    (9) Any person who manages the operations of a broadband PCS, 
cellular, or SMR licensee pursuant to a management agreement shall be 
considered to have an attributable interest in such licensee if such 
person, or its affiliate, has authority to make decisions or otherwise 
engage in practices or activities that determine, or significantly 
influence,
    (i) The nature or types of services offered by such licensee;
    (ii) The terms upon which such services are offered; or
    (iii) The prices charged for such services.
    (10) Any licensee or its affiliate who enters into a joint marketing 
arrangements with a broadband PCS, cellular, or SMR licensee, or its 
affiliate shall be considered to have an attributable interest, if such 
licensee, or its affiliate, has authority to make decisions or otherwise 
engage in practices or activities that determine, or significantly 
influence,
    (i) The nature or types of services offered by such licensee;
    (ii) The terms upon which such services are offered; or
    (iii) The prices charged for such services.
    (e) Divestiture. (1) Divestiture of interests as a result of a 
transfer of control or assignment of authorization must occur prior to 
consummating the transfer or assignment, except that a licensee that 
meets the requirements set forth in paragraph (e)(2) of this section 
shall have 90 days from final grant to come into compliance with the 
spectrum aggregation limit.
    (2) An applicant with:
    (i) Controlling or attributable ownership interests in broadband 
PCS, cellular, and/or SMR licenses where the geographic license areas 
cover 20 percent or less of the applicant's service area population;
    (ii) Attributable interests in broadband PCS, cellular, and/or SMR 
licenses solely due to management agreements or joint marketing 
agreements; or
    (iii) Non-controlling attributable interests in broadband PCS, 
cellular, and/or SMR licenses, regardless of the degree to which the 
geographic license areas cover the applicant's service area population, 
shall be eligible to have its application granted subject to a condition 
that the licensee shall come into compliance with the spectrum 
limitation set out in paragraph (a) within ninety (90) days after final 
grant. For purposes of this paragraph, a ``non-controlling attributable 
interest'' is one in which the holder has less than a fifty (50) percent 
voting interest and there is an unaffiliated single holder of a fifty 
(50) percent or greater voting interest.
    (3) The applicant for a license that, if granted, would exceed the 
spectrum aggregation limitation in paragraph (a) of this section shall 
certify on its application that it and all parties to the application 
will come into compliance with this limitation. If such an applicant is 
a successful bidder in an auction, it must submit with its long-form 
application a signed statement describing its efforts to date and future 
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to come into compliance with the spectrum aggregation limitation. A 
similar statement must also be included with any application for 
assignment of licenses or transfer of control that, if granted, would 
exceed the spectrum aggregation limit.
    (4)(i) Parties holding controlling interests in broadband PCS, 
cellular, and/or SMR licensees that conflict with the attribution 
threshold or geographic overlap limitations set forth in this section 
will be considered to have come into compliance if they have submitted 
to the Commission an application for assignment of license or transfer 
of control of the conflicting licensee (see Sec.  1.948 of this chapter; 
see also Sec.  24.839 of this chapter (PCS)) by which, if granted, such 
parties no longer would have an attributable interest in the conflicting 
license. Divestiture may be to an interim trustee if a buyer has not 
been secured in the required period of time, as long as the applicant 
has no interest in or control of the trustee, and the trustee may 
dispose of the license as it sees fit. Where parties to broadband PCS, 
cellular, or SMR applications hold less than controlling (but still 
attributable) interests in broadband PCS, cellular, or SMR licensee(s), 
they shall submit a certification that the applicant and all parties to 
the application have come into compliance with the limitations on 
spectrum aggregation set forth in this section.
    (ii) Applicants that meet the requirements of paragraph (e)(2) of 
this section must tender to the Commission within ninety (90) days of 
final grant of the initial license, such an assignment or transfer 
application or, in the case of less than controlling (but still 
attributable) interests, a written certification that the applicant and 
all parties to the application have come into compliance with the 
limitations on spectrum aggregation set forth in this section. If no 
such transfer or assignment application or certification is tendered to 
the Commission within ninety (90) days of final grant of the initial 
license, the Commission may consider the certification and the 
divestiture statement to be material, bad faith misrepresentations and 
shall invoke the condition on the initial license or the assignment or 
transfer, cancelling or rescinding it automatically, shall retain all 
monies paid to the Commission, and, based on the facts presented, shall 
take any other action it may deem appropriate.
    (f) Sunset. This rule section shall cease to be effective January 1, 
2003.

    Note 1 to Sec.  20.6: For purposes of the ownership attribution 
limit, all ownership interests in operations that serve at least 10 
percent of the population of the PCS service area should be included in 
determining the extent of a PCS applicant's cellular or SMR ownership.
    Note 2 to Sec.  20.6: When a party owns an attributable interest in 
more than one cellular or SMR system that overlaps a PCS service area, 
the total population in the overlap area will apply on a cumulative 
basis.
    Note 3 to Sec.  20.6: Waivers of Sec.  20.6(d) may be granted upon 
an affirmative showing:
    (1) That the interest holder has less than a 50 percent voting 
interest in the licensee and there is an unaffiliated single holder of a 
50 percent or greater voting interest;
    (2) That the interest holder is not likely to affect the local 
market in an anticompetitive manner;
    (3) That the interest holder is not involved in the operations of 
the licensee and does not have the ability to influence the licensee on 
a regular basis; and
    (4) That grant of a waiver is in the public interest because the 
benefits to the public of common ownership outweigh any potential 
anticompetitive harm to the market.

[64 FR 54574, Oct. 7, 1999, as amended at 67 FR 1642, Jan. 14, 2002]



Sec. Sec.  20.7-20.9  [Reserved]



Sec.  20.11  Interconnection to facilities of local exchange carriers.

    (a) A local exchange carrier must provide the type of 
interconnection reasonably requested by a mobile service licensee or 
carrier, within a reasonable time after the request, unless such 
interconnection is not technically feasible or economically reasonable. 
Complaints against carriers under section 208 of the Communications Act, 
47 U.S.C. 208, alleging a violation of this section shall follow the 
requirements of Sec. Sec.  1.711-1.734 of this chapter, 47 CFR 1.711-
1.734.
    (b) Local exchange carriers and commercial mobile radio service 
providers shall exchange Non-Access Telecommunications Traffic, as 
defined in Sec.  51.701 of this chapter, under a bill-and-

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keep arrangement, as defined in Sec.  51.713 of this chapter, unless 
they mutually agree otherwise.
    (c) Local exchange carriers and commercial mobile radio service 
providers shall also comply with applicable provisions of part 51 of 
this chapter.
    (d) Local exchange carriers may not impose compensation obligations 
for traffic not subject to access charges upon commercial mobile radio 
service providers pursuant to tariffs.
    (e) An incumbent local exchange carrier may request interconnection 
from a commercial mobile radio service provider and invoke the 
negotiation and arbitration procedures contained in section 252 of the 
Act. A commercial mobile radio service provider receiving a request for 
interconnection must negotiate in good faith and must, if requested, 
submit to arbitration by the state commission.

[59 FR 18495, Apr. 19, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 45619, Aug. 29, 1996; 
70 FR 16145, Mar. 30, 2005; 76 FR 73852, Nov. 29, 2011; 77 FR 1640, Jan. 
11, 2012]



Sec.  20.12  Resale and roaming.

    (a)(1) Scope of manual roaming and resale. Paragraph (c) of this 
section is applicable to providers of Broadband Personal Communications 
Services (part 24, subpart E of this chapter), Cellular Radio Telephone 
Service (part 22, subpart H of this chapter), and specialized Mobile 
Radio Services in the 800 MHz and 900 MHz bands (included in part 90, 
subpart S of this chapter) if such providers offer real-time, two-way 
switched voice or data service that is interconnected with the public 
switched network and utilizes an in-network switching facility that 
enables the provider to re-use frequencies and accomplish seamless hand-
offs of subscriber calls. The scope of paragraph (b) of this section, 
concerning the resale rule, is further limited so as to exclude from the 
requirements of that paragraph those Broadband Personal Communications 
Services C, D, E, and F block licensees that do not own and control and 
are not owned and controlled by firms also holding cellular A or B block 
licenses.
    (2) Scope of automatic roaming. Paragraph (d) of this section is 
applicable to CMRS carriers if such carriers offer real-time, two-way 
switched voice or data service that is interconnected with the public 
switched network and utilizes an in-network switching facility that 
enables the carrier to re-use frequencies and accomplish seamless hand-
offs of subscriber calls. Paragraph (d) of this section is also 
applicable to the provision of push-to-talk and text-messaging service 
by CMRS carriers.
    (3) Scope of offering roaming arrangements for commercial mobile 
data services. Paragraph (e) of this section is applicable to all 
facilities-based providers of commercial mobile data services.
    (b) Resale. The resale rule is applicable as follows:
    (1) Each carrier subject to paragraph (b) of this section shall not 
restrict the resale of its services, unless the carrier demonstrates 
that the restriction is reasonable.
    (2) The resale requirement shall not apply to customer premises 
equipment, whether or not it is bundled with services subject to the 
resale requirement in this paragraph.
    (3) This paragraph shall cease to be effective five years after the 
last group of initial licenses for broadband PCS spectrum in the 1850-
1910 and the 1930-1990 MHz bands is awarded; i.e., at the close of 
November 24, 2002.
    (c) Manual roaming. Each carrier subject to paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section must provide mobile radio service upon request to all 
subscribers in good standing to the services of any carrier subject to 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section, including roamers, while such 
subscribers are located within any portion of the licensee's licensed 
service area where facilities have been constructed and service to 
subscribers has commenced, if such subscribers are using mobile 
equipment that is technically compatible with the licensee's base 
stations.
    (d) Automatic roaming. Upon a reasonable request, it shall be the 
duty of each host carrier subject to paragraph (a)(2) of this section to 
provide automatic roaming to any technologically compatible, facilities-
based CMRS carrier on reasonable and not unreasonably discriminatory 
terms and conditions, pursuant to Sections 201 and 202 of the 
Communications Act, 47 U.S.C.

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201 and 202. The Commission shall presume that a request by a 
technologically compatible CMRS carrier for automatic roaming is 
reasonable pursuant to Sections 201 and 202 of the Communications Act, 
47 U.S.C. 201 and 202. This presumption may be rebutted on a case by 
case basis. The Commission will resolve automatic roaming disputes on a 
case-by-case basis, taking into consideration the totality of the 
circumstances presented in each case.
    (e) Offering roaming arrangements for commercial mobile data 
services. (1) A facilities-based provider of commercial mobile data 
services is required to offer roaming arrangements to other such 
providers on commercially reasonable terms and conditions, subject to 
the following limitations:
    (i) Providers may negotiate the terms of their roaming arrangements 
on an individualized basis;
    (ii) It is reasonable for a provider not to offer a data roaming 
arrangement to a requesting provider that is not technologically 
compatible;
    (iii) It is reasonable for a provider not to offer a data roaming 
arrangement where it is not technically feasible to provide roaming for 
the particular data service for which roaming is requested and any 
changes to the host provider's network necessary to accommodate roaming 
for such data service are not economically reasonable;
    (iv) It is reasonable for a provider to condition the effectiveness 
of a roaming arrangement on the requesting provider's provision of 
mobile data service to its own subscribers using a generation of 
wireless technology comparable to the technology on which the requesting 
provider seeks to roam.
    (2) A party alleging a violation of this section may file a formal 
or informal complaint pursuant to the procedures in Sec. Sec.  1.716 
through 1.718, 1.720, 1.721, and 1.723 through 1.735 of this chapter, 
which sections are incorporated herein. For purposes of Sec.  20.12(e), 
references to a ``carrier'' or ``common carrier'' in the formal and 
informal complaint procedures incorporated herein will mean a provider 
of commercial mobile data services. The Commission will resolve such 
disputes on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration the totality 
of the circumstances presented in each case. The remedy of damages shall 
not be available in connection with any complaint alleging a violation 
of this section. Whether the appropriate procedural vehicle for a 
dispute is a complaint under this paragraph or a petition for 
declaratory ruling under Sec.  1.2 of this chapter may vary depending on 
the circumstances of each case.

[64 FR 61027, Nov. 9, 1999, as amended at 65 FR 58482, Sept. 29, 2000; 
72 FR 50074, Aug. 30, 2007; 75 FR 22276, Apr. 28, 2010; 76 FR 26220, May 
6, 2011]



Sec.  20.13  State petitions for authority to regulate rates.

    (a) States may petition for authority to regulate the intrastate 
rates of any commercial mobile radio service. The petition must include 
the following:
    (1) Demonstrative evidence that market conditions in the state for 
commercial mobile radio services do not adequately protect subscribers 
to such services from unjust and unreasonable rates or rates that are 
unjustly or unreasonably discriminatory. Alternatively, a state's 
petition may include demonstrative evidence showing that market 
conditions for commercial mobile radio services do not protect 
subscribers adequately from unjust and unreasonable rates, or rates that 
are unjustly or unreasonably discriminatory, and that a substantial 
portion of the commercial mobile radio service subscribers in the state 
or a specified geographic area have no alternative means of obtaining 
basic telephone service. This showing may include evidence of the range 
of basic telephone service alternatives available to consumers in the 
state.
    (2) The following is a non-exhaustive list of examples of the types 
of evidence, information, and analysis that may be considered pertinent 
to determine market conditions and consumer protection by the Commission 
in reviewing any petition filed by a state under this section:
    (i) The number of commercial mobile radio service providers in the 
state, the types of services offered by commercial mobile radio service 
providers in the state, and the period of time that these

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providers have offered service in the state;
    (ii) The number of customers of each commercial mobile radio service 
provider in the state; trends in each provider's customer base during 
the most recent annual period or other data covering another reasonable 
period if annual data is unavailable; and annual revenues and rates of 
return for each commercial mobile radio service provider;
    (iii) Rate information for each commercial mobile radio service 
provider, including trends in each provider's rates during the most 
recent annual period or other data covering another reasonable period if 
annual data is unavailable;
    (iv) An assessment of the extent to which services offered by the 
commercial mobile radio service providers the state proposes to regulate 
are substitutable for services offered by other carriers in the state;
    (v) Opportunities for new providers to enter into the provision of 
competing services, and an analysis of any barriers to such entry;
    (vi) Specific allegations of fact (supported by affidavit of person 
with personal knowledge) regarding anti-competitive or discriminatory 
practices or behavior by commercial mobile radio service providers in 
the state;
    (vii) Evidence, information, and analysis demonstrating with 
particularity instances of systematic unjust and unreasonable rates, or 
rates that are unjust or unreasonably discriminatory, imposed upon 
commercial mobile radio service subscribers. Such evidence should 
include an examination of the relationship between rates and costs. 
Additionally, evidence of a pattern of such rates, that demonstrates the 
inability of the commercial mobile radio service marketplace in the 
state to produce reasonable rates through competitive forces will be 
considered especially probative; and
    (viii) Information regarding customer satisfaction or 
dissatisfaction with services offered by commercial mobile radio service 
providers, including statistics and other information about complaints 
filed with the state regulatory commission.
    (3) Petitions must include a certification that the state agency 
filing the petition is the duly authorized state agency responsible for 
the regulation of telecommunication services provided in the state.
    (4) Petitions must identify and describe in detail the rules the 
state proposes to establish if the petition is granted.
    (5) States have the burden of proof. Interested parties may file 
comments in support or in opposition to the petition within 30 days 
after public notice of the filing of a petition by a state under this 
section. Any interested party may file a reply within 15 days after the 
expiration of the filing period for comments. No additional pleadings 
may be filed. Except for Sec.  1.45 of this chapter, practice and 
procedure rules contained in Sec. Sec.  1.42-1.52 of this chapter shall 
apply. The provisions of Sec. Sec.  1.771-1.773 of this chapter do not 
apply.
    (6) The Commission shall act upon any petition filed by a state 
under this paragraph not later than the end of the nine-month period 
after the filing of the petition.
    (7) If the Commission grants the petition, it shall authorize the 
state to regulate rates for commercial mobile radio services in the 
state during a reasonable period of time, as specified by the 
Commission. The period of time specified by the Commission will be that 
necessary to ensure that rates are just and reasonable, or not unjustly 
or unreasonably discriminatory.
    (b) States that regulated rates for commercial mobile services as of 
June 1, 1993, may petition the Commission under this section before 
August 10, 1994, to extend this authority.
    (1) The petition will be acted upon by the Commission in accordance 
with the provisions of paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(5) of this section.
    (2) The Commission shall act upon the petition (including any 
reconsideration) not later than the end of the 12-month period following 
the date of the filing of the petition by the state involved. Commercial 
mobile radio service providers offering such service in the state shall 
comply with the existing regulations of the state until the petition and 
any reconsideration of the

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petition are acted upon by the Commission.
    (3) The provisions of paragraph (a)(7) of this section apply to any 
petition granted by the Commission under this paragraph.
    (c) No sooner than 18 months from grant of authority by the 
Commission under this section for state rate regulations, any interested 
party may petition the Commission for an order to discontinue state 
authority for rate regulation.
    (1) Petitions to discontinue state authority for rate regulation 
must be based on recent empirical data or other significant evidence 
demonstrating that the exercise of rate authority by a state is no 
longer necessary to ensure that the rates for commercial mobile are just 
and reasonable or not unjustly or unreasonably discriminatory.
    (2) Any interested party may file comments in support of or in 
opposition to the petition within 30 days after public notice of the 
filing of the petition. Any interested party may file a reply within 15 
days after the time for filing comments has expired. No additional 
pleadings may be filed. Except for 1.45 of this chapter, practice and 
procedure rules contained in Sec.  1.42-1.52 of this chapter apply. The 
provisions of Sec. Sec.  1.771-1.773 of this chapter do not apply.
    (3) The Commission shall act upon any petition filed by any 
interested party under this paragraph within nine months after the 
filing of the petition.



Sec.  20.15  Requirements under Title II of the Communications Act.

    (a) Commercial mobile radio services providers, to the extent 
applicable, must comply with sections 201, 202, 206, 207, 208, 209, 216, 
217, 223, 225, 226, 227, and 228 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 
201, 202, 206, 207, 208, 209, 216, 217, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228; part 68 
of this chapter, 47 CFR part 68; and Sec. Sec.  1.701-1.748, and 1.815 
of this chapter, 47 CFR 1.701-1.748, 1.815.
    (b) Commercial mobile radio service providers are not required to:
    (1) File with the Commission copies of contracts entered into with 
other carriers or comply with other reporting requirements, or with 
Sec. Sec.  1.781 through 1.814 and 43.21 of this chapter; except that 
commercial radio service providers that offer broadband service, as 
described in Sec.  1.7001(a) of this chapter or mobile telephony are 
required to file reports pursuant to Sec. Sec.  1.7000 and 43.11 of this 
chapter. For purposes of this section, mobile telephony is defined as 
real-time, two-way switched voice service that is interconnected with 
the public switched network utilizing an in-network switching facility 
that enables the provider to reuse frequencies and accomplish seamless 
handoff of subscriber calls.
    (2) Seek authority for interlocking directors (section 212 of the 
Communications Act);
    (3) Submit applications for new facilities or discontinuance of 
existing facilities (section 214 of the Communications Act).
    (c) Commercial mobile radio service providers shall not file tariffs 
for international and interstate service to their customers, interstate 
access service, or international and interstate operator service. 
Sections 1.771 through 1.773 and part 61 of this chapter are not 
applicable to international and interstate services provided by 
commercial mobile radio service providers. Commercial mobile radio 
service providers shall cancel tariffs for international and interstate 
service to their customers, interstate access service, and international 
and interstate operator service.
    (d) Except as specified as in paragraphs (d)(1) and (2), nothing in 
this section shall be construed to modify the Commission's rules and 
policies on the provision of international service under part 63 of this 
chapter.
    (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sec.  63.21(c) of this 
chapter, a commercial mobile radio service provider is not required to 
comply with Sec.  42.10 of this chapter.
    (2) A commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) provider that is 
classified as dominant under Sec.  63.10 of this chapter due to an 
affiliation with a foreign carrier is required to comply with Sec.  
42.11 of this chapter if the affiliated foreign carrier collects 
settlement payments from U.S. carriers for terminating U.S. 
international switched traffic at the foreign end of the route. Such a 
CMRS provider is not required

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to comply with Sec.  42.11, however, if it provides service on the 
affiliated route solely through the resale of an unaffiliated 
facilities-based provider's international switched services.
    (3) For purposes of paragraphs (d)(1) and (2) of this section, 
affiliated and foreign carrier are defined in Sec.  63.09 of this 
Chapter.
    (e) For obligations of commercial mobile radio service providers to 
provide local number portability, see Sec.  52.1 of this chapter.

[59 FR 18495, Apr. 19, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 38637, July 25, 1996; 
63 FR 43040, Aug. 11, 1998; 65 FR 19685, Apr. 12, 2000; 65 FR 24654, 
Apr. 27, 2000; 66 FR 16879, Mar. 28, 2001; 69 FR 77938, Dec. 29, 2004]



Sec.  20.18  911 Service.

    (a) Scope of section. Except as described in paragraph (r) of this 
section, the following requirements are only applicable to CMRS 
providers, excluding mobile satellite service (MSS) operators, to the 
extent that they:
    (1) Offer real-time, two way switched voice service that is 
interconnected with the public switched network; and
    (2) Utilize an in-network switching facility that enables the 
provider to reuse frequencies and accomplish seamless hand-offs of 
subscriber calls. These requirements are applicable to entities that 
offer voice service to consumers by purchasing airtime or capacity at 
wholesale rates from CMRS licensees.
    (b) Basic 911 Service. CMRS providers subject to this section must 
transmit all wireless 911 calls without respect to their call validation 
process to a Public Safety Answering Point, or, where no Public Safety 
Answering Point has been designated, to a designated statewide default 
answering point or appropriate local emergency authority pursuant to 
Sec.  64.3001 of this chapter, provided that ``all wireless 911 calls'' 
is defined as ``any call initiated by a wireless user dialing 911 on a 
phone using a compliant radio frequency protocol of the serving 
carrier.''
    (c) Access to 911 services. CMRS providers subject to this section 
must be capable of transmitting 911 calls from individuals with speech 
or hearing disabilities through means other than mobile radio handsets, 
e.g., through the use of Text Telephone Devices (TTY). CMRS providers 
that provide voice communications over IP facilities are not required to 
support 911 access via TTYs if they provide 911 access via real-time 
text (RTT) communications, in accordance with 47 CFR part 67, except 
that RTT support is not required to the extent that it is not achievable 
for a particular manufacturer to support RTT on the provider's network.
    (d) Phase I enhanced 911 services. (1) As of April 1, 1998, or 
within six months of a request by the designated Public Safety Answering 
Point as set forth in paragraph (j) of this section, whichever is later, 
licensees subject to this section must provide the telephone number of 
the originator of a 911 call and the location of the cell site or base 
station receiving a 911 call from any mobile handset accessing their 
systems to the designated Public Safety Answering Point through the use 
of ANI and Pseudo-ANI.
    (2) When the directory number of the handset used to originate a 911 
call is not available to the serving carrier, such carrier's obligations 
under the paragraph (d)(1) of this section extend only to delivering 911 
calls and available call party information, including that prescribed in 
paragraph (l) of this section, to the designated Public Safety Answering 
Point.

    Note to paragraph (d): With respect to 911 calls accessing their 
systems through the use of TTYs, licensees subject to this section must 
comply with the requirements in paragraphs (d)(1) and (d)(2) of this 
section, as to calls made using a digital wireless system, as of October 
1, 1998.

    (e) Phase II enhanced 911 service. Licensees subject to this section 
must provide to the designated Public Safety Answering Point Phase II 
enhanced 911 service, i.e., the location of all 911 calls by longitude 
and latitude in conformance with Phase II accuracy requirements (see 
paragraph (h) of this section).
    (f) Phase-in for network-based location technologies. Licensees 
subject to this section who employ a network-based location technology 
shall provide Phase II 911 enhanced service to at least 50 percent of 
their coverage area or 50 percent of their population beginning October 
1, 2001, or within 6 months

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of a PSAP request, whichever is later; and to 100 percent of their 
coverage area or 100 percent of their population within 18 months of 
such a request or by October 1, 2002, whichever is later.
    (g) Phase-in for handset-based location technologies. Licensees 
subject to this section who employ a handset-based location technology 
may phase in deployment of Phase II enhanced 911 service, subject to the 
following requirements:
    (1) Without respect to any PSAP request for deployment of Phase II 
911 enhanced service, the licensee shall:
    (i) Begin selling and activating location-capable handsets no later 
than October 1, 2001;
    (ii) Ensure that at least 25 percent of all new handsets activated 
are location-capable no later than December 31, 2001;
    (iii) Ensure that at least 50 percent of all new handsets activated 
are location-capable no later than June 30, 2002; and
    (iv) Ensure that 100 percent of all new digital handsets activated 
are location-capable no later than December 31, 2002, and thereafter.
    (v) By December 31, 2005, achieve 95 percent penetration of 
location-capable handsets among its subscribers.
    (vi) Licensees that meet the enhanced 911 compliance obligations 
through GPS-enabled handsets and have commercial agreements with 
resellers will not be required to include the resellers' handset counts 
in their compliance percentages.
    (2) Once a PSAP request is received, the licensee shall, in the area 
served by the PSAP, within six months or by October 1, 2001, whichever 
is later:
    (i) Install any hardware and/or software in the CMRS network and/or 
other fixed infrastructure, as needed, to enable the provision of Phase 
II enhanced 911 service; and
    (ii) Begin delivering Phase II enhanced 911 service to the PSAP.
    (3) For all 911 calls from portable or mobile phones that do not 
contain the hardware and/or software needed to enable the licensee to 
provide Phase II enhanced 911 service, the licensee shall, after a PSAP 
request is received, support, in the area served by the PSAP, Phase I 
location for 911 calls or other available best practice method of 
providing the location of the portable or mobile phone to the PSAP.
    (4) Licensees employing handset-based location technologies shall 
ensure that location-capable portable or mobile phones shall conform to 
industry interoperability standards designed to enable the location of 
such phones by multiple licensees.
    (h) Phase II accuracy. Licensees subject to this section shall 
comply with the following standards for Phase II location accuracy and 
reliability, to be tested and measured either at the county or at the 
PSAP service area geographic level, based on outdoor measurements only:
    (1) Network-based technologies:
    (i) 100 meters for 67 percent of calls, consistent with the 
following benchmarks:
    (A) One year from January 18, 2011, carriers shall comply with this 
standard in 60 percent of counties or PSAP service areas. These counties 
or PSAP service areas must cover at least 70 percent of the population 
covered by the carrier across its entire network. Compliance will be 
measured on a per-county or per-PSAP basis using, at the carrier's 
election, either
    (1) Network-based accuracy data, or
    (2) Blended reporting as provided in paragraph (h)(1)(iv) of this 
section.
    (B) Three years from January 18, 2011, carriers shall comply with 
this standard in 70 percent of counties or PSAP service areas. These 
counties or PSAP service areas must cover at least 80 percent of the 
population covered by the carrier across its entire network. Compliance 
will be measured on a per-county or per-PSAP basis using, at the 
carrier's election, either
    (1) Network-based accuracy data, or
    (2) Blended reporting as provided in paragraph (h)(1)(iv) of this 
section.
    (C) Five years from January 18, 2011, carriers shall comply with 
this standard in 100% of counties or PSAP service areas covered by the 
carrier. Compliance will be measured on a per-county or per-PSAP basis, 
using, at the carrier's election, either
    (1) Network-based accuracy data,
    (2) Blended reporting as provided in paragraph (h)(1)(iv) of this 
section, or

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    (3) Handset-based accuracy data as provided in paragraph (h)(1)(v) 
of this section.
    (ii) 300 meters for 90 percent of calls, consistent with the 
following benchmarks:
    (A) Three years from January 18, 2011, carriers shall comply with 
this standard in 60 percent of counties or PSAP service areas. These 
counties or PSAP service areas must cover at least 70 percent of the 
population covered by the carrier across its entire network. Compliance 
will be measured on a per-county or per-PSAP basis using, at the 
carrier's election, either
    (1) Network-based accuracy data, or
    (2) Blended reporting as provided in paragraph (h)(1)(iv) of this 
section.
    (B) Five years from January 18, 2011, carriers shall comply in 70 
percent of counties or PSAP service areas. These counties or PSAP 
service areas must cover at least 80 percent of the population covered 
by the carrier across its entire network. Compliance will be measured on 
a per-county or per-PSAP basis using, at the carrier's election, either
    (1) Network-based accuracy data, or
    (2) Blended reporting as provided in paragraph (h)(1)(iv) of this 
section.
    (C) Eight years from January 18, 2011, carriers shall comply in 85 
percent of counties or PSAP service areas. Compliance will be measured 
on a per-county or per-PSAP basis using, at the carrier's election, 
either
    (1) Network-based accuracy data,
    (2) Blended reporting as provided in paragraph (h)(1)(iv) of this 
section, or
    (3) Handset-based accuracy data as provided in paragraph (h)(1)(v) 
of this section.
    (iii) County-level or PSAP-level location accuracy standards for 
network-based technologies will be applicable to those counties or PSAP 
service areas, on an individual basis, in which a network-based carrier 
has deployed Phase II in at least one cell site located within a 
county's or PSAP service area's boundary. Compliance with the 
requirements of paragraph (h)(1)(i) and paragraph (h)(1)(ii) of this 
section shall be measured and reported independently.
    (iv) Accuracy data from both network-based solutions and handset-
based solutions may be blended to measure compliance with the accuracy 
requirements of paragraph (h)(1)(i)(A) through (C) and paragraph 
(h)(1)(ii)(A) through (C) of this section. Such blending shall be based 
on weighting accuracy data in the ratio of assisted GPS (``A-GPS'') 
handsets to non-A-GPS handsets in the carrier's subscriber base. The 
weighting ratio shall be applied to the accuracy data from each solution 
and measured against the network-based accuracy requirements of 
paragraph (h)(1) of this section.
    (v) A carrier may rely solely on handset-based accuracy data in any 
county or PSAP service area if at least 85 percent of its subscribers, 
network-wide, use A-GPS handsets, or if it offers A-GPS handsets to 
subscribers in that county or PSAP service area at no cost to the 
subscriber.
    (vi) A carrier may exclude from compliance particular counties, or 
portions of counties, where triangulation is not technically possible, 
such as locations where at least three cell sites are not sufficiently 
visible to a handset. Carriers must file a list of the specific counties 
or portions of counties where they are utilizing this exclusion within 
90 days following approval from the Office of Management and Budget for 
the related information collection. This list must be submitted 
electronically into PS Docket No. 07-114, and copies must be sent to the 
National Emergency Number Association, the Association of Public-Safety 
Communications Officials-International, and the National Association of 
State 9-1-1 Administrators. Further, carriers must submit in the same 
manner any changes to their exclusion lists within thirty days of 
discovering such changes. This exclusion will sunset on [8 years after 
effective date].
    (2) Handset-based technologies:
    (i) Two years from January 18, 2011, 50 meters for 67 percent of 
calls, and 150 meters for 80 percent of calls, on a per-county or per-
PSAP basis. However, a carrier may exclude up to 15 percent of counties 
or PSAP service areas from the 150 meter requirement based upon heavy 
forestation that limits handset-based technology accuracy in those 
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    (ii) Eight years from January 18, 2011, 50 meters for 67 percent of 
calls, and 150 meters for 90 percent of calls, on a per-county or per-
PSAP basis. However, a carrier may exclude up to 15 percent of counties 
or PSAP service areas from the 150 meter requirement based upon heavy 
forestation that limits handset-based technology accuracy in those 
counties or PSAP service areas.
    (iii) Carriers must file a list of the specific counties or PSAP 
service areas where they are utilizing the exclusion for heavy 
forestation within 90 days following approval from the Office of 
Management and Budget for the related information collection. This list 
must be submitted electronically into PS Docket No. 07-114, and copies 
must be sent to the National Emergency Number Association, the 
Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International, and 
the National Association of State 9-1-1 Administrators. Further, 
carriers must submit in the same manner any changes to their exclusion 
lists within thirty days of discovering such changes.
    (iv) Providers of new CMRS networks that meet the definition of 
covered CMRS providers under paragraph (a) of this section must comply 
with the requirements of paragraphs (h)(2)(i) through (iii) of this 
section. For this purpose, a ``new CMRS network'' is a CMRS network that 
is newly deployed subsequent to the effective date of the Third Report 
and Order in PS Docket No. 07-114 and that is not an expansion or 
upgrade of an existing CMRS network.
    (3) Latency (Time to First Fix). For purposes of measuring 
compliance with the location accuracy standards of this paragraph, a 
call will be deemed to satisfy the standard only if it provides the 
specified degree of location accuracy within a maximum latency period of 
30 seconds, as measured from the time the user initiates the 911 call to 
the time the location fix appears at the location information center: 
Provided, however, that the CMRS provider may elect not to include for 
purposes of measuring compliance therewith any calls lasting less than 
30 seconds.
    (i) Indoor location accuracy for 911 and testing requirements--(1) 
Definitions: The terms as used in this section have the following 
meaning:
    (i) Dispatchable location: A location delivered to the PSAP by the 
CMRS provider with a 911 call that consists of the street address of the 
calling party, plus additional information such as suite, apartment or 
similar information necessary to adequately identify the location of the 
calling party. The street address of the calling party must be validated 
and, to the extent possible, corroborated against other location 
information prior to delivery of dispatchable location information by 
the CMRS provider to the PSAP.
    (ii) Media Access Control (MAC) Address. A location identifier of a 
Wi-Fi access point.
    (iii) National Emergency Address Database (NEAD). A database that 
utilizes MAC address information to identify a dispatchable location for 
nearby wireless devices within the CMRS provider's coverage footprint.
    (iv) Nationwide CMRS provider: A CMRS provider whose service extends 
to a majority of the population and land area of the United States.
    (v) Non-nationwide CMRS provider: Any CMRS provider other than a 
nationwide CMRS provider.
    (vi) Test Cities. The six cities (San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, 
Denver/Front Range, Philadelphia, and Manhattan Borough) and surrounding 
geographic areas that correspond to the six geographic regions specified 
by the February 7, 2014 ATIS Document, ``Considerations in Selecting 
Indoor Test Regions,'' for testing of indoor location technologies.
    (2) Indoor location accuracy standards: CMRS providers subject to 
this section shall meet the following requirements:
    (i) Horizontal location. (A) Nationwide CMRS providers shall 
provide; dispatchable location, or ; x/y location within 50 meters, for 
the following percentages of wireless 911 calls within the following 
timeframes, measured from the effective date of the adoption of this 
rule:
    (1) Within 2 years: 40 percent of all wireless 911 calls.
    (2) Within 3 years: 50 percent of all wireless 911 calls.
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    (4) Within 6 years: 80 percent of all wireless 911 calls.
    (B) Non-nationwide CMRS providers shall provide; dispatchable 
location or; x/y location within 50 meters, for the following 
percentages of wireless 911 calls within the following timeframes, 
measured from the effective date of the adoption of this rule:
    (1) Within 2 years: 40 percent of all wireless 911 calls.
    (2) Within 3 years: 50 percent of all wireless 911 calls.
    (3) Within 5 years or within six months of deploying a commercially-
operating VoLTE platform in their network, whichever is later: 70 
percent of all wireless 911 calls.
    (4) Within 6 years or within one year of deploying a commercially-
operating VoLTE platform in their network, whichever is later: 80 
percent of all wireless 911 calls.
    (ii) Vertical location. CMRS providers shall provide vertical 
location information with wireless 911 calls as described in this 
section within the following timeframes measured from the effective date 
of the adoption of this rule:
    (A) Within 3 years: All CMRS providers shall make uncompensated 
barometric data available to PSAPs with respect to any 911 call placed 
from any handset that has the capability to deliver barometric sensor 
information.
    (B) Within 3 years: Nationwide CMRS providers shall develop one or 
more z-axis accuracy metrics validated by an independently administered 
and transparent test bed process as described in paragraph (i)(3)(i) of 
this section, and shall submit the proposed metric or metrics, supported 
by a report of the results of such development and testing, to the 
Commission for approval.
    (C) Within 6 years: In each of the top 25 CMAs, nationwide CMRS 
providers shall deploy either;) dispatchable location, or ; z-axis 
technology in compliance with any z-axis accuracy metric that has been 
approved by the Commission,
    (1) In each CMA where dispatchable location is used: nationwide CMRS 
providers must ensure that the NEAD is populated with a sufficient 
number of total dispatchable location reference points to equal 25 
percent of the CMA population.
    (2) In each CMA where z-axis technology is used: nationwide CMRS 
providers must deploy z-axis technology to cover 80 percent of the CMA 
population.
    (D) Within 8 years: In each of the top 50 CMAs, nationwide CMRS 
providers shall deploy either
    (1) Dispatchable location or;
    (2) Such z-axis technology in compliance with any z-axis accuracy 
metric that has been approved by the Commission.
    (E) Non-nationwide CMRS providers that serve any of the top 25 or 50 
CMAs will have an additional year to meet each of the benchmarks in 
paragraphs (i)(2)(ii)(C) and (D) of this section.
    (iii) Compliance. Within 60 days after each benchmark date specified 
in paragraphs (i)(2)(i) and (ii) of this section, CMRS providers must 
certify that they are in compliance with the location accuracy 
requirements applicable to them as of that date. CMRS providers shall be 
presumed to be in compliance by certifying that they have complied with 
the test bed and live call data provisions described in paragraph (i)(3) 
of this section.
    (A) All CMRS providers must certify that the indoor location 
technology (or technologies) used in their networks are deployed 
consistently with the manner in which they have been tested in the test 
bed. A CMRS provider must update certification whenever it introduces a 
new technology into its network or otherwise modifies its network, such 
that previous performance in the test bed would no longer be consistent 
with the technology's modified deployment.
    (B) CMRS providers that provide quarterly reports of live call data 
in one or more of the six test cities specified in paragraph (i)(1)(vi) 
of this section must certify that their deployment of location 
technologies throughout their coverage area is consistent with their 
deployment of the same technologies in the areas that are used for live 
call data reporting.
    (C) Non-nationwide CMRS providers that do not provide service or 
report quarterly live call data in any of the six test cities specified 
in paragraph (i)(1)(vi) of this section must certify that they have 
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own live call data that they are in compliance with the requirements of 
paragraphs (i)(2)(i)(B) and (ii) of this section.
    (iv) Enforcement. PSAPs may seek Commission enforcement within their 
geographic service area of the requirements of paragraphs (i)(2)(i) and 
(ii) of this section, but only so long as they have implemented policies 
that are designed to obtain all location information made available by 
CMRS providers when initiating and delivering 911 calls to the PSAP. 
Prior to seeking Commission enforcement, a PSAP must provide the CMRS 
provider with [30] days written notice, and the CMRS provider shall have 
an opportunity to address the issue informally. If the issue has not 
been addressed to the PSAP's satisfaction within 90 days, the PSAP may 
seek enforcement relief.
    (3) Indoor location accuracy testing and live call data reporting--
(i) Indoor location accuracy test bed. CMRS providers must establish the 
test bed described in this section within 12 months of the effective 
date of this rule. CMRS providers must validate technologies intended 
for indoor location, including dispatchable location technologies and 
technologies that deliver horizontal and/or vertical coordinates, 
through an independently administered and transparent test bed process, 
in order for such technologies to be presumed to comply with the 
location accuracy requirements of this paragraph. The test bed shall 
meet the following minimal requirements in order for the test results to 
be considered valid for compliance purposes:
    (A) Include testing in representative indoor environments, including 
dense urban, urban, suburban and rural morphologies;
    (B) Test for performance attributes including location accuracy 
(ground truth as measured in the test bed), latency (Time to First Fix), 
and reliability (yield); and
    (C) Each test call (or equivalent) shall be independent from prior 
calls and accuracy will be based on the first location delivered after 
the call is initiated.
    (D) In complying with paragraph (i)(3)(i)(B) of this section, CMRS 
providers shall measure yield separately for each individual indoor 
location morphology (dense urban, urban, suburban, and rural) in the 
test bed, and based upon the specific type of location technology that 
the provider intends to deploy in real-world areas represented by that 
particular morphology. CMRS providers must base the yield percentage 
based on the number of test calls that deliver a location in compliance 
with any applicable indoor location accuracy requirements, compared to 
the total number of calls that successfully connect to the testing 
network. CMRS providers may exclude test calls that are dropped or 
otherwise disconnected in 10 seconds or less from calculation of the 
yield percentage (both the denominator and numerator).
    (ii) Collection and reporting of aggregate live 911 call location 
data. CMRS providers providing service in any of the Test Cities or 
portions thereof must collect and report aggregate data on the location 
technologies used for live 911 calls in those areas.
    (A) CMRS providers subject to this section shall identify and 
collect information regarding the location technology or technologies 
used for each 911 call in the reporting area during the calling period.
    (B) CMRS providers subject to this section shall report Test City 
call location data on a quarterly basis to the Commission, the National 
Emergency Number Association, the Association of Public Safety 
Communications Officials, and the National Association of State 911 
Administrators, with the first report due 18 months from the effective 
date of rules adopted in this proceeding.
    (C) CMRS providers subject to this section shall also provide 
quarterly live call data on a more granular basis that allows evaluation 
of the performance of individual location technologies within different 
morphologies (e.g., dense urban, urban, suburban, rural). To the extent 
available, live call data for all CMRS providers shall delineate based 
on a per technology basis accumulated and so identified for:
    (1) Each of the ATIS ESIF morphologies;
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    (3) By census block. This more granular data will be used for 
evaluation and not for compliance purposes.
    (D) Non-nationwide CMRS providers that operate in a single Test City 
need only report live 911 call data from that city or portion thereof 
that they cover. Non-nationwide CMRS providers that operate in more than 
one Test City must report live 911 call data only in half of the regions 
(as selected by the provider). In the event a non-nationwide CMRS 
provider begins coverage in a Test City it previously did not serve, it 
must update its certification pursuant to paragraph (i)(2)(iii)(C) of 
this section to reflect this change in its network and begin reporting 
data from the appropriate areas. All non-nationwide CMRS providers must 
report their Test City live call data every 6 months, beginning 18 
months from the effective date of rules adopted in this proceeding.
    (E) Non-nationwide CMRS providers that do not provide coverage in 
any of the Test Cities can satisfy the requirement of paragraph 
(i)(3)(ii) of this section by collecting and reporting data based on the 
largest county within its footprint. In addition, where a non-nationwide 
CMRS provider serves more than one of the ATIS ESIF morphologies, it 
must include a sufficient number of representative counties to cover 
each morphology.
    (iii) Data retention. CMRS providers shall retain testing and live 
call data gathered pursuant to this section for a period of 2 years.
    (4) Submission of plans and reports. The following reporting and 
certification obligations apply to all CMRS providers subject to this 
section, which may be filed electronically in PS Docket No. 07-114:
    (i) Initial implementation plan. No later than 18 months from the 
effective date of the adoption of this rule, nationwide CMRS providers 
shall report to the Commission on their plans for meeting the indoor 
location accuracy requirements of paragraph (i)(2) of this section. Non-
nationwide CMRS providers will have an additional 6 months to submit 
their implementation plans.
    (ii) Progress reports. No later than 18 months from the effective 
date of the adoption of this rule, each CMRS provider shall file a 
progress report on implementation of indoor location accuracy 
requirements. Non-nationwide CMRS providers will have an additional 6 
months to submit their progress reports. All CMRS providers shall 
provide an additional progress report no later than 36 months from the 
effective date of the adoption of this rule. The 36-month reports shall 
indicate what progress the provider has made consistent with its 
implementation plan, and the nationwide CMRS providers shall include an 
assessment of their deployment of dispatchable location solutions. For 
any CMRS provider participating in the development of the NEAD database, 
this progress report must include detail as to the implementation of the 
NEAD database described in paragraphs (i)(4)(iii) and (iv) of this 
section.
    (iii) NEAD privacy and security plan. Prior to activation of the 
NEAD but no later than 18 months from the effective date of the adoption 
of this rule, the nationwide CMRS providers shall file with the 
Commission and request approval for a security and privacy plan for the 
administration and operation of the NEAD. The plan must include the 
identity of an administrator for the NEAD, who will serve as a point of 
contact for the Commission and shall be accountable for the 
effectiveness of the security, privacy, and resiliency measures.
    (iv) NEAD use certification. Prior to use of the NEAD or any 
information contained therein to meet such requirements, CMRS providers 
must certify that they will not use the NEAD or associated data for any 
non-911 purpose, except as otherwise required by law.
    (j) Confidence and uncertainty data. (1) Except as provided in 
paragraphs (j)(2)-(3) of this section, CMRS providers subject to this 
section shall provide for all wireless 911 calls, whether from outdoor 
or indoor locations, x- and y-axis (latitude, longitude) confidence and 
uncertainty information (C/U data) on a per-call basis upon the request 
of a PSAP. The data shall specify
    (i) The caller's location with a uniform confidence level of 90 
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    (ii) The radius in meters from the reported position at that same 
confidence level. All entities responsible for transporting confidence 
and uncertainty between CMRS providers and PSAPs, including LECs, CLECs, 
owners of E911 networks, and emergency service providers, must enable 
the transmission of confidence and uncertainty data provided by CMRS 
providers to the requesting PSAP.
    (2) Upon meeting the 3-year timeframe pursuant to paragraph 
(i)(2)(i) of this section, CMRS providers shall provide with wireless 
911 calls that have a dispatchable location the C/U data for the x- and 
y-axis (latitude, longitude) required under paragraph (j)(1) of this 
section.
    (3) Upon meeting the 6-year timeframe pursuant to paragraph 
(i)(2)(i) of this section, CMRS providers shall provide with wireless 
911 calls that have a dispatchable location the C/U data for the x- and 
y-axis (latitude, longitude) required under paragraph (j)(1) of this 
section.
    (k) Provision of live 911 call data for PSAPs. Notwithstanding other 
911 call data collection and reporting requirements in paragraph (i) of 
this section, CMRS providers must record information on all live 911 
calls, including, but not limited to, the positioning source method used 
to provide a location fix associated with the call. CMRS providers must 
also record the confidence and uncertainty data that they provide 
pursuant to paragraphs (j)(1) through (3) of this section. This 
information must be made available to PSAPs upon request, and shall be 
retained for a period of two years.
    (l) Reports on Phase II plans. Licensees subject to this section 
shall report to the Commission their plans for implementing Phase II 
enhanced 911 service, including the location-determination technology 
they plan to employ and the procedure they intend to use to verify 
conformance with the Phase II accuracy requirements by November 9, 2000. 
Licensees are required to update these plans within thirty days of the 
adoption of any change. These reports and updates may be filed 
electronically in a manner to be designated by the Commission.
    (m) Conditions for enhanced 911 services--(1) Generally. The 
requirements set forth in paragraphs (d) through (h)(2) and in paragraph 
(j) of this section shall be applicable only to the extent that the 
administrator of the applicable designated PSAP has requested the 
services required under those paragraphs and such PSAP is capable of 
receiving and utilizing the requested data elements and has a mechanism 
for recovering the PSAP's costs associated with them.
    (2) Commencement of six-month period. (i) Except as provided in 
paragraph (ii) of this section, for purposes of commencing the six-month 
period for carrier implementation specified in paragraphs (d), (f) and 
(g) of this section, a PSAP will be deemed capable of receiving and 
utilizing the data elements associated with the service requested, if it 
can demonstrate that it has:
    (A) Ordered the necessary equipment and has commitments from 
suppliers to have it installed and operational within such six-month 
period; and
    (B) Made a timely request to the appropriate local exchange carrier 
for the necessary trunking, upgrades, and other facilities.
    (ii) For purposes of commencing the six-month period for carrier 
implementation specified in paragraphs (f) and (g) of this section, a 
PSAP that is Phase I-capable using a Non-Call Path Associated Signaling 
(NCAS) technology will be deemed capable of receiving and utilizing the 
data elements associated with Phase II service if it can demonstrate 
that it has made a timely request to the appropriate local exchange 
carrier for the ALI database upgrade necessary to receive the Phase II 
information.
    (3) Tolling of six-month period. Where a wireless carrier has served 
a written request for documentation on the PSAP within 15 days of 
receiving the PSAP's request for Phase I or Phase II enhanced 911 
service, and the PSAP fails to respond to such request within 15 days of 
such service, the six-month period for carrier implementation specified 
in paragraphs (d), (f), and (g) of this section will be tolled until the 
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    (4) Carrier certification regarding PSAP readiness issues. At the 
end of the six-month period for carrier implementation specified in 
paragraphs (d), (f) and (g) of this section, a wireless carrier that 
believes that the PSAP is not capable of receiving and utilizing the 
data elements associated with the service requested may file a 
certification with the Commission. Upon filing and service of such 
certification, the carrier may suspend further implementation efforts, 
except as provided in paragraph (j)(4)(x) of this section.
    (i) As a prerequisite to filing such certification, no later than 21 
days prior to such filing, the wireless carrier must notify the affected 
PSAP, in writing, of its intent to file such certification. Any response 
that the carrier receives from the PSAP must be included with the 
carrier's certification filing.
    (ii) The certification process shall be subject to the procedural 
requirements set forth in sections 1.45 and 1.47 of this chapter.
    (iii) The certification must be in the form of an affidavit signed 
by a director or officer of the carrier, documenting:
    (A) The basis for the carrier's determination that the PSAP will not 
be ready;
    (B) Each of the specific steps the carrier has taken to provide the 
E911 service requested;
    (C) The reasons why further implementation efforts cannot be made 
until the PSAP becomes capable of receiving and utilizing the data 
elements associated with the E911 service requested; and
    (D) The specific steps that remain to be completed by the wireless 
carrier and, to the extent known, the PSAP or other parties before the 
carrier can provide the E911 service requested.
    (iv) All affidavits must be correct. The carrier must ensure that 
its affidavit is correct, and the certifying director or officer has the 
duty to personally determine that the affidavit is correct.
    (v) A carrier may not engage in a practice of filing inadequate or 
incomplete certifications for the purpose of delaying its 
responsibilities.
    (vi) To be eligible to make a certification, the wireless carrier 
must have completed all necessary steps toward E911 implementation that 
are not dependent on PSAP readiness.
    (vii) A copy of the certification must be served on the PSAP in 
accordance with Sec.  1.47 of this chapter. The PSAP may challenge in 
writing the accuracy of the carrier's certification and shall serve a 
copy of such challenge on the carrier. See Sec. Sec.  1.45 and 1.47 and 
Sec. Sec.  1.720 through 1.740 of this chapter.
    (viii) If a wireless carrier's certification is facially inadequate, 
the six-month implementation period specified in paragraphs (d), (f) and 
(g) of this section will not be suspended as provided for in paragraph 
(j)(4) of this section.
    (ix) If a wireless carrier's certification is inaccurate, the 
wireless carrier will be liable for noncompliance as if the 
certification had not been filed.
    (x) A carrier that files a certification under paragraph (j)(4) of 
this section shall have 90 days from receipt of the PSAP's written 
notice that it is capable of receiving and utilizing the data elements 
associated with the service requested to provide such service in 
accordance with the requirements of paragraphs (d) through (h) of this 
section.
    (5) Modification of deadlines by agreement. Nothing in this section 
shall prevent Public Safety Answering Points and carriers from 
establishing, by mutual consent, deadlines different from those imposed 
for carrier and PSAP compliance in paragraphs (d), (f), and (g)(2) of 
this section.
    (n) Dispatch service. A service provider covered by this section who 
offers dispatch service to customers may meet the requirements of this 
section with respect to customers who utilize dispatch service either by 
complying with the requirements set forth in paragraphs (b) through (e) 
of this section, or by routing the customer's emergency calls through a 
dispatcher. If the service provider chooses the latter alternative, it 
must make every reasonable effort to explicitly notify its current and 
potential dispatch customers and their users that they are not able to 
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emergency, the dispatcher should be contacted.
    (o) Non-service-initialized handsets. (1) Licensees subject to this 
section that donate a non-service-initialized handset for purposes of 
providing access to 911 services are required to:
    (i) Program each handset with 911 plus the decimal representation of 
the seven least significant digits of the Electronic Serial Number, 
International Mobile Equipment Identifier, or any other identifier 
unique to that handset;
    (ii) Affix to each handset a label which is designed to withstand 
the length of service expected for a non-service-initialized phone, and 
which notifies the user that the handset can only be used to dial 911, 
that the 911 operator will not be able to call the user back, and that 
the user should convey the exact location of the emergency as soon as 
possible; and
    (iii) Institute a public education program to provide the users of 
such handsets with information regarding the limitations of non-service-
initialized handsets.
    (2) Manufacturers of 911-only handsets that are manufactured on or 
after May 3, 2004, are required to:
    (i) Program each handset with 911 plus the decimal representation of 
the seven least significant digits of the Electronic Serial Number, 
International Mobile Equipment Identifier, or any other identifier 
unique to that handset;
    (ii) Affix to each handset a label which is designed to withstand 
the length of service expected for a non-service-initialized phone, and 
which notifies the user that the handset can only be used to dial 911, 
that the 911 operator will not be able to call the user back, and that 
the user should convey the exact location of the emergency as soon as 
possible; and
    (iii) Institute a public education program to provide the users of 
such handsets with information regarding the limitations of 911-only 
handsets.
    (3) Definitions. The following definitions apply for purposes of 
this paragraph.
    (i) Non-service-initialized handset. A handset for which there is no 
valid service contract with a provider of the services enumerated in 
paragraph (a) of this section.
    (ii) 911-only handset. A non-service-initialized handset that is 
manufactured with the capability of dialing 911 only and that cannot 
receive incoming calls.
    (p) Reseller obligation. (1) Beginning December 31, 2006, resellers 
have an obligation, independent of the underlying licensee, to provide 
access to basic and enhanced 911 service to the extent that the 
underlying licensee of the facilities the reseller uses to provide 
access to the public switched network complies with sections 20.18(d)-
(g).
    (2) Resellers have an independent obligation to ensure that all 
handsets or other devices offered to their customers for voice 
communications and sold after December 31, 2006 are capable of 
transmitting enhanced 911 information to the appropriate PSAP, in 
accordance with the accuracy requirements of section 20.18(i).
    (q) Text-to-911 Requirements--(1) Covered Text Provider: 
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this section, for purposes of 
this paragraph (n) of this section, a ``covered text provider'' includes 
all CMRS providers as well as all providers of interconnected text 
messaging services that enable consumers to send text messages to and 
receive text messages from all or substantially all text-capable U.S. 
telephone numbers, including through the use of applications downloaded 
or otherwise installed on mobile phones.
    (2) Automatic Bounce-back Message: an automatic text message 
delivered to a consumer by a covered text provider in response to the 
consumer's attempt to send a text message to 911 when the consumer is 
located in an area where text-to-911 service is unavailable or the 
covered text provider does not support text-to-911 service generally or 
in the area where the consumer is located at the time.
    (3) No later than September 30, 2013, all covered text providers 
shall provide an automatic bounce-back message under the following 
circumstances:
    (i) A consumer attempts to send a text message to a Public Safety 
Answering Point (PSAP) by means of the three-digit short code ``911''; 
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    (ii) The covered text provider cannot deliver the text because the 
consumer is located in an area where:
    (A) Text-to-911 service is unavailable; or
    (B) The covered text provider does not support text-to-911 service 
at the time.
    (4)(i) A covered text provider is not required to provide an 
automatic bounce-back message when:
    (A) Transmission of the text message is not controlled by the 
provider;
    (B) A consumer is attempting to text 911, through a text messaging 
application that requires CMRS service, from a non-service initialized 
handset;
    (C) When the text-to-911 message cannot be delivered to a PSAP due 
to failure in the PSAP network that has not been reported to the 
provider; or
    (D) A consumer is attempting to text 911 through a device that is 
incapable of sending texts via three digit short codes, provided the 
software for the device cannot be upgraded over the air to allow text-
to-911.
    (ii) The provider of a preinstalled or downloadable interconnected 
text application is considered to have ``control'' over transmission of 
text messages for purposes of paragraph (n)(4)(i)(A) of this section. 
However, if a user or a third party modifies or manipulates the 
application after it is installed or downloaded so that it no longer 
supports bounce-back messaging, the application provider will be 
presumed not to have control.
    (5) The automatic bounce-back message shall, at a minimum, inform 
the consumer that text-to-911 service is not available and advise the 
consumer or texting program user to use another means to contact 
emergency services.
    (6) Covered text providers that support text-to-911 must provide a 
mechanism to allow PSAPs that accept text-to-911 to request temporary 
suspension of text-to-911 service for any reason, including, but not 
limited to, network congestion, call taker overload, PSAP failure, or 
security breach, and to request resumption of text-to-911 service after 
such temporary suspension. During any period of suspension of text-to-
911 service, the covered text provider must provide an automatic bounce-
back message to any consumer attempting to text to 911 in the area 
subject to the temporary suspension.
    (7) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this section, when a 
consumer is roaming on a covered text provider's host network pursuant 
to Sec.  20.12, the covered text provider operating the consumer's home 
network shall have the obligation to originate an automatic bounce-back 
message to such consumer when the consumer is located in an area where 
text-to-911 service is unavailable, or the home provider does not 
support text-to-911 service in that area at the time. The host provider 
shall not impede the consumer's 911 text message to the home provider 
and/or any automatic bounce-back message originated by the home provider 
to the consumer roaming on the host network.
    (8) A software application provider that transmits text messages 
directly into the SMS network of the consumer's underlying CMRS provider 
satisfies the obligations of paragraph (n)(3) of this section provided 
it does not prevent or inhibit delivery of the CMRS provider's automatic 
bounce-back message to the consumer.
    (9) 911 text message. A 911 text message is a message, consisting of 
text characters, sent to the short code ``911'' and intended to be 
delivered to a PSAP by a covered text provider, regardless of the text 
messaging platform used.
    (10) Delivery of 911 text messages. (i) No later than December 31, 
2014, all covered text providers must have the capability to route a 911 
text message to a PSAP. In complying with this requirement, covered text 
providers must obtain location information sufficient to route text 
messages to the same PSAP to which a 911 voice call would be routed, 
unless the responsible local or state entity designates a different PSAP 
to receive 911 text messages and informs the covered text provider of 
that change. All covered text providers using device-based location 
information that requires consumer activation must clearly inform 
consumers that they must grant permission for the text messaging 
application to access the wireless device's location information in 
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the covered text provider's text application must provide an automated 
bounce-back message as set forth in paragraph (n)(3) of this section.
    (ii) Covered text providers must begin routing all 911 text messages 
to a PSAP by June 30, 2015, or within six months of the PSAP's valid 
request for text-to-911 service, whichever is later, unless an alternate 
timeframe is agreed to by both the PSAP and the covered text provider. 
The covered text provider must notify the Commission of the dates and 
terms of the alternate timeframe within 30 days of the parties' 
agreement.
    (iii) Valid Request means that:
    (A) The requesting PSAP is, and certifies that it is, technically 
ready to receive 911 text messages in the format requested;
    (B) The appropriate local or state 911 service governing authority 
has specifically authorized the PSAP to accept and, by extension, the 
covered text provider to provide, text-to-911 service; and
    (C) The requesting PSAP has provided notification to the covered 
text provider that it meets the foregoing requirements. Registration by 
the PSAP in a database made available by the Commission in accordance 
with requirements established in connection therewith, or any other 
written notification reasonably acceptable to the covered text provider, 
shall constitute sufficient notification for purposes of this paragraph.
    (iv) The requirements set forth in paragraphs (n)(10)(i) through 
(iii) of this section do not apply to in-flight text messaging 
providers, MSS providers, or IP Relay service providers, or to 911 text 
messages that originate from Wi-Fi only locations or that are 
transmitted from devices that cannot access the CMRS network.
    (11) Access to SMS networks for 911 text messages. To the extent 
that CMRS providers offer Short Message Service (SMS), they shall allow 
access by any other covered text provider to the capabilities necessary 
for transmission of 911 text messages originating on such other covered 
text providers' application services. Covered text providers using the 
CMRS network to deliver 911 text messages must clearly inform consumers 
that, absent an SMS plan with the consumer's underlying CMRS provider, 
the covered text provider may be unable to deliver 911 text messages. 
CMRS providers may migrate to other technologies and need not retain SMS 
networks solely for other covered text providers' 911 use, but must 
notify the affected covered text providers not less than 90 days before 
the migration is to occur.
    (r) Contraband Interdiction System (CIS) requirement. CIS providers 
regulated as private mobile radio service (see Sec.  20.3) must transmit 
all wireless 911 calls without respect to their call validation process 
to a Public Safety Answering Point, or, where no Public Safety Answering 
Point has been designated, to a designated statewide default answering 
point or appropriate local emergency authority pursuant to Sec.  64.3001 
of this chapter, provided that ``all wireless 911 calls'' is defined as 
``any call initiated by a wireless user dialing 911 on a phone using a 
compliant radio frequency protocol of the serving carrier.'' This 
requirement shall not apply if the Public Safety Answering Point or 
emergency authority informs the CIS provider that it does not wish to 
receive 911 calls from the CIS provider.

[63 FR 2637, Jan. 16, 1998]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
20.18, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.



Sec.  20.19  Hearing aid-compatible mobile handsets.

    (a) Scope of section; definitions--(1) Service providers. (i) On or 
after January 1, 2018 for Tier I carriers and April 1, 2018 for service 
providers other than Tier I carriers, the hearing aid compatibility 
requirements of this section apply to providers of digital mobile 
service in the United States to the extent that they offer terrestrial 
mobile service that enables two-way real-time voice communications among 
members of the public or a substantial portion of the public, including 
both interconnected and non-interconnected VoIP services, and such 
service is provided over frequencies in the 698 MHz to 6 GHz bands.

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    (ii) Prior to January 1, 2018 for Tier I carriers and April 1, 2018 
for service providers other than Tier I carriers, the hearing aid 
compatibility requirements of this section apply to providers of digital 
CMRS in the United States to the extent that they offer real-time, two-
way switched voice or data service that is interconnected with the 
public switched network and utilizes an in-network switching facility 
that enables the provider to reuse frequencies and accomplish seamless 
hand-offs of subscriber calls, and such service is provided over 
frequencies in the 698 MHz to 6 GHz bands.
    (2) Manufacturers. On or after January 1, 2018, the requirements of 
this section also apply to the manufacturers of the wireless handsets 
that are used in delivery of the services specified in paragraph 
(a)(1)(i) of this section. Prior to January 1, 2018, the requirements of 
this section also apply to the manufacturers of the wireless handsets 
that are used in delivery of the services specified in paragraph 
(a)(1)(ii) of this section.
    (3) Definitions. For purposes of this section:
    (i) Handset refers to a device used in delivery of the services 
specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section that contains a built-in 
speaker and is typically held to the ear in any of its ordinary uses.
    (ii) Manufacturer refers to a wireless handset manufacturer to which 
the requirements of this section apply.
    (iii) Model refers to a wireless handset device that a manufacturer 
has designated as a distinct device model, consistent with its own 
marketing practices. However, if a manufacturer assigns different model 
device designations solely to distinguish units sold to different 
carriers, or to signify other distinctions that do not relate to either 
form, features, or capabilities, such designations shall not count as 
distinct models for purposes of this section.
    (iv) Service provider refers to a provider of digital mobile service 
to which the requirements of this section apply.
    (v) Tier I carrier refers to a CMRS provider that offers such 
service nationwide.
    (b) Hearing aid compatibility; technical standards--(1) For radio 
frequency interference and volume control. A wireless handset submitted 
for equipment certification or for a permissive change relating to 
hearing aid compatibility on or after August 28, 2018, must meet, at a 
minimum, the M3 rating associated with the technical standard set forth 
in the standard document ``American National Standard Methods of 
Measurement of Compatibility Between Wireless Communication Devices and 
Hearing Aids,'' ANSI C63.19-2011. Any grants of certification issued 
before August 28, 2018, under ANSI C63.19-2011, or previous versions of 
ANSI C63.19, remain valid for hearing aid compatibility purposes. 
Beginning March 1, 2021, a wireless handset submitted for equipment 
certification or for a permissive change relating to hearing aid 
compatibility must also be equipped with volume control that produces 
sound levels suitable for persons with hearing loss (including persons 
with and without hearing aids). Any grants of certification issued to 
handsets not equipped with such volume control that were submitted for 
certification before March 1, 2021, remain valid for hearing aid 
compatibility purposes.
    (2) For inductive coupling. A wireless handset submitted for 
equipment certification or for a permissive change relating to hearing 
aid compatibility on or after August 28, 2018, must meet, at a minimum, 
the T3 rating associated with the technical standard set forth in the 
standard document ``American National Standard Methods of Measurement of 
Compatibility Between Wireless Communication Devices and Hearing Aids,'' 
ANSI C63.19-2011. Any grants of certification issued for handsets 
submitted for such certification before August 28, 2018, under ANSI 
C63.19-2011, or previous versions of ANSI C63.19, remain valid for 
hearing aid compatibility purposes.
    (3) Handsets operating over multiple frequency bands or air 
interfaces. (i) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of this 
section, a wireless handset used for digital mobile service only over 
the 698 MHz to 6 GHz frequency bands is hearing aid-compatible with 
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radio frequency interference or inductive coupling if it meets the 
applicable technical standard set forth in paragraph (b)(1) or (b)(2) of 
this section for all frequency bands and air interfaces over which it 
operates, and the handset has been certified as compliant with the test 
requirements for the applicable standard pursuant to Sec.  2.1033(d) of 
this chapter. A wireless handset that incorporates operations outside 
the 698 MHz to 6 GHz frequency bands is hearing aid-compatible if the 
handset otherwise satisfies the requirements of this paragraph (b).
    (ii) A handset that is introduced by the manufacturer prior to July 
17, 2013, and that does not meet the requirements for hearing aid 
compatibility under paragraph (b)(3)(i) of this section, is hearing aid-
compatible for radio frequency interference or inductive coupling only 
with respect to those frequency bands and air interfaces for which 
technical standards are stated in ANSI C63.19-2007 if it meets, at a 
minimum, an M3 rating (for radio frequency interference) or a T3 rating 
(for inductive coupling) under ANSI C63.19-2007 for all such frequency 
bands and air interfaces over which it operates, and the handset has 
been certified as compliant with the test requirements for the 
applicable standard pursuant to Sec.  2.1033(d) of this chapter.
    (4) All factual questions of whether a wireless handset meets the 
technical standard(s) of this paragraph shall be referred for resolution 
to the Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
    (c) Phase-in of requirements relating to radio frequency 
interference. The following applies to each manufacturer and service 
provider that offers wireless handsets used in the delivery of the 
services specified in paragraph (a) of this section and that does not 
fall within the de minimis exception set forth in paragraph (e) of this 
section. However, prior to July 17, 2014 for manufacturers and Tier I 
carriers and October 17, 2014 for service providers other than Tier I 
carriers, the requirements of this section do not apply to handset 
operations over frequency bands and air interfaces for which technical 
standards are not stated in ANSI C63.19-2007.
    (1) Manufacturers--(i) Number of hearing aid-compatible handset 
models offered. For each digital air interface for which it offers 
wireless handsets in the United States or imported for use in the United 
States, each manufacturer of wireless handsets must offer handset models 
that comply with paragraph (b)(1) of this section. Prior to September 8, 
2011, handset models for purposes of this paragraph include only models 
offered to service providers in the United States.
    (A) If it offers four to six models, at least two of those handset 
models must comply with the requirements set forth in paragraph (b)(1) 
of this section.
    (B) If it offers more than six models, at least one-third of those 
handset models (rounded down to the nearest whole number) must comply 
with the requirements set forth in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
    (C) Beginning October 3, 2018, at least sixty-six (66) percent of 
those handset models (rounded down to the nearest whole number) must 
comply with the requirements set forth in paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of 
this section.
    (D) Beginning October 4, 2021, at least eighty-five (85) percent of 
those handset models (rounded down to the nearest whole number) must 
comply with the requirements set forth in paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of 
this section.
    (ii) Refresh requirement. Beginning in calendar year 2009, and for 
each year thereafter that it elects to produce a new model, each 
manufacturer that offers any new model for a particular air interface 
during the calendar year must ``refresh'' its offerings of hearing aid-
compatible handset models by offering a mix of new and existing models 
that comply with paragraph (b)(1) of this section according to the 
following requirements:
    (A) For manufacturers that offer three models per air interface, at 
least one new model rated M3 or higher shall be introduced every other 
calendar year.
    (B) For manufacturers that offer four or more models operating over 
a particular air interface, the number of models rated M3 or higher that 
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new models introduced during that calendar year is equal to one-half of 
the minimum number of models rated M3 or higher required for that air 
interface (rounded up to the nearest whole number).
    (C) Beginning September 10, 2012, for manufacturers that together 
with their parent, subsidiary, or affiliate companies under common 
ownership or control, have had more than 750 employees for at least two 
years and that offer two models over an air interface for which they 
have been offering handsets for at least two years, at least one new 
model rated M3 or higher shall be introduced every other calendar year.
    (2) Tier I carriers. For each digital air interface for which it 
offers wireless handsets to customers, each Tier I carrier must either:
    (i) Ensure that at least fifty (50) percent of the handset models it 
offers comply with paragraph (b)(1) of this section, calculated based on 
the total number of unique digital wireless handset models the carrier 
offers nationwide; or
    (ii) Ensure that it offers, at a minimum, the following specified 
number of handset models that comply with paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section:
    (A) Prior to February 15, 2009, at least eight (8) handset models;
    (B) Beginning February 15, 2009, at least nine (9) handset models; 
and
    (C) Beginning February 15, 2010, at least ten (10) handset models.
    (iii) Beginning April 3, 2019, each Tier I carrier must ensure that 
at least sixty-six (66) percent of the handset models it offers comply 
with paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this section, calculated based on the 
total number of unique digital wireless handset models the carrier 
offers nationwide. Beginning April 4, 2022, each Tier I carrier must 
ensure that at least eighty-five (85) percent of the handset models it 
offers comply with paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this section, calculated 
based on the total number of unique digital wireless handset models the 
carrier offers nationwide.
    (3) Service providers other than Tier I carriers. For each digital 
air interface for which it offers wireless handsets to customers, each 
service provider other than a Tier I carrier must:
    (i) Prior to September 7, 2008, include in the handset models it 
offers at least two handset models that comply with paragraph (b)(1) of 
this section;
    (ii) Beginning September 7, 2008, either:
    (A) Ensure that at least fifty (50) percent of the handset models it 
offers comply with paragraph (b)(1) of this section, calculated based on 
the total number of unique digital wireless handset models the service 
provider offers nationwide; or
    (B) Ensure that it offers, at a minimum, the following specified 
number of handset models that comply with paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section:
    (1) Until May 15, 2009, at least eight (8) handset models;
    (2) Beginning May 15, 2009, at least nine (9) handset models; and
    (3) Beginning May 15, 2010, at least ten (10) handset models.
    (iii) Beginning April 3, 2020, ensure that at least sixty-six (66) 
percent of the handset models it offers comply with paragraphs (b)(1) 
and (2) of this section, calculated based on the total number of unique 
digital wireless handset models the carrier offers.
    (iv) Beginning April 3, 2023, ensure that at least eighty-five (85) 
percent of the handset models it offers comply with paragraphs (b)(1) 
and (2) of this section, calculated based on the total number of unique 
digital wireless handset models the carrier offers.
    (4) All service providers. The following requirements apply to Tier 
I carriers and all other service providers.
    (i) In-store testing. Each service provider must make available for 
consumers to test, in each retail store owned or operated by the 
provider, all of its handset models that comply with paragraph (b)(1) of 
this section.
    (ii) Offering models with differing levels of functionality. Each 
service provider must offer its customers a range of hearing aid-
compatible models with differing levels of functionality (e.g., 
operating capabilities, features offered, prices). Each provider may 
determine the criteria for determining these differing levels of 
functionality.
    (d) Phase-in of requirements relating to inductive coupling 
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and service provider that offers wireless handsets used in the delivery 
of the services specified in paragraph (a) of this section and that does 
not fall within the de minimis exception set forth in paragraph (e) of 
this section. However, prior to July 17, 2014 for manufacturers and Tier 
I carriers and October 17, 2014 for service providers other than Tier I 
carriers, the requirements of this section do not apply to handset 
operations over frequency bands and air interfaces for which technical 
standards are not stated in ANSI C63.19-2007.
    (1) Manufacturers. Each manufacturer offering to service providers 
four or more handset models, and beginning September 8, 2011, each 
manufacturer offering four or more handset models, in a digital air 
interface for use in the United States or imported for use in the United 
States must ensure that it offers to service providers, and beginning 
September 8, 2011, must ensurel that it offers, at a minimum, the 
following number of handset models that comply with the requirements set 
forth in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, whichever number is greater 
in any given year.
    (i) At least two (2) handset models in that air interface; or
    (ii) At least the following percentage of handset models (rounded 
down to the nearest whole number):
    (A) Beginning February 15, 2009, at least twenty (20) percent of its 
handset models in that air interface, provided that, of any such models 
introduced during calendar year 2009, one model may be rated using ANSI 
C63.19-2006 (June 12, 2006), and all other models introduced during that 
year or subsequent years shall be rated using ANSI C63.19-2007 (June 8, 
2007) or subsequently adopted version as may be approved pursuant to 
paragraph (k);
    (B) Beginning February 15, 2010, at least twenty-five (25) percent 
of its handset models in that air interface; and
    (C) Beginning February 15, 2011, at least one-third of its handset 
models in that air interface.
    (D) Beginning October 3, 2018, at least sixty-six (66) percent of 
the handset models in that air interface, which must comply with 
paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this section.
    (E) Beginning October 4, 2021, at least eighty-five (85) percent of 
the handset models in that air interface, which must comply with 
paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this section.
    (2) Tier I carriers. For each digital air interface for which it 
offers wireless handsets to service providers, each Tier I carrier must:
    (i) Ensure that at least one-third of the handset models it offers 
comply with paragraph (b)(2) of this section, calculated based on the 
total number of unique digital wireless handset models the carrier 
offers nationwide; or
    (ii) Ensure that it offers, at a minimum, the following specified 
number of handset models that comply with paragraph (b)(2) of this 
section:
    (A) Prior to February 15, 2009, at least three (3) handset models;
    (B) Beginning February 15, 2009, at least five (5) handset models;
    (C) Beginning February 15, 2010, at least seven (7) handset models; 
and
    (D) Beginning February 15, 2011, at least ten (10) handset models.
    (iii) Beginning April 3, 2019, each Tier I carrier must ensure that 
at least sixty-six (66) percent of the handset models it offers comply 
with paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this section, calculated based on the 
total number of unique digital wireless handset models the carrier 
offers nationwide. Beginning April 4, 2022, each Tier I carrier must 
ensure that at least eighty-five (85) percent of the handset models it 
offers comply with paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this section, calculated 
based on the total number of unique digital wireless handset models the 
carrier offers nationwide.
    (3) Service providers other than Tier I carriers. For each digital 
air interface for which it offers wireless handsets to customers, each 
service provider other than a Tier I carrier must:
    (i) Prior to September 7, 2008, include in the handset models it 
offers at least two handset models that comply with paragraph (b)(2) of 
this section;
    (ii) Beginning September 7, 2008, either:
    (A) Ensure that at least one-third of the handset models it offers 
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calculated based on the total number of unique digital wireless handset 
models the carrier offers nationwide; or
    (B) Ensure that it offers, at a minimum, the following specified 
number of handset models that comply with paragraph (b)(2) of this 
section:
    (1) Until May 15, 2009, at least three (3) handset models;
    (2) Beginning May 15, 2009, at least five (5) handset models;
    (3) Beginning May 15, 2010, at least seven (7) handset models; and
    (4) Beginning May 15, 2011, at least ten (10) handset models.
    (iii) Beginning April 3, 2020, ensure that at least sixty-six (66) 
percent of the handset models it offers comply with paragraphs (b)(1) 
and (2) of this section, calculated based on the total number of unique 
digital wireless handset models the carrier offers;
    (iv) Beginning April 3, 2023, ensure that at least eighty-five (85) 
percent of the handset models it offers comply with paragraphs (b)(1) 
and (2) of this section, calculated based on the total number of unique 
digital wireless handset models the carrier offers.
    (4) All service providers. The following requirements apply to Tier 
I carriers and all other service providers.
    (i) In-store testing. Each service provider must make available for 
consumers to test, in each retail store owned or operated by the 
provider, all of its handset models that comply with paragraph (b)(2) of 
this section.
    (ii) Offering models with differing levels of functionality. Each 
service provider must offer its customers a range of hearing aid-
compatible models with differing levels of functionality (e.g., 
operating capabilities, features offered, prices). Each provider may 
determine the criteria for determining these differing levels of 
functionality.
    (e) De minimis exception. (1)(i) Manufacturers or service providers 
that offer two or fewer digital wireless handsets in an air interface in 
the United States are exempt from the requirements of this section in 
connection with that air interface, except with regard to the reporting 
and certification requirements in paragraph (i) of this section. Service 
providers that obtain handsets only from manufacturers that offer two or 
fewer digital wireless handset models in an air interface in the United 
States are likewise exempt from the requirements of this section other 
than paragraph (i) of this section in connection with that air 
interface.
    (ii) Notwithstanding paragraph (e)(1)(i) of this section, beginning 
September 10, 2012, manufacturers that have had more than 750 employees 
for at least two years and service providers that have had more than 
1500 employees for at least two years, and that have been offering 
handsets over an air interface for at least two years, that offer one or 
two digital wireless handsets in that air interface in the United States 
must offer at least one handset model compliant with paragraphs (b)(1) 
and (b)(2) of this section in that air interface, except as provided in 
paragraph (e)(1)(iii) of this section. Service providers that obtain 
handsets only from manufacturers that offer one or two digital wireless 
handset models in an air interface in the United States, and that have 
had more than 750 employees for at least two years and have offered 
handsets over that air interface for at least two years, are required to 
offer at least one handset model in that air interface compliant with 
paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2) of this section, except as provided in 
paragraph (e)(1)(iii) of this section. For purposes of this paragraph, 
employees of a parent, subsidiary, or affiliate company under common 
ownership or control with a manufacturer or service provider are 
considered employees of the manufacturer or service provider. 
Manufacturers and service providers covered by this paragraph must also 
comply with all other requirements of this section.
    (iii) Manufacturers and service providers that offer one or two 
digital handset models that operate over the GSM air interface in the 
1900 MHz band may satisfy the requirements of paragraph (e)(1)(ii) of 
this section by offering at least one handset model that complies with 
paragraph (b)(2) of this section and that either complies with paragraph 
(b)(1) of this section or meets the following conditions:
    (A) The handset enables the user optionally to reduce the maximum 
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more than 2.5 decibels, except for emergency calls to 911, only for GSM 
operations in the 1900 MHz band;
    (B) The handset would comply with paragraph (b)(1) of this section 
if the power as so reduced were the maximum power at which the handset 
could operate;
    (C) Customers are informed of the power reduction mode as provided 
in paragraph (f)(3) of this section. Manufacturers and service providers 
covered by this paragraph must also comply with all other requirements 
of this section; and
    (D) The handset was certified as meeting the requirements of 
paragraph (b)(1) of this section with the power reduction prior to 
August 28, 2018.
    (2) Manufacturers or service providers that offer three digital 
wireless handset models in an air interface must offer at least one 
handset model compliant with paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2) of this 
section in that air interface. Service providers that obtain handsets 
only from manufacturers that offer three digital wireless handset models 
in an air interface in the United States are required to offer at least 
one handset model in that air interface compliant with paragraphs (b)(1) 
and (b)(2) of this section.
    (3) Beginning October 3, 2018, manufacturers that offer four or five 
digital wireless handset models in an air interface must offer at least 
two handset models compliant with paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this 
section in that air interface. Beginning April 3, 2019, Tier I carriers 
who offer four digital wireless handset models in an air interface must 
offer at least two handsets compliant with paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of 
this section in that air interface and Tier I carriers who offer five 
digital wireless handset models in an air interface must offer at least 
three handsets compliant with paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this section 
in that air interface. Beginning April 3, 2020, service providers, other 
than Tier I carriers, who offer four digital wireless handset models in 
an air interface must offer at least two handset models compliant with 
paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this section in that air interface and 
service providers, other than Tier I carriers, who offer five digital 
wireless handset models in an air interface must offer at least three 
handsets compliant with paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this section in 
that air interface.
    (f) Labeling and disclosure requirements--(1) Labeling 
requirements--(i) Inductive coupling and RF interference reduction. 
Manufacturers and service providers shall ensure that handsets that are 
hearing aid-compatible, as defined in paragraph (b) of this section, 
clearly display the rating, as defined in paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of 
this section, on the packaging material of the handset. In the event 
that a hearing aid-compatible handset achieves different radio 
interference or inductive coupling ratings over different air interfaces 
or different frequency bands, the RF interference reduction and 
inductive coupling capability ratings displayed shall be the lowest 
rating assigned to that handset for any air interface or frequency band. 
An explanation of the ANSI C63.19 rating system must also be included in 
the device's user's manual or as an insert in the packaging material for 
the handset.
    (ii) Volume control. Beginning March 1, 2021, manufacturers and 
service providers shall ensure that handsets that are hearing aid 
compatible, as defined in paragraph (b) of this section, clearly display 
information indicating the handset's amplification capabilities on the 
packaging material of the handset. If the handset has been certified as 
compliant with a technical standard that specifies acceptable numerical 
metrics or qualitative ratings for handset volume control, the labeling 
shall include the relevant volume control metrics or ratings. In the 
event that such a handset achieves different metrics or ratings over 
different air interfaces or different frequency bands, the volume 
control metrics or ratings displayed shall be the lowest metrics or 
ratings assigned to that handset for any air interface or frequency 
band. An explanation of such volume control metrics or ratings shall be 
included in the device's user manual or as an insert in the packaging 
material for the handset.
    (2) Disclosure requirements relating to handsets treated as hearing 
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    (i) Each manufacturer and service provider shall ensure that, 
wherever it provides hearing aid compatibility ratings for a handset 
that is considered hearing aid-compatible under paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of 
this section only with respect to those frequency bands and air 
interfaces for which technical standards are stated in ANSI C63.19-2007 
and that has not been tested for hearing aid compatibility under ANSI 
C63.19-2011, or any handset that operates over frequencies outside of 
the 698 MHz to 6 GHz bands, it discloses to consumers, by clear and 
effective means (e.g., inclusion of call-out cards or other media, 
revisions to packaging materials, supplying of information on Web 
sites), that the handset has not been rated for hearing aid 
compatibility with respect to some of its operation(s). This disclosure 
shall include the following language:

    This phone has been tested and rated for use with hearing aids for 
some of the wireless technologies that it uses. However, there may be 
some newer wireless technologies used in this phone that have not been 
tested yet for use with hearing aids. It is important to try the 
different features of this phone thoroughly and in different locations, 
using your hearing aid or cochlear implant, to determine if you hear any 
interfering noise. Consult your service provider or the manufacturer of 
this phone for information on hearing aid compatibility. If you have 
questions about return or exchange policies, consult your service 
provider or phone retailer.

    (ii) However, service providers are not required to include this 
language in the packaging material for handsets that incorporate a Wi-Fi 
air interface and that were obtained by the service provider before 
March 8, 2011, provided that the service provider otherwise discloses by 
clear and effective means that the handset has not been rated for 
hearing aid compatibility with respect to Wi-Fi operation.
    (iii) Each manufacturer and service provider shall ensure that, 
wherever it provides hearing aid compatibility ratings for a handset 
that is considered hearing aid-compatible under paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of 
this section only with respect to those frequency bands and air 
interfaces for which technical standards are stated in ANSI C63.19-2007, 
and that the manufacturer has tested and found not to meet hearing aid 
compatibility requirements under ANSI C63.19-2011 for operations over 
one or more air interfaces or frequency bands for which technical 
standards are not stated in ANSI C63.19-2007, it discloses to consumers, 
by clear and effective means (e.g., inclusion of call-out cards or other 
media, revisions to packaging materials, supplying of information on Web 
sites), that the handset does not meet the relevant rating or ratings 
with respect to such operation(s).
    (3) Disclosure requirement relating to handsets that allow the user 
to reduce the maximum power for GSM operation in the 1900 MHz band. 
Handsets offered to satisfy paragraph (e)(1)(iii) of this section shall 
be labeled as meeting an M3 rating. Each manufacturer and service 
provider shall ensure that, wherever this rating is displayed, it 
discloses to consumers, by clear and effective means (e.g., inclusion of 
call-out cards or other media, revisions to packaging materials, 
supplying of information on Web sites), that user activation of a 
special mode is necessary to meet the hearing aid compatibility 
standard. In addition, each manufacturer or service provider shall 
ensure that the device manual or a product insert explains how to 
activate the special mode and that doing so may result in a reduction of 
coverage.
    (g) Model designation requirements. Where a manufacturer has made 
physical changes to a handset that result in a change in the hearing aid 
compatibility rating under paragraph (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section, 
the altered handset must be given a model designation distinct from that 
of the handset prior to its alteration.
    (h) Website and record retention requirements. (1) Each manufacturer 
and service provider that operates a publicly-accessible website must 
make available on its website a list of all hearing aid-compatible 
models currently offered, the ratings of those models, and an 
explanation of the rating system. Each service provider must also 
specify on its website, based on the levels of functionality and rating 
that the service provider has defined, the level that each hearing aid-
compatible model falls under, as well as an explanation of how the 
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the handsets varies at the different levels. Each service provider must 
also include on its website: A list of all non-hearing aid-compatible 
models currently offered, including the level of functionality that each 
of those models falls under, an explanation of how the functionality of 
the handsets varies at the different levels as well as a link to the 
current FCC web page containing information about the wireless hearing 
aid compatibility rules and service providers' obligations. Each service 
provider must also include the marketing model name/number(s) and FCC ID 
number of each hearing aid-compatible and non-hearing aid-compatible 
model currently offered.
    (2) Service providers must maintain on their website either:
    (i) A link to a third-party website as designated by the Commission 
or Wireless Telecommunications Bureau with information regarding hearing 
aid-compatible and non-hearing aid-compatible handset models; or
    (ii) A clearly marked list of hearing aid-compatible handset models 
that are no longer offered if the calendar month/year that model was 
last offered is within 24 months of the current calendar month/year and 
was last offered in January 2018 or later along with the information 
listed in paragraph (h)(1) of this section for each hearing aid-
compatible handset.
    (3) If the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau determines that the 
third-party website has been eliminated or is not updated in a timely 
manner, it may select another website or require service providers to 
comply with paragraph (h)(2)(ii) of this section.
    (4) The information on the website must be updated within 30 days of 
any relevant changes, and any website pages containing information so 
updated must indicate the day on which the update occurred.
    (5) Service providers must maintain internal records including the 
ratings, if applicable, of all hearing aid-compatible and non-hearing 
aid-compatible models no longer offered (if the calendar month/year that 
model was last offered is within 24 months of the current calendar 
month/year and was last offered in January 2018 or later); for models no 
longer offered (if the calendar month/year that model was last offered 
is within 24 months of the current calendar month/year), the calendar 
months and years each hearing aid-compatible and non-hearing aid-
compatible model was first and last offered; and the marketing model 
name/number(s) and FCC ID number of each hearing aid-compatible and non-
hearing aid-compatible model no longer offered (if the calendar month/
year that model was last offered is within 24 months of the current 
calendar month/year and was last offered in January 2018 or later).
    (i) Reporting requirements--(1) Reporting and certification dates. 
Manufacturers shall submit reports on efforts toward compliance with the 
requirements of this section on an annual basis on July 15. Service 
providers shall submit certifications on their compliance with the 
requirements of this section by January 15 of each year. Information in 
each report and certification must be up-to-date as of the last day of 
the calendar month preceding the due date of each report and 
certification.
    (2) Content of manufacturer reports. Reports filed by manufacturers 
must include:
    (i) Digital wireless handset models tested, since the most recent 
report, for compliance with the applicable hearing aid compatibility 
technical ratings;
    (ii) Compliant handset models offered to service providers since the 
most recent report, identifying each model by marketing model name/
number(s) and FCC ID number;
    (iii) For each compliant model, the air interface(s) and frequency 
band(s) over which it operates, the hearing aid compatibility ratings 
for each frequency band and air interface under ANSI Standard C63.19, 
the ANSI Standard C63.19 version used, and the months in which the model 
was available to service providers since the most recent report;
    (iv) Non-compliant models offered to service providers since the 
most recent report, identifying each model by marketing model name/
number(s) and FCC ID number;

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    (v) For each non-compliant model, the air interface(s) over which it 
operates and the months in which the model was available to service 
providers since the most recent report;
    (vi) Total numbers of compliant and non-compliant models offered to 
service providers for each air interface as of the time of the report;
    (vii) Any instance, as of the date of the report or since the most 
recent report, in which multiple compliant or non-compliant devices were 
marketed under separate model name/numbers but constitute a single model 
for purposes of the hearing aid compatibility rules, identifying each 
device by marketing model name/number and FCC ID number;
    (viii) Status of product labeling;
    (ix) Outreach efforts; and
    (x) If the manufacturer maintains a public Web site, the Web site 
address of the page(s) containing the information regarding hearing aid-
compatible handset models required by paragraph (h) of this section.

    Note to paragraph (i)(2): For reports due on January 15, 2009, 
information provided with respect to paragraphs (i)(2)(ii) 
through(i)(2)(v) and (i)(2)(vii) and (i)(2)(viii) need be provided only 
for the six-month period from July 1 to December 31, 2008.

    (3) Content of service provider certifications. Certifications filed 
by service providers must include:
    (i) The name of the signing executive and contact information;
    (ii) The company(ies) covered by the certification;
    (iii) The FCC Registration Number (FRN);
    (iv) If the service provider is subject to paragraph (h) of this 
section, the website address of the page(s) containing the required 
information regarding handset models;
    (v) The percentage of handsets offered that are hearing aid-
compatible (providers will derive this percentage by determining the 
number of hearing aid-compatible handsets offered across all air 
interfaces during the year divided by the total number of handsets 
offered during the year); and
    (vi) The following language:

    I am a knowledgeable executive [of company x] regarding compliance 
with the Federal Communications Commission's wireless hearing aid 
compatibility requirements at a wireless service provider covered by 
those requirements.
    I certify that the provider was [(in full compliance/not in full 
compliance)] [choose one] at all times during the applicable time period 
with the Commission's wireless hearing aid compatibility deployment 
benchmarks and all other relevant wireless hearing aid compatibility 
requirements.
    The company represents and warrants, and I certify by this 
declaration under penalty of perjury pursuant to 47 CFR 1.16 that the 
above certification is consistent with 47 CFR 1.17, which requires 
truthful and accurate statements to the Commission. The company also 
acknowledges that false statements and misrepresentations to the 
Commission are punishable under Title 18 of the U.S. Code and may 
subject it to enforcement action pursuant to Sections 501 and 503 of the 
Act.

    (vii) If the company selected that it was not in full compliance, an 
explanation of which wireless hearing aid compatibility requirements it 
was not in compliance with, when the non-compliance began and (if 
applicable) ended with respect to each requirement.
    (4) Format. The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is delegated 
authority to approve or prescribe formats and methods for submission of 
the reports and certifications required by this section. Any format that 
the Bureau may approve or prescribe shall be made available on the 
Bureau's website.
    (j) Enforcement. Enforcement of this section is hereby delegated to 
those states that adopt this section and provide for enforcement. The 
procedures followed by a state to enforce this section shall provide a 
30-day period after a complaint is filed, during which time state 
personnel shall attempt to resolve a dispute on an informal basis. If a 
state has not adopted or incorporated this section, or failed to act 
within six (6) months from the filing of a complaint with the state 
public utility commission, the Commission will accept such complaints. A 
written notification to the complainant that the state believes action 
is unwarranted is not a failure to act. The procedures set forth in part 
68, subpart E of this chapter are to be followed.
    (k) Delegation of rulemaking authority. (1) The Chief of the 
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of the Office of Engineering and Technology are delegated authority, by 
notice-and-comment rulemaking, to issue an order amending this section 
to the extent necessary to adopt technical standards for additional 
frequency bands and/or air interfaces upon the establishment of such 
standards by ANSI Accredited Standards Committee C63 \TM\, provided that 
the standards do not impose with respect to such frequency bands or air 
interfaces materially greater obligations than those imposed on other 
services subject to this section. Any new obligations on manufacturers 
and Tier I carriers pursuant to paragraphs (c) through (i) of this 
section as a result of such standards shall become effective no less 
than one year after release of the order adopting such standards and any 
new obligations on other service providers shall become effective no 
less than 15 months after the release of such order, except that any new 
obligations on manufacturers and service providers subject to paragraph 
(e)(1)(ii) of this section shall become effective no less than two years 
after the release of such order.
    (2) The Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the 
Chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology are delegated 
authority, by notice-and-comment rulemaking if required by statute or 
otherwise in the public interest, to issue an order amending this 
section to the extent necessary to approve any version of the technical 
standards for radio frequency interference, inductive coupling, or 
volume control adopted subsequently to ANSI C63.19-2007 for use in 
determining whether a wireless handset meets the appropriate rating over 
frequency bands and air interfaces for which technical standards have 
previously been adopted either by the Commission or pursuant to 
paragraph (k)(1) of this section. This delegation is limited to the 
approval of changes to the technical standards that do not raise major 
compliance issues. Further, by such approvals, the Chiefs may only 
permit, and not require, the use of such subsequent versions of the 
technical standards to establish hearing aid compatibility.
    (l) The standards required in this section are incorporated by 
reference into this section with the approval of the Director of the 
Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. All approved 
material is available for inspection at the Federal Communications 
Commission (FCC), 445 12th St. SW, Reference Information Center, Room 
CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554, (202) 418-0270, and is available from the 
source indicated below. They are also available for inspection at the 
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on 
the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030 or go to 
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
    (1) IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, 
NJ 08854-4141, (732) 981-0060, email to [email protected], and http://
standards.ieee.org/.
    (i) ANSI C63.19-2007, American National Standard Methods of 
Measurement of Compatibility between Wireless Communication Devices and 
Hearing Aids, June 8, 2007.
    (ii) ANSI C63.19-2011, American National Standard Methods of 
Measurement of Compatibility between Wireless Communication Devices and 
Hearing Aids, May 27, 2011.
    (2) [Reserved]

[73 FR 25587, May 7, 2008, as amended at 75 FR 54522, Sept. 8, 2010; 77 
FR 41928, July 17, 2012; 81 FR 183, Jan. 5, 2016; 81 FR 60633, Sept. 2, 
2016; 83 FR 8631, Feb. 28, 2018; 83 FR 63105, Dec. 7, 2018; 84 FR 37592, 
Aug. 1, 2019]



Sec.  20.20  Conditions applicable to provision of CMRS service by
incumbent Local Exchange Carriers.

    (a) Separate affiliate. An incumbent LEC providing in-region 
broadband CMRS shall provide such services through an affiliate that 
satisfies the following requirements:
    (1) The affiliate shall maintain separate books of account from its 
affiliated incumbent LEC. Nothing in this section requires the affiliate 
to maintain separate books of account that comply with part 32 of this 
chapter;
    (2) The affiliate shall not jointly own transmission or switching 
facilities with its affiliated incumbent LEC that the affiliated 
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the provision of local exchange service in the same in-region market. 
Nothing in this section prohibits the affiliate from sharing personnel 
or other resources or assets with its affiliated incumbent LEC; and
    (3) The affiliate shall acquire any services from its affiliated 
incumbent LEC for which the affiliated incumbent LEC is required to file 
a tariff at tariffed rates, terms, and conditions. Other transactions 
between the affiliate and the incumbent LEC for services that are not 
acquired pursuant to tariff must be reduced to writing and must be made 
on a compensatory, arm's length basis. All transactions between the 
incumbent LEC and the affiliate are subject to part 32 of this chapter, 
including the affiliate transaction rules. Nothing in this section shall 
prohibit the affiliate from acquiring any unbundled network elements or 
exchange services for the provision of a telecommunications service from 
its affiliated incumbent LEC, subject to the same terms and conditions 
as provided in an agreement approved under section 252 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    (b) Independence. The affiliate required in paragraph (a) of this 
section shall be a separate legal entity from its affiliated incumbent 
LEC. The affiliate may be staffed by personnel of its affiliated 
incumbent LEC, housed in existing offices of its affiliated incumbent 
LEC, and use its affiliated incumbent LEC's marketing and other 
services, subject to paragraphs (a)(3) and (c) of this section.
    (c) Joint marketing. Joint marketing of local exchange and exchange 
access service and CMRS services by an incumbent LEC shall be subject to 
part 32 of this chapter. In addition, such agreements between the 
affiliate and the incumbent LEC must be reduced to writing and made 
available for public inspection upon request at the principle place of 
business of the affiliate and the incumbent LEC. The documentation must 
include a certification statement identical to the certification 
statement currently required to be included with all Automated Reporting 
and Management Information Systems (ARMIS) reports. The affiliate must 
also provide a detailed written description of the terms and conditions 
of the transaction on the Internet within 10 days of the transaction 
through the affiliate's home page.
    (d) Exceptions--(1) Rural telephone companies. Rural telephone 
companies are exempted from the requirements set forth in paragraphs 
(a), (b) and (c) of this section. A competing telecommunications 
carrier, interconnected with the rural telephone company, however, may 
petition the FCC to remove the exemption, or the FCC may do so on its 
own motion, where the rural telephone company has engaged in 
anticompetitive conduct.
    (2) Incumbent LECs with fewer than 2 percent of subscriber lines. 
Incumbent LECs with fewer than 2 percent of the nation's subscriber 
lines installed in the aggregate nationwide may petition the FCC for 
suspension or modification of the requirements set forth in paragraphs 
(a), (b) and (c) of this section. The FCC will grant such a petition 
where the incumbent LEC demonstrates that suspension or modification of 
the separate affiliate requirement is
    (i) Necessary to avoid a significant adverse economic impact on 
users of telecommunications services generally or to avoid a requirement 
that would be unduly economically burdensome, and
    (ii) Consistent with the public interest, convenience, and 
necessity.
    (e) Definitions. Terms used in this section have the following 
meanings:
    Affiliate. ``Affiliate'' means a person that (directly or 
indirectly) owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under 
common ownership with, another person. For purposes of this section, the 
term ``own'' means to own an equity interest (or the equivalent thereof) 
of more than 10 percent.
    Broadband Commercial Mobile Radio Service (Broadband CMRS). For the 
purposes of this section, ``broadband CMRS'' means Cellular 
Radiotelephone Service (part 22, subpart H of this chapter), Specialized 
Mobile Radio (part 90, subpart S of this chapter), and broadband 
Personal Communications Services (part 24, subpart E of this chapter).
    Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (Incumbent LEC). ``Incumbent LEC'' 
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the same meaning as that term is defined in Sec.  51.5 of this chapter.
    In-region. For the purposes of this section, an incumbent LEC's 
broadband CMRS service is considered ``in-region'' when 10 percent or 
more of the population covered by the CMRS affiliate's authorized 
service area, as determined by the 1990 census figures, is within the 
affiliated incumbent LEC's wireline service area.
    Rural Telephone Company. ``Rural Telephone Company'' has the same 
meaning as that term is defined in Sec.  51.5 of this chapter.
    (f) Sunset. This section will no longer be effective after January 
1, 2002.

[62 FR 63871, Dec. 3, 1997, as amended at 66 FR 10968, Feb. 21, 2001]



Sec.  20.21  Signal boosters.

    (a) Operation of Consumer Signal Boosters. A subscriber in good 
standing of a commercial mobile radio service system may operate a 
Consumer Signal Booster under the authorization held by the licensee 
providing service to the subscriber provided that the subscriber 
complies with paragraphs (a)(1) through (7) of this section. Failure to 
comply with all applicable rules in this section and all applicable 
technical rules for the frequency band(s) of operation voids the 
authority to operate the Consumer Signal Booster.
    (1) Prior to operation, the subscriber obtains the consent of the 
licensee providing service to the subscriber;
    (2) Prior to operation, the subscriber registers the Consumer Signal 
Booster with the licensee providing service to the subscriber;
    (3) The subscriber only operates the Consumer Signal Booster with 
approved antennas, cables, and/or coupling devices as specified by the 
manufacturer of the Consumer Signal Booster;
    (4) The subscriber operates the Consumer Signal Booster on 
frequencies used for the provision of subscriber-based services under 
parts 22 (Cellular), 24 (Broadband PCS), 27 (AWS-1, 700 MHz Lower A-E 
Blocks, and 700 MHz Upper C Block), and 90 (Specialized Mobile Radio) of 
this chapter. Operation on part 90 (Specialized Mobile Radio) 
frequencies is permitted upon the Commission's release of a public 
notice announcing the date Consumer Signal Boosters may be used in the 
band;
    (5) The Consumer Signal Booster complies with paragraphs (e), (f), 
(g), and (h) of this section and Sec.  2.907 of this chapter;
    (6) The subscriber may not deactivate any features of the Consumer 
Signal Booster which are designed to prevent harmful interference to 
wireless networks. These features must be enabled and operating at all 
times the signal booster is in use; and
    (7) If operating a Wideband Consumer Signal Booster, the subscriber 
operates it only for personal use.
    (b) De minimis operation of Consumer Signal Boosters. A third 
party's incidental use of a subscriber's Consumer Signal Booster 
operated under this paragraph is de minimis and shall be authorized 
under the authorization held by the licensee providing service to the 
third party.
    (c) Operation of Industrial Signal Boosters. An individual or non-
individual, other than a representative of a foreign government, may 
operate an Industrial Signal Booster provided that the individual or 
non-individual:
    (1) Has an FCC license or obtains the express consent of the 
licensee(s) whose frequencies are being retransmitted by the device on a 
regular basis, and
    (2) Uses an Industrial Signal Booster which complies with paragraph 
(f) of this section.
    (d) Operation on a secondary, non-interference basis. Operation of 
signal boosters under this section is on a secondary, non-interference 
basis to primary services licensed for the frequency bands on which they 
transmit, and to primary services licensed for the adjacent frequency 
bands that might be affected by their transmissions.
    (1) The operation of signal boosters must not cause harmful 
interference to the communications of any primary licensed service.
    (2) Upon request of an FCC representative or a licensee experiencing 
harmful interference, a signal booster operator must:
    (i) Cooperate in determining the source of the interference, and
    (ii) If necessary, deactivate the signal booster immediately, or as 
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practicable, if immediate deactivation is not possible.
    (e) Consumer Signal Booster Network Protection Standard. (1) All 
Consumer Signal Boosters must incorporate features to prevent harmful 
interference to wireless networks including but not limited to those 
enumerated in this section.
    (2) Certification requirements. (i) A Consumer Signal Booster can 
only be certificated and operated if it complies with all applicable 
rules in this subpart and all applicable technical rules for the 
frequency band(s) of operation including, but not limited to: Sec.  
22.355 of this chapter, Public Mobile Services, frequency tolerance; 
Sec.  22.913 of this chapter, Cellular Radiotelephone Service effective 
radiated power limits; Sec.  22.917 of this chapter, Cellular 
Radiotelephone Service, emission limitations for cellular equipment; 
Sec.  24.232 of this chapter, Broadband Personal Communications Service, 
power and antenna height limits; Sec.  24.238 of this chapter, Broadband 
Personal Communications Service, emission limitations for Broadband PCS 
equipment; Sec.  27.50 of this chapter, Miscellaneous Wireless 
Communications Services, power and antenna height limits; Sec.  27.53 of 
this chapter, Miscellaneous Wireless Communications Services, emission 
limits; Sec.  90.205 of this chapter, Private Land Mobile Radio 
Services, power and antenna height limits; Sec.  90.210 of this chapter, 
Private Land Mobile Radio Services, emission masks; and Sec.  90.247 of 
this chapter, Private Land Mobile Radio Services, mobile repeater 
stations.
    (ii) In case of any conflict between the rules set forth in this 
section and the rules set forth in parts 22, 24, 27, and 90 of title 47, 
chapter I of the Code of Federal Regulations, the rules in this section 
shall govern.
    (iii) The application for certification must satisfy the Commission 
that the Consumer Signal Boosters' features designed to prevent harmful 
interference and protect wireless networks cannot be easily defeated and 
must be enabled at all times.
    (3) Frequency Bands. Consumer Signal Boosters must be designed and 
manufactured such that they only operate on the frequencies used for the 
provision of subscriber-based services under parts 22 (Cellular), 24 
(Broadband PCS), 27 (AWS-1, 700 MHz Lower A-E Blocks, and 700 MHz Upper 
C Block), and 90 (Specialized Mobile Radio) of this chapter. The 
Commission will not certificate any Consumer Signal Boosters for 
operation on part 90 of this chapter (Specialized Mobile Radio) 
frequencies until the Commission releases a public notice announcing the 
date Consumer Signal Boosters may be used in the band.
    (4) Self-monitoring. Consumer Signal Boosters must automatically 
self-monitor their operation to ensure compliance with applicable noise 
and gain limits and either self-correct or shut down automatically if 
their operation exceeds those parameters.
    (5) Anti-oscillation. Consumer Signal Boosters must be able to 
detect and mitigate any unintended oscillations in uplink and downlink 
bands (such as may result from insufficient isolation between the 
antennas).
    (6) Power Down. Consumer Signal Boosters must automatically power 
down or cease amplification as they approach any affected base station.
    (7) Interference Avoidance for Wireless Subsystems. Consumer Signal 
Boosters using unlicensed (part 15 of this chapter) or other frequency 
bands for wireless transmissions between donor and server subsystems for 
their internal operations must employ interference avoidance methods to 
prevent interference transmitted into authorized CMRS spectrum bands.
    (8) Wideband Consumer Signal Boosters. A Wideband Consumer Signal 
Booster will meet the Consumer Signal Booster Network Protection 
Standard if it complies with paragraphs (e)(1) through (e)(7) of this 
section and the following:
    (i) Technical Requirements--(A) Noise Limits. (1) The transmitted 
noise power in dBm/MHz of consumer boosters at their uplink port shall 
not exceed -103 dBm/MHz--RSSI. RSSI (received signal strength indication 
expressed in negative dB units relative to 1 mW) is the downlink 
composite received signal power in dBm at the booster donor port for all 
base stations in the band of operation.

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    (2) The transmitted maximum noise power in dBm/MHz of consumer 
boosters at their uplink and downlink ports shall not exceed the 
following limits:
    (i) Fixed booster maximum noise power shall not exceed -102.5 dBm/
MHz + 20 Log10 (Frequency), where Frequency is the uplink 
mid-band frequency of the supported spectrum bands in MHz.
    (ii) Mobile booster maximum noise power shall not exceed-59 dBm/MHz.
    (iii) Compliance with Noise limits will use instrumentation 
calibrated in terms of RMS equivalent voltage, and with booster input 
ports terminated or without input signals applied within the band of 
measurement.
    (B) Bidirectional Capability. Consumer Boosters must be able to 
provide equivalent uplink and downlink gain and conducted uplink power 
output that is at least 0.05 watts. One-way consumer boosters (i.e., 
uplink only, downlink only, uplink impaired, downlink impaired) are 
prohibited. Spectrum block filtering may be used provided the uplink 
filter attenuation is not less than the downlink filter attenuation, and 
where RSSI is measured after spectrum block filtering is applied 
referenced to the booster's input port for each band of operation.
    (C) Booster Gain Limits. (1) The uplink gain in dB of a consumer 
booster referenced to its input and output ports shall not exceed -34 
dB--RSSI + MSCL.
    (i) Where RSSI is the downlink composite received signal power in 
dBm at the booster donor port for all base stations in the band of 
operation. RSSI is expressed in negative dB units relative to 1 mW.
    (ii) Where MSCL (Mobile Station Coupling Loss) is the minimum 
coupling loss in dB between the wireless device and input port of the 
consumer booster. MSCL must be calculated or measured for each band of 
operation and provided in compliance test reports.
    (2) The uplink and downlink maximum gain of a Consumer Booster 
referenced to its input and output ports shall not exceed the following 
limits:
    (i) Fixed Booster maximum gain shall not exceed 6.5 dB + 20 
Log10 (Frequency).
    (ii) Where, Frequency is the uplink mid-band frequency of the 
supported spectrum bands in MHz.
    (iii) Mobile Booster maximum gain shall not exceed 50 dB when using 
an inside antenna (e.g., inside a vehicle), 23 dB when using direct 
contact coupling (e.g., cradle-type boosters), or 15 dB when directly 
connected (e.g., boosters with a physical connection to the phone).
    (D) Power Limits. A booster's uplink power must not exceed 1 watt 
composite conducted power and equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) 
for each band of operation. Composite downlink power shall not exceed 
0.05 watt (17 dBm) conducted and EIRP for each band of operation. 
Compliance with power limits will use instrumentation calibrated in 
terms of RMS equivalent voltage.
    (E) Out of Band Emission Limits. Booster out of band emissions 
(OOBE) shall be at least 6 dB below the FCC's mobile emission limits for 
the supported bands of operation. Compliance to OOBE limits will utilize 
high peak-to-average CMRS signal types.
    (F) Intermodulation Limits. The transmitted intermodulation products 
of a consumer booster at its uplink and downlink ports shall not exceed 
the power level of -19 dBm for the supported bands of operation. 
Compliance with intermodulation limits will use boosters operating at 
maximum gain and maximum rated output power, with two continuous wave 
(CW) input signals spaced 600 kHz apart and centered in the pass band of 
the booster, and with a 3 kHz measurement bandwidth.
    (G) Booster Antenna Kitting. All consumer boosters must be sold with 
user manuals specifying all antennas and cables that meet the 
requirements of this section. All consumer boosters must be sold 
together with antennas, cables, and/or coupling devices that meet the 
requirements of this section. The grantee is required to submit a 
technical document with the application for FCC equipment authorization 
that shows compliance of all antennas, cables and/or coupling devices 
with the requirements of this section, including

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any antenna or equipment upgrade options that may be available at 
initial purchase or as a subsequent upgrade.
    (H) Transmit Power Off Mode. When the consumer booster cannot 
otherwise meet the noise and gain limits defined herein it must operate 
in ``Transmit Power Off Mode.'' In this mode of operation, the uplink 
and downlink noise power shall not exceed -70 dBm/MHz and both uplink 
and downlink gain shall not exceed the lesser of 23 dB or MSCL.
    (I) Uplink Inactivity. When a consumer booster is not serving an 
active device connection after 5 minutes the uplink noise power shall 
not exceed -70 dBm/MHz.
    (ii) Interference Safeguards. Consumer boosters must include 
features to prevent harmful interference including, at a minimum, those 
enumerated in this subsection. These features may not be deactivated by 
the operator and must be enabled and operating at all times the signal 
booster is in use.
    (A) Anti-Oscillation. Consumer boosters must be able to detect and 
mitigate (i.e., by automatic gain reduction or shut down), any 
oscillations in uplink and downlink bands. Oscillation detection and 
mitigation must occur automatically within 0.3 seconds in the uplink 
band and within 1 second in the downlink band. In cases where 
oscillation is detected, the booster must continue mitigation for at 
least one minute before restarting. After five such restarts, the 
booster must not resume operation until manually reset.
    (B) Gain Control. Consumer boosters must have automatic limiting 
control to protect against excessive input signals that would cause 
output power and emissions in excess of that authorized by the 
Commission.
    (C) Interference Avoidance for Wireless Subsystems. Consumer 
boosters using unlicensed (part 15) or other frequency bands for 
wireless transmissions between donor and server subsystems for its 
internal operations must employ interference avoidance methods to 
prevent interference transmitted into authorized CMRS spectrum bands and 
must meet applicable limits for radiofrequency exposure.
    (9) Provider-Specific Consumer Signal Boosters. A Provider-Specific 
Consumer Signal Booster will meet the Consumer Signal Booster Network 
Protection Standard if it complies with paragraphs (e)(1) through (e)(7) 
of this section and the following:
    (i) Technical Requirements--(A) Noise Limits. The transmitted noise 
power in dBm/MHz of frequency selective consumer boosters outside the 
licensee's spectrum blocks at their uplink and downlink ports shall not 
exceed the following limits:
    (1) -103 dBm/MHz-RSSI:
    (i) Where RSSI is the downlink composite signal power received in 
dBm for frequencies in the band of operation outside the licensee's 
spectrum block as measured after spectrum block filtering is applied and 
is referenced to the booster's donor port for each band of operation. 
RSSI is expressed in negative dB units relative to 1 mW.
    (ii) Boosters with MSCL less than 40 dB, shall reduce the Noise 
output in (A) by 40 dB-MSCL, where MSCL is the minimum coupling loss in 
dB between the wireless device and booster's server port. MSCL must be 
calculated or measured for each band of operation and provided in 
compliance test reports.
    (2)(i) Fixed booster maximum downlink noise power shall not exceed -
102.5 dBm/MHz + 20 Log10 (Frequency), where Frequency is the 
uplink mid-band frequency of the supported spectrum bands in MHz.
    (ii) Mobile booster maximum noise power shall not exceed -59 dBm/
MHz.
    (iii) Compliance with Noise limits will use instrumentation 
calibrated in terms of RMS equivalent voltage, and with booster input 
ports terminated or without input signals applied within the band of 
measurement.
    (B) Bidirectional Capability. Consumer Boosters must be able to 
provide equivalent uplink and downlink gain and conducted uplink power 
output that is at least 0.05 watts. One-way consumer boosters (i.e., 
uplink only, downlink only, uplink impaired, downlink impaired) are 
prohibited. Spectrum block filtering used must provide uplink filter 
attenuation not less than the downlink filter attenuation, and where 
RSSI is measured after spectrum block filtering is applied referenced to 
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booster's input port for each band of operation.
    (C) Booster Gain Limits. The gain of the frequency selective 
consumer booster shall meet the limits below.
    (1) The uplink and downlink gain in dB of a frequency selective 
consumer booster referenced to its input and output ports shall not 
exceed BSCL-28 dB-(40 dB-MSCL).
    (i) Where BSCL is the coupling loss between the booster's donor port 
and the base station's input port, and MSCL is the minimum coupling loss 
in dB between the wireless device and the booster's server port. MSCL 
must be calculated or measured for each band of operation and provided 
in compliance test reports.
    (ii) In order of preference, BSCL is determined as follows: 
determine path loss between the base station and the booster; such 
measurement shall be based on measuring the received forward pilot/
control channel power at the booster and reading the pilot/control 
channel transmit power from the base station as defined in the system 
information messages sent by the base station; estimate BSCL by assuming 
that the base station is transmitting at a level of + 25 dBm per channel 
(assume a small, lightly loaded cell) and measuring the total received 
signal power level within the channel in dBm (RPCH) received at the 
booster input port. BSCL is then calculated as 25-RPCH; or assume that 
the BSCL is 70 dB without performing any measurement.
    (2) The uplink and downlink maximum gain of a frequency selective 
consumer booster referenced to its input and output ports shall not 
exceed the following limits:
    (i) Fixed Booster maximum gain shall not exceed 19.5 dB + 20 
Log10 (Frequency), or 100 dB for systems having automatic 
gain adjustment based on isolation measurements between booster donor 
and server antennas.
    (ii) Where, Frequency is the uplink mid-band frequency of the 
supported spectrum bands in MHz.
    (iii) Mobile Booster maximum gain shall not exceed 15 dB when 
directly connected (e.g., boosters with a physical connection to the 
subscriber device), 23 dB when using direct contact coupling (e.g., 
cradle-type boosters), or 50 dB when using an inside antenna (e.g., 
inside a vehicle). For systems using an inside antenna that have 
automatic gain adjustment based on isolation measurements between 
booster donor and server antenna and automatic feedback cancellation, 
the mobile booster maximum gain shall not exceed 58 dB and 65 dB for 
frequencies below and above 1 GHz, respectively.
    (D) Power Limits. A booster's uplink power must not exceed 1 watt 
composite conducted power and equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) 
for each band of operation. Downlink power shall not exceed 0.05 watt 
(17 dBm) composite and 10 dBm per channel conducted and EIRP for each 
band of operation. Compliance with power limits will use instrumentation 
calibrated in terms of RMS equivalent voltage.
    (E) Out of Band Gain Limits. (1) A frequency selective booster shall 
have the following minimum attenuation referenced to the gain in the 
center of the pass band of the booster:
    (i) -20 dB at the band edge, where band edge is the end of the 
licensee's allocated spectrum,
    (ii) -30 dB at 1 MHz offset from band edge,
    (iii) -40 dB at 5 MHz offset from band edge.
    (2) A frequency selective booster having maximum gain greater than 
80 dB (referenced to the center of the pass band) shall limit the out of 
band gain to 60 dB at 0.2 MHz offset from the band edge, and 45 dB at 1 
MHz offset from the band edge, where band edge is the end of the 
licensee's allocated spectrum.
    (F) Out of Band Emission Limits. Booster out of band emissions 
(OOBE) shall meet the FCC's mobile emission limits for the supported 
bands of operation. Compliance to OOBE limits will utilize high peak-to-
average CMRS signal types.
    (G) Intermodulation Limits. The transmitted intermodulation products 
of a consumer booster at its uplink and downlink ports shall not exceed 
the power level of -19 dBm for the supported bands of operation. 
Compliance with intermodulation limits will use boosters operating at 
maximum gain

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and maximum rated output power, with two continuous wave (CW) input 
signals spaced 600 kHz apart and centered in the pass band of the 
booster, and with a 3 kHz measurement bandwidth.
    (H) Booster Antenna Kitting. All consumer boosters must be sold with 
user manuals specifying all antennas and cables that meet the 
requirements of this section. All consumer boosters must be sold 
together with antennas, cables, and/or coupling devices that meet the 
requirements of this section. The grantee is required to submit a 
technical document with the application for FCC equipment authorization 
that shows compliance of all antennas, cables, and/or coupling devices 
with the requirements of this section, including any antenna or 
equipment upgrade options that may be available at initial purchase or 
as a subsequent upgrade.
    (I) Transmit Power Off Mode. When the consumer booster cannot 
otherwise meet the noise and gain limits defined herein it must operate 
in ``Transmit Power OFF Mode.'' In this mode of operation, the uplink 
and downlink noise power shall not exceed -70 dBm/MHz and uplink gain 
shall not exceed the lesser of 23 dB or MSCL.
    (J) Uplink Inactivity. When a consumer booster is not serving an 
active device connection after 5 seconds the uplink noise power shall 
not exceed -70 dBm/MHz.
    (ii) Interference Safeguards. Consumer boosters must include 
features to prevent harmful interference including, at a minimum, those 
enumerated in this subsection. These features may not be deactivated by 
the operator and must be enabled and operating at all times the signal 
booster is in use.
    (A) Anti-Oscillation. Consumer boosters must be able to detect and 
mitigate (i.e., by automatic gain reduction or shut down), any 
oscillations in uplink and downlink bands. Oscillation detection and 
mitigation must occur automatically within 0.3 seconds in the uplink 
band and within 1 second in the downlink band. In cases where 
oscillation is detected, the booster must continue mitigation for at 
least one minute before restarting. After five such restarts, the 
booster must not resume operation until manually reset.
    (B) Gain Control. Consumer boosters must have automatic limiting 
control to protect against excessive input signals that would cause 
output power and emissions in excess of that authorized by the 
Commission.
    (C) Interference Avoidance for Wireless Subsystems. Consumer 
boosters using unlicensed (part 15) or other frequency bands for 
wireless transmissions between donor and server subsystems for its 
internal operations must employ interference avoidance methods to 
prevent interference transmitted into authorized CMRS spectrum bands.
    (10) Equivalent Protections. Consumer Signal Boosters which do not 
meet the technical specifications enumerated in paragraphs (e)(1) 
through (e)(9) of this section may also meet the Network Protection 
Standard if they provide equivalent protections as determined by the 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
    (f) Signal booster labeling requirements. (1) Signal booster 
manufacturers, distributors, and retailers must ensure that all signal 
boosters marketed on or after March 1, 2014 include the following 
advisories:
    (i) In on-line, point-of-sale marketing materials,
    (ii) In any print or on-line owner's manual and installation 
instructions,
    (iii) On the outside packaging of the device, and
    (iv) On a label affixed to the device:
    (A) For Consumer Signal Boosters:
    (1) This is a CONSUMER device.

    BEFORE USE, you MUST REGISTER THIS DEVICE with your wireless 
provider and have your provider's consent. Most wireless providers 
consent to the use of signal boosters. Some providers may not consent to 
the use of this device on their network. If you are unsure, contact your 
provider.
    You MUST operate this device with approved antennas and cables as 
specified by the manufacturer. Antennas MUST be installed at least 20 cm 
(8 inches) from any person.
    You MUST cease operating this device immediately if requested by the 
FCC or a licensed wireless service provider.
    WARNING. E911 location information may not be provided or may be 
inaccurate for calls served by using this device.
    (2) The label for Consumer Signal Boosters certified for fixed 
indoor operation also must include the following language:

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    This device may be operated ONLY in a fixed location for in-building 
use.

    (B) For Industrial Signal Boosters:

    WARNING. This is NOT a CONSUMER device. It is designed for 
installation by FCC LICENSEES and QUALIFIED INSTALLERS. You MUST have an 
FCC LICENSE or express consent of an FCC Licensee to operate this 
device. Unauthorized use may result in significant forfeiture penalties, 
including penalties in excess of $100,000 for each continuing violation.

    (2) A Consumer Signal Booster label may contain an acknowledgement 
that particular provider(s) have given their consent for all consumers 
to use the device. Such an acknowledgement would be inserted prior to, 
``Some wireless providers may not consent to the use of this device on 
their network. If you are unsure, contact your provider.'' The remaining 
language of the advisory shall remain the same.
    (g) Marketing and sale of signal boosters. Except as provided in 
Sec.  2.803 of this chapter, no person, manufacturer, distributor, or 
retailer may market (as defined in Sec.  2.803 of this chapter) any 
Consumer Signal Booster that does not comply with the requirements of 
this section to any person in the United States or to any person 
intending to operate the Consumer Signal Booster within the United 
States. Wideband Consumer Signal Boosters may only be sold to members of 
the general public for their personal use.
    (h) Registration. Each licensee consenting to the operation of a 
Consumer Signal Booster must establish a free registration mechanism for 
subscribers and register all Consumer Signal Boosters to which it 
consents. A licensee must establish a registration mechanism by the 
later of March 1, 2014 or within 90 days of consenting to the operation 
of a Consumer Signal Booster. At a minimum, a licensee must collect:
    (1) The name of the Consumer Signal Booster owner and/or operator, 
if different individuals;
    (2) The make, model, and serial number of the device;
    (3) The location of the device; and
    (4) The date of initial operation. Licensee consent is voluntary and 
may be withdrawn at the licensee's discretion.

[78 FR 21559, Apr. 11, 2013, as amended at 79 FR 70795, Nov. 28, 2014; 
83 FR 17090, Apr. 18, 2018]



Sec.  20.22  Rules governing mobile spectrum holdings.

    (a) Applicants for mobile wireless licenses for commercial use, for 
assignment or transfer of control of such licenses, or for long-term de 
facto transfer leasing arrangements as defined in Sec.  1.9003 of this 
chapter and long-term spectrum manager leasing arrangements as 
identified in Sec.  1.9020(e)(1)(ii) must demonstrate that the public 
interest, convenience, and necessity will be served thereby. The 
Commission will evaluate any such license application consistent with 
the policies set forth in Policies Regarding Mobile Spectrum Holdings, 
Report and Order, FCC 14-63, WT Docket No. 12-269, adopted May 15, 2014.
    (b) Attribution of interests. (1) The following criteria will apply 
to attribute partial ownership and other interests in spectrum holdings 
for purposes of:
    (i) Applying a mobile spectrum holding limit to the licensing of 
spectrum through competitive bidding; and
    (ii) Applying the initial spectrum screen to secondary market 
transactions.
    (2) Controlling interests shall be attributable. Controlling 
interest means majority voting equity ownership, any general partnership 
interest, or any means of actual working control (including negative 
control) over the operation of the licensee, in whatever manner 
exercised.
    (3) Non-controlling interests of 10 percent or more in spectrum 
shall be attributable. Interests of less than 10 percent in spectrum 
shall be attributable if such interest confers de facto control, 
including but not limited to partnership and other ownership interests 
and any stock interest in a licensee.
    (4) The following interests in spectrum shall also be attributable 
to holders:
    (i) Officers and directors of a licensee shall be considered to have 
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which they are so associated. The officers and directors of an entity 
that controls a licensee or applicant shall be considered to have an 
attributable interest in the licensee.
    (ii) Ownership interests that are held indirectly by any party 
through one or more intervening corporations will be determined by 
successive multiplication of the ownership percentages for each link in 
the vertical ownership chain and application of the relevant attribution 
benchmark to the resulting product, except that if the ownership 
percentage for an interest in any link in the chain exceeds 50 percent 
or represents actual control, it shall be treated as if it were a 100 
percent interest. (For example, if A owns 20% of B, and B owns 40% of 
licensee C, then A's interest in licensee C would be 8%. If A owns 20% 
of B, and B owns 51% of licensee C, then A's interest in licensee C 
would be 20% because B's ownership of C exceeds 50%).
    (iii) Any person who manages the operations of a licensee pursuant 
to a management agreement shall be considered to have an attributable 
interest in such licensee if such person, or its affiliate, has 
authority to make decisions or otherwise engage in practices or 
activities that determine, or significantly influence, the nature or 
types of services offered by such licensee, the terms upon which such 
services are offered, or the prices charged for such services.
    (iv) Any licensee or its affiliate who enters into a joint marketing 
arrangement with another licensee or its affiliate shall be considered 
to have an attributable interest in the other licensee's holdings if it 
has authority to make decisions or otherwise engage in practices or 
activities that determine or significantly influence the nature or types 
of services offered by the other licensee, the terms upon which such 
services are offered, or the prices charged for such services.
    (v) Limited partnership interests shall be attributed to limited 
partners and shall be calculated according to both the percentage of 
equity paid in and the percentage of distribution of profits and losses.
    (vi) Debt and instruments such as warrants, convertible debentures, 
options, or other interests (except non-voting stock) with rights of 
conversion to voting interests shall not be attributed unless and until 
converted or unless the Commission determines that these interests 
confer de facto control.
    (5) The following interests shall be attributable to holders, except 
to lessees and sublessees for the purpose of qualifying to bid on 
reserved licenses offered in the Incentive Auction, discussed in 
paragraph (c) of this section, on the basis of status as a non-
nationwide provider:
    (i) Long-term de facto transfer leasing arrangements as defined in 
Sec.  1.9003 of this chapter and long-term spectrum manager leasing 
arrangements as identified in Sec.  1.9020(e)(1)(ii) that enable 
commercial use shall be attributable to lessees, lessors, sublessees, 
and sublessors for purposes of this section.
    (ii) [Reserved]
    (c) 600 MHz Band holdings. (1) The Commission will reserve licenses 
for up to 30 megahertz of the 600 MHz Band, offered in the Incentive 
Auction authorized by Congress pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(G), for 
otherwise qualified bidders who do not hold an attributable interest in 
45 megahertz or more of the total 134 megahertz of below-1-GHz spectrum 
which consists of the cellular (50 megahertz), the 700 MHz (70 
megahertz), and the SMR (14 megahertz) spectrum in a Partial Economic 
Area (PEA), as calculated on a county by county population-weighted 
basis, utilizing 2010 U.S. Census data. The amount of reserved and 
unreserved 600 MHz Band licenses will be determined based on the market-
based spectrum reserve set forth in Policies Regarding Mobile Spectrum 
Holdings, Report and Order, FCC 14-63, WT Docket No. 12-269, adopted May 
15, 2014, as well as subsequent Public Notices. Nothing in this 
paragraph will limit, or may be construed to limit, an otherwise 
qualified bidder that is a non-nationwide provider of mobile wireless 
services from bidding on any reserved or unreserved license offered in 
the Incentive Auction.
    (2) For a period of six years, after initial licensing, no 600 MHz 
Band license, regardless of whether it is reserved or unreserved, may be 
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long term leased to any entity that, after consummation of the transfer, 
assignment, or leased on a long term basis, would hold an attributable 
interest in one-third or more of the total suitable and available below-
1-GHz spectrum as calculated on a county by county population-weighted 
basis in the relevant license area, utilizing 2010 U.S. Census data.
    (3) For a period of six years, after initial licensing, no 600 MHz 
Band reserved license may be transferred, assigned, partitioned, 
disaggregated, or leased on a long term basis to an entity that was not 
qualified to bid on that reserved spectrum license under paragraph 
(c)(1) of this section at the time of the Incentive Auction short-form 
application deadline.

[79 FR 40002, July 11, 2014, as amended at 80 FR 61970, Oct. 14, 2015]



Sec.  20.23  Contraband wireless devices in correctional facilities.

    (a) Good faith negotiations. CMRS licensees must negotiate in good 
faith with entities seeking to deploy a Contraband Interdiction System 
(CIS) in a correctional facility. Upon receipt of a good faith request 
by an entity seeking to deploy a CIS in a correctional facility, a CMRS 
licensee must negotiate toward a lease agreement. If, after a 45 day 
period, there is no agreement, CIS providers seeking Special Temporary 
Authority (STA) to operate in the absence of CMRS licensee consent may 
file a request for STA with the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 
(WTB), accompanied by evidence demonstrating its good faith, and the 
unreasonableness of the CMRS licensee's actions, in negotiating an 
agreement. The request must be served on the CMRS licensee no later than 
the filing of the STA request, and the CMRS licensee may file a response 
with WTB, with a copy served on the CIS provider at that time, within 10 
days of the filing of the STA request. If WTB determines that the CIS 
provider has negotiated in good faith, yet the CMRS licensee has not 
negotiated in good faith, WTB may issue STA to the entity seeking to 
deploy the CIS, notwithstanding lack of accompanying CMRS licensee 
consent.
    (b) [Reserved]

[82 FR 22761, May 18, 2017]



PART 22_PUBLIC MOBILE SERVICES--Table of Contents



                      Subpart A_Scope and Authority

Sec.
22.1 Basis and purpose.
22.3 [Reserved]
22.5 Citizenship.
22.7 General eligibility.
22.9 Operation of certificated signal boosters.
22.99 Definitions.

             Subpart B_Licensing Requirements and Procedures

                     Applications and Notifications

22.107 General application requirements.
22.131 Procedures for mutually exclusive applications.
22.143 Construction prior to grant of application.
22.150 Standard pre-filing technical coordination procedure.
22.165 Additional transmitters for existing systems.
22.169 International coordination.

                     Competitive Bidding Procedures

22.201 Paging geographic area authorizations are subject to competitive 
          bidding.
22.203-22.211 [Reserved]
22.213 Filing of Long-form applications.
22.215 [Reserved]
22.217 Bidding credits for small businesses.
22.221 Eligibility for partitioned licenses.
22.223 Designated entities.
22.225 Certifications, disclosures, records maintenance, and 
          definitions.
22.227 Petitions to deny and limitations on settlements.
22.229 Designated entities.

            Subpart C_Operational and Technical Requirements

                        Operational Requirements

22.301 [Reserved]
22.303 [Reserved]
22.305 Operator and maintenance requirements.
22.307 Operation during emergency.
22.313 Station identification.
22.317 Discontinuance of station operation.
22.321 [Reserved]
22.325 [Reserved]

                         Technical Requirements

22.351 Channel assignment policy.
22.352 Protection from interference.
22.353 Blanketing interference.

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22.355 Frequency tolerance.
22.357 Emission types.
22.359 Emission limitations.
22.365 Antenna structures; air navigation safety.
22.377 Certification of transmitters.
22.383 In-building radiation systems.

Subpart D [Reserved]

               Subpart E_Paging and Radiotelephone Service

22.501 Scope.
22.503 Paging geographic area authorizations.
22.507 Number of transmitters per station.
22.509 Procedures for mutually exclusive applications in the Paging and 
          Radiotelephone Service.
22.511 Construction period for the Paging and Radiotelephone Service.
22.513 Partitioning and disaggregation.
22.515 Permissible communications paths.
22.527 Signal boosters.
22.529 Application requirements for the Paging and Radiotelephone 
          Service.

                            Paging Operation

22.531 Channels for paging operation.
22.535 Effective radiated power limits.
22.537 Technical channel assignment criteria.
22.559 Paging application requirements.

                   One-way or Two-way Mobile Operation

22.561 Channels for one-way or two-way mobile operation.
22.565 Transmitting power limits.
22.567 Technical channel assignment criteria.
22.571 Responsibility for mobile stations.
22.573 Use of base transmitters as repeaters.
22.575 Use of mobile channel for remote control of station functions.
22.579 Operation of mobile transmitters across U.S.-Canada border.
22.589 One-way or two-way application requirements.

                        Point-to-Point Operation

22.591 Channels for point-to-point operation.
22.593 Effective radiated power limits.
22.601 Existing microwave stations licensed under this part.
22.602 Transition of the 2110-2130 and 2160-2180 MHz channels to 
          emerging technologies.
22.603 488-494 MHz fixed service in Hawaii.

                      Point-to-Multipoint Operation

22.621 Channels for point-to-multipoint operation.
22.623 System configuration.
22.625 Transmitter locations.
22.627 Effective radiated power limits.

                  470-512 MHz Trunked Mobile Operation

22.651 470-512 MHz channels for trunked mobile operation.
22.653 Eligibility.
22.657 Transmitter locations.
22.659 Effective radiated power limits.

                 Subpart F_Rural Radiotelephone Service

22.701 Scope.
22.702 Eligibility.
22.703 Separate rural subscriber station authorization not required.
22.705 Rural radiotelephone system configuration.
22.709 Rural radiotelephone service application requirements.
22.711 Provision of information to applicants.
22.713 Construction period for rural radiotelephone stations.
22.715 Technical channel assignment criteria for rural radiotelephone 
          stations.
22.717 Procedure for mutually exclusive applications in the Rural 
          Radiotelephone Service.
22.719 Additional channel policy for rural radiotelephone stations.

               Conventional Rural Radiotelephone Stations

22.721 Geographic area authorizations.
22.723 Secondary site-by-site authorizations.
22.725 Channels for conventional rural radiotelephone stations and basic 
          exchange telephone radio systems.
22.727 Power limits for conventional rural radiotelephone transmitters.
22.731 Emission limitations.
22.733 Priority of service.
22.737 Temporary fixed stations.

                 Basic Exchange Telephone Radio Systems

22.757 Channels for basic exchange telephone radio systems.
22.759 Power limit for BETRS.

               Subpart G_Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service

22.801 Scope.

                  General Aviation Air-Ground Stations

22.805 Channels for general aviation air-ground service.
22.807 General aviation air-ground station application requirements.
22.809 Transmitting power limits.
22.813 Technical channel pair assignment criteria.
22.815 Construction period for general aviation ground stations.
22.817 Additional channel policies.

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                 Commercial Aviation Air-Ground Systems

22.853 Eligibility to hold interest in licenses limited to 3 MHz of 
          spectrum.
22.857 Frequency bands.
22.859 Incumbent commercial aviation air-ground systems.
22.861 Emission limitations.
22.863 Frequency stability.
22.867 Effective radiated power limits.
22.873 Construction requirements for commercial aviation air-ground 
          systems.
22.877 Unacceptable interference to part 90 non-cellular 800 MHz 
          licensees from commercial aviation air-ground systems.
22.878 Obligation to abate unacceptable interference.
22.879 Interference resolution procedures.
22.880 Information exchange.
22.881 Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service subject to competitive bidding.
22.882 Designated entities.

                Subpart H_Cellular Radiotelephone Service

22.900 Scope.
22.901 Cellular service requirements and limitations.
22.905 Channels for cellular service.
22.907 Coordination of channel usage.
22.909 Cellular markets.
22.911 Cellular geographic service area.
22.912 Service area boundary extensions.
22.913 Effective radiated power limits.
22.917 Emission limitations for cellular equipment.
22.921 911 Call processing procedures; 911-only calling mode.
22.923 Cellular system configuration.
22.925 Prohibition on airborne operation of cellular telephones.
22.927-22.943 [Reserved]
22.946 Construction period for Unserved Area authorizations.
22.947 Discontinuance of service.
22.948 Geographic partitioning and spectrum disaggregation; spectrum 
          leasing.
22.949 Unserved Area licensing; minimum coverage requirements.
22.950 Provision of service in the Gulf of Mexico Service Area (GMSA).
22.951 [Reserved]
22.953 Content and form of applications for Cellular Unserved Area 
          authorizations.
22.955-22.957 [Reserved]
22.959 Rules governing processing of applications for initial systems.
22.960 Cellular operations in the Chambers, TX CMA (CMA672-A).
22.961 Cellular licenses subject to competitive bidding.
22.962-22.969 [Reserved]
22.970 Unacceptable interference to part 90 non-cellular 800 MHz 
          licensees from cellular radiotelephone or part 90-800 MHz 
          cellular systems.
22.971 Obligation to abate unacceptable interference.
22.972 Interference resolution procedures.
22.973 Information exchange.
22.983 Field strength limit.

                Subpart I_Offshore Radiotelephone Service

22.1001 Scope.
22.1003 Eligibility.
22.1005 Priority of service.
22.1007 Channels for offshore radiotelephone systems.
22.1009 Transmitter locations.
22.1011 Antenna height limitations.
22.1013 Effective radiated power limitations.
22.1015 Repeater operation.
22.1025 Permissible communications.
22.1031 Temporary fixed stations.
22.1035 Construction period.
22.1037 Application requirements for offshore stations.

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 222, 303, 309, and 332.

    Source: 59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, unless otherwise noted.



                      Subpart A_Scope and Authority



Sec.  22.1  Basis and purpose.

    This section contains a concise general statement of the basis and 
purpose of the rules in this part, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(c).
    (a) Basis. These rules are issued pursuant to the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151 et. seq.
    (b) Purpose. The purpose of these rules is to establish the 
requirements and conditions under which radio stations may be licensed 
and used in the Public Mobile Services.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 70 FR 19307, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.3  [Reserved]



Sec.  22.5  Citizenship.

    The rules in this section implement section 310 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. Sec.  310), in regard 
to the citizenship of licensees in the Public Mobile Services.
    (a) Foreign governments. The FCC will not grant an authorization in 
the Public Mobile Services to any foreign government or any 
representative thereof.
    (b) Alien ownership or control. The FCC will not grant an 
authorization in the Public Mobile Services to:

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    (1) Any alien or the representative of any alien;
    (2) Any corporation organized under the laws of any foreign 
government;
    (3) Any corporation of which more than one-fifth of the capital 
stock is owned of record or voted by aliens or their representatives or 
by a foreign government or representative thereof, or by any corporation 
organized under the laws of a foreign country;
    (4) Any corporation directly or indirectly controlled by any other 
corporation of which more than one-fourth of the capital stock is owned 
of record or voted by aliens, their representatives, or by a foreign 
government or representative thereof, or by any corporation organized 
under the laws of a foreign country, if the FCC finds that the public 
interest will be served by the refusal or revocation of such license.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 55580, Oct. 28, 1996]



Sec.  22.7  General eligibility.

    Any entity, other than those precluded by section 310 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 310, is eligible to 
hold a license under this part. Applications are granted only if the 
applicant is legally, financially, technically and otherwise qualified 
to render the proposed service.

[70 FR 19307, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.9  Operation of certificated signal boosters.

    Individuals and non-individuals may operate certificated Consumer 
Signal Boosters on frequencies regulated under this part provided that 
such operation complies with all applicable rules under this part and 
Sec.  20.21 of this chapter. Failure to comply with all applicable rules 
voids the authority to operate a signal booster.

[78 FR 21563, Apr. 11, 2013]



Sec.  22.99  Definitions.

    Terms used in this part have the following meanings:
    Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service. A radio service in which 
licensees are authorized to offer and provide radio telecommunications 
service for hire to subscribers in aircraft.
    Airborne station. A mobile station in the Air-Ground Radiotelephone 
Service authorized for use on aircraft while in flight or on the ground.
    Antenna structure. A structure comprising an antenna, the tower or 
other structure that exists solely to support antennas, and any 
surmounting appurtenances (attachments such as beacons or lightning 
rods).
    Antenna. A device that converts radio frequency electrical energy to 
radiated electromagnetic energy and vice versa; in a transmitting 
station, the device from which radio waves are emitted.
    Authorized bandwidth. The necessary or occupied bandwidth of an 
emission, whichever is more.
    Authorized spectrum. The spectral width of that portion of the 
electromagnetic spectrum within which the emission power of the 
authorized transmitter(s) must be contained, in accordance with the 
rules in this part. The authorized spectrum comprises one channel 
bandwidth or the bandwidths of two or more contiguous channels.
    Auxiliary test transmitter. A fixed transmitter used to test Public 
Mobile systems.
    Base transmitter. A stationary transmitter that provides radio 
telecommunications service to mobile and/or fixed receivers, including 
those associated with mobile stations.
    Blanketing interference. Disturbance in consumer receivers located 
in the immediate vicinity of a transmitter, caused by currents directly 
induced into the consumer receiver's circuitry by the relatively high 
field strength of the transmitter.
    Cardinal radials. Eight imaginary straight lines extending radially 
on the ground from an antenna location in the following azimuths with 
respect to true North: 0[deg], 45[deg], 90[deg], 135[deg], 180[deg], 
225[deg], 270[deg], 315[deg].
    Carrier frequency. The frequency of the unmodulated electrical wave 
at the output of an amplitude modulated (AM), frequency modulated (FM) 
or phase modulated (PM) transmitter.
    Cell. The service area of an individual transmitter location in a 
cellular system.
    Cellular Geographic Service Area (CGSA). The licensed geographic 
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within which a Cellular system is entitled to protection and adverse 
effects are recognized, for the purpose of determining whether a 
petitioner has standing, in the Cellular Radiotelephone Service, and 
within which the Cellular licensee is permitted to transmit, or consent 
to allow other Cellular licensees to transmit, electromagnetic energy 
and signals on the assigned channel block, in order to provide Cellular 
service. See Sec.  22.911.
    Cellular Market Area (CMA). A standard geographic area used by the 
FCC for administrative convenience in the licensing of Cellular systems; 
a more recent term for ``Cellular market'' (and includes Metropolitan 
Statistical Areas (MSAs) and Rural Service Areas (RSAs)). See Sec.  
22.909.
    Cellular markets. This term is obsolescent. See definition for 
``Cellular Market Area (CMA).''
    Cellular Radiotelephone Service. A radio service in which licensees 
are authorized to offer and provide cellular service for hire to the 
general public. This service was formerly titled Domestic Public 
Cellular Radio Telecommunications Service.
    Cellular repeater. In the Cellular Radiotelephone Service, a 
stationary transmitter or device that automatically re-radiates the 
transmissions of base transmitters at a particular cell site and mobile 
stations communicating with those base transmitters, with or without 
channel translation.
    Cellular service. Radio telecommunication services provided using a 
cellular system.
    Cellular system. An automated high-capacity system of one or more 
multi-channel base stations designed to provide radio telecommunication 
services to mobile stations over a wide area in a spectrally efficient 
manner. Cellular systems employ techniques such as automatic hand-off 
between base stations of communications in progress to enable channels 
to be re-used at relatively short distances.
    Center frequency. The frequency of the middle of the bandwidth of a 
channel.
    Central office transmitter. A fixed transmitter in the Rural 
Radiotelephone Service that provides service to rural subscriber 
stations.
    CGSA. See Cellular Geographic Service Area.
    Channel. The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum assigned by the 
FCC for one emission. In certain circumstances, however, more than one 
emission may be transmitted on a channel.
    Channel bandwidth. The spectral width of a channel, as specified in 
this part, within which 99% of the emission power must be contained.
    Channel block. A group of channels that are assigned together, not 
individually.
    Channel pair. Two channels that are assigned together, not 
individually. In this part, channel pairs are indicated by an ellipsis 
between the center frequencies.
    Communications channel. In the Cellular Radiotelephone and Air-
Ground Radiotelephone Services, a channel used to carry subscriber 
communications.
    Construction period. The period between the date of grant of an 
authorization and the date of required commencement of service.
    Control channel. In the Cellular Radiotelephone Service and the Air-
Ground Radiotelephone Service, a channel used to transmit information 
necessary to establish or maintain communications. In the other Public 
Mobile Services, a channel that may be assigned to a control 
transmitter.
    Control point. A location where the operation of a public mobile 
station is supervised and controlled by the licensee of that station.
    Control transmitter. A fixed transmitter in the Public Mobile 
Services that transmits control signals to one or more base or fixed 
stations for the purpose of controlling the operation of the base or 
fixed stations, and/or transmits subscriber communications to one or 
more base or fixed stations that retransmit them to subscribers.
    Dead spots. Small areas within a service area where the field 
strength is lower than the minimum level for reliable service. Service 
within dead spots is presumed.
    Dispatch service. A radiotelephone service comprising communications 
between a dispatcher and one or more mobile units. These communications

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normally do not exceed one minute in duration and are transmitted 
directly through a base station, without passing through mobile 
telephone switching facilities.
    Effective radiated power (ERP). The effective radiated power of a 
transmitter (with antenna, transmission line, duplexers etc.) is the 
power that would be necessary at the input terminals of a reference 
half-wave dipole antenna in order to produce the same maximum field 
intensity. ERP is usually calculated by multiplying the measured 
transmitter output power by the specified antenna system gain, relative 
to a half-wave dipole, in the direction of interest.
    Emission. The electromagnetic energy radiated from an antenna.
    Emission designator. An internationally accepted symbol for 
describing an emission in terms of its bandwidth and the characteristics 
of its modulation, if any. See Sec.  2.201 of this chapter for details.
    Emission mask. The design limits imposed, as a condition or 
certification, on the mean power of emissions as a function of frequency 
both within the authorized bandwidth and in the adjacent spectrum.
    Equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP). The equivalent 
isotropically radiated power of a transmitter (with antenna, 
transmission line, duplexers etc.) is the power that would be necessary 
at the input terminals of a reference isotropic radiator in order to 
produce the same maximum field intensity. An isotropic radiator is a 
theoretical lossless point source of radiation with unity gain in all 
directions. EIRP is usually calculated by multiplying the measured 
transmitter output power by the specified antenna system gain, relative 
to an isotropic radiator, in the direction of interest.
    Extension. In the Cellular Radiotelephone Service, an area within 
the service area boundary (calculated using the methodology of Sec.  
22.911) of a Cellular system but outside the licensed Cellular 
Geographic Service Area boundary. See Sec. Sec.  22.911 and 22.912.
    Facsimile service. Transmission of still images from one place to 
another by means of radio.
    Fill-in transmitters. Transmitters added to a station, in the same 
area and transmitting on the same channel or channel block as previously 
authorized transmitters, that do not expand the existing service area, 
but are established for the purpose of improving reception in dead 
spots.
    Fixed transmitter. A stationary transmitter that communicates with 
other stationary transmitters.
    Frequency. The number of cycles occurring per second of an 
electrical or electromagnetic wave; a number representing a specific 
point in the electromagnetic spectrum.
    Ground station. In the Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service, a 
stationary transmitter that provides service to airborne mobile 
stations.
    Gulf of Mexico Service Area (GMSA). The cellular market comprising 
the water area of the Gulf of Mexico bounded on the West, North and East 
by the coastline. Coastline, for this purpose, means the line of 
ordinary low water along that portion of the coast which is in direct 
contact with the open sea, and the line marking the seaward limit of 
inland waters. Inland waters include bays, historic inland waters and 
waters circumscribed by a fringe of islands within the immediate 
vicinity of the shoreline.
    Height above average terrain (HAAT). The height of an antenna above 
the average elevation of the surrounding area.
    In-building radiation systems. Supplementary systems comprising low 
power transmitters, receivers, indoor antennas and/or leaky coaxial 
cable radiators, designed to improve service reliability inside 
buildings or structures located within the service areas of stations in 
the Public Mobile Services.
    Initial cellular applications. Applications for authority to 
construct and operate a new cellular system, excluding applications for 
interim operating authority.
    Interfering contour. The locus of points surrounding a transmitter 
where the predicted median field strength of the signal from that 
transmitter is the maximum field strength that is not considered to 
cause interference at the service contour of another transmitter.

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    Interoffice transmitter. A fixed transmitter in the Rural 
Radiotelephone Service that communicates with other interoffice 
transmitters for the purpose of interconnecting rural central offices.
    Mobile station. One or more transmitters that are capable of 
operation while in motion.
    Necessary bandwidth. The calculated spectral width of an emission. 
Calculations are made using procedures set forth in part 2 of this 
chapter. The bandwidth so calculated is considered to be the minimum 
necessary to convey information at the desired rate with the desired 
accuracy.
    Occupied bandwidth. The measured spectral width of an emission. The 
measurement determines occupied bandwidth as the difference between 
upper and lower frequencies where 0.5% of the emission power is above 
the upper frequency and 0.5% of the emission power is below the lower 
frequency.
    Offshore central transmitter. A fixed transmitter in the Offshore 
Radiotelephone Service that provides service to offshore subscriber 
stations.
    Offshore Radiotelephone Service. A radio service in which licensees 
are authorized to offer and provide radio telecommunication services for 
hire to subscribers on structures in the offshore coastal waters of the 
Gulf of Mexico.
    Offshore subscriber station. One or more fixed and/or mobile 
transmitters in the Offshore Radiotelephone Service that receive service 
from offshore central transmitters.
    Pager. A small radio receiver designed to be carried by a person and 
to give an aural, visual or tactile indication when activated by the 
reception of a radio signal containing its specific code. It may also 
reproduce sounds and/or display messages that were also transmitted. 
Some pagers also transmit a radio signal acknowledging that a message 
has been received.
    Paging geographic area authorization. An authorization conveying the 
exclusive right to establish and expand one or more stations throughout 
a paging geographic area or, in the case of a partitioned geographic 
area, throughout a specified portion of a paging geographic area, on a 
specified channel allocated for assignment in the Paging and 
Radiotelephone Service. These are subject to the conditions that no 
interference may be caused to existing co-channel stations operated by 
other licensees within the paging geographic area and that no 
interference may be caused to existing or proposed co-channel stations 
of other licensees in adjoining paging geographic areas.
    Paging geographic areas. Standard geographic areas used by the FCC 
for administrative convenience in the licensing of stations to operate 
on channels allocated for assignment in the Paging and Radiotelephone 
Service. See Sec.  22.503(b).
    Paging and Radiotelephone Service. A radio service in which common 
carriers are authorized to offer and provide paging and radiotelephone 
service for hire to the general public. This service was formerly titled 
Public Land Mobile Service.
    Paging service. Transmission of coded radio signals for the purpose 
of activating specific pagers; such transmissions may include messages 
and/or sounds.
    Power spectral density (PSD). The power of an emission in the 
frequency domain, such as in terms of ERP or EIRP, stated per unit 
bandwidth, e.g., watts/MHz.
    Public Mobile Services. Radio services in which licensees are 
authorized to offer and provide mobile and related fixed radio 
telecommunication services for hire to the public.
    Radio telecommunication services. Communication services provided by 
the use of radio, including radiotelephone, radiotelegraph, paging and 
facsimile service.
    Radiotelegraph service. Transmission of messages from one place to 
another by means of radio.
    Radiotelephone service. Transmission of sound from one place to 
another by means of radio.
    Repeater. A fixed transmitter that retransmits the signals of other 
stations.
    Roamer. A mobile station receiving service from a station or system 
in the Public Mobile Services other than one to which it is a 
subscriber.

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    Rural Radiotelephone Service. A radio service in which licensees are 
authorized to offer and provide radio telecommunication services for 
hire to subscribers in areas where it is not feasible to provide 
communication services by wire or other means.
    Rural subscriber station. One or more fixed transmitters in the 
Rural Radiotelephone Service that receive service from central office 
transmitters.
    Service area. The geographic area considered by the FCC to be 
reliably served by a station in the Public Mobile Services.
    Service contour. The locus of points surrounding a transmitter where 
the predicted median field strength of the signal from that transmitter 
is the minimum field strength that is considered sufficient to provide 
reliable service to mobile stations.
    Service to subscribers. Service to at least one subscriber that is 
not affiliated with, controlled by or related to the providing carrier.
    Signal booster. A stationary device that automatically reradiates 
signals from base transmitters without channel translation, for the 
purpose of improving the reliability of existing service by increasing 
the signal strength in dead spots.
    Station. A station equipped to engage in radio communication or 
radio transmission of energy (47 U.S.C. 153(k)).
    Telecommunications common carrier. An individual, partnership, 
association, joint-stock company, trust or corporation engaged in 
rendering radio telecommunications services to the general public for 
hire.
    Temporary fixed station. One or more fixed transmitters that 
normally do not remain at any particular location for longer than 6 
months.
    Universal licensing system. The Universal Licensing System (ULS) is 
the consolidated database, application filing system, and processing 
system for all Wireless Radio Services. ULS supports electronic filing 
of all applications and related documents by applicants and licensees in 
the Wireless Radio Services, and provides public access to licensing 
information.
    Unserved Area. With regard to a channel block allocated for 
assignment in the Cellular Radiotelephone Service: Geographic area in 
the District of Columbia, or any State, Territory or Possession of the 
United States of America that is not within any Cellular Geographic 
Service Area of any Cellular system authorized to transmit on that 
channel block. With regard to a channel allocated for assignment in the 
Paging and Radiotelephone service: Geographic area within the District 
of Columbia, or any State, Territory or possession of the United States 
of America that is not within the service contour of any base 
transmitter in any station authorized to transmit on that channel.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 31050, June 19, 1996; 
61 FR 54098, Oct. 17, 1996; 62 FR 11628, Mar. 12, 1997; 63 FR 36603, 
July 7, 1998; 63 FR 68943, Dec. 14, 1998; 67 FR 9609, Mar. 4, 2002; 70 
FR 19307, Apr. 13, 2005; 79 FR 72150, Dec. 5, 2014; 82 FR 17581, Apr. 
12, 2017]



             Subpart B_Licensing Requirements and Procedures

                     Applications and Notifications



Sec.  22.107  General application requirements.

    In general, applications for authorizations, assignments of 
authorizations, or consent to transfer of control of licensees in the 
Public Mobile Services must:
    (a) Demonstrate the applicant's qualifications to hold an 
authorization in the Public Mobile services;
    (b) State how a grant would serve the public interest, convenience, 
and necessity;
    (c) Contain all information required by FCC rules or application 
forms;
    (d) Propose operation of a facility in compliance with all rules 
governing the Public Mobile service;
    (e) Be amended as necessary to remain substantially accurate and 
complete in all significant respects, in accordance with the provisions 
of Sec.  1.65 of this chapter; and,
    (f) Be signed in accordance with Sec.  1.743 of this chapter.



Sec.  22.131  Procedures for mutually exclusive applications.

    Two or more pending applications are mutually exclusive if the grant 
of one

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application would effectively preclude the grant of one or more of the 
others under Commission rules governing the Public Mobile Services 
involved. The Commission uses the general procedures in this section for 
processing mutually exclusive applications in the Public Mobile 
Services. Additional specific procedures are prescribed in the subparts 
of this part governing the individual Public Mobile Services (see 
Sec. Sec.  22.509, 22.717, and 22.949) and in part 1 of this chapter.
    (a) Separate applications. Any applicant that files an application 
knowing that it will be mutually exclusive with one or more applications 
should not include in the mutually exclusive application a request for 
other channels or facilities that would not, by themselves, render the 
application mutually exclusive with those other applications. Instead, 
the request for such other channels or facilities should be filed in a 
separate application.
    (b) Filing groups. Pending mutually exclusive applications are 
processed in filing groups. Mutually exclusive applications in a filing 
group are given concurrent consideration. The Commission may dismiss as 
defective (pursuant to Sec.  1.945 of this chapter) any mutually 
exclusive application(s) whose filing date is outside of the date range 
for inclusion in the filing group. The types of filing groups used in 
day-to-day application processing are specified in paragraph (c)(3) of 
this section. A filing group is one of the following types:
    (1) Same-day filing group. A same-day filing group comprises all 
mutually exclusive applications whose filing date is the same day, which 
is normally the filing date of the first-filed application(s).
    (2) Thirty-day notice and cut-off filing group. A 30-day notice and 
cut-off filing group comprises mutually exclusive applications whose 
filing date is no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the 
Public Notice listing the first-filed application(s) (according to the 
filing dates) as acceptable for filing.
    (3) Window filing group. A window filing group comprises mutually 
exclusive applications whose filing date is within an announced filing 
window. An announced filing window is a period of time between and 
including two specific dates, which are the first and last dates on 
which applications (or amendments) for a particular purpose may be 
accepted for filing. In the case of a one-day window, the two dates are 
the same. The dates are made known to the public in advance.
    (c) Procedures. Generally, the Commission may grant one application 
in a filing group of mutually exclusive applications and dismiss the 
other application(s) in the filing that are excluded by that grant, 
pursuant to Sec.  1.945 of this chapter.
    (1) Selection methods. In selecting the application to grant, the 
Commission will use competitive bidding.
    (2) Dismissal of applications. The Commission may dismiss any 
application in a filing group that is defective or otherwise subject to 
dismissal under Sec.  1.945 of this chapter, either before or after 
employing selection procedures.
    (3) Type of filing group used. Except as otherwise provided in this 
part, the type of filing group used in the processing of two or more 
mutually exclusive applications depends upon the purpose(s) of the 
applications.
    (i) If any mutually exclusive application filed on the earliest 
filing date is an application for modification and none of the mutually 
exclusive applications is a timely-filed application for renewal, a 
same-day filing group is used.
    (ii) If all of the mutually exclusive applications filed on the 
earliest filing date are applications for initial authorization, a 30-
day notice and cut-off filing group is used.
    (4) Disposition. If there is only one application in any type of 
filing group, the Commission may grant that application and dismiss 
without prejudice any mutually exclusive applications not in the filing 
group. If there is more than one mutually exclusive application in a 
filing group, the Commission disposes of these applications as follows:
    (i) Applications in a 30-day notice and cut-off filing group. (A) If 
all of the mutually exclusive applications in a 30-day notice and cut-
off filing group are applications for initial authorization, the FCC 
administers competitive bidding procedures in accordance with

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Sec. Sec.  22.201 through 22.227 and subpart Q of part 1 of this 
chapter, as applicable. After such procedures, the application of the 
successful bidder may be granted and the other applications may be 
dismissed without prejudice.
    (B) If any of the mutually exclusive applications in a 30-day notice 
and cut-off filing group is an application for modification, the 
Commission may attempt to resolve the mutual exclusivity by facilitating 
a settlement between the applicants. If a settlement is not reached 
within a reasonable time, the FCC may designate all applications in the 
filing group for comparative consideration in a hearing. In this event, 
the result of the hearing disposes all of the applications in the filing 
group.
    (ii) Applications in a same-day filing group. If there are two or 
more mutually exclusive applications in a same-day filing group, the 
Commission may attempt to resolve the mutual exclusivity by facilitating 
a settlement between the applicants. If a settlement is not reached 
within a reasonable time, the Commission may designate all applications 
in the filing group for comparative consideration in a hearing. In this 
event, the result of the hearing disposes of all of the applications in 
the filing group.
    (iii) Applications in a window filing group. Applications in a 
window filing group are processed in accordance with the procedures for 
a 30-day notice and cut-off filing group in paragraph (c)(4)(ii) of this 
section.
    (d) Terminology. For the purposes of this section, terms have the 
following meanings:
    (1) The filing date of an application is the date on which that 
application was received in a condition acceptable for filing or the 
date on which the most recently filed major amendment to that 
application was received, whichever is later, excluding major amendments 
in the following circumstances:
    (i) The major amendment reflects only a change in ownership or 
control found by the Commission to be in the public interest;
    (ii) The major amendment as received is defective or otherwise found 
unacceptable for filing; or
    (iii) The application being amended has been designated for hearing 
and the Commission or the presiding officer accepts the major amendment.
    (2) An application for initial authorization is:
    (i) Any application requesting an authorization for a new system or 
station;
    (ii) Any application requesting authorization for an existing 
station to operate on an additional channel, unless the additional 
channel is for paired two-way radiotelephone operation, is in the same 
frequency range as the existing channel(s), and will be operationally 
integrated with the existing channel(s) such as by trunking;
    (iii) Any application requesting authorization for a new transmitter 
at a location more than 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from any existing 
transmitters of the applicant licensee on the requested channel or 
channel block; or
    (iv) Any application to expand the Cellular Geographic Service Area 
of an existing Cellular system. See Sec.  22.911.
    (v) Any ``short-form'' application (filed on FCC Form 175) 
requesting a new paging geographic area authorization.

[59 FR 59954, Nov. 21, 1994, as amended at 62 FR 11629, Mar. 12, 1997; 
63 FR 68943, Dec. 14, 1998; 79 FR 72150, Dec. 5, 2014; 82 FR 41547, 
Sept. 1, 2017]



Sec.  22.143  Construction prior to grant of application.

    Applicants may construct facilities in the Public Mobile services 
prior to grant of their applications, subject to the provisions of this 
section, but must not operate such facilities until the FCC grants an 
authorization. If the conditions stated in this section are not met, 
applicants must not begin to construct facilities in the Public Mobile 
Services.
    (a) When applicants may begin construction. An applicant may begin 
construction of a facility 35 days after the date of the Public Notice 
listing the application for that facility as acceptable for filing.
    (b) Notification to stop. If the FCC for any reason determines that 
construction should not be started or should be

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stopped while an application is pending, and so notifies the applicant, 
orally (followed by written confirmation) or in writing, the applicant 
must not begin construction or, if construction has begun, must stop 
construction immediately.
    (c) Assumption of risk. Applicants that begin construction pursuant 
to this section before receiving an authorization do so at their own 
risk and have no recourse against the United States for any losses 
resulting from:
    (1) Applications that are not granted;
    (2) Errors or delays in issuing Public Notices;
    (3) Having to alter, relocate or dismantle the facility; or
    (4) Incurring whatever costs may be necessary to bring the facility 
into compliance with applicable laws, or FCC rules and orders.
    (d) Conditions. Except as indicated, all pre-grant construction is 
subject to the following conditions:
    (1) The application is not mutually exclusive with any other 
application, except for successful bidders and tentative selectees in 
the Cellular Radiotelephone Service;
    (2) No petitions to deny the application have been filed;
    (3) The application does not include a request for a waiver of one 
or more FCC rules;
    (4) For any construction or alteration that would exceed the 
requirements of Sec.  17.7 of this chapter, the licensee has notified 
the appropriate Regional Office of the Federal Aviation Administration 
(FAA Form 7460-1), secured a valid FAA determination of ``no hazard,'' 
and received antenna height clearance and obstruction marking and 
lighting specifications (FCC Form 854R) from the FCC for the proposed 
construction or alteration.
    (5) The applicant has indicated in the application that the proposed 
facility would not have a significant environmental effect, in 
accordance with Sec. Sec.  1.1301 through 1.1319 of this chapter; and,
    (6) Under applicable international agreements and rules in this 
part, individual coordination of the proposed channel assignment(s) with 
a foreign administration is not required.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 70 FR 19308, Apr. 13, 2005; 
77 FR 3954, Jan. 26, 2012; 79 FR 72151, Dec. 5, 2014]



Sec.  22.150  Standard pre-filing technical coordination procedure.

    For operations on certain channels in the Public Mobile Services, 
carriers must attempt to coordinate the proposed use of spectrum with 
other spectrum users prior to filing an application for authority to 
operate a station. Rules requiring this procedure for specific channels 
and types of stations are contained in the subparts governing the 
individual Public Mobile Services.
    (a) Coordination comprises two steps--notification and response. 
Each step may be accomplished orally or in writing.
    (b) Notification must include relevant technical details of the 
proposal. At minimum, this should include the following:
    (1) Geographical coordinates of the antenna site(s).
    (2) Transmitting and receiving channels to be added or changed.
    (3) Transmitting power, emission type and polarization.
    (4) Transmitting antenna pattern and maximum gain.
    (5) Transmitting antenna height above ground level.
    (c) Applicants and licensees receiving notification must respond 
promptly, even if no channel usage conflicts are anticipated. If any 
notified party fails to respond within 30 days, the applicant may file 
the application without a response from that party.
    (d) The 30-day period begins on the date the notification is 
submitted to the Commission via the ULS. If the notification is by mail, 
this date may be ascertained by:
    (1) The return receipt on certified mail,
    (2) The enclosure of a card to be dated and returned by the party 
being notified, or
    (3) A reasonable estimate of the time required for the mail to reach 
its destination. In this case, the date when the 30-day period will 
expire must be stated in the notification.

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    (e) All channel usage conflicts discovered during the coordination 
process should be resolved prior to filing of the application. If the 
applicant is unable or unwilling to resolve a particular conflict, the 
application may be accepted for filing if it contains a statement 
describing the unresolved conflict and a brief explanation of the 
reasons why a resolution was not achieved.
    (f) If a number of changes in the technical parameters of a proposed 
facility become necessary during the course of the coordination process, 
an attempt should be made to minimize the number of separate 
notifications. If the changes are incorporated into a completely revised 
notice, the items that were changed from the previous notice should be 
identified.
    (g) In situations where subsequent changes are not numerous or 
complex, the party receiving the changed notification should make an 
effort to respond in less than 30 days. If the applicant believes a 
shorter response time is reasonable and appropriate, it should so 
indicate in the notice and suggest a response date.
    (h) If a subsequent change in the technical parameters of a proposed 
facility could not affect the facilities of one or more of the parties 
that received an initial notification, the applicant is not required to 
coordinate that change with these parties. However, these parties must 
be advised of the change and of the opinion that coordination is not 
required.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 63 FR 68944, Dec. 14, 1998]



Sec.  22.165  Additional transmitters for existing systems.

    A licensee may operate additional transmitters at additional 
locations on the same channel or channel block as its existing system 
without obtaining prior Commission approval provided:
    (a) International coordination. The locations and/or technical 
parameters of the additional transmitters are such that individual 
coordination of the channel assignment(s) with a foreign administration, 
under applicable international agreements and rules in this part, is not 
required.
    (b) Antenna structure registration. Certain antenna structures must 
be registered with the Commission prior to construction or alteration. 
Registration requirements are contained in part 17 of this chapter.
    (c) Environmental. The additional transmitters must not have a 
significant environmental effect as defined by Sec. Sec.  1.1301 through 
1.1319 of this chapter.
    (d) Paging and Radiotelephone Service. The provisions in this 
paragraph apply for stations in the Paging and Radiotelephone Service.
    (1) The interfering contours of the additional transmitter(s) must 
be totally encompassed by the composite interfering contour of the 
existing station (or stations under common control of the applicant) on 
the same channel, except that this limitation does not apply to 
nationwide network paging stations or in-building radiation systems.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (3) The additional transmitters must not operate on control channels 
in the 72-76 MHz, 470-512 MHz, 928 MHz, 932 MHz, 941 MHz or 959 MHz 
frequency ranges.
    (e) Cellular Radiotelephone Service. The service area boundaries 
(SABs) of the additional transmitters, as calculated by the method set 
forth in Sec.  22.911(a), must not cause an expansion of the Cellular 
Geographic Service Area (CGSA), and must not extend outside the CGSA 
boundary into Unserved Area unless such extension is less than 130 
contiguous square kilometers (50 contiguous square miles). The licensee 
must seek prior approval (using FCC Form 601) regarding any transmitters 
to be added under this section that would cause an expansion of the 
CGSA, or an SAB extension of 130 contiguous square kilometers (50 
contiguous square miles) or more, into Unserved Area. See Sec. Sec.  
22.912, 22.953.
    (f) Air-ground Radiotelephone Service. Ground stations may be added 
to Commercial Aviation air-ground systems at previously established 
ground station locations, pursuant to Sec.  22.859, subject to 
compliance with the applicable technical rules. This section does not 
apply to General Aviation air-ground stations.

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    (g) Rural Radiotelephone Service. A ``service area'' and 
``interfering contours'' must be determined using the same method as for 
stations in the Paging and Radiotelephone Service. The service area and 
interfering contours so determined for the additional transmitter(s) 
must be totally encompassed by the similarly determined composite 
service area contour and predicted interfering contour, respectively, of 
the existing station on the same channel. This section does not apply to 
Basic Exchange Telecommunications Radio Systems.
    (h) Offshore Radiotelephone Service. This section does not apply to 
stations in the Offshore Radiotelephone Service.
    (i) Provision of information upon request. Upon request by the FCC, 
licensees must supply administrative or technical information concerning 
the additional transmitters. At the time transmitters are added pursuant 
to this section, licensees must make a record of the pertinent technical 
and administrative information so that such information is readily 
available. See Sec.  22.303.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994; 59 FR 64856, Dec. 16, 1994, as amended at 
62 FR 11629, Mar. 12, 1997; 63 FR 68944, Dec. 14, 1998; 64 FR 53240, 
Oct. 1, 1999; 67 FR 77190, Dec. 17, 2002; 78 FR 25174, Apr. 29, 2013; 79 
FR 72151, Dec. 5, 2014]



Sec.  22.169  International coordination.

    Operation of systems and channel assignments under this part are 
subject to the applicable provisions and requirements of treaties and 
other international agreements between the United States government and 
the governments of Canada and Mexico.

[82 FR 17582, Apr. 12, 2017]

                     Competitive Bidding Procedures

    Source: 62 FR 11629, Mar. 12, 1997, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  22.201  Paging geographic area authorizations are subject to
competitive bidding.

    Mutually exclusive initial applications for paging geographic area 
licenses are subject to competitive bidding. The general competitive 
bidding procedures set forth in part 1, subpart Q of this chapter will 
apply unless otherwise provided in this subpart and part 90 of this 
chapter.

[67 FR 45366, July 9, 2002]



Sec. Sec.  22.203-22.211  [Reserved]



Sec.  22.213  Filing of long-form applications.

    After an auction, the Commission will not accept long form 
applications for paging geographic authorizations from anyone other than 
the auction winners and parties seeking partitioned authorizations 
pursuant to agreements with auction winners under Sec.  22.221.

[67 FR 45366, July 9, 2002]



Sec.  22.215  [Reserved]



Sec.  22.217  Bidding credit for small businesses.

    A winning bidder that qualifies as a small business, as defined in 
Sec.  22.223(b)(1), or a consortium of small businesses may use a 
bidding credit of thirty-five (35) percent to lower the cost of its 
winning bid. A winning bidder that qualifies as a small business, as 
defined in Sec.  22.223(b)(2), or consortium of small businesses may use 
a bidding credit of twenty-five (25) percent to lower the cost of its 
winning bid.

[68 FR 42998, July 21, 2003]



Sec.  22.221  Eligibility for partitioned licenses.

    If partitioned licenses are being applied for in conjunction with a 
license(s) to be awarded through competitive bidding procedures--
    (a) The applicable procedures for filing short-form applications and 
for submitting upfront payments and down payments contained in this 
chapter shall be followed by the applicant, who must disclose as part of 
its short-form application all parties to agreement(s) with or among 
other entities to partition the license pursuant to this section, if won 
at auction (see 47 CFR 1.2105(a)(2)(viii));
    (b) Each party to an agreement to partition the authorization must 
file a long-form application (FCC Form 601) for its respective, mutually 
agreed-upon geographic area together with the

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application for the remainder of the MEA or EA filed by the auction 
winner.
    (c) If the partitioned authorization is being applied for as a 
partial assignment of the MEA or EA authorization following grant of the 
initial authorization, request for authorization for partial assignment 
of an authorization shall be made pursuant to Sec.  1.948 of this part.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 64 FR 33781, June 24, 1999]



Sec.  22.223  Designated entities.

    (a) Scope. The definitions in this section apply to Sec. Sec.  
22.201 through 22.227, unless otherwise specified in those sections.
    (b) A small business is an entity that either:
    (1) Together with its affiliates and controlling interests has 
average gross revenues that are not more than $3 million for the 
preceding three years; or
    (2) Together with its affiliates and controlling interests has 
average gross revenues that are not more than $15 million for the 
preceding three years.

[68 FR 42998, July 21, 2003]



Sec.  22.225  Certifications, disclosures, records maintenance,
and definitions.

    (a) Records maintenance. All winning bidders qualifying as small 
businesses shall maintain at their principal place of business an 
updated file of ownership, revenue, and asset information, including any 
documents necessary to establish small businesses under Sec.  22.223. 
Licensees (and their successors-in-interest) shall maintain such files 
for the term of the license. Applicants that do not obtain the 
license(s) for which they applied shall maintain such files until the 
grant of such license(s) is final, or one year from the date of the 
filing of their short-form application (FCC Form 175), whichever is 
earlier.
    (b) Definition. The term small business used in this section is 
defined in Sec.  22.223.

[67 FR 45367, July 9, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 42998, July 21, 2003]



Sec.  22.227  Petitions to deny and limitations on settlements.

    (a) Procedures regarding petitions to deny long-form applications in 
the paging service will be governed by Sec.  1.939 of this chapter.
    (b) The consideration that an individual or an entity will be 
permitted to receive for agreeing to withdraw an application or petition 
to deny will be limited by the provisions set forth in Sec.  1.935 of 
this chapter.

[67 FR 45367, July 9, 2002]



Sec.  22.229  Designated entities.

    (a) Eligibility for small business provisions. (1) A very small 
business is an entity that, together with its controlling interests and 
affiliates, has average annual gross revenues not exceeding $3 million 
for the preceding three years.
    (2) A small business is an entity that, together with its 
controlling interests and affiliates, has average annual gross revenues 
not exceeding $15 million for the preceding three years.
    (3) An entrepreneur is an entity that, together with its controlling 
interests and affiliates, has average annual gross revenues not 
exceeding $40 million for the preceding three years.
    (b) Bidding credits. A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small 
business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of very small 
businesses may use the bidding credit specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(i) 
of this chapter. A winning bidder that qualifies as a small business, as 
defined in this section, or a consortium of small businesses may use the 
bidding credit specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(ii) of this chapter. A 
winning bidder that qualifies as an entrepreneur, as defined in this 
section, or a consortium of entrepreneurs may use the bidding credit 
specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(iii) of this chapter.

[67 FR 11434, Mar. 14, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 42998, July 21, 2003]

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            Subpart C_Operational and Technical Requirements

                        Operational Requirements



Sec.  22.301  [Reserved]



Sec.  22.303  [Reserved]



Sec.  22.305  Operator and maintenance requirements.

    FCC operator permits and licenses are not required to operate, 
repair or maintain equipment authorized in the Public Mobile Services. 
Station licensees are responsible for the proper operation and 
maintenance of their stations, and for compliance with FCC rules.



Sec.  22.307  Operation during emergency.

    Licensees of stations in the Public Mobile services may, during a 
period of emergency in which normal communications facilities are 
disrupted as a result of hurricane, flood, earthquake or other natural 
disaster, civil unrest, widespread vandalism, national emergencies or 
emergencies declared by Executive Order of the President, use their 
stations to temporarily provide emergency communications services in a 
manner or configuration not normally allowed by this part, provided that 
such operations comply with the provisions of this section.
    (a) Technical limitations. Public Mobile stations providing 
temporary emergency communications service must not transmit:
    (1) On channels other than those authorized for normal operations.
    (2) With power in excess of that authorized for normal operations;
    (3) Emission types other than those authorized for normal 
operations.
    (b) Discontinuance. Temporary emergency use of Public Mobile 
stations must be discontinued as soon as normal communication facilities 
are restored. The FCC may, at any time, order the discontinuance of any 
such emergency communication services.



Sec.  22.313  Station identification.

    The licensee of each station in the Public Mobile Services must 
ensure that the transmissions of that station are identified in 
accordance with the requirements of this section.
    (a) Station identification is not required for transmission by:
    (1) Stations in the Cellular Radiotelephone Service;
    (2) General aviation ground stations in the Air-ground 
Radiotelephone Service;
    (3) [Reserved]
    (4) Stations using Basic Exchange Telephone Radio Systems in the 
Rural Radiotelephone Service;
    (5) [Reserved]
    (6) Stations operating pursuant to paging geographic area 
authorizations.
    (b) For all other stations in the Public Mobile Services, station 
identification must be transmitted each hour within five minutes of the 
hour, or upon completion of the first transmission after the hour. 
Transmission of station identification may be temporarily delayed to 
avoid interrupting the continuity of any public communication in 
progress, provided that station identification is transmitted at the 
conclusion of that public communication.
    (c) Station identification must be transmitted by telephony using 
the English language or by telegraphy using the international Morse 
code, and in a form that can be received using equipment appropriate for 
the modulation type employed, and understood without the use of 
unscrambling devices, except that, alternatively, station identification 
may be transmitted digitally, provided that the licensee provides the 
Commission with information sufficient to decode the digital 
transmission to ascertain the call sign. Station identification 
comprises transmission of the call sign assigned by the Commission to 
the station, however, the following may be used in lieu of the call 
sign.
    (1) For transmission from subscriber operated transmitters, the 
telephone number or other designation assigned by the carrier, provided 
that a written record of such designations is maintained by the carrier;
    (2) For general aviation airborne mobile stations in the Air-Ground 
Radiotelephone Service, the official FAA registration number of the 
aircraft;

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    (3) For stations in the Paging and Radiotelephone Service, a call 
sign assigned to another station within the same system.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 59 FR 59955, Nov. 21, 1994; 
62 FR 11633, Mar. 12, 1997; 70 FR 19308, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.317  Discontinuance of station operation.

    If the operation of a Public Mobile Services station is permanently 
discontinued, the licensee shall send authorization for cancellation by 
electronic filing via the ULS on FCC Form 601. For purposes of this 
section, any station that has not provided service to subscribers for 90 
continuous days is considered to have been permanently discontinued, 
unless the applicant notified the FCC otherwise prior to the end of the 
90 day period and provided a date on which operation will resume, which 
date must not be in excess of 30 additional days. This section does not 
apply to the Cellular Radiotelephone Service (see Sec.  22.947).

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 54099, Oct. 17, 1996; 
63 FR 68944, Dec. 14, 1998; 82 FR 17582, Apr. 12, 2017]

    Effective Date Note: At 82 FR 41547, Sept. 1, 2017, Sec.  22.317 was 
removed. This section contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and the removal will not become effective until approval 
has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  22.321  [Reserved]



Sec.  22.325  [Reserved]

                         Technical Requirements



Sec.  22.351  Channel assignment policy.

    The channels allocated for use in the Public Mobile Services are 
listed in the applicable subparts of this part. Channels and channel 
blocks are assigned in such a manner as to facilitate the rendition of 
service on an interference-free basis in each service area. Except as 
otherwise provided in this part, each channel or channel block is 
assigned exclusively to one licensee in each service area. All 
applicants for, and licensees of, stations in the Public Mobile Services 
shall cooperate in the selection and use of channels in order to 
minimize interference and obtain the most efficient use of the allocated 
spectrum.

[70 FR 19308, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.352  Protection from interference.

    Public Mobile Service stations operating in accordance with 
applicable FCC rules and the terms and conditions of their 
authorizations are normally considered to be non-interfering. If the FCC 
determines, however, that interference that significantly interrupts or 
degrades a radio service is being caused, it may, in accordance with the 
provisions of sections 303(f) and 316 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended, (47 U.S.C. 303(f), 316), require modifications to any Public 
Mobile station as necessary to eliminate such interference.
    (a) Failure to operate as authorized. Any licensee causing 
interference to the service of other stations by failing to operate its 
station in full accordance with its authorization and applicable FCC 
rules shall discontinue all transmissions, except those necessary for 
the immediate safety of life or property, until it can bring its station 
into full compliance with the authorization and rules.
    (b) Intermodulation interference. Licensees should attempt to 
resolve such interference by technical means.
    (c) Situations in which no protection is afforded. Except as 
provided elsewhere in this part, no protection from interference is 
afforded in the following situations:
    (1) Interference to base receivers from base or fixed transmitters. 
Licensees should attempt to resolve such interference by technical means 
or operating arrangements.
    (2) Inteference to mobile receivers from mobile transmitters. No 
protection is provided against mobile-to-mobile interference.
    (3) Interference to base receivers from mobile transmitters. No 
protection is provided against mobile-to-base interference.
    (4) Interference to fixed stations. Licensees should attempt to 
resolve such interference by technical means or operating arrangements.
    (5) Anomalous or infrequent propagation modes. No protection is 
provided

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against interference caused by tropospheric and ionospheric propagation 
of signals.
    (6) Facilities for which the Commission is not notified. No 
protection is provided against interference to the service of any 
additional or modified transmitter operating pursuant to Sec.  1.929 or 
Sec.  22.165, unless and until the licensee modifies its authorization 
using FCC Form 601.
    (7) In-building radiation systems. No protection is provided against 
interference to the service of in-building radiation systems (see Sec.  
22.383).

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 62 FR 11633, Mar. 12, 1997; 
63 FR 68944, Dec. 14, 1998; 70 FR 19308, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.353  Blanketing interference.

    Licensees of Public Mobile Services stations are responsible for 
resolving cases of blanketing interference in accordance with the 
provisions of this section.
    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, licensees 
must resolve any cases of blanketing interference in their area of 
responsibility caused by operation of their transmitter(s) during a one-
year period following commencement of service from new or modified 
transmitter(s). Interference must be resolved promptly at no cost to the 
complainant.
    (b) The area of responsibility is that area in the immediate 
vicinity of the transmitting antenna of stations where the field 
strength of the electromagnetic radiation from such stations equals or 
exceeds 115 dB[micro]V/m. To determine the radial distance to the 
boundary of this area, the following formula must be used:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR17NO94.007

where d is the radial distance to the boundary, in kilometers
p is the radial effective radiated power, in kilowatts


The maximum effective radiated power in the pertinent direction, without 
consideration of the antenna's vertical radiation pattern or height, 
must be used in the formula.
    (c) Licensees are not required to resolve blanketing interference to 
mobile receivers or non-RF devices or blanketing interference occurring 
as a result of malfunctioning or mistuned receivers, improperly 
installed consumer antenna systems, or the use of high gain antennas or 
antenna booster amplifiers by consumers.
    (d) Licensees that install transmitting antennas at a location where 
there are already one or more transmitting antennas are responsible for 
resolving any new cases of blanketing interference in accordance with 
this section.
    (e) Two or more licensees that concurrently install transmitting 
antennas at the same location are jointly responsible for resolving 
blanketing interference cases, unless the FCC can readily determine 
which station is causing the interference, in which case the licensee of 
that station is held fully responsible.
    (f) After the one year period of responsibility to resolve 
blanketing interference, licensees must provide upon request technical 
information to complainants on remedies for blanketing interference.



Sec.  22.355  Frequency tolerance.

    Except as otherwise provided in this part, the carrier frequency of 
each transmitter in the Public Mobile Services must be maintained within 
the tolerances given in Table C-1 of this section.

  Table C-1--Frequency Tolerance for Transmitters in the Public Mobile
                                Services
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Mobile 3     Mobile <=3
                                     (ppm)      watts (ppm)  watts (ppm)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
25 to 50........................         20.0          20.0         50.0
50 to 450.......................          5.0           5.0         50.0
450 to 512......................          2.5           5.0          5.0
821 to 896......................          1.5           2.5          2.5
928 to 929......................          5.0           n/a          n/a
929 to 960......................          1.5           n/a          n/a
2110 to 2220....................         10.0           n/a          n/a
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[61 FR 54099, Oct. 17, 1996]



Sec.  22.357  Emission types.

    Any authorized station in the Public Mobile Services may transmit 
emissions of any type(s) that comply with the applicable emission rule, 
i.e. Sec.  22.359, Sec.  22.861 or Sec.  22.917.

[70 FR 19308, Apr. 13, 2005]

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Sec.  22.359  Emission limitations.

    The rules in this section govern the spectral characteristics of 
emissions in the Public Mobile Services, except for the Air-Ground 
Radiotelephone Service (see Sec.  22.861, instead) and the Cellular 
Radiotelephone Service (see Sec.  22.917, instead).
    (a) Out of band emissions. The power of any emission outside of the 
authorized operating frequency ranges must be attenuated below the 
transmitting power (P) by a factor of at least 43 + 10 log (P) dB.
    (b) Measurement procedure. Compliance with these rules is based on 
the use of measurement instrumentation employing a resolution bandwidth 
of 30 kHz or more. In the 60 kHz bands immediately outside and adjacent 
to the authorized frequency range or channel, a resolution bandwidth of 
at least one percent of the emission bandwidth of the fundamental 
emission of the transmitter may be employed. A narrower resolution 
bandwidth is permitted in all cases to improve measurement accuracy 
provided the measured power is integrated over the full required 
measurement bandwidth (i.e., 30 kHz or 1 percent of emission bandwidth, 
as specified). The emission bandwidth is defined as the width of the 
signal between two points, one below the carrier center frequency and 
one above the carrier center frequency, outside of which all emissions 
are attenuated at least 26 dB below the transmitter power.
    (c) Alternative out of band emission limit. Licensees in the Public 
Mobile Services may establish an alternative out of band emission limit 
to be used at specified frequencies (band edges) in specified 
geographical areas, in lieu of that set forth in this section, pursuant 
to a private contractual arrangement of all affected licensees and 
applicants. In this event, each party to such contract shall maintain a 
copy of the contract in their station files and disclose it to 
prospective assignees or transferees and, upon request, to the FCC.
    (d) Interference caused by out of band emissions. If any emission 
from a transmitter operating in any of the Public Mobile Services 
results in interference to users of another radio service, the FCC may 
require a greater attenuation of that emission than specified in this 
section.

[70 FR 19308, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.365  Antenna structures; air navigation safety.

    Licensees that own their antenna structures must not allow these 
antenna structures to become a hazard to air navigation. In general, 
antenna structure owners are responsible for registering antenna 
structures with the FCC if required by part 17 of this chapter, and for 
installing and maintaining any required marking and lighting. However, 
in the event of default of this responsibility by an antenna structure 
owner, each FCC permittee or licensee authorized to use an affected 
antenna structure will be held responsible by the FCC for ensuring that 
the antenna structure continues to meet the requirements of part 17 of 
this chapter. See Sec.  17.6 of this chapter.
    (a) Marking and lighting. Antenna structures must be marked, lighted 
and maintained in accordance with part 17 of this chapter and all 
applicable rules and requirements of the Federal Aviation 
Administration.
    (b) Maintenance contracts. Antenna structure owners (or licensees 
and permittees, in the event of default by an antenna structure owner) 
may enter into contracts with other entities to monitor and carry out 
necessary maintenance of antenna structures. Antenna structure owners 
(or licensees and permittees, in the event of default by an antenna 
structure owner) that make such contractual arrangements continue to be 
responsible for the maintenance of antenna structures in regard to air 
navigation safety.

[61 FR 4365, Feb. 6, 1996]



Sec.  22.377  Certification of transmitters.

    Transmitters used in the Public Mobile Services, including those 
used with signal boosters, in-building radiation systems and cellular 
repeaters, must be certificated for use in the radio services regulated 
under this part. Transmitters must be certificated when the

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station is ready for service, not necessarily at the time of filing an 
application. The FCC may list as certificated only transmitters that are 
capable of meeting all technical requirements of the rules governing the 
service in which they will operate. The procedure for obtaining 
certification is set forth in part 2 of this chapter.

[78 FR 25174, Apr. 29, 2013]



Sec.  22.383  In-building radiation systems.

    Licensees may install and operate in-building radiation systems 
without applying for authorization or notifying the FCC, provided that 
the locations of the in-building radiation systems are within the 
protected service area of the licensee's authorized transmitter(s) on 
the same channel or channel block.

Subpart D [Reserved]



               Subpart E_Paging and Radiotelephone Service



Sec.  22.501  Scope.

    The rules in this subpart govern the licensing and operation of 
public mobile paging and radiotelephone stations. The licensing and 
operation of these stations are also subject to rules elsewhere in this 
part that apply generally to the Public Mobile Services. However, in 
case of conflict, the rules in this subpart govern.



Sec.  22.503  Paging geographic area authorizations.

    The FCC considers applications for and issues paging geographic area 
authorizations in the Paging and Radiotelephone Service in accordance 
with the rules in this section. Each paging geographic area 
authorization contains conditions requiring compliance with paragraphs 
(h) and (i) of this section.
    (a) Channels. The FCC may issue a paging geographic area 
authorization for any channel listed in Sec.  22.531 of this part or for 
any channel pair listed in Sec.  22.561 of this part.
    (b) Paging geographic areas. The paging geographic areas are as 
follows:
    (1) The Nationwide paging geographic area comprises the District of 
Columbia and all States, Territories and possessions of the United 
States of America.
    (2) Major Economic Areas (MEAs) and Economic Areas (EAs) are defined 
below. EAs are defined by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic 
Analysis. See Final Redefinition of the MEA Economic Areas, 60 FR 13114 
(March 10, 1995). MEAs are based on EAs. In addition to the Department 
of Commerce's 172 EAs, the FCC shall separately license Guam and the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin 
Islands, and American Samoa, which have been assigned FCC-created EA 
numbers 173-175, respectively, and MEA numbers 49-51, respectively.
    (3) The 51 MEAs are composed of one or more EAs as defined in the 
following table:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   MEAs                                  EAs
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 (Boston)................................  1-3.
2 (New York City).........................  4-7, 10.
3 (Buffalo)...............................  8.
4 (Philadelphia)..........................  11-12.
5 (Washington)............................  13-14.
6 (Richmond)..............................  15-17, 20.
7 (Charlotte-Greensboro-Greenville-         18-19, 21-26, 41-42, 46.
 Raleigh).
8 (Atlanta)...............................  27-28, 37-40, 43.
9 (Jacksonville)..........................  29, 35.
10 (Tampa-St. Petersburg-Orlando).........  30, 33-34.
11 (Miami)................................  31-32.
12 (Pittsburgh)...........................  9, 52-53.
13 (Cincinnati-Dayton)....................  48-50.
14 (Columbus).............................  51.
15 (Cleveland)............................  54-55.
16 (Detroit)..............................  56-58, 61-62.
17 (Milwaukee)............................  59-60, 63, 104-105, 108.
18 (Chicago)..............................  64-66, 68, 97, 101.
19 (Indianapolis).........................  67.
20 (Minneapolis-St. Paul).................  106-107, 109-114, 116.
21 (Des Moines-Quad Cities)...............  100, 102-103, 117.
22 (Knoxville)............................  44-45.
23 (Louisville-Lexington-Evansville)......  47, 69-70, 72.
24 (Birmingham)...........................  36, 74, 78-79.
25 (Nashville)............................  71.
26 (Memphis-Jackson)......................  73, 75-77.
27 (New Orleans-Baton Rouge)..............  80-85.
28 (Little Rock)..........................  90-92, 95.
29 (Kansas City)..........................  93, 99, 123.
30 (St. Louis)............................  94, 96, 98.
31 (Houston)..............................  86-87, 131.
32 (Dallas-Fort Worth)....................  88-89, 127-130, 135, 137-
                                             138.
33 (Denver)...............................  115, 140-143.
34 (Omaha)................................  118-121.
35 (Wichita)..............................  122.
36 (Tulsa)................................  124.
37 (Oklahoma City)........................  125-126.
38 (San Antonio)..........................  132-134.
39 (El Paso-Albuquerque)..................  136, 139, 155-157.
40 (Phoenix)..............................  154, 158-159.
41 (Spokane-Billings).....................  144-147, 168.

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42 (Salt Lake City).......................  148-150, 152.
43 (San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose).......  151, 162-165.
44 (Los Angeles-San Diego)................  153, 160-161.
45 (Portland).............................  166-167.
46 (Seattle)..............................  169-170.
47 (Alaska)...............................  171.
48 (Hawaii)...............................  172.
49 (Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands)  173.
50 (Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands)..  174.
51 (American Samoa).......................  175.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (c) Availability. The FCC may determine whether to issue a paging 
geographic area authorization for any specific channel or channel pair 
in any specific paging geographic area. The FCC may replace existing 
site specific authorizations for facilities on a channel or channel pair 
located in a paging geographic area with a paging geographic area 
authorization for that channel or channel pair, if in its sole 
discretion, the FCC determines that the public interest would be served 
by such replacement.
    (d) Filing windows. The FCC accepts applications for paging 
geographic area authorizations only during filing windows. The FCC 
issues Public Notices announcing in advance the dates of the filing 
windows, and the specific paging geographic areas and channels for which 
applications may be accepted.
    (e) One grant per geographic area. The FCC may grant one and only 
one application for a paging geographic area authorization for any 
specific channel or channel pair in any specific paging geographic area 
defined in paragraph (b) of this section. Selection from among mutually 
exclusive applications for a paging geographic area authorization will 
be made in accordance with the procedures in Sec. Sec.  22.131 and 
22.200 through 22.299. If after the selection process but prior to 
filing a ``long form'' application, a successful bidder decides to 
partition the paging geographic area, the FCC may require and accept 
multiple ``long form'' applications from the consortium members.
    (f) Exclusive right to expand. During the term of a paging 
geographic area authorization, the FCC does not accept, from anyone 
other than the paging geographic area licensee, any major application 
for authorization to operate a facility that would serve unserved area 
within the paging geographic area specified in that paging geographic 
area authorization, on the channel specified in that paging geographic 
area authorization, unless any extension of the interfering contour of 
the proposed facility falls:
    (1) Within the composite interfering contour of another licensee; 
or,
    (2) Into unserved area and the paging geographic area licensee 
consents to such extension.
    (g) Subsequent applications not accepted. During the term of a 
paging geographic area authorization, the FCC does not accept any 
application for authorization relating to a facility that is or would be 
located within the paging geographic area specified in that paging 
geographic area authorization, on the channel specified in that paging 
geographic area authorization, except in the following situations:
    (1) FCC grant of an application authorizing the construction of the 
facility could have a significant environmental effect as defined by 
Sec.  1.1307 of this chapter. See Sec.  22.115(a)(5).
    (2) Specific international coordination procedures are required, 
prior to assignment of a channel to the facility, pursuant to a treaty 
or other agreement between the United States government and the 
government of Canada or Mexico. See Sec.  22.169.
    (3) The paging geographic area licensee or another licensee of a 
system within the paging geographic area applies to assign its 
authorization or for FCC consent to a transfer of control.
    (h) Adjacent geographic area coordination required. Before 
constructing a facility for which the interfering contour (as defined in 
Sec.  22.537 or Sec.  22.567 of this part, as appropriate for the 
channel involved) would extend into another paging geographic area, a 
paging geographic area licensee must obtain the consent of the relevant 
co-channel paging geographic area licensee, if any, into whose area the 
interfering contour would extend. Licensees are expected to cooperate 
fully and in good faith attempt to resolve potential interference 
problems before bringing matters to the FCC. In the event that there is 
no co-channel paging geographic area licensee from whom to obtain 
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the area into which the interfering contour would extend, the facility 
may be constructed and operated subject to the condition that, at such 
time as the FCC issues a paging geographic area authorization for that 
adjacent geographic area, either consent must be obtained or the 
facility modified or eliminated such that the interfering contour no 
longer extends into the adjacent geographic area.
    (i) Protection of existing service. All facilities constructed and 
operated pursuant to a paging geographic area authorization must provide 
co-channel interference protection in accordance with Sec.  22.537 or 
Sec.  22.567, as appropriate for the channel involved, to all authorized 
co-channel facilities of exclusive licensees within the paging 
geographic area. Non-exclusive licensees on the thirty-five exclusive 
929 MHz channels are not entitled to exclusive status, and will continue 
to operate under the sharing arrangements established with the exclusive 
licensees and other non-exclusive licensees that were in effect prior to 
February 19, 1997. MEA, EA, and nationwide geographic area licensees 
have the right to share with non-exclusive licensees on the thirty-five 
exclusive 929 MHz channels on a non-interfering basis.
    (j) Site location restriction. The transmitting antenna of each 
facility constructed and operated pursuant to a paging geographic area 
authorization must be located within the paging geographic area 
specified in the authorization.
    (k) Coverage requirements. Failure by an MEA or EA licensee to meet 
either the coverage requirements in paragraphs (k)(1) and (k)(2) of this 
section, or alternatively, the substantial service requirement in 
paragraph (k)(3) of this section, will result in automatic termination 
of authorizations for those facilities that were not authorized, 
constructed, and operating at the time the geographic area authorization 
was granted. MEA and EA licensees have the burden of showing when their 
facilities were authorized, constructed, and operating, and should 
retain necessary records of these sites until coverage requirements are 
fulfilled. For the purpose of this paragraph, to ``cover'' area means to 
include geographic area within the composite of the service contour(s) 
determined by the methods of Sec.  22.537 or Sec.  22.567 as appropriate 
for the particular channel involved. Licensees may determine the 
population of geographic areas included within their service contours 
using either the 1990 census or the 2000 census, but not both.
    (1) No later than three years after the initial grant of an MEA or 
EA geographic area authorization, the licensee must construct or 
otherwise acquire and operate sufficient facilities to cover one third 
of the population in the paging geographic area. The licensee must 
notify the FCC at the end of the three-year period pursuant to Sec.  
1.946 of this chapter, either that it has satisfied this requirement or 
that it plans to satisfy the alternative requirement to provide 
substantial service in accordance with paragraph (k)(3) of this section.
    (2) No later than five years after the initial grant of an MEA or EA 
geographic area authorization, the licensee must construct or otherwise 
acquire and operate sufficient facilities to cover two thirds of the 
population in the paging geographic area. The licensee must notify the 
FCC at the end of the five year period pursuant to Sec.  1.946 of this 
chapter, either that it has satisfied this requirement or that it has 
satisfied the alternative requirement to provide substantial service in 
accordance with paragraph (k)(3) of this section.
    (3) As an alternative to the coverage requirements of paragraphs 
(k)(1) and (k)(2) of this section, the paging geographic area licensee 
may demonstrate that, no later than five years after the initial grant 
of its paging geographic area authorization, it provides substantial 
service to the paging geographic area. ``Substantial service'' means 
service that is sound, favorable, and substantially above a level of 
mediocre service that would barely warrant renewal.

[62 FR 11633, Mar. 12, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 68945, Dec. 14, 1998; 
64 FR 33782, June 24, 1999]

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Sec.  22.507  Number of transmitters per station.

    This section concerns the number of transmitters licensed under each 
station authorization in the Paging and Radiotelephone Service, other 
than paging geographic area authorizations.
    (a) Operationally related transmitters. Each station must have at 
least one transmitter. There is no limit to the number of transmitters 
that a station may comprise. However, transmitters within a station 
should be operationally related and/or should serve the same general 
geographical area. Operationally related transmitters are those that 
operate together as a system (e.g., trunked systems, simulcast systems), 
rather than independently.
    (b) Split of large systems. The FCC may split wide-area systems into 
two or more stations for administrative convenience. Except for 
nationwide paging and other operationally related transmitters, 
transmitters that are widely separated geographically are not licensed 
under a single authorization.
    (c) Consolidation of separate stations. The FCC may consolidate 
site-specific contiguous authorizations upon request (FCC Form 601) of 
the licensee, if appropriate under paragraph (a) of this section. Paging 
licensees may include remote, stand-alone transmitters under the single 
system-wide authorization, if the remote, stand-alone transmitter is 
linked to the system via a control/repeater facility or by satellite. 
Including a remote, stand-alone transmitter in a system-wide 
authorization does not alter the limitations provided under Sec.  
22.503(f) on entities other than the paging geographic area licensee. In 
the alternative, paging licensees may maintain separate site-specific 
authorizations for stand-alone or remote transmitters. The earliest 
expiration date of the authorizations that make up the single system-
wide authorization will determine the expiration date for the system-
wide authorization. Licensees must file timely renewal applications for 
site-specific authorizations included in a single system-wide 
authorization request until the request is approved. Renewal of the 
system-wide authorization will be subject to Sec.  1.949 of this 
chapter.
    (d) Replacement of site-by-site authorizations with single 
authorization. After a paging geographic area authorization for a 
channel has been issued, the FCC may, on its own motion, replace the 
authorization(s) of any other licensee (for facilities located within 
that paging geographic area on that channel) with a single replacement 
authorization.

[62 FR 11634, Mar. 12, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 68945, Dec. 14, 1998; 
64 FR 33784, June 24, 1999]



Sec.  22.509  Procedures for mutually exclusive applications in the
Paging and Radiotelephone Service.

    Mutually exclusive applications in the Paging and Radiotelephone 
Service, including those that are mutually exclusive with applications 
in the Rural Radiotelephone Service, are processed in accordance with 
Sec.  22.131 and with this section.
    (a) Applications in the Paging and Radiotelephone Service may be 
mutually exclusive with applications in the Rural Radiotelephone Service 
if they seek authorization to operate facilities on the same channel in 
the same area, or the technical proposals are otherwise in conflict. See 
Sec.  22.567.
    (b) A modification application in either service filed on the 
earliest filing date may cause all later-filed mutually exclusive 
applications of any type in either service to be ``cut off'' (excluded 
from a same-day filing group) and dismissed, pursuant to Sec.  
22.131(c)(3)(ii) and Sec.  22.131(c)(4).

[59 FR 59956, Nov. 21, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 54099, Oct. 17, 1996; 
64 FR 33784, June 24, 1999]



Sec.  22.511  Construction period for the Paging and Radiotelephone
Service.

    The construction period for stations in the Paging and 
Radiotelephone Service is one year.



Sec.  22.513  Partitioning and disaggregation.

    MEA and EA licensees may apply to partition their authorized 
geographic service area or disaggregate their authorized spectrum at any 
time following grant of their geographic area authorizations. Nationwide 
geographic area licensees may apply to partition

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their authorized geographic service area or disaggregate their 
authorized spectrum at any time as of August 23, 1999.
    (a) Application required. Parties seeking approval for partitioning 
and/or disaggregation shall apply for partial assignment of a license 
pursuant to Sec.  1.948 of this chapter.
    (b) Partitioning. In the case of partitioning, requests for 
authorization for partial assignment of a license must include, as 
attachments, a description of the partitioned service area and a 
calculation of the population of the partitioned service area and the 
authorized geographic service area. The partitioned service area shall 
be defined by 120 sets of geographic coordinates at points at every 3 
degrees azimuth from a point within the partitioned service area along 
the partitioned service area boundary unless either an FCC-recognized 
service area is used (e.g., MEA or EA) or county lines are followed. The 
geographical coordinates must be specified in degrees, minutes, and 
seconds to the nearest second latitude and longitude, and must be based 
upon the 1983 North American Datum (NAD83). In the case where FCC-
recognized service areas or county lines are used, applicants need only 
list the specific area(s) through use of FCC designations or county 
names that constitute the partitioned area.
    (c) Disaggregation. Spectrum may be disaggregated in any amount.
    (d) Combined partitioning and disaggregation. Licensees may apply 
for partial assignment of authorizations that propose combinations of 
partitioning and disaggregation.
    (e) License term. The license term for a partitioned license area 
and for disaggregated spectrum shall be the remainder of the original 
licensee's license term as provided for in Sec.  1.955 of this chapter.

[64 FR 33784, June 24, 1999, as amended at 82 FR 41547, Sept. 1, 2017]



Sec.  22.515  Permissible communications paths.

    Mobile stations may communicate only with and through base stations. 
Base stations may communicate only with mobile stations and receivers on 
land or surface vessels.



Sec.  22.527  Signal boosters.

    Licensees may install and operate signal boosters on channels listed 
in Sec.  22.531 only in accordance with the provisions of Sec.  22.165 
governing additional transmitters for existing systems. Licensees must 
not allow any signal booster that they operate to cause interference to 
the service or operation of any other authorized stations or systems.

[61 FR 31051, June 19, 1996]



Sec.  22.529  Application requirements for the Paging and
Radiotelephone Service.

    In addition to information required by subparts B and D of this 
part, applications for authorization in the Paging and Radiotelephone 
Service contain required information as described in the instructions to 
the form. Site coordinates must be referenced to NAD83 and be correct to 
+ -1 second.
    (a) Administrative information. The following information, 
associated with Form 601, is required as indicated. Each application of 
any type, including applications for paging geographic area 
authorizations, must contain one and only one Schedule A.
    (1) The purpose of the filing is required for each application of 
any type.
    (2) The geographic area designator, channel and geographic area name 
are required only for each application for a paging geographic area 
authorization.
    (3) The FCC control point number, if any, the location (street 
address, city or town, state), the telephone number and an indication of 
the desired database action are required only for each application 
proposing to add or delete a control point.
    (4) The FCC location number, file number and location (street 
address, city or town, state) of authorized facilities that have not 
been constructed are required only for each application requesting an 
extension of time to construct those facilities.
    (b) Technical data. The following data, associated with FCC Form 
601, are required as indicated for each application. Applications for a 
paging geographic area authorization must not

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contain Schedule B. Other type of applications may contain as many 
Schedule Bs as are necessary for the intended purpose.
    (1) For each transmitting antenna site to be added, deleted or 
modified, the following are required: an indication of the desired 
database action, the Commission location number, if any, the street 
address or other description of the transmitting antenna site, the city, 
county and state, the geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude), 
correct to 1 second, of the transmitting antenna 
site (NAD83), and in the case of a proposed relocation of a transmitting 
antenna, the Commission location number and geographic coordinates, 
correct to 1 second, of the transmitting antenna 
site (NAD83) to which the geographic coordinates of the current location 
are referenced.
    (2) For each transmitting antenna site to be added, deleted or 
modified, the following supplementary information is required: An 
indication as to whether or not the transmitting antenna site is within 
200 kilometers (124 miles) of the U.S.-Mexico border, and an indication 
as to whether or not the transmitting antenna site is North of Line A or 
East of Line C. Line A and Line C are defined in Sec.  2.1 of this 
chapter. For each adjacent geographic area within 200 kilometers (124 
miles) of each transmitting antenna site to be added, deleted or 
modified, the geographic area designator and name, and the shortest 
distance (in kilometers) to the boundary of that geographic area.
    (3) The height (in meters) above average terrain of the center of 
radiation of the antenna, the beamwidth of the main lobe of the 
horizontal radiation pattern of the electric field of the antenna, the 
height (in meters) to the tip of the antenna above ground level, a polar 
plot of the horizontal gain pattern of the antenna, the antenna gain in 
the maximum lobe and the electric field polarization of the wave emitted 
by the antenna when installed as proposed.
    (i) The center frequency of the requested channel, the transmitter 
classification (e.g. base, fixed mobile), the designator for any non-
standard emission type to be used, including bandwidth and modulation 
type, and the maximum effective radiated power.
    (ii) For each of the eight cardinal radials, the antenna height 
above the average elevation along the radial, and the effective radiated 
power of each transmitter in the direction of the radial.
    (iii) For each transmitter proposed to transmit on a channel 
reserved for point-to-multipoint operation involving transmission to 
four or more points of communications (i.e. base transmitters), the 
following is required for each point of communication: an indication of 
the desired database action, the location (city or town, state), and the 
geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude, NAD 83).
    (c) Upon request by an applicant, licensee, or the Commission, a 
part 22 applicant or licensee of whom the request is made shall furnish 
the antenna type, model, and the name of the antenna manufacturer to the 
requesting party within ten (10) days of receiving written notification.

[62 FR 11635, Mar. 12, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 68945, Dec. 14, 1998; 
64 FR 53240, Oct. 1, 1999]

                            Paging Operation



Sec.  22.531  Channels for paging operation.

    The following channels are allocated for assignment to base 
transmitters that provide paging service, either individually or 
collectively under a paging geographic area authorization. Unless 
otherwise indicated, all channels have a bandwidth of 20 kHz and are 
designated by their center frequencies in MegaHertz.

                            Low VHF Channels
 
35.20              35.46              43.20             43.46
35.22              35.50              43.22             43.50
35.24              35.54              43.24             43.54
35.26              35.56              43.26             43.56
35.30              35.58              43.30             43.58
35.34              35.60              43.34             43.60
35.38              35.62              43.38             43.62
35.42              35.66              43.42             43.66
 
                            High VHF Channels
 
152.24             152.84             158.10            158.70
 
                              UHF Channels
 
931.0125           931.2625           931.5125          931.7625
931.0375           931.2875           931.5375          931.7875
931.0625           931.3125           931.5625          931.8125
931.0875           931.3375           931.5875          931.8375

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931.1125           931.3625           931.6125          931.8625
931.1375           931.3875           931.6375          931.8875
931.1625           931.4125           931.6625          931.9125
931.1875           931.4375           931.6875          931.9375
931.2125           931.4625           931.7125          931.9625
931.2375           931.4875           931.7375          931.9875
 

    (a)-(b) [Reserved]
    (c) Upon application using FCC Form 601, common carriers may be 
authorized to provide one-way paging service using the leased subcarrier 
facilities of broadcast stations licensed under part 73 of this chapter.
    (d) Occasionally in case law and other formal and informal 
documents, the low VHF channels have been referred to as ``lowband'' 
channels, and the high VHF channels have been referred to as 
``guardband'' channels.
    (e) Pursuant to the U.S.-Canada Interim Coordination Considerations 
for 929-932 MHz, as amended, only the following UHF channels may be 
assigned in the continental United States North of Line A or in the 
State of Alaska East of Line C, within the indicated longitudes:
    (1) From longitude W.73[deg] to longitude W.75[deg] and from 
longitude W.78[deg] to longitude W.81[deg]:

931.0125           931.1125           931.1875          931.2625
931.0375           931.1375           931.2125          931.8625
931.0625           931.1625           931.2375
 

    (2) From longitude W.81[deg] to longitude W.85[deg]:

931.0125           931.2125           931.3875          931.5875
931.0375           931.2375           931.4125          931.6125
931.0625           931.2625           931.4625          931.6375
931.1125           931.2875           931.4875          931.8625
931.1375           931.3125           931.5125
931.1625           931.3375           931.5375
931.1875           931.3625           931.5625
 

    (3) Longitudes other than specified in paragraphs (e)(1) and (e)(2) 
of this section:

931.0125           931.1625           931.2875          931.4125
931.0375           931.1875           931.3125          931.4625
931.0625           931.2125           931.3375          931.8625
931.1125           931.2375           931.3625
931.1375           931.2625           931.3875
 

    (4) At any longitude, with authorization condition requiring 
coordinated, shared use and equal access by licensees in both countries:

931.4375           931.8875           931.9125          931.9375
 

    (f) For the purpose of issuing paging geographic authorizations, the 
paging geographic areas used for UHF channels are the MEAs, and the 
paging geographic areas used for the low and high VHF channels are the 
EAs (see Sec.  22.503(b)).

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 59 FR 59954, Nov. 21, 1994; 
62 FR 11635, Mar. 12, 1997; 63 FR 68945, Dec. 14, 1998; 64 FR 33784, 
June 24, 1999; 70 FR 19309, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.535  Effective radiated power limits.

    The effective radiated power (ERP) of transmitters operating on the 
channels listed in Sec.  22.531 must not exceed the limits in this 
section.
    (a) Maximum ERP. The ERP must not exceed the applicable limits in 
this paragraph under any circumstances.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum ERP
                   Frequency range (MHz)                       (Watts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
35-36......................................................          600
43-44......................................................          500
152-159....................................................         1400
931-932....................................................         3500
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Basic power limit. Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this 
section, the ERP of transmitters on the VHF channels must not exceed 500 
Watts.
    (c) Height-power limit. Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this 
section, the ERP of transmitters on the VHF channels must not exceed the 
amount that would result in an average distance to the service contour 
of 32.2 kilometers (20 miles). The average distance to the service 
contour is calculated by taking the arithmetic mean of the distances 
determined using the procedures specified in Sec.  22.537 for the eight 
cardinal radial directions, excluding cardinal radial directions for 
which 90% or more of the distance so calculated is over water.
    (d) Encompassed interfering contour areas. Transmitters are exempt 
from the basic power and height-power limits of this section if the area 
within their interfering contours is totally encompassed by the 
interfering contours of operating co-channel base transmitters 
controlled by the same licensee. For the purpose of this paragraph, 
operating transmitters are authorized transmitters that are providing 
service to subscribers.
    (e) Adjacent channel protection. The ERP of transmitters must not 
exceed 500 Watts if they:

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    (1) Transmit on a channel in the 152-159 MHz frequency range and are 
located less than 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from any station licensed in 
the Private Radio Services that receives on an adjacent channel; or,
    (2) Transmit on channel 158.10 or 158.70 MHz and are located less 
than 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from any station licensed in the Public 
Mobile Services that receives on either of the following adjacent 
channels: 158.07 MHz or 158.67 MHz.
    (f) Signal boosters. The effective radiated power of signal boosters 
must not exceed 5 watts ERP under any normal operating condition.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 31051, June 19, 1996]



Sec.  22.537  Technical channel assignment criteria.

    The rules in this section establish technical assignment criteria 
for the channels listed in Sec.  22.531. These criteria permit channel 
assignments to be made in a manner such that reception by public paging 
receivers of signals from base transmitters, within the service area of 
such base transmitters, is protected from interference caused by the 
operation of independent co-channel base transmitters.
    (a) Contour overlap. The FCC may grant an application requesting 
assignment of a channel to a proposed base transmitter only if:
    (1) The interfering contour of the proposed transmitter does not 
overlap the service contour of any protected co-channel transmitter 
controlled by a carrier other than the applicant, unless that carrier 
has agreed in writing to accept any interference that may result from 
operation of the proposed transmitter; and,
    (2) The service contour of the proposed transmitter does not overlap 
the interfering contour of any protected co-channel transmitter 
controlled by a carrier other than the applicant, unless the applicant 
agrees to accept any interference that may result from operation of the 
protected co-channel transmitter; and,
    (3) The area and/or population to which service would be provided by 
the proposed transmitter is substantial, and service gained would exceed 
that lost as a result of agreements to accept interference.
    (b) Protected transmitter. For the purposes of this section, 
protected transmitters are authorized transmitters for which there is a 
current FCC public record and transmitters proposed in prior-filed 
pending applications.
    (c) VHF service contour. For paging stations transmitting on the VHF 
channels, the distance from the transmitting antenna to the service 
contour along each cardinal radial is calculated as follows:

d = 1.243 x h\0.40\ x p\0.20\

where d is the radial distance in kilometers
h is the radial antenna HAAT in meters
p is the radial ERP in Watts

    (1) Whenever the actual HAAT is less than 30 meters (98 feet), 30 
must be used as the value for h in the above formula.
    (2) The value used for p in the above formula must not be less than 
27 dB less than the maximum ERP in any direction or 0.1 Watt, whichever 
is more.
    (3) The distance from the transmitting antenna to the service 
contour along any radial other than the eight cardinal radials is 
routinely calculated by linear interpolation of distance as a function 
of angle. However, in resolving petitions to deny, the FCC may calculate 
the distance to the service contour using the formula in paragraph (c) 
of this section with actual HAAT and ERP data for the inter-station 
radial and additional radials above and below the inter-station radial 
at 2.5[deg] intervals.
    (d) VHF interfering contour. For paging stations transmitting on the 
VHF channels, the distance from the transmitting antenna to the 
interfering contour along each cardinal radial is calculated as follows:

d = 6.509 x h\0.28\ x p\0.17\

where d is the radial distance in kilometers
h is the radial antenna HAAT in meters
p is the radial ERP in Watts

    (1) Whenever the actual HAAT is less than 30 meters (98 feet), 30 
must be used as the value for h in the above formula.
    (2) The value used for p in the above formula must not be less than 
27 dB

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less than the maximum ERP in any direction or 0.1 Watt, whichever is 
more.
    (3) The distance from the transmitting antenna to the interfering 
contour along any radial other than the eight cardinal radials is 
routinely calculated by linear interpolation of distance as a function 
of angle. In resolving petitions to deny, however, the FCC may calculate 
the distance to the interfering contour using the formula in paragraph 
(d) of this section with actual HAAT and ERP data for the inter-station 
radial and additional radials above and below the inter-station radial 
at 2.5[deg] intervals.
    (e) 931 MHz service contour. For paging stations transmitting on the 
931 MHz channels, the service contour is a circle, centered on the 
transmitting antenna, with a radius determined from Table E-1 of this 
section.

                                     Table E--1-931 MHz Paging Service Radii
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Service radius km (miles)                            Effective radiated power (Watts)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Antenna HAAT meters (feet)         0-125       126-250      251-500      501-1000    1001-1860    1861-3500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0-177.............................    32.2 (20)    32.2 (20)    32.2 (20)    32.2 (20)    32.2 (20)    32.2 (20)
(0-581)
178-305...........................    32.2 (20)    32.2 (20)    32.2 (20)    32.2 (20)    37.0 (23)    41.8 (26)
(582-1001)
306-427...........................    32.2 (20)    32.2 (20)    37.0 (23)    41.8 (26)    56.3 (35)    56.3 (35)
(1002-1401)
428-610...........................    32.2 (20)    37.0 (23)    41.8 (26)    56.3 (35)    56.3 (35)    56.3 (35)
(1402-2001)
611-861...........................    37.0 (23)    41.8 (26)    41.8 (26)    56.3 (35)    83.7 (52)    83.7 (52)
(2002-2825)
862-1219..........................    41.8 (26)    56.3 (35)    56.3 (35)    83.7 (52)    83.7 (52)    83.7 (52)
(2826-3999)
1220 +............................    56.3 (35)    56.3 (35)    83.7 (52)    83.7 (52)    83.7 (52)    83.7 (52)
(4000 + )
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (f) 931 MHz interfering contour. For paging stations transmitting on 
the 931 MHz channels, the interfering contour is a circle, centered on 
the transmitting antenna, with a radius determined from Table E-2 of 
this section.

                                   Table E--2-931 MHz Paging Interfering Radii
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Interfering radius km (miles)                          Effective radiated power (Watts)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Antenna HAAT meters (feet)         0-125       126-250      251-500      501-1000    1001-1860    1861-3500
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0-177.............................    80.5 (50)    80.5 (50)    80.5 (50)    80.5 (50)    80.5 (50)    80.5 (50)
(0-581)
178-305...........................    80.5 (50)    80.5 (50)    80.5 (50)    80.5 (50)    88.5 (55)    96.6 (60)
(582-1001)
306-427...........................    80.5 (50)    80.5 (50)    88.5 (55)    96.6 (60)   130.4 (81)   130.4 (81)
(1002-1401)
428-610...........................    80.5 (50)    88.5 (55)    96.6 (60)   130.4 (81)   130.4 (81)   130.4 (81)
(1402-2001)
611-861...........................    88.5 (55)    96.6 (60)    96.6 (60)   130.4 (81)  191.5 (119)  191.5 (119)
(2002-2825)
862-1219..........................    96.6 (60)   130.4 (81)   130.4 (81)  191.5 (119)  191.5 (119)  191.5 (119)
(2826-3999)
1220 +
(4000 + ).........................   130.4 (81)   130.4 (81)  191.5 (119)  191.5 (119)  191.5 (119)  191.5 (119)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (g) In-building radiation systems. The locations of in-building 
radiation systems must be within the service contour(s) of the 
licensee's authorized transmitter(s) on the same channel. In-building 
radiation systems are not protected facilities, and therefore do not 
have service or interfering contours.
    (h) Signal boosters on 931 MHz channels. For the purpose of 
compliance with Sec.  22.165 and notwithstanding paragraphs (e) and (f) 
of this section, signal boosters operating on the 931 MHz channels with 
an antenna HAAT not exceeding 30 meters (98 feet) are deemed to have as 
a service contour a

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circle with a radius of 1.0 kilometer (0.6 mile) and as an interfering 
contour a circle with a radius of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 31051, June 19, 1996]



Sec.  22.559  Paging application requirements.

    In addition to information required by subparts B and D and Sec.  
22.529, applications for authorization to operate a paging transmitter 
on the channels listed in Sec.  22.531, other than applications for a 
paging geographic area authorization, must contain the applicable 
supplementary information described in this section.
    (a) Interference exhibit. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of 
this section, an exhibit demonstrating compliance with Sec.  22.537 with 
regard to protected transmitters is required for applications to operate 
a transmitter on the VHF channels. This exhibit must:
    (1) Identify each protected transmitter located within 109 
kilometers (68 miles) of the proposed transmitter in directions in which 
the distance to the interfering contour is 76.5 kilometers (47.5 miles) 
or less, and within 178 kilometers (111 miles) of the proposed 
transmitter in directions in which the distance to the interfering 
contour exceeds 76.5 kilometers (47.5 miles).
    (2) For each protected transmitter identified, show the results of 
distance calculations indicating that there would be no overlap of 
service and interfering contours, or alternatively, indicate that the 
licensee of or applicant for the protected transmitter and/or the 
applicant, as required, have agreed in writing to accept any 
interference resulting from operation of the proposed transmitter.
    (b) Encompassment exhibit. An exhibit showing that the area within 
the interfering contour of the proposed transmitter would be totally 
encompassed by interfering contours of operating co-channel base 
transmitters controlled by the applicant is required for applications to 
operate a transmitter with ERP exceeding the basic power and height-
power limits of Sec.  22.535. For VHF transmitters, this encompassment 
exhibit may substitute for the interference exhibit required in 
paragraph (a) of this section.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 62 FR 11636, Mar. 12, 1997]

                   One-way or Two-way Mobile Operation



Sec.  22.561  Channels for one-way or two-way mobile operation.

    The following channels are allocated for paired assignment to 
transmitters that provide (or support other transmitters that provide) 
one-way or two-way public land mobile service, either individually or 
collectively under a paging geographic area authorization. The paging 
geographic areas used for these channels are the EAs (see Sec.  
22.503(b)(3)). These channels may be assigned for use by mobile or base 
transmitters as indicated, and or by fixed transmitters (including 
control, repeater or other fixed transmitters). The mobile channels may 
also be assigned for use by base or fixed transmitters under certain 
circumstances (see Sec.  22.567(h)). Unless otherwise indicated, all 
channels have a bandwidth of 20 kHz and are designated by their center 
frequencies in MegaHertz.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Base                 Mobile          Base          Mobile
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              VHF Channels
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
152.03.........................  158.49     152.57............  157.83
152.06.........................  158.52     152.60............  157.86
152.09.........................  158.55     152.63............  157.89
152.12.........................  158.58     152.66............  157.92
152.15.........................  158.61     152.69............  157.95
152.18.........................  158.64     152.72............  157.98
152.21.........................  158.67     152.75............  158.01
152.51.........................  157.77     152.78............  158.04
152.54.........................  157.80     152.81............  158.07
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                              UHF Channels
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
454.025........................  459.025    454.350...........  459.350
454.050........................  459.050    454.375...........  459.375
454.075........................  459.075    454.400...........  459.400
454.100........................  459.100    454.425...........  459.425
454.125........................  459.125    454.450...........  459.450
454.150........................  459.150    454.475...........  459.475
454.175........................  459.175    454.500...........  459.500
454.200........................  459.200    454.525...........  459.525
454.225........................  459.225    454.550...........  459.550
454.250........................  459.250    454.575...........  459.575
454.275........................  459.275    454.600...........  459.600
454.300........................  459.300    454.625...........  459.625
454.325........................  459.325    454.650...........  459.650
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994; 60 FR 9889, Feb. 22, 1995, as amended at 62 
FR 11636, Mar. 12, 1997]



Sec.  22.565  Transmitting power limits.

    The transmitting power of base, mobile and fixed transmitters 
operating on the channels listed in Sec.  22.561 must not exceed the 
limits in this section.
    (a) Maximum ERP. The effective radiated power (ERP) of base and 
fixed transmitters must not exceed the applicable limits in this 
paragraph under any circumstances.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum ERP
                   Frequency range (MHz)                       (watts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
152-153....................................................         1400
157-159....................................................          150
454-455....................................................         3500
459-460....................................................          150
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Basic power limit. Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this 
section, the ERP of base transmitters must not exceed 500 Watts.
    (c) Height-power limits. Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this 
section, the ERP of base transmitters must not exceed the amount that 
would result in an average distance to the service contour of 41.6 
kilometers (26 miles) for VHF channels or 30.7 kilometers (19 miles) for 
UHF channels. The average distance to the service contour is calculated 
by taking the arithmetic mean of the distances determined using the 
procedures specified in Sec.  22.567 for the eight cardinal radial 
directions, excluding cardinal radial directions for which 90% or more 
of the distance so calculated is over water.
    (d) Encompassed interfering contour areas. Base transmitters are 
exempt from the basic power and height-power limits of this section if 
the area within their interfering contours is totally encompassed by the 
interfering contours of operating co-channel based transmitters 
controlled by the same licensee. For the purpose of this paragraph, 
operating transmitters are authorized transmitters that are providing 
service to subscribers.
    (e) Adjacent channel protection. The ERP of base and fixed 
transmitters must not exceed 500 Watts if they transmit on channel 
454.025 MHz and are located less than 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) from any 
Private Radio Services station receiving on adjacent channel 454.0000 
MHz.
    (f) Mobile transmitters. The transmitter output power of mobile 
transmitters must not exceed 60 watts.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 70 FR 19309, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.567  Technical channel assignment criteria.

    The rules in this section establish technical assignment criteria 
for the channels listed in Sec.  22.561. The criteria in paragraphs (a) 
through (f) of this section permit channel assignments to be made in a 
manner such that reception by public mobile receivers of signals from 
base transmitters, within the service area of such base transmitters, is 
protected from interference caused by the operation of independent co-
channel base and fixed transmitters in the Paging and Radiotelephone 
Service and central office stations, including Basic Exchange Telephone 
Radio Systems (BETRS), in the Rural Radiotelephone Service. Additional 
criteria in paragraph (g) of this section permit channel assignments to 
be made in a manner such that BETRS communications are protected from 
interference caused by the operation of independent co-channel base and 
fixed transmitters in the Paging and Radiotelephone Service and other 
central office stations in the Rural Radiotelephone Service. Separate 
criteria in paragraph (h) of this section apply only to assignment of 
the channels designated in Sec.  22.561 as mobile channels to base and 
fixed transmitters, and permit these channel assignments to be made in a 
manner such that reception by public base and fixed receivers of signals 
from associated mobile and fixed transmitters is protected from 
interference caused by the operation of independent co-channel base and 
fixed transmitters.
    (a) Contour overlap. The FCC may grant an application requesting 
assignment of a channel to a proposed base, fixed or central office 
station transmitter only if:
    (1) The interfering contour of the proposed transmitter does not 
overlap the service contour of any protected co-channel transmitter 
controlled by a carrier other than the applicant, unless that carrier 
has agreed in writing to

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accept any interference that may result from operation of the proposed 
transmitter; and
    (2) The service contour of the proposed transmitter does not overlap 
the interfering contour of any protected co-channel transmitter 
controlled by a carrier other than the applicant, unless the application 
contains a statement that the applicant agrees to accept any 
interference that may result from operation of the protected co-channel 
transmitter; and
    (3) The area and/or population to which service would be provided by 
the proposed transmitter is substantial, and service gained would exceed 
that lost as a result of agreements to accept interference.
    (b) Protected transmitter. For the purposes of this section, 
protected transmitters are authorized transmitters for which there is a 
current FCC public record and transmitters proposed in prior-filed 
pending applications, in the Paging and Radiotelephone Service and the 
Rural Radiotelephone Service.
    (c) VHF service contour. For base stations transmitting on the VHF 
channels, the radial distance from the transmitting antenna to the 
service contour along each cardinal radial is calculated as follows:

d = 1.609 x h\0.40\ x p\0.20\

where:

d is the radial distance in kilometers
h is the radial antenna HAAT in meters
p is the radial ERP in Watts

    (1) Whenever the actual HAAT is less than 30 meters (98 feet), 30 
must be used as the value for h in the above formula.
    (2) The value used for p in the above formula must not be less than 
27 dB less than the maximum ERP in any direction, or 0.1 Watt, whichever 
is more.
    (3) The distance from the transmitting antenna to the service 
contour along any radial other than the eight cardinal radials is 
routinely calculated by linear interpolation of distance as a function 
of angle. However, in resolving petitions to deny, the FCC may calculate 
the distance to the service contour using the formula in paragraph (c) 
of this section with actual HAAT and ERP data for the inter-station 
radial and additional radials above and below the inter-station radial 
at 2.5[deg] intervals.
    (d) VHF interfering contour. For base and fixed stations 
transmitting on the VHF channels, the radial distance from the 
transmitting antenna to the interfering contour along each cardinal 
radial is calculated as follows:
    (1) If the radial antenna HAAT is less than 150 meters:

d = 8.577 x h\0.24\ x p\0.19\

where:

d is the radial distance in kilometers
h is the radial antenna HAAT in meters
p is the radial ERP in Watts

    Whenever the actual HAAT is less than 30 meters (98 feet), 30 must 
be used as the value for h in the above formula.
    (2) If the radial antenna HAAT is 150 meters or more:

d = 12.306 x h\0.23\ x p\0.14\

where:

d is the radial distance in kilometers
h is the radial antenna HAAT in meters
p is the radial ERP in Watts

    (3) The value used for p in the above formulas must not be less than 
27 dB less than the maximum ERP in any direction, or 0.1 Watt, whichever 
is more.
    (4) The distance from the transmitting antenna to the interfering 
contour along any radial other than the eight cardinal radials is 
routinely calculated by linear interpolation of distance as a function 
of angle. However, in resolving petitions to deny, the FCC may calculate 
the distance to the interfering contour using the appropriate formula in 
paragraph (d) of this section with actual HAAT and ERP data for the 
inter-station radial and additional radials above and below the inter-
station radial at 2.5[deg] intervals.
    (e) UHF service contour. For base stations transmitting on the UHF 
channels, the radial distance from the transmitting antenna to the 
service contour along each cardinal radial is calculated as follows:

d = 1.726 x h\0.35\ x p\0.18\

where:

d is the radial distance in kilometers
h is the radial antenna HAAT in meters
p is the radial ERP in Watts


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    (1) Whenever the actual HAAT is less than 30 meters (98 feet), 30 
must be used as the value for h in the above formula.
    (2) The value used for p in the above formula must not be less than 
27 dB less than the maximum ERP in any direction, or 0.1 Watt, whichever 
is more.
    (3) The distance from the transmitting antenna to the service 
contour along any radial other than the eight cardinal radials is 
routinely calculated by linear interpolation of distance as a function 
of angle. However, in resolving petitions to deny, the FCC may calculate 
the distance to the service contour using the formula in paragraph (e) 
of this section with actual HAAT and ERP data for the inter-station 
radial and addition radials above and below the below the inter-station 
radial at 2.5[deg] intervals.
    (f) UHF interfering contour. For base and fixed stations 
transmitting on the UHF channels, the radial distance from the 
transmitting antenna to the interfering contour along each cardinal 
radial is calculated as follows:
    (1) If the radial antenna HAAT is less than 150 meters:

d = 9.471 x h\0.23\ x p\0.15\

where:

d is the radial distance in kilometers
h is the radial antenna HAAT in meters
p is the radial ERP in Watts

    Whenever the actual HAAT is less than 30 meters (98 feet), 30 must 
be used as the value for h in the above formula.
    (2) If the radial antenna HAAT is 150 meters or more:

d = 6.336 x h\0.31\ x p\0.15\

where:

d is the radial distance in kilometers
h is the radial antenna HAAT in meters
p is the radial ERP in Watts

    (3) The value used for p in the above formula must not be less than 
27 dB less than the maximum ERP in any direction, or 0.1 Watt, whichever 
is more.
    (4) The distance from the transmitting antenna to the interfering 
contour along any radial other than the eight cardinal radials is 
routinely calculated by linear interpolation of distance as a function 
of angle. However, in resolving petitions to deny, the FCC may calculate 
the distance to the interfering contour using the appropriate formula in 
paragraph (f) of this section with actual HAAT and ERP data for the 
inter-station radial and additional radials above and below the inter-
station radial at 2.5[deg] intervals.
    (g) Protection for BETRS. In applying the provisions of paragraph 
(a) of this section, if either or both of the transmitters involved is a 
BETRS central office station, the following contour substitutions must 
be used:
    (1) The service contour of the BETRS central office station(s) is a 
circle, centered on the central office station antenna, with a radius of 
40 kilometers (25 miles).
    (2) The interfering contour of any station of any type, when 
determining whether it would overlap the service contour of a BETRS 
central office station, is calculated as follows:

d = 36.364 x h\0.2\ x p\0.1\

where:

d is the radial distance in kilometers
h is the radial antenna HAAT in meters
p is the radial ERP in Watts

    Whenever the actual HAAT is less than 30 meters (98 feet), 30 must 
be used as the value for h in the above formula. The value used for p in 
the above formula must not be less than 27 dB less than the maximum ERP 
in any direction, or 0.1 Watt, whichever is more.
    (h) Assignment of mobile channels to base or fixed transmitters. 
Mobile channels may be assigned to base or fixed transmitters if the 
following criteria are met:
    (1) The paired base channel, as designated in Sec.  22.561, is 
assigned to base transmitters in the same geographical area operated by 
the same licensee.
    (2) The authorization is granted subject to the condition that no 
interference be caused to fixed receivers in use on or prior to the date 
of the grant.



Sec.  22.571  Responsibility for mobile stations.

    Mobile stations that are subscribers in good standing to a two-way 
service in the Paging and Radiotelephone Service, when receiving service 
from that station, are considered to be operating under the 
authorization of that station. Licensees are responsible for

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exercising effective operational control over mobile stations receiving 
service through their stations. Mobile stations that are subscribers in 
good standing to a two-way service in the Paging and Radiotelephone 
Service, while receiving service from a different station, are 
considered to be operating under the authorization of such different 
station. The licensee of such different station is responsible, during 
such temporary period, for exercising effective operational control over 
such mobile stations as if they were subscribers to it.



Sec.  22.573  Use of base transmitters as repeaters.

    As an additional function, base transmitters may be used as 
repeaters. Licensees must be able to turn the base transmitter on or off 
from the control point regardless of whether a subscriber-operated 
transmitter is transmitting.



Sec.  22.575  Use of mobile channel for remote control of station
functions.

    Carriers may remotely control station functions (e.g. shut down or 
reactivate base transmitters, turn aviation obstruction warning lights 
on or off, etc.) using a control transmitter operating on a mobile 
channel, subject to the conditions in this section and in Sec.  
22.567(h).
    (a) The control transmitter must be capable of overriding 
transmissions from subscriber-operated transmitters if necessary. 
Subscriber-operated transmitters must not be capable of being used to 
deliberately or accidentally prevent the licensee from controlling the 
station.
    (b) The licensee must implement measures designed to prevent station 
functions from being controlled by persons not authorized by the 
licensee to control the station.
    (c) The control transmitter location must be within the composite 
service contour of the licensee's authorized station on the paired base 
channel.



Sec.  22.579  Operation of mobile transmitters across U.S.-Canada
border.

    Mobile stations licensed by Canada may receive two-way service while 
in the United States from stations licensed under this part, after 
authorization has been granted by the FCC. Mobile stations that normally 
operate under the authority of base stations licensed under this part 
may receive two-way service while in Canada from stations licensed under 
this part or by Canada, upon authorization by Canada.



Sec.  22.589  One-way or two-way application requirements.

    In addition to information required by subparts B and D and Sec.  
22.529, applications for authorization to operate a paging transmitter 
on the channels listed in Sec.  22.531, other than applications for a 
paging geographic area authorization, must contain the applicable 
supplementary information described in this section.
    (a) Interference exhibit. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of 
this section, an exhibit demonstrating compliance with Sec.  22.567 with 
regard to protected transmitters is required. This exhibit must:
    (1) For UHF channels, identify each protected transmitter located 
within 108 kilometers (67 miles) of the proposed transmitter in 
directions in which the distance to the interfering contour is 76.4 
kilometers (47.5 miles) or less, and within 178 kilometers (111 miles) 
of the proposed transmitter in directions in which the distance to the 
interfering contour exceeds 76.4 kilometers (47.5 miles); and identify 
each protected Basic Exchange Telephone Radio System central office 
transmitter in the Rural Radiotelephone Service within 231 kilometers 
(144 miles),
    (2) For VHF channels, identify each protected transmitter located 
within 135 kilometers (84 miles) of the proposed transmitter in 
directions in which the distance to the interfering contour is 93.3 
kilometers (58 miles) or less, and within 178 kilometers (111 miles) of 
the proposed transmitter in directions in which the distance to the 
interfering contour exceeds 93.3 kilometers (58 miles).
    (3) For each protected transmitter identified, show the results of 
distance calculations indicating that there would be no overlap of 
service and interfering contours, or alternatively, indicate that the 
licensee of or applicant for the protected transmitter and/

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or the applicant, as required, have agreed in writing to accept any 
interference resulting from operation of the proposed transmitter.
    (b) Encompassment exhibit. An exhibit showing that the area within 
the interfering contour of the proposed transmitter would be totally 
encompassed by interfering contours of operating co-channel base 
transmitters controlled by the applicant is required for applications to 
operate a transmitter with ERP exceeding the basic power and height-
power limits of Sec.  22.565. This encompassment exhibit may substitute 
for the interference exhibit required in paragraph (a) of this section.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 62 FR 11636, Mar. 12, 1997]

                        Point-to-Point Operation



Sec.  22.591  Channels for point-to-point operation.

    The following channels are allocated for assignment to fixed 
transmitters that support other transmitters that provide public mobile 
service. Unless otherwise indicated, all channels have a bandwidth of 20 
kHz and are designated by their center frequencies in MegaHertz.

                              VHF Channels
 
72.02              72.36              72.80             75.66
72.04              72.38              72.82             75.68
72.06              72.40              72.84             75.70
72.08              72.42              72.86             75.72
72.10              72.46              72.88             75.74
72.12              72.50              72.90             75.76
72.14              72.54              72.92             75.78
72.16              72.58              72.94             75.80
72.18              72.62              72.96             75.82
72.20              72.64              72.98             75.84
72.22              72.66              75.42             75.86
72.24              72.68              75.46             75.88
72.26              72.70              75.50             75.90
72.28              72.72              75.54             75.92
72.30              72.74              75.58             75.94
72.32              72.76              75.62             75.96
72.34              72.78              75.64             75.98
 
72.10              72.46              72.88             75.74
72.12              72.50              72.90             75.76
72.14              72.54              72.92             75.78
72.16              72.58              72.94             75.80
72.18              72.62              72.96             75.82
72.20              72.64              72.98             75.84
72.22              72.66              75.42             75.86
72.24              72.68              75.46             75.88
72.26              72.70              75.50             75.90
72.28              72.72              75.54             75.92
72.30              72.74              75.58             75.94
72.32              72.76              75.62             75.96
72.34              72.78              75.64             75.98
 
                      UHF Channels--State of Hawaii
 



488.250..........................  491.250  489.750............  492.750
488.750..........................  491.750  490.250............  493.250
489.250..........................  492.250  490.750............  493.750
 

    (a) The 72-76 MHz channels may be used in point-to-multipoint 
configurations. The 72-76 MHz channels are also allocated for assignment 
in the Private Radio Services (see part 90 of this chapter).
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) Channels in the frequency ranges 488.250-490.750 and 491.250-
493.750 MHz may be assigned only to inter-island fixed stations located 
in the State of Hawaii.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994; 60 FR 9889, Feb. 22, 1995, as amended at 70 
FR 19309, Apr. 13, 2005; 78 FR 25174, Apr. 29, 2013]



Sec.  22.593  Effective radiated power limits.

    The effective radiated power of fixed stations operating on the 
channels listed in Sec.  22.591 must not exceed 150 Watts. The 
equivalent isotropically radiated power of existing fixed microwave 
stations (2110-2130 and 2160-2180 MHz) licensed under this part 
(pursuant to former rules) must not exceed the applicable limits set 
forth in Sec.  101.113 of this chapter.

[70 FR 19309, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.601  Existing microwave stations licensed under this part.

    Existing microwave stations (2110-2130 and 2160-2180 MHz) licensed 
under this part (pursuant to former rules) are subject to the transition 
rules in Sec.  22.602. No new microwave systems will be authorized under 
this part.
    (a) Coordination required. Before filing applications for authority 
to modify existing stations on these channels or major amendments to 
such applications, carriers must coordinate the planned channel usage, 
using the procedure outlined in Sec.  22.150, with affected parties in 
this radio service and the Point-to-Point Microwave Service and the 
Multipoint Distribution Service. Affected parties are licensees and 
other applicants with previously filed pending applications whose 
stations could affect or be affected by the proposed

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modification of the existing station in terms of interference.
    (b) System parameters. In designing a system modification, the 
applicant must select sites, equipment and channels that will avoid 
harmful interference to other users. All parties must cooperate fully 
and make reasonable efforts to resolve technical problems and conflicts 
that may inhibit the most effective and efficient use of the radio 
spectrum; however, a party receiving notification is not obligated to 
suggest changes or re-design a proposal in cases involving conflicts. 
The applicant must identify in the application all parties with which 
the technical proposal was coordinated. In the event that technical 
problems are not resolved or if an affected party does not respond to 
coordination efforts within 30 days after notification, an explanation 
must be contained in the application. Where technical conflicts are 
resolved by an agreement between the parties that requires special 
procedures to reduce the likelihood of harmful interference (such as the 
use of artificial site shielding), or would result in a reduction of 
quality or capacity of either system, the details thereof must be 
contained in the application.
    (c) Bandwidth. Applicants must request the minimum emission 
bandwidth necessary. The FCC does not authorize bandwidths larger than 
800 kHz under this part.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 70 FR 19309, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.602  Transition of the 2110-2130 and 2160-2180 MHz channels
to emerging technologies.

    The 2110-2130 and 2160-2180 MHz microwave channels formerly listed 
in Sec.  22.591 have been re-allocated for use by emerging technologies 
(ET) services. No new systems will be authorized under this part. The 
rules in this section provide for a transition period during which 
existing Paging and Radiotelephone Service (PARS) licensees using these 
channels may relocate operations to other media or to other fixed 
channels, including those in other microwave bands. For PARS licensees 
relocating operations to other microwave bands, authorization must be 
obtained under part 101 of this chapter.
    (a) Licensees proposing to implement ET services may negotiate with 
PARS licensees authorized to use these channels, for the purpose of 
agreeing to terms under which the PARS licensees would--
    (1) Relocate their operations to other fixed microwave bands or 
other media, or alternatively,
    (2) Accept a sharing arrangement with the ET licensee that may 
result in an otherwise impermissible level of interference to the PARS 
operations.
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) Relocation of fixed microwave licensees in the 2110-2130 MHz and 
2160-2180 MHz bands will be subject to mandatory negotiations only. A 
separate mandatory negotiation period will commence for each fixed 
microwave licensee when an ET licensee informs that fixed microwave 
licensee in writing of its desire to negotiate. Mandatory negotiation 
periods are defined as follows:
    (1) Non-public safety incumbents will have a two-year mandatory 
negotiation period; and
    (2) Public safety incumbents will have a three-year mandatory 
negotiation period.
    (d) The mandatory negotiation period is triggered at the option of 
the ET licensee. Once mandatory negotiations have begun, a PARS licensee 
may not refuse to negotiate and all parties are required to negotiate in 
good faith. Good faith requires each party to provide information to the 
other that is reasonably necessary to facilitate the relocation process. 
In evaluating claims that a party has not negotiated in good faith, the 
FCC will consider, inter alia, the following factors:
    (1) Whether the ET licensee has made a bona fide offer to relocate 
the PARS licensee to comparable facilities in accordance with Section 
101.75(b) of this chapter;
    (2) If the PARS licensee has demanded a premium, the type of premium 
requested (e.g., whether the premium is directly related to relocation, 
such as system-wide relocations and analog-to-digital conversions, 
versus other types of premiums), and whether the value of the premium as 
compared

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to the cost of providing comparable facilities is disproportionate 
(i.e., whether there is a lack of proportion or relation between the 
two);
    (3) What steps the parties have taken to determine the actual cost 
of relocation to comparable facilities;
    (4) Whether either party has withheld information requested by the 
other party that is necessary to estimate relocation costs or to 
facilitate the relocation process. Any party alleging a violation of our 
good faith requirement must attach an independent estimate of the 
relocation costs in question to any documentation filed with the 
Commission in support of its claim. An independent cost estimate must 
include a specification for the comparable facility and a statement of 
the costs associated with providing that facility to the incumbent 
licensee.
    (e) Involuntary period. After the end of the mandatory negotiation 
period, ET licensees may initiate involuntary relocation procedures 
under the Commission's rules. ET licensees are obligated to pay to 
relocate only the specific microwave links to which their systems pose 
an interference problem. Under involuntary relocation, a PARS licensee 
is required to relocate, provided that:
    (1) The ET applicant, provider, licensee or representative 
guarantees payment of relocation costs, including all engineering, 
equipment, site and FCC fees, as well as any legitimate and prudent 
transaction expenses incurred by the PARS licensee that are directly 
attributable to an involuntary relocation, subject to a cap of two 
percent of the hard costs involved. Hard costs are defined as the actual 
costs associated with providing a replacement system, such as equipment 
and engineering expenses. ET licensees are not required to pay PARS 
licensees for internal resources devoted to the relocation process. ET 
licensees are not required to pay for transaction costs incurred by PARS 
licensees during the voluntary or mandatory periods once the involuntary 
period is initiated or for fees that cannot be legitimately tied to the 
provision of comparable facilities;
    (2) The ET applicant, provider, licensee or representative completes 
all activities necessary for implementing the replacement facilities, 
including engineering and cost analysis of the relocation procedure and, 
if radio facilities are involved, identifying and obtaining, on the 
incumbents behalf, new channels and frequency coordination; and,
    (3) The ET applicant, provider, licensee or representative builds 
the replacement system and tests it for comparability with the existing 
2 GHz system.
    (f) Comparable Facilities. The replacement system provided to an 
incumbent during an involuntary relocation must be at least equivalent 
to the existing PARS system with respect to the following three factors:
    (1) Throughput. Communications throughput is the amount of 
information transferred within a system in a given amount of time. If 
analog facilities are being replaced with analog, the ET licensee is 
required to provide the PARS licensee with an equivalent number of 4 kHz 
voice channels. If digital facilities are being replaced with digital, 
the ET licensee must provide the PARS licensee with equivalent data 
loading bits per second (bps). ET licensees must provide PARS licensees 
with enough throughput to satisfy the PARS licensee's system use at the 
time of relocation, not match the total capacity of the PARS system.
    (2) Reliability. System reliability is the degree to which 
information is transferred accurately within a system. ET licensees must 
provide PARS licensees with reliability equal to the overall reliability 
of their system. For digital data systems, reliability is measured by 
the percent of time the bit error rate (BER) exceeds a desired value, 
and for analog or digital voice transmissions, it is measured by the 
percent of time that audio signal quality meets an established 
threshold. If an analog voice system is replaced with a digital voice 
system, only the resulting frequency response, harmonic distortion, 
signal-to-noise ratio and its reliability will be considered in 
determining comparable reliability.
    (3) Operating Costs. Operating costs are the cost to operate and 
maintain the PARS system. ET licensees must compensate PARS licensees 
for any increased recurring costs associated with

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the replacement facilities (e.g. additional rental payments, increased 
utility fees) for five years after relocation. ET licensees may satisfy 
this obligation by making a lump-sum payment based on present value 
using current interest rates. Additionally, the maintenance costs to the 
PARS licensee must be equivalent to the 2 GHz system in order for the 
replacement system to be considered comparable.
    (g) The PARS licensee is not required to relocate until the 
alternative facilities are available to it for a reasonable time to make 
adjustments, determine comparability, and ensure a seamless handoff.
    (h) [Reserved]
    (i) After April 25, 1996, all major modifications and extensions to 
existing PARS systems operating on channels in the 2110-2130 and 2160-
2180 MHz bands will be authorized on a secondary basis to future ET 
operations. All other modifications will render the modified PARS 
license secondary to future ET operations unless the incumbent 
affirmatively justifies primary status and the incumbent PARS licensee 
establishes that the modification would not add to the relocation costs 
of ET licensees. Incumbent PARS licensees will maintain primary status 
for the following technical changes:
    (1) Decreases in power;
    (2) Minor changes (increases or decreases) in antenna height;
    (3) Minor location changes (up to two seconds);
    (4) Any data correction which does not involve a change in the 
location of an existing facility;
    (5) Reductions in authorized bandwidth;
    (6) Minor changes (increases or decreases) in structure height;
    (7) Changes (increases or decreases) in ground elevation that do not 
affect centerline height;
    (8) Minor equipment changes.
    (j) Sunset. PARS licensees will maintain primary status in the 2110-
2130 MHz and 2160-2180 MHz bands unless and until an ET licensee 
requires use of the spectrum. ET licensees are not required to pay 
relocation costs after the relocation rules sunset (i.e., for the 2110-
2130 MHz and 2160-2180 MHz bands, ten years after the first ET license 
is issued in the respective band). Once the relocation rules sunset, an 
ET licensee may require the incumbent to cease operations, provided that 
the ET licensee intends to turn on a system within interference range of 
the incumbent, as determined by TIA TSB 10-F or any standard successor. 
ET licensee notification to the affected PARS licensee must be in 
writing and must provide the incumbent with no less than six months to 
vacate the spectrum. After the six-month notice period has expired, the 
PARS licensee must turn its license back into the Commission, unless the 
parties have entered into an agreement which allows the PARS licensee to 
continue to operate on a mutually agreed upon basis. If the parties 
cannot agree on a schedule or an alternative arrangement, requests for 
extension will be accepted and reviewed on a case-by-case basis. The 
Commission will grant such extensions only if the incumbent can 
demonstrate that:
    (1) It cannot relocate within the six-month period (e.g., because no 
alternative spectrum or other reasonable option is available), and;
    (2) The public interest would be harmed if the incumbent is forced 
to terminate operations (e.g., if public safety communications services 
would be disrupted).
    (k) Reimbursement and relocation expenses in the 2110-2130 MHz and 
2160-2180 MHz bands. Whenever an ET licensee in the 2110-2130 MHz and 
2160-2180 MHz band relocates a paired PARS link with one path in the 
2110-2130 MHz band and the paired path in the 2160-2180 MHz band, the ET 
license will be entitled to reimbursement pursuant to the procedures 
described in Sec. Sec.  27.1160 through 27.1174 of this chapter.

[61 FR 29689, June 12, 1996, as amended at 70 FR 19309, Apr. 13, 2005; 
71 FR 29834, May 24, 2006]



Sec.  22.603  488-494 MHz fixed service in Hawaii.

    Before filing applications for authorization of inter-island control 
and/or repeater stations, applicants must coordinate the planned channel 
usage with existing licensees and other applicants with previously filed 
applications, using the procedure outlined in Sec.  22.150. Applicants 
and licensees shall

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cooperate fully and make reasonable efforts to resolve any channel usage 
conflicts. In situations where technical solutions to such conflicts 
cannot be devised, the FCC may select a channel or channels to assign or 
may designate the application(s) for hearing. To be acceptable for 
filing, applications and major technical amendments must contain a 
certification that coordination has been completed and an exhibit 
listing the name(s) of the licensees and applicants with which the 
planned channel usage has been coordinated.

                      Point-to-Multipoint Operation



Sec.  22.621  Channels for point-to-multipoint operation.

    The following channels are allocated for assignment to transmitters 
utilized within point-to-multipoint systems that support transmitters 
that provide public mobile service. Unless otherwise indicated, all 
channels have a bandwidth of 20 kHz and are designated by their center 
frequencies in MegaHertz. No new licenses will be issued for any 900 MHz 
frequencies in this section. See part 101, subpart O of this chapter for 
treatment of incumbents and for new licensing procedures. Incumbents 
under part 22 are subject to the restrictions of part 101, subpart O of 
this chapter but may make permissible modifications, transfers, 
assignments, or renew their licenses using procedures, forms, fees, and 
filing requirements of part 22.

                           Public Mobile Pool
 
                           (25 kHz bandwidth)
 
928.8625........................  959.8625  928.9375..........  959.9375
928.8875........................  959.8875  928.9625..........  959.9625
928.9125........................  959.9125  928.9875..........  959.9875
 
                          (12.5 kHz bandwidth)
 
928.85625.......................  959.8562  928.93125.........  959.9312
                                   5                             5
928.86875.......................  959.8687  928.94375.........  959.9437
                                   5                             5
928.88125.......................  959.8812  928.95625.........  959.9562
                                   5                             5
928.89375.......................  959.8937  928.96875.........  959.9687
                                   5                             5
928.90625.......................  959.9062  928.98125.........  959.9812
                                   5                             5
928.91875.......................  959.9187  928.99375.........  959.9937
                                   5                             5
 
                    Private Radio General Access Pool
 
                           (25 kHz bandwidth)
 
956.2625........................  956.3125  956.3625..........  956.4125
956.2875........................  956.3375  956.3875..........  956.4375
 
928.0125........................  952.0125  928.1875..........  952.1875
928.0375........................  952.0375  928.2125..........  952.2125
928.0625........................  952.0625  928.2375..........  952.2375
928.0875........................  952.0875  928.2625..........  952.2625
928.1125........................  952.1125  928.2875..........  952.2875
928.1375........................  952.1375  928.3125..........  952.3125
928.1625........................  952.1625  928.3375..........  952.3375
 
                          (12.5 kHz bandwidth)
 
956.25625.......................  956.3062  956.35625.........  956.4062
                                   5                             5
956.26875.......................  956.3187  956.36875.........  956.4187
                                   5                             5
956.28125.......................  956.3312  956.38125.........  956.4312
                                   5                             5
956.29375.......................  956.3437  956.39375.........  956.4437
                                   5                             5
 
928.00625.......................  952.0062  928.18125.........  952.1812
                                   5                             5
928.01875.......................  952.0187  928.19375.........  952.1937
                                   5                             5
928.03125.......................  952.0312  928.20625.........  952.2062
                                   5                             5
928.04375.......................  952.0437  928.21875.........  952.2187
                                   5                             5
928.05625.......................  952.0562  928.23125.........  952.2312
                                   5                             5
928.06875.......................  952.0687  928.24375.........  952.2437
                                   5                             5
928.08125.......................  952.0812  928.25625.........  952.2562
                                   5                             5
928.09375.......................  952.0937  928.26875.........  952.2687
                                   5                             5
928.10625.......................  952.1062  928.28125.........  952.2812
                                   5                             5
928.11875.......................  952.1187  928.29375.........  952.2937
                                   5                             5
928.13125.......................  952.1312  928.30625.........  952.3062
                                   5                             5
928.14375.......................  952.1437  928.31875.........  952.3187
                                   5                             5
928.15625.......................  952.1562  928.33125.........  952.3312
                                   5                             5
928.16875.......................  952.1687  928.34375.........  952.3437
                                   5                             5
 
                        Private Radio Power Pool
 
                           (25 kHz bandwidth)
 
928.3625........................  952.3625  928.6125..........  952.6125
928.3875........................  952.3875  928.6375..........  952.6375
928.4125........................  952.4125  928.6625..........  952.6625
928.4375........................  952.4375  928.6875..........  952.6875
928.4625........................  952.4625  928.7125..........  952.7125
928.4875........................  952.4875  928.7375..........  952.7375
928.5125........................  952.5125  928.7625..........  952.7625
928.5375........................  952.5375  928.7875..........  952.7875
928.5625........................  952.5625  928.8125..........  952.8125
928.5875........................  952.5875  928.8375..........  952.8375
 
                          (12.5 kHz bandwidth)
 
928.35625.......................  952.3562  928.60625.........  952.6062
                                   5                             5
928.36875.......................  952.3687  928.61875.........  952.6187
                                   5                             5
928.38125.......................  952.3812  928.63125.........  952.6312
                                   5                             5
928.39375.......................  952.3937  928.64375.........  952.6437
                                   5                             5
928.40625.......................  952.4062  928.65625.........  952.6562
                                   5                             5
928.41875.......................  952.4187  928.66875.........  952.6687
                                   5                             5
928.43125.......................  952.4312  928.68125.........  952.6812
                                   5                             5
928.44375.......................  952.4437  928.69375.........  952.6937
                                   5                             5
928.45625.......................  952.4562  928.70625.........  952.7062
                                   5                             5
928.46875.......................  952.4687  928.71875.........  952.7187
                                   5                             5
928.48125.......................  952.4812  928.73125.........  952.7312
                                   5                             5
928.49375.......................  952.4937  928.74375.........  952.7437
                                   5                             5
928.50625.......................  952.5062  928.75625.........  952.7562
                                   5                             5
928.51875.......................  952.5187  928.76875.........  952.7687
                                   5                             5
928.53125.......................  952.5312  928.78125.........  952.7812
                                   5                             5
928.54375.......................  952.5437  928.79375.........  952.7937
                                   5                             5
928.55625.......................  952.5562  928.80625.........  952.8062
                                   5                             5
928.56875.......................  952.5687  928.81875.........  952.8187
                                   5                             5
928.58125.......................  952.5812  928.83125.........  952.8312
                                   5                             5
928.59375.......................  952.5937  928.84375.........  952.8437
                                   5                             5
 
                 Public, Private, Government Shared Pool
 
                          (12.5 kHz bandwidth)
 
932.00625.......................  941.0062  932.25625.........  941.2562
                                   5                             5
932.01875.......................  941.0187  932.26875.........  941.2687
                                   5                             5
932.03125.......................  941.0312  932.28125.........  941.2812
                                   5                             5
932.04375.......................  941.0437  932.29375.........  941.2937
                                   5                             5
932.05625.......................  941.0562  932.30625.........  941.3062
                                   5                             5
932.06875.......................  941.0687  932.31875.........  941.3187
                                   5                             5
932.08125.......................  941.0812  932.33125.........  941.3312
                                   5                             5
932.09375.......................  941.0937  932.34375.........  941.3437
                                   5                             5
932.10625.......................  941.1062  932.35625.........  941.3562
                                   5                             5
932.11875.......................  941.1187  932.36875.........  941.3687
                                   5                             5
932.13125.......................  941.1312  932.38125.........  941.3812
                                   5                             5
932.14375.......................  941.1437  932.39375.........  941.3937
                                   5                             5
932.15625.......................  941.1562  932.40625.........  941.4062
                                   5                             5
932.16875.......................  941.1687  932.41875.........  941.4187
                                   5                             5
932.18125.......................  941.1812  932.43125.........  941.4312
                                   5                             5
932.19375.......................  941.1937  932.44375.........  941.4437
                                   5                             5
932.20625.......................  941.2062  932.45625.........  941.4562
                                   5                             5
932.21875.......................  941.2187  932.46875.........  941.4687
                                   5                             5
932.23125.......................  941.2312  932.48125.........  941.4812
                                   5                             5
932.24375.......................  941.2437  932.49375.........  941.4937
                                   5                             5
 

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                  UHF Channels in Specified Urban Areas
 
                                 Boston
 
470.0125........................  473.0125  482.0125..........  485.0125
470.0375........................  473.0375  482.0375..........  485.0375
470.0625........................  473.0625  482.0625..........  485.0625
470.0875........................  473.0875  482.0875..........  485.0875
470.1125........................  473.1125  482.1125..........  485.1125
470.1375........................  473.1375  482.1375..........  485.1375
470.1625........................  473.1625  482.1625..........  485.1625
470.1875........................  473.1875  482.1875..........  485.1875
470.2125........................  473.2125  482.2125..........  485.2125
470.2375........................  473.2375  482.2375..........  485.2375
470.2625........................  473.2625  482.2625..........  485.2625
470.2875........................  473.2875  482.2875..........  485.2875
 
                           Chicago, Cleveland
 
470.0125........................  473.0125  476.0125..........  479.0125
470.0375........................  473.0375  476.0375..........  479.0375
470.0625........................  473.0625  476.0625..........  479.0625
470.0875........................  473.0875  476.0875..........  479.0875
470.1125........................  473.1125  476.1125..........  479.1125
470.1375........................  473.1375  476.1375..........  479.1375
470.1625........................  473.1625  476.1625..........  479.1625
470.1875........................  473.1875  476.1875..........  479.1875
470.2125........................  473.2125  476.2125..........  479.2125
470.2375........................  473.2375  476.2375..........  479.2375
470.2625........................  473.2625  476.2625..........  479.2625
470.2875........................  473.2875  476.2875..........  479.2875
 
                    New York-Northeastern New Jersey
 
470.0125........................  470.1625  476.0125..........  476.1625
470.0375........................  470.1875  476.0375..........  476.1875
470.0625........................  470.2125  476.0625..........  476.2125
470.0875........................  470.2375  476.0875..........  476.2375
470.1125........................  470.2625  476.1125..........  476.2625
470.1375........................  470.2875  476.1375..........  476.2875
 
                           Dallas-Forth Worth
 
482.0125........................  482.1625  485.0125..........  485.1625
482.0375........................  482.1875  485.0375..........  485.1875
482.0625........................  482.2125  485.0625..........  485.2125
482.0875........................  482.2375  485.0875..........  485.2375
482.1125........................  482.2625  485.1125..........  485.2625
482.1375........................  482.2875  485.1375..........  485.2875
 
                                 Detroit
 
476.0125........................  479.0125  482.0125..........  485.0125
476.0375........................  479.0375  482.0375..........  485.0375
476.0625........................  479.0625  482.0625..........  485.0625
476.0875........................  479.0875  482.0875..........  485.0875
476.1125........................  479.1125  482.1125..........  485.1125
476.1375........................  479.1375  482.1375..........  485.1375
476.1625........................  479.1625  482.1625..........  485.1625
476.1875........................  479.1875  482.1875..........  485.1875
476.2125........................  479.2125  482.2125..........  485.2125
476.2375........................  479.2375  482.2375..........  485.2375
476.2625........................  479.2625  482.2625..........  485.2625
476.2875........................  479.2875  482.2875..........  485.2875
 
                                 Houston
 
488.1625........................  491.1625  488.2375..........  491.2375
488.1875........................  491.1875  488.2625..........  491.2625
488.2125........................  491.2125  488.2875..........  491.2875
 
                               Los Angeles
 
470.0125........................  473.0125  506.0625..........  509.0625
470.0375........................  473.0375  506.0875..........  509.0875
506.0125........................  509.0125  506.1125..........  509.1125
506.0375........................  509.0375
 
                                  Miami
 
470.0125........................  470.1625  473.0125..........  473.1625
470.0375........................  470.1875  473.0375..........  473.1875
470.0625........................  470.2125  473.0625..........  473.2125
470.0875........................  470.2375  473.0875..........  473.2375
470.1125........................  470.2625  473.1125..........  473.2625
470.1375........................  470.2875  473.1375..........  473.2875
 
                              Philadelphia
 
500.0125........................  503.0125  506.0125..........  509.0125
500.0375........................  503.0375  506.0375..........  509.0375
500.0625........................  503.0625  506.0625..........  509.0625
500.0875........................  503.0875  506.0875..........  509.0875
500.1125........................  503.1125  506.1125..........  509.1125
500.1375........................  503.1375  506.1375..........  509.1375
500.1625........................  503.1625  506.1625..........  509.1625
500.1875........................  503.1875  506.1875..........  509.1875
500.2125........................  503.2125  506.2125..........  509.2125
500.2375........................  503.2375  506.2375..........  509.2375
500.2625........................  503.2625  506.2625..........  509.2625
500.2875........................  503.2875  506.2875..........  509.2875
 
                               Pittsburgh
 
470.0125........................  470.1625  473.0125..........  473.1625
470.0375........................  470.1875  473.0375..........  473.1875
470.0625........................  470.2125  473.0625..........  473.2125
470.0875........................  470.2375  473.0875..........  473.2375
470.1125........................  470.2625  473.1125..........  473.2625
470.1375........................  470.2875  473.1375..........  473.2875
 
                              San Francisco
 
482.0125........................  485.0125  488.0125..........  491.0125
482.0375........................  485.0375  488.0375..........  491.0375
482.0625........................  485.0625  488.0625..........  491.0625
482.0875........................  485.0875  488.0875..........  491.0875
482.1125........................  485.1125  488.1125..........  491.1125
482.1375........................  485.1375  488.1375..........  491.1375
482.1625........................  485.1625  488.1625..........  491.1625
482.1875........................  485.1875  488.1875..........  491.1875
482.2125........................  485.2125  488.2125..........  491.2125
482.2375........................  485.2375  488.2375..........  491.2375
482.2625........................  485.2625  488.2625..........  491.2625
482.2875........................  485.2875  488.2875..........  491.2875
 
                             Washington, DC
 
488.0125........................  491.0125  494.0125..........  497.0125
488.0375........................  491.0375  494.0375..........  497.0375
488.0625........................  491.0625  494.0625..........  497.0625
488.0875........................  491.0875  494.0875..........  497.0875
488.1125........................  491.1125  494.1125..........  497.1125
488.1375........................  491.1375  494.1375..........  497.1375
488.1625........................  491.1625  494.1625..........  497.1625
488.1875........................  491.1875  494.1875..........  497.1875
488.2125........................  491.2125  494.2125..........  497.2125
488.2375........................  491.2375  494.2375..........  497.2375
488.2625........................  491.2625  494.2625..........  497.2625
488.2875........................  491.2875  494.2875..........  497.2875
 


[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994; 60 FR 9890, Feb. 22, 1995, as amended at 61 
FR 54099, Oct. 17, 1996; 65 FR 17448, Apr. 3, 2000]



Sec.  22.623  System configuration.

    This section requires a minimum configuration for point-to-
multipoint systems using the channels listed in Sec.  22.621.
    (a) 928-960 MHz. The channels may be assigned, individually or 
paired, only to fixed transmitters in a system that controls at least 
four public mobile base transmitters that transmit on the same channel. 
If a 932-933 MHz channel and a 941-942 MHz channel are assigned as a 
pair, the 941-942 MHz channel must be assigned only to control 
transmitters; the 932-933 MHz channel may be assigned to control or 
fixed relay transmitters.
    (b) 470-512 MHz. These channels may be assigned only individually 
(unpaired), to control transmitters that

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directly control at least four public mobile base transmitters that 
transmit on the same channel. Fixed relay transmitters are not 
authorized.
    (c) Selection and assignment. The FCC selects and assigns a channel 
when granting applications for authorization to operate a new station to 
transmit in the 470-512, 932-933 and 941-942 MHz frequency ranges. 
Applicants having a preference may request the assignment of a specific 
channel or channel pair, but the FCC may in some cases be unable to 
satisfy such requests.



Sec.  22.625  Transmitter locations.

    This section governs where point-to-multipoint transmitters on the 
channels listed in Sec.  22.621 may be located.
    (a) 928-960 MHz. In this frequency range, the required minimum 
distance separation between co-channel fixed transmitters is 113 
kilometers (70 miles).
    (b) 470-512 MHz. The purpose of the rule in paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section is to define the areas in which the 470-512 MHz channels are 
allocated for public mobile use. The purpose of the rules in paragraphs 
(b)(2) and (b)(3) of this section is to reduce the likelihood that 
interference to television reception from public mobile operations on 
these channels will occur.
    (1) Control transmitter locations. Control transmitter locations 
must be within 80 kilometers (50 miles) of the designated locations in 
this paragraph.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Urban area                  N. latitude   W. longitude
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boston, MA.................................  42[deg]21[m  71[deg]03[min]
                                             in]24.4[sec       22.2[sec]
                                                       ]
Chicago, IL................................  41[deg]52[m  87[deg]38[min]
                                             in]28.1[sec       22.2[sec]
                                                       ]
Cleveland, OH..............................  41[deg]29[m  81[deg]41[min]
                                             in]51.2[sec       49.5[sec]
                                                       ]
Dallas, TX.................................  32[deg]47[m  96[deg]47[min]
                                             in]09.5[sec       38.0[sec]
                                                       ]
Detroit, MI................................  42[deg]19[m  83[deg]02[min]
                                             in]48.1[sec       56.7[sec]
                                                       ]
Houston, TX................................  29[deg]45[m  95[deg]21[min]
                                             in]26.8[sec       37.8[sec]
                                                       ]
Los Angeles, CA............................  34[deg]03[m  18[deg]14[min]
                                             in]15.0[sec       31.3[sec]
                                                       ]
Miami, FL..................................  25[deg]46[m  80[deg]11[min]
                                             in]38.6[sec       31.2[sec]
                                                       ]
New York, NY...............................  40[deg]45[m  73[deg]59[min]
                                             in]6.4[sec]       37.5[sec]
Philadelphia, PA...........................  39[deg]56[m  75[deg]09[min]
                                             in]58.4[sec       19.6[sec]
                                                       ]
Pittsburgh, PA.............................  40[deg]26[m  79[deg]59[min]
                                             in]19.2[sec       59.2[sec]
                                                       ]
San Francisco-Oakland, CA..................  37[deg]46[m  122[deg]24[min
                                             in]38.7[sec      ]43.9[sec]
                                                       ]
Washington, DC.............................  38[deg]53[m  77[deg]00[min]
                                             in]51.4[sec       31.9[sec]
                                                       ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: Coordinates are referenced to North American Datum 1983 (NAD 83).

    (2) Protection from intermodulation interference. Control 
transmitter locations must be at least 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) from the 
main transmitter locations of all TV stations transmitting on TV 
channels separated by 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, or 8 TV channels from the TV 
channel containing the frequencies on which the control station will 
transmit. This requirement is intended to reduce the likelihood of 
intermodulation interference.
    (3) Co-channel protection from control transmitters with high 
antennas. This paragraph applies only to control transmitters that 
utilize an antenna height of more than 152 meters (500 feet) above 
average terrain. The distance between the location of such a control 
transmitter and the applicable protected TV station location specified 
in this paragraph must equal or exceed the sum of the distance from the 
control transmitter location to the radio horizon in the direction of 
the specified location and 89 kilometers (55 miles--representing the 
distance from the main transmitter location of the TV station to its 
Grade B contour in the direction of the control transmitter). The 
protected TV station locations in this paragraph are the locations of 
record as of September 1974, and these do not change even though the TV 
stations may have been subsequently relocated.
    (i) The protected TV station locations are as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Control transmitter frequency range     Protected TV station location
------------------------------------------------------------------------
470-476 MHz............................  Washington, DC
                                          38[deg]57[min]17[sec]
                                          77[deg]00[min]17[sec]
476-482 MHz............................  Lancaster, PA
                                          40[deg]15[min]45[sec]
                                          76[deg]27[min]49[sec]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (ii) The distance to the radio horizon is calculated using the 
following formula:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR17NO94.008

where

d is the distance to the radio horizon in kilometers
h is the height of the antenna center of radiation above ground level in 
          meters

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 63 FR 68946, Dec. 14, 1998, 
70 FR 19309, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.627  Effective radiated power limits.

    The effective radiated power (ERP) of transmitters operating on the 
channels listed in Sec.  22.621 must not exceed the limits in this 
section.

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    (a) Maximum ERP. The ERP must not exceed the applicable limits in 
this paragraph under any circumstances.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum ERP
                   Frequency range (MHz)                       (watts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
470-512....................................................         1000
928-929....................................................           50
932-933....................................................           30
941-942....................................................          600
952-960....................................................          150
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) 470-512 MHz limits. The purpose of the rules in paragraphs 
(b)(1) through (b)(3) of this section is to reduce the likelihood that 
interference to television receiption from public mobile operations on 
these channels will occur. The protected TV station locations specified 
in this section are the locations of record as of September 1974, and 
these do not change even though the TV stations may have been 
subsequently relocated.
    (1) Co-channel protection. The ERP of control transmitters must not 
exceed the limits in the tables in paragraphs (b)(1)(ii) and (b)(1)(iii) 
of this section. The limits depend upon the height above average terrain 
of the control transmitter antenna and the distance between the control 
transmitter and the nearest protected TV station location in paragraph 
(b)(1)(i) of this section.
    (i) The protected TV station locations are as follows (all 
coordinates are referenced to North American Datum 1983 (NAD83)):

------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Control transmitter frequency range     Protected TV station location
------------------------------------------------------------------------
470-476 MHz...........................  Jacksonville, IL,
                                         39[deg]45[min]52.2[sec] N. Lat.
                                         90[deg]30[min]29.5[sec] W.
                                         Long.
                                        Mt. Pleasant, MI,
                                         43[deg]34[min]24.1[sec] N. Lat.
                                         84[deg]46[min]21.1[sec] W.
                                         Long.
476-482 MHz...........................  Oxford, OH,
482-488 MHz...........................   39[deg]30[min]26.2[sec] N. Lat.
488-494 MHz...........................   84[deg]44[min]8.8[sec] W. Long.
494-500 MHz...........................  Washington, DC,
500-506 MHz...........................   38[deg]57[min]17.4[sec] N. Lat.
506-512 MHz...........................   77[deg]00[min]15.9[sec] W.
                                         Long.
                                        Champaign, IL,
                                         40[deg]04[min]11.1[sec] N. Lat.
                                         87[deg]54[min]45.1[sec] W.
                                         Long.
                                        Madison, WI,
                                         43[deg]03[min]01.0[sec] N. Lat.
                                         89[deg]29[min]15.4[sec] W.
                                         Long.
                                        Parkersburg, WV,
                                         39[deg]20[min]50.3[sec] N. Lat.
                                         81[deg]33[min]55.5[sec] W.
                                         Long.
                                        Fort Wayne, IN,
                                         41[deg]05[min]35.2[sec] N. Lat.
                                         85[deg]10[min]41.9[sec] W.
                                         Long.
                                        Lancaster, PA,
                                         40[deg]15[min]45.3[sec] N. Lat.
                                         76[deg]27[min]47.9[sec] W.
                                         Long.
                                        South Bend, IN,
                                         41[deg]36[min]26.2[sec] N. Lat.
                                         86[deg]27[min]48.1[sec] W.
                                         Long.
                                        Philadelphia, PA,
                                         40[deg]02[min]30.4[sec] N. Lat.
                                         75[deg]14[min]22.6[sec] W.
                                         Long.
                                        None.
                                        Johnstown, PA,
                                         40[deg]19[min]47.3[sec] N. Lat.
                                         78[deg]53[min]44.1[sec] W.
                                         Long.
                                        Washington, DC,
                                         38[deg]57[min]49.4[sec] N. Lat.
                                         77[deg]06[min]16.9[sec] W.
                                         Long.
                                        Waterbury, CT,
                                         41[deg]31[min]2.3[sec] N. Lat.
                                         73[deg]00[min]58.4[sec] W.
                                         Long.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (ii) Table E-3 and E-4 apply to control transmitters in the New 
York-Northeastern New Jersey and Cleveland urban areas that transmit on 
channels in the 476-482 MHz range and to control transmitters in the 
Detroit urban area that transmit on channels in the 482-488 MHz range.
    (iii) Tables E-5 and E-6 apply to all control transmitters except 
those to which Tables E-3 and E-4 apply.
    (2) Adjacent channel protection. The ERP of control transmitters 
must not exceed the limits in Table E-7. The limits depend upon the 
height above average terrain of the control transmitter antenna and the 
distance between the control transmitter and the nearest protected TV 
station location listed in this paragraph. The protected TV station 
locations are as follows (all coordinates are referenced to North 
American Datum 1983 (NAD83)):

------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Control transmitter frequency       Protected TV station        TV
               range                         location            channel
------------------------------------------------------------------------
470-476 MHz.......................  Hanover, NH,                    (15)
                                     43[deg]42[min]30.3[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     72[deg]09[min]14.3[sec]
                                     W. Long.
                                    Madison, WI,                    (15)
                                     43[deg]03[min]01.0[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     89[deg]29[min]15.4[sec]
                                     W. Long.
                                    Champaign, IL,                  (15)
                                     40[deg]04[min]11.1[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     87[deg]54[min]45.1[sec]
                                     W. Long.
                                    San Diego, CA,                  (15)
                                     32[deg]41[min]48.2[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     116[deg]56[min]13.1[sec]
                                     W. Long.
                                    Lancaster, PA,                  (15)
                                     40[deg]15[min]45.3[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     76[deg]27[min]47.9[sec]
                                     W. Long.
                                    Parkersburg, WV,                (15)
                                     39[deg]20[min]50.3[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     81[deg]33[min]55.5[sec]
                                     W. Long.
476-482 MHz.......................  South Bend, IN,                 (16)
                                     41[deg]36[min]26.2[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     86[deg]27[min]48.1[sec]
                                     W. Long.
                                    Pittsburgh, PA,                 (16)
                                     40[deg]26[min]46.2[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     79[deg]57[min]50.2[sec]
                                     W. Long.
                                    Mt. Pleasant, MI,               (14)
                                     43[deg]34[min]24.1[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     84[deg]46[min]21.1[sec]
                                     W. Long.
                                    Scranton, PA,                   (16)
                                     41[deg]10[min]58.3[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     75[deg]52[min]19.7[sec]
                                     W. Long.
482-488 MHz.......................  Hanover, NH,                    (15)
                                     43[deg]42[min]30.3[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     72[deg]09[min]14.3[sec]
                                     W. Long.
                                    Fort Wayne, IN,                 (15)
                                     41[deg]05[min]35.2[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     85[deg]10[min]41.9[sec]
                                     W. Long.
488-494 MHz.......................  Salisbury, MD,                  (16)
                                     38[deg]24[min]15.4[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     75[deg]34[min]43.7[sec]
                                     W. Long.
494-500 MHz.......................  Philadelphia, PA,               (17)
                                     40[deg]02[min]30.4[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     75[deg]14[min]22.6[sec]
                                     W. Long.

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500-506 MHz.......................  Washington, DC,                 (20)
                                     38[deg]57[min]17.4[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     77[deg]00[min]15.9[sec]
                                     W. Long.
506-512 MHz.......................  Harrisburg, PA,                 (21)
                                     40[deg]20[min]44.3[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     76[deg]52[min]07.9[sec]
                                     W. Long.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (c) Los Angeles area. This paragraph applies only to control 
transmitters in the Los Angeles urban area that utilize an antenna 
height of 457 or more meters (1500 or more feet) above mean sea level. 
The ERP of such transmitters must not exceed the following limits:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Antenna height                             ERP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     AMSL in meters (feet)                       (Watts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
457 (1500) to 610 (2000)......................................       155
611 (2001) to 762 (2500)......................................       100
763 (2501) to 914 (3000)......................................        70
915 (3001) to 1067 (3500).....................................        50
1068 (3501) to 1219 (4000)....................................        40
1220 (4001) to 1372 (4500)....................................        30
1373 (4501) and above.........................................        25
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                    Table E-3--Maximum ERP (Watts) for Control Transmitters (HAAT 152 Meters or Less)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                  Antenna height above average terrain in meters (feet)
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Distance to protected TV station in kilometers (miles)                  30       46       61       76       91      107      122      137      152
                                                                15 (50)   (100)    (150)    (200)    (250)    (300)    (350)    (400)    (450)    (500)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
209 (130).....................................................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000
201 (125).....................................................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000      850      750      725
193 (120).....................................................     1000     1000     1000     1000      900      750      675      600      550      500
185 (115).....................................................     1000     1000      800      725      600      525      475      425      375      350
177 (110).....................................................      850      700      600      500      425      375      325      300      275      225
169 (105).....................................................      600      475      400      325      275      250      225      200      175      150
161 (100).....................................................      400      325      275      225      175      150      140      125      110      100
153 (95)......................................................      275      225      175      125      110       95       80       70       60       50
145 (90)......................................................      175      125      100       75       50  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See Sec.   22.627(b)(1)(ii). This table is for antenna heights of 152 meters (500 feet) or less above average terrain. For antenna heights between those
  in the table, use the next higher antenna height. For distances between those in the table, use the next lower distance.


               Table E-4--Maximum ERP (Watts) for Control Transmitters (HAAT More Than 152 Meters)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Antenna height above average terrain in meters
                                                                                   (feet)
  Distance to protected TV station in kilometers (miles)   -----------------------------------------------------
                                                              152      305      457      610      762      914
                                                             (500)    (1000)   (1500)   (2000)   (2500)   (3000)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
209 (130).................................................     1000      447      219      117       71       46
193 (120).................................................      500      209       95       50       30       19
177 (110).................................................      225       91       35       19       11        8
161 (100).................................................      100       30       10        5        3        2
153 (95)..................................................       50       13        5        3        2        1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See Sec.   22.627(b)(1)(ii). This table is for antenna heights of more than 152 meters (500 feet) above average
  terrain. For intermediate values of height and/or distance, use linear interpolation to obtain the maximum
  permitted ERP.


                                    Table E-5--Maximum ERP (Watts) for Control Transmitters (HAAT 152 Meters or Less)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                  Antenna Height Above Average Terrain in meters (feet)
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Distance to protected TV station in kilometers (miles)                  30       46       61       76       91      107      122      137      152
                                                                15 (50)   (100)    (150)    (200)    (250)    (300)    (350)    (400)    (450)    (500)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
261 (162).....................................................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000
257 (160).....................................................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000      800
249 (155).....................................................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000      875      775      700      625      575
241 (150).....................................................     1000     1000      950      775      725      625      550      500      450      400
233 (145).....................................................      850      750      650      575      500      440      400      350      320      300
225 (140).....................................................      600      575      465      400      350      300      275      250      230      225
217 (135).....................................................      450      400      335      300      255      240      200      185      165      150
209 (130).....................................................      350      300      245      200      185      160      145      125      120      100
201 (125).....................................................      225      200      170      150      125      110      100       90       80       75
193 (120).....................................................      175      150      125      105       90       80       70       60       55       50
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See Sec.   22.627(b)(1)(iii). This table applies for antenna heights of 152 meters (500 feet) or less above average terrain. For antenna heights between
  those in the table, use the next higher antenna height. For distances between those in the table, use the next lower distance.


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               Table E-6--Maximum ERP (Watts) for Control Transmitters (HAAT More Than 152 Meters)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Antenna height above average terrain in meters
                                                                                   (feet)
  Distance to protected TV station in kilometers (miles)   -----------------------------------------------------
                                                              152      305      457      610      762      914
                                                             (500)    (1000)   (1500)   (2000)   (2500)   (3000)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
261 (162).................................................     1000      501      282      170      110       71
241 (150).................................................      400      209      110       60       36       23
225 (140).................................................      225      102       50       28       16       10
209 (130).................................................      100       48       21       11        7        5
193 (120).................................................       50       19        9        5        3       2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See Sec.   22.627(b)(1)(iii). This table is for antenna heights of more than 152 meters (500 feet) above average
  terrain. For intermediate values of height and/or distance, use linear interpolation to obtain the maximum
  permitted ERP.


                             Table E-7--Maximum ERP (Watts) for Control Transmitters
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Antenna height above average terrain in meters (feet)
    Distance to protected TV    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 station in kilometers (miles)      30       46       61       76       91      107      122      137      152
                                  (100)    (150)    (200)    (250)    (300)    (350)    (400)    (450)    (500)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
108 (67).......................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000
106 (66).......................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000      750
105 (65).......................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000      825      650      600
103 (64).......................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000      775      625      500      400
101 (63).......................     1000     1000     1000     1000      440      400      350      320      300
100 (62).......................     1000     1000     1000      525      375      250      200      150      125
98 (61)........................     1000      700      450      250      200      125      100       75       50
97 (60)........................     1000      425      225      125      100       75       50  .......  .......
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See Sec.   22.627(b)(2). This table applies to control transmitters in the Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit,
  Los Angeles, New York-Northeastern New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington, DC urban areas. This
  table is for antenna heights of 152 meters (500 feet) or less above average terrain. For antenna heights
  between those in the table, use the next higher antenna height. For distances between those in the table, use
  the next lower distance.


[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994; 60 FR 9890, Feb. 22, 1995, as amended at 63 
FR 68946, Dec. 14, 1998]

                  470-512 MHz Trunked Mobile Operation



Sec.  22.651  470-512 MHz channels for trunked mobile operation.

    The following channels are allocated for assignment to transmitters 
providing trunked public mobile service within the specified urban 
areas. All channels have a bandwidth of 20 kHz and are designated by 
their center frequencies in MegaHertz.

                                 Houston
 
488.0125........................  491.0125  488.0875..........  491.0875
488.0375........................  491.0375  488.1125..........  491.1125
488.0625........................  491.0625  488.1375..........  491.1375
 
                      New York-Northern New Jersey
 
473.0125........................  479.0125  473.1625..........  479.1625
473.0375........................  479.0375  473.1875..........  479.1875
473.0625........................  479.0625  473.2125..........  479.2125
473.0875........................  479.0875  473.2375..........  479.2375
473.1125........................  479.1125  473.2625..........  479.2625
473.1375........................  479.1375  473.2875..........  479.2875
 


[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994; 60 FR 9891, Feb. 22, 1995]



Sec.  22.653  Eligibility.

    Only licensees already authorized to provide trunked mobile service 
or their successors in interest are eligible to apply for additional use 
of these channels for trunked mobile service, and then only in the urban 
areas already authorized.



Sec.  22.657  Transmitter locations.

    The purpose of the rules in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section 
is to define the areas in which the 470-512 MHz channels are allocated 
for public mobile use. The purpose of the rules in paragraphs (c) 
through (f) of this section is to reduce the likelihood that 
interference to television reception from public mobile operations on 
these channels will occur. The protected TV station locations specified 
in paragraphs (d), (e)(1) and (f) of this section are the locations of 
record as of September 1974, and these do not change even though the TV 
stations may have been subsequently relocated.

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    (a) Base transmitter locations. Base transmitter locations must be 
within 80 kilometers (50 miles) of the designated locations in this 
paragraph. Mobile transmitters must not be operated at locations more 
than 129 kilometers (80 miles) from the designated locations in this 
paragraph. Note: All coordinates are referenced to North American Datum 
1983 (NAD83).

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  W.
                  Urban area                    N. latitude   longitude
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Houston, TX...................................  29[deg]45[m  95[deg]21[m
                                                in]26.8[sec  in]37.8[sec
                                                          ]            ]
New York, NY-NE NJ............................  40[deg]45[m  73[deg]59[m
                                                in]06.4[sec  in]37.5[sec
                                                          ]            ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Mobile area of operation. Mobile transmitters must not be 
operated at locations more than 48 kilometers (30 miles) from all 
associated base stations.
    (c) Protection from intermodulation interference. Base transmitter 
locations must be at least 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) from the current main 
transmitter locations of all TV stations transmitting on TV channels 
separated by 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, or 8 TV channels from the TV channel 
containing the frequencies on which the base station will transmit. This 
requirement is intended to reduce the likelihood of intermodulation 
interference.
    (d) Adjacent channel protection from mobile transmitters. Base 
transmitter locations must be at least 145 kilometers (90 miles) from 
the applicable protected TV station locations specified in this 
paragraph. This requirement is intended to provide a 0 dB minimum 
desired to undesired signal strength ratio at the Grade B contour of an 
adjacent channel TV station. Note: All coordinates are referenced to 
North American Datum 1983 (NAD83).

------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Control transmitter frequency       Protected TV station        TV
               range                         location            channel
------------------------------------------------------------------------
470-476 MHz.......................  Lancaster, PA,                  (15)
                                     40[deg]15[min]45.3[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     76[deg]27[min]47.9[sec]
                                     W. Long.
476-482 MHz.......................  Scranton, PA,                   (16)
                                     41[deg]10[min]58.3[sec]
                                     N. Lat.
                                     75[deg]52[min]19.7[sec]
                                     W. Long.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (e) Co-channel protection from mobile transmitters. Base transmitter 
locations must be at least the distance specified in paragraph (e)(2) of 
this section from the applicable protected TV station locations 
specified in paragraph (e)(1) of this section. This requirement is 
intended to provide a 40 dB minimum desired to undesired signal strength 
ratio at the Grade B contour of a co-channel TV station.
    (1) The protected TV station locations are as follows (all 
coordinates are referenced to North American Datum 1983 (NAD83)):

------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Control transmitter frequency range     Protected TV station location
------------------------------------------------------------------------
470-476 MHz............................  Washington, DC,
                                          38[deg]57[min]17.4[sec] N.
                                          Lat. 77[deg]00[min]15.9[sec]
                                          W. Long.
476-482 MHz............................  Lancaster, PA,
                                          40[deg]15[min]45.3[sec] N.
                                          Lat. 76[deg]27[min]47.9[sec]
                                          W. Long.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) The required minimum distance depends upon the effective 
radiated power (ERP) of the most powerful mobile transmitter(s) in the 
system:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      Minimum distance
             Mobile unit ERP (watts)              ----------------------
                                                   Kilometers    Miles
------------------------------------------------------------------------
60...............................................         193      (120)
50...............................................         185      (115)
25...............................................         177      (110)
10...............................................         169      (105)
5................................................         161      (100)
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (f) Co-channel protection from base transmitters with high antennas. 
This paragraph applies only to base transmitter locations in the New 
York-Northeastern New Jersey urban area that utilize an antenna height 
of more than 152 meters (500 feet) above average terrain. The distance 
between the location of such a base transmitter and the applicable 
protected TV station location specified in this paragraph must equal or 
exceed the sum of the distance from the base transmitter location to the 
radio horizon in the direction of the specified location and 89 
kilometers (55 miles--representing the distance from the main 
transmitter location of the TV station to its Grade B contour in the 
direction of the base transmitter). The distance to the radio horizon is 
calculated as follows:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR14DE98.026

Where d is the distance to the radio horizon in kilometers h is the 
          height of the antenna center of radiation above ground level 
          in meters


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    Note: All coordinates are referenced to North American Datum 1983 
(NAD83)):

------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Control transmitter frequency range     Protected TV station location
------------------------------------------------------------------------
470-476 MHz............................  Washington, DC,
                                          38[deg]57[min]17.4[sec] N.
                                          Lat. 77[deg]00[min]15.9[sec]
                                          W. Long.
476-482 MHz............................  Lancaster, PA,
                                          40[deg]15[min]45.3[sec] N.
                                          Lat. 76[deg]27[min]47.9[sec]
                                          W. Long.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (g) The FCC may waive specific distance separation requirements of 
paragraphs (d) through (f) of this section if the applicant submits an 
engineering analysis which demonstrates that terrain effects and/or 
operation with less effective radiated power would satisfy the 
applicable minimum desired to undesired signal strength ratios at the 
Grade B contours of the protected TV stations. For this purpose, the 
Grade B contour of a TV station is deemed to be a circle with a 89 
kilometer (55 mile) radius, centered on the protected TV station 
location, and along which the median TV signal field strength is 64 
dB[micro]V/m. In any showing intended to demonstrate compliance with the 
minimum desired to undesired signal ratio requirements of this section, 
all predicted field strengths must have been determined using the UHF TV 
propagation curves contained in part 73 of this chapter.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 63 FR 68947, Dec. 14, 1998]



Sec.  22.659  Effective radiated power limits.

    The purpose of the rules in this section, which limit effective 
radiated power (ERP), is to reduce the likelihood that interference to 
television reception from public mobile operations on these channels 
will occur. The protected TV station locations specified in this section 
are the locations of record as of September 1974, and these do not 
change even though the TV stations may have been subsequently relocated.
    (a) Maximum ERP. The ERP of base transmitters must not exceed 100 
Watts under any circumstances. The ERP of mobile transmitters must not 
exceed 60 Watts under any circumstances.
    (b) Co-channel protection from base transmitters. The ERP of base 
transmitters in the New York-Northeastern New Jersey urban area must not 
exceed the limits in the tables referenced in paragraphs (b)(2) and 
(b)(3) of this section. The limits depend upon the height above average 
terrain of the base transmitter antenna and the distance between the 
base transmitter and the nearest protected TV station location in 
paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
    (1) The protected TV station locations are as follows (all 
coordinates are referenced to North American Datum 1983 (NAD83)):

------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Control transmitter frequency range     Protected TV station location
------------------------------------------------------------------------
470-476 MHz............................  Washington, DC,
                                          38[deg]57[min]17.4[sec] N.
                                          Lat. 77[deg]00[min]15.9[sec]
                                          W. Long.
476-482 MHz............................  Lancaster, PA,
                                          40[deg]15[min]45.3[sec] N.
                                          Lat. 76[deg]27[min]47.9[sec]
                                          W. Long.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) Tables E-8 and E-9 of this section apply to base transmitters in 
the New York-Northeastern New Jersey urban area that transmit on 
channels in the 476-482 MHz range.
    (3) Tables E-10 and E-11 of this section apply to base transmitters 
in the New York-Northeastern New Jersey urban area that transmit on 
channels in the 470-476 MHz range.
    (c) Adjacent channel protection from base transmitters. The ERP of 
base transmitters must not exceed the limits in Table E-12 of this 
section. The limits depend upon the height above average terrain of the 
base transmitter antenna and the distance between the base transmitter 
and the nearest protected TV station location specified in paragraph 
(c)(1) of this section.
    (1) The protected TV station locations are as follows (all 
coordinates are referenced to North American Datum 1983 (NAD83)):

------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Control transmitter frequency      Protected TV station
              range                        location           TV channel
------------------------------------------------------------------------
470-476 MHz......................  Hanover, NH,                     (15)
                                    43[deg]42[min]30.3[sec]
                                    N. Lat.
                                    72[deg]09[min]14.3[sec]
                                    W. Long.
476-482 MHz......................  Lancaster, PA,                   (15)
482-488 MHz......................   40[deg]15[min]45.3[sec]
                                    N. Lat.
                                    76[deg]27[min]47.9[sec]
                                    W. Long.
                                   Scranton, PA,                    (16)
                                    41[deg]10[min]58.3[sec]
                                    N. Lat.
                                    75[deg]52[min]19.7[sec]
                                    W. Long.

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                                   Hanover, NH,                     (15)
                                    43[deg]42[min]30.3[sec]
                                    N. Lat.
                                    72[deg]09[min]14.3[sec]
                                    W. Long.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: Coordinates are referenced to North American Datum 1983 (NAD83).

    (2) Table E-12 of this section applies to base transmitters in the 
New York-Northeastern New Jersey urban area.

                                     Table E-8--Maximum ERP (Watts) for Base Transmitters (HAAT 152 Meters or Less)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                  Antenna height above average terrain in meters (feet)
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Distance to protected TV station in kilometers (miles)                  30       46       61       76       91      107      122      137      152
                                                                15 (50)   (100)    (150)    (200)    (250)    (300)    (350)    (400)    (450)    (500)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
209 (130).....................................................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000
201 (125).....................................................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000      850      750      725
193 (120).....................................................     1000     1000     1000     1000      900      750      675      600      550      500
185 (115).....................................................     1000     1000      800      725      600      525      475      425      375      350
177 (110).....................................................      850      700      600      500      425      375      325      300      275      225
169 (105).....................................................      600      475      400      325      275      250      225      200      175      150
161 (100).....................................................      400      325      275      225      175      150      140      125      110      100
153 (95)......................................................      275      225      175      125      110       95       80       70       60       50
145 (90)......................................................      175      125      100       75       50  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See Sec.   22.659(b)(2). This table is for antenna heights of 152 meters (500 feet) or less above average terrain. For antenna heights between those in
  the table, use the next higher antenna height. For distances between those in the table, use the next lower distance.


                Table E-9--Maximum ERP (Watts) for Base Transmitters (HAAT More Than 152 Meters)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Antenna height above average terrain in meters
                                                                                   (feet)
  Distance to protected TV station in kilometers (miles)   -----------------------------------------------------
                                                              152      305      457      610      762      914
                                                             (500)    (1000)   (1500)   (2000)   (2500)   (3000)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
209 (130).................................................     1000      447      219      117       71       46
193 (120).................................................      500      209       95       50       30       19
177 (110).................................................      225       91       35       19       11        8
161 (100).................................................      100       30       10        5        3        2
153 (95)..................................................       50       13        5        3        2        1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See Sec.   22.659(b)(2). This table is for antenna heights of more than 152 meters (500 feet) above average
  terrain. For intermediate values of height and/or distance, use linear interpolation to obtain the maximum
  permitted ERP.


                                     Table E-10--Maximum ERP (Watts) for Base Transmitters (HAAT 152 Meters or Less)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                  Antenna height above average terrain in meters (feet)
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Distance to protected TV station in kilometers (miles)                  30       46       61       76       91      107      122      137      152
                                                                15 (50)   (100)    (150)    (200)    (250)    (300)    (350)    (400)    (450)    (500)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
261 (162).....................................................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000
257 (160).....................................................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000      800
249 (155).....................................................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000      875      775      700      625      575
241 (150).....................................................     1000     1000      950      775      725      625      550      500      450      400
233 (145).....................................................      850      750      650      575      500      440      400      350      320      300
225 (140).....................................................      600      575      465      400      350      300      275      250      230      225
217 (135).....................................................      450      400      335      300      255      240      200      185      165      150
209 (130).....................................................      350      300      245      200      185      160      145      125      120      100
201 (125).....................................................      225      200      170      150      125      110      100       90       80       75
193 (120).....................................................      175      150      125      105       90       80       70       60       55       50
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See Sec.   22.659(b)(3). This table applies for antenna heights of 152 meters (500 feet) or less above average terrain. For antenna heights between
  those in the table, use the next higher antenna height. For distances between those in the table, use the next lower distance.


                Table E-11--Maximum ERP (Watts) for Base Transmitters (HAAT More Than 152 Meters)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Antenna height above average terrain in meters
                                                                                   (feet)
  Distance to protected TV station in kilometers (miles)   -----------------------------------------------------
                                                              152      305      457      610      762      914
                                                             (500)    (1000)   (1500)   (2000)   (2500)   (3000)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
261 (162).................................................     1000      501      282      170      110       71
241 (150).................................................      400      209      110       60       36       23
225 (140).................................................      225      102       50       28       16       10

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209 (130).................................................      100       48       21       11        7        5
193 (120).................................................       50       19        9        5        3        2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See Sec.   22.659(b)(3). This table is for antenna heights of more than 152 meters (500 feet) above average
  terrain. For intermediate values of height and/or distance, use linear interpolation to obtain the maximum
  permitted ERP.


                              Table E-12--Maximum ERP (Watts) for Base Transmitters
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Antenna height above average terrain in meters (feet)
    Distance to protected TV    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 station in kilometers (miles)      30       46       61       76       91      107      122      137      152
                                  (100)    (150)    (200)    (250)    (300)    (350)    (400)    (450)    (500)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
108 (67).......................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000
106 (66).......................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000      750
105 (65).......................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000      825      650      600
103 (64).......................     1000     1000     1000     1000     1000      775      625      500      400
101 (63).......................     1000     1000     1000     1000      440      400      350      320      300
100 (62).......................     1000     1000     1000      525      375      250      200      150      125
98 (61)........................     1000      700      450      250      200      125      100       75       50
97 (60)........................     1000      425      225      125      100       75       50  .......  .......
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See Sec.   22.659(c)(2). This table applies to base transmitters in the New York-Northeastern New Jersey urban
  areas. This table is for antenna heights of 152 meters (500 feet) or less above average terrain. For antenna
  heights between those in the table, use the next higher antenna height. For distances between those in the
  table, use the next lower distance.


[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 63 FR 68947, Dec. 14, 1998]



                 Subpart F_Rural Radiotelephone Service



Sec.  22.701  Scope.

    The rules in this subpart govern the licensing and operation of 
stations and systems in the Rural Radiotelephone Service. The licensing 
and operation of these stations and systems is also subject to rules 
elsewhere in this part that apply generally to the Public Mobile 
Services. In case of conflict, however, the rules in this subpart 
govern.



Sec.  22.702  Eligibility.

    Existing and proposed communications common carriers are eligible to 
hold authorizations to operate conventional central office, interoffice 
and rural stations in the Rural Radiotelephone Service. Subscribers are 
also eligible to hold authorizations to operate rural subscriber 
stations in the Rural Radiotelephone Service.

[69 FR 75170, Dec. 15, 2004]



Sec.  22.703  Separate rural subscriber station authorization 
not required.

    A separate authorization is not required for rural subscriber 
stations for which the effective radiated power does not exceed 60 Watts 
and for which FAA notification of construction or alteration of the 
antenna structure is not required (see criteria in Sec.  17.7 of this 
chapter). Authority to operate such rural subscriber stations is 
conferred by the authorization of the central office or base station 
from which they receive service.



Sec.  22.705  Rural radiotelephone system configuration.

    Stations in the Rural Radiotelephone Service are authorized to 
communicate as follows:
    (a) Rural subscriber stations are authorized to communicate with and 
through the central office station(s) with which they are associated. 
However, where the establishment of a central office station in this 
service is not feasible, rural subscriber stations may be authorized to 
communicate with and through a base station in the Paging and 
Radiotelephone Service.
    (b) Central office stations may communicate only with rural 
subscriber stations.

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    (c) Interoffice stations may communicate only with other
    interoffice stations.



Sec.  22.709  Rural radiotelephone service application requirements.

    In addition to information required by Subparts B and D of this 
part, FCC Form 601 applications for authorization to operate a station 
in the Rural Radiotelephone Service must contain the applicable 
supplementary information described in this section.
    (a) Interoffice stations. Applications for authority to operate a 
new interoffice station or to add transmitters or points of 
communications to an existing interoffice station must contain an 
exhibit demonstrating that the requested facilities would be used only 
for interconnecting central office stations and explaining why the use 
of alternative existing radio or wire facilities is not feasible.
    (b) Technical information required. For each transmitter in the 
Rural Radiotelephone Service, the following information is required by 
FCC Form 601:
    (1) Location description: city; county; state; geographic 
coordinates correct to 1 second, the datum used 
(NAD83), site elevation above mean sea level, proximity to adjacent 
market boundaries and international borders;
    (2) Antenna height to tip above ground level, the height of the 
center of radiation of the antenna above the average terrain, the height 
of the antenna center of radiation above the average elevation of the 
terrain along each of the 8 cardinal radials, antenna gain in the 
maximum lobe, the beamwidth of the maximum lobe of the antenna, a polar 
plot of the horizontal gain pattern of the antenna, the electric field 
polarization of the wave emitted by the antenna when installed as 
proposed;
    (3) The center frequency of each channel requested, the maximum 
effective radiated power, the effective radiated power in each of the 
cardinal radial directions, any non-standard emission types to be used, 
including bandwidth and modulation type, the transmitter classification 
(e.g. central office), and the locations and call signs, if any, of any 
fixed points of communication.
    (c) No landline facilities. Each application for a central office 
station must contain an exhibit showing that it is impracticable to 
provide the required communication service by means of landline 
facilities.
    (d) Interference exhibit. Applications for central office, 
interoffice and relay stations must include an exhibit identifying co-
channel facilities and demonstrating, in accordance with Sec.  22.715 
that the proposed station, if authorized, would not cause interference 
to the service of those co-channel facilities. This exhibit must:
    (1) For UHF channels, identify each protected transmitter located 
within 108 kilometers (67 miles) of the proposed transmitter in 
directions in which the distance to the interfering contour is 76.4 
kilometers (47.5 miles) or less, and within 178 kilometers (111 miles) 
of the proposed transmitter in directions in which the distance to the 
interfering contour exceeds 76.4 kilometers (47.5 miles); and identify 
each protected Basic Exchange Telephone Radio System central office 
transmitter in the rural Radiotelephone Service within 231 kilometers 
(144 miles).
    (2) For VHF channels, identify each protected transmitter located 
within 135 kilometers (84 miles) of the proposed transmitter in 
directions in which the distance to the interfering contour is 93.3 
kilometers (58 miles) or less, and within 178 kilometers (111 miles) of 
the proposed transmitter in directions in which the distance to the 
interfering contour exceeds 93.3 kilometers (58 miles).
    (3) For each protected transmitter identified, show the results of 
distance calculations indicating that there would be no overlap of 
service and interfering contours, or alternatively, indicate that the 
licensee of or applicant for the protected transmitter and/or the 
applicant, as required, have agreed in writing to accept any 
interference resulting from operation of the proposed transmitter.
    (e) Blocking probability. Applications for authority to operate 
basic exchange telephone radio systems (BETRS) that request more than 
two channel pairs must include an exhibit containing calculations 
showing that the number of

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channels requested is the minimum necessary to achieve the required 
grade of service (in terms of blocking probability), and that there will 
be adequate spectrum available in the area to meet realistic estimates 
of current and future demand for paging, two-way mobile and rural 
radiotelephone services (see Sec.  22.719(c)). Applications for 
authority to operate new conventional rural radiotelephone systems that 
request more than two channel pairs must include a statement explaining 
why BETRS technology is not being proposed.
    (f) Antenna Information. Upon request by an applicant, licensee, or 
the Commission, a part 22 applicant or licensee of whom the request is 
made shall furnish the antenna type, model, and the name of the antenna 
manufacturer to the requesting party within ten (10) days of receiving 
written notification.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 59 FR 59954, Nov. 21, 1994; 
63 FR 68948, Dec. 14, 1998; 64 FR 53240, Oct. 1, 1999]



Sec.  22.711  Provision of information to applicants.

    Licensees in the Rural Radio Service must, upon request by a bona-
fide prospective applicant, provide to such applicant the information 
required by Sec.  22.709 regarding the portion of the licensee's 
operations that potentially could affect, or be affected by, the 
prospective applicant's proposed station, if such information is not 
already on file with the FCC. This information must be provided to the 
bona-fide prospective applicant no later than 30 days after receipt of 
the information request.

[59 FR 59954, Nov. 21, 1994]



Sec.  22.713  Construction period for rural radiotelephone 
stations.

    The construction period for stations in the Rural Radiotelephone 
Service is 12 months.



Sec.  22.715  Technical channel assignment criteria for rural
radiotelephone stations.

    Channels are assigned in the Rural Radiotelephone Service using the 
procedures in Sec.  22.567.



Sec.  22.717  Procedure for mutually exclusive applications in the
Rural Radiotelephone Service.

    Mutually exclusive applications in the Rural Radiotelephone Service, 
including those that are mutually exclusive with applications in the 
Paging and Radiotelephone Service, are processed in accordance with 
Sec.  22.131 and with this section.
    (a) Applications in the Rural Radiotelephone Service may be mutually 
exclusive with applications in the Paging and Radiotelephone Service if 
they seek authorization to operate facilities on the same channel in the 
same area, or the technical proposals are otherwise in conflict. See 
Sec.  22.567.
    (b) A modification application in either service filed on the 
earliest filing date may cause all later-filed mutually exclusive 
applications of any type in either service to be ``cut off'' (excluded 
from a same-day filing group) and dismissed, pursuant to Sec.  
22.131(c)(3)(ii) and Sec.  22.131(c)(4).

[59 FR 59956, Nov. 21, 1994, as amended at 62 FR 11636, Mar. 12, 1997]



Sec.  22.719  Additional channel policy for rural radiotelephone 
stations.

    The rules in this section govern the processing of applications for 
central office stations that request a rural radiotelephone channel pair 
when the applicant has applied for or been granted an authorization for 
other rural radiotelephone channel pairs in the same area. The general 
policy of the FCC is to promote effective use of the spectrum by 
encouraging the use of spectrum-efficient technologies (i.e. BETRS) and 
by assigning the minimum number of channels necessary to provide 
service.
    (a) Transmitters in same area. Any central office station 
transmitter on any channel pair listed in Sec.  22.725 is considered to 
be in the same area as another central office station transmitter on any 
other channel pair listed in Sec.  22.725 if the transmitting antennas 
are located within 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) of each other.
    (b) Initial channel pairs. The FCC does not assign more than two 
channel pairs for new central office stations, unless there are more 
than eight rural subscriber stations to be served. Stations

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are considered to be new if there are no authorized transmitters on any 
channel listed in Sec.  22.725 controlled by the applicant in the same 
geographic area.
    (c) Additional channel pairs. Applications for central office 
station transmitters to be located in the same area as an authorized 
central office station controlled by the applicant, but to operate on a 
different channel pair(s) are considered as requests for additional 
channel pair(s) for the authorized central office station. The FCC may 
grant applications for additional channel pairs provided that the need 
for each additional channel pair (after the first two) is established 
and fully justified in terms of achieving the required grade of service 
(blocking probability), and the applicant demonstrates that there will 
still be adequate spectrum available in the area to meet realistic 
estimates of current and future demand for paging, two-way mobile and 
rural radiotelephone services. In the case of conventional rural 
radiotelephone central office stations, an explanation must be provided 
as to why BETRS technology is not being used instead of additional 
channel pairs.

               Conventional Rural Radiotelephone Stations



Sec.  22.721  Geographic area authorizations.

    Eligible persons may apply for a paging geographic area 
authorization in the Rural Radiotelephone Service, on the channel pairs 
listed in Sec.  22.725, by following the procedures and requirements set 
forth in Sec.  22.503 for paging geographic area authorizations.

[62 FR 11636, Mar. 12, 1997]



Sec.  22.723  Secondary site-by-site authorizations.

    Authorizations for new facilities (including new sites and 
additional channel pairs for existing sites) in the Rural Radiotelephone 
Service (including BETRS facilities) may be granted after May 12, 1997 
only on the condition that such authorizations shall be secondary to any 
existing or future co-channel paging geographic area authorization in 
the Paging and Radiotelephone Service or the Rural Radiotelephone 
Service. If the paging geographic area licensee notifies the Rural 
Radiotelephone Service licensee that operation of a co-channel secondary 
facility must be discontinued because it may cause interference to 
existing or planned facilities, the Rural Radiotelephone Service 
licensee must discontinue operation of that facility on the particular 
channel pair involved no later than six months after such notice.

[62 FR 11636, Mar. 12, 1997]



Sec.  22.725  Channels for conventional rural radiotelephone stations
and basic exchange telephone radio systems.

    The following channels are allocated for paired assignment to 
transmitters that provide conventional rural radiotelephone service and 
to transmitters in basic exchange telephone radio systems. These 
channels may be assigned for use by central office or rural subscriber 
stations as indicated, and interoffice stations. These channels may be 
assigned also for use by relay stations in systems where it would be 
impractical to provide rural radiotelephone service without the use of 
relay stations. All channels have a bandwidth of 20 kHz and are 
designated by their center frequencies in MegaHertz.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  Rural                          Rural
        Central office          subscriber   Central office   subscriber
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              VHF Channels
------------------------------------------------------------------------
152.03.......................  158.49       152.57..........  157.83
152.06.......................  158.52       152.60..........  157.86
152.09.......................  158.55       152.63..........  157.89
152.12.......................  158.58       152.66..........  157.92
152.15.......................  158.61       152.69..........  157.95
152.18.......................  158.64       152.72..........  157.98
152.21.......................  158.67       152.75..........  158.01
152.51.......................  157.77       152.78..........  158.04
152.54.......................  157.80       152.81..........  158.07
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              UHF Channels
------------------------------------------------------------------------
454.025......................  459.025      454.350.........  459.350
454.050......................  459.050      454.375.........  459.375
454.075......................  459.075      454.400.........  459.400
454.100......................  459.100      454.425.........  459.425
454.125......................  459.125      454.450.........  459.450
454.150......................  459.150      454.475.........  459.475
454.175......................  459.175      454.500.........  459.500
454.200......................  459.200      454.525.........  459.525
454.225......................  459.225      454.550.........  459.550
454.250......................  459.250      454.575.........  459.575
454.275......................  459.275      454.600.........  459.600

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454.300......................  459.300      454.625.........  459.625
454.325......................  459.325      454.650.........  459.650
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (a) The channels listed in this section are also allocated for 
assignment in the Paging and Radiotelephone Service.
    (b) In Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, channels in the 154.04-
154.46 MHz and 161.40-161.85 MHz frequency ranges may be assigned to 
transmitters providing rural radiotelephone service; channels in these 
ranges are also allocated for assignment in the International Fixed 
Public and Aeronautical Fixed radio services.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994; 60 FR 9891, Feb. 22, 1995, as amended at 70 
FR 19309, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.727  Power limits for conventional rural radiotelephone
transmitters.

    The transmitting power of transmitters operating on the channels 
listed in Sec.  22.725 must not exceed the limits in this section.
    (a) Maximum ERP. The effective radiated power (ERP) of central 
office and rural subscriber station transmitters must not exceed the 
applicable limits in this paragraph under any circumstances.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum ERP
                   Frequency range (MHz)                       (watts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
152-153....................................................         1400
157-159....................................................          150
454-455....................................................         3500
459-460....................................................          150
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Basic power limit. Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this 
section, the ERP of central office station transmitters must not exceed 
500 Watts.
    (c) Height-power limits. Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this 
section, the ERP of central office station transmitters must not exceed 
the amount that would result in an average distance to the ``service 
contour'' of 41.6 kilometers (26 miles) for VHF channels or 30.7 
kilometers (19 miles) for UHF channels. The average distance to the 
``service contour'' is calculated by taking the arithmetic mean of the 
distances determined using the procedures specified in Sec.  22.567 for 
the eight cardinal radial directions, excluding cardinal radial 
directions for which 90% or more of the distance so calculated is over 
water.
    (d) Encompassed interfering contour areas. Central office station 
transmitters are exempt from the basic power and height-power limits of 
this section if the area within their interfering contours is totally 
encompassed by the interfering contours of operating co-channel central 
office station transmitters controlled by the same licensee. For the 
purpose of this paragraph, operating transmitters are authorized 
transmitters that are providing service to subscribers.
    (e) Adjacent channel protection. The ERP of central office station 
transmitters must not exceed 500 Watts if they transmit on channel 
454.025 MHz and are located less than 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) from any 
Private Radio Services station receiving on adjacent channel 454.000 
MHz.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 70 FR 19309, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.731  Emission limitations.

    Upon application for multichannel operation, the FCC may authorize 
emission bandwidths wider than those specified in Sec.  22.357, provided 
that spectrum utilization is equal to or better than that achieved by 
single channel operation.



Sec.  22.733  Priority of service.

    Within the Rural Radiotelephone Service, the channels listed in 
Sec.  22.725 are intended primarily for use in rendition of public 
message service between rural subscriber and central office stations and 
to provide radio trunking facilities between central offices. The 
channels may also be used, however, for the rendition of private leased-
line communication service provided that such usage would not reduce or 
impair the extent or quality of communication service that would be 
available, in the absence of private leased-line service, to the general 
public receiving or subsequently requesting public message service from 
a central office.



Sec.  22.737  Temporary fixed stations.

    The FCC may, upon proper application therefor, authorize the 
construction and operation of temporary fixed

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stations. Temporary fixed stations are to be used as rural subscriber, 
interoffice, or central office stations when those stations are 
unavailable or when service from those stations is disrupted by storms 
or emergencies.
    (a) Six month limitation. If it is necessary for a temporary fixed 
station to remain at the same location for more than six months, the 
licensee of that station must apply for authorization to operate the 
station at the specific location at least 30 days before the end of the 
six month period.
    (b) International communications. Communications between the United 
States and Canada or Mexico must not be carried using a temporary fixed 
station without prior authorization from the FCC. Licensees desiring to 
carry such communications should apply sufficiently in advance to allow 
for the time necessary to coordinate with Canada or Mexico.

                 Basic Exchange Telephone Radio Systems



Sec.  22.757  Channels for basic exchange telephone radio systems.

    The channels listed in Sec.  22.725 are also allocated for paired 
assignment to transmitters in basic exchange telephone radio systems.

[70 FR 19309, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.759  Power limit for BETRS.

    The effective radiated power of central office and rural subscriber 
station transmitters used in basic exchange telephone radio systems must 
not exceed the limits in this section.
    (a) Maximum ERP. The effective radiated power (ERP) of central 
office and rural subscriber station transmitters in BETRS must not 
exceed the applicable limits in this paragraph under any circumstances.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum ERP
                   Frequency range (MHz)                       (watts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
152-153....................................................         1400
157-159....................................................          150
454-455....................................................         3500
459-460....................................................          150
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Height-power limit. The ERP of central office stations in BETRS 
must not exceed the amount calculated as follows:

ERPw = 557,418 / hm2

where ERPw is the effective radiated power in Watts
hm is the average (eight cardinal radial) antenna height 
          above average terrain in meters



               Subpart G_Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service



Sec.  22.801  Scope.

    The rules in this subpart govern the licensing and operation of air-
ground stations and systems. The licensing and operation of these 
stations and systems is also subject to rules elsewhere in this part and 
in part 1 of this chapter that generally apply to the Public Mobile 
Services. In case of conflict, however, the rules in this subpart 
govern.

[70 FR 19309, Apr. 13, 2005]

                  General Aviation Air-Ground Stations



Sec.  22.805  Channels for general aviation air-ground service.

    The following channels are allocated for the provision of 
radiotelephone service to airborne mobile subscribers in general 
aviation aircraft. These channels have a bandwidth of 20 kHz and are 
designated by their center frequencies in MegaHertz.

                         Signalling Channel Pair
------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Ground                           Airborne mobile
------------------------------------------------------------------------
454.675                             459.675
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                       Communication Channel Pairs
------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Ground                           Airborne mobile
------------------------------------------------------------------------
454.700                             459.700
454.725                             459.725
454.750                             459.750
454.775                             459.775
454.800                             459.800
454.825                             459.825
454.850                             459.850
454.875                             459.875
454.900                             459.900
454.925                             459.925
454.950                             459.950
454.975                             459.975
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (a) Channel 454.675 MHz is assigned to each and every ground 
station, to be used only for automatically alerting

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airborne mobile stations of incoming calls.
    (b) All airborne mobile channels are assigned for use by each and 
every airborne mobile station.



Sec.  22.807  General aviation air-ground application requirements.

    In addition to the information required by subparts B and D of this 
part, FCC Form 601 applications for authorization to operate a general 
aviation air-ground station must contain the applicable supplementary 
information described in this section.
    (a) Administrative information. The following information is 
required by FCC Form 601.
    (1) The number of transmitter sites for which authorization is 
requested.
    (2) The call sign(s) of other facilities in the same area that are 
ultimately controlled by the real party in interest to the application.
    (b) Technical information required. For each transmitter in the 
Rural Radiotelephone Service, the following information is required by 
FCC Form 601:
    (1) Location description, city, county, state, geographic 
coordinates (NAD83) correct to 1 second, site 
elevation above mean sea level, proximity to adjacent market boundaries 
and international borders;
    (2) Antenna height to tip above ground level, antenna gain in the 
maximum lobe, the electric field polarization of the wave emitted by the 
antenna when installed as proposed;
    (3) The center frequency of each channel requested, the maximum 
effective radiated power, any non-standard emission types to be used, 
including bandwidth and modulation type and the transmitter 
classification (e.g. ground or signaling).

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 59 FR 59954, Nov. 21, 1994; 
63 FR 68948, Dec. 14, 1998; 64 FR 53240, Oct. 1, 1999. Redesignated and 
amended at 70 FR 19309, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.809  Transmitting power limits.

    The transmitting power of ground and airborne mobile transmitters 
operating on the channels listed in Sec.  22.805 must not exceed the 
limits in this section.
    (a) Ground station transmitters. The effective radiated power of 
ground stations must not exceed 100 Watts and must not be less than 50 
Watts, except as provided in Sec.  22.811.
    (b) Airborne mobile transmitters. The transmitter power output of 
airborne mobile transmitters must not exceed 25 Watts and must not be 
less than 4 Watts.



Sec.  22.813  Technical channel pair assignment criteria.

    The rules in this section establish technical assignment criteria 
for the channel pairs listed in Sec.  22.805. These criteria are 
intended to provide substantial service volumes over areas that have 
significant local and regional general aviation activity, while 
maintaining the continuous nationwide in-route coverage of the original 
geographical layout.
    (a) Distance separation for co-channel ground stations. The FCC may 
grant an application requesting assignment of a communication channel 
pair to a proposed ground transmitter only if the proposed antenna 
location is at least 800 kilometers (497 miles) from the antenna 
location of the nearest co-channel ground transmitter in the United 
States, its territories and possessions; and 1000 kilometers (621 miles) 
from the antenna location of the nearest co-channel ground transmitter 
in Canada.
    (b) Dispersion. The FCC may grant an application requesting 
assignment of a communication channel pair to a proposed ground 
transmitter only if there are no more than five different communication 
channel pairs already assigned to ground transmitters with antenna 
locations within a 320 kilometer (199 mile) radius of the proposed 
antenna location.



Sec.  22.815  Construction period for general aviation ground stations.

    The construction period (see Sec.  1.946 of this chapter) for 
general aviation ground stations is 12 months.

[70 FR 19310, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.817  Additional channel policies.

    The rules in this section govern the processing of applications for 
authority to operate a ground station transmitter on any ground station 
communication channel listed in Sec.  22.805 when the applicant has 
applied or been

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granted an authorization for other ground station communication channels 
in the same area. The general policy of the FCC is to assign one ground 
station communication channel in an area to a carrier per application 
cycle, up to a maximum of six ground station communication channels per 
area. That is, a carrier must apply for one ground station communication 
channel, receive the authorization, construct the station, and notify 
the FCC of commencement of service before applying for an additional 
ground station communication channel in that area.
    (a) Air-ground transmitters in same area. Any transmitter on any of 
the ground station channels listed in Sec.  22.805 is considered to be 
in the same area as another transmitter on any ground station channel 
listed in Sec.  22.805 if it is located less than 350 kilometers (217 
miles) from that transmitter.
    (b) Initial channel. The FCC will not assign more than one ground 
station communication channel for new ground stations. Ground stations 
are considered to be new if there are no authorized ground station 
transmitters on any channel listed in Sec.  22.805 controlled by the 
applicant in the same area.
    (c) Additional channel. Applications for ground transmitters to be 
located in the same area as an authorized ground station controlled by 
the applicant, but to operate on a different ground station 
communication channel, are considered as requesting an additional 
channel for the authorized station.
    (d) Amendment of pending application. If the FCC receives and 
accepts for filing an application for a ground station transmitter to be 
located in the same area as a ground station transmitter proposed in a 
pending application previously filed by the applicant, but on a 
different ground station communication channel, the subsequent 
application is treated as a major amendment to change the technical 
proposal of the prior application. The filing date of any application so 
amended is the date the FCC received the subsequent application.
    (e) Dismissal of premature applications for additional channel. If 
the FCC receives an application requesting an additional ground station 
communication channel for an authorized ground station prior to 
receiving notification that the station is providing service to 
subscribers on the authorized channel(s), the FCC may dismiss that 
application without prejudice.
    (f) Dismissal of applications for seventh channel. If the FCC 
receives an application requesting an additional ground station 
communication channel for an authorized ground station which would, if 
granted, result in that station being assigned more than six ground 
station communication channels in the same area, the FCC may dismiss 
that application without prejudice.

                 Commercial Aviation Air-Ground Systems



Sec.  22.853  Eligibility to hold interest in licenses limited
to 3 MHz of spectrum.

    No individual or entity may hold, directly or indirectly, a 
controlling interest in licenses authorizing the use of more than three 
megahertz of spectrum (either shared or exclusive) in the 800 MHz 
commercial aviation Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service frequency bands 
(see Sec.  22.857). Individuals and entities with either de jure or de 
facto control of a licensee in these bands will be considered to have a 
controlling interest in its license(s). For purposes of this rule, the 
definitions of ``controlling interests'' and ``affiliate'' set forth in 
paragraphs (c)(2) and (c)(5) of Sec.  1.2110 of this chapter shall 
apply.

[70 FR 19310, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.857  Channel plan for commercial aviation air-ground systems.

    The 849-851 MHz and 894-896 MHz frequency bands are designated for 
paired nationwide exclusive assignment to the licensee or licensees of 
systems providing radio telecommunications service, including voice and/
or data service, to persons on board aircraft. Air-ground systems 
operating in these frequency bands are referred to in this part as 
``commercial aviation'' systems.

[70 FR 19310, Apr. 13, 2005]

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Sec.  22.859  Incumbent commercial aviation air-ground systems.

    This section contains rules concerning continued operation of 
commercial aviation air-ground systems that were originally authorized 
prior to January 1, 2004 to provide radiotelephone service using 
narrowband (6 kHz) channels, and that have been providing service 
continuously since the original commencement of service (hereinafter 
``incumbent systems'').
    (a) An incumbent system may continue to operate under its 
authorization, for the remaining term of such authorization, subject to 
the terms and conditions attached thereto. Wherever such technical and 
operational conditions differ from technical and operational rules in 
this subpart, those conditions shall govern its operations.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, the 
licensee of an incumbent system shall not be entitled to an expectation 
of renewal of said authorization.
    (c) During the period that an incumbent system continues to operate 
and provide service pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, air-
ground systems of licensees holding a new authorization for the spectrum 
within which the incumbent system operates must not cause interference 
to the incumbent system. Protection from interference requires that the 
signals of the new systems must not exceed a ground station received 
power of -130 dBm within a 6 kHz receive bandwidth, calculated assuming 
a 0 dBi vertically polarized receive antenna.

[70 FR 19310, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.861  Emission limitations.

    The rules in this section govern the spectral characteristics of 
emissions for commercial aviation systems in the Air-Ground 
Radiotelephone Service. Commercial aviation air-ground systems may use 
any type of emission or technology that complies with the technical 
rules in this subpart.
    (a) Out of band emissions. The power of any emission outside of the 
authorized operating frequency ranges must be attenuated below the 
transmitting power (P) by a factor of at least 43 + 10 log (P) dB.
    (b) Measurement procedure. Compliance with these rules is based on 
the use of measurement instrumentation employing a resolution bandwidth 
of 100 kHz or greater. In the 1 MHz bands immediately outside and 
adjacent to the frequency block a resolution bandwidth of at least one 
percent of the emission bandwidth of the fundamental emission of the 
transmitter may be employed. A narrower resolution bandwidth is 
permitted in all cases to improve measurement accuracy provided the 
measured power is integrated over the full required measurement 
bandwidth (i.e., 100 kHz or 1 percent of emission bandwidth, as 
specified). The emission bandwidth is defined as the width of the signal 
between two points, one below the carrier center frequency and one above 
the carrier center frequency, outside of which all emissions are 
attenuated at least 26 dB below the transmitter power.
    (c) Alternative out of band emission limit. The licensee(s) of 
commercial aviation air-ground systems, together with affected licensees 
of Cellular Radiotelephone Service systems operating in the spectrum 
immediately below and adjacent to the commercial aviation air-ground 
bands, may establish an alternative out of band emission limit to be 
used at the 849 MHz and 894 MHz band edge(s) in specified geographical 
areas, in lieu of that set forth in this section, pursuant to a private 
contractual arrangement of all affected licensees and applicants. In 
this event, each party to such contract shall maintain a copy of the 
contract in their station files and disclose it to prospective assignees 
or transferees and, upon request, to the FCC.
    (d) Interference caused by out of band emissions. If any emission 
from a transmitter operating in this service results in interference to 
users of another radio service, the FCC may require a greater 
attenuation of that emission than specified in this section.

[70 FR 19310, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.863  Frequency stability.

    The frequency stability of equipment used under this subpart shall 
be sufficient to ensure that, after accounting for Doppler frequency 
shifts, the occupied bandwidth of the fundamental

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emissions remains within the authorized frequency bands of operation.

[70 FR 19310, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.867  Effective radiated power limits.

    The effective radiated power (ERP) of ground and airborne stations 
operating on the frequency ranges listed in Sec.  22.857 must not exceed 
the limits in this section.
    (a) The peak ERP of airborne mobile station transmitters must not 
exceed 12 Watts.
    (b) The peak ERP of ground station transmitters must not exceed 500 
Watts.

[70 FR 19310, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.873  Construction requirements for commercial aviation
air-ground systems.

    Licensees authorized to use more than one megahertz (1 MHz) of the 
800 MHz commercial aviation air-ground spectrum allocation (see Sec.  
22.857) must make a showing of ``substantial service'' as set forth in 
this section. Failure by any such licensee to meet this requirement will 
result in forfeiture of the license and the licensee will be ineligible 
to regain it. Licensees authorized to use one megahertz or less of the 
800 MHz commercial aviation air-ground spectrum allocation are not 
subject to the requirements in this section.
    (a) ``Substantial service'' is defined as service that is sound, 
favorable, and substantially above a level of mediocre service that just 
might minimally warrant renewal.
    (b) Each commercial aviation air-ground system subject to the 
requirements of this section must demonstrate substantial service within 
5 years after grant of the authorization. Substantial service may be 
demonstrated by, but is not limited to, either of the following ``safe 
harbor'' provisions:
    (1) Construction and operation of 20 ground stations, with at least 
one ground station located in each of the 10 Federal Aviation 
Administration regions; or,
    (2) Provision of service to the airspace of 25 of the 50 busiest 
airports (as measured by annual passenger boardings).

[70 FR 19310, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.877  Unacceptable interference to part 90 non-cellular
800 MHz licensees from commercial aviation air-ground systems.

    The definition of unacceptable interference to non-cellular part 90 
licensees in the 800 MHz band from commercial aviation air-ground 
systems is the same as the definition set forth in Sec.  22.970 which is 
applicable to Cellular Radiotelephone Service systems.

[70 FR 19311, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.878  Obligation to abate unacceptable interference.

    This section applies only to commercial aviation ground stations 
transmitting in the 849-851 MHz band, other than commercial aviation 
ground stations operating under the authority of a license originally 
granted prior to January 1, 2004.
    (a) Strict responsibility. Any licensee who, knowingly or 
unknowingly, directly or indirectly, causes or contributes to causing 
unacceptable interference to a non-cellular part 90 licensee in the 800 
MHz band, as defined in Sec.  22.877, shall be strictly accountable to 
abate the interference, with full cooperation and utmost diligence, in 
the shortest time practicable. Interfering licensees shall consider all 
feasible interference abatement measures, including, but not limited to, 
the remedies specified in the interference resolution procedures set 
forth in Sec.  22.879. This strict responsibility obligation applies to 
all forms of interference, including out-of-band emissions and 
intermodulation.
    (b) Joint and Several responsibility. If two or more licensees, 
whether in the commercial aviation air-ground radiotelephone service or 
in the Cellular Radiotelephone Service (see Sec.  22.971), knowingly or 
unknowingly, directly or indirectly, cause or contribute to causing 
unacceptable interference to a non-cellular part 90 licensee in the 800 
MHz band, as defined in Sec.  22.877, such licensees shall be jointly 
and severally responsible for abating interference, with full 
cooperation and utmost diligence, in the shortest practicable time.

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    (1) This joint and several responsibility rule requires interfering 
licensees to consider all feasible interference abatement measures, 
including, but not limited to, the remedies specified in the 
interference resolution procedures set forth in Sec.  22.879(c). This 
joint and several responsibility rule applies to all forms of 
interference, including out-of-band emissions and intermodulation.
    (2) Any licensee that can show that its signal does not directly or 
indirectly cause or contribute to causing unacceptable interference to a 
non-cellular part 90 licensee in the 800 MHz band, as defined in Sec.  
22.877, shall not be held responsible for resolving unacceptable 
interference. Notwithstanding, any licensee that receives an 
interference complaint from a public safety/CII licensee shall respond 
to such complaint consistent with the interference resolution procedures 
set forth in Sec.  22.879.

[70 FR 19411, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.879  Interference resolution procedures.

    This section applies only to commercial aviation ground stations 
transmitting in the 849-851 MHz band, other than commercial aviation 
ground stations operating under the authority of a license originally 
granted prior to January 1, 2004.
    (a) Initial notification. Commercial aviation air-ground system 
licensees may receive initial notification of interference from non-
cellular part 90 licensees in the 800 MHz band pursuant to Sec.  
90.674(a) of this chapter.
    (1) Commercial aviation air-ground system licensees shall join with 
part 90 ESMR licensees and Cellular Radiotelephone Service licensees in 
utilizing an electronic means of receiving the initial notification 
described in Sec.  90.674(a) of this chapter. See Sec.  22.972.
    (2) Commercial aviation air-ground system licensees must respond to 
the initial notification described in Sec.  90.674(a) of this chapter as 
soon as possible and no later than 24 hours after receipt of 
notification from a part 90 public safety/CII licensee. This response 
time may be extended to 48 hours after receipt from other part 90 non-
cellular licensees provided affected communications on these systems are 
not safety related.
    (b) Interference analysis. Commercial aviation air-ground system 
licensees--who receive an initial notification described in Sec.  
90.674(a) of this chapter--shall perform a timely analysis of the 
interference to identify the possible source. Immediate on-site visits 
may be conducted when necessary to complete timely analysis. 
Interference analysis must be completed and corrective action initiated 
within 48 hours of the initial complaint from a part 90 public safety/
CII licensee. This response time may be extended to 96 hours after the 
initial complaint from other part 90 non-cellular licensees provided 
affected communications on these systems are not safety related. 
Corrective action may be delayed if the affected licensee agrees in 
writing (which may be, but is not required to be, recorded via e-mail or 
other electronic means) to a longer period.
    (c) Mitigation steps. Any commercial aviation air-ground system that 
is responsible for causing unacceptable interference to non-cellular 
part 90 licensees in the 800 MHz band shall take affirmative measures to 
resolve such interference.
    (1) Commercial aviation air-ground system licensees found to 
contribute to unacceptable interference, as defined in Sec.  22.877, 
shall resolve such interference in the shortest time practicable. 
Commercial aviation air-ground system licensees must provide all 
necessary test apparatus and technical personnel skilled in the 
operation of such equipment as may be necessary to determine the most 
appropriate means of timely eliminating the interference. However, the 
means whereby interference is abated or the technical parameters that 
may need to be adjusted is left to the discretion of the commercial 
aviation air-ground system licensee, whose affirmative measures may 
include, but not be limited to, the following techniques:
    (i) Increasing the desired power of the public safety/CII signal;
    (ii) Decreasing the power of the commercial aviation air-ground 
system signal;
    (iii) Modifying the commercial aviation air-ground system antenna 
height;

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    (iv) Modifying the commercial aviation air-ground system antenna 
characteristics;
    (v) Incorporating filters into the commercial aviation air-ground 
system transmission equipment;
    (vi) Changing commercial aviation air-ground system frequencies; and
    (vii) Supplying interference-resistant receivers to the affected 
public safety/CII licensee(s). If this technique is used, in all 
circumstances, commercial aviation air-ground system licensees shall be 
responsible for all costs thereof.
    (2) Whenever short-term interference abatement measures prove 
inadequate, the affected part 90 non-cellular licensee shall, consistent 
with but not compromising safety, make all necessary concessions to 
accepting interference until a longer-term remedy can be implemented.
    (3) When a part 90 public safety licensee determines that a 
continuing presence of interference constitutes a clear and imminent 
danger to life or property, the licensee causing the interference must 
discontinue the associated operation immediately, until a remedy can be 
identified and applied. The determination that a continuing presence 
exists that constitutes a clear and imminent danger to life or property, 
must be made by written statement that:
    (i) Is in the form of a declaration, notarized affidavit, or 
statement under penalty or perjury, from an officer or executive of the 
affected public safety licensee;
    (ii) Thoroughly describes the basis of the claim of clear and 
imminent danger;
    (iii) Was formulated on the basis of either personal knowledge or 
belief after due diligence;
    (iv) Is not proffered by a contractor or other third party; and,
    (v) Has been approved by the Chief of the Public Safety and Homeland 
Security Bureau or other designated Commission official. Prior to the 
authorized official making a determination that a clear and imminent 
danger exists, the associated written statement must be served by hand-
delivery or receipted fax on the applicable offending licensee, with a 
copy transmitted by the fastest available means to the Washington, DC 
office of the Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.

[70 FR 19311, Apr. 13, 2005, as amended at 71 FR 69038, Nov. 29, 2006]



Sec.  22.880  Information exchange.

    (a) Prior notification. Public safety/CII licensees may notify a 
commercial aviation air-ground system licensee that they wish to receive 
prior notification of the activation or modification of a commercial 
aviation air-ground system ground station site in their area. 
Thereafter, the commercial aviation air-ground system licensee must 
provide the following information to the public safety/CII licensee at 
least 10 business days before a new ground station is activated or an 
existing ground station is modified:
    (1) Location;
    (2) Effective radiated power;
    (3) Antenna manufacturer, model number, height above ground level 
and up tilt angle, as installed;
    (4) Channels available for use.
    (b) Purpose of prior notification. The prior notification of ground 
station activation or modification is for informational purposes only: 
public safety/CII licensees are not afforded the right to accept or 
reject the activation of a proposed ground station or to unilaterally 
require changes in its operating parameters. The principal purposes of 
prior notification are to:
    (1) Allow a public safety licensee to advise the commercial aviation 
air-ground system licensee whether it believes a proposed ground station 
will generate unacceptable interference;
    (2) Permit commercial aviation air-ground system licensee(s) to make 
voluntary changes in ground station parameters when a public safety 
licensee alerts them to possible interference; and
    (3) Rapidly identify the source if interference is encountered when 
the ground station is activated.

[70 FR 19312, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.881  Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service subject to competitive
bidding.

    Mutually exclusive initial applications for general aviation Air-
Ground

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Radiotelephone Service licenses and mutually exclusive initial 
applications for commercial Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service licenses 
are subject to competitive bidding. The general competitive bidding 
procedures set forth in part 1, subpart Q, of this chapter will apply 
unless otherwise provided in this subpart.

[70 FR 76417, Dec. 27, 2005]



Sec.  22.882  Designated entities.

    (a) Eligibility for small business provisions in the commercial Air-
Ground Radiotelephone Service.
    (1) A small business is an entity that, together with its 
affiliates, its controlling interests and the affiliates of its 
controlling interests, has average gross revenues that are not more than 
$40 million for the preceding three years.
    (2) A very small business is an entity that, together with its 
affiliates, its controlling interests and the affiliates of its 
controlling interests, has average gross revenues that are not more than 
$15 million for the preceding three years.
    (b) Bidding credits in the commercial Air-Ground Radiotelephone 
Service.
    (1) A winning bidder that qualifies as a small business, as defined 
in this section, or a consortium of small businesses may use a bidding 
credit of 15 percent, as specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(iii) of this 
chapter, to lower the cost of its winning bid on a commercial Air-Ground 
Radiotelephone Service license.
    (2) A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small business, as 
defined in this section, or a consortium of very small businesses may 
use a bidding credit of 25 percent, as specified in Sec.  
1.2110(f)(2)(ii) of this chapter, to lower the cost of its winning bid 
on a commercial Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service license.

[70 FR 76417, Dec. 27, 2005]



                Subpart H_Cellular Radiotelephone Service



Sec.  22.900  Scope.

    The rules in this subpart govern the licensing and operation of 
cellular radiotelephone systems. Licensing and operation of these 
systems are also subject to rules elsewhere in this part that apply 
generally to the Public Mobile Services. In case of conflict, however, 
the rules in this subpart govern.



Sec.  22.901  Cellular service requirements and limitations.

    The licensee of each Cellular system is responsible for ensuring 
that its Cellular system operates in compliance with this section. Each 
Cellular system must provide either mobile service, fixed service, or a 
combination of mobile and fixed service, subject to the requirements, 
limitations and exceptions in this section. Mobile service provided may 
be of any type, including two-way radiotelephone, dispatch, one-way or 
two-way paging, and personal communications services (as defined in part 
24 of this chapter). Fixed service is considered to be primary service, 
as is mobile service. When both mobile and fixed services are provided, 
they are considered to be co-primary services. In providing Cellular 
service, each Cellular system may incorporate any technology that meets 
all applicable technical requirements in this part.

[79 FR 72151, Dec. 5, 2014]



Sec.  22.905  Channels for cellular service.

    The following frequency bands are allocated for assignment to 
service providers in the Cellular Radiotelephone Service.
    (a) Channel Block A: 869-880 MHz paired with 824-835 MHz, and 890-
891.5 MHz paired with 845-846.5 MHz.
    (b) Channel Block B: 880-890 MHz paired with 835-845 MHz, and 891.5-
894 MHz paired with 846.5-849 MHz.

[67 FR 77191, Dec. 17, 2002]



Sec.  22.907  Coordination of channel usage.

    Licensees in the Cellular Radiotelephone Service must coordinate, 
with the appropriate parties, channel usage at each transmitter location 
within 121 kilometers (75 miles) of any transmitter locations authorized 
to other licensees or proposed by other applicants, except those with 
mutually exclusive applications. Licensees utilizing systems employing a 
frequency re-use factor of 1 (universal re-use) are exempt from this 
requirement.

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    (a) Licensees must cooperate and make reasonable efforts to resolve 
technical problems that may inhibit effective and efficient use of the 
cellular radio spectrum; however, licensees are not obligated to suggest 
extensive changes to or redesign other licensees' cellular systems. 
Licensees must make reasonable efforts to avoid blocking the growth of 
other cellular systems that are likely to need additional capacity in 
the future.
    (b) If technical problems are addressed by an agreement or operating 
agreement between the licensees that would result in a reduction of 
quality or capacity of either system, the licensees must notify the 
Commission by updating FCC Form 601.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 63 FR 68951, Dec. 14, 1998; 
82 FR 17582, Apr. 12, 2017]



Sec.  22.909  Cellular markets.

    Cellular Market Areas (CMAs) are standard geographic areas used by 
the FCC for administrative convenience in the licensing of Cellular 
systems. CMAs comprise Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and Rural 
Service Areas (RSAs). All CMAs and the counties they comprise are listed 
in: ``Common Carrier Public Mobile Services Information, Cellular MSA/
RSA Markets and Counties,'' Public Notice, Rep. No. CL-92-40, 7 FCC Rcd 
742 (1992).
    (a) MSAs. Metropolitan Statistical Areas are 306 areas, including 
New England County Metropolitan Areas and the Gulf of Mexico Service 
Area (water area of the Gulf of Mexico, border is the coastline), 
defined by the Office of Management and Budget, as modified by the FCC.
    (b) RSAs. Rural Service Areas are 428 areas, other than MSAs, 
established by the FCC.

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 79 FR 72151, Dec. 5, 2014]



Sec.  22.911  Cellular geographic service area.

    The Cellular Geographic Service Area (CGSA) of a Cellular system is 
the geographic area considered by the FCC to be served by the Cellular 
system and is the area within which cellular systems are entitled to 
protection and adverse effects for the purpose of determining whether a 
petitioner has standing are recognized. The CGSA is the composite of the 
service areas of all of the cells in the system, excluding any Unserved 
Area (even if it is served on a secondary basis) or area within the CGSA 
of another Cellular system. The service area of a cell is the area 
within its service area boundary (SAB). Licensees that use power 
spectral density (PSD) at cell sites within their licensed geographic 
area are subject to paragraph (c) of this section; all other licensees 
are subject to paragraph (a) (or, as applicable, paragraph (b)) of this 
section. If the calculation under paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of this 
section (as applicable) yields an SAB extension comprising at least 130 
contiguous square kilometers (50 contiguous square miles), the licensee 
must submit an application for major modification of the CGSA using FCC 
Form 601. See also Sec. Sec.  22.912, 22.949, and 22.953.
    (a) CGSA determination (non-PSD). For the purpose of calculating the 
SABs for cell sites and determining CGSA expansion areas for Cellular 
base stations that do not operate using PSD (as permitted under Sec.  
22.913), the distance to the SAB is calculated as a function of 
effective radiated power (ERP) and antenna center of radiation height 
above average terrain (HAAT), height above sea level (HASL), or height 
above mean sea level (HAMSL).
    (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (a)(2) and (b) of this section, 
the distance from a cell transmitting antenna to its SAB along each 
cardinal radial is calculated as follows:

d = 2.531 x h\0.34\ x p\0.17\

where:

d is the radial distance in kilometers
h is the radial antenna HAAT in meters
p is the radial ERP in Watts

    (2) The distance from a cell transmitting antenna located in the 
Gulf of Mexico Service Area (GMSA) to its SAB along each cardinal radial 
is calculated as follows:


d = 6.895 x h\0.30\ x p\0.15\

Where:

d is the radial distance in kilometers
h is the radial antenna HAAT in meters
p is the radial ERP in Watts


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    (3) The value used for h in the formula in paragraph (a)(2) of this 
section must not be less than 8 meters (26 feet) HASL (or HAMSL, as 
appropriate for the support structure). The value used for h in the 
formula in paragraph (a)(1) of this section must not be less than 30 
meters (98 feet) HAAT, except that for unserved area applications 
proposing a cell with an ERP not exceeding 10 Watts, the value for h 
used in the formula in paragraph (a)(1) of this section to determine the 
service area boundary for that cell may be less than 30 meters (98 feet) 
HAAT, but not less than 3 meters (10 feet) HAAT.
    (4) The value used for p in the formulas in paragraphs (a)(1) and 
(a)(2) of this section must not be less than 0.1 Watt or 27 dB less than 
(1/500 of) the maximum ERP in any direction, whichever is more.
    (5) Whenever use of the formula in paragraph (a)(1) of this section 
pursuant to the exception contained in paragraph (a)(3) of this section 
results in a calculated distance that is less than 5.4 kilometers (3.4 
miles), the radial distance to the service area boundary is deemed to be 
5.4 kilometers (3.4 miles).
    (6) The distance from a cell transmitting antenna to the SAB along 
any radial other than the eight cardinal radials is calculated by linear 
interpolation of distance as a function of angle.
    (b) Alternative CGSA determination (non-PSD). If a carrier believes 
that the method described in paragraph (a) of this section produces a 
CGSA that departs significantly (20% in the 
service area of any cell) from the geographic area where reliable 
cellular service is actually provided, the carrier may submit, as an 
exhibit to an application for modification of the CGSA using FCC Form 
601, a depiction of what the carrier believes the CGSA should be. Such 
submissions must be accompanied by one or more supporting propagation 
studies using methods appropriate for the 800-900 MHz frequency range, 
including all supporting data and calculations, and/or by extensive 
field strength measurement data. For the purpose of such submissions, 
cellular service is considered to be provided in all areas, including 
``dead spots'', between the transmitter location and the locus of points 
where the predicted or measured median field strength finally drops to 
32 dB[micro]V/m (i.e. does not exceed 32 dB[micro]V/m further out). If, 
after consideration of such submissions, the FCC finds that adjustment 
to a CGSA is warranted, the FCC may grant the application.
    (1) The alternative CGSA determination must define the CGSA in terms 
of distances from the cell sites to the 32 dB[micro]V/m contour along 
the eight cardinal radials, with points in other azimuthal directions 
determined by the method given in paragraph (a)(6) of this section. The 
distances used must be representative of the coverage within the eight 
cardinal radials, as depicted by the alternative CGSA determination.
    (2) If an uncalibrated predictive model is used to depict the CGSA, 
the alternative CGSA determination must identify factors (e.g. terrain 
roughness or features) that could plausibly account for the difference 
between actual coverage and that defined by the formula in paragraph 
(a)(1) of this section. If actual measurements or a measurement-
calibrated predictive model are used to depict the CGSA, and this fact 
is disclosed in the alternative CGSA determination, it is not necessary 
to offer an explanation of the difference between actual coverage and 
that defined by the formula in paragraph (a)(1) of this section. If the 
formula in paragraph (a)(1) of this section is clearly inapplicable for 
the cell(s) in question (e.g. for microcells), this should be disclosed 
in the alternative CGSA determination.
    (3) The provision for alternative CGSA determinations was made in 
recognition that the formula in paragraph (a)(1) of this section is a 
general model that provides a reasonable approximation of coverage in 
most land areas, but may under-predict or over-predict coverage in 
specific areas with unusual terrain roughness or features, and may be 
inapplicable for certain purposes, e.g., cells with a coverage radius of 
less than 8 kilometers (5 miles). In such cases, alternative methods 
that utilize more specific models are appropriate. Accordingly, the FCC 
does not consider use of the formula in paragraph (a)(1) of this section 
with parameters outside

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of the limits in paragraphs (a)(3), (a)(4) and (a)(5) of this section or 
with data for radials other than the cardinal radials to be a valid 
alternative method for determining the CGSA of a cellular system.
    (c) CGSA determination (PSD). (1) For the purpose of calculating the 
SABs for cell sites and determining CGSA expansion areas for Cellular 
base stations that operate using PSD (as permitted under Sec.  22.913), 
the licensee must use a predictive propagation model that is appropriate 
for the service provided, taking into account terrain and local 
conditions. The SAB and CGSA boundary must be defined in terms of 
distances from the cell site to the 32 dB[micro]V/m contour along the 
eight cardinal radials, with points in other azimuthal directions 
determined by the method set forth in paragraph (a)(6) of this section. 
The distances used must be representative of the coverage within the 
eight cardinal radials.
    (2) An application for major modification of the CGSA under this 
paragraph (c) must include, as an exhibit, a depiction of the CGSA 
accompanied by one or more supporting propagation studies using methods 
appropriate for the 800-900 MHz frequency range, including all 
supporting data and calculations, and/or by extensive field strength 
measurement data. For the purpose of such submissions, Cellular service 
is considered to be provided in all areas, including ``dead spots,'' 
between the transmitter location and the locus of points where the 
predicted or measured median field strength finally drops to 32 
dB[micro]V/m (i.e., does not exceed 32 dB[micro]V/m further out). If, 
after consideration of such submissions, the FCC finds that adjustment 
to a CGSA is warranted, the FCC may grant the application.
    (d) Protection afforded. Cellular systems are entitled to protection 
only within the CGSA (as determined in accordance with this section) 
from co-channel and first-adjacent channel interference (see Sec.  
22.983). Licensees must cooperate in resolving co-channel and first-
adjacent channel interference by changing channels used at specific 
cells or by other technical means.
    (e) [Reserved]

[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 59 FR 59954, Nov. 21, 1994; 
63 FR 68951, Dec. 14, 1998; 67 FR 9609, Mar. 4, 2002; 67 FR 77191, Dec. 
17, 2002; 68 FR 42295, July 17, 2003; 79 FR 72151, Dec. 5, 2014; 82 FR 
17582, Apr. 12, 2017]



Sec.  22.912  Service area boundary extensions.

    This section contains rules governing service area boundary (SAB) 
extensions. SAB extensions are areas (calculated using the methodology 
of Sec.  22.911) that extend outside of the licensee's Cellular 
Geographic Service Area (CGSA) boundary into Unserved Area or into the 
CGSA of a neighboring co-channel licensee. Service within SAB extensions 
is not protected from interference or capture under Sec.  22.911(d) 
unless and until the area within the SAB extension becomes part of the 
CGSA in compliance with all applicable rules.
    (a) Extensions into Unserved Area. Subject to paragraph (c) of this 
section, the licensee of a Cellular system may, at any time, extend its 
SAB into Unserved Area and provide service on a secondary basis only, 
provided that the extension area comprises less than 130 contiguous 
square kilometers (50 contiguous square miles). If more than one 
licensee of a Cellular system extends into all or a portion of the same 
Unserved Area under this section, all such licensees may provide service 
in such Unserved Area on a shared secondary (unprotected) basis only.
    (b) Contract extensions. The licensee of any Cellular system may, at 
any time, enter into a contract with an applicant for, or a licensee of, 
a Cellular system on the same channel block to allow one or more SAB 
extensions into its CGSA (not into Unserved Area).
    (c) Gulf of Mexico Service Area. Land-based Cellular system 
licensees may not extend their SABs into the Gulf of Mexico Exclusive 
Zone (GMEZ) absent written contractual consent of the co-channel GMEZ 
licensee. GMEZ licensees may not extend their SABs into the CGSA of a 
licensee on the same channel block in an adjacent CMA or the Gulf of 
Mexico Coastal Zone absent written contractual consent of the co-channel 
licensee.

[79 FR 72151, Dec. 5, 2014]

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Sec.  22.913  Effective radiated power limits.

    Licensees in the Cellular Radiotelephone Service are subject to the 
effective radiated power (ERP) limits and other requirements in this 
Section. See also Sec.  22.169.
    (a) Maximum ERP. The ERP of transmitters in the Cellular 
Radiotelephone Service must not exceed the limits in this section.
    (1) Except as described in paragraphs (a)(2), (3), and (4) of this 
section, the ERP of base stations and repeaters must not exceed--
    (i) 500 watts per emission; or
    (ii) 400 watts/MHz (PSD) per sector.
    (2) Except as described in paragraphs (a)(3) and (4) of this 
section, for systems operating in areas more than 72 kilometers (45 
miles) from international borders that:
    (i) Are located in counties with population densities of 100 persons 
or fewer per square mile, based upon the most recently available 
population statistics from the Bureau of the Census; or
    (ii) Extend coverage into Unserved Area on a secondary basis (see 
Sec.  22.949), the ERP of base transmitters and repeaters must not 
exceed--
    (A) 1000 watts per emission; or
    (B) 800 watts/MHz (PSD) per sector.
    (3) Provided that they also comply with paragraphs (b) and (c) of 
this section, licensees are permitted to operate their base transmitters 
and repeaters with an ERP greater than 400 watts/MHz (PSD) per sector, 
up to a maximum ERP of 1000 watts/MHz (PSD) per sector unless they meet 
the conditions in paragraph (a)(4) of this section.
    (4) Provided that they also comply with paragraphs (b) and (c) of 
this section, licensees of systems operating in areas more than 72 
kilometers (45 miles) from international borders that:
    (i) Are located in counties with population densities of 100 persons 
or fewer per square mile, based upon the most recently available 
population statistics from the Bureau of the Census; or
    (ii) Extend coverage into Unserved Area on a secondary basis (see 
Sec.  22.949), are permitted to operate base transmitters and repeaters 
with an ERP greater than 800 watts/MHz (PSD) per sector, up to a maximum 
of 2000 watts/MHz (PSD) per sector.
    (5) The ERP of mobile transmitters and auxiliary test transmitters 
must not exceed 7 watts.
    (b) Power flux density (PFD). Until May 12, 2024, each Cellular base 
station that operates at the higher ERP limits permitted under 
paragraphs (a)(3) and (4) of this section must be designed and deployed 
so as not to exceed a modeled PFD of 3000 microwatts/m\2\/MHz over at 
least 98% of the area within 1 km of the base station antenna, at 1.6 
meters above ground level. To ensure its compliance with this 
requirement, the licensee must perform predictive modeling of the PFD 
values within at least 1 km of each base station antenna prior to 
commencing such operations and, thereafter, prior to making any site 
modifications that may increase the PFD levels around the base station. 
The modeling tools must take into consideration terrain and other local 
conditions and must use good engineering practices for the 800 MHz band.
    (c) Advance notification requirement. At least 30 days but not more 
than 90 days prior to activating a base station at the higher ERP limits 
permitted under paragraphs (a)(3) and (4) of this section, the Cellular 
licensee must provide written advance notice to any public safety 
licensee authorized in the frequency range 806-816 MHz/851-861 MHz with 
a base station located within a radius of 113 km of the Cellular base 
station to be deployed. The written notice shall be required only one 
time for each such cell site and is for informational purposes only; the 
public safety licensees are not afforded the right to accept or reject 
the activation or to unilaterally require changes in the operating 
parameters. The written notification must include the base station's 
location, ERP level, height of the transmitting antenna's center of 
radiation above ground level, and the timeframe for activation, as well 
as the Cellular licensee's contact information. Additional information 
shall be provided by the Cellular licensee upon request of a public 
safety licensee required to be notified under this paragraph (c). See 
also Sec. Sec.  22.970 through 22.973.
    (d) Power measurement. Measurement of the ERP of Cellular base 
transmitters and repeaters must be made using

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an average power measurement technique. The peak-to-average ratio (PAR) 
of the transmission must not exceed 13 dB. Power measurements for base 
transmitters and repeaters must be made in accordance with either of the 
following:
    (1) A Commission-approved average power technique (see FCC 
Laboratory's Knowledge Database); or
    (2) For purposes of this section, peak transmit power must be 
measured over an interval of continuous transmission using 
instrumentation calibrated in terms of an rms-equivalent voltage. The 
measurement results shall be properly adjusted for any instrument 
limitations, such as detector response times, limited resolution 
bandwidth capability when compared to the emission bandwidth, 
sensitivity, etc., so as to obtain a true peak measurement for the 
emission in question over the full bandwidth of the channel.
    (e) Height-power limit. The ERP of base transmitters must not exceed 
the amount that would result in an average distance to the service area 
boundary of 79.1 kilometers (49 miles) for Cellular systems authorized 
to serve the Gulf of Mexico MSA and 40.2 kilometers (25 miles) for all 
other Cellular systems. The average distance to the service area 
boundary is calculated by taking the arithmetic mean of the distances 
determined using the procedures specified in Sec.  22.911 for the eight 
cardinal radial directions.
    (f) Exemptions from height-power limit. Licensees need not comply 
with the height-power limit in paragraph (e) of this section if either 
of the following conditions is met:
    (1) The proposed operation is coordinated with the licensees of all 
affected Cellular systems on the same channel block within 121 
kilometers (75 miles) and concurrence is obtained; or
    (2) The licensee's base transmitter or repeater is operated at the 
ERP limits (W/MHz) specified above in paragraph (a)(1)(ii), (a)(2)(ii), 
(a)(3), or (a)(4) of this section.

[82 FR 17582, Apr. 12, 2017]



Sec.  22.917  Emission limitations for cellular equipment.

    The rules in this section govern the spectral characteristics of 
emissions in the Cellular Radiotelephone Service.
    (a) Out of band emissions. The power of any emission outside of the 
authorized operating frequency ranges must be attenuated below the 
transmitting power (P) by a factor of at least 43 + 10 log(P) dB.
    (b) Measurement procedure. Compliance with these rules is based on 
the use of measurement instrumentation employing a reference bandwidth 
as follows:
    (1) In the spectrum below 1 GHz, instrumentation should employ a 
reference bandwidth of 100 kHz or greater. In the 1 MHz bands 
immediately outside and adjacent to the frequency block, a resolution 
bandwidth of at least one percent of the emission bandwidth of the 
fundamental emission of the transmitter may be employed. A narrower 
resolution bandwidth is permitted in all cases to improve measurement 
accuracy, provided that the measured power is integrated over the full 
required reference bandwidth (i.e., 100 kHz or 1 percent of emission 
bandwidth, as specified). The emission bandwidth is defined as the width 
of the signal between two points, one below the carrier center frequency 
and one above the carrier center frequency, outside of which all 
emissions are attenuated at least 26 dB below the transmitter power.
    (2) In the spectrum above 1 GHz, instrumentation should employ a 
reference bandwidth of 1 MHz.
    (c) Alternative out of band emission limit. Licensees in this 
service may establish an alternative out of band emission limit to be 
used at specified band edge(s) in specified geographical areas, in lieu 
of that set forth in this section, pursuant to a private contractual 
arrangement of all affected licensees and applicants. In this event, 
each party to such contract shall maintain a copy of the contract in 
their station files and disclose it to prospective assignees or 
transferees and, upon request, to the FCC.
    (d) Interference caused by out of band emissions. If any emission 
from a transmitter operating in this service results

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in interference to users of another radio service, the FCC may require a 
greater attenuation of that emission than specified in this section.

[67 FR 77191, Dec. 17, 2002, as amended at 82 FR 17583, Apr. 12, 2017]



Sec.  22.921  911 call processing procedures; 911-only calling mode.

    Mobile telephones manufactured after February 13, 2000 that are 
capable of operating in the analog mode described in the standard 
document ANSI TIA/EIA-553-A-1999 Mobile Station--Base Station 
Compatibility Standard (approved October 14, 1999--available for 
purchase from Global Engineering Documents, 15 Inverness East, 
Englewood, CO 80112), must incorporate a special procedure for 
processing 911 calls. Such procedure must recognize when a 911 call is 
made and, at such time, must override any programming in the mobile unit 
that determines the handling of a non-911 call and permit the call to be 
transmitted through the analog systems of other carriers. This special 
procedure must incorporate one or more of the 911 call system selection 
processes endorsed or approved by the FCC.

[67 FR 77192, Dec. 17, 2002]



Sec.  22.923  Cellular system configuration.

    Mobile stations communicate with and through base transmitters only. 
Base transmitters communicate with mobile stations directly or through 
cellular repeaters. Auxiliary test stations may communicate with base or 
mobile stations for the purpose of testing equipment.



Sec.  22.925  Prohibition on airborne operation of cellular telephones.

    Cellular telephones installed in or carried aboard airplanes, 
balloons or any other type of aircraft must not be operated while such 
aircraft are airborne (not touching the ground). When any aircraft 
leaves the ground, all cellular telephones on board that aircraft must 
be turned off. The following notice must be posted on or near each 
cellular telephone installed in any aircraft:
    ``The use of cellular telephones while this aircraft is airborne is 
prohibited by FCC rules, and the violation of this rule could result in 
suspension of service and/or a fine. The use of cellular telephones 
while this aircraft is on the ground is subject to FAA regulations.''



Sec. Sec.  22.927-22.943  [Reserved]



Sec.  22.946  Construction period for Unserved Area authorizations.

    The construction period applicable to new or modified Cellular 
facilities for which an authorization is granted pursuant to the 
Unserved Area process is one year, beginning on the date the 
authorization is granted. To satisfy this requirement, a Cellular system 
must be providing service to mobile stations operated by subscribers and 
roamers. The licensee must notify the FCC (FCC Form 601) after the 
requirements of this section are met. See Sec.  1.946 of this chapter. 
See also Sec.  22.949.

[79 FR 72151, Dec. 5, 2014]



Sec.  22.947  Discontinuance of service.

    (a) Termination of authorization. (1) Except with respect to CMA672-
A (see paragraph (a)(2) of this section), a licensee's Cellular 
Geographic Service Area (CGSA) authorization will automatically 
terminate, without specific Commission action, if the licensee 
permanently discontinues service. A new-system licensee is not subject 
to this provision until after expiration of the construction period 
specified in Sec.  22.946.
    (2) The licensee's authorization for CMA672-A (Chambers, TX) will 
automatically terminate, without specific Commission action, if the 
licensee permanently discontinues service after meeting its interim 
construction requirement as specified in Sec.  22.961(b)(1).
    (b) Permanent discontinuance. Permanent discontinuance of service is 
defined as 180 consecutive days during which a Cellular licensee does 
not operate or, in the case of a commercial mobile radio service 
provider, does not provide service to at least one subscriber that is 
not affiliated with, controlled by, or related to the providing carrier.
    (c) Filing requirements. A licensee that permanently discontinues 
service as defined in this section must notify the Commission of the 
discontinuance within 10 days by filing, via the ULS,

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FCC Form 601 requesting license cancellation. An authorization will 
automatically terminate, without specific Commission action, if service 
is permanently discontinued as defined in this section, even if a 
licensee fails to file the required form requesting license 
cancellation.

[82 FR 17583, Apr. 12, 2017]

    Effective Date Note: At 82 FR 41547, Sept. 1, 2017, Sec.  22.947 was 
removed. This section contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and the removal will not become effective until approval 
has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  22.948  Geographic partitioning and spectrum disaggregation; 
spectrum leasing.

    Cellular licensees may apply to partition any portion of their 
licensed Cellular Geographic Service Area (CGSA) or to disaggregate 
their licensed spectrum at any time following the grant of their 
authorization(s). Parties seeking approval for partitioning and 
disaggregation shall request from the FCC an authorization for partial 
assignment of a license pursuant to Sec.  1.948 of this chapter. See 
also paragraph (d) of this section regarding spectrum leasing.
    (a) Partitioning, disaggregation, or combined partitioning and 
disaggregation. Applicants must file FCC Form 603 (``Assignment of 
Authorization and Transfer of Control'') pursuant to Sec.  1.948 of this 
chapter, as well as GIS map files and a reduced-size PDF map pursuant to 
Sec.  22.953 for both the assignor and assignee.
    (b) Field strength limit. For purposes of partitioning and 
disaggregation, Cellular systems must be designed so as to comply with 
Sec.  22.983.
    (c) License term. The license term for a partitioned license area 
and for disaggregated spectrum will be the remainder of the original 
license term.
    (d) Spectrum leasing. Cellular spectrum leasing is subject to all 
applicable provisions of subpart X of part 1 of this chapter as well as 
the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, except that applicants 
must file FCC Form 608 (``Application or Notification for Spectrum 
Leasing Arrangement or Private Commons Arrangement''), not FCC Form 603.

[79 FR 72152, Dec. 5, 2014]



Sec.  22.949  Unserved Area licensing; minimum coverage requirements.

    (a) The Unserved Area licensing process described in this section is 
on-going and applications may be filed at any time, subject to the 
following coverage requirements:
    (1) Applicants for authority to operate a new Cellular system or 
expand an existing Cellular Geographic Service Area (CGSA) in Unserved 
Area must propose a CGSA or CGSA expansion of at least 130 contiguous 
square kilometers (50 contiguous square miles) using the methodology of 
Sec.  22.911.
    (2) Applicants for authority to operate a new Cellular system must 
not propose coverage of water areas only (or water areas and uninhabited 
islands or reefs only), except for Unserved Area in the Gulf of Mexico 
Service Area.
    (b) There is no limit to the number of Unserved Area applications 
that may be granted on each channel block of each CMA that is subject to 
the procedures of this section. Consequently, Unserved Area applications 
are mutually exclusive only if the proposed CGSAs would overlap. 
Mutually exclusive applications are processed using the general 
procedures under Sec.  22.131.
    (c) Unserved Area applications under this section may propose a CGSA 
covering more than one CMA. Each Unserved Area application must request 
authorization for only one CGSA and must not propose a CGSA overlap with 
an existing CGSA.
    (d) Settlements among some, but not all, applicants with mutually 
exclusive applications for Unserved Area (partial settlements) under 
this section are prohibited. Settlements among all applicants with 
mutually exclusive applications under this section (full settlements) 
are allowed and must be filed no later than the date that the FCC Form 
175 (short-form) is filed.

[79 FR 72152, Dec. 5, 2014]

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Sec.  22.950  Provision of service in the Gulf of Mexico Service
Area (GMSA).

    The GMSA has been divided into two areas for licensing purposes, the 
Gulf of Mexico Exclusive Zone (GMEZ) and the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Zone 
(GMCZ). This section describes these areas and sets forth the process 
for licensing facilities in these two respective areas within the GMSA.
    (a) The GMEZ and GMCZ are defined as follows:
    (1) Gulf of Mexico Exclusive Zone. The geographical area within the 
Gulf of Mexico Service Area that lies between the coastline line and the 
southern demarcation line of the Gulf of Mexico Service Area, excluding 
the area comprising the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Zone.
    (2) Gulf of Mexico Coastal Zone. The geographical area within the 
Gulf of Mexico Service Area that lies between the coast line of Florida 
and a line extending approximately twelve nautical miles due south from 
the coastline boundary of the States of Florida and Alabama, and 
continuing along the west coast of Florida at a distance of twelve 
nautical miles from the shoreline. The line is defined by Great Circle 
arcs connecting the following points (geographical coordinates listed as 
North Latitude, West Longitude) consecutively in the order listed:
    (i) 30[deg]16[min]49[sec] N 87[deg]31[min]06[sec] W
    (ii) 30[deg]04[min]35[sec] N 87[deg]31[min]06[sec] W
    (iii) 30[deg]10[min]56[sec] N 86[deg]26[min]53[sec] W
    (iv) 30[deg]03[min]00[sec] N 86[deg]00[min]29[sec] W
    (v) 29[deg]33[min]00[sec] N 85[deg]32[min]49[sec] W
    (vi) 29[deg]23[min]21[sec] N 85[deg]02[min]06[sec] W
    (vii) 29[deg]49[min]44[sec] N 83[deg]59[min]02[sec] W
    (viii) 28[deg]54[min]00[sec] N 83[deg]05[min]33[sec] W
    (ix) 28[deg]34[min]41[sec] N 82[deg]53[min]38[sec] W
    (x) 27[deg]50[min]39[sec] N 83[deg]04[min]27[sec] W
    (xi) 26[deg]24[min]22[sec] N 82[deg]23[min]22[sec] W
    (xii) 25[deg]41[min]39[sec] N 81[deg]49[min]40[sec] W
    (xiii) 24[deg]59[min]02[sec] N 81[deg]15[min]04[sec] W
    (xiv) 24[deg]44[min]23[sec] N 81[deg]57[min]04[sec] W
    (xv) 24[deg]32[min]37[sec] N 82[deg]02[min]01[sec] W
    (b) Service Area Boundary Calculation. The service area boundary of 
a cell site located within the Gulf of Mexico Service Area is calculated 
pursuant to Sec.  22.911(a)(2). Otherwise, the service area boundary is 
calculated pursuant to Sec.  22.911(a)(1) or Sec.  22.911(b).
    (c) Gulf of Mexico Exclusive Zone (GMEZ). GMEZ licensees have an 
exclusive right to provide Cellular service in the GMEZ, and may add, 
modify, or remove facilities anywhere within the GMEZ without prior FCC 
approval. There is no Unserved Area licensing procedure for the GMEZ.
    (d) Gulf of Mexico Coastal Zone (GMCZ). The GMCZ is subject to the 
Unserved Area licensing procedures set forth in Sec.  22.949.

[67 FR 9610, Mar. 4, 2002, as amended at 79 FR 72152, Dec. 5, 2014]



Sec.  22.951  [Reserved]



Sec.  22.953  Content and form of applications for Cellular Unserved
Area authorizations.

    Applications for authority to operate a new Cellular system or to 
modify an existing Cellular system must comply with the specifications 
in this section.
    (a) New Systems. In addition to information required by subpart B of 
this part and by FCC Form 601, applications for an Unserved Area 
authorization to operate a Cellular system must comply with all 
applicable requirements set forth in part 1 of this chapter, including 
the requirements specified in Sec. Sec.  1.913, 1.923, and 1.924, and 
must include the information listed below. Geographical coordinates must 
be correct to 1 second using the NAD 83 datum.
    (1) Exhibit I--Geographic Information System (GIS) map files. 
Geographic Information System (GIS) map files must be submitted showing 
the entire proposed CGSA, the new cell sites (transmitting antenna 
locations), and the service area boundaries of additional and modified 
cell sites that extend into Unserved Area being claimed as CGSA. See 
Sec.  22.911. The FCC will specify the file format required for the GIS 
map files, which are to be submitted electronically via the Universal 
Licensing System (ULS).
    (2) Exhibit II--Reduced-size PDF map. This map must be 8\1/2\ x 11 
inches (if possible, a proportional reduction of a 1:500,000 scale map). 
The map must have a legend, a distance scale, and correctly labeled 
latitude and longitude lines. The map must be clear and legible. The map 
must accurately

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show the entire proposed CGSA, the new cell sites (transmitting antenna 
locations), the service area boundaries of additional and modified cell 
sites that extend beyond the CGSA, and the relevant portions of the CMA 
boundary. See Sec.  22.911.
    (3) Exhibit III--Technical Information. In addition, upon request by 
an applicant, licensee, or the FCC, a Cellular applicant or licensee of 
whom the request is made shall furnish the antenna type, model, the name 
of the antenna manufacturer, antenna gain in the maximum lobe, the beam 
width of the maximum lobe of the antenna, a polar plot of the horizontal 
gain pattern of the antenna, antenna height to tip above ground level, 
the height of the center of radiation of the antenna above the average 
terrain, the maximum effective radiated power, and the electric field 
polarization of the wave emitted by the antenna when installed as 
proposed to the requesting party within ten (10) days of receiving 
written notification.
    (4)-(10) [Reserved]
    (11) Additional information. The FCC may request information not 
specified in FCC Form 601 or in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3) of this 
section as necessary to process an application.
    (b) Existing systems--major modifications. Licensees making major 
modifications pursuant to Sec.  1.929(a) and (b) of this chapter must 
file FCC Form 601 and comply with the requirements of paragraph (a) of 
this section.
    (c) Existing systems--minor modifications. Licensees making minor 
modifications pursuant to Sec.  1.929(k) of this chapter must file FCC 
Form 601 or FCC Form 603, provided, however, that a resulting reduction 
in coverage within the CGSA is not subject to this requirement. See 
Sec.  1.947(b). See also Sec.  22.169. If the modification involves a 
contract SAB extension into or from the Gulf of Mexico Exclusive Zone, 
it must include a certification that the required written consent has 
been obtained. See Sec. Sec.  22.912(c) and 22.950.

[79 FR 72152, Dec. 5, 2014, as amended at 82 FR 17584, Apr. 12, 2017]



Sec. Sec.  22.955-22.957  [Reserved]



Sec.  22.959  Rules governing processing of applications for initial
systems.

    Pending applications for authority to operate the first cellular 
system on a channel block in an MSA or RSA market continue to be 
processed under the rules governing the processing of such applications 
that were in effect when those applications were filed, unless the 
Commission determines otherwise in a particular case.



Sec.  22.960  Cellular operations in the Chambers, TX CMA (CMA672-A).

    This section applies only to Cellular systems operating on channel 
block A of the Chambers, Texas CMA (CMA672-A).
    (a) The geographic boundary of CMA672-A is deemed to be the Cellular 
Geographic Service Area (CGSA) boundary. This CGSA boundary is not 
determined using the methodology of Sec.  22.911. The licensee of 
CMA672-A may not propose an expansion of this CGSA into another CMA 
unless and until it meets the construction requirement set forth in 
paragraph (b)(2) of this section.
    (b) A licensee that holds the license for CMA672-A must be providing 
signal coverage and offering service as follows (and in applying these 
geographic construction benchmarks, the licensee is to count total land 
area):
    (1) To at least 35% of the geographic area of CMA672-A within four 
years of the grant of such authorization; and
    (2) To at least 70% of the geographic area of its license 
authorization by the end of the license term.
    (c) After it has met each of the requirements of paragraphs (b)(1) 
and (b)(2), respectively, of this section, the licensee that holds the 
license for CMA672-A must notify the FCC that it has met the requirement 
by submitting FCC Form 601, including GIS map files and other supporting 
documents showing compliance with the requirement. See Sec.  1.946 of 
this chapter. See also Sec.  22.953.
    (d) Failure to meet the construction requirements set forth in 
paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2) of this section by each of the applicable 
deadlines will result

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in automatic termination of the license for CMA672-A and its return to 
the Commission for future re-licensing subject to competitive bidding 
procedures. The licensee that fails to meet each requirement of this 
section by the applicable deadline set forth in paragraphs (b)(1) and 
(b)(2) shall be ineligible to regain the license for CMA672-A.

[79 FR 72153, Dec. 5, 2014]



Sec.  22.961  Cellular licenses subject to competitive bidding.

    (a) The following applications for Cellular licensed area 
authorizations are subject to competitive bidding:
    (1) Mutually exclusive applications for Unserved Area filed after 
July 26, 1993; and
    (2) Mutually exclusive applications for the initial authorization 
for CMA672-A (Chambers, TX).
    (b) The competitive bidding procedures set forth in Sec.  22.229 and 
the general competitive bidding procedures set forth in subpart Q of 
part 1 of this chapter will apply.

[79 FR 72153, Dec. 5, 2014]



Sec. Sec.  22.962-22.969  [Reserved]



Sec.  22.970  Unacceptable interference to part 90 non-cellular
800 MHz licensees from cellular radiotelephone or part 90-800 MHz 
cellular systems.

    (a) Definition. Except as provided in 47 CFR 90.617(k), unacceptable 
interference to non-cellular part 90 licensees in the 800 MHz band from 
cellular radiotelephone or part 90-800 MHz cellular systems will be 
deemed to occur when the below conditions are met:
    (1) A transceiver at a site at which interference is encountered:
    (i) Is in good repair and operating condition, and is receiving:
    (A) A median desired signal of -104 dBm or higher, as measured at 
the R.F. input of the receiver of a mobile unit; or
    (B) A median desired signal of -101 dBm or higher, as measured at 
the R.F. input of the receiver of a portable i.e. hand-held unit; and, 
either
    (ii) Is a voice transceiver:
    (A) With manufacturer published performance specifications for the 
receiver section of the transceiver equal to, or exceeding, the minimum 
standards set out in paragraph (b) of this section, below; and;
    (B) Receiving an undesired signal or signals which cause the 
measured Carrier to Noise plus interference (C/(I + N)) ratio of the 
receiver section of said transceiver to be less than 20 dB, or,
    (iii) Is a non-voice transceiver receiving an undesired signal or 
signals which cause the measured bit error rate (BER) (or some 
comparable specification) of the receiver section of said transceiver to 
be more than the value reasonably designated by the manufacturer.
    (2) Provided, however, that if the receiver section of the mobile or 
portable voice transceiver does not conform to the standards set out in 
paragraph (b) of this section, then that transceiver shall be deemed 
subject to unacceptable interference only at sites where the median 
desired signal satisfies the applicable threshold measured signal power 
in paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section after an upward adjustment to 
account for the difference in receiver section performance. The upward 
adjustment shall be equal to the increase in the desired signal required 
to restore the receiver section of the subject transceiver to the 20 dB 
C/(I + N) ratio of paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(B) of this section. The adjusted 
threshold levels shall then define the minimum measured signal power(s) 
in lieu of paragraphs (a)(1)(i) of this section at which the licensee 
using such non-compliant transceiver is entitled to interference 
protection.
    (b) Minimum receiver requirements. Voice transceivers capable of 
operating in the 806-824 MHz portion of the 800 MHz band shall have the 
following minimum performance specifications in order for the system in 
which such transceivers are used to claim entitlement to full protection 
against unacceptable interference (See paragraph (a) (2) of this 
section).
    (1) Voice units intended for mobile use: 75 dB intermodulation 
rejection ratio; 75 dB adjacent channel rejection ratio; -116 dBm 
reference sensitivity.
    (2) Voice units intended for portable use: 70 dB intermodulation 
rejection

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ratio; 70 dB adjacent channel rejection ratio; -116 dBm reference 
sensitivity.

[69 FR 67834, Nov. 22, 2004, as amended at 70 FR 76707, Dec. 28, 2005]



Sec.  22.971  Obligation to abate unacceptable interference.

    (a) Strict Responsibility. Any licensee who, knowingly or 
unknowingly, directly or indirectly, causes or contributes to causing 
unacceptable interference to a non-cellular part 90 of this chapter 
licensee in the 800 MHz band, as defined in Sec.  22.970, shall be 
strictly accountable to abate the interference, with full cooperation 
and utmost diligence, in the shortest time practicable. Interfering 
licensees shall consider all feasible interference abatement measures, 
including, but not limited to, the remedies specified in the 
interference resolution procedures set forth in Sec.  22.972(c). This 
strict responsibility obligation applies to all forms of interference, 
including out-of-band emissions and intermodulation.
    (b) Joint and several responsibility. If two or more licensees 
knowingly or unknowingly, directly or indirectly, cause or contribute to 
causing unacceptable interference to a non-cellular part 90 of this 
chapter licensee in the 800 MHz band, as defined in Sec.  22.970, such 
licensees shall be jointly and severally responsible for abating 
interference, with full cooperation and utmost diligence, in the 
shortest practicable time.
    (1) This joint and several responsibility rule requires interfering 
licensees to consider all feasible interference abatement measures, 
including, but not limited to, the remedies specified in the 
interference resolution procedures set forth in Sec.  22.972(c). This 
joint and several responsibility rule applies to all forms of 
interference, including out-of-band emissions and intermodulation.
    (2) Any licensee that can show that its signal does not directly or 
indirectly, cause or contribute to causing unacceptable interference to 
a non-cellular part 90 of this chapter licensee in the 800 MHz band, as 
defined in this chapter, shall not be held responsible for resolving 
unacceptable interference. Notwithstanding, any licensee that receives 
an interference complaint from a public safety/CII licensee shall 
respond to such complaint consistent with the interference resolution 
procedures set forth in this chapter.

[69 FR 67834, Nov. 22, 2004, as amended at 70 FR 76707, Dec. 28, 2005]



Sec.  22.972  Interference resolution procedures.

    (a) Initial notification. (1) Cellular Radiotelephone licensees may 
receive initial notification of interference from non-cellular part 90 
of this chapter licensees in the 800 MHz band pursuant to Sec.  
90.674(a) of this chapter.
    (2) Cellular Radiotelephone licensees, in conjunction with part 90 
ESMR licensees, shall establish an electronic means of receiving the 
initial notification described in Sec.  90.674(a) of this chapter. The 
electronic system must be designed so that all appropriate Cellular 
Radiotelephone licensees and part 90 ESMR licensees can be contacted 
about the interference incident with a single notification. The 
electronic system for receipt of initial notification of interference 
complaints must be operating no later than February 22, 2005.
    (3) Cellular Radiotelephone licensees must respond to the initial 
notification described in Sec.  90.674(a) of this chapter, as soon as 
possible and no later than 24 hours after receipt of notification from a 
part 90 public safety/CII licensee. This response time may be extended 
to 48 hours after receipt from other part 90 non-cellular licensees 
provided affected communications on these systems are not safety 
related.
    (b) Interference analysis. Cellular Radiotelephone licensees--who 
receive an initial notification described in Sec.  90.674(a) of this 
chapter--shall perform a timely analysis of the interference to identify 
the possible source. Immediate on-site visits may be conducted when 
necessary to complete timely analysis. Interference analysis must be 
completed and corrective action initiated within 48 hours of the initial 
complaint from a part 90 of this chapter public safety/CII licensee. 
This response time may be extended to 96 hours after the initial 
complaint from other part 90 of this chapter non-cellular licensees 
provided affected communications on these systems are not safety 
related. Corrective action may

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be delayed if the affected licensee agrees in writing (which may be, but 
is not required to be, recorded via e-mail or other electronic means) to 
a longer period.
    (c) Mitigation steps. (1) All Cellular Radiotelephone and part 90 of 
this chapter--800 MHz cellular system licensees who are responsible for 
causing unacceptable interference shall take all affirmative measures to 
resolve such interference. Cellular Radiotelephone licensees found to 
contribute to unacceptable interference, as defined in Sec.  22.970, 
shall resolve such interference in the shortest time practicable. 
Cellular Radiotelephone licensees and part 90 of this chapter--800 MHz 
cellular system licensees must provide all necessary test apparatus and 
technical personnel skilled in the operation of such equipment as may be 
necessary to determine the most appropriate means of timely eliminating 
the interference. However, the means whereby interference is abated or 
the cell parameters that may need to be adjusted is left to the 
discretion of the Cellular Radiotelephone and/or part 90 of this 
chapter--800 MHz cellular system licensees, whose affirmative measures 
may include, but not be limited to, the following techniques:
    (i) Increasing the desired power of the public safety/CII signal;
    (ii) Decreasing the power of the part 90 ESMR and/or Cellular 
Radiotelephone system signal;
    (iii) Modifying the part 90 ESMR and/or Cellular Radiotelephone 
system antenna height;
    (iv) Modifying the part 90 ESMR and/or Cellular Radiotelephone 
system antenna characteristics;
    (v) Incorporating filters into part 90 ESMR and/or Cellular 
Radiotelephone transmission equipment;
    (vi) Permanently changing part 90 ESMR and/or Cellular 
Radiotelephone frequencies; and
    (vii) Supplying interference-resistant receivers to the affected 
public safety/CII licensee(s). If this technique is used, in all 
circumstances, Cellular Radiotelephone and/or part 90 of this chapter 
ESMR licensees shall be responsible for all costs thereof.
    (2) Whenever short-term interference abatement measures prove 
inadequate, the affected part 90 of this chapter non-cellular licensee 
shall, consistent with but not compromising safety, make all necessary 
concessions to accepting interference until a longer-term remedy can be 
implemented.
    (3) Discontinuing operations when clear imminent danger exists. When 
a part 90 of this chapter public safety licensee determines that a 
continuing presence of interference constitutes a clear and imminent 
danger to life or property, the licensee causing the interference must 
discontinue the associated operation immediately, until a remedy can be 
identified and applied. The determination that a continuing presence 
exists that constitutes a clear and imminent danger to life or property, 
must be made by written statement that:
    (i) Is in the form of a declaration, notarized affidavit, or 
statement under penalty or perjury, from an officer or executive of the 
affected public safety licensee;
    (ii) Thoroughly describes the basis of the claim of clear and 
imminent danger;
    (iii) Was formulated on the basis of either personal knowledge or 
belief after due diligence;
    (iv) Is not proffered by a contractor or other third party; and
    (v) Has been approved by the Chief of the Public Safety and Homeland 
Security Bureau or other designated Commission official. Prior to the 
authorized official making a determination that a clear and imminent 
danger exists, the associated written statement must be served by hand-
delivery or receipted fax on the applicable offending licensee, with a 
copy transmitted by the fastest available means to the Washington, DC 
office of the Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.

[69 FR 67834, Nov. 22, 2004, as amended at 70 FR 76707, Dec. 28, 2005; 
71 FR 69038, Nov. 29, 2006]



Sec.  22.973  Information exchange.

    (a) Prior notification. Public safety/CII licensees may notify a 
part 90 ESMR or cellular radiotelephone licensee that they wish to 
receive prior notification of the activation or modification of part 90 
ESMR or cellular radiotelephone cell sites in their area.

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Thereafter, the part 90 ESMR or cellular radiotelephone licensee must 
provide the following information to the public safety/CII licensee at 
least 10 business days before a new cell site is activated or an 
existing cell site is modified:
    (1) Location;
    (2) Effective radiated power;
    (3) Antenna height;
    (4) Channels available for use.
    (b) Purpose of prior notification. The prior coordination of cell 
sites is for informational purposes only. Public safety/CII licensees 
are not afforded the right to accept or reject the activation of a 
proposed cell or to unilaterally require changes in its operating 
parameters. The principal purposes of notification are to:
    (1) Allow a public safety licensee to advise the part 90 of this 
chapter ESMR or Cellular Radiotelephone licensee whether it believes a 
proposed cell will generate unacceptable interference;
    (2) Permit Cellular Radiotelephone or part 90 of this chapter ESMR 
licensees to make voluntary changes in cell parameters when a public 
safety licensee alerts them to possible interference; and
    (3) Rapidly identify the source if interference is encountered when 
the cell is activated.

[69 FR 67834, Nov. 22, 2004]



Sec.  22.983  Field strength limit.

    (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, a licensee's 
predicted or measured median field strength limit must not exceed 40 
dB[micro]V/m at any given point along the Cellular Geographic Service 
Area (CGSA) boundary of a neighboring licensee on the same channel 
block, unless the affected licensee of the neighboring CGSA on the same 
channel block agrees to a different field strength. This also applies to 
CGSAs partitioned pursuant to Sec.  22.948.
    (b) Gulf of Mexico Service Area. Notwithstanding the field strength 
limit provision set forth in paragraph (a) of this section, licensees in 
or adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico Exclusive Zone are subject to Sec.  
22.912(c) regarding service area boundary extensions. See Sec.  
22.912(c).
    (c) Cellular licensees shall be subject to all applicable provisions 
and requirements of treaties and other international agreements between 
the United States government and the governments of Canada and Mexico, 
notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.

[79 FR 72153, Dec. 5, 2014]



                Subpart I_Offshore Radiotelephone Service



Sec.  22.1001  Scope.

    The rules in this subpart govern the licensing and operation of 
offshore radiotelephone stations. The licensing and operation of these 
stations and systems is also subject to rules elsewhere in this part 
that apply generally to the public mobile services. However, in case of 
conflict, the rules in this subpart govern.



Sec.  22.1003  Eligibility.

    Any eligible entity (see Sec.  22.7) may apply for central station 
license(s) and/or offshore subscriber licenses under this subpart.

[70 FR 19312, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  22.1005  Priority of service.

    Facilities in the Offshore Radiotelephone Service are intended 
primarily for rendition of public message service between offshore 
subscriber and central stations. However, they may also be used to 
render private leased line communication service, provided that such 
usage does not reduce or impair the extent or quality of communication 
service which would be available, in the absence of private leased line 
service, to the general public receiving or subsequently requesting 
public message service from an offshore central station.



Sec.  22.1007  Channels for offshore radiotelephone systems.

    The channels listed in this section are allocated for paired 
assignment to transmitters located in the specified geographical zones 
that provide offshore radiotelephone service. All channels have a 
bandwidth of 20 kHz and are designated by their center frequencies in 
MegaHertz.

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    (a) Zone A--Southern Louisiana. The geographical area in Zone A is 
bounded as follows:

    From longitude W.87[deg]45[min] on the East to longitude 
W.94[deg]00[min] on the West and from the 4.8 kilometer (3 mile) limit 
along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline on the North to the limit of the 
Outer Continental Shelf on the South.

    (1) These channels may be assigned for use by offshore central 
(base/fixed) or subscriber stations (fixed, temporary fixed, surface 
and/or airborne mobile) as indicated, for voice-grade general 
communications:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Central              Subscriber       Central      Subscriber
------------------------------------------------------------------------
488.025......................  491.025      488.225.........  491.225
488.050......................  491.050      488.250.........  491.250
488.075......................  491.075      488.275.........  491.275
488.100......................  491.100      488.300.........  491.300
488.125......................  491.125      488.325.........  491.325
488.150......................  491.150      488.350.........  491.350
488.175......................  491.175      488.375.........  491.375
488.200......................  491.200      488.400.........  491.400
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) These channels may be assigned for use by offshore central 
(base/fixed) or subscriber stations (fixed, temporary fixed, surface 
and/or airborne mobile) as indicated, for voice-grade general 
communications and private line service:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Central              Subscriber       Central      Subscriber
------------------------------------------------------------------------
488.425......................  491.425      488.575.........  491.575
488.450......................  491.450      488.600.........  491.600
488.475......................  491.475      488.625.........  491.625
488.500......................  491.500      488.650.........  491.650
488.525......................  491.525      488.675.........  491.675
488.550......................  491.550      488.700.........  491.700
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (3) These channels may be assigned for use by relay stations in 
systems where it would be impractical to provide offshore radiotelephone 
service without the use of relay stations.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Central              Subscriber       Central      Subscriber
------------------------------------------------------------------------
488.725......................  491.725      488.775.........  491.775
488.750......................  491.750      488.800.........  491.800
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (4) These channels may be assigned for use by offshore central 
(base/fixed) or subscriber stations (fixed, temporary fixed, surface 
and/or airborne mobile) as indicated, for emergency communications 
involving protection of life and property.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Central              Subscriber       Central      Subscriber
------------------------------------------------------------------------
488.825......................  491.825      488.875.........  491.875
488.850......................  491.850      488.900.........  491.900
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (5) These channels may be assigned for use by offshore central 
(base/fixed) or subscriber stations (fixed, temporary fixed, surface 
and/or airborne mobile) as indicated, for emergency auto alarm and voice 
transmission pertaining to emergency conditions only.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Central              Subscriber
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                488.950................  491.950
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (6) These channels may be assigned for use by offshore central 
(base/fixed) or subscriber stations (fixed, temporary fixed, surface 
and/or airborne mobile) as indicated, for emergency shut-off remote 
control telemetry, environmental data acquisition and disseminations, or 
facsimile transmissions.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Central              Subscriber       Central      Subscriber
------------------------------------------------------------------------
489.000......................  492.000      489.200.........  492.200
489.025......................  492.025      489.225.........  492.225
489.050......................  492.050      489.250.........  492.250
489.075......................  492.075      489.275.........  492.275
489.100......................  492.100      489.300.........  492.300
489.125......................  492.125      489.325.........  492.325
489.150......................  492.150      489.350.........  492.350
489.175......................  492.175      489.375.........  492.375
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (7) These channels may be assigned for use by offshore central 
(base/fixed) or subscriber stations (fixed, temporary fixed, surface 
and/or airborne mobile) as indicated, for private line service:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Central              Subscriber       Central      Subscriber
------------------------------------------------------------------------
489.400......................  492.400      489.725.........  492.725
489.425......................  492.425      489.750.........  492.750
489.450......................  492.450      489.775.........  492.775
489.475......................  492.475      489.800.........  492.800
489.500......................  492.500      489.825.........  492.825
489.525......................  492.525      489.850.........  492.850
489.550......................  492.550      489.875.........  492.875
489.575......................  492.575      489.900.........  492.900
489.600......................  492.600      489.925.........  492.925
489.625......................  492.625      489.950.........  492.950
489.650......................  492.650      489.975.........  492.975
489.675......................  492.675      490.000.........  493.000
489.700......................  492.700
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (8) Interstitial channels. Interstitial channels are those with 
center frequencies offset by 12.5 kHz from the 
listed center frequencies. The FCC may assign interstitial channels to 
offshore stations in Zone A subject to the following conditions:
    (i) Offshore stations transmitting on interstitial channels must be 
located east of W.92[deg] longitude.

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    (ii) Operations on interstitial channels are considered to be 
secondary to operations on channels with the listed center frequencies.
    (iii) Offshore stations operating on interstitial channels must be 
used only for voice grade general communications or to provide for 
private line service.

    Note to paragraph (a) of Sec.  22.1007: These channels are contained 
in UHF TV Channel 17.

    (b) Zone B--Southern Louisiana--Texas. (1) The geographical area in 
Zone B is bounded as follows:

    From longitude W.87[deg]45[min] on the East to longitude 
W.95[deg]00[min] on the West and from the 4.8 kilometer (3 mile) limit 
along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline on the North to the limit of the 
Outer Continental Shelf on the South.

    (2) These channels may be assigned for use by offshore central 
(base/fixed) or subscriber stations (fixed, temporary fixed, surface 
and/or airborne mobile) as indicated, for voice-grade general 
communications and private line service:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Central              Subscriber       Central      Subscriber
------------------------------------------------------------------------
485.025......................  482.025      486.025.........  483.025
485.050......................  482.050      486.050.........  483.050
485.075......................  482.075      486.075.........  483.075
485.100......................  482.100      486.100.........  483.100
485.125......................  482.125      486.125.........  483.125
485.150......................  482.150      485.150.........  483.150
485.175......................  482.175      486.175.........  483.175
485.200......................  482.200      486.200.........  483.200
485.225......................  482.225      486.225.........  483.225
485.250......................  482.250      486.250.........  483.250
485.275......................  482.275      486.275.........  483.275
485.300......................  482.300      486.300.........  483.300
485.325......................  482.325      486.325.........  483.325
485.350......................  482.350      486.350.........  483.350
485.375......................  482.375      486.375.........  483.375
485.400......................  482.400      486.400.........  483.400
485.425......................  482.425      486.425.........  483.425
485.450......................  482.450      486.450.........  483.450
485.475......................  482.475      486.475.........  483.475
485.500......................  482.500      486.500.........  483.500
485.525......................  482.525      486.525.........  483.525
485.550......................  482.550      484.550.........  483.550
485.575......................  482.575      486.575.........  483.575
485.600......................  482.600      486.600.........  483.600
485.625......................  482.625      486.625.........  483.625
485.650......................  482.650      486.650.........  483.650
485.675......................  482.675      486.675.........  483.675
485.700......................  482.700      486.700.........  483.700
485.725......................  482.725      486.725.........  483.725
485.750......................  482.750      486.750.........  483.750
485.775......................  482.775      486.775.........  483.775
485.800......................  482.800      486.800.........  483.800
485.825......................  482.825      486.825.........  483.825
485.850......................  482.850      486.850.........  483.850
485.875......................  482.875      486.875.........  483.875
485.900......................  482.900      486.900.........  483.900
485.925......................  482.925      486.925.........  483.925
485.950......................  482.950      486.950.........  483.950
485.975......................  482.975      486.975.........  483.975
486.000......................  483.000      487.050.........  480.050
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Note to paragraph (b) of Sec.  22.1007: These channels are contained 
in UHF TV Channel 16.

    (c) Zone C--Southern Texas. The geographical area in Zone C is 
bounded as follows:

    Longitude W.94[deg]00[min] on the East, the 4.8 kilometer (3 mile) 
limit on the North and West, a 282 kilometer (175 mile) radius from the 
reference point at Linares, N.L., Mexico on the Southwest, latitude 
N.26[deg]00[min] on the South, and the limits of the outer continental 
shelf on the Southeast.

    (1) These channels may be assigned for use by offshore central 
(base/fixed) or subscriber stations (fixed, temporary fixed, surface 
and/or airborne mobile) as indicated, for emergency auto alarm and voice 
transmission pertaining to emergency conditions only.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Central              Subscriber
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                476.950................  479.950
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) These channels may be assigned for use by offshore central 
(base/fixed) or subscriber stations (fixed, temporary fixed, surface 
and/or airborne mobile) as indicated, for voice-grade general 
communications and private line service:

476.025                              479.025
476.050                              479.050
476.075                              479.075
476.100                              479.100
476.125                              479.125
476.150                              479.150
476.175                              479.175
476.200                              479.200
476.225                              479.225
476.250                              479.250
476.275                              479.275
476.300                              479.300
476.325                              479.325
476.350                              479.350
476.375                              479.375
476.400                              479.400
476.425                              479.425
476.450                              479.450
476.475                              479.475
476.500                              479.500
476.525                              479.525
476.550                              479.550
476.575                              479.575
476.600                              479.600
476.625                              479.625
476.650                              479.650

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476.675                              479.675
476.700                              479.700
476.725                              479.725
476.750                              479.750
476.775                              479.775
476.800                              479.800
476.825                              479.825
476.850                              479.850
476.875                              479.875
476.900                              479.900
477.000                              480.000
477.025                              480.025
477.075                              480.075
477.100                              480.100
477.125                              480.125
477.150                              480.150
477.175                              480.175
477.200                              480.200
477.225                              480.225
477.250                              480.250
477.275                              480.275
477.300                              480.300
477.325                              480.325
477.350                              480.350
477.375                              480.375
477.400                              480.400
477.425                              480.425
477.450                              480.450
477.475                              480.475
477.500                              480.500
477.525                              480.525
477.550                              480.550
477.575                              480.575
477.600                              480.600
477.625                              480.625
477.650                              480.650
477.675                              480.675
477.700                              480.700
477.725                              480.725
477.750                              480.750
477.775                              480.775
477.800                              480.800
477.825                              480.825
477.850                              480.850
477.875                              480.875
477.900                              480.900
477.925                              480.925
477.950                              480.950
477.975                              480.975
 


[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994; 60 FR 9891, Feb. 22, 1995]



Sec.  22.1009  Transmitter locations.

    The rules in this section establish limitations on the locations 
from which stations in the Offshore Radiotelephone Service may transmit.
    (a) All stations. Offshore stations must not transmit from locations 
outside the boundaries of the appropriate zones specified in Sec.  
22.1007. Offshore stations must not transmit from locations within 241 
kilometers (150 miles) of any full-service television station that 
transmits on the TV channel containing the channel on which the offshore 
station transmits.
    (b) Airborne subscriber stations. Airborne subscriber stations must 
not transmit from altitudes exceeding 305 meters (1000 feet) above mean 
sea level. Airborne mobile stations in Zone A must not transmit from 
locations within 129 kilometers (80 miles) of Lake Charles, Louisiana. 
Airborne mobile stations in Zone B must not transmit from locations 
within 129 kilometers (80 miles) of Lafayette, Louisiana. Airborne 
mobile stations in Zone C must not transmit from locations within 129 
kilometers (80 miles) of Corpus Christi or locations within 129 
kilometers (80 miles) of Houston, Texas.



Sec.  22.1011  Antenna height limitations.

    The antenna height of offshore stations must not exceed 61 meters 
(200 feet) above mean sea level. The antenna height of offshore surface 
mobile stations must not exceed 10 meters (30 feet) above the waterline.



Sec.  22.1013  Effective radiated power limitations.

    The effective radiated power (ERP) of transmitters in the Offshore 
Radiotelephone Service must not exceed the limits in this section.
    (a) Maximum power. The ERP of transmitters in this service must not 
exceed 1000 Watts under any circumstances.
    (b) Mobile transmitters. The ERP of mobile transmitters must not 
exceed 100 Watts. The ERP of mobile transmitters, when located within 32 
kilometers (20 miles) of the 4.8 kilometer (3 mile) limit, must not 
exceed 25 Watts. The ERP of airborne mobile stations must not exceed 1 
Watt.
    (c) Protection for TV Reception. The ERP limitations in this 
paragraph are intended to reduce the likelihood that interference to 
television reception from offshore radiotelephone operations will occur.
    (1) Co-channel protection. The ERP of offshore stations must not 
exceed the limits in Table I-1 of this section. The limits depend upon 
the height above

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mean sea level of the offshore transmitting antenna and the distance 
between the antenna location of the offshore transmitter and the antenna 
location of the main transmitter of the nearest full-service television 
station that transmits on the TV channel containing the channel on which 
the offshore station transmits.
    (2) Adjacent channel protection. The ERP of offshore stations 
located within 128.8 kilometers (80 miles) of the main transmitter 
antenna of a full service TV station that transmits on a TV channel 
adjacent to the TV channel which contains the channel on which the 
offshore station transmits must not exceed the limits in the Table I-2 
of Sec.  22.1015. The limits depend upon the height above mean sea level 
of the offshore transmitting antenna and the distance between the 
location of the offshore transmitter and the 4.8 kilometer (3 mile) 
limit.

                     Table I-1--Maximum ERP (Watts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  30       45       61
                                                meters   meters   meters
                   Distance                      (100     (150     (200
                                                feet)    feet)    feet)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
338 km (210 mi)..............................     1000     1000     1000
330 km (205 mi)..............................     1000      900      800
2 km (200 mi)................................      800      710      630
314 km (195 mi)..............................      590      520      450
306 km (190 mi)..............................      450      400      330
298 km (185 mi)..............................      320      280      240
290 km (180 mi)..............................      250      210      175
282 km (175 mi)..............................      180      150      130
274 km (170 mi)..............................      175      110      100
266 km (165 mi)..............................       95       80       70
258 km (160 mi)..............................       65       55       50
249 km (155 mi)..............................       50       40       35
241 km (150 mi)..............................       35       30       25
------------------------------------------------------------------------



Sec.  22.1015  Repeater operation.

    Offshore central stations may be used as repeater stations provided 
that the licensee is able to maintain control of the station, and in 
particular, to turn the transmitter off, regardless of whether 
associated subscriber stations are transmitting at the time.

                     Table I-2--Maximum ERP (Watts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           30       61
                                                         meters   meters
         Distance from the 4.8 km (3 mi) limit            (100     (200
                                                         feet)    feet)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.4 km (4 mi).........................................       25        6
8.0 km (5 mi).........................................       40       10
9.7 km (6 mi).........................................       65       15
11.3 km (7 mi)........................................      100       25
12.9 km (8 mi)........................................      150       35
14.5 km (9 mi)........................................      215       50
16.1 km (10 mi).......................................      295       70
17.7 km (11 mi).......................................      400      100
19.3 km (12 mi).......................................      530      130
20.9 km (13 mi).......................................      685      170
22.5 km (14 mi).......................................      870      215
24.1 km (15 mi).......................................     1000      270
25.7 km (16 mi).......................................     1000      415
27.4 km (17 mi).......................................     1000      505
29.0 km (18 mi).......................................     1000      610
30.6 km (19 mi).......................................     1000      730
32.2 km (20 mi).......................................     1000      865
33.8 km (21 mi).......................................     1000     1000
------------------------------------------------------------------------



Sec.  22.1025  Permissible communications.

    Offshore central stations must communicate only with subscriber 
stations (fixed, temporary-fixed, mobile and airborne). Offshore 
subscriber stations must normally communicate only with and through 
offshore central stations. Stations in the Offshore Radiotelephone 
Service may communicate through relay stations authorized in this 
service.



Sec.  22.1031  Temporary fixed stations.

    The FCC may, upon proper application therefor, authorize the 
construction and operation of temporary fixed stations in the Offshore 
Radiotelephone service to be used only when the service of permanent 
fixed stations is disrupted by storms or emergencies or is otherwise 
unavailable.
    (a) Six month limitation. If it is necessary for a temporary fixed 
station to remain at the same location for more than six months, the 
licensee of that station must apply for authorization to operate the 
station at the specific location at least 30 days before the end of the 
six month period.
    (b) International communications. Communications between the United 
States and Mexico must not be carried using a temporary fixed station 
without prior authorization from the FCC. Licensees desiring to carry 
such communications should apply sufficiently in advance to allow for 
the time necessary to coordinate with Canada or Mexico.

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Sec.  22.1035  Construction period.

    The construction period (see Sec.  22.142) for offshore stations is 
18 months.



Sec.  22.1037  Application requirements for offshore stations.

    Applications for new Offshore Radiotelephone Service stations must 
contain an exhibit showing that:
    (a) The applicant has notified all licensees of offshore stations 
located within 321.8 kilometers (200 miles) of the proposed offshore 
station, by providing the following data, at least 30 days before filing 
the application:
    (1) The name, business address, channel coordinator, and telephone 
number of the applicant;
    (2) The location and geographical coordinates of the proposed 
station;
    (3) The channel and type of emission;
    (4) The height and type of antenna;
    (5) The bearing of the main lobe of the antenna; and,
    (6) The effective radiated power.
    (b) The proposed station will not interfere with the primary ORS 
channels by compliance with the following separations:
    (1) Co-channel to a distance of 241.4 kilometers (150 miles).
    (2) If interstitial channels are used, adjacent channels (12.5 kHz) to a distance of 80.5 kilometers (50 miles).
    (3) Third order intermodulation channels (12.5 
kHz) to a distance of 32.2 kilometers (20 miles).
    (4) If the proposed transmitting antenna site is located west of 
longitude W.93[deg]40[min], and within 32.2 kilometers (20 miles) of the 
shoreline, and proposed use of the channels listed in Sec.  22.1007(b), 
no third-order intermodulation interference would be caused to any base 
or mobile station using the channels between 488 and 494 MHz.



PART 24_PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES--Table of Contents



                      Subpart A_General Information

Sec.
24.1 Basis and purpose.
24.2 Other applicable rule parts.
24.3 Permissible communications.
24.5 Terms and definitions.
24.9 Operation of certificated signal boosters.

                   Subpart B_Applications and Licenses

                       General Filing Requirements

24.10 Scope.
24.11 Initial authorization.
24.12 Eligibility.
24.15 License period.

                      Subpart C_Technical Standards

24.50 Scope.
24.51 Equipment authorization.
24.52 RF hazards.
24.53 Calculation of height above average terrain (HAAT).
24.55 Antenna structures; air navigation safety.

                        Subpart D_Narrowband PCS

24.100 Scope.
24.101 [Reserved]
24.102 Service areas.
24.103 Construction requirements.
24.104 Partitioning and disaggregation.
24.129 Frequencies.
24.130 [Reserved]
24.131 Authorized bandwidth.
24.132 Power and antenna height limits.
24.133 Emission limits.
24.134 Co-channel separation criteria.
24.135 Frequency stability.

                         Subpart E_Broadband PCS

24.200 Scope.
24.202 Service areas.
24.203 Construction requirements.
24.229 Frequencies.
24.232 Power and antenna height limits.
24.235 Frequency stability.
24.236 Field strength limits.
24.237 Interference protection.
24.238 Emission limitations for Broadband PCS equipment.

   Policies Governing Microwave Relocation From the 1850-1990 MHz Band

24.239 Cost-sharing requirements for broadband PCS.
24.241 Administration of the Cost-Sharing Plan.
24.243 The cost-sharing formula.
24.245 Reimbursement under the Cost-Sharing Plan.
24.247 Triggering a reimbursement obligation.
24.249 Payment issues.
24.251 Dispute resolution under the Cost-Sharing Plan.
24.253 Termination of cost-sharing obligations.

Appendix I to Subpart E of Part 24--A Procedure for Calculating PCS 
          Signal Levels at Microwave Receivers (Appendix E of the 
          Memorandum Opinion and Order)

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       Subpart F_Competitive Bidding Procedures for Narrowband PCS

24.301 Narrowband PCS subject to competitive bidding.
24.302-24.309 [Reserved]
24.320 [Reserved]
24.321 Designated entities.

   Subpart G_Interim Application, Licensing and Processing Rules for 
                             Narrowband PCS

24.403 Authorization required.
24.404 Eligibility.
24.405-24.414 [Reserved]
24.415 Technical content of applications; maintenance of list of station 
          locations.
24.416-24.429 [Reserved]
24.430 Opposition to applications.
24.431 Mutually exclusive applications.
24.432-24.444 [Reserved]

       Subpart H_Competitive Bidding Procedures for Broadband PCS

24.701 Broadband PCS subject to competitive bidding.
24.702-24.708 [Reserved]
24.709 Eligibility for licenses for frequency Blocks C and F.
24.710 [Reserved]
24.711 Installment payments for licenses for frequency Block C.
24.712 Bidding credits for licenses won for frequency Block C.
24.713 [Reserved]
24.714 Partitioned licenses and disaggregated spectrum.
24.716 Installment payments for licenses for frequency Block F.
24.717 Bidding credits for licenses for frequency Block F.
24.720 Definitions.

   Subpart I_Interim Application, Licensing, and Processing Rules for 
                              Broadband PCS

24.801-24.803 [Reserved]
24.804 Eligibility.
24.805-24.814 [Reserved]
24.815 Technical content of applications; maintenance of list of station 
          locations.
24.816-24.829 [Reserved]
24.830 Opposition to applications.
24.831 Mutually exclusive applications.
24.832 [Reserved]
24.833 Post-auction divestitures.
24.834-24.838 [Reserved]
24.839 Transfer of control or assignment of license.
24.840-24.844 [Reserved]

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 309 and 332.

    Source: 58 FR 59183, Nov. 8, 1993, unless otherwise noted. 
Redesignated at 59 FR 18499, Apr. 19, 1994.



                      Subpart A_General Information



Sec.  24.1  Basis and purpose.

    This section contains the statutory basis for this part of the rules 
and provides the purpose for which this part is issued.
    (a) Basis. The rules for the personal communications services (PCS) 
in this part are promulgated under the provisions of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended, that vests authority in the Federal 
Communications Commission to regulate radio transmission and to issue 
licenses for radio stations.
    (b) Purpose. This part states the conditions under which portions of 
the radio spectrum are made available and licensed for PCS.
    (c) Scope. The rules in this part apply only to stations authorized 
under this part. Rules in subparts D and E apply only to stations 
authorized under those subparts.

[58 FR 59183, Nov. 8, 1993. Redesignated at 59 FR 18499, Apr. 19, 1994, 
and amended at 59 FR 32854, June 24, 1994]



Sec.  24.2  Other applicable rule parts.

    Other FCC rule parts applicable to licensees in the personal 
communications services include the following:
    (a) Part 0. This part describes the Commission's organization and 
delegations of authority. Part 0 of this chapter also lists available 
Commission publications, standards and procedures for access to 
Commission records, and location of Commission Field Offices.
    (b) Part 1. This part includes rules of practice and procedure for 
license applications, adjudicatory proceedings, procedures for 
reconsideration and review of the Commission's actions; provisions 
concerning violation notices and forfeiture proceedings; and the 
environmental requirements that, together with the procedures specified 
in Sec.  17.4(c) of this chapter, if applicable, must be complied with 
prior to the initiation of construction. Subpart F includes the rules 
for the Wireless Telecommunications Services and the procedures for 
filing electronically via the ULS.
    (c) Part 2. This part contains the Table of Frequency Allocations 
and special requirements in international

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regulations, recommendations, agreements, and treaties. This part also 
contains standards and procedures concerning the marketing and 
importation of radio frequency devices, and for obtaining equipment 
authorization.
    (d) Part 5. This part contains rules prescribing the manner in which 
parts of the radio frequency spectrum may be made available for 
experimentation.
    (e) Part 15. This part contains rules setting out the regulations 
under which an intentional, unintentional, or incidental radiator may be 
operated without an individual license. It also contains the technical 
specifications, administrative requirements and other conditions 
relating to the marketing of part 15 devices. Unlicensed PCS devices 
operate under subpart D of part 15.
    (f) Part 17. This part contains requirements for the construction, 
marking and lighting of antenna towers, and the environmental 
notification process that must be completed before filing certain 
antenna structure registration applications.
    (g) Part 20 of this chapter governs commercial mobile radio 
services.
    (h) Part 21. This part contains rules concerning multipoint 
distribution service and multichannel multipoint distribution service.
    (i) Part 68. This part contains technical standards for connection 
of terminal equipment to the telephone network.
    (j) Part 101. This part contains rules concerning common carrier and 
private services relating to fixed point-to-point and point-to-
multipoint microwave systems.

[58 FR 59183, Nov. 8, 1993. Redesignated and amended at 59 FR 18499, 
Apr. 19, 1994, as amended at 63 FR 68952, Dec. 14, 1998; 65 FR 38325, 
June 20, 2000; 77 FR 3954, Jan. 26, 2012]



Sec.  24.3  Permissible communications.

    PCS licensees may provide any mobile communications service on their 
assigned spectrum. Fixed services may be provided on a co-primary basis 
with mobile operations. Broadcasting as defined in the Communications 
Act is prohibited.

[61 FR 45356, Aug. 29, 1996]



Sec.  24.5  Terms and definitions.

    Assigned Frequency. The center of the frequency band assigned to a 
station.
    Authorized Bandwidth. The maximum width of the band of frequencies 
permitted to be used by a station. This is normally considered to be the 
necessary or occupied bandwidth, whichever is greater.
    Average Terrain. The average elevation of terrain between 3 and 16 
kilometers from the antenna site.
    Base Station. A land station in the land mobile service.
    Broadband PCS. PCS services operating in the 1850-1890 MHz, 1930-
1970 MHz, 2130-2150 MHz, and 2180-2200 MHz bands.
    Effective Radiated Power (e.r.p.) (in a given direction). The 
product of the power supplied to the antenna and its gain relative to a 
half-wave dipole in a given direction.
    Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power (e.i.r.p.). The product of 
the power supplied to the antenna and the antenna gain in a given 
direction relative to an isotropic antenna.
    Fixed Service. A radiocommunication service between specified fixed 
points.
    Fixed Station. A station in the fixed service.
    Land Mobile Service. A mobile service between base stations and land 
mobile stations, or between land mobile stations.
    Land Mobile Station. A mobile station in the land mobile service 
capable of surface movement within the geographic limits of a country or 
continent.
    Land Station. A station in the mobile service not intended to be 
used while in motion.
    Mobile Service. A radiocommunication service between mobile and land 
stations, or between mobile stations.
    Mobile Station. A station in the mobile service intended to be used 
while in motion or during halts at unspecified points.
    Narrowband PCS. PCS services operating in the 901-902 MHz, 930-931 
MHz, and 940-941 MHz bands.
    National Geodetic Reference System (NGRS): The name given to all 
geodetic control data contained in the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) 
data base.

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(Source: National Geodetic Survey, U.S. Department of Commerce)
    PCS Relocator. A PCS entity that pays to relocate a fixed microwave 
link from its existing 2 GHz facility to other media or other fixed 
channels.
    Personal Communications Services (PCS). Radio communications that 
encompass mobile and ancillary fixed communication that provide services 
to individuals and businesses and can be integrated with a variety of 
competing networks.
    Universal Licensing System. The Universal Licensing System (ULS) is 
the consolidated database, application filing system, and processing 
system for all Wireless Radio Services. ULS supports electronic filing 
of all applications and related documents by applicants and licensees in 
the Wireless Radio Services, and provides public access to licensing 
information.
    UTAM. The Unlicensed PCS Ad Hoc Committee for 2 GHz Microwave 
Transition and Management, which coordinates relocation in the 1910-1930 
MHz band.
    Voluntarily Relocating Microwave Incumbent A microwave incumbent 
that voluntarily relocates its licensed facilities to other media or 
fixed channels.

[58 FR 59183, Nov. 8, 1993. Redesignated at 59 FR 18499, Apr. 19, 1994, 
and amended at 61 FR 29691, June 12, 1996; 62 FR 12757, Mar. 18, 1997; 
63 FR 68952, Dec. 14, 1998]



Sec.  24.9  Operation of certificated signal boosters.

    Individuals and non-individuals may operate certificated Consumer 
Signal Boosters on frequencies regulated under this part provided that 
such operation complies with all applicable rules under this part and 
Sec.  20.21 of this chapter. Failure to comply with all applicable rules 
voids the authority to operate a signal booster.

[78 FR 21564, Apr. 11, 2013]



                   Subpart B_Applications and Licenses

                       General Filing Requirements



Sec.  24.10  Scope.

    This subpart contains some of the procedures and requirements for 
filing applications for licenses in the personal communications 
services. One also should consult subparts F and G of this part. Other 
Commission rule parts of importance that may be referred to with respect 
to licensing and operation of radio services governed under this part 
include 47 CFR parts 0, 1, 2, 5, 15, 17 and 20.

[59 FR 32854, June 24, 1994]



Sec.  24.11  Initial authorization.

    (a) An applicant must file a single application for an initial 
authorization for all markets won and frequency blocks desired.
    (b) Blanket licenses are granted for each market and frequency 
block. Applications for individual sites are not required and will not 
be accepted.

[59 FR 32854, June 24, 1994, as amended at 63 FR 68952, Dec. 14, 1998]



Sec.  24.12  Eligibility.

    Any entity, other than those precluded by section 310 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 310, is eligible to 
hold a license under this part.

[70 FR 61059, Oct. 20, 2005]



Sec.  24.15  License period.

    Licenses for service areas will be granted for ten year terms from 
the date of original issuance or renewal.



                      Subpart C_Technical Standards



Sec.  24.50  Scope.

    This subpart sets forth the technical requirements for use of the 
spectrum and equipment in the personal communications services.



Sec.  24.51  Equipment authorization.

    (a) Each transmitter utilized for operation under this part and each 
transmitter marketed, as set forth in Sec.  2.803 of this chapter, must 
be of a type that has been authorized by the Commission under its 
certification procedure for use under this part.
    (b) Any manufacturer of radio transmitting equipment to be used in 
these services may request equipment authorization following the 
procedures set forth in subpart J of part 2 of this

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chapter. Equipment authorization for an individual transmitter may be 
requested by an applicant for a station authorization by following the 
procedures set forth in part 2 of this chapter.
    (c) Applicants for certification of transmitters that operate in 
these services must determine that the equipment complies with IEEE 
C95.1-1991, ``IEEE Standards for Safety Levels with Respect to Human 
Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz'' 
as measured using methods specified in IEEE C95.3-1991, ``Recommended 
Practice for the Measurement of Potentially Hazardous Electromagnetic 
Fields--RF and Microwave.'' The applicant for certification is required 
to submit a statement affirming that the equipment complies with these 
standards as measured by an approved method and to maintain a record 
showing the basis for the statement of compliance with IEEE C.95.1-1991.

[58 FR 59183, Nov. 8, 1993. Redesignated at 59 FR 18499, Apr. 19, 1994, 
as amended at 63 FR 36604, July 7, 1998]



Sec.  24.52  RF hazards.

    Licensees and manufacturers are subject to the radiofrequency 
radiation exposure requirements specified in Sec. Sec.  1.1307(b), 
2.1091 and 2.1093 of this chapter, as appropriate. Applications for 
equipment authorization of mobile or portable devices operating under 
this section must contain a statement confirming compliance with these 
requirements for both fundamental emissions and unwanted emissions. 
Technical information showing the basis for this statement must be 
submitted to the Commission upon request.

[61 FR 41018, Aug. 7, 1996]



Sec.  24.53  Calculation of height above average terrain (HAAT).

    (a) HAAT is determined by subtracting average terrain elevation from 
antenna height above mean sea level.
    (b) Average terrain elevation shall be calculated using elevation 
data from a 30 arc second or better Digital Elevation Models (DEMs). DEM 
data is available from United States Geological Survey (USGS). The data 
file shall be identified. If 30 arc second data is used, the elevation 
data must be processed for intermediate points using interpolation 
techniques; otherwise, the nearest point may be used. If DEM data is not 
available, elevation data from the Defense Mapping Agency's Digital 
Chart of the World (DCW) may be used.
    (c) Radial average terrain elevation is calculated as the average of 
the elevation along a straight line path from 3 to 16 kilometers 
extending radially from the antenna site. At least 50 evenly spaced data 
points for each radial shall be used in the computation.
    (d) Average terrain elevation is the average of the eight radial 
average terrain elevations (for the eight cardinal radials).
    (e) The position location of the antenna site shall be determined to 
an accuracy of no less than 5 meters in both the 
horizontal (latitude and longitude) and vertical (ground elevation) 
dimensions with respect to the National Geodetic Reference System.

[58 FR 59183, Nov. 8, 1993; 59 FR 15269, Mar. 31, 1994]



Sec.  24.55  Antenna structures; air navigation safety.

    Licensees that own their antenna structures must not allow these 
antenna structures to become a hazard to air navigation. In general, 
antenna structure owners are responsible for registering antenna 
structures with the FCC if required by part 17 of this chapter, and for 
installing and maintaining any required marking and lighting. However, 
in the event of default of this responsibility by an antenna structure 
owner, each FCC permittee or licensee authorized to use an affected 
antenna structure will be held responsible by the FCC for ensuring that 
the antenna structure continues to meet the requirements of part 17 of 
this chapter. See Sec.  17.6 of this chapter.
    (a) Marking and lighting. Antenna structures must be marked, lighted 
and maintained in accordance with part 17 of this chapter and all 
applicable rules and requirements of the Federal Aviation 
Administration.
    (b) Maintenance contracts. Antenna structure owners (or licensees 
and permittees, in the event of default by an antenna structure owner) 
may enter into contracts with other entities to

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monitor and carry out necessary maintenance of antenna structures. 
Antenna structure owners (or licensees and permittees, in the event of 
default by an antenna structure owner) that make such contractual 
arrangements continue to be responsible for the maintenance of antenna 
structures in regard to air navigation safety.

[61 FR 4366, Feb. 6, 1996]



                        Subpart D_Narrowband PCS



Sec.  24.100  Scope.

    This subpart sets out the regulations governing the licensing and 
operations of personal communications services authorized in the 901-
902, 930-931, and 940-941 MHz bands (900 MHz band).



Sec.  24.101  [Reserved]



Sec.  24.102  Service areas.

    Narrowband PCS service areas are nationwide, regional, and Major 
Trading Areas (MTAs), as defined in this section. MTAs are based on the 
Rand McNally 1992 Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide, 123rd Edition, at 
pages 38-39 (MTA Map). Rand McNally organizes the 50 States and the 
District of Columbia into 47 MTAs. The MTA Map is available for public 
inspection in the FCC's Library, Room TW-B505, 445 12th Street SW, 
Washington, D.C.
    (a) The nationwide service area consists of the fifty states, the 
District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, 
Puerto Rico, and United States Virgin Islands.
    (b) The regional service areas are defined as follows:
    (1) Region 1 (Northeast): The Northeast Region consists of the 
following MTAs: Boston-Providence, Buffalo-Rochester, New York, 
Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh.
    (2) Region 2 (South): The South Region consists of the following 
MTAs: Atlanta, Charlotte-Greensboro-Greenville-Raleigh, Jacksonville, 
Knoxville, Louisville-Lexington-Evansville, Nashville, Miami-Fort 
Lauderdale, Richmond-Norfolk, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Orlando, and 
Washington-Baltimore; and, Puerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands.
    (3) Region 3 (Midwest): The Midwest Region consists of the following 
MTAs: Chicago, Cincinnati-Dayton, Cleveland, Columbus, Des Moines-Quad 
Cities, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and 
Omaha.
    (4) Region 4 (Central): The Central Region consists of the following 
MTAs: Birmingham, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, El Paso-Albuquerque, 
Houston, Kansas City, Little Rock, Memphis-Jackson, New Orleans-Baton 
Rouge, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, St. Louis, Tulsa, and Wichita.
    (5) Region 5 (West): The West Region consists of the following MTAs: 
Honolulu, Los Angeles-San Diego, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, San 
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Seattle (including Alaska), and Spokane-
Billings; and, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
    (c) The MTA service areas are based on the Rand McNally 1992 
Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide, 123rd Edition, at pages 38-39, with 
the following exceptions and additions:
    (1) Alaska is separated from the Seattle MTA and is licensed 
separately.
    (2) Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are licensed as a single 
MTA-like area.
    (3) Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands are licensed as 
a single MTA-like area.
    (4) American Samoa is licensed as a single MTA-like area.

[59 FR 14118, Mar. 25, 1994, as amended at 59 FR 46199, Sept. 7, 1994; 
65 FR 35852, June 6, 2000]



Sec.  24.103  Construction requirements.

    (a) Nationwide narrowband PCS licensees shall construct base 
stations that provide coverage to a composite area of 750,000 square 
kilometers or serve 37.5 percent of the U.S. population within five 
years of initial license grant date; and, shall construct base stations 
that provide coverage to a composite area of 1,500,000 square kilometers 
or serve 75 percent of the U.S. population within ten years of initial 
license grant date. Licensees may, in the alternative, provide 
substantial service to the licensed area as provided in paragraph (d) of 
this section.
    (b) Regional narrowband PCS licensees shall construct base stations 
that provide coverage to a composite area of 150,000 square kilometers 
or serve 37.5

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percent of the population of the service area within five years of 
initial license grant date; and, shall construct base stations that 
provide coverage to a composite area of 300,000 square kilometers or 
serve 75 percent of the service area population within ten years of 
initial license grant date. Licensees may, in the alternative, provide 
substantial service to the licensed area as provided in paragraph (d) of 
this section.
    (c) MTA narrowband PCS licensees shall construct base stations that 
provide coverage to a composite area of 75,000 square kilometers or 25 
percent of the geographic area, or serve 37.5 percent of the population 
of the service area within five years of initial license grant date; 
and, shall construct base stations that provide coverage to a composite 
area of 150,000 square kilometers or 50 percent of the geographic area, 
or serve 75 percent of the population of the service area within ten 
years of initial license grant date. Licensees may, in the alternative, 
provide substantial service to the licensed area as provided in 
paragraph (d) of this section.
    (d) As an alternative to the requirements of paragraphs (a), (b), 
and (c) of this section, narrowband PCS licensees may demonstrate that, 
no later than ten years after the initial grant of their license, they 
provide substantial service to their licensed area. Licensees choosing 
this option must notify the FCC by filing FCC Form 601, no later than 15 
days after the end of the five year period following the initial grant 
of their license, that they plan to satisfy the alternative requirement 
to provide substantial service. ``Substantial service'' is defined as 
service that is sound, favorable, and substantially above a level of 
mediocre service that would barely warrant renewal.
    (e) In demonstrating compliance with the construction requirements 
set forth in this section, licensees must base their calculations on 
signal field strengths that ensure reliable service for the technology 
utilized. Licensees may determine the population of geographic areas 
included within their service contours using either the 1990 census or 
the 2000 census, but not both.
    (1) For the purpose of this section, the service radius of a base 
station may be calculated using the following formula:

dkm = 2.53 x hm0.34 x p\0.17\

where dkm is the radial distance in kilometers,
hm is the antenna HAAT of the base station in meters, and
p is the e.r.p. of the base station in watts.

    (2) Alternatively, licensees may use any service radius contour 
formula developed or generally used by industry, provided that such 
formula is based on the technical characteristics of their system.
    (f) Upon meeting the five and ten year benchmarks in paragraphs (a), 
(b), and (c) of this section, or upon meeting the substantial service 
alternative in paragraph (d), licensees shall notify the Commission by 
filing FCC Form 601 and including a map and other supporting 
documentation that demonstrate the required geographic area coverage, 
population coverage, or substantial service to the licensed area. The 
notification must be filed with the Commission within 15 days of the 
expiration of the relevant period.
    (g) If the sale of a license is approved, the new licensee is held 
to the original build-out requirement.
    (h) Failure by a licensee to meet the above construction 
requirements shall result in forfeiture of the license and ineligibility 
to regain it.

[59 FR 14118, Mar. 25, 1994, as amended at 65 FR 35852, June 6, 2000]



Sec.  24.104  Partitioning and disaggregation.

    Nationwide, regional, and MTA licensees may apply to partition their 
authorized geographic service area or disaggregate their authorized 
spectrum at any time following grant of their geographic area 
authorizations.
    (a) Application required. Parties seeking approval for partitioning 
and/or disaggregation shall apply for partial assignment of a license 
pursuant to Sec.  1.948 of this chapter.
    (b) Partitioning. In the case of partitioning, applicants and 
licensees must file FCC Form 603 pursuant to Sec.  1.948 of this chapter 
and describe the partitioned service area on a schedule to the

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application. The partitioned service area shall be defined by up to 120 
sets of geographic coordinates at points at every 3 degrees azimuth from 
a point within the partitioned service area along the partitioned 
service area boundary unless either an FCC-recognized service area is 
used (e.g., MEA or EA) or county lines are followed. The geographical 
coordinates must be specified in degrees, minutes, and seconds to the 
nearest second latitude and longitude, and must be based upon the 1983 
North American Datum (NAD83). In the case where FCC-recognized service 
areas or county lines are used, applicants need only list the specific 
area(s) through use of FCC designations or county names that constitute 
the partitioned area.
    (c) Disaggregation. Spectrum may be disaggregated in any amount.
    (d) Combined partitioning and disaggregation. Licensees may apply 
for partial assignment of authorizations that propose combinations of 
partitioning and disaggregation.
    (e) License term. The license term for a partitioned license area 
and for disaggregated spectrum shall be the remainder of the original 
licensee's license term as provided for in Sec.  1.955 of this chapter.

[65 FR 35853, June 6, 2000, as amended at 82 FR 41547, Sept. 1, 2017]

    Effective Date Note: At 65 FR 35853, June 6, 2000, Sec.  24.104 was 
added. This section contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given 
by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  24.129  Frequencies.

    The following frequencies are available for narrowband PCS:
    (a) Eighteen frequencies are available for assignment on a 
nationwide basis as follows:
    (1) Seven 50 kHz channels paired with 50 kHz channels:

Channel 1: 940.00-940.05 and 901.00-901.05 MHz;
Channel 2: 940.05-940.10 and 901.05-901.10 MHz;
Channel 3: 940.10-940.15 and 901.10-901.15 MHz;
Channel 4: 940.15-940.20 and 901.15-901.20 MHz;
Channel 5: 940.20-940.25 and 901.20-901.25 MHz;
Channel 19: 930.50-930.55 and 901.30-901.35 MHz; and
Channel 20: 930.75-930.80 and 901.90-901.95 MHz.

    (2) Three 50 kHz channels paired with 12.5 kHz channels:

Channel 6: 930.40-930.45 and 901.7500-901.7625 MHz;
Channel 7: 930.45-930.50 and 901.7625-901.7750 MHz; and
Channel 8: 940.75-940.80 and 901.7750-901.7875 MHz;

    (3) Two 50 kHz unpaired channels:

Channel 9: RESERVED;
Channel 10: 940.80-940.85 MHz; and
Channel 11: 940.85-940.90 MHz.

    (4) One 100 kHz unpaired channel:

Channel 18: 940.65-940.75 MHz.

    (5) Two 150 kHz channels paired with 50 kHz channels:

Channel 21: 930.00-930.15 and 901.50-901.55 MHz; and
Channel 22: 930.15-930.30 and 901.60-901.65 MHz.

    (6) Three 100 kHz channels paired with 50 kHz channels:

Channel 23: 940.55-940.65 and 901.45-901.50 MHz;
Channel 24: 940.30-940.40 and 901.55-901.60 MHz; and
Channel 25: 940.45-940.55 and 901.85-901.90 MHz.

    (b) Five frequencies are available for assignment on a regional 
basis as follows:
    (1) One 50 kHz channel paired with 50 kHz channel:

Channel 12: 940.25-940.30 and 901.25-901.30 MHz.
Channel 13: RESERVED.

    (2) Four 50 kHz channels paired with 12.5 kHz channels:

Channel 14: 930.55-930.60 and 901.7875-901.8000 MHz;
Channel 15: 930.60-930.65 and 901.8000-901.8125 MHz;
Channel 16: 930.65-930.70 and 901.8125-901.8250 MHz; and
Channel 17: 930.70-930.75 and 901.8250-901.8375 MHz.

    (c) Seven frequencies are available for assignment on an MTA basis 
as follows:
    (1) Three 50 kHz unpaired channels:

Channel 26: 901.35-901.40 MHz;
Channel 27: 901.40-901.45 MHz; and
Channel 28: 940.40-940.45 MHz.

    (2) One 50 kHz channel paired with 50 kHz channel:


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Channel 29: 930.80-930.85 and 901.95-902.00 MHz.

    (3) One 100 kHz channel paired with 50 kHz channel:

Channel 30: 930.30-930.40 and 901.65-901.70 MHz.

    (4) One 150 kHz channel paired with 50 kHz channel:

Channel 31: 930.85-931.00 and 901.7-901.75 MHz.

    (5) One 100 kHz channel paired with 12.5 kHz channel:

Channel 32: 940.90-941 and 901.8375-901.85 MHz.

    Note to Sec.  24.129: Operations in markets or portions of markets 
which border other countries, such as Canada and Mexico, will be subject 
to on-going coordination arrangements with neighboring countries.

[66 FR 29920, June 4, 2001]



Sec.  24.130  [Reserved]



Sec.  24.131  Authorized bandwidth.

    The authorized bandwidth of narrowband PCS channels will be 10 kHz 
for 12.5 kHz channels and 45 kHz for 50 kHz channels. For aggregated 
adjacent channels, a maximum authorized bandwidth of 5 kHz less than the 
total aggregated channel width is permitted.



Sec.  24.132  Power and antenna height limits.

    (a) Stations transmitting in the 901-902 MHz band are limited to 7 
watts e.r.p.
    (b) Mobile stations transmitting in the 930-931 MHz and 940-941 MHz 
bands are limited to 7 watts e.r.p.
    (c) Base stations transmitting in the 930-931 MHz and 940-941 MHz 
bands are limited to 3500 watts e.r.p. per authorized channel and are 
unlimited in antenna height except as provided in paragraph (d) of this 
section.
    (d)(1) MTA and regional base stations located between 200 kilometers 
(124 miles) and 80 kilometers (50 miles) from their licensed service 
area border are limited to the power levels in the following table:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Antenna HAAT in meters (feet) (see Sec.
     24.53 for HAAT HAAT calculation         Effective radiated power
                method)                          (e.r.p.) (watts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
183 (600) and below....................  3500
183 (600) to 208 (682).................  3500 to 2584
208 (682) to 236 (775).................  2584 to 1883
236 (775) to 268 (880).................  1883 to 1372
268 (880) to 305 (1000)................  1372 to 1000
305 (1000) to 346 (1137)...............  1000 to 729
346 (1137) to 394 (1292)...............  729 to 531
394 (1292) to 447 (1468)...............  531 to 387
447 (1468) to 508 (1668)...............  387 to 282
508 (1668) to 578 (1895)...............  282 to 206
578 (1895) to 656 (2154)...............  206 to 150
656 (2154) to 746 (2447)...............  150 to 109
746 (2447) to 848 (2781)...............  109 to 80
848 (2781) to 963 (3160)...............  80 to 58
963 (3160) to 1094 (3590)..............  58 to 42
1094 (3590) to 1244 (4080).............  42 to 31
1244 (4080) to 1413 (4636).............  31 to 22
Above 1413 (4636)......................  16
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) For heights between the values listed in the table, linear 
interpolation shall be used to determine maximum e.r.p.
    (e) MTA and regional base stations located less than 80 kilometers 
(50 miles) from the licensed service area border must limit their 
effective radiated power in accordance with the following formula:

PW = 0.0175 x dkm* * 6.6666 x x hm* * - 3.1997

PW is effective radiated power in watts
dkm is distance in kilometers
hm is antenna HAAT in meters; see Sec.  24.53 for HAAT calculation 
          method

    (f) All power levels specified in this section are expressed in 
terms of the maximum power, averaged over a 100 millisecond interval, 
when measured with instrumentation calibrated in terms of an rms-
equivalent voltage with a resolution bandwidth equal to or greater than 
the authorized bandwidth.
    (g) Additionally, PCS stations will be subject to any power limits 
imposed by international agreements.

[58 FR 59183, Nov. 8, 1993; 59 FR 15269, Mar. 31, 1994, as amended at 62 
FR 27511, May 20, 1997; 65 FR 35853, June 6, 2000]



Sec.  24.133  Emission limits.

    (a) The power of any emission shall be attenuated below the 
transmitter power (P), as measured in accordance with Sec.  24.132(f), 
in accordance with the following schedule:
    (1) For transmitters authorized a bandwidth greater than 10 kHz:
    (i) On any frequency outside the authorized bandwidth and removed 
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the edge of the authorized bandwidth by a displacement frequency 
(fd in kHz) of up to and including 40 kHz: at least 116 
Log10 ((fd + 10)/6.1) decibels or 50 plus 10 
Log10 (P) decibels or 70 decibels, whichever is the lesser 
attenuation;
    (ii) On any frequency outside the authorized bandwidth and removed 
from the edge of the authorized bandwidth by a displacement frequency 
(fd in kHz) of more than 40 kHz: at least 43 + 10 
Log10 (P) decibels or 80 decibels, whichever is the lesser 
attenuation.
    (2) For transmitters authorized a bandwidth of 10 kHz:
    (i) On any frequency outside the authorized bandwidth and removed 
from the edge of the authorized bandwidth by a displacement frequency 
(fd in kHz) of up to and including 20 kHz: at least 116 x 
Log10 ((fd + 5)/3.05) decibels or 50 + 10 x 
Log10 (P) decibels or 70 decibels, whichever is the lesser 
attenuation;
    (ii) On any frequency outside the authorized bandwidth and removed 
from the edge of the authorized bandwidth by a displacement frequency 
(fd in kHz) of more than 20 kHz: at least 43 + 10 Log 
10 (P) decibels or 80 decibels, whichever is the lesser 
attenuation.
    (b) The measurements of emission power can be expressed in peak or 
average values provided they are expressed in the same parameters as the 
transmitter power.
    (c) When an emission outside of the authorized bandwidth causes 
harmful interference, the Commission may, at its discretion, require 
greater attenuation than specified in this section.
    (d) The following minimum spectrum analyzer resolution bandwidth 
settings will be used: 300 Hz when showing compliance with paragraphs 
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(2)(i) of this section; and 30 kHz when showing 
compliance with paragraphs (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(2)(ii) of this section.

[58 FR 59183, Nov. 8, 1993. Redesignated at 59 FR 18499, Apr. 19, 1994, 
as amended at 59 FR 14119, Mar. 25, 1994; 66 FR 10968, Feb. 21, 2001]



Sec.  24.134  Co-channel separation criteria.

    The minimum co-channel separation distance between base stations in 
different service areas is 113 kilometers (70 miles). A co-channel 
separation distance is not required for the base stations of the same 
licensee or when the affected parties have agreed to other co-channel 
separation distances.



Sec.  24.135  Frequency stability.

    (a) The frequency stability of the transmitter shall be maintained 
within 0.0001 percent (1 
ppm) of the center frequency over a temperature variation of -30 
[deg]Celsius to + 50 [deg]Celsius at normal supply voltage, and over a 
variation in the primary supply voltage of 85 percent to 115 percent of 
the rated supply voltage at a temperature of 20 [deg]Celsius.
    (b) For battery operated equipment, the equipment tests shall be 
performed using a new battery without any further requirement to vary 
supply voltage.
    (c) It is acceptable for a transmitter to meet this frequency 
stability requirement over a narrower temperature range provided the 
transmitter ceases to function before it exceeds these frequency 
stability limits.



                         Subpart E_Broadband PCS

    Source: 59 FR 32854, June 24, 1994, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  24.200  Scope.

    This subpart sets out the regulations governing the licensing and 
operations of personal communications services authorized in the 1850-
1910 and 1930-1990 MHz bands.



Sec.  24.202  Service areas.

    Broadband PCS service areas are Major Trading Areas (MTAs) and Basic 
Trading Areas (BTAs) as defined in this section. MTAs and BTAs are based 
on the Rand McNally 1992 Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide, 123rd 
Edition, at pages 38-39 (``BTA/MTA Map''). Rand McNally organizes the 50 
states and the District of Columbia into 47 MTAs and 487 BTAs. The BTA/
MTA Map is available for public inspection at the Office of Engineering 
and Technology's Technical Information Center, 445 12th Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20554.
    (a) The MTA service areas are based on the Rand McNally 1992 
Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide, 123rd Edition,

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at pages 38-39, with the following exceptions and additions:
    (1) Alaska is separated from the Seattle MTA and is licensed 
separately.
    (2) Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are licensed as a single 
MTA-like area.
    (3) Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands are licensed as 
a single MTA-like area.
    (4) American Samoa is licensed as a single MTA-like area.
    (b) The BTA service areas are based on the Rand McNally 1992 
Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide, 123rd Edition, at pages 38-39, with 
the following additions licensed separately as BTA-like areas: American 
Samoa; Guam; Northern Mariana Islands; Mayag[uuml]ez/Aguadilla-Ponce, 
Puerto Rico; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the United States Virgin 
Islands. The Mayag[uuml]ez/Aguadilla-Ponce BTA-like service area 
consists of the following municipios: Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, 
A[ntilde]asco, Arroyo, Cabo Rojo, Coamo, Gu[aacute]nica, Guayama, 
Guayanilla, Hormigueros, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana D[iacute]az, Lajas, Las 
Mar[iacute]as, Mayag[uuml]ez, Maricao, Maunabo, Moca, Patillas, 
Pe[ntilde]uelas, Ponce, Quebradillas, Rinc[oacute]n, Sabana Grande, 
Salinas, San Germ[aacute]n, Santa Isabel, Villalba, and Yauco. The San 
Juan BTA-like service area consists of all other municipios in Puerto 
Rico.

[59 FR 32854, June 24, 1994; 59 FR 40835, Aug. 10, 1994; 63 FR 68952, 
Dec. 14, 1998; 65 FR 53636, Sept. 5, 2000]



Sec.  24.203  Construction requirements.

    (a) Licensees of 30 MHz blocks must serve with a signal level 
sufficient to provide adequate service to at least one-third of the 
population in their licensed area within five years of being licensed 
and two-thirds of the population in their licensed area within ten years 
of being licensed. Licensees may, in the alternative, provide 
substantial service to their licensed area within the appropriate five- 
and ten-year benchmarks. Licensees may choose to define population using 
the 1990 census or the 2000 census. Failure by any licensee to meet 
these requirements will result in forfeiture or non-renewal of the 
license and the licensee will be ineligible to regain it.
    (b) Licensees of 10 MHz blocks except for the 1910-1915 MHz and 
1990-1995 MHz, including 10 MHz C block licenses reconfigured pursuant 
to Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Installment Payment 
Financing for Personal Communications Services (PCS) Licensees, WT 
Docket No. 97-82, Sixth Report and Order, FCC 00-313, and 15 MHz blocks 
resulting from the disaggregation option as provided in the Commission's 
Rules Regarding Installment Payment Financing for Personal 
Communications Services (PCS) Licensees, Second Report and Order and 
Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, WT Docket 97-82, 12 FCC Rcd 
16436 (1997), as modified by Order on Reconsideration of the Second 
Report and Order, WT Docket 97-82, 13 FCC Rcd 8345 (1998), must serve 
with a signal level sufficient to provide adequate service to at least 
one-quarter of the population in their licensed area within five years 
of being licensed, or make a showing of substantial service in their 
licensed area within five years of being licensed. Population is defined 
as the 1990 population census. Licensees may elect to use the 2000 
population census to determine the five-year construction requirement. 
Failure by any licensee to meet these requirements will result in 
forfeiture of the license and the licensee will be ineligible to regain 
it.
    (c) Licensees must file maps and other supporting documents showing 
compliance with the respective construction requirements within the 
appropriate five- and ten-year benchmarks of the date of their initial 
licenses.
    (d) Licensees in the paired 1910-1915 MHz and 1990-1995 MHz bands 
must make a showing of ``substantial service'' in their license area 
within ten years of the date of initial license issuance or renewal. 
``Substantial service'' is defined as service which is sound, favorable, 
and substantially above a level of mediocre service which just might 
minimally warrant renewal. Failure by any licensee to meet this 
requirement will result in forfeiture of

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the license and the licensee will be ineligible to regain it.

[58 FR 59183, Nov. 8, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 26890, May 18, 1999; 65 
FR 53636, Sept. 5, 2000; 69 FR 67835, Nov. 22, 2004; 69 FR 75171, Dec. 
15, 2004]



Sec.  24.229  Frequencies.

    The frequencies available in the Broadband PCS service are listed in 
this section in accordance with the frequency allocations table of Sec.  
2.106 of this chapter.
    (a) The following frequency blocks are available for assignment on 
an MTA basis:

Block A: 1850-1865 MHz paired with 1930-1945 MHz; and
Block B: 1870-1885 MHz paired with 1950-1965 MHz.

    (b) The following frequency blocks are available for assignment on a 
BTA basis:

Block C: 1895-1910 MHz paired with 1975-1990 MHz;
Pursuant to Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Installment 
Payment Financing for Personal Communications Services (PCS) Licensees, 
WT Docket No. 97-82, Sixth Report and Order, FCC 00-313, all 30 MHz 
Block C licenses available for auction in Auction No. 35 or any 
subsequent auction will be reconfigured into three 10 MHz C block 
licenses as follows: 1895-1900 MHz paired with 1975-1980 MHz, 1900-1905 
MHz paired with 1980-1985 MHz, 1905-1910 MHz paired with 1985-1990 MHz;
Block D: 1865-1870 MHz paired with 1945-1950 MHz;
Block E: 1885-1890 MHz paired with 1965-1970 MHz;
Block F: 1890-1895 MHz paired with 1970-1975 MHz;
    (c) The paired frequency blocks 1910-1915 MHz and 1990-1995 MHz are 
available for assignment in the 175 Economic Areas defined in Sec.  90.7 
of this chapter. The 1910-1915 MHz block shall be used for mobile/
portable station transmissions while the 1990-1995 MHz block shall be 
used for base station transmissions.

[59 FR 32854, June 24, 1994, as amended at 60 FR 13917, Mar. 15, 1995; 
60 FR 26375, May 17, 1995; 61 FR 33868, July 1, 1996; 62 FR 660, Jan. 6, 
1997; 65 FR 53637, Sept. 5, 2000; 69 FR 67836, Nov. 22, 2004]



Sec.  24.232  Power and antenna height limits.

    (a)(1) Base stations with an emission bandwidth of 1 MHz or less are 
limited to 1640 watts equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) 
with an antenna height up to 300 meters HAAT, except as described in 
paragraph (b) below.
    (2) Base stations with an emission bandwidth greater than 1 MHz are 
limited to 1640 watts/MHz equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) 
with an antenna height up to 300 meters HAAT, except as described in 
paragraph (b) below.
    (3) Base station antenna heights may exceed 300 meters HAAT with a 
corresponding reduction in power; see Tables 1 and 2 of this section.
    (4) The service area boundary limit and microwave protection 
criteria specified in Sec. Sec.  24.236 and 24.237 apply.

Table 1--Reduced Power for Base Station Antenna Heights Over 300 Meters,
                With Emission Bandwidth of 1 MHz or Less
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Maximum
                       HAAT in meters                         EIRP watts
------------------------------------------------------------------------
<=300......................................................         1640
<=500......................................................         1070
<=1000.....................................................          490
<=1500.....................................................          270
<=2000.....................................................          160
------------------------------------------------------------------------


Table 2--Reduced Power for Base Station Antenna Heights Over 300 Meters,
               With Emission Bandwidth Greater Than 1 MHz
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Maximum
                       HAAT in meters                        EIRP watts/
                                                                 MHz
------------------------------------------------------------------------
<=300......................................................         1640
<=500......................................................         1070
<=1000.....................................................          490
<=1500.....................................................          270
<=2000.....................................................          160
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b)(1) Base stations that are located in counties with population 
densities of 100 persons or fewer per square mile, based upon the most 
recently available population statistics from the Bureau of the Census, 
with an emission bandwidth of 1 MHz or less are limited to 3280 watts 
equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) with an antenna height up 
to 300 meters HAAT.
    (2) Base stations that are located in counties with population 
densities of 100 persons or fewer per square mile, based upon the most 
recently available

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population statistics from the Bureau of the Census, with an emission 
bandwidth greater than 1 MHz are limited to 3280 watts/MHz equivalent 
isotropically radiated power (EIRP) with an antenna height up to 300 
meters HAAT.
    (3) Base station antenna heights may exceed 300 meters HAAT with a 
corresponding reduction in power; see Tables 3 and 4 of this section.
    (4) The service area boundary limit and microwave protection 
criteria specified in Sec. Sec.  24.236 and 24.237 apply.
    (5) Operation under this paragraph (b) at power limits greater than 
permitted under paragraph (a) of this section must be coordinated in 
advance with all broadband PCS licensees authorized to operate on 
adjacent frequency blocks within 120 kilometers (75 miles) of the base 
station and is limited to base stations located more than 120 kilometers 
(75 miles) from the Canadian border and more than 75 kilometers (45 
miles) from the Mexican border.

Table 3--Reduced Power for Base Station Antenna Heights Over 300 Meters,
                With Emission Bandwidth of 1 MHz or Less
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Maximum
                       HAAT in meters                         EIRP watts
------------------------------------------------------------------------
<=300......................................................         3280
<=500......................................................         2140
<=1000.....................................................          980
<=1500.....................................................          540
<=2000.....................................................          320
------------------------------------------------------------------------


Table 4--Reduced Power for Base Station Antenna Heights Over 300 Meters,
               With Emission Bandwidth Greater Than 1 MHz
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Maximum
                       HAAT in meters                        EIRP watts/
                                                                 MHz
------------------------------------------------------------------------
<=300......................................................         3280
<=500......................................................         2140
<=1000.....................................................          980
<=1500.....................................................          540
<=2000.....................................................          320
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (c) Mobile and portable stations are limited to 2 watts EIRP and the 
equipment must employ a means for limiting power to the minimum 
necessary for successful communications.
    (d) Power measurements for transmissions by stations authorized 
under this section may be made either in accordance with a Commission-
approved average power technique or in compliance with paragraph (e) of 
this section. In both instances, equipment employed must be authorized 
in accordance with the provisions of Sec.  24.51. In measuring 
transmissions in this band using an average power technique, the peak-
to-average ratio (PAR) of the transmission may not exceed 13 dB.
    (e) Peak transmit power must be measured over any interval of 
continuous transmission using instrumentation calibrated in terms of an 
rms-equivalent voltage. The measurement results shall be properly 
adjusted for any instrument limitations, such as detector response 
times, limited resolution bandwidth capability when compared to the 
emission bandwidth, sensitivity, etc., so as to obtain a true peak 
measurement for the emission in question over the full bandwidth of the 
channel.

    Note to Sec.  24.232: Height above average terrain (HAAT) is to be 
calculated using the method set forth in Sec.  24.53 of this part.

[73 FR 24183, May 2, 2008]



Sec.  24.235  Frequency stability.

    The frequency stability shall be sufficient to ensure that the 
fundamental emission stays within the authorized frequency block.



Sec.  24.236  Field strength limits.

    The predicted or measured median field strength at any location on 
the border of the PCS service area shall not exceed 47 dBuV/m unless the 
parties agree to a higher field strength.



Sec.  24.237  Interference protection.

    (a) All licensees are required to coordinate their frequency usage 
with the co-channel or adjacent channel incumbent fixed microwave 
licensees in the 1850-1990 MHz band. Coordination must occur before 
initiating operations from any base station. Problems that arise during 
the coordination process are to be resolved by the parties to the 
coordination. Licensees are required to coordinate with all users 
possibly affected, as determined by appendix I to this subpart E 
(Appendix E of the Memorandum Opinion and Order, GEN Docket No. 90-314, 
FCC 94-144; TIA Telecommunications Systems Bulletin

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10-F, ``Interference Criteria for Microwave Systems,'' May 1994, (TSB10-
F)); or an alternative method agreed to by the parties.
    (b) The results of the coordination process need to be reported to 
the Commission only if the parties fail to agree. Because broadband PCS 
licensees are required to protect fixed microwave licensees in the 1850-
1990 MHz band, the Commission will be involved in the coordination 
process only upon complaint of interference from a fixed microwave 
licensee. In such a case, the Commission will resolve the issues.
    (c) In all other respects, coordination procedures are to follow the 
requirements of Sec.  101.103(d) of this chapter to the extent that 
these requirements are not inconsistent with those specified in this 
part.
    (d) The licensee must perform an engineering analysis to assure that 
the proposed facilities will not cause interference to existing OFS 
stations within the coordination distance specified in Table 3 of a 
magnitude greater than that specified in the criteria set forth in 
paragraphs (e) and (f) of this section, unless there is prior agreement 
with the affected OFS licensee. Interference calculations shall be based 
on the sum of the power received at the terminals of each microwave 
receiver from all of the applicant's current and proposed PCS 
operations.

                                                      Table 3--Coordination Distances in Kilometers
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                         PCS Base Station Antenna HAAT in Meters
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     EIRP(W)                         5      10      20      50      100     150     200     250     300     500    1000    1500    2000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0.1.............................................      90      93      99     110     122     131     139     146     152     173     210     239     263
0.5.............................................      96     100     105     116     128     137     145     152     158     179     216     245     269
1...............................................      99     103     108     119     131     140     148     155     161     182     219     248     272
2...............................................     120     122     126     133     142     148     154     159     164     184     222     250     274
5...............................................     154     157     161     168     177     183     189     194     198     213     241     263     282
10..............................................     180     183     187     194     203     210     215     220     225     240     268     291     310
20..............................................     206     209     213     221     229     236     242     247     251     267     296     318     337
50..............................................     241     244     248     255     264     271     277     282     287     302     331     354     374
100.............................................     267     270     274     282     291     297     303     308     313     329     358     382     401
200.............................................     293     296     300     308     317     324     330     335     340     356     386     409     436
500.............................................     328     331     335     343     352     359     365     370     375     391     421     440
1000............................................     354     357     361     369     378     385     391     397     402     418
1200............................................     361     364     368     376     385     392     398     404     409     425
1640............................................     372     375     379     388     397     404     410     416     421     437
2400............................................     384     387     391     399     408     415     423     427     431
3280............................................     396     399     403     412     419     427     435     439     446
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (e) For microwave paths of 25 kilometers or less, interference 
determinations shall be based on the C/I criteria set forth in TIA 
Telecommunications Systems Bulletin 10-F, ``Interference Criteria for 
Microwave Systems,'' May 1994 (TSB10-F).
    (f) For microwave paths longer than 25 kilometers, the interference 
protection criterion shall be such that the interfering signal will not 
produce more than 1.0 dB degradation of the practical threshold of the 
microwave receiver for analog system, or such that the interfering 
signal will not cause an increase in the bit error rate (BER) from 10E-6 
to 10E-5 for digital systems.
    (g) The development of the C/I ratios and interference criteria 
specified in paragraphs (e) and (f) of this section and the methods 
employed to compute the interfering power at the microwave receivers 
shall follow generally acceptable good engineering practices. The 
procedures described for computing interfering signal levels in 
(appendix I to this subpart E Appendix E of the Memorandum Opinion and 
Order, GEN Docket No. 90-314, FCC 94-144) shall be applied. 
Alternatively, procedures for determining interfering signal levels and 
other criteria as may be developed by the Electronics Industries 
Association (EIA), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics 
Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 
or any other recognized

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authority will be acceptable to the Commission.

[59 FR 32854, June 24, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 29691, June 21, 1996; 
69 FR 75171, Dec. 15, 2004]



Sec.  24.238  Emission limitations for Broadband PCS equipment.

    The rules in this section govern the spectral characteristics of 
emissions in the Broadband Personal Communications Service.
    (a) Out of band emissions. The power of any emission outside of the 
authorized operating frequency ranges must be attenuated below the 
transmitting power (P) by a factor of at least 43 + 10 log(P) dB.
    (b) Measurement procedure. Compliance with these rules is based on 
the use of measurement instrumentation employing a resolution bandwidth 
of 1 MHz or greater. However, in the 1 MHz bands immediately outside and 
adjacent to the frequency block a resolution bandwidth of at least one 
percent of the emission bandwidth of the fundamental emission of the 
transmitter may be employed. A narrower resolution bandwidth is 
permitted in all cases to improve measurement accuracy provided the 
measured power is integrated over the full required measurement 
bandwidth (i.e. 1 MHz or 1 percent of emission bandwidth, as specified). 
The emission bandwidth is defined as the width of the signal between two 
points, one below the carrier center frequency and one above the carrier 
center frequency, outside of which all emissions are attenuated at least 
26 dB below the transmitter power.
    (c) Alternative out of band emission limit. Licensees in this 
service may establish an alternative out of band emission limit to be 
used at specified band edge(s) in specified geographical areas, in lieu 
of that set forth in this section, pursuant to a private contractual 
arrangement of all affected licensees and applicants. In this event, 
each party to such contract shall maintain a copy of the contract in 
their station files and disclose it to prospective assignees or 
transferees and, upon request, to the FCC.
    (d) Interference caused by out of band emissions. If any emission 
from a transmitter operating in this service results in interference to 
users of another radio service, the FCC may require a greater 
attenuation of that emission than specified in this section.

[67 FR 77192, Dec. 17, 2002]

   Policies Governing Microwave Relocation From the 1850-1990 MHz Band



Sec.  24.239  Cost-sharing requirements for broadband PCS.

    Frequencies in the 1850-1990 MHz band listed in Sec.  101.147(c) of 
this chapter have been allocated for use by PCS. In accordance with 
procedures specified in Sec. Sec.  101.69 through 101.81 of this 
chapter, PCS entities (both licensed and unlicensed) are required to 
relocate the existing Fixed Microwave Services (FMS) licensees in these 
bands if interference to the existing FMS operations would occur. All 
PCS entities who benefit from spectrum clearance by other PCS entities 
or a voluntarily relocating microwave incumbent, must contribute to such 
relocation costs. PCS entities may satisfy this requirement by entering 
into private cost-sharing agreements or agreeing to terms other than 
those specified in Sec.  24.243. However, PCS entities are required to 
reimburse other PCS entities or voluntarily relocating microwave 
incumbents that incur relocation costs and are not parties to the 
alternative agreement. In addition, parties to a private cost-sharing 
agreement may seek reimbursement through the clearinghouse (as discussed 
in Sec.  24.241) from PCS entities that are not parties to the 
agreement. The cost-sharing plan is in effect during all phases of 
microwave relocation specified in Sec.  101.69 of this chapter. If a 
licensee in the Broadband PCS Service enters into a spectrum leasing 
arrangement (as set forth in part 1, subpart X of this chapter) and the 
spectrum lessee triggers a cost-sharing obligation, the licensee is the 
PCS entity responsible for satisfying the cost-sharing obligations under 
Sec. Sec.  24.239 through 24.253.

[62 FR 12757, Mar. 18, 1997, as amended at 69 FR 77559, Dec. 27, 2004]

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Sec.  24.241  Administration of the Cost-Sharing Plan.

    The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, under delegated authority, 
will select an entity to operate as a neutral, not-for-profit 
clearinghouse. This clearinghouse will administer the cost-sharing plan 
by, inter alia, maintaining all of the cost and payment records related 
to the relocation of each link and determining the cost-sharing 
obligation of subsequent PCS entities. The cost-sharing rules will not 
take effect until an administrator is selected.

[61 FR 29691, June 12, 1996]



Sec.  24.243  The cost-sharing formula.

    A PCS relocator who relocates an interfering microwave link, i.e. 
one that is in all or part of its market area and in all or part of its 
frequency band or a voluntarily relocating microwave incumbent, is 
entitled to pro rata reimbursement based on the following formula:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR12JN96.001

    (a) RN equals the amount of reimbursement.
    (b) C equals the actual cost of relocating the link. Actual 
relocation costs include, but are not limited to, such items as: Radio 
terminal equipment (TX and/or RX--antenna, necessary feed lines, MUX/
Modems); towers and/or modifications; back-up power equipment; 
monitoring or control equipment; engineering costs (design/path survey); 
installation; systems testing; FCC filing costs; site acquisition and 
civil works; zoning costs; training; disposal of old equipment; test 
equipment (vendor required); spare equipment; project management; prior 
coordination notification under Sec.  101.103(d) of this chapter; site 
lease renegotiation; required antenna upgrades for interference control; 
power plant upgrade (if required); electrical grounding systems; Heating 
Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) (if required); alternate 
transport equipment; and leased facilities. C also includes voluntarily 
relocating microwave incumbent's independent third party appraisal of 
its compensable relocation costs and incumbent transaction expenses that 
are directly attributable to the relocation, subject to a cap of two 
percent of the ``hard'' costs involved. C may not exceed $250,000 per 
link, with an additional $150,000 permitted if a new or modified tower 
is required.
    (c) N equals the number of PCS entities that would have interfered 
with the link. For the PCS relocator, N = 1. For the next PCS entity 
that would have interfered with the link, N = 2, and so on. In the case 
of a voluntarily relocating microwave incumbent, N = 1 for the first PCS 
entity that would have interfered with the link. For the next PCS entity 
that would have interfered with the link, N = 2, and so on.
    (d) Tm equals the number of months that have elapsed between the 
month the PCS relocator or voluntarily relocating microwave incumbent 
obtains reimbursement rights for the link and the month that the 
clearinghouse notifies a later-entrant of its reimbursement obligation 
for the link. A PCS relocator obtains reimbursement rights for the link 
on the date that it signs a relocation agreement with a microwave 
incumbent. A voluntarily relocating microwave incumbent obtains 
reimbursement rights for the link on the date that the incumbent 
notifies the Commission that it intends to discontinue, or has 
discontinued, the use of the link, pursuant to Sec.  101.305 of the 
Commission's rules.

[62 FR 12757, Mar. 18, 1997, as amended at 65 FR 46113, July 27, 2000]



Sec.  24.245  Reimbursement under the Cost-Sharing Plan.

    (a) Registration of reimbursement rights. (1) To obtain 
reimbursement, a PCS relocator must submit documentation of the 
relocation agreement to the clearinghouse within ten business days of 
the date a relocation agreement is signed with an incumbent.
    (2) To obtain reimbursement, a voluntarily relocating microwave 
incumbent must submit documentation of the relocation of the link to the 
clearinghouse within ten business days of the date that the incumbent 
notifies the Commission that it intends to discontinue, or has 
discontinued, the use of the link, pursuant to Sec.  101.305 of the 
Commission's rules.

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    (b) Documentation of expenses. Once relocation occurs, the PCS 
relocator or the voluntarily relocating microwave incumbent, must submit 
documentation itemizing the amount spent for items listed in Sec.  
24.243(b). The voluntarily relocating microwave incumbent, must also 
submit an independent third party appraisal of its compensable 
relocation costs. The appraisal should be based on the actual cost of 
replacing the incumbent's system with comparable facilities and should 
exclude the cost of any equipment upgrades or items outside the scope of 
Sec.  24.243(b). The PCS relocator or the voluntarily relocating 
microwave incumbent, must identify the particular link associated with 
appropriate expenses (i.e., costs may not be averaged over numerous 
links). If a PCS relocator pays a microwave incumbent a monetary sum to 
relocate its own facilities, the PCS relocator must estimate the costs 
associated with relocating the incumbent by itemizing the anticipated 
cost for items listed in Sec.  24.243(b). If the sum paid to the 
incumbent cannot be accounted for, the remaining amount is not eligible 
for reimbursement. A PCS relocator may submit receipts or other 
documentation to the clearinghouse for all relocation expenses incurred 
since April 5, 1995.
    (c) Full Reimbursement. A PCS relocator who relocates a microwave 
link that is either fully outside its market area or its licensed 
frequency band may seek full reimbursement through the clearinghouse of 
compensable costs, up to the reimbursement cap as defined in Sec.  
24.243(b). Such reimbursement will not be subject to depreciation under 
the cost-sharing formula.

[61 FR 29692, June 12, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 12757, Mar. 18, 1997; 
65 FR 46113, July 27, 2000]



Sec.  24.247  Triggering a reimbursement obligation.

    (a) Licensed PCS. The clearinghouse will apply the following test to 
determine if a PCS entity preparing to initiate operations must pay a 
PCS relocator or a voluntarily relocating microwave incumbent in 
accordance with the formula detailed in Sec.  24.243:
    (1) All or part of the relocated microwave link was initially co-
channel with the licensed PCS band(s) of the subsequent PCS entity;
    (2) A PCS relocator has paid the relocation costs of the microwave 
incumbent; and
    (3) The subsequent PCS entity is preparing to turn on a fixed base 
station at commercial power and the fixed base station is located within 
a rectangle (Proximity Threshold) described as follows:
    (i) The length of the rectangle shall be x where x is a line 
extending through both nodes of the microwave link to a distance of 48 
kilometers (30 miles) beyond each node. The width of the rectangle shall 
be y where y is a line perpendicular to x and extending for a distance 
of 24 kilometers (15 miles) on both sides of x. Thus, the rectangle is 
represented as follows:

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[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC01MR91.041

    (ii) If the application of the Proximity Threshold test indicates 
that a reimbursement obligation exists, the clearinghouse will calculate 
the reimbursement amount in accordance with the cost-sharing formula and 
notify the subsequent PCS entity of the total amount of its 
reimbursement obligation.
    (b) Unlicensed PCS. UTAM's reimbursement obligation is triggered 
either:
    (1) When a county is cleared of microwave links in the unlicensed 
allocation, and UTAM invokes a Zone 1 power cap as a result of third 
party relocation activities; or
    (2) A county is cleared of microwave links in the unlicensed 
allocation and UTAM reclassifies a Zone 2 county to Zone 1 status.
    (c) Any new entrants granted licenses for the 1910-1915 MHz band 
must reimburse UTAM a pro rata share of its total expenses incurred by 
UTAM as of the date that the new entrants gain access to the band. The 
percent required by new entrants to pay shall be calculated based upon 
the amount of spectrum granted to the new entrant as compared to the 
total amount of spectrum UTAM is responsible for clearing of incumbents 
(20 megahertz), and must be paid before a new entrant begins operations 
in the band. For example, if a new entrant obtains a license for 5 
megahertz of spectrum in this band, it is required to reimburse UTAM 
one-quarter of UTAM's total costs to date on a pro rata shared basis. 
New entrants will be responsible for the actual costs associated with 
future relocation activities in their licensed spectrum, but will be 
entitled to seek reimbursement from UTAM for the proportion of those 
band clearing costs that benefit users of the 1915-1930 MHz band.

[61 FR 29692, June 12, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 12757, Mar. 18, 1997; 
69 FR 67836, Nov. 22, 2004]



Sec.  24.249  Payment issues.

    (a) Timing. On the day that a PCS entity files its prior 
coordination notice (PCN) in accordance with Sec.  101.103(d) of this 
chapter, it must file a copy of the PCN with the clearinghouse. The 
clearinghouse will determine if any reimbursement obligation exists and 
notify the PCS entity in writing of its repayment obligation, if any. 
When the PCS entity receives a written copy of such obligation, it must 
pay directly to the PCS relocator or the voluntarily relocating 
microwave incumbent the amount owed within thirty days, with the 
exception of those businesses that qualify for installment payments. A 
business that qualifies for an installment payment plan must make its 
first installment payment within thirty days of notice from the 
clearinghouse. UTAM's first payment will be due thirty days after its 
reimbursement obligation is triggered, as described in Sec.  24.247(b).
    (b) Eligibility for Installment Payments. PCS licensees that are 
allowed to pay for their licenses in installments under

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our designated entity rules will have identical payment options 
available to them with respect to payments under the cost-sharing plan. 
The specific terms of the installment payment mechanism, including the 
treatment of principal and interest, are the same as those applicable to 
the licensee's installment auction payments. If, for any reason, the 
entity eligible for installment payments is no longer eligible for such 
installment payments on its license, that entity is no longer eligible 
for installment payments under the cost-sharing plan. UTAM may make 
quarterly payments over a five-year period with an interest rate of 
prime plus 2.5 percent. UTAM may also negotiate separate repayment 
arrangements with other parties.

[61 FR 29693, June 12, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 12757, Mar. 18, 1997]



Sec.  24.251  Dispute resolution under the Cost-Sharing Plan.

    Disputes arising out of the cost-sharing plan, such as disputes over 
the amount of reimbursement required, must be brought, in the first 
instance, to the clearinghouse for resolution. To the extent that 
disputes cannot be resolved by the clearinghouse, parties are encouraged 
to use expedited ADR procedures, such as binding arbitration, mediation, 
or other ADR techniques.

[61 FR 29693, June 12, 1996]



Sec.  24.253  Termination of cost-sharing obligations.

    The cost-sharing plan will sunset for all PCS entities on April 4, 
2005, which is ten years after the date that voluntary negotiations 
commenced for A and B block PCS entities. Those PCS entities that are 
paying their portion of relocation costs on an installment basis must 
continue the payments until the obligation is satisfied.

[61 FR 29693, June 12, 1996]



Sec. Appendix I to Subpart E of Part 24--A Procedure for Calculating PCS 
   Signal Levels at Microwave Receivers (Appendix E of the Memorandum 
                           Opinion and Order)

    The new Rules adopted in Part 24 stipulate that estimates of 
interference to fixed microwave operations from a PCS operation will be 
based on the sum of signals received at a microwave receiver from the 
PCS operation. This appendix describes a procedure for computing this 
PCS level.
    In general, the procedure involves four steps:
    1. Determine the geographical coordinates of all microwave receivers 
operating on co-channel and adjacent frequencies within the coordination 
distance of each base station and the characteristics of each receiver, 
i.e., adjacent channel susceptibility, antenna gain, pattern and height, 
and line and other losses.
    2. Determine an equivalent isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.) 
for each base station and equivalent e.i.r.p. values for the mobiles and 
portables associated with each base station. Determine the values of 
pertinent correction and weighting factors based on building heights and 
density and distribution of portables. Close-in situations, prominent 
hills, and extra tall buildings require special treatment.
    3. Based on PCS e.i.r.p. values, correction and weighting factors, 
and microwave receiving system characteristics determined above, 
calculate the total interference power at the input of each microwave 
receiver, using the Longley-Rice propagation model.
    4. Based on the interference power level computed in step 3, 
determine interference to each microwave receiver using criteria 
described in Part 24 and EIA/TIA Bulletin 10-F.
    The interference from each base station and the mobiles and 
portables associated with it is calculated as follows:

Prbi = 10Log (ptbi)-Lbi-UCi 
          + Gmwi-Ci-BPi
Prmi = 10Log (nmi x ptmi)-
          Lmi-UCi + Gmwi-Ci
Prpsi = 10Log (npsi x ptpsi)-
          Lpsi-UCi + Gmwi-Ci
Prpbi = 10Log (npbi x ptpbi)-
          Lpbi-UCi-(BPi-BHi) 
          + Gmwi-Ci
Prpri = 10Log (npri x ptpri)-
          Lpri-(UCi-BHi) + 
          Gmwi-Ci

where:

P refers to Power in dBm
p refers to power in milliwatts
Prbi = Power at MW receiver from ith base station in dBm
ptbi = e.i.r.p. transmitted from ith base station in 
          milliwatts, which equals average power per channel x number of 
          channels x antenna gain with respect to an isotropic antenna - 
          line loss
Lbi = Path loss between MW and base station site in dB
UCi = Urban correction factor in dB
Gmwi = Gain of MW antenna in pertinent direction (dBi)
Ci = Channel discrimination of MW system in dB
Prmi = Power at MW receiver from mobiles associated with ith 
          base station
ptmi = e.i.r.p. transmitted from mobiles associated with ith 
          base station

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nmi = Number of mobiles associated with ith base station
Lmi = Path loss between MW and mobile transmitters in dB
Prpsi = Power at MW receiver from outdoor portables (s for 
          sidewalk)
ptpsi = e.i.r.p. transmitted from outdoor portables 
          associated with ith base station
npsi = Number of outdoor portables associated with ith base 
          station
Lpsi = Path loss between MW and outdoor portables in dB
Prpbi = Power at MW receiver from indoor portables (b for 
          building)
ptpbi = e.i.r.p. transmitted from indoor portables associated 
          with ith base station
npbi = number of indoor portables associated with ith base 
          station
Lpbi = Path loss in dB between MW and base station site 
          (using average building height divided by 2 as effective 
          antenna height)
Prpri = Power at MW receiver from rooftop portables (r for 
          rooftop)
ptpri = e.i.r.p. transmitted from rooftop portables 
          associated with ith base station
npri = Number of rooftop portables associated with ith base 
          station
Lpri = Path loss in dB between MW and base station site 
          (using average building height as effective antenna height)
BPi = Building penetration loss at street level in dB
BHi = Height gain for portables in buildings dB = 2.5 x (nf-
          1), where nf is number of floors

    Note: Where Ci varies from channel-to-channel, which 
often is the case, the summation process is more complex, requiring 
summation at a channel level first.

    Finally, the total PCS interference power at a given microwave 
receiver from all the base stations in a given frequency band is found 
by summing the contributions from the individual stations. Likewise, the 
total interference power at a given microwave receiver from all mobiles 
and portables operating in a given frequency band is found by summing 
the contributions from the mobiles and portables associated with each 
cell.
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    Base Stations. Interference from each base station to each microwave 
should normally be considered independently. A group of base stations 
having more or less (within 50 percent) the same 
height above average terrain, the same e.i.r.p., basically the same path 
to a microwave receiving site, and subtending an angle to that receiving 
site of less than 5 degrees, may be treated as a group, using the total 
power of the group and the average antenna height of the group to 
calculate path loss, L.
    Mobile Stations. The e.i.r.p. from mobile transmitters is weighted 
according to the number of base station channels expected to be devoted 
to mobile operation at any given time. The antenna height of mobiles 
used in calculating path loss, L, is assumed to be 2 meters.
    Portable Stations. The e.i.r.p. from the portable units associated 
with each base station is weighted according to the estimated portion of 
portables associated with that cell expected to be operated inside 
buildings at any given time and the portion which could be expected to 
be operating from elevated locations, such as balconies or building 
rooftops. For example, in the case of service intended for business use 
in an urban area, one might expect that perhaps 85 percent of the 
portables in use at any given time would be operating from within 
buildings and perhaps 5 percent might be operating from rooftops or 
balconies. The remaining 10 percent would be outside at street level.
    Calculation of an equivalent e.i.r.p. for cells in suburban areas 
will involve different weighting criteria.
    Urban Correction Factor. The urban correction factor (UC) depends on 
the height and density of buildings surrounding a base station. For the 
core area of large cities, it is assumed to be 35 dB. For medium size 
cities and fringe areas of large cities (4- to 6-story buildings with 
scattered taller buildings and lower buildings and open spaces) it is 
assumed to be 25 dB; for small cities and towns, 15 dB, and for suburban 
residential areas (one- and two-story, single family

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houses with scattered multiple-story apartment buildings, shopping 
centers and open areas), 10 dB.
    The unadjusted urban correction factor, UC, should not be applied to 
base station antenna heights that are greater than 50 percent of the 
average building height for a cell.
    Building Height and Building Penetration Factors. The building 
height correction, BH, is a function of the average building height 
within the nominal coverage area of the base station. It is used in 
conjunction with the building penetration loss, BP, to adjust the 
expected interference contribution from that portion of the portables 
transmitting from within buildings. The adjustment is given by:

BP = 20 dB in urban areas
BP = 10 dB in suburban areas
BH = 2.5 x (nf-1) dB

where nf is the average height (number of floors) of the buildings in 
the area.
    (Note that this formula implies a net gain when the average building 
height is greater than 8 floors). All buildings more than twice the 
average height should be considered individually. The contribution to BH 
from that portion of portables in the building above the average 
building height should be increased by a factor of 20Log(h) dB, where h 
is the height of the portables above the average building height in 
meters.
    Channel Discrimination Factor. A factor based on the interference 
selectivity of the microwave receiver.
    Propagation Model. The PCS to microwave path loss, L, is calculated 
using the Longley-Rice propagation model, Version 1.2.2., in the point-
to-point mode. The Longley-Rice [1] model was derived from NBS Technical 
Note 101 [2], and updated in 1982 by Hufford [3]. Version 1.2.2 
incorporated modifications described in a letter by Hufford [4] in 1985. 
Terrain elevations used as input to the model should be from the U.S. 
Geological Survey 3-second digitized terrain database.
    Special Situations. If a cell size is large compared to the distance 
between the cell and a microwave receiving site so that it subtends an 
angle greater than 5 degrees, the cell should be subdivided and 
calculations should be based on the expected distribution of mobiles and 
portables within each subdivision.
    If terrain elevations within a cell differ by more than a factor of 
two-to-one, the cell should be subdivided and microwave interference 
calculations should be based on the average terrain elevation for each 
subdivision.
    If a co-channel PCS base station lies within the main beam of a 
microwave antenna (5 degrees), there is no 
intervening terrain obstructions, and the power at the microwave 
receiver from that base station, assuming free space propagation, would 
be 3 dB or less below the interference threshold, interference will be 
assumed to exist unless the PCS licensee can demonstrate otherwise by 
specific path loss calculations based on terrain and building losses.
    If any part of a cell or cell subdivision lies within the main beam 
of a co-channel microwave antenna, there is no intervening terrain 
obstructions, and the accumulative power of 5 percent or less of the 
mobiles, assuming free space propagation would be 3 dB or less below the 
interference threshold, interference will be assumed to exist unless the 
PCS licensee can demonstrate otherwise by specific path loss 
calculations based on terrain and building losses.
    If a building within a cell or cell subdivision lies within the main 
beam of a co-channel microwave antenna, there is no intervening terrain 
obstructions, and the cumulative power of 5 percent or fewer of the 
portables, assuming free space propagation, would be 3 dB or less below 
the interference threshold, interference will be assumed to exist unless 
the PCS licensee can demonstrate otherwise by specific path loss 
calculations based on terrain and building losses.

                               References:

    1. Longley, A.G. and Rice, P.L., ``Prediction of Tropospheric Radio 
Transmission Loss Over Irregular Terrain, A Computer Method-1968'', ESSA 
Technical Report ERL 79-ITS 67, Institute for Telecommunications 
Sciences, July 1968.
    2. Rice, P.L. Longley, A.G., Norton, K.A., Barsis, A.P., 
``Transmission Loss Predictions for Tropospheric Communications 
Circuits,'' NBS Technical Note 101 (Revised), Volumes I and II, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1967.
    3. Hufford, G.A., Longley, A.G. and Kissick, W.A., ``A Guide to the 
use of the ITS Irregular Terrain Model in the Area Prediction Mode'', 
NTIA Report 82-100, U.S. Department of Commerce, April 1982. Also, 
Circular letter, dated January 30, 1985, from G.A. Hufford, identifying 
modifications to the computer program.
    4. Hufford, G.A., Memorandum to Users of the ITS Irregular Terrain 
Model, Institute for Telecommunications Sciences, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, January 30, 1985.



       Subpart F_Competitive Bidding Procedures for Narrowband PCS

    Source: 59 FR 26747, May 24, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

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Sec.  24.301  Narrowband PCS subject to competitive bidding.

    Mutually exclusive initial applications for narrowband PCS service 
licenses are subject to competitive bidding. The general competitive 
bidding procedures set forth in part 1, subpart Q of this chapter will 
apply unless otherwise provided in this subpart.

[67 FR 45367, July 9, 2002]



Sec. Sec.  24.302-24.309  [Reserved]



Sec.  24.320  [Reserved]



Sec.  24.321  Designated entities.

    (a) Eligibility for small business provisions. (1) A small business 
is an entity that, together with its controlling interests and 
affiliates, has average gross revenues not exceeding $ 40 million for 
the preceding three years.
    (2) A very small business is an entity that, together with its 
controlling interests and affiliates, has average gross revenues not 
exceeding $ 15 million for the preceding three years.
    (b) Bidding credits. After August 7, 2000, a winning bidder that 
qualifies as a small business, as defined in this section, or a 
consortium of small businesses may use the bidding credit specified in 
Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(iii) of this chapter. A winning bidder that qualifies 
as a very small business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of 
very small businesses may use the bidding credit specified in Sec.  
1.2110(f)(2)(ii) of this chapter.
    (c) Installment payments. Small businesses that are winning bidders 
on any regional license prior to August 7, 2000 will be eligible to pay 
the full amount of their winning bids in installments over the term of 
the license pursuant to the terms set forth in Sec.  1.2110(g) of this 
chapter.

[67 FR 45367, July 9, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 42998, July 21, 2003]



   Subpart G_Interim Application, Licensing and Processing Rules for 
                             Narrowband PCS

    Source: 59 FR 26749, May 24, 1994, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  24.403  Authorization required.

    No person shall use or operate any device for the transmission of 
energy or communications by radio in the services authorized by this 
part except as provided in this part.



Sec.  24.404  Eligibility.

    (a) General. Authorizations will be granted upon proper application 
if:
    (1) The applicant is qualified under the applicable laws and the 
regulations, policies and decisions issued under the laws, including 
Sec.  24.12;
    (2) There are frequencies available to provide satisfactory service; 
and
    (3) The public interest, convenience or necessity would be served by 
a grant.
    (b) Alien ownership. A narrowband PCS authorization to provide 
Commercial Mobile Radio Service may not be granted to or held by:
    (1) Any alien or the representative of any alien.
    (2) Any corporation organized under the laws of any foreign 
government.
    (3) Any corporation of which more than one-fifth of the capital 
stock is owned of record or voted by aliens or their representatives or 
by a foreign government or representative thereof or any corporation 
organized under the laws of a foreign country.
    (4) Any corporation directly or indirectly controlled by any other 
corporation of which more than one-fourth of the capital stock is owned 
or voted by aliens, their representatives, or by a foreign government or 
representative thereof, or by any corporation organized under the laws 
of a foreign country, if the Commission finds that the public interest 
will be served by the refusal or revocation of such license. A 
Narrowband PCS authorization to provide Private Mobile Radio Service may 
not be granted to or held by a foreign government or a representative 
thereof.

[59 FR 26749, May 24, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 55581, Oct. 28, 1996; 65 
FR 35855, June 6, 2000]

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Sec. Sec.  24.405-24.414  [Reserved]



Sec.  24.415  Technical content of applications; maintenance of 
list of station locations.

    (a) All applications required by this part shall contain all 
technical information required by the application forms or associated 
public notice(s). Applications other than initial applications for a 
narrowband PCS license must also comply with all technical requirements 
of the rules governing the narrowband PCS (see subparts C and D as 
appropriate). The following paragraphs describe a number of general 
technical requirements.
    (b) Each application (except applications for initial licenses filed 
on Form 175) for a radio station authorization for narrowband PCS must 
comply with the provisions of Sec. Sec.  24.129 through 24.135.
    (c)-(i) [Reserved]
    (j) The location of the transmitting antenna shall be considered to 
be the station location. Narrowband PCS licensees must maintain a 
current list of all station locations, which must describe the 
transmitting antenna site by its geographical coordinates and also by 
conventional reference to street number, landmark, or the equivalent. 
All such coordinates shall be specified in terms of degrees, minutes, 
and seconds to the nearest second of latitude and longitude.

[59 FR 26749, May 24, 1994; 59 FR 43898, Aug. 25, 1994]



Sec. Sec.  24.416-24.429  [Reserved]



Sec.  24.430  Opposition to applications.

    (a) Petitions to deny (including petitions for other forms of 
relief) and responsive pleadings for Commission consideration must 
comply with Sec.  1.2108 of this chapter and must:
    (1) Identify the application or applications (including applicant's 
name, station location, Commission file numbers and radio service 
involved) with which it is concerned;
    (2) Be filed in accordance with the pleading limitations, filing 
periods, and other applicable provisions of Sec. Sec.  1.41 through 1.52 
of this chapter except where otherwise provided in Sec.  1.2108 of this 
chapter;
    (3) Contain specific allegations of fact which, except for facts of 
which official notice may be taken, shall be supported by affidavit of a 
person or persons with personal knowledge thereof, and which shall be 
sufficient to demonstrate that the petitioner (or respondent) is a party 
in interest and that a grant of, or other Commission action regarding, 
the application would be prima facie inconsistent with the public 
interest; and
    (4) Contain a certificate of service showing that it has been mailed 
to the applicant no later than the date of filing thereof with the 
Commission.
    (b) A petition to deny a major amendment to a previously filed 
application may only raise matters directly related to the amendment 
which could not have been raised in connection with the underlying, 
previously filed application. This does not apply to petitioners who 
gain standing because of the major amendment.
    (c) Parties who file frivolous petitions to deny may be subject to 
sanctions including monetary forfeitures, license revocation, if they 
are FCC licensees, and may be prohibited from participating in future 
auctions.

[59 FR 44072, Aug. 26, 1994, as amended at 65 FR 35855, June 6, 2000]



Sec.  24.431  Mutually exclusive applications.

    (a) The Commission will consider applications to be mutually 
exclusive if their conflicts are such that the grant of one application 
would effectively preclude by reason of harmful electrical interference, 
or other practical reason, the grant of one or more of the other 
applications. The Commission will presume ``harmful electrical 
interference'' to mean interference which would result in a material 
impairment to service rendered to the public despite full cooperation in 
good faith by all applicants or parties to achieve reasonable technical 
adjustments which would avoid electrical conflict.
    (b) Mutually exclusive applications filed on Form 175 for the 
initial provision of narrowband PCS service are subject to competitive 
bidding in accordance with the procedures in subpart F of this part and 
in 47 CFR part 1, subpart Q.

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    (c) An application will be entitled to comparative consideration 
with one or more conflicting applications only if the Commission 
determines that such comparative consideration will serve the public 
interest.



Sec. Sec.  24.432-24.444  [Reserved]



       Subpart H_Competitive Bidding Procedures for Broadband PCS

    Source: 59 FR 37604, July 22, 1994, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  24.701  Broadband PCS subject to competitive bidding.

    Mutually exclusive initial applications for broadband PCS service 
licenses are subject to competitive bidding. The general competitive 
bidding procedures set forth in part 1, subpart Q of this chapter will 
apply unless otherwise provided in this subpart.

[67 FR 45367, July 9, 2002]



Sec. Sec.  24.702-24.708  [Reserved]



Sec.  24.709  Eligibility for licenses for frequency Blocks C or F.

    (a) General rule for licenses offered for closed bidding. (1) No 
application is acceptable for filing and no license shall be granted to 
a winning bidder in closed bidding for frequency block C or frequency 
block F, unless the applicant, together with its affiliates and persons 
or entities that hold interests in the applicant and their affiliates, 
have had gross revenues of less than $125 million in each of the last 
two years and total assets of less than $500 million at the time the 
applicant's short-form application (Form 175) is filed.
    (2) Any licensee awarded a license won in closed bidding pursuant to 
the eligibility requirements of this section (or pursuant to Sec.  
24.839(a)(2)) shall maintain its eligibility until at least five years 
from the date of initial license grant, except that a licensee's (or 
other attributable entity's) increased gross revenues or increased total 
assets due to nonattributable equity investments (i.e., from sources 
whose gross revenues and total assets are not considered under paragraph 
(b) of this section), debt financing, revenue from operations or other 
investments, business development, or expanded service shall not be 
considered.
    (3) Tiers. (i) For purposes of determining spectrum to which the 
eligibility requirements of this section are applicable, the BTA service 
areas (see Sec.  24.202(b)) are divided into two tiers according to 
their population as follows:
    (A) Tier 1: BTA service areas with population equal to or greater 
than 2.5 million;
    (B) Tier 2: BTA service areas with population less than 2.5 million.
    (ii) For Auction No. 35, the population of individual BTA service 
areas will be based on the 1990 census. For auctions beginning after the 
start of Auction No. 35, the population of individual BTA service areas 
will be based on the most recent available decennial census.
    (4) Application of eligibility requirements. (i) The following 
categories of licenses will be subject to closed bidding pursuant to the 
eligibility requirements of this section in auctions that begin after 
the effective date of this paragraph.
    (A) For Tier 1 BTAs, one of the 10 MHz C block licenses (1895-1900 
MHz paired with 1975-1980 MHz);
    (B) For Tier 2 BTAs, two of the 10 MHz C block licenses (1895-1900 
MHz paired with 1975-1980 MHz; 1900-1905 MHz paired with 1980-1985 MHz) 
and all 15 MHz C block licenses.
    (ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a)(4)(i) of this 
section, any C block license for operation on spectrum that has been 
offered, but not won by a bidder, in closed bidding in any auction 
beginning on or after March 23, 1999, will not be subject in a 
subsequent auction to closed bidding pursuant to the eligibility 
requirements of this section.
    (5) Special rule for licensees disaggregating or returning certain 
spectrum in frequency block C.
    (i) In addition to entities qualifying for closed bidding under 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section, any entity that was eligible for and 
participated in the auction for frequency block C, which began on 
December 18, 1995, or the reauction for frequency block C, which began 
on July 3, 1996, will be eligible to bid for C block licenses offered in

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closed bidding in any reauction of frequency block C spectrum that 
begins within two years of March 23, 1999.
    (ii) In cases of merger, acquisition, or other business combination 
of entities, where each of the entities is eligible to bid for C block 
licenses offered in closed bidding in any reauction of C block spectrum 
on the basis of the eligibility exception set forth in paragraph 
(a)(5)(i) of this section, the resulting entity will also be eligible 
for the exception specified in paragraph (a)(5)(i) of this section.
    (iii) In cases of merger, acquisition, or other business combination 
of entities, where one or more of the entities are ineligible for the 
exception set forth in paragraph (a)(5)(i) of this section, the 
resulting entity will not be eligible pursuant to paragraph (a)(5)(i) of 
this section unless an eligible entity possesses de jure and de facto 
control over the resulting entity.
    (iv) The following restrictions will apply for any reauction of 
frequency block C spectrum conducted after March 24, 1998:
    (A) Applicants that elected to disaggregate and surrender to the 
Commission 15 MHz of spectrum from any or all of their frequency block C 
licenses, as provided in Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding 
Installment Payment Financing for Personal Communications Services (PCS) 
Licensees, Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rule 
Making, WT Docket No. 97-82, 12 FCC Rcd 16,436 (1997), as modified by 
the Order on Reconsideration of the Second Report and Order, WT Docket 
No. 97-82, FCC 98-46 (rel. Mar. 24, 1998), will not be eligible to apply 
for such disaggregated spectrum until 2 years from the start of the 
reauction of that spectrum.
    (B) Applicants that surrendered to the Commission any of their 
frequency block C licenses, as provided in Amendment of the Commission's 
Rules Regarding Installment Payment Financing for Personal 
Communications Services (PCS) Licensees, Second Report and Order and 
Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, WT Docket No. 97-82, 12 FCC Rcd 
16,436 (1997), as modified by the Order on Reconsideration of the Second 
Report and Order, WT Docket No. 97-82, FCC 98-46 (rel. Mar. 24, 1998), 
will not be eligible to apply for the licenses that they surrendered to 
the Commission until 2 years from the start of the reauction of those 
licenses if they elected to apply a credit of 70% of the down payment 
they made on those licenses toward the prepayment of licenses they did 
not surrender.
    (b) Exceptions to general rule--(1) Scope. The following provisions 
apply to licenses acquired in Auctions No. 5, 10, 11 or 22, or pursuant 
to Sec.  24.839(a)(2) or (a)(3) prior to October 30, 2000.
    (i) Small business consortia. Where an applicant (or licensee) is a 
consortium of small businesses, the gross revenues and total assets of 
each small business shall not be aggregated.
    (ii) Publicly-traded corporations. Where an applicant (or licensee) 
is a publicly traded corporation with widely dispersed voting power, the 
gross revenues and total assets of a person or entity that holds an 
interest in the applicant (or licensee), and its affiliates, shall not 
be considered.
    (iii) 25 Percent equity exception. The gross revenues and total 
assets of a person or entity that holds an interest in the applicant (or 
licensee), and its affiliates, shall not be considered so long as:
    (A) Such person or entity, together with its affiliates, holds only 
nonattributable equity equaling no more than 25 percent of the 
applicant's (or licensee's) total equity;
    (B) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(1)(v) of this section, such 
person or entity is not a member of the applicant's (or licensee's) 
control group; and
    (C) The applicant (or licensee) has a control group that complies 
with the minimum equity requirements of paragraph (b)(1)(v) of this 
section, and, if the applicant (or licensee) is a corporation, owns at 
least 50.1 percent of the applicant's (or licensee's) voting interests, 
and, if the applicant (or licensee) is a partnership, holds all of its 
general partnership interests.
    (iv) 49.9 Percent equity exception. The gross revenues and total 
assets of a person or entity that holds an interest in the applicant (or 
licensee), and its affiliates, shall not be considered so long as:

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    (A) Such person or entity, together with its affiliates, holds only 
nonattributable equity equaling no more than 49.9 percent of the 
applicant's (or licensee's) total equity;
    (B) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(1)(vi) of this section, such 
person or entity is not a member of the applicant's (or licensee's) 
control group; and
    (C) The applicant (or licensee) has a control group that complies 
with the minimum equity requirements of paragraph (b)(1)(vi) of this 
section and, if the applicant (or licensee) is a corporation, owns at 
least 50.1 percent of the applicant's (or licensee's) voting interests, 
and, if the applicant (or licensee) is a partnership, holds all of its 
general partnership interests.
    (v) Control group minimum 25 percent equity requirement. In order to 
be eligible to exclude gross revenues and total assets of persons or 
entities identified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section, and 
applicant (or licensee) must comply with the following requirements:
    (A) Except for an applicant (or licensee) whose sole control group 
member is a preexisting entity, as provided in paragraph (b)(1)(v)(B) of 
this section, at the time the applicant's short-form application (Form 
175) is filed and until at least three years following the date of 
initial license grant, the applicant's (or licensee's) control group 
must own at least 25 percent of the applicant's (or licensee's) total 
equity as follows:
    (1) At least 15 percent of the applicant's (or licensee's) total 
equity must be held by qualifying investors, either unconditionally or 
in the form of options exercisable, at the option of the holder, at any 
time and at any exercise price equal to or less than the market value at 
the time the applicant files its short-form application (Form 175);
    (2) Such qualifying investors must hold 50.1 percent of the voting 
stock and all general partnership interests within the control group, 
and must have de facto control of the control group and of the 
applicant;
    (3) The remaining 10 percent of the applicant's (or licensee's) 
total equity may be owned, either unconditionally or in the form of 
stock options, by any of the following entities, which may not comply 
with Sec.  24.720(g)(1):
    (i) Institutional Investors;
    (ii) Noncontrolling existing investors in any preexisting entity 
that is a member of the control group;
    (iii) Individuals that are members of the applicant's (or 
licensee's) management; or
    (iv) Qualifying investors, as specified in Sec.  24.720(g)(3).
    (4) Following termination of the three-year period specified in 
paragraph (b)(1)(v)(A) of this section, qualifying investors must 
continue to own at least 10 percent of the applicant's (or licensee's) 
total equity unconditionally or in the form of stock options subject to 
the restrictions in paragraph (b)(1)(v)(A)(1) of this section. The 
restrictions specified in paragraphs (b)(1)(v)(A)(3)(i) through 
(b)(1)(v)(A)(3)(iv) of this section no longer apply to the remaining 
equity after termination of such three-year period.
    (B) At the election of an applicant (or licensee) whose control 
group's sole member is a preexisting entity, the 25 percent minimum 
equity requirements set forth in paragraph (b)(1)(v)(A) of this section 
shall apply, except that only 10 percent of the applicant's (or 
licensee's) total equity must be held in qualifying investors, and that 
the remaining 15 percent of the applicant's (or licensee's) total equity 
may be held by qualifying investors, or noncontrolling existing 
investors in such control group member or individuals that are members 
of the applicant's (or licensee's) management. These restrictions on the 
identity of the holder(s) of the remaining 15 percent of the licensee's 
total equity no longer apply after termination of the three-year period 
specified in paragraph (b)(1)(v)(A) of this section.
    (vi) Control group minimum 50.1 percent equity requirement. In order 
to be eligible to exclude gross revenues and total assets of persons or 
entities identified in paragraph (b)(1)(iv) of this section, an 
applicant (or licensee) must comply with the following requirements:
    (A) Except for an applicant (or licenses) whose sole control group 
member is a preexisting entity, as provided in paragraph (b)(1)(vi)(B) 
of this section, at the time the applicant's short-form application 
(Form 175) is filed and until at least three years following the date

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of initial license grant, the applicant's (or licensee's) control group 
must own at least 50.1 percent of the applicant's (or licensee's) total 
equity as follows:
    (1) At least 30 percent of the applicant's (or licensee's) total 
equity must be held by qualifying investors, either unconditionally or 
in the form of options, exercisable at the option of the holder, at any 
time and at any exercise price equal to or less than the market value at 
the time the applicant files its short-form application (Form 175);
    (2) Such qualifying investors must hold 50.1 percent of the voting 
stock and all general partnership interests within the control group and 
must have de facto control of the control group and of the applicant;
    (3) The remaining 20.1 percent of the applicant's (or licensee's) 
total equity may be owned by qualifying investors, either 
unconditionally or in the form of stock options not subject to the 
restrictions of paragraph (b)(1)(vi)(A)(1) of this section, or by any of 
the following entities which may not comply with Sec.  24.720(g)(1):
    (i) Institutional investors, either unconditionally or in the form 
of stock options;
    (ii) Noncontrolling existing investors in any preexisting entity 
that is a member of the control group, either unconditionally or in the 
form of stock options;
    (iii) Individuals that are members of the applicant's (or 
licensee's) management, either unconditionally or in the form of stock 
options; or
    (iv) Qualifying investors, as specified in Sec.  24.720(g)(3).
    (4) Following termination of the three-year period specified in 
paragraph (b)(1)(vi)(A) of this section, qualifying investors must 
continue to own at least 20 percent of the applicant's (or licensee's) 
total equity unconditionally or in the form of stock options subject to 
the restrictions in paragraph (b)(1)(vi)(A)(1) of this section. The 
restrictions specified in paragraph (b)(1)(vi)(A)(3)(i) through 
(b)(1)(vi)(A)(3)(iv) of this section no longer apply to the remaining 
equity after termination of such three-year period.
    (B) At the election of an applicant (or licensee) whose control 
group's sole member is a preexisting entity, the 50.1 percent minimum 
equity requirements set forth in paragraph (b)(1)(vi)(A) of this section 
shall apply, except that only 20 percent of the applicant's (or 
licensee's) total equity must be held by qualifying investors, and that 
the remaining 30.1 percent of the applicant's (or licensee's) total 
equity may be held by qualifying investors, or noncontrolling existing 
investors in such control group member or individuals that are members 
of the applicant's (or licensee's) management. These restrictions on the 
identity of the holder(s) of the remaining 30.1 percent of the 
licensee's total equity no longer apply after termination of the three-
year period specified in paragraph (b)(1)(vi)(A) of this section.
    (vii) Calculation of certain interests. Except as provided in 
paragraphs (b)(1)(v) and (b)(1)(vi) of this section, ownership interests 
shall be calculated on a fully diluted basis; all agreements such as 
warrants, stock options and convertible debentures will generally be 
treated as if the rights thereunder already have been fully exercised, 
except that such agreements may not be used to appear to terminate or 
divest ownership interests before they actually do so, in order to 
comply with the nonattributable equity requirements in paragraphs 
(b)(1)(iii)(A) and (b)(1)(iv)(A) of this section.
    (viii) Aggregation of affiliate interests. Persons or entities that 
hold interest in an applicant (or licensee) that are affiliates of each 
other or have an identify of interests identified in Sec.  
1.2110(c)(5)(iii) will be treated as though they were one person or 
entity and their ownership interests aggregated for purposes of 
determining an applicant's (or licensee's) compliance with the 
nonattributable equity requirements in paragraphs (b)(1)(iii)(A) and 
(b)(1)(iv)(A) of this section.

    Example 1 for paragraph (b)(1)(viii). ABC Corp. is owned by 
individuals, A, B, and C, each having an equal one-third voting interest 
in ABC Corp. A and B together, with two-thirds of the stock have the 
power to control ABC Corp. and have an identity of interest. If A & B 
invest in DE Corp., a broadband PCS applicant for block C, A and B's 
separate interests in DE Corp. must be aggregated because A and B are to 
be treated as one person.

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    Example 2 for paragraph (b)(1)(viii). ABC Corp. has subsidiary BC 
Corp., of which it holds a controlling 51 percent of the stock. If ABC 
Corp. and BC Corp., both invest in DE Corp., their separate interests in 
DE Corp. must be aggregated because ABC Corp. and BC Corp. are 
affiliates of each other.

    (2) The following provisions apply to licenses acquired pursuant to 
Sec.  24.839(a)(2) or (a)(3) on or after October 30, 2000. In addition 
to the eligibility requirements set forth at 24.709(a) and (b), 
applicants and/or licensees seeking to acquire C and/or F block licenses 
pursuant to 24.839(a)(2) or (a)(3) will be subject to the controlling 
interest standard in 1.2110(c)(2) of this chapter for purposes of 
determining unjust enrichment payment obligations. See Sec.  1.2111 of 
this chapter.
    (c) Short-form and long-form applications: Certifications and 
disclosure--(1) Short-form application. In addition to certifications 
and disclosures required by part 1, subpart Q of this chapter, each 
applicant to participate in closed bidding for frequency block C or 
frequency block F shall certify on its short-form application (Form 175) 
that it is eligible to bid on and obtain such license(s), and (if 
applicable) that it is eligible for designated entity status pursuant to 
this section and Sec.  24.720, and shall append the following 
information as an exhibit to its Form 175:
    (i) For all applicants: The applicant's gross revenues and total 
assets, computed in accordance with paragraphs (a) of this section and 
Sec.  1.2110(b)(1) through (b)(2) of this chapter.
    (ii) For all applicants that participated in Auction Nos. 5, 10, 11, 
and/or 22:
    (A) The identity of each member of the applicant's control group, 
regardless of the size of each member's total interest in the applicant, 
and the percentage and type of interest held;
    (B) The status of each control group member that is an institutional 
investor, an existing investor, and/or a member of the applicant's 
management;
    (C) The identity of each affiliate of the applicant and each 
affiliate of individuals or entities identified pursuant to paragraphs 
(C)(1)(ii)(A) and (c)(1)(ii)(B) of this section;
    (D) A certification that the applicant's sole control group member 
is a preexisting entity, if the applicant makes the election in either 
paragraph (b)(1)(v)(B) or (b)(1)(vi)(B)of this section; and
    (E) For an applicant that is a publicly traded corporation with 
widely disbursed voting power:
    (1) A certified statement that such applicant complies with the 
requirements of the definition of publicly traded corporation with 
widely disbursed voting power set forth in Sec.  24.720(f);
    (2) The identity of each affiliate of the applicant.
    (iii) For each applicant claiming status as a small business 
consortium, the information specified in paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of this 
section, for each member of such consortium.
    (2) Long-form application. In addition to the requirements in 
subpart I of this part and other applicable rules (e.g., Sec. Sec.  
20.6(e) and 20.9(b) of this chapter), each applicant submitting a long-
form application for a license(s) for frequency block C or F shall in an 
exhibit to its long-form application:
    (i) Disclose separately and in the aggregate the gross revenues and 
total assets, computed in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b) of this 
section, for each of the following: The applicant; the applicant's 
affiliates, the applicant's control group members; the applicant's 
attributable investors; and affiliates of its attributable investors;
    (ii) List and summarize all agreements or other instruments (with 
appropriate references to specific provisions in the text of such 
agreements and instruments) that support the applicant's eligibility for 
a license(s) for frequency block C or frequency block F and its 
eligibility under Sec. Sec.  24.711, 24.712, 24.714 and 24.720, 
including the establishment of de facto and de jure control; such 
agreements and instruments include articles of incorporation and bylaws, 
shareholder agreements, voting or other trust agreements, partnership 
agreements, management agreements, joint marketing agreements, franchise 
agreements, and any other relevant agreements (including letters of 
intent), oral or written; and
    (iii) List and summarize any investor protection agreements and 
identify specifically any such provisions in those agreements identified 
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to paragraph (c)(2)(ii) of this section, including rights of first 
refusal, supermajority clauses, options, veto rights, and rights to hire 
and fire employees and to appoint members to boards of directors or 
management committees.
    (3) Records maintenance. All applicants, including those that are 
winning bidders, shall maintain at their principal place of business an 
updated file of ownership, revenue and asset information, including 
those documents referenced in paragraphs (c)(2)(ii) and (c)(2)(iii) of 
this section and any other documents necessary to establish eligibility 
under this section and any other documents necessary to establish 
eligibility under this section or under the definition of small 
business. Licensees (and their successors in interest) shall maintain 
such files for the term of the license. Applicants that do not obtain 
the license(s) for which they applied shall maintain such files until 
the grant of such license(s) is final, or one year from the date of the 
filing of their short-form application (Form 175), whichever is earlier.
    (d) Definitions. The terms control group, existing investor, 
institutional investor, nonattributable equity, preexisting entity, 
publicly traded corporation with widely dispersed voting power, 
qualifying investor, and small business used in this section are defined 
in Sec.  24.720.

[67 FR 45368, July 9, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 42998, July 21, 2003]



Sec.  24.710  [Reserved]



Sec.  24.711  Installment payments for licenses for frequency Block C.

    Installment payments. Each eligible licensee of frequency Block C 
may pay the remaining 90 percent of the net auction price for the 
license in installment payments pursuant to Sec.  1.2110(f) of this 
chapter and under the following terms:
    (a) For an eligible licensee with gross revenues exceeding $75 
million (calculated in accordance with Sec.  1.2110(n) of this chapter 
and Sec.  24.709(b)) in each of the two preceding years (calculated in 
accordance with Sec.  1.2110(n) of this chapter), interest shall be 
imposed based on the rate for ten-year U.S. Treasury obligations 
applicable on the date the license is granted, plus 3.5 percent; 
payments shall include both principal and interest amortized over the 
term of the license.
    (b) For an eligible licensee with gross revenues not exceeding $75 
million (calculated in accordance with Sec.  1.2110(b) of this chapter 
and Sec.  24.709(b)) in each of the two preceding years, interest shall 
be imposed based on the rate for ten-year U.S. Treasury obligations 
applicable on the date the license is granted, plus 2.5 percent; 
payments shall include interest only for the first year and payments of 
interest and principal amortized over the remaining nine years of the 
license term.
    (c) For an eligible licensee that qualifies as a small business or 
as a consortium of small businesses, interest shall be imposed based on 
the rate for ten-year U.S. Treasury obligations applicable on the date 
the license is granted; payments shall include interest only for the 
first six years and payments of interest and principal amortized over 
the remaining four years of the license term.

[67 FR 45371, July 9, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 42999, July 21, 2003]



Sec.  24.712  Bidding credits for licenses won for frequency Block C.

    (a) Except with respect to licenses won in closed bidding in 
auctions that begin after March 23, 1999, a winning bidder that 
qualifies as a small business, as defined in Sec.  24.720(b)(1), or a 
consortium of small businesses may use a bidding credit of fifteen 
percent, as specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(iii) of this chapter, to 
lower the cost of its winning bid.
    (b) Except with respect to licenses won in closed bidding in 
auctions that begin after March 23, 1999, a winning bidder that 
qualifies as a very small business, as defined in Sec.  24.720(b)(2), or 
a consortium of very small businesses may use a bidding credit of 
twenty-five percent as specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(ii) of this 
chapter, to lower the cost of its winning bid.
    (c) Unjust enrichment. The unjust enrichment provisions of Sec.  
1.2111(d) and (e)(2) of this chapter shall not apply with respect to 
licenses acquired in either the auction for frequency block C that began 
on December 18, 1995, or the

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reauction of block C spectrum that began on July 3, 1996.

[67 FR 45371, July 9, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 42999, July 21, 2003]



Sec.  24.713  [Reserved]



Sec.  24.714  Partitioned licenses and disaggregated spectrum.

    (a) Eligibility. (1) Parties seeking approval for partitioning and 
disaggregation shall request an authorization for partial assignment of 
a license pursuant to Sec.  24.839.
    (2) Broadband PCS licensees in spectrum blocks A, B, D, and E and 
broadband PCS C and F block licenses not subject to the eligibility 
requirements of Sec.  24.709 may apply to partition their licensed 
geographic service area or disaggregate their licensed spectrum at any 
time following the grant of their licenses.
    (3) Broadband PCS licensees that acquired C or F block licenses in 
closed bidding subject to the eligibility requirements of Sec.  24.709 
may partition their licensed geographic service area or disaggregate 
their licensed spectrum at any time to an entity that meets the 
eligibility criteria set forth in Sec.  24.709 at the time the request 
for partial assignment of license is filed or to an entity that holds 
license(s) for frequency blocks C and F that met the eligibility 
criteria set forth in Sec.  24.709 at the time of receipt of such 
license(s). Partial assignment applications seeking partitioning or 
disaggregation of broadband PCS licenses in spectrum blocks C and F must 
include an attachment demonstrating compliance with this section.
    (b) Technical standards--(1) Partitioning. In the case of 
partitioning, applicants and licensees must file FCC Form 603 pursuant 
to Sec.  1.948 of this chapter and list the partitioned service area on 
a schedule to the application. The geographic coordinates must be 
specified in degrees, minutes, and seconds to the nearest second of 
latitude and longitude and must be based upon the 1983 North American 
Datum (NAD83).
    (2) Disaggregation. Spectrum may be disaggregated in any amount.
    (3) Combined partitioning and disaggregation. The Commission will 
consider requests for partial assignment of licenses that propose 
combinations of partitioning and disaggregation.
    (c) Installment payments--(1) Apportioning the balance on 
installment payment plans. When a winning bidder elects to pay for its 
license through an installment payment plan pursuant to Sec.  1.2110(g) 
of this chapter or Sec.  24.716, and partitions its licensed area or 
disaggregates spectrum to another party, the outstanding balance owed by 
the licensee on its installment payment plan (including accrued and 
unpaid interest) shall be apportioned between the licensee and 
partitionee or disaggregatee. Both parties will be responsible for 
paying their proportionate share of the outstanding balance to the U.S. 
Treasury. In the case of partitioning, the balance shall be apportioned 
based upon the ratio of the population of the partitioned area to the 
population of the entire original license area calculated based upon the 
most recent census data. In the case of disaggregation, the balance 
shall be apportioned based upon the ratio of the amount of spectrum 
disaggregated to the amount of spectrum allocated to the licensed area.
    (2) Parties not qualified for installment payment plans. (i) When a 
winning bidder elects to pay for its license through an installment 
payment plan, and partitions its license or disaggregates spectrum to 
another party that would not qualify for an installment payment plan or 
elects not to pay its share of the license through installment payments, 
the outstanding balance owed by the licensee (including accrued and 
unpaid interest shall be apportioned according to Sec.  24.714(c)(1)).
    (ii) The partitionee or disaggregatee shall, as a condition of the 
approval of the partial assignment application, pay its entire pro rata 
amount within 30 days of Public Notice conditionally granting the 
partial assignment application. Failure to meet this condition will 
result in a rescission of the grant of the partial assignment 
application.
    (iii) The licensee shall be permitted to continue to pay its pro 
rata share of

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the outstanding balance and shall receive new financing documents 
(promissory note, security agreement) with a revised payment obligation, 
based on the remaining amount of time on the original installment 
payment schedule. These financing documents will replace the licensee's 
existing financing documents, which shall be marked ``superseded'' and 
returned to the licensee upon receipt of the new financing documents. 
The original interest rate, established pursuant to Sec.  
1.2110(g)(3)(i) of this chapter at the time of the grant of the initial 
license in the market, shall continue to be applied to the licensee's 
portion of the remaining government obligation. The Commission will 
require, as a further condition to approval of the partial assignment 
application, that the licensee execute and return to the U.S. Treasury 
the new financing documents within 30 days of the Public Notice 
conditionally granting the partial assignment application. Failure to 
meet this condition will result in the automatic cancellation of the 
grant of the partial assignment application.
    (iv) A default on the licensee's payment obligation will only affect 
the licensee's portion of the market.
    (3) Parties qualified for installment payment plans. (i) Where both 
parties to a partitioning or disaggregation agreement qualify for 
installment payments, the partitionee or disaggregatee will be permitted 
to make installment payments on its portion of the remaining government 
obligations, as calculated according to Sec.  24.714(c)(1).
    (ii) Each party will be required, as a condition to approval of the 
partial assignment application, to execute separate financing documents 
(promissory note, security agreement) agreeing to pay their pro rata 
portion of the balance due (including accrued and unpaid interest) based 
upon the installment payment terms for which they qualify under the 
rules. The financing documents must be returned to the U.S. Treasury 
within thirty (30) days of the Public Notice conditionally granting the 
partial assignment application. Failure by either party to meet this 
condition will result in the automatic cancellation of the grant of the 
partial assignment application. The interest rate, established pursuant 
to Sec.  1.2110(g)(3)(i) of this chapter at the time of the grant of the 
initial license in the market, shall continue to be applied to both 
parties' portion of the balance due. Each party will receive a license 
for their portion of the partitioned market or disaggregated spectrum.
    (iii) A default on an obligation will only affect that portion of 
the market area held by the defaulting party.
    (iv) Partitionees and disaggregatees that qualify for installment 
payment plans may elect to pay some of their pro rata portion of the 
balance due in a lump sum payment to the U.S. Treasury and to pay the 
remaining portion of the balance due pursuant to an installment payment 
plan.
    (d) License term. The license term for a partitioned license area 
and for disaggregated spectrum shall be the remainder of the original 
licensee's license term as provided for in Sec.  24.15.

[62 FR 661, Jan. 6, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 68953, Dec. 14, 1998; 65 
FR 53638, Sept. 5, 2000; 67 FR 45371, July 9, 2002; 68 FR 42999, July 
21, 2003; 82 FR 41547, Sept. 1, 2017]



Sec.  24.716  Installment payments for licenses for frequency Block F.

    Installment Payments. Each eligible licensee of frequency Block F 
may pay the remaining 80 percent of the net auction price for the 
license in installment payments pursuant to Sec.  1.2110(g) of this 
chapter and under the following terms:
    (a) For an eligible licensee with gross revenues exceeding $75 
million (calculated in accordance with Sec.  1.2110(b) of this chapter 
and, when applicable, Sec.  24.709(b)) in each of the two preceding 
years (calculated in accordance with Sec.  1.2110(n) of this chapter), 
interest shall be imposed based on the rate for ten-year U.S. Treasury 
obligations applicable on the date the license is granted, plus 3.5 
percent; payments shall include both principal and interest amortized 
over the term of the license;
    (b) For an eligible licensee with gross revenues not exceeding $75 
million (calculated in accordance with Sec.  1.2110(b) of this chapter 
and, when applicable, Sec.  24.709(b)) in each of the two preceding 
years (calculated in accordance with

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Sec.  1.2110(n) of this chapter), interest shall be imposed based on the 
rate for ten-year U.S. Treasury obligations applicable on the date the 
license is granted, plus 2.5 percent; payments shall include interest 
only for the first year and payments of interest and principal amortized 
over the remaining nine years of the license term; or
    (c) For an eligible licensee that qualifies as a small business or 
as a consortium of small businesses, interest shall be imposed based on 
the rate for ten-year U.S. Treasury obligations applicable on the date 
the license is granted; payments shall include interest only for the 
first two years and payments of interest and principal amortized over 
the remaining eight years of the license term.

[67 FR 45371, July 9, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 42999, July 21, 2003]



Sec.  24.717  Bidding credits for licenses for frequency Block F.

    (a) Except with respect to licenses won in closed bidding in 
auctions that begin after March 23, 1999, a winning bidder that 
qualifies as a small business, as defined in Sec.  24.720(b)(1), or a 
consortium of small businesses may use a bidding credit of fifteen 
percent, as specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(iii) of this chapter, to 
lower the cost of its winning bid.
    (b) Except with respect to licenses won in closed bidding in 
auctions that begin after March 23, 1999, a winning bidder that 
qualifies as a very small business, as defined in Sec.  24.720(b)(2), or 
a consortium of very small businesses may use a bidding credit of 
twenty-five percent as specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(ii) of this 
chapter, to lower the cost of its winning bid.

[68 FR 42999, July 21, 2003]



Sec.  24.720  Definitions.

    (a) Scope. The definitions in this section apply to Sec. Sec.  
24.709 through 24.717, unless otherwise specified in those sections.
    (b) Small and very small business. (1) A small business is an entity 
that, together with its affiliates and persons or entities that hold 
interest in such entity and their affiliates, has average annual gross 
revenues that are not more than $40 million for the preceding three 
years.
    (2) A very small business is an entity that, together with its 
affiliates and persons or entities that hold interests in such entity 
and their affiliates, has average annual gross revenues that are not 
more than $15 million for the preceding three years.
    (c) Institutional Investor. An institutional investor is an 
insurance company, a bank holding stock in trust accounts through its 
trust department, or an investment company as defined in 15 U.S.C. 80a-
3(a), including within such definition any entity that would otherwise 
meet the definition of investment company under 15 U.S.C. 80a-3(a) but 
is excluded by the exemptions set forth in 15 U.S.C. 80a-3(b) and (c), 
without regard to whether such entity is an issuer of securities; 
provided that, if such investment company is owned, in whole or in part, 
by other entities, such investment company, such other entities and the 
affiliates of such other entities, taken as a whole, must be primarily 
engaged in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in 
securities or in distributing or providing investment management 
services for securities.
    (d) Nonattributable Equity--(1) Nonattributable equity shall mean:
    (i) For corporations, voting stock or non-voting stock that includes 
no more than twenty-five percent of the total voting equity, including 
the right to vote such stock through a voting trust or other 
arrangement;
    (ii) For partnerships, joint ventures and other non-corporate 
entities, limited partnership interests and similar interests that do 
not afford the power to exercise control of the entity.
    (2) For purposes of assessing compliance with the equity limits in 
Sec.  24.709 (b)(1)(iii)(A) and (b)(1)(iv)(A), where such interests are 
not held directly in the applicant, the total equity held by a person or 
entity shall be determined by successive multiplication of the ownership 
percentages for each link in the vertical ownership chain.
    (e) Control Group. A control group is an entity, or a group of 
individuals or entities, that possesses de jure control and de facto 
control of an applicant or

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licensee, and as to which the applicant's or licensee's charters, 
bylaws, agreements and any other relevant documents (and amendments 
thereto) provide:
    (1) That the entity and/or its members own unconditionally at least 
50.1 percent of the total voting interests of a corporation;
    (2) That the entity and/or its members receive at least 50.1 percent 
of the annual distribution or any dividends paid on the voting stock of 
a corporation;
    (3) That, in the event of dissolution or liquidation of a 
corporation, the entity and/or its members are entitled to receive 100 
percent of the value of each share of stock in its possession and a 
percentage of the retained earnings of the concern that is equivalent to 
the amount of equity held in the corporation; and
    (4) That, for other types of businesses, the entity and/or its 
members have the right to receive dividends, profits and regular and 
liquidating distributions from the business in proportion to the amount 
of equity held in the business.

    Note to paragraph (e): Voting control does not always assure de 
facto control, such as for example, when the voting stock of the control 
group is widely dispersed (see e.g., Sec.  1.2110(c)(5)(ii)(C) of this 
chapter).

    (f) Publicly Traded Corporation with Widely Dispersed Voting Power. 
A publicly traded corporation with widely dispersed voting power is a 
business entity organized under the laws of the United States:
    (1) Whose shares, debt, or other ownership interests are traded on 
an organized securities exchange within the United States;
    (2) In which no person:
    (i) Owns more than 15 percent of the equity; or
    (ii) Possesses, directly or indirectly, through the ownership of 
voting securities, by contract or otherwise, the power to control the 
election of more than 15 percent of the members of the board of 
directors or other governing body of such publicly traded corporation; 
and
    (3) Over which no person other than the management and members of 
the board of directors or other governing body of such publicly traded 
corporation, in their capacities as such, has de facto control.
    (4) The term person shall be defined as in section 13(d) of the 
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (15 U.S.C. 78(m)), and 
shall also include investors that are commonly controlled under the 
indicia of control set forth in the definition of affiliate in Sec.  
1.2110(c)(5) of the Commission's rules.
    (g) Qualifying investor. (1) A qualifying investor is a person who 
is (or holds an interest in) a member of the applicant's (or licensee's) 
control group and whose gross revenues and total assets, when aggregated 
with those of all other attributable investors and affiliates, do not 
exceed the gross revenues and total assets limits specified in Sec.  
24.709(a), or, in the case of an applicant (or licensee) that is a small 
business, do not exceed the gross revenues limit specified in paragraph 
(b) of this section.
    (2) For purposes of assessing compliance with the minimum equity 
requirements of Sec.  24.709(b)(1)(v) and (b)(1)(vi), where such equity 
interests are not held directly in the applicant, interests held by 
qualifying investors shall be determined by successive multiplication of 
the ownership percentages for each link in the vertical ownership chain.
    (3) For purposes of Sec.  24.709(b)(1)(v)(A)(3) and 
(b)(1)(vi)(A)(3), a qualifying investor is a person who is (or holds an 
interest in) a member of the applicant's (or licensee's) control group 
and whose gross revenues and total assets do not exceed the gross 
revenues and total assets limits specified in Sec.  24.709(a).
    (h) Preexisting entity; Existing investor. A preexisting entity is 
an entity that was operating and earning revenues for at least two years 
prior to December 31, 1994. An existing investor is a person or entity 
that was an owner of record of a preexisting entity's equity as of 
November 10, 1994, and any person or entity acquiring de minimis equity 
holdings in a preexisting entity after that date.

    Note to paragraph (h): In applying the term existing investor to de 
minimis interests in preexisting entities obtained or increased after 
November 10, 1994, the Commission will

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scrutinize any significant restructuring of the preexisting entity that 
occurs after that date and will presume that any change of equity that 
is five percent or less of the preexisting entity's total equity is de 
minimis. The burden is on the applicant (or licensee) to demonstrate 
that changes that exceed five percent are not significant.

[67 FR 45372, July 9, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 42999, July 21, 2003; 68 
FR 57829, Oct. 7, 2003]



   Subpart I_Interim Application, Licensing, and Processing Rules for 
                              Broadband PCS

    Source: 59 FR 37610, July 22, 1994, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. Sec.  24.801-24.803  [Reserved]



Sec.  24.804  Eligibility.

    (a) General. Authorizations will be granted upon proper application 
if:
    (1) The applicant is qualified under all applicable laws and 
Commission regulations, policies and decisions;
    (2) There are frequencies available to provide satisfactory service; 
and
    (3) The public interest, convenience or necessity would be served by 
a grant.
    (b) Alien ownership. A broadband PCS authorization to provide 
Commercial Mobile Radio Service may not be granted to or held by:
    (1) Any alien or the representative of any alien.
    (2) Any corporation organized under the laws of any foreign 
government.
    (3) Any corporation of which more than one-fifth of the capital 
stock is owned of record or voted by aliens or their representatives or 
by a foreign government or representative thereof or any corporation 
organized under the laws of another country.
    (4) Any corporation directly or indirectly controlled by any other 
corporation of which more than one-fourth of the capital stock is owned 
of record or voted by aliens, their representatives, or by a foreign 
government or representative thereof, or by any corporation organized 
under the laws of a foreign country, if the Commission finds that the 
public interest will be served by the refusal or revocation of such a 
license.
    (c) A broadband PCS authorization to provide Private Mobile Radio 
Service may not be granted to or held by a foreign government or a 
representative thereof.

[59 FR 37610, July 22, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 55581, Oct. 28, 1996]



Sec. Sec.  24.805-24.814  [Reserved]



Sec.  24.815  Technical content of applications; maintenance of list
of station locations.

    (a) All applications required by this part shall contain all 
technical information required by the application forms or associated 
Public Notice(s). Applications other than initial applications for a 
broadband PCS license must also comply with all technical requirements 
of the rules governing the broadband PC (see subparts C and E of this 
part as appropriate). The following paragraphs describe a number of 
general technical requirements.
    (b) Each application (except applications for initial licenses filed 
on Form 175) for a license for broadband PCS must comply with the 
provisions of Sec. Sec.  24.229-24.238 of the Commission's Rules.
    (c)-(i) [Reserved]
    (j) The location of the transmitting antenna shall be considered to 
be the station location. Broadband PCS licensees must maintain a current 
list of all station locations, which must describe the transmitting 
antenna site by its geographical coordinates and also by conventional 
reference to street number, landmark, or the equivalent. All such 
coordinates shall be specified in terms of degrees, minutes, and seconds 
to the nearest second of latitude and longitude.



Sec. Sec.  24.816-24.829  [Reserved]



Sec.  24.830  Opposition to applications.

    (a) Petitions to deny (including petitions for other forms of 
relief) and responsive pleadings for Commission consideration must 
comply with Sec.  1.2108 of this chapter and must:
    (1) Identify the application or applications (including applicant's 
name, station location, Commission file numbers and radio service 
involved) with which it is concerned;

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    (2) Be filed in accordance with the pleading limitations, filing 
periods, and other applicable provisions of Sec. Sec.  1.41 through 1.52 
of this chapter except where otherwise provided in Sec.  1.2108 of this 
chapter;
    (3) Contain specific allegations of fact which, except for facts of 
which official notice may be taken, shall be supported by affidavit of a 
person or persons with personal knowledge thereof, and which shall be 
sufficient to demonstrate that the petitioner (or respondent) is a party 
in interest and that a grant of, or other Commission action regarding, 
the application would be prima facie inconsistent with the public 
interest;
    (4) Be filed within thirty (30) days after the date of public notice 
announcing the acceptance for filing of any such application or major 
amendment thereto (unless the Commission otherwise extends the filing 
deadline); and
    (5) Contain a certificate of service showing that it has been mailed 
to the applicant no later than the date of filing thereof with the 
Commission.
    (b) A petition to deny a major amendment to a previously-filed 
application may only raise matters directly related to the amendment 
which could not have been raised in connection with the underlying 
previously-filed application. This subsection does not apply, however, 
to petitioners who gain standing because of the major amendment.



Sec.  24.831  Mutually exclusive applications.

    (a) The Commission will consider applications for broadband PCS 
licenses to be mutually exclusive if they relate to the same 
geographical boundaries (MTA or BTA) and are timely filed for the same 
frequency block.
    (b) Mutually exclusive applications filed on Form 175 for the 
initial provision of broadband PCS are subject to competitive bidding in 
accordance with the procedures in subpart H of this part and in part 1, 
subpart Q of this chapter.
    (c) An application will be entitled to comparative consideration 
with one or more conflicting applications only if the Commission 
determines that such comparative consideration will serve the public 
interest.
    (d)-(j) [Reserved]



Sec.  24.832  [Reserved]



Sec.  24.833  Post-auction divestitures.

    Any parties sharing a common non-controlling ownership interest who 
aggregate more PCS spectrum among them than a single entity is entitled 
to hold (See Sec. Sec.  20.6(e), 24.710, 24.204, 24.229(c) of this 
chapter) will be permitted to divest sufficient properties within 90 
days of the license grant to come into compliance with the spectrum 
aggregation limits as follows:
    (a) The broadband PCS applicant shall submit a signed statement with 
its long-form application stating that sufficient properties will be 
divested within 90 days of the license grant. If the licensee is 
otherwise qualified, the Commission will grant the applications subject 
to a condition that the licensee come into compliance with the PCS 
spectrum aggregation limits within 90 days of grant.
    (b) Within 90 days of license grant, the licensee must certify that 
the applicant and all parties to the application have come into 
compliance with the PCS spectrum aggregation limits. If the licensee 
fails to submit the certification within 90 days, the Commission will 
immediately cancel all broadband PCS licenses won by the applicant, 
impose the default penalty and, based on the facts presented, take any 
other action it may deem appropriate. Divestiture may be to an interim 
trustee if a buyer has not been secured in the required time frame, as 
long as the applicant has no interest in or control of the trustee, and 
the trustee may dispose of the property as it sees fit. In no event may 
the trustee retain the property for longer than six months from grant of 
license.

[59 FR 53371, Oct. 24, 1994]



Sec. Sec.  24.834-24.838  [Reserved]



Sec.  24.839  Transfer of control or assignment of license.

    (a) Restrictions on Assignments and Transfers of Licenses for 
Frequency Blocks C and F won in closed bidding. No assignment or 
transfer of control of a license for frequency Block C or frequency 
Block F won in closed bidding

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pursuant to the eligibility requirements of Sec.  24.709 will be granted 
unless:
    (1) The application for assignment or transfer of control is filed 
after five years from the date of the initial license grant; or
    (2) The proposed assignee or transferee meets the eligibility 
criteria set forth in Sec.  24.709 of this part at the time the 
application for assignment or transfer of control is filed, or the 
proposed assignee or transferee holds other license(s) for frequency 
blocks C and F and, at the time of receipt of such license(s), met the 
eligibility criteria set forth in Sec.  24.709 of this part; or
    (3) The application is for partial assignment of a partitioned 
service area to a rural telephone company pursuant to Sec.  24.714 of 
this part and the proposed assignee meets the eligibility criteria set 
forth in Sec.  24.709 of this part; or
    (4) The application is for an involuntary assignment or transfer of 
control to a bankruptcy trustee appointed under involuntary bankruptcy, 
an independent receiver appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction 
in a foreclosure action, or, in the event of death or disability, to a 
person or entity legally qualified to succeed the deceased or disabled 
person under the laws of the place having jurisdiction over the estate 
involved; provided that, the applicant requests a waiver pursuant to 
this paragraph; or
    (5) The assignment or transfer of control is pro forma; or
    (6) The application for assignment or transfer of control is filed 
on or after the date the licensee has notified the Commission pursuant 
to Sec.  24.203(c) that its five-year construction requirement has been 
satisfied.
    (b) If the assignment or transfer of control of a license is 
approved, the assignee or transferee is subject to the original 
construction requirement of Sec.  24.203 of this part.

[63 FR 68953, Dec. 14, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 53638, Sept. 5, 2000]



Sec. Sec.  24.840-24.844  [Reserved]



PART 25_SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS--Table of Contents



                            Subpart A_General

Sec.
25.101 Basis and scope.
25.102 Station authorization required.
25.103 Definitions.
25.104 Preemption of local zoning of earth stations.
25.105 Citizenship.
25.106-25.107 [Reserved]
25.108 Incorporation by reference.
25.109 Cross-reference.

                   Subpart B_Applications and Licenses

                 General Application Filing Requirements

25.110 Filing of applications, fees, and number of copies.
25.111 Additional information, ITU filings, and ITU cost recovery.
25.112 Dismissal and return of applications.
25.113 Station construction, deployment approval, and operation of spare 
          satellites.
25.114 Applications for space station authorizations.
25.115 Applications for earth station authorizations.
25.116 Amendments to applications.
25.117 Modification of station license.
25.118 Modifications not requiring prior authorization.
25.119 Assignment or transfer of control of station authorization.
25.120 Application for special temporary authorization.
25.121 License term and renewals.
25.129 Equipment authorization for portable earth-station transceivers.

                             Earth Stations

25.130 Filing requirements for transmitting earth stations.
25.131 Filing requirements and registration for receive-only earth 
          stations.
25.132 Verification of earth station antenna performance.
25.133 Period of construction; certification of commencement of 
          operation.
25.134 [Reserved]
25.135 Licensing provisions for earth station networks in the non-voice, 
          non-geostationary Mobile-Satellite Service.
25.136 Earth Stations in the 24.75-25.25 GHz, 27.5-28.35 GHz, 37.5-40 
          GHz, 47.2-48.2, GHz and 50.4-51.4 GHz bands.
25.137 Requests for U.S. market access through non-U.S.-licensed space 
          stations.
25.138 Licensing requirements for GSO FSS earth stations in the 
          conventional Ka-band and the 24.75-25.25 GHz band.

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25.139 NGSO FSS coordination and information sharing between MVDDS 
          licensees in the 12.2 GHz to 12.7 GHz band.

                             Space Stations

25.140 Further requirements for license applications for GSO space 
          station operation in the FSS and the 17/24 GHz BSS.
25.142 Licensing provisions for the non-voice, non-geostationary Mobile-
          Satellite Service.
25.143 Licensing provisions for the 1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service 
          and 2 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service.
25.144 Licensing provisions for the 2.3 GHz satellite digital audio 
          radio service.
25.146 Licensing and operating provisions for NGSO FSS space stations.
25.147 [Reserved]
25.148 Licensing provisions for the Direct Broadcast Satellite Service.
25.149 Application requirements for ancillary terrestrial components in 
          Mobile-Satellite Service networks operating in the 1.5./1.6 
          GHz and 1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service.

                       Processing of Applications

25.150 Receipt of applications.
25.151 Public notice.
25.152 [Reserved]
25.153 Repetitious applications.
25.154 Opposition to applications and other pleadings.
25.155 Mutually exclusive applications.
25.156 Consideration of applications.
25.157 Consideration of applications for NGSO-like satellite operation.
25.158 Consideration of applications for GSO-like satellite operation.
25.159 Limits on pending applications and unbuilt satellite systems.

   Forfeiture, Termination, and Reinstatement of Station Authorization

25.160 Administrative sanctions.
25.161 Automatic termination of station authorization.
25.162 Cause for termination of interference protection.
25.163 Reinstatement.
25.164 Milestones.
25.165 Surety bonds.

           Reporting Requirements For Space Station Operators

25.170 Annual reporting requirements.
25.171 Contact information reporting requirements.
25.172 Requirements for reporting space station control arrangements.
25.173 Results of in-orbit testing.

                      Subpart C_Technical Standards

25.201 [Reserved]
25.202 Frequencies, frequency tolerance, and emission limits.
25.203 Choice of sites and frequencies.
25.204 Power limits for earth stations.
25.205 Minimum antenna elevation angle.
25.206 Station identification.
25.207 Cessation of emissions.
25.208 Power flux-density limits.
25.209 Earth station antenna performance standards.
25.210 Technical requirements for space stations in the Fixed-Satellite 
          Service.
25.211 Analog video transmissions in the FSS.
25.212 Narrowband analog transmissions and digital transmissions in the 
          GSO FSS.
25.213 Inter-Service coordination requirements for the 1.6/2.4 GHz 
          Mobile-Satellite Service.
25.214 Technical requirements for space stations in the Satellite 
          Digital Audio Radio Service and associated terrestrial 
          repeaters.
25.215 [Reserved]
25.216 Limits on emissions from mobile earth stations for protection of 
          aeronautical radionavigation-satellite service.
25.217 Default service rules.
25.218 Off-axis EIRP density envelopes for FSS earth stations 
          transmitting in certain frequency bands.
25.219 [Reserved]
25.220 Non-routine transmit/receive earth station operations.
25.221 Blanket licensing provisions for ESVs operating with GSO FSS 
          space stations in the 3700-4200 MHz and 5925-6425 MHz bands.
25.222 Blanket licensing provisions for ESVs operating with GSO FSS 
          space stations in the 10.95-11.2 GHz, 11.45-11.7 GHz, 11.7-
          12.2 GHz, and 14.0-14.5 GHz bands.
25.223 [Reserved]
25.224 Protection of receive-only earth stations in the 17/24 GHz BSS.
25.225 Geographic Service Requirements for 17/24 GHz Broadcasting 
          Satellite Service.
25.226 Blanket licensing provisions for domestic, U.S. VMESs operating 
          with GSO FSS space stations in the 10.95-11.2 GHz, 11.45-11.7 
          GHz, 11.7-12.2 GHz, and 14.0-14.5 GHz bands.
25.227 Blanket licensing provisions for ESAAs operating with GSO FSS 
          space stations in the 10.95-11.2 GHz, 11.45-11.7 GHz, 11.7-
          12.2 GHz, and 14.0-14.5 GHz bands.
25.228-25.249 [Reserved]
25.250 Sharing between NGSO MSS Feeder links Earth Stations in the 19.3-
          19.7 GHz and 29.1-29.5 GHz Bands.
25.251 Special requirements for coordination.
25.252 [Reserved]

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25.253 Special requirements for ancillary terrestrial components 
          operating in the 1626.5-1660.5 MHz/1525-1559 MHz bands.
25.254 Special requirements for ancillary terrestrial components 
          operating in the 1610-1626.5 MHz/2483.5-2500 MHz bands.
25.255 Procedures for resolving harmful interference related to 
          operation of ancillary terrestrial components operating in the 
          1.5/1.6 GHz and 1.6/2.4 GHz bands.
25.256 Special Requirements for operations in the 3.65-3.7 GHz band.
25.257 Special requirements for NGSO MSS operations in the 29.1-29.25 
          GHz band regarding LMDS.
25.258 Sharing between NGSO MSS feeder-link stations and GSO FSS 
          services in the 29.25-29.5 GHz band.
25.259 Time sharing between NOAA meteorological satellite systems and 
          non-voice, non-geostationary satellite systems in the 137-138 
          MHz band.
25.260 Time sharing between DoD meteorological satellite systems and 
          non-voice, non-geostationary satellite systems in the 400.15-
          401 MHz band.
25.261 Sharing among NGSO FSS space stations.
25.262 Licensing and domestic coordination requirements for 17/24 GHz 
          BSS space stations.
25.263 Information sharing requirements for SDARS terrestrial repeater 
          operators.
25.264 Requirements to facilitate reverse-band operation in the 17.3-
          17.8 GHz band of 17/24 GHz BSS and DBS Service space stations.
25.265 Acceptance of interference in 2000-2020 MHz.

                     Subpart D_Technical Operations

25.271 Control of transmitting stations.
25.272 General inter-system coordination procedures.
25.273 Duties regarding space communications transmissions.
25.274 Procedures to be followed in the event of harmful interference.
25.275 Particulars of operation.
25.276 Points of communication.
25.277 Temporary fixed earth station operations.
25.278 Additional coordination obligation for non-geostationary and 
          geostationary satellite systems in frequencies allocated to 
          the fixed-satellite service.
25.279 Inter-satellite service.
25.280 Inclined orbit operations.
25.281 Transmitter identification requirements for video uplink 
          transmissions.
25.282 Orbit raising maneuvers.
25.283 End-of-life disposal.
25.284 Emergency Call Center Service.
25.285 Operation of MSS and ATC transmitters or transceivers on board 
          civil aircraft.
25.286 Antenna painting and lighting.
25.287 Requirements pertaining to operation of mobile stations in the 
          NVNG, 1.5/1.6 GHz, 1.6/2.4 GHz, and 2 GHz Mobile-Satellite 
          Service bands.
25.288 Obligation to remedy interference caused by NGSO MSS feeder 
          downlinks in the 6700-6875 MHz band.
25.289 Protection of GSO networks by NGSO systems.

                         Subpart E_Miscellaneous

25.301 Satellite Emergency Notification Devices (SENDs).

            Subpart F_Competitive Bidding Procedures for DARS

25.401 Satellite DARS applications subject to competitive bidding.
25.402 [Reserved]
25.403 Bidding application and certification procedures.
25.404 Submission of down payment and filing of long-form applications.
25.405-25.406 [Reserved]

Subparts G-H [Reserved]

                Subpart I_Equal Employment Opportunities

25.601 Equal employment opportunities.

                  Subpart J_Public Interest Obligations

25.701 Other DBS Public interest obligations.
25.702 Other SDARS Public interest obligations.

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 310, 319, 332, 
605, and 721, unless otherwise noted.



                            Subpart A_General



Sec.  25.101  Basis and scope.

    (a) The rules and regulations in this part are issued pursuant to 
the authority contained in section 201(c)(11) of the Communications 
Satellite Act of 1962, as amended, section 501(c)(6) of the 
International Maritime Satellite Telecommunications Act, and titles I 
through III of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    (b) The rules and regulations in this part supplement, and are in 
addition to the rules and regulations contained in or to be added to, 
other parts of this chapter currently in force, or which may 
subsequently be promulgated, and

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which are applicable to matters relating to communications by 
satellites.

[28 FR 13037, Dec. 5, 1963, as amended at 56 FR 24015, May 28, 1991]



Sec.  25.102  Station authorization required.

    (a) No person shall use or operate apparatus for the transmission of 
energy or communications or signals by space or earth stations except 
under, and in accordance with, an appropriate authorization granted by 
the Federal Communications Commission.
    (b) Protection from impermissible levels of interference to the 
reception of signals by earth stations in the Fixed-Satellite Service 
from terrestrial stations in a co-equally shared band is provided 
through the authorizations granted under this part.

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991]



Sec.  25.103  Definitions.

    Terms with definitions including the ``(RR)'' designation are 
defined in the same way in Sec.  2.1 of this chapter and in the Radio 
Regulations of the International Telecommunication Union.
    1.5/1.6 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service. Mobile-Satellite Service 
provided in any portion of the 1525-1559 MHz space-to-Earth band and the 
1626.5-1660.5 MHz Earth-to-space band, which are referred to in this 
rule part as the ``1.5/1.6 GHz MSS bands.''
    1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service. A Mobile-Satellite Service 
that operates in the 1610-1626.5 MHz and 2483.5-2500 MHz bands, or in 
any portion thereof.
    2 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service. A Mobile-Satellite Service that 
operates in the 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands, or in any portion 
thereof.
    17/24 GHz Broadcasting-Satellite Service (17/24 GHz BSS). A 
radiocommunication service involving transmission from one or more 
feeder-link earth stations to other earth stations via geostationary 
satellites, in the 17.3-17.7 GHz (space-to-Earth) (domestic allocation), 
17.3-17.8 GHz (space-to-Earth) (international allocation) and 24.75-
25.25 GHz (Earth-to-space) bands. For purposes of the application 
processing provisions of this part, the 17/24 GHz BSS is a GSO-like 
service. Unless specifically stated otherwise, 17/24 GHz BSS systems are 
subject to the rules in this part applicable to FSS.
    Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC). A terrestrial communications 
network used in conjunction with a qualifying satellite network system 
authorized pursuant to these rules and the conditions established in the 
Orders issued in IB Docket No. 01-185, Flexibility for Delivery of 
Communications by Mobile-Satellite Service Providers in the 2 GHz Band, 
the L-Band, and the 1.6/2.4 GHz Band.
    Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) base station. A terrestrial 
fixed facility used to transmit communications to or receive 
communications from one or more ancillary terrestrial component mobile 
terminals.
    Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) mobile terminal. A terrestrial 
mobile facility used to transmit communications to or receive 
communications from an ancillary terrestrial component base station or a 
space station.
    Blanket license. A license for multiple fixed or mobile earth 
stations or SDARS terrestrial repeaters that may be operated anywhere 
within a geographic area specified in the license, or for multiple non-
geostationary-orbit space stations.
    Conventional C-band. The 3700-4200 MHz (space-to-Earth) and 5925-
6425 MHz (Earth-to-space) FSS frequency bands.
    Conventional Ka-band. The 18.3-18.8 GHz (space-to-Earth), 19.7-20.2 
GHz (space-to-Earth), 28.35-28.6 GHz (Earth-to-space), and 29.25-30.0 
GHz (Earth-to-space) frequency bands, which the Commission has 
designated as primary for GSO FSS operation.
    Conventional Ku-band. The 11.7-12.2 GHz (space-to-Earth) and 14.0-
14.5 GHz (Earth-to-space) FSS frequency bands.
    Coordination distance. When determining the need for coordination, 
the distance on a given azimuth from an earth station sharing the same 
frequency band with terrestrial stations, or from a transmitting earth 
station sharing the same bidirectionally allocated frequency band with 
receiving earth stations, beyond which the level of permissible 
interference will not be exceeded and coordination is therefore not 
required. (RR)

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    Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Service. A radiocommunication 
service in which signals transmitted or retransmitted by Broadcasting-
Satellite Service space stations in the 12.2-12.7 GHz band are intended 
for direct reception by subscribers or the general public. For the 
purposes of this definition, the term direct reception includes 
individual reception and community reception.
    Earth station. A station located either on the Earth's surface or 
within the major portion of the Earth's atmosphere intended for 
communication:
    (1) With one or more space stations; or
    (2) With one or more stations of the same kind by means of one or 
more reflecting satellites or other objects in space. (RR)
    Earth Station on Vessel (ESV). An earth station onboard a craft 
designed for traveling on water, receiving from and transmitting to 
geostationary-orbit Fixed-Satellite Service space stations.
    Earth Stations Aboard Aircraft (ESAA). Earth stations operating 
aboard aircraft that receive from and transmit to geostationary-orbit 
Fixed-Satellite Service space stations pursuant to the requirements in 
Sec.  25.227.
    Emergency Call Center. A facility that subscribers of satellite 
commercial mobile radio services call when in need of emergency 
assistance by dialing ``911'' on their mobile earth station terminals.
    Equivalent diameter. When circular aperture reflector antennas are 
employed, the size of the antenna is generally expressed as the diameter 
of the antenna's main reflector. When non-reflector or non-circular-
aperture antennas are employed, the equivalent diameter is the diameter 
of a hypothetical circular-aperture antenna with the same aperture area 
as the actual antenna. For example, an elliptical aperture antenna with 
major axis a and minor axis b will have an equivalent diameter of [a x 
b]1/2. A rectangular aperture antenna with length l and width 
w will have an equivalent diameter of [4(l x w)/[pi]]1/2.
    Equivalent Power Flux Density (EPFD). The sum of the power flux 
densities produced at a geostationary-orbit receive earth or space 
station on the Earth's surface or in the geostationary orbit, as 
appropriate, by all the transmit stations within a non-geostationary-
orbit Fixed-Satellite Service system, taking into account the off-axis 
discrimination of a reference receiving antenna assumed to be pointing 
in its nominal direction. The equivalent power flux density, in dB(W/
m\2\) in the reference bandwidth, is calculated using the following 
formula:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR12FE14.001

Where:

Na is the number of transmit stations in the non-
          geostationary orbit system that are visible from the GSO 
          receive station considered on the Earth's surface or in the 
          geostationary orbit, as appropriate;
i is the index of the transmit station considered in the non-
          geostationary orbit system;
Pi is the RF power at the input of the antenna of the 
          transmit station, considered in the non-geostationary orbit 
          system in dBW in the reference bandwidth;
[thetas]i is the off-axis angle between the boresight of the transmit 
          station considered in the non-geostationary orbit system and 
          the direction of the GSO receive station;
Gt([thetas]i) is the transmit antenna gain (as a ratio) of 
          the station considered in the non-geostationary orbit system 
          in the direction of the GSO receive station;
di is the distance in meters between the transmit station considered in 
          the non-geostationary orbit system and the GSO receive 
          station;
[phis]i is the off-axis angle between the boresight of the antenna of 
          the GSO receive station and the direction of the ith transmit 
          station considered in the non-geostationary orbit system;

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Gr([thetas]i) is the receive antenna gain (as a ratio) of the GSO 
          receive station in the direction of the ith transmit station 
          considered in the non-geostationary orbit system;
Gr,max is the maximum gain (as a ratio) of the antenna of the 
          GSO receive station.

    Extended C-band. The 3600-3700 MHz (space-to-Earth), 5850-5925 MHz 
(Earth-to-space), and 6425-6725 MHz (Earth-to-space) FSS frequency 
bands.
    Extended Ku-band. The 10.95-11.2 GHz (space-to-Earth), 11.45-11.7 
GHz (space-to-Earth), and 13.75-14.0 GHz bands (Earth-to-space) FSS 
frequency bands.
    Feeder link. A radio link from a fixed earth station at a given 
location to a space station, or vice versa, conveying information for a 
space radiocommunication service other than the Fixed-Satellite Service. 
The given location may be at a specified fixed point or at any fixed 
point within specified areas. (RR)
    Fixed earth station. An earth station intended to be used at a fixed 
position. The position may be a specified fixed point or any fixed point 
within a specified area.
    Fixed-Satellite Service (FSS). A radiocommunication service between 
earth stations at given positions, when one or more satellites are used; 
the given position may be a specified fixed point or any fixed point 
within specified areas; in some cases this service includes satellite-
to-satellite links, which may also be operated in the inter-satellite 
service; the Fixed-Satellite Service may also include feeder links of 
other space radiocommunication services. (RR)
    Geostationary-orbit (GSO) satellite. A geosynchronous satellite 
whose circular and direct orbit lies in the plane of the Earth's equator 
and which thus remains fixed relative to the Earth; by extension, a 
geosynchronous satellite which remains approximately fixed relative to 
the Earth.
    Inter-Satellite Service. A radiocommunication service providing 
links between artificial earth satellites.
    Ku band. In this rule part, the terms ``Ku band'' and ``conventional 
Ku band'' refer to the 11.7-12.2 GHz (space-to-Earth) and 14.0-14.5 GHz 
(Earth-to-space) bands. These paired bands are allocated to the Fixed-
Satellite Service and are also referred to as the 12/14 GHz bands.
    Land earth station. An earth station in the Fixed-Satellite Service 
or, in some cases, in the Mobile-Satellite Service, located at a 
specified fixed point or within a specified area on land to provide a 
feeder link for the Mobile-Satellite Service. (RR)
    Land Mobile Earth Station. A mobile earth station in the land 
mobile-satellite service capable of surface movement within the 
geographical limits of a country or continent. (RR)
    Mobile Earth Station. An earth station in the Mobile-Satellite 
Service intended to be used while in motion or during halts at 
unspecified points. (RR)
    Mobile-Satellite Service (MSS). (1) A radiocommunication service:
    (i) Between mobile earth stations and one or more space stations, or 
between space stations used by this service; or
    (ii) Between mobile earth stations, by means of one or more space 
stations.
    (2) This service may also include feeder links necessary for its 
operation. (RR)
    NGSO. Non-geostationary orbit.
    NGSO FSS gateway earth station. An earth station or complex of 
multiple earth station antennas that supports the routing and switching 
functions of an NGSO FSS system and that does not originate or terminate 
communication traffic. An NGSO FSS gateway earth station may also be 
used for telemetry, tracking, and command transmissions and is not for 
the exclusive use of any customer.
    Non-Voice, Non-Geostationary (NVNG) Mobile-Satellite Service. A 
Mobile-Satellite Service reserved for use by non-geostationary 
satellites in the provision of non-voice communications which may 
include satellite links between land earth stations at fixed locations.
    Permitted Space Station List. A list of all U.S.-licensed 
geostationary-orbit space stations providing Fixed-Satellite Service in 
the conventional C band, the conventional Ku band, or the 18.3-18.8 GHz, 
19.7-20.2 GHz, 28.35-28.6 GHz, and 29.25-30.0 GHz bands, as well as non-
U.S.-licensed geostationary-orbit space stations approved for U.S.

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market access to provide Fixed-Satellite Service in the conventional C 
band, conventional Ku band, or 18.3-18.8 GHz, 19.7-20.2 GHz, 28.35-28.6 
GHz, and 29.25-30.0 GHz bands.
    Plane perpendicular to the GSO arc. The plane that is perpendicular 
to the ``plane tangent to the GSO arc,'' as defined below, and includes 
a line between the earth station in question and the GSO space station 
that it is communicating with.
    Plane tangent to the GSO arc. The plane defined by the location of 
an earth station's transmitting antenna and a line in the equatorial 
plane that is tangent to the GSO arc at the location of the GSO space 
station that the earth station is communicating with.
    Power flux density (PFD). The amount of power flow through a unit 
area within a unit bandwidth. The units of power flux density are those 
of power spectral density per unit area, namely watts per hertz per 
square meter. These units are generally expressed in decibel form as 
dB(W/Hz/m\2\), dB(W/m\2\) in a 4 kHz band, or dB(W/m\2\) in a 1 MHz 
band.
    Power Spectral Density (PSD). The amount of an emission's 
transmitted carrier power applied at the antenna input falling within 
the stated bandwidth. The units of power spectral density are watts per 
hertz and are generally expressed in decibel form as dB(W/Hz) when 
measured in a 1 Hz bandwidth, dB(W/4kHz) when measured in a 4 kHz 
bandwidth, or dB(W/MHz) when measured in a 1 MHz bandwidth.
    Protection areas. The geographic regions where U.S. Department of 
Defense meteorological satellite systems or National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration meteorological satellite systems, or both 
such systems, receive signals from low earth orbiting satellites. Also, 
areas around NGSO MSS feeder-link earth stations in the 1.6/2.4 GHz 
Mobile-Satellite Service determined in the manner specified in Sec.  
25.203(j).
    Radiodetermination-Satellite Service. A radiocommunication service 
for the purpose of radiodetermination involving the use of one of more 
space stations. This service may also include feeder links necessary for 
its own operation. (RR)
    Routine processing or licensing. Expedited processing of unopposed 
applications for earth stations in the FSS communicating with GSO space 
stations, that satisfy the criteria in Sec.  25.138(a), Sec.  25.211(d), 
Sec.  25.212(c), Sec.  25.212(d), Sec.  25.212(e), Sec.  25.212(f), or 
Sec.  25.218, include all required information, are consistent with all 
Commission rules, and do not raise any policy issues. Some, but not all, 
routine earth station applications are eligible for an autogrant 
procedure under Sec.  25.115(a)(3).
    Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS). A radiocommunication 
service in which audio programming is digitally transmitted by one or 
more space stations directly to fixed, mobile, and/or portable stations, 
and which may involve complementary repeating terrestrial transmitters 
and telemetry, tracking and command facilities.
    Satellite system. A space system using one or more artificial earth 
satellites. (RR)
    Selected assignment. A spectrum assignment voluntarily identified by 
a 2 GHz MSS licensee at the time that the licensee's first 2 GHz Mobile-
Satellite Service satellite reaches its intended orbit.
    Shapeable antenna beam. A satellite transmit or receive antenna 
beam, the gain pattern of which can be modified at any time without 
physically repositioning a satellite antenna reflector.
    Skew angle. The angle between the minor axis of an axially 
asymmetric antenna beam and the plane tangent to the GSO arc.
    Space radiocommunication. Any radiocommunication involving the use 
of one or more space stations or the use of one or more reflecting 
satellites or other objects in space.
    Space station. A station located on an object which is beyond, is 
intended to go beyond, or has been beyond, the major portion of the 
Earth's atmosphere. (RR)
    Space system. Any group of cooperating earth stations and/or space 
stations employing space radiocommunication for specific purposes. (RR)
    Spacecraft. A man-made vehicle which is intended to go beyond the 
major portion of the Earth's atmosphere. (RR)

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    Terrestrial radiocommunication. Any radiocommunication other than 
space radiocommunication or radio astronomy. (RR)
    Terrestrial station. A station effecting terrestrial 
radiocommunication.
    Two-degree-compliant space station. A GSO FSS space station 
operating in the conventional or extended C-bands, the conventional or 
extended Ku-bands, the 24.75-25.25 GHz band, or the conventional Ka-band 
within the limits on downlink EIRP density or PFD specified in Sec.  
25.140(a)(3) and communicating only with earth stations operating in 
conformance with routine uplink parameters specified in Sec.  25.138(a), 
Sec.  25.211(d), Sec.  25.212(c), (d), or (f), Sec.  25.218, Sec.  
25.221(a)(1) or (a)(3), or Sec.  25.222(a)(1) or (a)(3), Sec.  
25.226(a)(1) or (a)(3), or Sec.  25.227(a)(1) or (a)(3).
    Vehicle-Mounted Earth Station (VMES). An earth station, operating 
from a motorized vehicle that travels primarily on land, that receives 
from and transmits to geostationary orbit Fixed-Satellite Service space 
stations and operates within the United States pursuant to the 
requirements set out in Sec.  25.226.

[79 FR 8311, Feb. 12, 2014, as amended at 79 FR 26868, May 12, 2014; 81 
FR 55324, Aug. 18, 2016; 83 FR 34489, July 20, 2018]



Sec.  25.104  Preemption of local zoning of earth stations.

    (a) Any state or local zoning, land-use, building, or similar 
regulation that materially limits transmission or reception by satellite 
earth station antennas, or imposes more than minimal costs on users of 
such antennas, is preempted unless the promulgating authority can 
demonstrate that such regulation is reasonable, except that nonfederal 
regulation of radio frequency emissions is not preempted by this 
section. For purposes of this paragraph (a), reasonable means that the 
local regulation:
    (1) Has a clearly defined health, safety, or aesthetic objective 
that is stated in the text of the regulation itself; and
    (2) Furthers the stated health, safety or aesthetic objective 
without unnecessarily burdening the federal interests in ensuring access 
to satellite services and in promoting fair and effective competition 
among competing communications service providers.
    (b)(1) Any state or local zoning, land-use, building, or similar 
regulation that affects the installation, maintenance, or use of a 
satellite earth station antenna that is two meters or less in diameter 
and is located or proposed to be located in any area where commercial or 
industrial uses are generally permitted by non-federal land-use 
regulation shall be presumed unreasonable and is therefore preempted 
subject to paragraph (b)(2) of this section. No civil, criminal, 
administrative, or other legal action of any kind shall be taken to 
enforce any regulation covered by this presumption unless the 
promulgating authority has obtained a waiver from the Commission 
pursuant to paragraph (e) of this section, or a final declaration from 
the Commission or a court of competent jurisdiction that the presumption 
has been rebutted pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this section.
    (2) Any presumption arising from paragraph (b)(1) of this section 
may be rebutted upon a showing that the regulation in question:
    (i) Is necessary to accomplish a clearly defined health or safety 
objective that is stated in the text of the regulation itself;
    (ii) Is no more burdensome to satellite users than is necessary to 
achieve the health or safety objective; and
    (iii) Is specifically applicable on its face to antennas of the 
class described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
    (c) Any person aggrieved by the application or potential application 
of a state or local zoning or other regulation in violation of paragraph 
(a) of this section may, after exhausting all nonfederal administrative 
remedies, file a petition with the Commission requesting a declaration 
that the state or local regulation in question is preempted by this 
section. Nonfederal administrative remedies, which do not include 
judicial appeals of administrative determinations, shall be deemed 
exhausted when:
    (1) The petitioner's application for a permit or other authorization 
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been denied and any administrative appeal and variance procedure has 
been exhausted;
    (2) The petitioner's application for a permit or other authorization 
required by the state or local authority has been on file for ninety 
days without final action;
    (3) The petitioner has received a permit or other authorization 
required by the state or local authority that is conditioned upon the 
petitioner's expenditure of a sum of money, including costs required to 
screen, pole-mount, or otherwise specially install the antenna, greater 
than the aggregate purchase or total lease cost of the equipment as 
normally installed; or
    (4) A state or local authority has notified the petitioner of 
impending civil or criminal action in a court of law and there are no 
more nonfederal administrative steps to be taken.
    (d) Procedures regarding filing of petitions requesting declaratory 
rulings and other related pleadings will be set forth in subsequent 
Public Notices. All allegations of fact contained in petitions and 
related pleadings must be supported by affidavit of a person or persons 
with personal knowledge thereof.
    (e) Any state or local authority that wishes to maintain and enforce 
zoning or other regulations inconsistent with this section may apply to 
the Commission for a full or partial waiver of this section. Such 
waivers may be granted by the Commission in its sole discretion, upon a 
showing by the applicant that local concerns of a highly specialized or 
unusual nature create a necessity for regulation inconsistent with this 
section. No application for waiver shall be considered unless it 
specifically sets forth the particular regulation for which waiver is 
sought. Waivers granted in accordance with this section shall not apply 
to later-enacted or amended regulations by the local authority unless 
the Commission expressly orders otherwise.
    (f) A satellite earth station antenna that is designed to receive 
direct broadcast satellite service, including direct-to-home satellite 
services, that is one meter or less in diameter or is located in Alaska 
is covered by the regulations in Sec.  1.4000 of this chapter.

[61 FR 10898, Mar. 18, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 46562, Sept. 4, 1996]

    Effective Date Note: At 61 FR 46562, Sept. 4, 1996, Sec.  25.104 was 
amended by revising paragraph (b)(1) and adding paragraph (f). These 
paragraphs contain information collection and recordkeeping requirements 
and will not become effective until approval has been given by the 
Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  25.105  Citizenship.

    The rules that establish the requirements and conditions for 
obtaining the Commission's prior approval of foreign ownership in common 
carrier licensees that would exceed the 20 percent limit in section 
310(b)(3) of the Communications Act (47 U.S.C. 310(b)(3)) and/or the 25 
percent benchmark in section 310(b)(4) of the Act (47 U.S.C. 310(b)(4)) 
are set forth in Sec. Sec.  1.5000 through 1.5004 of this chapter.

[81 FR 86613, Dec. 1, 2016]



Sec. Sec.  25.106-25.107  [Reserved]



Sec.  25.108  Incorporation by reference.

    (a) Certain material is incorporated by reference into this part 
with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. 
552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. All approved material is available for 
inspection at the Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW, 
Reference Information Center, Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554, 202-
418-0270, and is available from the sources listed below. It is also 
available for inspection at the National Archives and Records 
Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this 
material at NARA, call 202-741-6030 or go to www.archives.gov/federal-
register/ccfr/ibr-locations.html.
    (b) European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), 650 
Route des Lucioles, 06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France; http://
www.etsi.org; Voice: +33 (0)4 92 94 42 00; Fax: +33 (0)4 93 65 47 16; 
email: [email protected].
    (1) ETSI TS 103 129 V1.1.2 (2014-03), ``Digital Video Broadcasting 
(DVB); Framing structure, channel coding and modulation of a carrier 
identification

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system (DVB-CID) for satellite transmission,'' Version 1.1.2, March 
2014. Incorporation by reference approved for Sec.  25.281(b).
    (2) [Reserved]
    (c) International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Place des Nations, 
1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland; www.itu.int; Voice: +41 22 730 5111; Fax: 
+41 22 733 7256; email: [email protected].
    (1) ITU Radio Regulations, Volume 1: Articles, Article 9, 
``Procedure for effecting coordination with or obtaining agreement of 
other administrations,'' Section II, ``Procedure for effecting 
coordination,'' Edition of 2012, http://www.itu.int/pub/R-REG-RR-2012. 
Incorporation by reference approved for Sec.  25.111(e).
    (2) ITU Radio Regulations, Volume 1: Articles, Article 21, 
``Terrestrial and space services sharing frequency bands above 1 GHz,'' 
Section V, ``Limits of power flux-density from space stations,'' Edition 
of 2016, copyright 2016, http://www.itu.int/pub/R-REG-RR-2016. 
Incorporation by reference approved for Sec.  25.146(a).
    (3) ITU Radio Regulations, Volume 1: Articles, Article 22, ``Space 
services,'' Section II, ``Control of interference to geostationary-
satellite systems,'' Edition of 2016, copyright 2016, http://
www.itu.int/pub/R-REG-RR-2016. Incorporation by reference approved for 
Sec. Sec.  25.146(a), 25.289.
    (4) ITU Radio Regulations, Volume 2: Appendices, Appendix 7, 
``Methods for the determination of the coordination areas around an 
earth station in the frequency bands between 100 MHz and 105 GHz,'' 
Edition of 2012, http://www.itu.int/pub/R-REG-RR-2012. Incorporation by 
reference approved for Sec.  25.203(m).
    (5) ITU Radio Regulations, Volume 2: Appendices, Appendix 30, 
``Provisions for all services and associated Plans and List for the 
broadcasting-satellite service in the frequency bands 11.7-12.2 GHz (in 
Region 3), 11.7-12.5 GHz (in Region 1) and 12.2-12.7 GHz (in Region 
2),'' Edition of 2012, http://www.itu.int/pub/R-REG-RR-2012. 
Incorporation by reference approved for Sec. Sec.  25.117(h) and 
25.118(e).
    (6) ITU Radio Regulations, Volume 2: Appendices, Appendix 30A, 
``Provisions and associated Plans and List for feeder links for the 
broadcasting-satellite service (11.7-12.5 GHz in Region 1, 12.2-12.7 GHz 
in Region 2 and 11.7-12.2 GHz in Region 3) in the frequency bands 14.5-
14.8 GHz and 17.3-18.1 GHz in Regions 1 and 3, and 17.3-17.8 GHz in 
Region 2,'' Edition of 2012, http://www.itu.int/pub/R-REG-RR-2012. 
Incorporation by reference approved for Sec. Sec.  25.110(b), 25.117(h), 
and 25.118(e).
    (7) ITU Radio Regulations, Volume 2: Appendices, Appendix 30B, 
``Provisions and associated Plan for the fixed-satellite service in the 
frequency bands 4 500-4 800 MHz, 6 725-7 025 MHz, 10.70-10.95 GHz, 11.2-
11.45 GHz and 12.75-13.25 GHz,'' Edition of 2012, http://www.itu.int/
pub/R-REG-RR-2012. Incorporation by reference approved for Sec. Sec.  
25.110(b) and 25.140(a).
    (8) ITU Radio Regulations, Volume 3: Resolutions and 
Recommendations, Resolution 76 (Rev.WRC-15), ``Protection of 
geostationary fixed-satellite service and geostationary broadcasting-
satellite service networks from the maximum aggregate equivalent power 
flux-density produced by multiple non-geostationary fixed-satellite 
service systems in frequency bands where equivalent power flux-density 
limits have been adopted,'' Edition of 2016, copyright 2016, http://
www.itu.int/pub/R-REG-RR-2016. Incorporation by reference approved for 
Sec.  25.146(a).
    (9) ITU Radio Regulations, Volume 3: Resolutions and 
Recommendations, Resolution 85 (WRC-03), ``Application of Article 22 of 
the Radio Regulations to the protection of geostationary fixed-satellite 
service and broadcasting-satellite service networks from non-
geostationary fixed-satellite service systems,'' Edition of 2016, 
copyright 2016, http://www.itu.int/pub/R-REG-RR-2016. Incorporation by 
reference approved for Sec.  25.146(c).

[81 FR 55324, Aug. 18, 2016, as amended at 82 FR 37029, Aug. 8, 2017; 82 
FR 40494, Aug. 25, 2017; 82 FR 59984, Dec. 18, 2017]



Sec.  25.109  Cross-reference.

    (a) Space and earth stations in the Amateur Satellite Service are 
licensed under 47 CFR part 97.
    (b) Ship earth stations in the Maritime Mobile-Satellite Service 
transmitting in the 1626.5-1646.5 MHz band

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are subject to licensing under 47 CFR part 80.
    (c) Earth stations in the Aeronautical Mobile-Satellite (Route) 
Service are subject to licensing under 47 CFR part 87.
    (d) Space and earth stations in the Experimental Radio Service may 
be subject to licensing under 47 CFR part 5.

[78 FR 8420, Feb. 6, 2013]



                   Subpart B_Applications and Licenses

    Source: 56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

                 General Application Filing Requirements



Sec.  25.110  Filing of applications, fees, and number of copies.

    (a) Applications may be filed by going online at licensing.fcc.gov/
myibfs and submitting the application through the International Bureau 
Filing System (IBFS).
    (b) Submitting your application. (1) All earth station license 
applications must be filed electronically on FCC Form 312 in accordance 
with the applicable provisions of part 1, subpart Y of this chapter.
    (2) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(3) of this section, 
applications for space station licenses must be filed electronically on 
FCC Form 312 in accordance with the applicable provisions of part 1, 
subpart Y of this chapter and include all information required by Sec.  
25.114.
    (3) A license application for 17/24 GHz BSS space station operation 
or for GSO FSS space station operation not subject to the provisions in 
Appendix 30A of the ITU Radio Regulations (incorporated by reference, 
see Sec.  25.108) may be submitted in two steps, as follows:
    (i) An application for 17/24 GHz BSS space station operation or for 
GSO FSS space station operation not subject to the provisions in 
Appendix 30B of the ITU Radio Regulations (incorporated by reference, 
see Sec.  25.108) may be initiated by filing with the Commission, in 
accordance with the applicable provisions of part 1, subpart Y of this 
chapter, a draft Coordination Request and simplified Form 312 for the 
proposed operation and a declaration of acceptance of ITU cost-recovery 
responsibility in accordance with Sec.  25.111(d). The simplified Form 
312, Main Form submission must include the information required by items 
1-17, 43, 45, and 46.
    (ii) An application for GSO FSS space station operation subject to 
the provisions in Appendix 30B of the ITU Radio Regulations 
(incorporated by reference, see Sec.  25.108) may be initiated by 
submitting to the Commission, in accordance with the applicable 
provisions of part 1, subpart Y of this chapter, a draft ITU filing to 
convert an allotment into an assignment, to introduce an additional 
system, or to modify an assignment in the Appendix 30B List accompanied 
by a simplified Form 312 and a declaration of acceptance of ITU cost-
recovery responsibility in accordance with Sec.  25.111(d). The 
simplified Form 312, Main Form submission must include the information 
required by items 1-17, 43, 45, and 46. In addition, the applicant must 
submit the results of an analysis demonstrating that no U.S. filing 
under Appendix 30B would be deemed affected by the proposed operation 
under the relevant ITU criteria or, for any affected filings, a letter 
signed by the affected operator that it consents to the new filing.
    (iii) An application initiated pursuant to paragraphs (b)(3)(i) or 
(b)(3)(ii) of this section will be considered completed by the filing of 
an FCC Form 312 and the remaining information required in a complete 
license application, including the information required by Sec.  25.114, 
within two years of the date of submission of the initial application 
materials.
    (c) All correspondence concerning any application must identify:
    (1) The applicant's name,
    (2) The call sign of the space station or earth station, and
    (3) The file number of the application.
    (d) Copies. Applications must be filed electronically though IBFS. 
The Commission will not accept any paper version of any application.
    (e) Signing. Upon filing an application electronically, the 
applicant must print out the filed application, obtain

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the proper signatures, and keep the original in its files.
    (f) An applicant must pay the appropriate filing fee in accordance 
with part 1, subpart G of this chapter, at the time when it files a FCC 
Form 312.

[69 FR 47793, Aug. 6, 2004, as amended at 78 FR 8420, Feb. 6, 2013; 81 
FR 55325, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.111  Additional information, ITU filings, and ITU cost recovery.

    (a) The Commission may request from any party at any time additional 
information concerning any application, or any other submission or 
pleading regarding an application, filed under this part.
    (b) Applicants and licensees of radio stations governed by this part 
must provide the Commission with the information required for Advance 
Publication, Coordination, and Notification of frequency assignment 
filings, including due diligence information, pursuant to the Radio 
Regulations of the International Telecommunication Union. No protection 
from interference caused by radio stations authorized by other 
Administrations is guaranteed unless ITU procedures are timely completed 
or, with respect to individual Administrations, coordination agreements 
are successfully completed. A license for which such procedures have not 
been completed may be subject to additional terms and conditions 
required for coordination of the frequency assignments with other 
Administrations.
    (c) In the Direct Broadcast Satellite service, applicants and 
licensees shall also provide the Commission with all information it 
requires in order to modify the plans for the Broadcasting-Satellite 
Service (BSS) in Appendix 30 of the ITU Radio Regulations (RR) and 
associated feeder-link plans in Appendix 30A of the ITU RR, if the 
system has technical characteristics differing from those specified in 
the Appendix 30 BSS Plans, the Appendix 30A feederlink Plans, Annex 5 to 
Appendix 30, or Annex 3 to Appendix 30A. For such systems, no protection 
from interference caused by radio stations authorized by other 
Administrations is guaranteed until the agreement of all affected 
Administrations is obtained and the frequency assignment becomes a part 
of the appropriate Region 2 BSS and feeder-link Plans. Authorizations 
for which coordination is not completed and/or for which the necessary 
agreements under Appendices 30 and 30A have not been obtained may be 
subject to additional terms and conditions as required to effect 
coordination or obtain the agreement of other Administrations. 
Applicants and licensees shall also provide the Commission with the 
information required by Appendix 4 of the ITU RR for advance publication 
and notification or coordination of the frequencies to be used for 
tracking, telemetry and control functions of DBS systems.
    (d) The Commission will submit filings to the ITU on behalf of an 
applicant, licensee, or other requesting party only after the party has 
filed a signed declaration of unconditional acceptance of all consequent 
ITU cost-recovery responsibility. Applicants and licensees must file the 
declaration electronically in the ``Other Filings'' tab of the 
application file in the IBFS database, and must also mail a paper copy 
to the International Bureau, Satellite Division. In addition, applicants 
and licensees must reference the call sign and name of the satellite 
network in the declaration. All cost-recovery declarations must include 
the name(s), address(es), email address(es), and telephone number(s) of 
a contact person, or persons, responsible for cost recovery inquiries 
and ITU correspondence and filings. Supplements must be filed as 
necessary to apprise the Commission of changes in the contact 
information until the ITU cost-recovery responsibility is discharged. 
The applicant, licensee, or other party must remit payment of any 
resultant cost-recovery fee to the ITU by the due date specified in the 
ITU invoice, unless an appeal is pending with the ITU that was filed 
prior to the due date. A license granted in reliance on such a 
commitment will be conditioned upon discharge of any such cost-recovery 
obligation. Where an applicant or licensee has an overdue ITU cost-
recovery fee and does not have an appeal pending with the ITU, the 
Commission will dismiss any application associated with that satellite 
network.

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    (e) The Commission will process and forward to the ITU up to five 
Advance Publication filings by an entity that are not accompanied by a 
complete space station license application or by an application pursuant 
to Sec.  25.110(b)(3)(i) or (b)(3)(ii). Such Advance Publication filing 
requests not contained in an application must be accompanied by a letter 
request and a signed ITU cost-recovery declaration pursuant to paragraph 
(d) of this section. A request for filing of Advance Publication 
information will be attributed to an entity in the same manner as a 
space station license application under the criteria set forth in Sec.  
25.159(c).

    Note to paragraph (e): After June 30, 2016, the Commission will not 
forward Advance Publication information for satellite networks or 
systems subject to Article 9, Section II of the ITU Radio Regulations 
(incorporated by reference, see Sec.  25.108).

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 67 FR 51113, Aug. 7, 2002; 68 
FR 63997, Nov. 12, 2003; 78 FR 8421, Feb. 6, 2013; 79 FR 8314, Feb. 12, 
2014; 81 FR 55325, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.112  Dismissal and return of applications.

    (a) An application will be unacceptable for filing and will be 
returned to the applicant with a brief statement identifying the 
omissions or discrepancies if:
    (1) The application is defective with respect to completeness of 
answers to questions, informational showings, internal inconsistencies, 
execution, or other matters of a formal character; or
    (2) The application does not substantially comply with the 
Commission's rules, regulations, specific requests for additional 
information, or other requirements.
    (3) The application requests authority to operate a space station in 
a frequency band that is not allocated internationally for such 
operations under the Radio Regulations of the International 
Telecommunication Union.
    (4) The application is identical to a pending application that was 
timely filed pursuant to Sec.  25.157 or Sec.  25.158.
    (b) Applications for space station authority found defective under 
paragraph (a)(3) or (a)(4) of this section will not be considered. 
Applications for authority found defective under paragraphs (a)(1) or 
(a)(2) of this section may be accepted for filing if:
    (1) The application is accompanied by a request which sets forth the 
reasons in support of a waiver of (or an exception to), in whole or in 
part, any specific rule, regulation, or requirement with which the 
application is in conflict;
    (2) The Commission, upon its own motion, waives (or allows an 
exception to), in whole or in part, any rule, regulation or requirement.
    (c) The Commission will dismiss an application for failure to 
prosecute or for failure to respond substantially within a specified 
time period to official correspondence or requests for additional 
information. Dismissal will be without prejudice unless the application 
is mutually exclusive pursuant to Sec.  25.155, in which case it will be 
dismissed with prejudice.
    (d) An application will be dismissed without prejudice as a matter 
of right if the applicant requests its dismissal prior to final 
Commission action.

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 68 FR 51502, Aug. 27, 2003; 79 
FR 8314, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55326, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.113  Station construction, deployment approval, and 
operation of spare satellites.

    (a) Construction permits are not required for earth stations. 
Construction of such stations may commence prior to grant of an earth 
station license at the applicant's own risk, subject to the requirements 
of Sec.  1.1312 and part 17 of this chapter concerning environmental 
processing and construction, marking, and lighting of antenna 
structures.
    (b) Construction permits are not required for Ancillary Terrestrial 
Component (ATC) stations. A party with licenses issued under this part 
for launch and operation of 1.5/1.6 GHz or 1.6/2.4 GHz GHz Mobile-
Satellite Service space stations and operation of associated ATC 
facilities may commence construction of ATC base stations at its own 
risk after commencing physical construction of the space stations, 
subject to the requirements of Sec.  1.1312 and part 17 of this chapter. 
Such an MSS/

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ATC licensee may also conduct equipment tests for the purpose of making 
adjustments and measurements necessary to ensure compliance with the 
terms of its ATC license, applicable rules in this part, and technical 
design requirements. Prior to commencing such construction and pre-
operational testing, an MSS/ATC licensee must notify the Commission of 
the commencement of physical satellite construction and the licensee's 
intention to construct and test ATC facilities. This notification must 
be filed electronically in the appropriate file in the International 
Bureau Filing System database. The notification must specify the 
frequencies the licensee proposes to use for pre-operational testing and 
the name, address, and telephone number of a representative for the 
reporting and mitigation of any interference resulting from such 
testing. MSS/ATC licensees engaging in pre-operational testing must 
comply with Sec. Sec.  5.83, 5.85(c), 5.111, and 5.117 of this chapter 
regarding experimental operations. An MSS/ATC licensee may not offer ATC 
service to the public for compensation during pre-operational testing.
    (c)-(e) [Reserved]
    (f) Construction permits are not required for U.S.-licensed space 
stations, except for stations that the applicant proposes to operate to 
disseminate program content to be received by the public at large, 
rather than only by subscribers. Construction of a station for which a 
construction permit is not required may commence, at the applicant's own 
risk, prior to grant of a license.
    (g) Except as set forth in paragraphs (h) and (i) of this section, 
approval for orbital deployment and a station license (i.e., operating 
authority) must be applied for and granted before a space station may be 
deployed and operated in orbit. Approval for orbital deployment may be 
requested in an application for a space station license. However, an 
application for authority to deploy and operate an on-ground spare 
satellite will be considered pursuant to the following procedures:
    (1) Applications for deployment and operation of an on-ground spare 
NGSO-like satellite will be considered pursuant to the procedures set 
forth in Sec.  25.157, except as provided in paragraph (g)(3) of this 
section.
    (2) Applications for deployment and operation of an on-ground spare 
GSO-like satellite will be considered pursuant to the procedures set 
forth in Sec.  25.158, except as provided in paragraph (g)(3) of this 
section.
    (3) Neither paragraph (g)(1) nor (g)(2) of this section will apply 
in cases where the space station to be deployed is determined to be an 
emergency replacement for a previously authorized space station that has 
been lost as a result of a launch failure or a catastrophic in-orbit 
failure.
    (h) An operator of NGSO space stations under a blanket license 
granted by the Commission need not apply for license modification to 
operate technically identical in-orbit spare satellites in an authorized 
orbit. However, the licensee must notify the Commission within 30 days 
of bringing an in-orbit spare into service and certify that its 
activation has not exceeded the number of space stations authorized to 
provide service and that the licensee has determined by measurement that 
the activated spare is operating within the terms of the license.
    (i) An operator of NGSO space stations under a blanket license 
granted by the Commission need not apply for license modification to 
deploy and operate technically identical replacement satellites in an 
authorized orbit within the term of the system authorization. However, 
the licensee must notify the Commission of the intended launch at least 
30 days in advance and certify that its operation of the additional 
space station(s) will not increase the number of space stations 
providing service above the maximum number specified in the license.

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 4366, Feb. 6, 1996; 61 
FR 9951, Mar. 12, 1996; 61 FR 55582, Oct. 28, 1996; 62 FR 5927, Feb. 10, 
1997; 62 FR 64172, Dec. 4, 1997; 68 FR 51502, Aug. 27, 2003; 69 FR 
47794, Aug. 6, 2004; 70 FR 32253, June 2, 2005; 77 FR 3954, Jan. 26, 
2012; 78 FR 8421, Feb. 6, 2013; 79 FR 8314, Feb. 12, 2014; 79 FR 27503, 
May 14, 2014; 81 FR 55326, Aug. 18, 2016]

    Effective Date Note: At 79 FR 27503, May 14, 2014, in Sec.  25.113, 
in the second sentence in paragraph (b), ``1.5/1.6 GHz, 1.6/2.4 GHz, or 
2 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service'' was corrected

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to read ``1.5/1.6 GHz or 1.6/2.4 GHz GHz Mobile-Satellite Service''. 
This amendment contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given 
by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  25.114  Applications for space station authorizations.

    (a)(1) A license application filed pursuant to Sec.  25.110(b)(2) 
for a GSO space station or NGSO space station or space-station 
constellation must comprise a comprehensive proposal and must be 
submitted on FCC Form 312, Main Form and Schedule S, with attached 
exhibits required by paragraph (d) of this section.
    (2) An application for blanket authority for an NGSO constellation 
of space stations that are not all technically identical must provide 
the information required by paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section for 
each type of station in the constellation.
    (3) For an application filed pursuant to the two-step procedure in 
Sec.  25.110(b)(3), the filing pursuant to Sec.  25.110(b)(3)(iii) must 
be submitted on FCC Form 312, Main Form and Schedule S, with attached 
exhibits as required by paragraph (d) of this section, and must 
constitute a comprehensive proposal.
    (b) Each application for a new or modified space station 
authorization must contain the formal waiver required by 47 U.S.C. 304.
    (c) The following information shall be filed on FCC Form 312, Main 
Form and Schedule S:
    (1) Name, address, and telephone number of the applicant;
    (2) Name, address, and telephone number of the person(s), including 
counsel, to whom inquiries or correspondence should be directed;
    (3) Type of authorization requested (e.g., launch authority, station 
license, modification of authorization);
    (4)(i) For each space station transmitting and receiving antenna 
beam (including telemetry and tracking beams but not command beams), 
specify channel center frequencies and bandwidths and polarization plan. 
For command beams, specify each of the center frequencies within a 5 MHz 
range or a range of 2 percent of the assigned bandwidth, whichever is 
smaller, and the polarization plan. If the space station can vary 
channel bandwidth in a particular frequency band with on-board 
processing, specify only the range of frequencies in that band over 
which the beam can operate and the polarization plan.
    (ii) Specify maximum EIRP and maximum EIRP density for each space 
station transmitting antenna beam. If the satellite uses shapeable 
antenna beams, as defined in Sec.  25.103, specify instead maximum 
possible EIRP and maximum possible EIRP density within each shapeable 
beam's proposed coverage area. Provide this information for each 
frequency band in which the transmitting antenna would operate. For 
bands below 15 GHz, specify EIRP density in dBW/4 kHz; for bands at and 
above 15 GHz, specify EIRP density in dBW/MHz. If the EIRP density 
varies over time, specify the maximum possible EIRP density.
    (iii)-(iv) [Reserved]
    (v) For each space station receiving beam other than command beams, 
specify the gain-to-temperature ratio at beam peak. For receiving beams 
fed into transponders, also specify the minimum and maximum saturation 
flux density at beam peak. If the satellite uses shapeable beams, 
specify the minimum and maximum gain-to-temperature ratio within each 
shapeable beam's proposed coverage area, and for shapeable receiving 
beams fed into transponders, specify the minimum and maximum saturation 
power flux density within the 0 dB relative antenna gain isoline. 
Provide this information for each frequency band in which the receiving 
beam can operate. For command beams, specify the beam peak flux density 
at the command threshold;
    (vi)(A) For space stations in geostationary orbit, specify predicted 
space station antenna gain contour(s) for each transmit and receive 
antenna beam, except for beams where the contour at 8 dB below peak 
falls entirely beyond the edge of the visible Earth. These contour(s) 
should be plotted on an area map at 2 dB intervals down to 10 dB below 
the peak gain and at 5 dB intervals between 10 dB and 20 dB below the 
peak gain. Applicants must present this information in a GIMS-readable 
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    (B) For space stations in non-geostationary orbits, specify for each 
unique orbital plane the predicted antenna gain contour(s) for each 
transmit and receive antenna beam for one space station if all space 
stations are identical in the constellation. If individual space 
stations in the constellation have different antenna beam 
configurations, specify the predicted antenna gain contours for each 
transmit and receive beam for each space station type and orbit or 
orbital plane requested. The contours should be plotted on an area map 
with the beam depicted on the surface of the earth with the space 
stations' peak antenna gain pointed at nadir to a latitude and longitude 
within the proposed service area. The contour(s) should be plotted at 2 
dB intervals down to 10 dB below the peak gain and at 5 dB intervals 
between 10 dB and 20 dB below the peak gain. For intersatellite links, 
specify the peak antenna gain and 3 dB beamwidth.
    (C) For space stations with shapeable antenna beams, specify the 
contours, as defined in paragraph (c)(4)(vi)(A) or (B) of this section, 
for the transmitting beam configuration that results in the highest EIRP 
density for the beams listed in paragraph (c)(4)(ii) of this section and 
for the receiving beam configuration with the smallest gain-to-
temperature ratio and the highest required saturation power flux density 
for the beams listed in paragraph (c)(4)(v) of this section. If the 
shapeable beams are also steerable, include the contours that would 
result from moving the beam peak around the limit of the effective beam 
peak area and the 0 dB relative antenna gain isoline. The proposed 
maximum coverage area must be clearly specified.
    (D) For a space station with steerable beams that are not shapeable, 
specify the applicable contours, as defined in paragraph (c)(4)(vi)(A) 
or (c)(4)(vi)(B) of this section, with a description of a proposed 
coverage area for each steerable beam or provide the contour information 
described in paragraph (c)(4)(vi)(C) of this section for each steerable 
beam.
    (vii) For geostationary satellites with large numbers of identical 
fixed spot beams, other than DBS satellites, applicants may, as an 
alternative to submitting the information described in paragraph 
(c)(4)(vi) of this section with respect to these beams, provide the 
predicted antenna gain contours for one transmit and receive antenna 
beam, together with one of the following:
    (A) An area map showing all of the spot beams depicted on the 
surface of the Earth;
    (B) A table identifying the maximum antenna gain point(s) in 
latitude and longitude to the nearest 0.1 degree; or
    (C) A map of the isolines formed by combining all of the spot beams 
into one or more composite beams. For non-geostationary satellites with 
large numbers of identical fixed beams on each satellite, applicants 
may, as an alternative to submitting the information described in 
paragraph (c)(4)(vi) of this section with respect to those beams, 
specify the predicted antenna gain contours for one transmit and receive 
beam pointed to nadir, together with an area map showing all of the spot 
beams depicted on the surface of the earth with the satellites' peak 
antenna gain pointed to a selected latitude and longitude within the 
service area.
    (5) For space stations in geostationary orbit:
    (i) Orbital location requested,
    (ii) [Reserved]
    (iii) East-west station-keeping range,
    (iv) North-south station-keeping range, and
    (v) Accuracy to which antenna axis attitude will be maintained;
    (6) For space stations in non-geostationary orbits:
    (i) The number of orbital planes and the number of space stations in 
each plane,
    (ii) The inclination of the orbital plane(s),
    (iii) The orbital period,
    (iv) The apogee,
    (v) The perigee,
    (vi) The argument(s) of perigee,
    (vii) Active service arc(s),
    (viii) Right ascension of the ascending node(s), and
    (ix) For each satellite in each orbital plane, the initial phase 
angle at the reference time;
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    (8) Calculated maximum power flux-density levels within each 
coverage area and energy dispersal bandwidths, if any, needed for 
compliance with Sec.  25.208, for the angles of arrival specified in the 
applicable paragraph(s) of Sec.  25.208, except for an NGSO FSS 
applicant certifying compliance with PFD limits under Sec.  
25.146(a)(1);
    (9) [Reserved]
    (10) Estimated operational lifetime;
    (11) Whether the space station is to be operated on a common carrier 
basis;
    (12) [Reserved]
    (13) And the polarization information necessary to determine 
compliance with Sec.  25.210(i).
    (d) The following information in narrative form shall be contained 
in each application:
    (1) Overall description of system facilities, operations and 
services and explanation of how uplink frequency bands would be 
connected to downlink frequency bands;
    (2)-(5) [Reserved]
    (6) Public interest considerations in support of grant;
    (7) Applicants for authorizations for space stations in the Fixed-
Satellite Service, including applicants proposing feeder links for space 
stations operating in the 17/24 GHz Broadcasting-Satellite Service, must 
also include the information specified in Sec.  25.140(a). Applicants 
for authorizations for space stations in the 17/24 GHz Broadcasting-
Satellite Service must also include the information specified in Sec.  
25.140(b);
    (8) Applications for authorizations in the Mobile-Satellite Service 
in the 1545-1559/1646.5-1660.5 MHz frequency bands shall also provide 
all information necessary to comply with the policies and procedures set 
forth in Rules and Policies Pertaining to the Use of Radio Frequencies 
in a Land Mobile Satellite Service, 2 FCC Rcd 485 (1987) (Available at 
address in Sec.  0.445 of this chapter.);
    (9) Applications to license multiple space station systems in the 
non-voice, non-geostationary mobile-satellite service under blanket 
operating authority shall also provide all information specified in 
Sec.  25.142; and
    (10) An application for space station authorization in the 1.6/2.4 
GHz or 2 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service must include information required 
by Sec.  25.143(b);
    (11) Applications for space stations in the Direct Broadcast 
Satellite Service must include a clear and detailed statement of whether 
the space station is to be operated on a broadcast or non-broadcast 
basis;
    (12) The information required by Sec.  25.146, if the application is 
for an NGSO FSS system authorization within the 10.7-30 GHz band.
    (13) For satellite applications in the Direct Broadcast Satellite 
Service, if the proposed system's technical characteristics differ from 
those specified in the Appendix 30 BSS Plans, the Appendix 30A feeder 
link Plans, Annex 5 to Appendix 30 or Annex 3 to Appendix 30A of the ITU 
Radio Regulations, each applicant must provide:
    (i) The information requested in Appendix 4 of the ITU Radio 
Regulations. Further, applicants must provide sufficient technical 
showing that the proposed system could operate satisfactorily if all 
assignments in the BSS and feeder link Plans were implemented.
    (ii) Analyses of the proposed system with respect to the limits in 
Annex 1 to Appendices 30 and 30A of the ITU Radio Regulations.
    (14) A description of the design and operational strategies that 
will be used to mitigate orbital debris, including the following 
information:
    (i) A statement that the space station operator has assessed and 
limited the amount of debris released in a planned manner during normal 
operations, and has assessed and limited the probability of the space 
station becoming a source of debris by collisions with small debris or 
meteoroids that could cause loss of control and prevent post-mission 
disposal;
    (ii) A statement that the space station operator has assessed and 
limited the probability of accidental explosions during and after 
completion of mission operations. This statement must include a 
demonstration that debris generation will not result from the conversion 
of energy sources on board the spacecraft into energy that fragments the 
spacecraft. Energy sources include chemical, pressure, and kinetic 
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whether stored energy will be removed at the spacecraft's end of life, 
by depleting residual fuel and leaving all fuel line valves open, 
venting any pressurized system, leaving all batteries in a permanent 
discharge state, and removing any remaining source of stored energy, or 
through other equivalent procedures specifically disclosed in the 
application;
    (iii) A statement that the space station operator has assessed and 
limited the probability of the space station becoming a source of debris 
by collisions with large debris or other operational space stations. 
Where a space station will be launched into a low-Earth orbit that is 
identical, or very similar, to an orbit used by other space stations, 
the statement must include an analysis of the potential risk of 
collision and a description of what measures the space station operator 
plans to take to avoid in-orbit collisions. If the space station 
operator is relying on coordination with another system, the statement 
must indicate what steps have been taken to contact, and ascertain the 
likelihood of successful coordination of physical operations with, the 
other system. The statement must disclose the accuracy--if any--with 
which orbital parameters of non-geostationary satellite orbit space 
stations will be maintained, including apogee, perigee, inclination, and 
the right ascension of the ascending node(s). In the event that a system 
is not able to maintain orbital tolerances, i.e., it lacks a propulsion 
system for orbital maintenance, that fact should be included in the 
debris mitigation disclosure. Such systems must also indicate the 
anticipated evolution over time of the orbit of the proposed satellite 
or satellites. Where a space station requests the assignment of a 
geostationary-Earth orbit location, it must assess whether there are any 
known satellites located at, or reasonably expected to be located at, 
the requested orbital location, or assigned in the vicinity of that 
location, such that the station keeping volumes of the respective 
satellites might overlap. If so, the statement must include a statement 
as to the identities of those parties and the measures that will be 
taken to prevent collisions;
    (iv) A statement detailing the post-mission disposal plans for the 
space station at end of life, including the quantity of fuel--if any--
that will be reserved for post-mission disposal maneuvers. For 
geostationary-Earth orbit space stations, the statement must disclose 
the altitude selected for a post-mission disposal orbit and the 
calculations that are used in deriving the disposal altitude. The 
statement must also include a casualty risk assessment if planned post-
mission disposal involves atmospheric re-entry of the space station. In 
general, an assessment should include an estimate as to whether portions 
of the spacecraft will survive re-entry and reach the surface of the 
Earth, as well as an estimate of the resulting probability of human 
casualty. Applicants for space stations to be used only for commercial 
remote sensing may, in lieu of submitting detailed post-mission disposal 
plans to the Commission, certify that they have submitted such plans to 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for review.
    (v) For non-U.S.-licensed space stations, the requirement to 
describe the design and operational strategies to minimize orbital 
debris risk can be satisfied by demonstrating that debris mitigation 
plans for the space station(s) for which U.S. market access is requested 
are subject to direct and effective regulatory oversight by the national 
licensing authority.
    (15) Each applicant for a space station license in the 17/24 GHz 
broadcasting-satellite service shall include the following information 
as an attachment to its application:
    (i) If the applicant proposes to operate in the 17.3-17.7 GHz 
frequency band, a demonstration that the proposed space station will 
comply with the power flux density limits in Sec.  25.208(w) unless the 
applicant provides a certification under paragraph (d)(15)(ii) of this 
section.
    (ii) In cases where the proposed space station will not comply with 
the power flux density limits set forth in Sec.  25.208(w) of this part, 
the applicant will be required to provide a certification that all 
potentially affected parties acknowledge and do not object to the use of 
the applicant's higher power

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flux densities. The affected parties with whom the applicant must 
coordinate are those GSO 17/24 GHz BSS satellite networks located up to 
6[deg] away for excesses of up to 3 dB above the 
power flux-density levels specified in Sec.  25.208(w) of this part, and 
up to 10[deg] away greater for excesses greater 
than 3 dB above those levels.
    (iii) If the applicant proposes to provide international service in 
the 17.7-17.8 GHz frequency band, a certification that the proposed 
space station will comply with the power flux density limits in Sec.  
25.208(c).
    (iv) Any information required by Sec.  25.264(a)(6), 25.264(b)(4), 
or 25.264(d).
    (16) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (d)(15) of this 
section, each applicant for a license to operate a 17/24 GHz BSS space 
station that will be used to provide video programming directly to 
consumers in the United States, that will not meet the requirements of 
Sec.  25.225 of this part, must include as an attachment to its 
application a technical analysis demonstrating that providing video 
programming service to consumers in Alaska and Hawaii that is comparable 
to the video programming service provided to consumers in the 48 
contiguous United States (CONUS) is not feasible as a technical matter 
or that, while technically feasible, such service would require so many 
compromises in satellite design and operation as to make it economically 
unreasonable.
    (17) [Reserved]
    (18) For space stations in the Direct Broadcast Satellite service or 
the 17/24 GHz broadcasting-satellite service, maximum orbital 
eccentricity.

[68 FR 63997, Nov. 12, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 29901, May 26, 2004; 69 
FR 47794, Aug. 6, 2004; 69 FR 54587, Sept. 9, 2004; 72 FR 50027, Aug. 
29, 2007; 72 FR 60278, Oct. 24, 2007; 76 FR 50431, Aug. 15, 2011; 78 FR 
8421, Feb. 6, 2013; 79 FR 8314, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55326, Aug. 18, 
2016; 82 FR 59984, Dec. 18, 2017; 83 FR 34489, July 20, 2018]



Sec.  25.115  Applications for earth station authorizations.

    (a)(1) Transmitting earth stations. Commission authorization must be 
obtained for authority to operate a transmitting earth station. 
Applications shall be filed electronically on FCC Form 312, Main Form 
and Schedule B, and include the information specified in Sec.  25.130, 
except as set forth in paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
    (2) Applicants for licenses for transmitting earth stations in the 
FSS may file on FCC Form 312EZ if all of the following criteria are met:
    (i) The application is for a single station that will transmit to an 
FSS GSO space station, or stations, in the 5925-6425 MHz band, or for 
single or multiple stations that will transmit to an FSS GSO space 
station, or stations, in the 14.0-14.5 GHz, 28.35-28.6 GHz, and/or 29.5-
30.0 GHz band;
    (ii) The earth station(s) will not be installed or operated on 
ships, aircraft, or other moving vehicles;
    (iii) The application meets all relevant criteria in Sec.  25.211 or 
Sec.  25.212 or includes information filed pursuant to paragraph (g)(1) 
of this section indicating that off-axis EIRP density from the proposed 
earth stations will not exceed relevant levels specified in Sec.  
25.138(a) or Sec.  25.218;
    (iv) Operation of the proposed station has been successfully 
coordinated with terrestrial systems, if the station would transmit in 
the 5925-6425 MHz band;
    (v) The application includes an environmental impact statement 
pursuant to Sec.  1.1311 of this chapter, if required;
    (vi) The applicant does not propose to communicate via non-U.S.-
licensed space stations not on the Permitted Space Station List; and
    (vii) If the proposed station(s) will receive in the 18.3-18.8 GHz 
and/or 19.7-20.2 GHz bands, the applicant proposes to communicate only 
via satellites for which coordination has been completed pursuant to 
Footnote US334 of the U.S. Table of Frequency Allocations with respect 
to Federal Government systems authorized on a primary basis, under an 
agreement previously approved by the Commission and the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the applicant 
certifies that it will operate consistently with the agreement.
    (3) Unless the Commission orders otherwise, an application filed on 
FCC Form 312EZ in accordance with paragraph (a)(2) of this section will 
be deemed granted 35 days after the date

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of the public notice that the application has been accepted for filing, 
provided no objection is filed during the 30-day public notice period.
    (4) Applications for earth station authorizations must be filed in 
accordance with the pleading limitations, periods and other applicable 
provisions of Sec. Sec.  1.41 through 1.52 of this chapter, except that 
such earth station applications must be filed electronically through the 
International Bureau Filing System (IBFS) in accordance with the 
applicable provisions of part 1, subpart Y of this chapter;
    (b) Receive-only earth stations. Applications to license or register 
receive only earth stations shall be filed on FCC Form 312, Main Form 
and Schedule B, and conform to the provisions of Sec.  25.131.
    (c)(1) GSO FSS earth stations in 10.7-12.2 GHz or 14-14.5 GHz. A 
blanket license application for operation in the 10.7-12.2 GHz or 14-
14.5 GHz bands may be filed on FCC Form 312 or Form 312EZ, with a 
Schedule B for each large (5 meters or larger) hub station antenna and 
each representative type of small antenna (less than 5 meters) operating 
within the network; however, blanket licensing in the 10.7-11.7 GHz band 
is on an unprotected basis with respect to the fixed service.
    (i) Applications to license networks of earth stations operating in 
the 11.7-12.2 GHz and 14.0-14.5 GHz bands under blanket operating 
authority that meet the requirements of Sec.  25.212(c) or Sec.  
25.218(e) or (f) will be routinely processed.
    (ii) Applications to license networks of earth stations operating in 
the 11.7-12.2 GHz and 14.0-14.5 GHz bands under blanket operating 
authority that do not meet the requirements of Sec.  25.212(c) or Sec.  
25.218(e) or (f) must comply with the requirements in Sec.  25.220 and 
must be filed on FCC Form 312 with a Schedule B for each large (5 meters 
or larger) hub station antenna and each representative type of small 
antenna (less than 5 meters) operating within the network.
    (2) Networks of earth stations operating in the 3700-4200 MHz and 
5925-6425 MHz bands. Applications to license networks of earth stations 
operating in the 3700-4200 MHz and 5925-6425 MHz bands must be filed 
electronically on FCC Form 312, Main Form and Schedule B. Applications 
will be routinely processed provided that frequency coordination has 
been satisfactorily completed and that the proposed earth stations 
comply with the applicable provisions in Sec.  25.211(d) or Sec.  
25.212(d). Alternatively, applicants that have satisfactorily completed 
frequency coordination may be routinely processed if the proposed earth 
stations comply with the applicable off-axis EIRP density limits in 
Sec.  25.218(c) or (d).
    (i) For earth station antennas operating with power levels not 
consistent with the applicable provisions in Sec.  25.211(d) or Sec.  
25.212(d), or with EIRP density levels not consistent with those 
specified in Sec.  25.218(c) or (d), the applicant must file an initial 
lead application providing a detailed overview of the complete network. 
Such lead applications must fully identify the scope and nature of the 
service to be provided, as well as the complete technical details of 
each representative type of antenna that will operate within the 
network. Such lead applications for a single system must identify:
    (A) No more than three discrete geostationary satellites to be 
accessed;
    (B) The amount of frequency bandwidth sought, up to a maximum of 20 
MHz of spectrum in each direction at each of the satellites (The same 20 
MHz of uplink and 20 MHz of downlink spectrum at each satellite would be 
accessible by all earth stations in the system. The 20 MHz of uplink and 
20 MHz of downlink spectrum need not be the same at each satellite 
location);
    (C) The maximum number of earth station sites;
    (ii) Following the issuance of a license for the lead application, 
the licensee shall notify the Commission of the complete technical 
parameters of each individual earth station site before that site is 
bought into operation under the lead authorization. Full frequency 
coordination of each individual site (e.g., for each satellite and the 
spectrum associated therewith) shall be completed prior to filing 
Commission notification. The coordination must be conducted in 
accordance with Sec.  25.203. Such notification shall be done

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by electronic filing and shall be consistent with the technical 
parameters of Schedule B of FCC Form 312.
    (iii) Following successful coordination of such an earth station, if 
the earth station operator does not file a lead application or a 
Schedule B within six months after it successfully completes 
coordination, it will be assumed that such frequency use is no longer 
desired, unless a second notification has been received within ten days 
prior to the end of the six month period. Such renewal notifications 
must be sent to all parties concerned. If the lead application or 
Schedule B, or renewal notification, is not timely received, the 
coordination will lapse and the licensee must re-coordinate the relevant 
earth stations if it still wishes to bring them into operation.
    (iv) Operation of each individual site may commence immediately 
after the public notice is released that identifies the notification 
sent to the Commission and if the requirements of paragraph (c)(2)(vi) 
of this section are met. Continuance of operation of each station for 
the duration of the lead license term shall be dependent upon successful 
completion of the normal public notice process. If any objections are 
received to the new station prior to the end of the 30 day comment 
period of the Public Notice, the licensee shall immediately cease 
operation of those particular stations until the coordination dispute is 
resolved and the licensee informs the Commission of the resolution. If 
the requirements of paragraph (c)(2)(vi) of this section are not met, 
operation may not commence until the Commission issues the public notice 
acting on the terminal authorization.
    (v) Each licensee shall annually provide the Commission an updated 
list of all operational earth stations in its system. The annual list 
shall also include a list of all earth stations deactivated during the 
year and identification of the satellites providing service to the 
network as of the date of the report.
    (vi) Conditional authorization. (A) An applicant for a new radio 
station or modification of an existing station authorized under 
paragraph (c)(2)(i) of this section in the 3700-4200; or 5925-6425 MHz 
bands may operate the proposed station during the pendency of its 
application after the release of the public notice accepting the 
notification for filing that complies with paragraph (c)(2)(ii) of this 
section. The applicant, however, must first certify that the following 
conditions are satisfied:
    (1) The frequency coordination procedures of Sec.  25.203 have been 
successfully completed;
    (2) The antenna structure has been previously studied by the Federal 
Aviation Administration and determined to pose no hazard to aviation 
safety as required by subpart B of part 17 of this chapter; or the 
antenna or tower structure does not exceed 6.1 meters above ground level 
or above an existing man-made structure (other than an antenna 
structure), if the antenna or tower has not been previously studied by 
the Federal Aviation Administration and cleared by the FCC;
    (3) The grant of the application(s) does not require a waiver of the 
Commission's rules (with the exception of a request for waiver 
pertaining to fees);
    (4) The applicant has determined that the facility(ies) will not 
significantly affect the environment as defined in Sec.  1.1307 of this 
chapter after complying with any applicable environmental notification 
procedures specified in Sec.  17.4(c) of this chapter.
    (5) The station site does not lie within 56.3 kilometers of any 
international border or within a radio ``Quiet Zone'' identified in 
Sec.  1.924 of this chapter; and
    (6) The filed application is consistent with the proposal that was 
coordinated pursuant to Sec.  25.251.
    (B) Conditional authority ceases immediately if the Schedule B is 
returned by the Commission because it is not accepted for filing.
    (C) A conditional authorization pursuant to paragraphs (c)(2)(vi)(A) 
and (c)(2)(vi)(B) of this section is evidenced by retaining a copy of 
the Schedule B notification with the station records. Conditional 
authorization does not prejudice any action the Commission may take on 
the subject application(s) or the Schedule B notifications.
    (D) Conditional authority is accepted with the express understanding 
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such authority may be modified or cancelled by the Commission at any 
time without hearing if, in the Commission's discretion, the need for 
such action arises. An applicant operating pursuant to this conditional 
authority assumes all risks associated with such operation, the 
termination or modification of the conditional authority, or the 
subsequent dismissal or denial of its application(s).
    (E) The copy of the Schedule B notification form must be posted at 
each station operating pursuant to this section.
    (vii) Period of construction. Construction of each earth station 
must be completed and the station must be brought into regular operation 
within twelve months from the date that action is taken to authorize 
that station to operate under the lead authorization, except as may be 
otherwise determined by the Commission for any particular application.
    (3) Networks of earth stations operating in the 18.3-18.8 GHz, 19.7-
20.2 GHz, 28.35-28.6 GHz, and 29.25-30 GHz bands with U.S.-licensed or 
non-U.S.-licensed satellites for domestic or international services.
    (i) Applications to license networks of earth stations that will 
transmit digitally modulated signals to GSO space stations in the 28.35-
28.6 GHz and/or 29.25-30.0 GHz bands under blanket operating authority 
must be filed on FCC Form 312, or Form 312EZ if available, with a 
Schedule B for each large (5 meters or larger) hub station antenna and 
each representative type of small antenna (less than 5 meters) operating 
within the network and may be routinely processed if the criteria in 
paragraphs (c)(3)(i)(A) and (B) of this section are met:
    (A) The applicant certifies pursuant to Sec.  25.132(a)(1) that the 
off-axis gain of transmitting antennas in the network will not exceed 
the relevant levels specified in Sec.  25.209(a) and (b) and the power 
spectral density of any digitally modulated carrier into any 
transmitting earth station antenna in the proposed network will not 
exceed 3.5 dBW/MHz as specified in Sec.  25.212(e).
    (B) The application includes information filed pursuant to paragraph 
(g)(1) of this section indicating that off-axis EIRP density from the 
proposed earth stations will not exceed relevant routine levels 
specified in Sec.  25.138(a).
    (ii) Applications to license networks of earth stations operating in 
the 28.35-28.6 GHz and/or 29.25-30.0 GHz bands under blanket operating 
authority that do not meet the requirements of Sec.  25.212(e) or Sec.  
25.138(a) must comply with the requirements in Sec.  25.220 and must be 
filed on FCC Form 312 with a Schedule B for each large (5 meters or 
larger) hub station antenna and each representative type of small 
antenna (less than 5 meters) operating within the network.
    (d) Mobile-Satellite Service user transceivers need not be 
individually licensed. Service vendors may file blanket applications for 
such transceivers using FCC Form 312, Main Form and Schedule B, 
specifying the number of units to be covered by the blanket license. A 
blanket license application for 1.5/1.6 GHz MSS user transceivers must 
include an explanation of how the applicant will comply with the 
priority and preemptive access requirements in Sec.  25.287.
    (e) GSO FSS earth stations in 17.8-30 GHz. (1) An application for a 
GSO FSS earth station license in the 17.8-19.4 GHz, 19.6-20.2 GHz, 
24.75-25.25 GHz, 27.5-29.1 GHz, or 29.25-30 GHz bands not filed on FCC 
Form 312EZ pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of this section must be filed on 
FCC Form 312, Main Form and Schedule B, and must include any information 
required by paragraph (g) or (j) of this section or by Sec.  25.130.
    (2) An applicant may request authority for operation of GSO FSS 
earth stations in the 17.8-19.4 GHz, 19.6-20.2 GHz, 28.35-29.1 GHz, and 
29.25-30 GHz bands without specifying the location of user terminals but 
must specify the geographic area(s) in which they will operate and the 
location of hub and/or gateway stations; however, blanket licensing in 
the 17.8-18.3 GHz, 19.3-19.4 GHz, and 19.6-19.7 GHz bands is on an 
unprotected basis with respect to the fixed service.
    (f) NGSO FSS earth stations in 10.7-29.1 GHz. (1) An application for 
an NGSO FSS earth station license in the 10.7-29.1 GHz band must include 
the certification described in Sec.  25.146(a)(2).
    (2) Individual or blanket license applications may be filed for 
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the 10.7-12.7 GHz, 14-14.5 GHz, 17.8-18.6 GHz, 18.8-19.4 GHz, 19.6-20.2 
GHz, or 28.35-29.1 GHz bands; however, blanket licensing in the 10.7-
11.7 GHz, 17.8-18.3 GHz, 19.3-19.4 GHz, and 19.6-19.7 GHz bands is on an 
unprotected basis with respect to the fixed service.
    (3) Individual license applications only may be filed for operation 
in the 12.75-13.15 GHz, 13.2125-13.25 GHz, 13.75-14 GHz, or 27.5-28.35 
GHz bands.
    (g) Applications for earth stations that will transmit to GSO space 
stations in any portion of the 5850-6725 MHz, 13.75-14.5 GHz, 24.75-
25.25 GHz, 28.35-28.6 GHz, or 29.25-30.0 GHz bands must include, in 
addition to the particulars of operation identified on FCC Form 312 and 
associated Schedule B, the information specified in either paragraph 
(g)(1) or (g)(2) of this section for each earth station antenna type.
    (1) Specification of off-axis EIRP density calculated from 
measurements made consistent with the requirements in Sec.  
25.132(b)(1), in accordance with the following requirements. For 
purposes of this rule, the ``off-axis angle'' is the angle in degrees 
from a line between an earth station antenna and the target satellite.
    (i) A plot of maximum co-polarized EIRP density in the plane tangent 
to the GSO arc at off-axis angles from minus 180[deg] to plus 180[deg];
    (ii) A plot of maximum co-polarized EIRP density in the plane 
tangent to the GSO arc at off-axis angles from minus 10[deg] to plus 
10[deg];
    (iii) A plot of maximum co-polarized EIRP density in the plane 
perpendicular to the GSO arc at off-axis angles from 0[deg] to plus 
30[deg];
    (iv) A plot of maximum cross-polarized EIRP density in the plane 
tangent to the GSO arc at off-axis angles from minus 7[deg] to plus 
7[deg];
    (v) A plot of maximum cross-polarized EIRP density in the plane 
perpendicular to the GSO arc at off-axis angles from minus 7[deg] to 
plus 7[deg];
    (vi) For antennas for which gain measurements are made pursuant to 
Sec.  25.132(b)(1)(iv), the EIRP density plots specified in paragraphs 
(g)(1)(i) through (v) of this section must be provided over the 
specified angular ranges in two orthogonal planes, one of which is 
tangent to the GSO arc and with the antenna operating at its maximum 
skew angle, which the applicant must specify.
    (vii) The relevant off-axis EIRP density envelopes in Sec.  25.138, 
Sec.  25.218, Sec.  25.221, Sec.  25.222, Sec.  25.226, or Sec.  25.227 
must be superimposed on plots submitted pursuant to paragraphs (g)(1)(i) 
through (vi) of this section.
    (viii) The showing must include a supplemental table for each off-
axis angular range in which the relevant EIRP density envelope will be 
exceeded, specifying angular coordinates in degrees off-axis and 
corresponding calculated off-axis EIRP density at 0.2[deg] increments 
over the angular range in which the routine envelope will be exceeded 
and one degree on each side of that range.
    (2) An applicant that certifies pursuant to Sec.  25.132(a)(1) that 
a proposed antenna's measured gain pattern conforms to relevant 
standards in Sec.  25.209(a) and (b) and that input power density to the 
antenna will not exceed the relevant limit in Sec.  25.211 or Sec.  
25.212 need not provide a showing pursuant to paragraph (g)(1) of this 
section for operation with that antenna.
    (h) [Reserved]
    (i) An earth station applicant filing an application for a blanket-
licensed earth station network made up of FSS earth stations and 
planning to use a contention protocol must include in its application a 
certification that its contention protocol usage will be reasonable.
    (j) An application for a new fixed earth station or modification 
involving alteration of the overall height of one or more existing earth 
station antenna structures must include the FCC Antenna Structure 
Registration Number(s) for the antenna structure(s), if assigned. If no 
such number has been assigned, the application must state whether prior 
FAA notification is required by part 17 of this chapter and, if so, 
whether the applicant or owner of the structure has notified the FAA of 
the proposed construction or alteration and applied for an Antenna 
Structure Registration Number in accordance with part 17 of this 
chapter. Applicants who maintain that prior FAA notification is not 
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height more than 6.1 meters above ground level must explain in the 
application why such prior notification is not required.
    (k)(1) Applicants for FSS earth stations that qualify for routine 
processing in the conventional or extended C-bands, the conventional or 
extended Ku-bands, the conventional Ka-band, or the 24.75-25.25 GHz 
band, including ESV applications filed pursuant to Sec.  25.222(a)(1) or 
(a)(3), VMES applications filed pursuant to Sec.  25.226(a)(1) or 
(a)(3), and ESAA applications filed pursuant to Sec.  25.227(a)(1) or 
(a)(3), may designate the Permitted Space Station List as a point of 
communication. Once such an application is granted, the earth station 
operator may communicate with any space station on the Permitted Space 
Station List, provided that the operation is consistent with the 
technical parameters and conditions in the earth station license and any 
limitations placed on the space station authorization or noted in the 
Permitted Space Station List.
    (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (k)(1) of this section, the operator 
of an earth station that qualifies for routine processing in the 
conventional Ka-band may not communicate with a space station on the 
Permitted Space Station List in the 18.3-18.8 GHz or 19.7-20.2 GHz band 
until the space station operator has completed coordination under 
Footnote US334 to Sec.  2.106 of this chapter.

[62 FR 5928, Feb. 10, 1997]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
25.115, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.



Sec.  25.116  Amendments to applications.

    (a) Unless otherwise specified, any pending application may be 
amended until designated for hearing, a public notice is issued stating 
that a substantive disposition of the application is to be considered at 
a forthcoming Commission meeting, or a final order disposing of the 
matter is adopted by the Commission.
    (b) Major amendments submitted pursuant to paragraph (a) of this 
section are subject to the public notice requirements of Sec.  25.151. 
An amendment will be deemed to be a major amendment under the following 
circumstances:
    (1) If the amendment increases the potential for interference, or 
changes the proposed frequencies or orbital locations to be used.
    (2) If the amendment would convert the proposal into an action that 
may have a significant environmental effect under Sec.  1.1307 of this 
chapter.
    (3) [Reserved]
    (4) If the amendment, or the cumulative effect of the amendment, is 
determined by the Commission otherwise to be substantial pursuant to 
section 309 of the Communications Act.
    (5) Amendments to ``defective'' space station applications, within 
the meaning of Sec.  25.112 will not be considered.
    (c) Any application for an NGSO-like satellite license within the 
meaning of Sec.  25.157 will be considered to be a newly filed 
application if it is amended by a major amendment (as defined by 
paragraph (b) of this section) after a ``cut-off'' date applicable to 
the application, except under the following circumstances:
    (1) The amendment resolves frequency conflicts with authorized 
stations or other pending applications but does not create new or 
increased frequency conflicts;
    (2) The amendment reflects only a change in ownership or control 
found by the Commission to be in the public interest and, for which a 
requested exemption from a ``cut-off'' date is granted;
    (3) The amendment corrects typographical, transcription, or similar 
clerical errors which are clearly demonstrated to be mistakes by 
reference to other parts of the application, and whose discovery does 
not create new or increased frequency conflicts; or
    (4) The amendment does not create new or increased frequency 
conflicts, and is demonstrably necessitated by events which the 
applicant could not have reasonably foreseen at the time of filing.
    (d) Any application for a GSO-like satellite license within the 
meaning of Sec.  25.158 will be considered to be a newly filed 
application if it is amended by a major amendment (as defined by 
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cause the application to lose its status relative to later-filed 
applications in the ``queue'' as described in Sec.  25.158.
    (e) Any amendment to an application shall be filed electronically 
through the International Bureau Filing System (IBFS) in accordance with 
the applicable provisions of part 1, subpart Y of this chapter. 
Amendments to space station applications must be filed on Form 312 and 
Schedule S. Amendments to earth station applications must be filed on 
Form 312 and Schedule B.

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 68 FR 51503, Aug. 27, 2003; 69 
FR 47794, Aug. 6, 2004; 78 FR 8421, Feb. 6, 2013]



Sec.  25.117  Modification of station license.

    (a) Except as provided for in Sec.  25.118 (Modifications not 
requiring prior authorization), no modification of a radio station 
governed by this part which affects the parameters or terms and 
conditions of the station authorization shall be made except upon 
application to and grant of such application by the Commission.
    (b) Both earth station and space station modification applications 
must be filed electronically through the International Bureau Filing 
System (IBFS) in accordance with the applicable provisions of part 1, 
subpart Y of this chapter.
    (c) Applications for modification of earth station authorizations 
must be submitted on FCC Form 312, Main Form and Schedule B. 
Applications for modification of space station authorizations must be 
submitted on FCC Form 312, Main Form and Schedule S. Only those items 
that change need to be specified, provided that the applicant certifies 
that the remaining information has not changed.
    (d)(1) Except as set forth in Sec.  25.118(e), applications for 
modifications of space station authorizations shall be filed in 
accordance with Sec.  25.114, but only those items of information listed 
in Sec.  25.114 that change need to be submitted, provided the applicant 
certifies that the remaining information has not changed.
    (2) Applications for modifications of space station authorizations 
will be granted except under the following circumstances:
    (i) Granting the modification would make the applicant unqualified 
to operate a space station under the Commission's rules.
    (ii) Granting the modification request would not serve the public 
interest, convenience, and necessity.
    (iii) Except as set forth in paragraph (d)(2)(iv) of this section, 
applications for modifications of GSO-like space station authorizations 
granted pursuant to the procedure set forth in Sec.  25.158, which seek 
to relocate a GSO satellite or add a frequency band to the 
authorization, will be placed in a queue pursuant to Sec.  25.158 and 
considered only after previously filed space station license 
applications or space station modification applications have been 
considered.
    (iv) Applications for modifications of space station authorizations 
to increase the authorized bandwidth will not be considered in cases in 
which the original space station authorization was granted pursuant to 
the procedures set forth in Sec.  25.157(e) or Sec.  25.158(c)(4).
    (v) Any 17/24 GHz BSS space station operator whose license is 
conditioned to operate at less than the power level otherwise permitted 
by Sec.  25.208(c) and/or (w) of this part, and is conditioned to accept 
interference from a neighboring 17/24 GHz BSS space station, may file a 
modification application to remove those two conditions in the event 
that the license for that neighboring space station is cancelled or 
surrendered. In the event that two or more such modification 
applications are filed, and those applications are mutually exclusive, 
the modification applications will be considered on a first-come, first-
served basis pursuant to the procedure set forth in Sec.  25.158 of this 
part.
    (3) In the event that a space station licensee provides notification 
of a planned license modification pursuant to Sec.  25.118(e), and the 
Commission finds that the proposed modification does not meet the 
requirements of Sec.  25.118(e), the Commission will issue a public 
notice announcing that the proposed license modification will be 
considered pursuant to the procedure specified in paragraphs (d)(1) and 
(d)(2) of this section.

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    (e) Any application for modification of authorization to extend a 
required date of completion, as set forth in Sec.  25.133 for earth 
station authorizations or Sec.  25.164 for space stations, or included 
as a condition of any earth station or space station authorization, must 
include a verified statement from the applicant:
    (1) That states that the additional time is required due to 
unforeseeable circumstances beyond the applicant's control, describes 
these circumstances with specificity, and justifies the precise 
extension period requested; or
    (2) That states there are unique and overriding public interest 
concerns that justify an extension, identifies these interests and 
justifies a precise extension period (f) An application for modification 
of a space station license to add an ancillary terrestrial component to 
an eligible satellite network will be treated as a request for a minor 
modification if the particulars of operations provided by the applicant 
comply with the criteria specified in Sec.  25.149. Notwithstanding the 
treatment of such an application as a minor modification, the Commission 
shall place any initial application for the modification of a space 
station license to add an ancillary terrestrial component on notice for 
public comment. Except as provided for in Sec.  25.149(f), no 
application for authority to add an ancillary terrestrial component to 
an eligible satellite network shall be granted until the applicant has 
demonstrated actual compliance with the criteria specified in Sec.  
25.149(b).
    (g) In cases where an earth station licensee proposes additional 
transmitters, facilities, or modifications, the resulting transmissions 
of which can reasonably be expected to cause the power density to exceed 
the RF exposure limits specified in part 1, subpart I of this chapter by 
five percent, the licensee must submit an environmental assessment 
pursuant to Sec.  1.1307(b)(3)(i) of this chapter as an attachment to 
its modification application.
    (h) Unless otherwise ordered by the Commission, an application for 
any of the following kinds of modification of the operation of a GSO 
space station will be deemed granted 35 days after the date of the 
public notice that the application has been accepted for filing, 
provided no objection is filed during the 30-day notice period and the 
application does not propose a change that would be inconsistent with a 
Commission rule or require modification of the BSS plan in Appendix 30 
or the associated feeder-link Plan in Appendix 30A of the ITU Radio 
Regulations (both incorporated by reference, see Sec.  25.108).
    (1) Relocation of a DBS or GSO FSS space station by no more than 
0.15[deg] from the initially authorized orbital location, provided the 
application includes a signed certification that:
    (i) The space station operator has assessed and limited the 
probability of the satellite becoming a source of debris as a result of 
collisions with large debris or other operational satellites at the new 
orbital location; and
    (ii) The proposed station-keeping volume of the satellite following 
relocation will not overlap a station-keeping volume reasonably expected 
to be occupied by any other satellite, including those authorized by the 
Commission, applied for and pending before the Commission, or otherwise 
the subject of an ITU filing and either in orbit or progressing towards 
launch.
    (2) Repositioning one or more antenna beams by no more than 0.3 
angular degrees from a line between the space station and the initially 
authorized boresight location(s).

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 9952, Mar. 12, 1996; 62 
FR 5928, Feb. 10, 1997; 68 FR 33649, June 5, 2003; 68 FR 47858, Aug. 12, 
2003; 68 FR 51503, Aug. 27, 2003; 68 FR 62248, Nov. 3, 2003; 68 FR 
63998, Nov. 12, 2003; 69 FR 47794, Aug. 6, 2004; 70 FR 32253, June 2, 
2005; 72 FR 60279, Oct. 24, 2007; 78 FR 8421, Feb. 6, 2013; 81 FR 55328, 
Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.118  Modifications not requiring prior authorization.

    (a) Earth station modifications, notification required. Earth 
station licensees may make the following modifications without prior 
Commission authorization, provided they notify the Commission, using FCC 
Form 312 and Schedule B, within 30 days of the modification. The 
notification must be filed electronically through the International 
Bureau Filing System (IBFS) in accordance with the applicable provisions 
of part 1, subpart Y of this chapter.

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    (1) Blanket-licensed earth station operators may add remote 
terminals operating on a primary basis without prior authorization, 
provided they have complied with all applicable frequency coordination 
procedures in accordance with Sec.  25.251.
    (2) A licensee providing service on a private carrier basis may 
change its operations to common carrier status without obtaining prior 
Commission authorization. The licensee must notify the Commission using 
FCC Form 312 within 30 days after the completed change to common carrier 
status.
    (3) An earth station operator may change a point of communication 
without prior authorization, provided the operator does not repoint the 
earth station's antenna beyond any coordinated range; and
    (i) The change results from a space station relocation described in 
paragraph (e) of this section, or
    (ii) The new point of communication is a replacement GSO space 
station within 0.15[deg] of orbital longitude of 
the same location, with authority to serve the U.S., and the change does 
not entail any increase in the earth station's EIRP or EIRP density.
    (4) Licensees may make other changes to their authorized earth 
stations without prior authority from the Commission, provided the 
modification does not involve:
    (i) An increase in EIRP or EIRP density (either main lobe or off-
axis);
    (ii) Additional operating frequencies;
    (iii) A change in polarization;
    (iv) An increase in antenna height;
    (v) Antenna repointing beyond any coordinated range or
    (vi) A change from the originally authorized coordinates of more 
than 1 second in latitude or longitude for stations operating in 
frequency bands shared with terrestrial systems or more than 10 seconds 
of latitude or longitude for stations operating in frequency bands not 
shared with terrestrial systems.
    (b) Earth station modifications, notification not required. 
Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this section, equipment in an 
authorized earth station may be replaced without prior authorization and 
without notifying the Commission if the new equipment is electrically 
identical to the existing equipment.
    (c)-(d) [Reserved]
    (e) Relocation of GSO space stations. A space station licensee may 
relocate a GSO space station without prior authorization, but upon 30 
days prior notice to the Commission and any potentially affected 
licensed spectrum user, provided that the operator meets the following 
requirements. The notification must be filed electronically on FCC Form 
312 through the International Bureau Filing System (IBFS) in accordance 
with the applicable provisions of part 1, subpart Y of this chapter:
    (1) The space station will be relocated to a position within 0.15[deg] of an orbital location assigned to the same 
licensee.
    (2) The licensee certifies that the space station will operate after 
the relocation within the technical parameters authorized and 
coordinated for the space station previously assigned to that location.
    (3) The licensee certifies that it will comply with all the 
conditions of its license for operation at the changed location.
    (4) The licensee certifies that it will limit operations of the 
space station to tracking, telemetry, and command functions during the 
relocation and satellite drift transition period.
    (5) The licensee certifies that:
    (i) It has assessed and limited the probability of the satellite 
becoming a source of debris as a result of collisions with large debris 
or other operational satellites at the new orbital location; and
    (ii) The proposed station-keeping volume of the satellite following 
relocation will not overlap a station-keeping volume reasonably expected 
to be occupied by any other satellite, including those authorized by the 
Commission, applied for and pending before the Commission, or otherwise 
the subject of an ITU filing and either in orbit or progressing towards 
launch.
    (6) The licensee certifies that the relocation will not result in a 
lapse of service for any current customer.
    (7) If the space station to be relocated is a DBS space station, the 
licensee certifies that there will be no

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increase in interference due to the operations of the relocated space 
station that would require the Commission to submit a proposed 
modification to the ITU Appendix 30 Broadcasting-Satellite Service Plan 
and/or the Appendix 30A feeder-link Plan (both incorporated by 
reference, see Sec.  25.108) to the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau. A DBS 
licensee that meets this certification requirement is not subject to the 
requirements in paragraph (e)(2) of this section.
    (8) If the space station to be relocated is a DBS space station, the 
licensee certifies that it will meet the geographic service requirements 
in Sec.  25.148(c) after the relocation.
    (f) Repositioning of NGSO space stations. A licensee may reposition 
NGSO space stations within an authorized orbital plane without prior 
Commission approval, provided the licensee notifies the Commission of 
the repositioning 10 days in advance by electronic filing on Form 312 in 
the International Bureau Filing System. The notification must specify 
all changes in previously authorized parameters and must certify the 
following:
    (1) The licensee will continue to comply with the conditions of the 
space station license and all applicable Commission rules, including 
geographic coverage requirements, after the repositioning;
    (2) The repositioning will not increase risk of harmful interference 
to other systems not permitted by coordination agreements;
    (3) The licensee will not request increased interference protection 
because of the repositioning;
    (4) The licensee will monitor collision risk during the maneuver and 
take any necessary evasive measures.
    (5) Any change of orbital altitude entailed by the repositioning 
will not exceed 10 kilometers in extent or 30 days in duration and the 
licensee has notified, or will notify, the operator(s) of any satellite 
within 20 kilometers of the interim orbit at least 10 days before 
commencing the repositioning maneuver.

[62 FR 5928, Feb. 10, 1997, as amended at 68 FR 62248, Nov. 3, 2003; 68 
FR 63999, Nov. 12, 2003; 69 FR 47794, Aug. 6, 2004; 70 FR 32253, June 2, 
2005; 79 FR 8317, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55329, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.119  Assignment or transfer of control of station authorization.

    (a) You must file an application for Commission authorization before 
you can transfer, assign, dispose of (voluntarily or involuntarily, 
directly or indirectly, or by transfer of control of any corporation or 
any other entity) your construction permit or station license, or 
accompanying rights, except as provided in paragraph (h) of this 
section. The Commission will grant your application only if it finds 
that doing so will serve the public interest, convenience, and 
necessity.
    (b) For purposes of this section, transfers of control requiring 
Commission approval shall include any and all transactions that:
    (1) Change the party controlling the affairs of the licensee, or
    (2) Effect any change in a controlling interest in the ownership of 
the licensee, including changes in legal or equitable ownership.
    (c) Assignment of license. You must submit an FCC Form 312, Main 
Form and Schedule A to voluntarily assign (e.g., as by contract or other 
agreement) or involuntarily assign (e.g., as by death, bankruptcy, or 
legal disability) your station authorization. You must file these forms 
electronically through IBFS.
    (d) Transfer of control of corporation holding license. If you want 
to transfer control of a corporation, which holds one or more licenses 
voluntarily or involuntarily (de jure or de facto), you must submit an 
FCC Form 312, Main Form and Schedule A. You must file these forms 
electronically through IBFS. For involuntary transfers, you must file 
your application within 10 days of the event causing the transfer of 
control. You can also use FCC Form 312, Main Form and Schedule A for 
non-substantial (pro forma) transfers of control.
    (e) Whenever a group of station licenses in the same radio service 
for the

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same class of facility licensed to the same entity is to be assigned or 
transferred to a single assignee or transferee, a single application may 
be filed to cover the entire group, if the application identifies in an 
exhibit each station by call sign, station location and expiration date 
of license.
    (f) Assignments and transfers of control shall be completed within 
180 days from the date of authorization. Within 30 days of consummation, 
the Commission shall be notified by letter of the date of consummation 
and the file numbers of the applications involved in the transaction.
    (g) The Commission retains discretion in reviewing assignments and 
transfers of control of space station licenses to determine whether the 
initial license was obtained in good faith with the intent to construct 
a satellite system.
    (h) Pro forma transactions involving a telecommunications carrier. 
You do not need prior Commission approval for a non-substantial (pro 
forma) transfer of control or assignment of license involving a 
telecommunications carrier, as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153(51). However, 
the pro forma transferee or assignee must file a notification with the 
Commission no later than 30 days after the transfer or assignment is 
completed. The notification must be filed on FCC Form 312, Main Form and 
Schedule A and must contain a certification that the transfer of control 
or assignment was pro forma and that, together with all previous pro 
forma transactions, it did not result in a change in the actual 
controlling party.
    (i) Pro forma transactions not involving a telecommunications 
carrier. A complete application for Commission approval of a non-
substantial (pro forma) transfer of control or assignment of license not 
involving a telecommunications carrier, as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153(51), 
will be deemed granted one business day after filing, provided that:
    (1) Approval does not require a waiver of, or a declaratory ruling 
pertaining to, any applicable Commission rule; and
    (2) The application includes a certification that the proposed 
transfer of control or assignment is pro forma and that, together with 
all previous pro forma transactions, it would not result in a change in 
the actual controlling party.
    (j) Receive-only earth station registrations. You do not need prior 
Commission approval for a transfer of control or assignment of a 
receive-only earth station registration. For all such transactions other 
than non-substantial (pro forma) transfers of control, the transferee or 
assignee must file a notification with the Commission on FCC Form 312, 
Main Form and Schedule A no later than 30 days after the transfer or 
assignment is completed. No notification is required for a pro forma 
transfer of control of a receive-only earth station registrant.

[56 FR 24016, May 20, 1991; 56 FR 29757, June 20, 1991. Redesignated and 
amended at 62 FR 5928, 5929, Feb. 10, 1997; 68 FR 51503, Aug. 27, 2003; 
69 FR 29901, May 26, 2004; 78 FR 8421, Feb. 6, 2013; 79 FR 51264, Aug. 
28, 2014; 81 FR 55329, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.120  Application for special temporary authorization.

    (a) In circumstances requiring immediate or temporary use of 
facilities, request may be made for special temporary authority to 
install and/or operate new or modified equipment. The request must 
contain the full particulars of the proposed operation including all 
facts sufficient to justify the temporary authority sought and the 
public interest therein. No request for temporary authority will be 
considered unless it is received by the Commission at least 3 working 
days prior to the date of proposed construction or operation or, where 
an extension is sought, the expiration date of the existing temporary 
authorization. A request received within less than 3 working days may be 
accepted only upon due showing of extraordinary reasons for the delay in 
submitting the request which could not have been earlier foreseen by the 
applicant. A copy of the request for special temporary authority also 
shall be forwarded to the Commission's Columbia Operations Center, 9200 
Farm House Lane, Columbia, MD 21046-1609.
    (b)(1) The Commission may grant a temporary authorization only upon 
a finding that there are extraordinary circumstances requiring temporary 
operations in the public interest and that

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delay in the institution of these temporary operations would seriously 
prejudice the public interest. Convenience to the applicant, such as 
marketing considerations or meeting scheduled customer in-service dates, 
will not be deemed sufficient for this purpose.
    (2) The Commission may grant a temporary authorization for a period 
not to exceed 180 days, with additional periods not exceeding 180 days, 
if the Commission has placed the special temporary authority (STA) 
request on public notice.
    (3) The Commission may grant a temporary authorization for a period 
not to exceed 60 days, if the STA request has not been placed on public 
notice, and the applicant plans to file a request for regular authority 
for the service.
    (4) The Commission may grant a temporary authorization for a period 
not to exceed 30 days, if the STA request has not been placed on public 
notice, and an application for regular authority is not contemplated.
    (c) Each application proposing construction of one or more earth 
station antennas or alteration of the overall height of one or more 
existing earth station antenna structures, where FAA notification prior 
to such construction or alteration is required by part 17 of this 
chapter, must include the FCC Antenna Structure Registration Number(s) 
for the affected satellite earth station antenna(s). If no such number 
has been assigned at the time the application(s) is filed, the applicant 
must state in the application whether the satellite earth station 
antenna owner has notified the FAA of the proposed construction or 
alteration and applied to the FCC for an Antenna Structure Registration 
Number in accordance with part 17 of this chapter. Applications 
proposing construction of one or more earth station antennas or 
alteration of the overall height of one or more existing earth station 
antennas, where FAA notification prior to such construction or 
alteration is not required by part 17 of this chapter, must indicate 
such and, unless the satellite earth station antenna is 6.10 meters or 
less above ground level (AGL), must contain a statement explaining why 
FAA notification is not required.

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 4367, Feb. 6, 1996. 
Redesignated and amended at 62 FR 5928, 5929, Feb. 10, 1997; 66 FR 9973, 
Feb. 13, 2001; 68 FR 51503, Aug. 27, 2003]



Sec.  25.121  License term and renewals.

    (a) License Term. (1) Except for licenses for DBS space stations, 
SDARS space stations and terrestrial repeaters, and 17/24 GHz BSS space 
stations licensed as broadcast facilities, licenses for facilities 
governed by this part will be issued for a period of 15 years.
    (2) Licenses for DBS space stations and 17/24 GHz BSS space stations 
licensed as broadcast facilities, and for SDARS space stations and 
terrestrial repeaters, will be issued for a period of 8 years. Licenses 
for DBS space stations not licensed as broadcast facilities will be 
issued for a period of 10 years.
    (b) The Commission reserves the right to grant or renew station 
licenses for less than 15 years if, in its judgment, the public 
interest, convenience and necessity will be served by such action.
    (c) For earth stations, the license term will be specified in the 
instrument of authorization.
    (d) Space stations. (1) For geostationary-orbit space stations, the 
license term will begin at 3 a.m. Eastern Time on the date when the 
licensee notifies the Commission pursuant to Sec.  25.173(b) that the 
space station has been successfully placed into orbit at its assigned 
orbital location and that its operations conform to the terms and 
conditions of the space station authorization.
    (2) For non-geostationary orbit space stations, the license period 
will begin at 3 a.m. Eastern Time on the date when the licensee notifies 
the Commission pursuant to Sec.  25.173(b) that operation of an initial 
space station is compliant with the license terms and conditions and 
that the space station has been placed in its authorized orbit. 
Operating authority for all space stations subsequently brought into 
service pursuant to the license will terminate upon its expiration.

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    (e) Renewal of licenses. Applications for renewals of earth station 
licenses must be submitted on FCC Form 312R no earlier than 90 days, and 
no later than 30 days, before the expiration date of the license. 
Applications for space station system replacement authorization for non-
geostationary orbit satellites shall be filed no earlier than 90 days, 
and no later than 30 days, prior to the end of the twelfth year of the 
existing license term.

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 58 FR 68059, Dec. 23, 1993; 59 
FR 53327, Oct. 21, 1994. Redesignated and amended at 62 FR 5928, 5929, 
Feb. 10, 1997; 65 FR 59142, Oct. 4, 2000; 67 FR 12485, Mar. 19, 2002; 67 
FR 51113, Aug. 7, 2002; 68 FR 51503, Aug. 27, 2003; 68 FR 63999, Nov. 
12, 2003; 72 FR 50027, Aug. 29, 2007; 75 FR 45067, Aug. 2, 2010; 79 FR 
8317, Feb. 12, 2014]



Sec.  25.129  Equipment authorization for portable earth-station
transceivers.

    (a) Except as expressly permitted by Sec.  2.803 or Sec.  2.1204 of 
this chapter, prior authorization must be obtained pursuant to the 
equipment certification procedure in part 2, subpart J of this chapter 
for importation, sale or lease in the United States, or offer, shipment, 
or distribution for sale or lease in the United States of portable 
earth-station transceivers subject to regulation under part 25. This 
requirement does not apply, however, to devices imported, sold, leased, 
or offered, shipped, or distributed for sale or lease before November 
20, 2004.
    (b) For purposes of this section, an earth-station transceiver is 
portable if it is a ``portable device'' as defined in Sec.  2.1093(b) of 
this chapter, i.e., if its radiating structure(s) would be within 20 
centimeters of the operator's body when the transceiver is in operation.
    (c) In addition to the information required by Sec. Sec.  1.1307(b) 
and 2.1033(c) of this chapter, applicants for certification required by 
this section must submit any additional equipment test data necessary to 
demonstrate compliance with pertinent standards for transmitter 
performance prescribed in Sec. Sec.  25.138, 25.202(f), and 25.216, must 
submit the statements required by Sec.  2.1093(c) of this chapter, and 
must demonstrate compliance with the labeling requirement in Sec.  
25.285(b).
    (d) Applicants for certification required by this section must 
submit evidence that the devices in question are designed for use with a 
satellite system that may lawfully provide service to users in the 
United States pursuant to an FCC license or order reserving spectrum.

[69 FR 5709, Feb. 6, 2004, as amended at 79 FR 8317, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 
FR 55330, Aug. 18, 2016]

                             Earth Stations



Sec.  25.130  Filing requirements for transmitting earth stations.

    (a) Applications for a new or modified transmitting earth station 
facility shall be submitted on FCC Form 312, and associated Schedule B, 
accompanied by any required exhibits, except for those earth station 
applications filed on FCC Form 312EZ pursuant to Sec.  25.115(a). All 
such earth station license applications must be filed electronically 
through the International Bureau Filing System (IBFS) in accordance with 
the applicable provisions of part 1, subpart Y of this chapter. 
Additional filing requirements for Earth Stations on Vessels are 
described in Sec. Sec.  25.221 and 25.222. Additional filing 
requirements for Vehicle-Mounted Earth Stations are described in Sec.  
25.226. Additional filing requirements for Earth Stations Aboard 
Aircraft are described in Sec.  25.227. In addition, applicants that are 
not required to submit applications on Form 312EZ, other than ESV, VMES 
or ESAA applicants, must submit the following information to be used as 
an ``informative'' in the public notice issued under Sec.  25.151 as an 
attachment to their application:
    (1) A detailed description of the service to be provided, including 
frequency bands and satellites to be used. The applicant must identify 
either the specific satellite(s) with which it plans to operate, or the 
eastern and western boundaries of the arc it plans to coordinate.
    (2) The diameter or equivalent diameter of the antenna.
    (3) Proposed power and power density levels.
    (4) Identification of any random access technique, if applicable.
    (5) Identification of a specific rule or rules for which a waiver is 
requested.

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    (b)(1) Applicants for earth stations transmitting in frequency bands 
shared with equal rights between terrestrial and space services must 
provide a frequency coordination analysis in accordance with Sec.  
25.203(b), and must include any notification or demonstration required 
by any other relevant provision in Sec.  25.203.
    (2) Applicants for user transceiver units associated with the NVNG 
MSS must provide the information required by Sec.  25.135.
    (3) Applicants for 1.6/2.4 GHz MSS user transceivers must 
demonstrate that the transceivers will operate in compliance with 
relevant requirements in Sec.  25.213.
    (4) Applicants for earth stations licensed in accordance with Sec.  
25.136 must demonstrate that the transmitting earth stations will meet 
the relevant criteria specified in that section, including any showings 
required under Sec.  25.136(a)(4), (c), (d)(4), and/or (e)(4).
    (c) In those cases where an applicant is filing a number of 
essentially similar applications, showings of a general nature 
applicable to all of the proposed stations may be submitted in the 
initial application and incorporated by reference in subsequent 
applications.
    (d) Transmissions of signals or programming to non-U.S. licensed 
satellites, and to and/or from foreign points by means of U.S.-licensed 
fixed satellites may be subject to restrictions as a result of 
international agreements or treaties. The Commission will maintain 
public information on the status of any such agreements.
    (e) [Reserved]
    (f) Applicants seeking to operate in a shared government/non-
government band must provide the half-power beam width of their proposed 
earth station antenna, as an attachment to their applications.
    (g) Parties may apply, either in an initial application or an 
application for modification of license, for operating authority for 
multiple transmitting FSS earth stations that are not eligible for 
blanket or network licensing under another section of this part in the 
following circumstances:
    (1) The antennas would transmit in frequency bands shared with 
terrestrial services on a co-primary basis and the antennas would be 
sited within an area bounded by 1 second of latitude and 1 second of 
longitude.
    (2) The antennas would transmit in frequency bands allocated to FSS 
on a primary basis and there is no co-primary allocation for terrestrial 
services, and the antennas would be sited within an area bounded by 10 
seconds of latitude and 10 seconds of longitude.

    Note 1 to paragraph (g): This paragraph does not apply to 
applications for blanket-licensed earth station networks filed pursuant 
to Sec.  25.115(c) or Sec.  25.218; applications for conventional Ka-
band hub stations filed pursuant to Sec.  25.115(e); applications for 
NGSO FSS gateway earth stations filed pursuant to Sec.  25.115(f); 
applications for individually licensed earth stations filed pursuant to 
Sec.  25.136; applications filed pursuant to Sec. Sec.  25.221, Sec.  
25.222, Sec.  25.226, or Sec.  25.227; or applications for 29 GHz NGSO 
MSS feeder-link stations in a complex as defined in Sec.  25.257.

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 58 FR 68059, Dec. 23, 1993; 59 
FR 53327, Oct. 21, 1994; 61 FR 4367, Feb. 6, 1996; 61 FR 9952, Mar. 12, 
1996; 62 FR 5929, Feb. 10, 1997; 62 FR 64172, Dec. 4, 1997; 69 FR 29901, 
May 26, 2004; 69 FR 47795, Aug. 6, 2004; 70 FR 4783, Jan. 31, 2005; 70 
FR 32253, June 2, 2005; 74 FR 57098, Nov. 4, 2009; 78 FR 14926, Mar. 8, 
2013; 79 FR 8317, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55330, Aug. 18, 2016; 83 FR 63, 
Jan. 2, 2018; 84 FR 20819, May 13, 2019]



Sec.  25.131  Filing requirements and registration for receive-only
earth stations.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (j) of this section, 
applications for licenses for receive-only earth stations shall be 
submitted on FCC Form 312, Main Form and Schedule B, accompanied by any 
required exhibits and the information described in Sec.  25.130(a)(1) 
through (a)(5). Such applications must be filed electronically through 
the International Bureau Filing System (IBFS) in accordance with the 
applicable provisions of part 1, subpart Y of this chapter.
    (b) Receive-only earth stations in the FSS that operate with U.S.-
licensed space stations, or with non-U.S.-licensed space stations that 
have been duly approved for U.S. market access, may be registered with 
the Commission in order to protect them from interference from 
terrestrial microwave stations in bands shared co-equally with the Fixed 
Service in accordance with

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the procedures of Sec. Sec.  25.203 and 25.251, subject to the stricture 
in Sec.  25.209(c).
    (c) Licensing or registration of receive-only earth stations with 
the Commission confers no authority to receive and use signals or 
programming received from satellites. See section 705 of the 
Communications Act. 47 U.S.C. 605.
    (d) Applications for registration must be filed on FCC Form 312, 
Main Form and Schedule B, accompanied by the coordination exhibit 
required by Sec.  25.203 and any other required exhibits.
    (e) Complete applications for registration will be placed on public 
notice for 30 days and automatically granted if no objection is 
submitted to the Commission and served on the applicant. Additional 
pleadings are authorized in accordance with Sec.  1.45 of this chapter.
    (f) The registration of a receive-only earth station results in the 
listing of an authorized frequency band at the location specified in the 
registration. Interference protection levels are those agreed to during 
coordination.
    (g) Reception of signals or programming from non-U.S. satellites may 
be subject to restrictions as a result of international agreements or 
treaties. The Commission will maintain public information on the status 
of any such agreements.
    (h) Registration term: Registrations for receive-only earth stations 
governed by this section will be issued for a period of 15 years from 
the date on which the application was filed. Applications for renewals 
of registrations must be submitted on FCC Form 312R (Application for 
Renewal of Radio Station License in Specified Services) no earlier than 
90 days and no later than 30 days before the expiration date of the 
registration.
    (i) Applications for modification of license or registration of 
receive-only earth stations shall be made in conformance with Sec. Sec.  
25.117 and 25.118. In addition, registrants are required to notify the 
Commission when a receive-only earth station is no longer operational or 
when it has not been used to provide any service during any 6-month 
period.
    (j)(1) Except as set forth in paragraph (j)(2) of this section, 
receive-only earth stations operating with non-U.S. licensed space 
stations shall file an FCC Form 312 requesting a license or modification 
to operate such station.
    (2) Operators of receive-only earth stations need not apply for a 
license to receive transmissions from non-U.S.-licensed space stations 
that have been duly approved for U.S. market access, provided the space 
station operator and earth station operator comply with all applicable 
rules in this chapter and with applicable conditions in the Permitted 
Space Station List or market-access grant.

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 9952, Mar. 12, 1996; 62 
FR 5929, Feb. 10, 1997; 62 FR 64172, Dec. 4, 1997; 65 FR 58466, Sept. 
29, 2000; 67 FR 12485, Mar. 19, 2002; 68 FR 62249, Nov. 3, 2003; 68 FR 
63999, Nov. 12, 2003; 69 FR 29901, May 26, 2004; 69 FR 47795, Aug. 6, 
2004; 70 FR 32253, June 2, 2005; 78 FR 8421, Feb. 6, 2013; 79 FR 8318, 
Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55330, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.132  Verification of earth station antenna performance.

    (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, 
applications for transmitting earth stations in the FSS, including 
feeder-link stations, must include a certification that the applicant 
has reviewed the results of a series of radiation pattern tests 
performed by the antenna manufacturer on representative equipment in 
representative configurations, and the test results demonstrate that the 
equipment meets relevant off-axis gain standards in Sec.  25.209, 
measured in accordance with paragraph (b)(1) of this section. Applicants 
and licensees must be prepared to submit the radiation pattern 
measurements to the Commission on request.
    (2) Applicants that specify off-axis EIRP density pursuant to Sec.  
25.115(g)(1) are exempt from the certification requirement in paragraph 
(a)(1) of this section.
    (b)(1) For purposes of paragraph (a)(1) of this section and Sec.  
25.115(g)(1), the following measurements on a production antenna 
performed on calibrated antenna range must be made at the top and bottom 
of each frequency band assigned for uplink transmission:
    (i)(A) Co-polarized gain in the azimuth plane must be measured 
across a range extending to 180[deg] on each side of

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the main-lobe axis, and the measurements must be represented in two 
plots: one across the entire angular range of 180[deg] from the main-lobe axis and the other across 
10[deg] from the main-lobe axis.
    (B) Co-polarized gain must be measured from 0[deg] to 30[deg] from 
beam peak in the elevation plane.
    (ii) Cross-polarization gain must be measured across a range of plus 
and minus 7[deg] from beam peak in the azimuth and elevation planes.
    (iii) Main beam gain.
    (iv) For antennas with asymmetric apertures or beams, where the 
minor axis of the antenna beam (major axis of the antenna aperture) will 
not always be aligned parallel to the plane tangent to the GSO arc, the 
measurements in paragraphs (b)(1)(i) through (iii) of this section must 
be made over the angular ranges specified in paragraphs (b)(1)(i)(A) and 
(B) of this section in two orthogonal planes, with the antenna oriented 
at the maximum skew angle at which it will operate.
    (2) The relevant envelope specified in Sec.  25.209 must be 
superimposed on each measured pattern.
    (c) The tests specified in paragraph (b) of this section are 
normally performed at the manufacturer's facility; but for those 
antennas that are very large and only assembled on-site, on-site 
measurements may be used for product qualification data. If on-site data 
is to be used for qualification, the test frequencies and number of 
patterns should follow, where possible, the recommendations in paragraph 
(b) of this section, and the test data is to be submitted in the same 
manner as described in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (d) For each new or modified transmitting antenna over 3 meters in 
diameter, except antennas subject to measurement under Sec.  25.138(d), 
the following on-site verification measurements must be completed at one 
frequency on an available transponder in each frequency band of interest 
and submitted to the Commission.
    (1) Co-polarized patterns in the elevation plane, plus and minus 7 
degrees, in the transmit band.
    (2) Co-polarized patterns in the azimuth and elevation planes, plus 
and minus 7 degrees, in the receive band.
    (3) System cross-polarization discrimination on-axis. The FCC 
envelope specified in Sec.  25.209 shall be superimposed on each 
pattern. The transmit patterns are to be measured with the aid of a co-
operating earth station in coordination with the satellite system 
control center under the provisions of Sec.  25.272.
    (e) Certification that the tests required by paragraph (c) of this 
section have been satisfactorily performed shall be provided to the 
Commission in notification that construction of the facilities has been 
completed as required by Sec.  25.133.
    (f) Antennas less than 3 meters in diameter and antennas on simple 
(manual) drive mounts that are operated at a fixed site are exempt from 
the requirements of paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section provided that 
a detailed technical showing is made that confirms proper installation, 
pointing procedures, and polarization alignment and manufacturing 
quality control. These showing must also include a plan for periodic 
testing and field installation procedures and precautions.
    (g) Records of the results of the tests required by this section 
must be maintained at the antenna site or the earth station operator's 
control center and be available for inspection.

[58 FR 13419, Mar. 11, 1993, as amended at 69 FR 5710, Feb. 6, 2004; 70 
FR 32253, June 2, 2005; 72 FR 50028, Aug. 29, 2007; 74 FR 47102, Sept. 
15, 2009; 74 FR 57098, Nov. 4, 2009; 78 FR 14926, Mar. 8, 2013; 79 FR 
8318, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55330, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.133  Period of construction; certification of commencement
of operation.

    (a)(1) Each initial license for an earth station governed by this 
part, except for blanket licenses, will specify as a condition therein 
the period in which construction of facilities must be completed and 
station operation commenced. Construction of the earth station must be 
completed and the station must be brought into operation within 12 
months from the date of the license grant except as may be determined by 
the Commission for any particular application.
    (2) Operation of a network of earth stations at unspecified 
locations under

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an initial blanket license must commence within 12 months from the date 
of the license grant unless the Commission orders otherwise.
    (b)(1) Each initial license for a transmitting earth station or 
modified license authorizing operation of an additional transmitting 
antenna, except for blanket licenses, will also specify as a condition 
therein that upon completion of construction, the licensee must file 
with the Commission a certification containing the following 
information:
    (i) The name of the licensee;
    (ii) File number of the application;
    (iii) Call sign of the antenna;
    (iv) Date of the license;
    (v) A certification that the facility as authorized has been 
completed and that each antenna has been tested and found to perform 
within authorized gain patterns or off-axis EIRP density levels; and
    (vi) The date when the earth station became operational.
    (vii) A statement that the station will remain operational during 
the license period unless the license is submitted for cancellation.
    (2) For FSS earth stations authorized under a blanket license, the 
licensee must notify the Commission when the earth station network 
commences operation. The notification should include the information 
described in paragraphs (b)(1)(i) through (iv) of this section and a 
certification that each hub antenna, and a type of antenna used in 
remote stations in the network, has been tested and found to perform 
within authorized gain patterns or off-axis EIRP density levels. For any 
type of antenna whose performance was not certified when the network 
commenced operation, the licensee must submit the information and 
certification stated above for the antenna type when it is first 
deployed.
    (c) [Reserved]
    (d) Each receiving earth station licensed or registered pursuant to 
Sec.  25.131 must be constructed and placed into service within 6 months 
after coordination has been completed. Each licensee or registrant must 
file with the Commission a certification that the facility is completed 
and operating as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, with the 
exception of certification of antenna patterns.

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 58 FR 68059, Dec. 23, 1993; 59 
FR 53327, Oct. 21, 1994; 65 FR 59142, Oct. 4, 2000; 70 FR 32254, June 2, 
2005; 78 FR 8421, Feb. 6, 2013; 79 FR 8318, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55330, 
Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.134  [Reserved]



Sec.  25.135  Licensing provisions for earth station networks in the 
non-voice, non-geostationary Mobile-Satellite Service.

    (a) Each applicant for a blanket earth station license in the non-
voice, non-geostationary mobile-satellite service shall demonstrate that 
transceiver operations will not cause unacceptable interference to other 
authorized users of the spectrum, based on existing system information 
publicly available at the Commission at the time of filing, and will 
comply with operational conditions placed upon the systems with which 
they are to operate in accordance with Sec.  25.142(b). This 
demonstration shall include a showing as to all the technical 
parameters, including duty cycle and power limits, under which the 
individual user transceivers will operate.
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) Transceiver units in this service are authorized to communicate 
with and through U.S.-authorized space stations only.

[58 FR 68059, Dec. 23, 1993, as amended at 69 FR 5710, Feb. 6, 2004; 79 
FR 8319, Feb. 12, 2014]



Sec.  25.136  Earth Stations in the 24.75-25.25 GHz, 27.5-28.35 GHz,
37.5-40 GHz, 47.2-48.2, GHz and 50.4-51.4 GHz bands.

    (a) FSS is secondary to the Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service in 
the 27.5-28.35 GHz band. Notwithstanding that secondary status, an 
applicant for a license for a transmitting earth station in the 27.5-
28.35 GHz band that meets one of the following criteria may be 
authorized to operate without providing interference protection to 
stations in the Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service:
    (1) The FSS licensee also holds the relevant Upper Microwave 
Flexible Use Service license(s) for the area in which the earth station 
generates a power flux density (PFD), at 10 meters above

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ground level, of greater than or equal to -77.6 dBm/m\2\/MHz;
    (2) The FSS earth station was authorized prior to July 14, 2016; or
    (3) The application for the FSS earth station was filed prior to 
July 14, 2016 and has been subsequently granted; or
    (4) The applicant demonstrates compliance with all of the following 
criteria in its application:
    (i) There are no more than two other authorized earth stations 
operating in the 27.5-28.35 GHz band within the county where the 
proposed earth station is located that meet the criteria contained in 
either paragraph (a)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section. For purposes 
of this requirement, multiple earth stations that are collocated with or 
at a location contiguous to each other shall be considered as one earth 
station;
    (ii) The area in which the earth station generates a PFD, at 10 
meters above ground level, of greater than or equal to -77.6 dBm/m2/MHz, 
together with the similar area of any other earth station authorized 
pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, does not cover, in the 
aggregate, more than the amount of population of the UMFUS license area 
within which the earth station is located as noted in table 1 to this 
paragraph (a)(4)(ii):

                     Table 1 to Paragraph (a)(4)(ii)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Maximum permitted aggregate
                                            population within -77.6 dBm/
   Population within UMFUS license area        m\2\/MHz PFD contour of
                                                   earth stations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greater than 450,000......................  0.1 percent of population in
                                             UMFUS license area.
Between 6,000 and 450,000.................  450 people.
Fewer than 6,000..........................  7.5 percent of population in
                                             UMFUS license area.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (iii) The area in which the earth station generates a PFD, at 10 
meters above ground level, of greater than or equal to -77.6 dBm/m\2\/
MHz does not contain any major event venue, urban mass transit route, 
passenger railroad, or cruise ship port. In addition, the area mentioned 
in paragraph (a)(4)(ii) of this section shall not cross any of the 
following types of roads, as defined in functional classification 
guidelines issued by the Federal Highway Administration pursuant to 23 
CFR 470.105(b): Interstate, Other Freeways and Expressways, or Other 
Principal Arterial. The Federal Highway Administration Office of 
Planning, Environment, and Realty Executive Geographic Information 
System (HEPGIS) map contains information on the classification of roads. 
For purposes of this rule, an urban area shall be an Adjusted Urban Area 
as defined in section 101(a)(37) of Title 21 of the United States Code.
    (iv) The applicant has successfully completed frequency coordination 
with the UMFUS licensees within the area in which the earth station 
generates a PFD, at 10 meters above ground level, of greater than or 
equal to -77.6 dBm/m\2\/MHz with respect to existing facilities 
constructed and in operation by the UMFUS licensee. In coordinating with 
UMFUS licensees, the applicant shall use the applicable processes 
contained in Sec.  101.103(d) of this chapter.
    (b) Applications for earth stations in the 37.5-40 GHz band shall 
provide an exhibit describing the zone within which the earth station 
will require protection from transmissions of Upper Microwave Flexible 
Use Service licensees. For purposes of this rule, the protection zone 
shall consist of the area where UMFUS licensees may not locate 
facilities without the consent of the earth station licensee. The earth 
station applicant shall demonstrate in its application, using reasonable 
engineering methods, that the requested protection zone is necessary in 
order to protect its proposed earth station.
    (c) The protection zone (as defined in paragraph (b) of this 
section) shall comply with the following criteria. The applicant must 
demonstrate compliance with all of the following criteria in its 
application:
    (1) There are no more than two other authorized earth stations 
operating in the 37.5-40 GHz band within the county within which the 
proposed earth station is located that meet the criteria contained in 
paragraph (c) of this section, and there are no more than 14 other 
authorized earth stations operating in the 37.5-40 GHz band within the 
PEA within which the proposed earth station is located that meet the 
criteria contained in paragraph (c) of this section. For purposes of 
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that are collocated with or at a location contiguous to each other shall 
be considered as one earth station;
    (2) The protection zone, together with the protection zone of other 
earth stations in the same PEA authorized pursuant to this, does not 
cover, in the aggregate, more than the amount of population of the PEA 
within which the earth station is located as noted in table 2 to this 
paragraph (c)(2):

                       Table 2 to Paragraph (c)(2)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Maximum permitted aggregate
  Population within Partial Economic Area   population within protection
   (PEA) where earth station is located        zone of earth stations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greater than 2,250,000....................  0.1 percent of population in
                                             PEA.
Between 60,000 and 2,250,000..............  2,250 people.
Fewer than 60,000.........................  3.75 percent of population
                                             in PEA.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (3) The protection zone does not contain any major event venue, 
urban mass transit route, passenger railroad, or cruise ship port. In 
addition, the area mentioned in the preceding sentence shall not cross 
any of the following types of roads, as defined in functional 
classification guidelines issued by the Federal Highway Administration 
pursuant to 23 CFR 470.105(b): Interstate, Other Freeways and 
Expressways, or Other Principal Arterial. The Federal Highway 
Administration Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty Executive 
Geographic Information System (HEPGIS) map contains information on the 
classification of roads. For purposes of this rule, an urban area shall 
be an Adjusted Urban Area as defined in section 101(a)(37) of Title 21 
of the United States Code.
    (4) The applicant has successfully completed frequency coordination 
with the UMFUS licensees within the protection zone with respect to 
existing facilities constructed and in operation by the UMFUS licensee. 
In coordinating with UMFUS licensees, the applicant shall use the 
applicable processes contained in Sec.  101.103(d) of this chapter.
    (d) Notwithstanding that FSS is co-primary with the Upper Microwave 
Flexible Use Service in the 47.2-48.2 GHz band, earth stations in the 
47.2-48.2 GHz band shall be limited to individually licensed earth 
stations. An applicant for a license for a transmitting earth station in 
the 47.2-48.2 GHz band must meet one of the following criteria to be 
authorized to operate without providing any additional interference 
protection to stations in the Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service:
    (1) The FSS licensee also holds the relevant Upper Microwave 
Flexible Use Service license(s) for the area in which the earth station 
generates a PFD, at 10 meters above ground level, of greater than or 
equal to -77.6 dBm/m\2\/MHz; or
    (2) The earth station in the 47.2-48.2 GHz band was authorized prior 
to February 1, 2018; or
    (3) The application for the earth station in the 47.2-48.2 GHz band 
was filed prior to February 1, 2018; or
    (4) The applicant demonstrates compliance with all of the following 
criteria in its application:
    (i) There are no more than two other authorized earth stations 
operating in the 47.2-48.2 GHz band within the county where the proposed 
earth station is located that meet the criteria contained in paragraph 
(d)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section, and there are no more than 14 
other authorized earth stations operating in the 47.2-48.2 GHz band 
within the PEA where the proposed earth station is located that meet the 
criteria contained in paragraph (d)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this 
section. For purposes of this requirement, multiple earth stations that 
are collocated with or at a location contiguous to each other shall be 
considered as one earth station;
    (ii) The area in which the earth station generates a PFD, at 10 
meters above ground level, of greater than or equal to -77.6 dBm/m\2\/
MHz, together with the similar area of any other earth station 
authorized pursuant to paragraph (d) of this section, does not cover, in 
the aggregate, more than the amount of population of the PEA within 
which the earth station is located as noted in table 3 to this paragraph 
(d)(4)(ii):

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                     Table 3 to Paragraph (d)(4)(ii)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Maximum permitted aggregate
  Population within Partial Economic Area   population within -77.6 dBm/
   (PEA) where earth station is located        m\2\/MHz PFD contour of
                                                   earth stations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greater than 2,250,000....................  0.1 percent of population in
                                             PEA.
Between 60,000 and 2,250,000..............  2,250 people.
Fewer than 60,000.........................  3.75 percent of population
                                             in PEA.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (iii) The area in which the earth station generates a PFD, at 10 
meters above ground level, of greater than or equal to -77.6 dBm/m\2\/
MHz does not contain any major event venue, any highway classified by 
the U.S. Department of Transportation under the categories Interstate, 
Other Freeways and Expressways, or Other Principal Arterial, or an urban 
mass transit route, passenger railroad, or cruise ship port; and
    (iv) The applicant has successfully completed frequency coordination 
with the UMFUS licensees within the area in which the earth station 
generates a PFD, at 10 meters above ground level, of greater than or 
equal to -77.6 dBm/m\2\/MHz with respect to existing facilities 
constructed and in operation by the UMFUS licensee. In coordinating with 
UMFUS licensees, the applicant shall use the applicable processes 
contained in Sec.  101.103(d) of this chapter.
    (e) Notwithstanding that FSS is co-primary with the Upper Microwave 
Flexible Use Service in the 24.75-25.25 GHz and 50.4-51.4 GHz bands, 
earth stations in these bands shall be limited to individually licensed 
earth stations. An applicant for a license for a transmitting earth 
station in the 24.75-25.25 GHz or 50.4-51.4 GHz band must meet one of 
the following criteria to be authorized to operate without providing any 
additional interference protection to stations in the Upper Microwave 
Flexible Use Service:
    (1) The FSS licensee also holds the relevant Upper Microwave 
Flexible Use Service license(s) for the area in which the earth station 
generates a power flux density (PFD), at 10 meters above ground level, 
of greater than or equal to -77.6dBm/m\2\/MHz;
    (2) The earth station in the 24.75-25.25 GHz band was authorized 
prior to August 20, 2018; or the earth station in the 50.4-51.4 GHz band 
was authorized prior to June 12, 2019; or
    (3) The application for the earth station in the 24.75-25.25 GHz 
band was filed prior to August 20, 2018; or the application for the 
earth station in the 50.4-51.4 GHz band was filed prior to June 12, 
2019; or
    (4) The applicant demonstrates compliance with all of the following 
criteria in its application:
    (i) There are no more than two other authorized earth stations 
operating in the same frequency band within the county where the 
proposed earth station is located that meet the criteria contained in 
either paragraph (e)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section, and there are 
no more than 14 other authorized earth stations operating in the same 
frequency band within the Partial Economic Area where the proposed earth 
station is located that meet the criteria contained in paragraph (e)(1), 
(2), (3), or (4) of this section. For purposes of the requirement in 
this paragraph (e)(4), multiple earth stations that are collocated with 
or at a location contiguous to each other shall be considered as one 
earth station;
    (ii) The area in which the earth station generates a power flux 
density (PFD), at 10 meters above ground level, of greater than or equal 
to -77.6 dBm/m\2\/MHz, together with the similar area of any other earth 
station operating in the same frequency band authorized pursuant to 
paragraph (e) of this section, does not cover, in the aggregate, more 
than the amount of population of the county within which the earth 
station is located as noted in table 4 to this paragraph (e)(4)(ii):

                     Table 4 to Paragraph (e)(4)(ii)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Maximum permitted aggregate
 Population within the County where earth   population within -77.6 dBm/
            station is located                 m\2\/MHz PFD contour of
                                                   earth stations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greater than 450,000......................  0.1 percent of population in
                                             county.
Between 6,000 and 450,000.................  450 people.
Fewer than 6,000..........................  7.5 percent of population in
                                             county.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (iii) The area in which the earth station generates a PFD, at 10 
meters above ground level, of greater than or equal to -77.6 dBm/m2/MHz 
does not contain any major event venue, urban

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mass transit route, passenger railroad, or cruise ship port. In 
addition, the area mentioned in paragraph (e)(4)(ii) of this section 
shall not cross any of the following types of roads, as defined in 
functional classification guidelines issued by the Federal Highway 
Administration pursuant to 23 CFR 470.105(b): Interstate, Other Freeways 
and Expressways, or Other Principal Arterial. The Federal Highway 
Administration Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty Executive 
Geographic Information System (HEPGIS) map contains information on the 
classification of roads. For purposes of this paragraph (e)(4), an urban 
area shall be an Adjusted Urban Area as defined in section 101(a)(37) of 
Title 21 of the United States Code; and
    (iv) The applicant has successfully completed frequency coordination 
with the UMFUS licensees within the area in which the earth station 
generates a PFD, at 10 meters above ground level, of greater than or 
equal to -77.6 dBm/m2/MHz with respect to existing facilities 
constructed and in operation by the UMFUS licensee. In coordinating with 
UMFUS licensees, the applicant shall use the applicable processes 
contained in Sec.  101.103(d) of this chapter.
    (f) If an earth station applicant or licensee in the 24.75-25.25 
GHz, 27.5-28.35 GHz, 37.5-40 GHz, 47.2-48.2 GHz and/or 50.4-51.4 GHz 
bands enters into an agreement with an UMFUS licensee, their operations 
shall be governed by that agreement, except to the extent that the 
agreement is inconsistent with the Commission's rules or the 
Communications Act.
    (g) Any earth station authorizations issued pursuant to paragraph 
(a)(4), (c), (d)(4), or (e)(4) of this section shall be conditioned upon 
operation being in compliance with the criteria contained in the 
applicable paragraph.

[81 FR 79937, Nov. 14, 2016, as amended at 83 FR 63, Jan. 2, 2018; 83 FR 
34489, July 20, 2018; 84 FR 20819, May 13, 2019; 84 FR 47147, Sept. 9, 
2019]



Sec.  25.137  Requests for U.S. market access through non-U.S.
-licensed space stations.

    (a) Earth station applicants requesting authority to communicate 
with a non-U.S.-licensed space station and entities filing a petition 
for declaratory ruling to access the United States market using a non-
U.S.-licensed space station must attach an exhibit with their FCC Form 
312 demonstrating that U.S.-licensed satellite systems have effective 
competitive opportunities to provide analogous services in:
    (1) The country in which the non-U.S. licensed space station is 
licensed; and
    (2) All countries in which communications with the U.S. earth 
station will originate or terminate. The applicant bears the burden of 
showing that there are no practical or legal constraints that limit or 
prevent access of the U.S. satellite system in the relevant foreign 
markets. The exhibit required by this paragraph must also include a 
statement of why grant of the application is in the public interest. 
This paragraph shall not apply with respect to requests for authority to 
operate using a non-U.S. licensed satellite that is licensed by or 
seeking a license from a country that is a member of the World Trade 
Organization for services covered under the World Trade Organization 
Basic Telecommunications Agreement.
    (b) Any request pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section must be 
filed electronically through the International Bureau Filing System and 
must include an exhibit providing legal and technical information for 
the non-U.S.-licensed space station of the kind that Sec.  25.114 would 
require in a license application for that space-station, including but 
not limited to, information required to complete Schedule S. An 
applicant may satisfy this requirement by cross-referencing a pending 
application containing the requisite information or by citing a prior 
grant of authority to communicate via the space station in question in 
the same frequency bands to provide the same type of service.
    (c) A non-U.S.-licensed NGSO-like satellite system seeking to serve 
the United States can be considered contemporaneously with other U.S. 
NGSO-like satellite systems pursuant to Sec.  25.157 and considered 
before later-filed applications of other U.S. satellite system 
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serve the United States can have its request placed in a queue pursuant 
to Sec.  25.158 and considered before later-filed applications of other 
U.S. satellite system operators, if the non-U.S.-licensed satellite 
system:
    (1) Is in orbit and operating;
    (2) Has a license from another administration; or
    (3) Has been submitted for coordination to the International 
Telecommunication Union.
    (d) Earth station applicants requesting authority to communicate 
with a non-U.S.-licensed space station and entities filing a petition 
for declaratory ruling to access the United States market must 
demonstrate that the non-U.S.-licensed space station has complied with 
all applicable Commission requirements for non-U.S.-licensed systems to 
operate in the United States, including but not limited to the 
following:
    (1) Milestones;
    (2) Reporting requirements;
    (3) Any other applicable service rules;
    (4) The surety bond requirement in Sec.  25.165, for non-U.S.-
licensed space stations that are not in orbit and operating.
    (5) Recipients of U.S. market access for NGSO-like satellite 
operation that have one market access request on file with the 
Commission in a particular frequency band, or one granted market access 
request for an unbuilt NGSO-like system in a particular frequency band, 
will not be permitted to request access to the U.S. market through 
another NGSO-like system in that frequency band.
    (e) An entity requesting access to the United States market through 
a non-U.S.-licensed space station pursuant to a petition for declaratory 
ruling may amend its request by submitting an additional petition for 
declaratory ruling. Such additional petitions will be treated on the 
same basis as amendments filed by U.S. space station applicants for 
purposes of determining the order in which the petitions will be 
considered relative to pending applications and petitions.
    (f) A non-U.S.-licensed space station operator that has been granted 
access to the United States market pursuant to a declaratory ruling may 
modify its U.S. operations under the procedures set forth in Sec. Sec.  
25.117(d) and (h) and 25.118(e).
    (g) A non-U.S.-licensed satellite operator that acquires control of 
a non-U.S.-licensed space station that has been permitted to serve the 
United States must notify the Commission within 30 days after 
consummation of the transaction so that the Commission can afford 
interested parties an opportunity to comment on whether the transaction 
affected any of the considerations we made when we allowed the satellite 
operator to enter the U.S. market. A non-U.S.-licensed satellite that 
has been transferred to new owners may continue to provide service in 
the United States unless and until the Commission determines otherwise. 
If the transferee or assignee is not licensed by, or seeking a license 
from, a country that is a member of the World Trade Organization for 
services covered under the World Trade Organization Basic 
Telecommunications Agreement, the non-U.S.-licensed satellite operator 
will be required to make the showing described in paragraph (a) of this 
section.

[62 FR 64172, Dec. 4, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 61792, Nov. 15, 1999; 65 
FR 16327, Mar. 28, 2000; 65 FR 59143, Oct. 4, 2000; 68 FR 51503, Aug. 
27, 2003; 68 FR 62249, Nov. 3, 2003; 69 FR 51587, Aug. 20, 2004; 78 FR 
8422, Feb. 6, 2013; 81 FR 55331, Aug. 18, 2016; 81 FR 75344, Oct. 31, 
2016]



Sec.  25.138  Licensing requirements for GSO FSS earth stations in the
conventional Ka-band and the 24.75-25.25 GHz band.

    (a) Applications for earth station licenses in the GSO FSS in the 
conventional Ka-band or the 24.75-25.25 GHz band that indicate that the 
following requirements will be met and include the information required 
by relevant provisions in Sec. Sec.  25.115 and 25.130 may be routinely 
processed:
    (1) The EIRP density of co-polarized signals in the plane tangent to 
the GSO arc, as defined in Sec.  25.103, will not exceed the following 
values under clear sky conditions:

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32.5-25log([thgr])......................  dBW/MHz                          for 2.0[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
11.5....................................  dBW/MHz                          for 7[deg] <= [thgr] <= 9.2[deg]
35.5-25log([thgr])......................  dBW/MHz                          for 9.2[deg] <= [thgr] <= 19.1[deg]
3.5.....................................  dBW/MHz                          for 19.1[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Where:

[thgr] is the angle in degrees from a line from the earth station 
          antenna to the assigned orbital location of the target 
          satellite.

    (2) In the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc, as defined in Sec.  
25.103, the EIRP density of co-polarized signals will not exceed the 
following values under clear sky conditions:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
35.5-25log([thgr])......................  dBW/MHz                          for 3.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg]
14.4....................................  dBW/MHz                          for 7[deg] < [thgr] <= 9.2[deg]
38.5-25log([thgr])......................  dBW/MHz                          for 9.2[deg] < [thgr] <= 19.1[deg]
6.5.....................................  dBW/MHz                          for 19.1[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.

    (3) The EIRP density levels specified in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) 
of this section may be exceeded by up to 3 dB, for values of [thgr] 
 7[deg], over 10% of the range of theta ([thgr]) angles from 
7-180[deg] on each side of the line from the earth station to the target 
satellite.
    (4) The EIRP density of cross-polarized signals will not exceed the 
following values in the plane tangent to the GSO arc or in the plane 
perpendicular to the GSO arc under clear sky conditions:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
22.5-25log([thgr])......................  dBW/MHz                          for
                                                                           2.0[deg] < [thgr] <= 7.0[deg]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.

    (5) A license application for earth station operation in a network 
using variable power density control of earth stations transmitting 
simultaneously in shared frequencies to the same target satellite 
receiving beam may be routinely processed if the applicant certifies 
that the aggregate off-axis EIRP density from all co-frequency earth 
stations transmitting simultaneously to the same target satellite 
receiving beam, not resulting from colliding data bursts transmitted 
pursuant to a contention protocol, will not exceed the off-axis EIRP 
density limits permissible for a single earth station, as specified in 
paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(4) of this section.
    (6) The pfd at the Earth's surface produced by emissions from a 
space station operating in the conventional Ka-band, for all conditions 
including clear sky, and for all methods of modulation, shall not exceed 
a level of -118 dBW/m2/MHz, in addition to the limits specified in Sec.  
25.208(d).
    (b) Operation with off-axis EIRP density exceeding a relevant 
envelope specified in paragraph (a) of this section and applications 
proposing such operation are subject to coordination requirements in 
Sec.  25.220.
    (c)-(e) [Reserved]
    (f) The holder of a blanket license pursuant to this section will be 
responsible for operation of any transceiver to receive service provided 
by that licensee or provided by another party with the blanket 
licensee's consent. Space station operators may not transmit 
communications to or from user transceivers in the United States in the 
18.3-18.8 GHz, 19.7-20.2 GHz, 28.35-28.6 GHz, or 29.25-30.0 GHz band 
unless such communications are authorized under an FCC earth station 
license.

[65 FR 54169, Sept. 7, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 63515, Dec. 7, 2001; 68 
FR 16966, Apr. 8, 2003; 69 FR 5710, Feb. 6, 2004; 73 FR 70900, Nov. 24, 
2008; 79 FR 8319, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55331, Aug. 18, 2016; 83 FR 
34490, July 20, 2018]

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Sec.  25.139  NGSO FSS coordination and information sharing between 
MVDDS licensees in the 12.2 GHz to 12.7 GHz band.

    (a) NGSO FSS licensees shall maintain a subscriber database in a 
format that can be readily shared with MVDDS licensees for the purpose 
of determining compliance with the MVDDS transmitting antenna spacing 
requirement relating to qualifying existing NGSO FSS subscriber 
receivers set forth in Sec.  101.129 of this chapter. This information 
shall not be used for purposes other than set forth in Sec.  101.129 of 
this chapter. Only sufficient information to determine compliance with 
Sec.  101.129 of this chapter is required.
    (b) Within ten business days of receiving notification of the 
location of a proposed MVDDS transmitting antenna, the NGSO FSS licensee 
shall provide sufficient information from the database to enable the 
MVDDS licensee to determine whether the proposed MVDDS transmitting site 
meets the minimum spacing requirement.
    (c) If the location of the proposed MVDDS transmitting antenna site 
does not meet the separation requirements of Sec.  101.129 of this 
chapter, then the NGSO FSS licensee shall also indicate to the MVDDS 
licensee within the same ten day period specified in paragraph (b) of 
this section whether the proposed MVDDS transmitting site is acceptable 
at the proposed location.
    (d) Nothing in this section shall preclude NGSO FSS and MVDDS 
licensees from entering into an agreement to accept MVDDS transmitting 
antenna locations that are shorter-spaced from existing NGSO FSS 
subscriber receivers than the distance set forth in Sec.  101.129 of 
this chapter.

[67 FR 43037, June 26, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 43945, July 25, 2003]

                             Space Stations



Sec.  25.140  Further requirements for license applications for GSO
space station operation in the FSS and the 17/24 GHz BSS.

    (a)(1) In addition to the information required by Sec.  25.114, an 
applicant for GSO FSS space station operation involving transmission of 
analog video signals must certify that the proposed analog video 
operation has been coordinated with operators of authorized co-frequency 
space stations within six degrees of the requested orbital location.
    (2) In addition to the information required by Sec.  25.114, an 
applicant for GSO FSS space station operation, including applicants 
proposing feeder links for space stations operating in the 17/24 GHz 
BSS, that will be located at an orbital location less than two degrees 
from the assigned location of an authorized co-frequency GSO space 
station, must either certify that the proposed operation has been 
coordinated with the operator of the co-frequency space station or 
submit an interference analysis demonstrating the compatibility of the 
proposed system with the co-frequency space station. Such an analysis 
must include, for each type of radio frequency carrier, the link noise 
budget, modulation parameters, and overall link performance analysis. 
(See Appendices B and C to Licensing of Space Stations in the Domestic 
Fixed-Satellite Service, FCC 83-184, and the following public notices, 
copies of which are available in the Commission's EDOCS database, 
available at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs: DA 03-3863 and DA 04-1708.) The 
provisions in this paragraph do not apply to proposed analog video 
operation, which is subject to the requirement in paragraph (a)(1) of 
this section.
    (3) In addition to the information required by Sec.  25.114, an 
applicant for a GSO FSS space station, including applicants proposing 
feeder links for space stations operating in the 17/24 GHz BSS, must 
provide the following for operation other than analog video operation:
    (i) With respect to proposed operation in the conventional or 
extended C-bands, a certification that downlink EIRP density will not 
exceed 3 dBW/4kHz for digital transmissions or 8 dBW/4kHz for analog 
transmissions and that associated uplink operation will not exceed 
applicable EIRP density envelopes in Sec.  25.218 or Sec.  25.221(a)(1) 
unless the non-routine uplink and/or downlink operation is coordinated 
with operators of authorized co-frequency space stations at assigned 
locations within six degrees of the orbital location of the proposed 
space station and except as

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provided in paragraph (d) of this section.
    (ii) With respect to proposed operation in the conventional or 
extended Ku-bands, a certification that downlink EIRP density will not 
exceed 14 dBW/4kHz for digital transmissions or 17 dBW/4kHz for analog 
transmissions and that associated uplink operation will not exceed 
applicable EIRP density envelopes in Sec.  25.218, Sec.  25.222(a)(1), 
Sec.  25.226(a)(1), or Sec.  25.227(a)(1) unless the non-routine uplink 
and/or downlink operation is coordinated with operators of authorized 
co-frequency space stations at assigned locations within six degrees of 
the orbital location of the proposed space station and except as 
provided in paragraph (d) of this section.
    (iii) With respect to proposed operation in the conventional Ka-
band, a certification that the proposed space station will not generate 
power flux-density at the Earth's surface in excess of -118 dBW/m\2\/MHz 
and that associated uplink operation will not exceed applicable EIRP 
density envelopes in Sec.  25.138(a) unless the non-routine uplink and/
or downlink operation is coordinated with operators of authorized co-
frequency space stations at assigned locations within six degrees of the 
orbital location and except as provided in paragraph (d) of this 
section.
    (iv) With respect to proposed operation in the 24.75-25.25 GHz band 
(Earth-to-space), a certification that the proposed uplink operation 
will not exceed the applicable EIRP density envelopes in Sec.  25.138(a) 
and that the associated space station will not generate a power flux 
density at the Earth's surface in excess of the applicable limits in 
this part, unless the non-routine uplink and/or downlink FSS operation 
is coordinated with operators of authorized co-frequency space stations 
at assigned locations within six degrees of the orbital location and 
except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section.
    (v) With respect to proposed operation in the 4500-4800 MHz (space-
to-Earth), 6725-7025 MHz (Earth-to-space), 10.70-10.95 GHz (space-to-
Earth), 11.20-11.45 GHz (space-to-Earth), and/or 12.75-13.25 GHz (Earth-
to-space) bands, a statement that the proposed operation will take into 
account the applicable requirements of Appendix 30B of the ITU Radio 
Regulations (incorporated by reference, see Sec.  25.108) and a 
demonstration that it is compatible with other U.S. ITU filings under 
Appendix 30B.
    (vi) With respect to proposed operation in other FSS bands, an 
interference analysis demonstrating compatibility with any previously 
authorized co-frequency space station at a location two degrees away or 
a certification that the proposed operation has been coordinated with 
the operator(s) of the previously authorized space station(s). If there 
is no previously authorized space station at a location two degrees 
away, the applicant must submit an interference analysis demonstrating 
compatibility with a hypothetical co-frequency space station two degrees 
away with the same receiving and transmitting characteristics as the 
proposed space station.
    (b) Each applicant for a license to operate a space station 
transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band must provide the following 
information, in addition to that required by Sec.  25.114:
    (1)-(2) [Reserved]
    (3) An applicant for a license to operate a space station 
transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band must certify that the downlink 
power flux density on the Earth's surface will not exceed the values 
specified in Sec.  25.208(c) and/or (w), or must provide the 
certification specified in Sec.  25.114(d)(15)(ii).
    (4) An applicant for a license to operate a space station 
transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band to be located less than four 
degrees from a previously licensed or proposed space station 
transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band, must either certify that the 
proposed operation has been coordinated with the operator of the co-
frequency space station or provide an interference analysis of the kind 
described in paragraph (a) of this section, except that the applicant 
must demonstrate that its proposed network will not cause more 
interference to the adjacent space station transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 
GHz band operating in compliance with the technical requirements of this 
part, than if the applicant were locate at an orbital separation of four 
degrees from

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the previously licensed or proposed space station.
    (5) In addition to the requirements of paragraphs (b)(3) and (4) of 
this section, the link budget for any satellite in the 17.3-17.8 GHz 
band (space-to-Earth) must take into account longitudinal stationkeeping 
tolerances. Any applicant for a space station transmitting in the 17.3-
17.8 GHz band that has reached a coordination agreement with an operator 
of another space station to allow that operator to exceed the pfd levels 
specified in Sec.  25.208(c) or Sec.  25.208(w), must use those higher 
pfd levels for the purpose of this showing.
    (c) [Reserved]
    (d) An operator of a GSO FSS space station in the conventional or 
extended C-bands, conventional or extended Ku-bands, 24.75-25.25 GHz 
band (Earth-to-space), or conventional Ka-band may notify the Commission 
of its non-routine transmission levels and be relieved of the obligation 
to coordinate such levels with later applicants and petitioners.
    (1) The letter notification must include the downlink off-axis EIRP 
density levels or power flux density levels and/or uplink off-axis EIRP 
density levels, specified per frequency range and space station antenna 
beam, that exceed the relevant routine limits set forth in paragraphs 
(a)(3)(i) through (iii) of this section and Sec.  25.138(a), Sec.  
25.218, Sec.  25.221(a)(1), Sec.  25.222(a)(1), Sec.  25.226(a)(1), or 
Sec.  25.227(a)(1).
    (2) The notification will be placed on public notice pursuant to 
Sec.  25.151(a)(11).
    (3) Non-routine transmissions notified pursuant to this paragraph 
(d) need not be coordinated with operators of authorized co-frequency 
space stations that filed their complete applications or petitions after 
the date of filing of the notification with the Commission. Such later 
applicants and petitioners must accept any additional interference 
caused by the notified non-routine transmissions.
    (4) An operator of a replacement space station, as defined in Sec.  
25.165(e), may operate with non-routine transmission levels to the 
extent permitted under paragraph (d)(3) of this section for the replaced 
space station.
    (e)-(g) [Reserved]

[62 FR 5929, Feb. 10, 1997, as amended at 68 FR 51504, Aug. 27, 2003; 72 
FR 50028, Aug. 29, 2007; 72 FR 60279, Oct. 24, 2007; 78 FR 8422, Feb. 6, 
2013; 79 FR 8319, Feb. 12, 2014; 79 FR 44312, July 31, 2014; 81 FR 
55332, Aug. 18, 2016; 83 FR 34490, July 20, 2018]

    Effective Date Note: At 79 FR 44312, July 31, 2014, the amendatory 
instruction for Sec.  25.140 at 79 FR 8319, Feb. 12, 2014, was corrected 
by revising 19c to read ``Revise paragraph (b) introductory text to read 
as follows and remove and reserve paragraphs(b)(1) and (2)'' The revised 
paragraph contains information collection and recordkeeping requirements 
and will not become effective until approval has been given by the 
Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  25.142  Licensing provisions for the non-voice, non-geostationary
Mobile-Satellite Service.

    (a) Space station application requirements. (1) Each application for 
a space station system authorization in the non-voice, non-geostationary 
mobile-satellite service shall describe in detail the proposed non-
voice, non-geostationary mobile-satellite system, setting forth all 
pertinent technical and operational aspects of the system, and the 
technical and legal qualifications of the applicant. In particular, each 
application shall include the information specified in Sec.  25.114. 
Applicants must also file information demonstrating compliance with all 
requirements of this section, and showing, based on existing system 
information publicly available at the Commission at the time of filing, 
that they will not cause unacceptable interference to any non-voice, 
non-geostationary mobile-satellite service system authorized to 
construct or operate.
    (2) Applicants for a non-voice, non-geostationary Mobile-Satellite 
Service space station license must identify the power flux density 
produced at the Earth's surface by each space station of their system in 
the 137-138 MHz and 400.15-401 MHz bands, to allow determination of 
whether coordination with terrestrial services is required under any 
applicable footnote to the Table of Frequency Allocations in Sec.  2.106 
of this chapter. In addition, applicants must identify the measures they 
would employ to protect the radio astronomy service in the 150.05-153 
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410 MHz bands from harmful interference from unwanted emissions.
    (3) Emission limitations. (i) Applicants in the non-voice, non-
geostationary mobile-satellite service shall show that their space 
stations will not exceed the emission limitations of Sec.  25.202(f) 
(1), (2) and (3), as calculated for a fixed point on the Earth's surface 
in the plane of the space station's orbit, considering the worst-case 
frequency tolerance of all frequency determining components, and maximum 
positive and negative Doppler shift of both the uplink and downlink 
signals, taking into account the system design.
    (ii) Applicants in the non-voice, non-geostationary mobile-satellite 
service shall show that no signal received by their satellites from 
sources outside of their system shall be retransmitted with a power flux 
density level, in the worst 4 kHz, higher than the level described by 
the applicants in paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
    (4) [Reserved]
    (b) Operating conditions. In order to ensure compatible operations 
with authorized users in the frequency bands to be utilized for 
operations in the non-voice, non-geostationary mobile-satellite service, 
non-voice, non-geostationary mobile-satellite service systems must 
operate in accordance with the conditions specified in this section.
    (1) Service limitation. Voice services may not be provided.
    (2) Coordination requirements with Federal government users.
    (i) The frequency bands allocated for use by the non-voice, non-
geostationary mobile-satellite service are also authorized for use by 
agencies of the Federal government. The Federal use of frequencies in 
the non-voice, non-geostationary mobile-satellite service frequency 
bands is under the regulatory jurisdiction of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
    (ii) The Commission will use its existing procedures for liaison 
with NTIA to reach agreement with respect to achieving compatible 
operations between Federal Government users under the jurisdiction of 
NTIA and non-voice, non-geostationary Mobile-Satellite Service systems 
(including user transceivers subject to blanket licensing under Sec.  
25.115(d)) through the frequency assignment and coordination practices 
established by NTIA and the Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee 
(IRAC). In order to facilitate such frequency assignment and 
coordination, applicants shall provide the Commission with sufficient 
information to evaluate electromagnetic compatibility with the Federal 
government use of the spectrum, and any additional information requested 
by the Commission. As part of the coordination process, applicants shall 
show that they will not cause unacceptable interference to authorized 
Federal government users, based upon existing system information 
provided by the Government. The frequency assignment and coordination of 
the satellite system with Federal Government users shall be completed 
prior to grant of authorization.
    (iii) The Commission shall also coordinate with NTIA/IRAC with 
regard to the frequencies to be shared by those earth stations of non-
voice, non-geostationary mobile-satellite service systems that are not 
subject to blanket licensing under Sec.  25.115(d), and authorized 
Federal government stations in the fixed and mobile services, through 
the exchange of appropriate systems information.
    (3) Coordination among non-voice, non-geostationary mobile-satellite 
service systems. Applicants for authority to establish non-voice, non-
geostationary mobile-satellite service systems are encouraged to 
coordinate their proposed frequency usage with existing permittees and 
licensees in the non-voice, non-geostationary mobile-satellite service 
whose facilities could be affected by the new proposal in terms of 
frequency interference or restricted system capacity. All affected 
applicants, permittees, and licensees shall, at the direction of the 
Commission, cooperate fully and make every reasonable effort to resolve 
technical problems and conflicts that may inhibit effective and 
efficient use of the radio spectrum; however, the permittee or licensee 
being coordinated with is not obligated to suggest changes or re-
engineer an applicant's proposal in cases involving conflicts.

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    (4) Safety and distress communications. Stations operating in the 
non-voice, non-geostationary mobile-satellite service that are used to 
comply with any statutory or regulatory equipment carriage requirements 
may also be subject to the provisions of sections 321(b) and 359 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Licensees are advised that these 
provisions give priority to radio communications or signals relating to 
ships in distress and prohibit a charge for the transmission of maritime 
distress calls and related traffic.
    (c) [Reserved]

[58 FR 68060, Dec. 23, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 5930, Feb. 10, 1997; 62 
FR 59295, Nov. 3, 1997; 68 FR 51504, Aug. 27, 2003; 78 FR 8422, Feb. 6, 
2013; 79 FR 8320, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55333, Aug. 18, 2016; 82 FR 
59985, Dec. 18, 2017]



Sec.  25.143  Licensing provisions for the 1.6/2.4 GHz 
Mobile-Satellite Service and 2 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service.

    (a) Authority to launch and operate a constellation of NGSO 
satellites will be granted in a single blanket license for operation of 
a specified number of space stations in specified orbital planes. An 
individual license will be issued for each GSO satellite, whether it is 
to be operated in a GSO-only system or in a GSO/NGSO hybrid system.
    (b) Qualification Requirements--(1) General Requirements. Each 
application for a space station system authorization in the 1.6/2.4 GHz 
Mobile-Satellite Service or 2 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service must include 
the information specified in Sec.  25.114. Applications for non-U.S.-
licensed systems must comply with the provisions of Sec.  25.137.
    (2) Technical qualifications. In addition to providing the 
information specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, each 
applicant and petitioner must demonstrate the following:
    (i) That a proposed system in the 1.6/2.4 GHz MSS frequency bands 
employs a non-geostationary constellation or constellations of 
satellites;
    (ii) That a system proposed to operate using non-geostationary 
satellites be capable of providing Mobile-Satellite Service to all 
locations as far north as 70[deg] North latitude and as far south as 
55[deg] South latitude for at least 75% of every 24-hour period, i.e., 
that at least one satellite will be visible above the horizon at an 
elevation angle of at least 5[deg] for at least 18 hours each day within 
the described geographic area;
    (iii) That a system proposed to operate using non-geostationary 
satellites be capable of providing Mobile-Satellite Service on a 
continuous basis throughout the fifty states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. 
Virgin Islands, i.e., that at least one satellite will be visible above 
the horizon at an elevation angle of at least 5[deg] at all times within 
the described geographic areas; and
    (iv) That a system only using geostationary orbit satellites, at a 
minimum, be capable of providing Mobile-Satellite Service on a 
continuous basis throughout the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. 
Virgin Islands, if technically feasible.
    (v) That operations will not cause unacceptable interference to 
other authorized users of the spectrum. In particular, each application 
in the 1.6/2.4 GHz frequency bands shall demonstrate that the space 
station(s) comply with the requirements specified in Sec.  25.213.
    (c) Safety and distress communications. (1) Stations operating in 
the 1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service and 2 GHz Mobile-Satellite 
Service that are voluntarily installed on a U.S. ship or are used to 
comply with any statute or regulatory equipment carriage requirements 
may also be subject to the requirements of sections 321(b) and 359 of 
the Communications Act of 1934. Licensees are advised that these 
provisions give priority to radio communications or signals relating to 
ships in distress and prohibits a charge for the transmission of 
maritime distress calls and related traffic.
    (2) Licensees offering distress and safety services should 
coordinate with the appropriate search and rescue organizations 
responsible for the licensees service area.

[59 FR 53328, Oct. 21, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 9945, Mar. 12, 1996; 62 
FR 5930, Feb. 10, 1997; 65 FR 59143, Oct. 4, 2000; 68 FR 33649, June 5, 
2003; 68 FR 47858, Aug. 12, 2003; 68 FR 51504, Aug. 27, 2003; 70 FR 
59277, Oct. 12, 2005; 78 FR 8267, Feb. 5, 2013; 78 FR 8422, Feb. 6, 
2013; 79 FR 8320, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55333, Aug. 18, 2016; 82 FR 
59985, Dec. 18, 2017]

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Sec.  25.144  Licensing provisions for the 2.3 GHz satellite digital
audio radio service.

    (a) Qualification Requirements:
    (1) [Reserved]
    (2) General Requirements: Each application for a system 
authorization in the satellite digital audio radio service in the 2310-
2360 MHz band shall describe in detail the proposed satellite digital 
audio radio system, setting forth all pertinent technical and 
operational aspects of the system, and the technical, legal, and 
financial qualifications of the applicant. In particular, applicants 
must file information demonstrating compliance with Sec.  25.114 and all 
of the requirements of this section.
    (3) Technical Qualifications: In addition to the information 
specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, each applicant shall:
    (i) Demonstrate that its system will, at a minimum, service the 48 
contiguous states of the United States (full CONUS);
    (ii) Certify that its satellite DARS system includes a receiver that 
will permit end users to access all licensed satellite DARS systems that 
are operational or under construction; and
    (b) Milestone requirements. Each applicant for system authorization 
in the satellite digital audio radio service must demonstrate within 10 
days after a required implementation milestone as specified in the 
system authorization, and on the basis of the documentation contained in 
its application, certify to the Commission by affidavit that the 
milestone has been met or notify the Commission by letter that it has 
not been met. At its discretion, the Commission may require the 
submission of additional information (supported by affidavit of a person 
or persons with knowledge thereof) to demonstrate that the milestone has 
been met. The satellite DARS milestones are as follows, based on the 
date of authorization:
    (1) One year: Complete contracting for construction of first space 
station or begin space station construction;
    (2) Two years: If applied for, complete contracting for construction 
of second space station or begin second space station construction;
    (3) Four years: In orbit operation of at least one space station; 
and
    (4) Six years: Full operation of the satellite system.
    (c) [Reserved]
    (d) The license term for each digital audio radio service satellite 
and any associated terrestrial repeaters is specified in Sec.  25.121.
    (e) SDARS Terrestrial Repeaters. (1) Only entities holding or 
controlling SDARS space station licenses may construct and operate SDARS 
terrestrial repeaters and such construction and operation is permitted 
only in conjunction with at least one SDARS space station that is 
concurrently authorized and transmitting directly to subscribers.
    (2) SDARS terrestrial repeaters will be eligible for blanket 
licensing only under the following circumstances:
    (i) The SDARS terrestrial repeaters will comply with all applicable 
power limits set forth in Sec.  25.214(d)(1) of this chapter and all 
applicable out-of-band emission limits set forth in Sec.  25.202(h)(1) 
and (h)(2).
    (ii) The SDARS terrestrial repeaters will meet all applicable 
requirements in part 1, subpart I, and part 17 of this chapter. 
Operators of SDARS terrestrial repeaters must maintain demonstrations of 
compliance with part 1, subpart I, of this chapter and make such 
demonstrations available to the Commission upon request within three 
business days.
    (iii) The SDARS terrestrial repeaters will comply with all 
requirements of all applicable international agreements.
    (3) After May 20, 2010, SDARS licensees shall, before deploying any 
new, or modifying any existing, terrestrial repeater, notify potentially 
affected WCS licensees pursuant to the procedure set forth in Sec.  
25.263.
    (4) SDARS terrestrial repeaters are restricted to the simultaneous 
retransmission of the complete programming, and only that programming, 
transmitted by the SDARS licensee's satellite(s) directly to the SDARS 
licensee's subscribers' receivers, and may not be used to distribute any 
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    (5) Operators of SDARS terrestrial repeaters are prohibited from 
using those repeaters to retransmit different transmissions from a 
satellite to different regions within that satellite's coverage area.
    (6) Operators of SDARS terrestrial repeaters are required to comply 
with all applicable provisions of part 1, subpart I, and part 17 of this 
chapter.
    (7)(i) Each SDARS terrestrial repeater transmitter utilized for 
operation under this paragraph must be of a type that has been 
authorized by the Commission under its certification procedure.
    (ii) In addition to the procedures set forth in subpart J of part 2 
of this chapter, power measurements for SDARS repeater transmitters may 
be made in accordance with a Commission-approved average power 
technique. Peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) measurements for SDARS 
repeater transmitters should be made using either an instrument with 
complementary cumulative distribution function (CCDF) capabilities to 
determine that the PAPR will not exceed 13 dB for more than 0.1 percent 
of the time or another Commission approved procedure. The measurement 
must be performed using a signal corresponding to the highest PAPR 
expected during periods of continuous transmission.
    (iii) Any manufacturer of radio transmitting equipment to be used in 
these services may request equipment authorization following the 
procedures set forth in subpart J of part 2 of this chapter. Equipment 
authorization for an individual transmitter may be requested by an 
applicant for a station authorization by following the procedures set 
forth in part 2 of this chapter.
    (8) Applications for blanket authority to operate terrestrial 
repeaters must be filed using Form 312, except that Schedule B to Form 
312 need not be filed. Such applications must also include the following 
information as an attachment:
    (i) The space station(s) with which the terrestrial repeaters will 
communicate, the frequencies and emission designators of such 
communications, and the frequencies and emission designators used by the 
repeaters to re-transmit the received signals.
    (ii) The maximum number of terrestrial repeaters that will be 
deployed under the authorization at 1) power levels equal to or less 
than 2-watt average EIRP, and 2) power levels greater than 2-watt 
average EIRP (up to 12-kW average EIRP).
    (iii) A certification of compliance with the requirements of Sec.  
25.144(e)(1) through (7).
    (9) SDARS terrestrial repeaters that are ineligible for blanket 
licensing must be authorized on a site-by-site basis. Applications for 
site-by-site authorization must be filed using Form 312, except that 
Schedule B need not be provided. Such applications must also include the 
following information, as an attachment:
    (i) The technical information for each repeater required to be 
shared with potentially affected WCS licensees as part of the 
notification requirement set forth in Sec.  25.263(c)(2).
    (ii) The space station(s) with which the terrestrial repeaters will 
communicate, the frequencies and emission designators of such 
communications, and the frequencies and emission designators used by the 
repeaters to re-transmit the received signals.

[62 FR 11105, Mar. 11, 1997, as amended at 68 FR 51504, Aug. 27, 2003; 
70 FR 32254, June 2, 2005; 75 FR 45067, Aug. 2, 2010; 79 FR 8320, Feb. 
12, 2014]



Sec.  25.146  Licensing and operating provisions for NGSO FSS 
space stations.

    (a) An NGSO FSS applicant proposing to operate in the 10.7-30 GHz 
frequency range must certify that it will comply with:
    (1) Any applicable power flux-density levels in Article 21, Section 
V, Table 21-4 of the ITU Radio Regulations (incorporated by reference, 
Sec.  25.108), except that in the 19.3-19.4 GHz and 19.6-19.7 GHz bands 
applicants must certify that they will comply with the ITU PFD limits 
governing NGSO FSS systems in the 17.7-19.3 GHz band; and
    (2) Any applicable equivalent power flux-density levels in Article 
22, Section II, and Resolution 76 of the ITU Radio Regulations (both 
incorporated by reference, Sec.  25.108).
    (b) In addition, an NGSO FSS applicant proposing to operate in the 
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12.7 GHz, 12.75-13.25 GHz, 13.75-14.5 GHz, 18.8-19.3 GHz, or 28.6-29.1 
GHz bands must provide a demonstration that the proposed system is 
capable of providing FSS on a continuous basis throughout the fifty 
states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
    (c) Prior to the initiation of service, an NGSO FSS operator 
licensed or holding a market access authorization to operate in the 
10.7-30 GHz frequency range must receive a ``favorable'' or ``qualified 
favorable'' finding by the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau, in accordance 
with Resolution 85 of the ITU Radio Regulations (incorporated by 
reference, Sec.  25.108), regarding its compliance with applicable ITU 
EPFD limits. In addition, a market access holder in these bands must:
    (1) Communicate the ITU finding to the Commission; and
    (2) Submit the input data files used for the ITU validation 
software.
    (d) Coordination will be required between NGSO FSS systems and GSO 
FSS earth stations in the 10.7-12.75 GHz band when:
    (1) The GSO satellite network has receive earth stations with earth 
station antenna maximum isotropic gain greater than or equal to 64 dBi; 
G/T of 44 dB/K or higher; and emission bandwidth of 250 MHz; and
    (2)The EPFDdown radiated by the NGSO satellite system 
into the GSO specific receive earth station, either within the U.S. for 
domestic service or any points outside the U.S. for international 
service, as calculated using the ITU software for examining compliance 
with EPFD limits exceeds--174.5 dB(W/(m\2\/40kHz)) for any percentage of 
time for NGSO systems with all satellites only operating at or below 
2500 km altitude, or--202 dB(W/(m\2\/40kHz)) for any percentage of time 
for NGSO systems with any satellites operating above 2500 km altitude.
    (e) An NGSO FSS licensee or market access recipient must ensure that 
ephemeris data for its constellation is available to all operators of 
authorized, in-orbit, co-frequency satellite systems in a manner that is 
mutually acceptable.

[82 FR 59985, Dec. 18, 2017]



Sec.  25.147  [Reserved]



Sec.  25.148  Licensing provisions for the Direct Broadcast Satellite
Service.

    (a) License terms. License terms for DBS facilities are specified in 
Sec.  25.121(a).
    (b) Due diligence. (1) All persons granted DBS authorizations shall 
proceed with due diligence in constructing DBS systems. Permittees shall 
be required to complete contracting for construction of the satellite 
station(s) within one year of the grant of the authorization. The 
satellite stations shall also be required to be in operation within six 
years of the authorization grant.
    (2) In addition to the requirements stated in paragraph (b)(1) of 
this section, all persons who receive new or additional DBS 
authorizations after January 19, 1996 shall complete construction of the 
first satellite in their respective DBS systems within four years of 
grant of the authorization. All satellite stations in such a DBS system 
shall be in operation within six years of the grant of the 
authorization.
    (3) DBS licensees shall be required to proceed consistent with all 
applicable due diligence obligations, unless otherwise determined by the 
Commission upon proper showing in any particular case. Transfer of 
control of the authorization shall not be considered to justify 
extension of these deadlines.
    (c) Geographic service requirements. Those entities acquiring DBS 
authorizations after January 19, 1996, or who after January 19, 1996 
modify a previous DBS authorization to launch a replacement satellite, 
must provide DBS service to Alaska and Hawaii where such service is 
technically feasible from the authorized orbital location. This 
requirement does not apply to DBS satellites authorized to operate at 
the 61.5[deg] W.L. orbital location. DBS applicants seeking to operate 
from locations other than 61.5[deg] W.L. who do not provide service to 
Alaska and Hawaii, must provide technical analyses to the Commission 
demonstrating that such service is not feasible as a technical matter, 
or that while technically feasible such services would require so many 
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and operation as to make it economically unreasonable.
    (d) DBS subject to competitive bidding. Mutually exclusive initial 
applications to provide DBS are subject to competitive bidding 
procedures. The general competitive bidding procedures set forth in part 
1, subpart Q of this chapter will apply unless otherwise provided in 
this part.
    (e) DBS long form application. Winning bidders are subject to the 
provisions of Sec.  1.2107 of this chapter except that in lieu of a FCC 
Form 601 each winning bidder shall submit the long-form satellite 
service application (FCC Form 312) within thirty (30) days after being 
notified by Public Notice that it is the winning bidder. Each winning 
bidder will also be required to submit by the same deadline the 
information described in Sec.  25.215 (Technical) and Sec.  25.601 
(EEO), and in paragraph (f) of this section. Each winner also will be 
required to file, by the same deadline, a signed statement describing 
its efforts to date and future plans to come into compliance with any 
applicable spectrum limitations, if it is not already in compliance. 
Such information shall be submitted pursuant to the procedures set forth 
in Sec.  25.114 and any associated Public Notices.
    (f) Technical qualifications. DBS operations must be in accordance 
with the sharing criteria and technical characteristics contained in 
Appendices 30 and 30A of the ITU's Radio Regulations. Operation of 
systems using differing technical characteristics may be permitted, with 
adequate technical showing, and if a request has been made to the ITU to 
modify the appropriate Plans to include the system's technical 
parameters.

[67 FR 51113, Aug. 7, 2002]



Sec.  25.149  Application requirements for ancillary terrestrial
components in Mobile-Satellite Service networks operating in the
1.5./1.6 GHz and 1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service.

    (a) Applicants for ancillary terrestrial component authority shall 
demonstrate that the applicant does or will comply with the following 
through certification or explanatory technical exhibit, as appropriate:
    (1) ATC shall be deployed in the forward-band mode of operation 
whereby the ATC mobile terminals transmit in the MSS uplink bands and 
the ATC base stations transmit in the MSS downlink bands in portions of 
the 1626.5-1660.5 MHz/1525-1559 MHz bands (L-band) and the 1610-1626.5 
MHz/2483.5-2500 MHz bands.

    Note to paragraph (a)(1): An L-band MSS licensee is permitted to 
apply for ATC authorization based on a non-forward-band mode of 
operation provided it is able to demonstrate that the use of a non-
forward-band mode of operation would produce no greater potential 
interference than that produced as a result of implementing the rules of 
this section. A 1.6/2.4 GHz band licensee is permitted to apply for ATC 
authorization on a non-forward-band mode of operation where the 
equipment deployed will meet the requirements of paragraph (c)(4) of 
this section.

    (2) ATC operations shall be limited to certain frequencies:
    (i) [Reserved]
    (ii) In the 1626.5-1660.5 MHz/1525-1559 MHz bands (L-band), ATC 
operations are limited to the frequency assignments authorized and 
internationally coordinated for the MSS system of the MSS licensee that 
seeks ATC authority.
    (iii) In the 1610-1626.5 MHz/2483.5-2500 MHz bands, ATC operations 
are limited to the 1610-1617.775 MHz, 1621.35-1626.5 MHz, and 2483.5-
2495 MHz bands and to the specific frequencies authorized for use by the 
MSS licensee that seeks ATC authority.
    (3) ATC operations shall not exceed the geographical coverage area 
of the Mobile-Satellite Service network of the applicant for ATC 
authority.
    (4) ATC base stations shall comply with all applicable antenna and 
structural clearance requirements established in part 17 of this 
chapter.
    (5) ATC base stations and mobile terminals shall comply with part 1 
of this chapter, Subpart I--Procedures Implementing the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, including the guidelines for human 
exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields as defined in 
Sec. Sec.  1.1307(b) and 1.1310 of this chapter for PCS networks.

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    (6) ATC base station operations shall use less than all available 
MSS frequencies when using all available frequencies for ATC base 
station operations would exclude otherwise available signals from MSS 
space-stations.
    (b) Applicants for an ancillary terrestrial component shall 
demonstrate that the applicant does or will comply with the following 
criteria through certification:
    (1) Geographic and temporal coverage. (i) [Reserved]
    (ii) For the L-band, an applicant must demonstrate that it can 
provide space-segment service covering all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and 
the U.S. Virgin Islands one-hundred percent of the time, unless it is 
not technically possible for the MSS operator to meet the coverage 
criteria from its orbital position.
    (iii) For the 1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service bands, an 
applicant must demonstrate that it can provide space-segment service to 
all locations as far north as 70[deg] North latitude and as far south as 
55[deg] South latitude for at least seventy-five percent of every 24-
hour period, i.e., that at least one satellite will be visible above the 
horizon at an elevation angle of at least 5[deg] for at least 18 hours 
each day, and on a continuous basis throughout the fifty states, Puerto 
Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, i.e., that at least one satellite will 
be visible above the horizon at an elevation angle of at least 5[deg] at 
all times.
    (2) Replacement satellites. (i) Operational NGSO MSS ATC systems 
shall maintain an in-orbit spare satellite.
    (ii) Operational GSO MSS ATC systems shall maintain a spare 
satellite on the ground within one year of commencing operations and 
launch it into orbit during the next commercially reasonable launch 
window following a satellite failure.
    (iii) All MSS ATC licensees must report any satellite failures, 
malfunctions or outages that may require satellite replacement within 
ten days of their occurrence.
    (3) Commercial availability. Mobile-satellite service must be 
commercially available (viz., offering services for a fee) in accordance 
with the coverage requirements that pertain to each band as a 
prerequisite to an MSS licensee's offering ATC service.
    (4) Integrated services. MSS ATC licensees shall offer an integrated 
service of MSS and MSS ATC. Applicants for MSS ATC may establish an 
integrated service offering by affirmatively demonstrating that:
    (i) The MSS ATC operator will use a dual-mode handset that can 
communicate with both the MSS network and the MSS ATC component to 
provide the proposed ATC service; or
    (ii) Other evidence establishing that the MSS ATC operator will 
provide an integrated service offering to the public.
    (5) In-band operation. (i) [Reserved]
    (ii) In the 1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service bands, MSS ATC is 
limited to no more than 7.775 MHz of spectrum in the L-band and 11.5 MHz 
of spectrum in the S-band. Licensees in these bands may implement ATC 
only on those channels on which MSS is authorized, consistent with the 
1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service band-sharing arrangement.
    (iii) In the L-band, MSS ATC is limited to those frequency 
assignments available for MSS use in accordance with the Mexico City 
Memorandum of Understanding, its successor agreements or the result of 
other organized efforts of international coordination.
    (c) Equipment certification. (1) Each ATC mobile station utilized 
for operation under this part and each transmitter marketed, as set 
forth in Sec.  2.803 of this chapter, must be of a type that has been 
authorized by the Commission under its certification procedure for use 
under this part.
    (2) Any manufacturer of radio transmitting equipment to be used in 
these services may request equipment authorization following the 
procedures set forth in subpart J of part 2 of this chapter. Equipment 
authorization for an individual transmitter may be requested by an 
applicant for a station authorization by following the procedures set 
forth in part 2 of this chapter.
    (3) Licensees and manufacturers are subject to the radiofrequency 
radiation exposure requirements specified in Sec. Sec.  1.1307(b), 
2.1091, and 2.1093 of this

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chapter, as appropriate. ATC base stations must comply with the 
requirements specified in Sec.  1.1307(b) of this chapter for PCS base 
stations. ATC mobile stations must comply with the requirements 
specified for mobile and portable PCS transmitting devices in Sec.  
1.1307(b) of this chapter. ATC mobile terminals must also comply with 
the requirements in Sec. Sec.  2.1091 and 2.1093 of this chapter for 
Satellite Communications Services devices. Applications for equipment 
authorization of ATC mobile or portable devices operating under this 
section must contain a statement confirming compliance with these 
requirements for both fundamental emissions and unwanted emissions. 
Technical information showing the basis for this statement must be 
submitted to the Commission upon request.
    (4) Applications for equipment authorization of terrestrial low-
power system equipment that will operate in the 2483.5-2495 MHz band 
shall demonstrate the following:
    (i) The transmitted signal is digitally modulated;
    (ii) The 6 dB bandwidth is at least 500 kHz;
    (iii) The maximum transmit power is no more than 1 W with a peak 
EIRP of no more than 6 dBW;
    (iv) The maximum power spectral density conducted to the antenna is 
not greater than 8 dBm in any 3 kHz band during any time interval of 
continuous transmission;
    (v) Emissions below 2483.5 MHz are attenuated below the transmitter 
power (P) measured in watts by a factor of at least 40 + 10 log (P) dB 
at the channel edge at 2483.5 MHz, 43 + 10 log (P) dB at 5 MHz from the 
channel edge, and 55 + 10 log (P) dB at X MHz from the channel edge 
where X is the greater of 6 MHz or the actual emission bandwidth.
    (vi) Emissions above 2495 MHz are attenuated below the transmitter 
power (P) measured in watts by a factor of at least 43 + 10 log (P) dB 
on all frequencies between the channel edge at 2495 MHz and X MHz from 
this channel edge and 55 + 10 log (P) dB on all frequencies more than X 
MHz from this channel edge, where X is the greater of 6 MHz or the 
actual emission bandwidth;
    (vii) Compliance with these rules is based on the use of measurement 
instrumentation employing a resolution bandwidth of 1 MHz or greater. 
However, in the 1 MHz bands immediately above and adjacent to the 2495 
MHz a resolution bandwidth of at least 1 percent of the emission 
bandwidth of the fundamental emission of the transmitter may be 
employed. If 1 percent of the emission bandwidth of the fundamental 
emission is less than 1 MHz, the power measured must be integrated over 
the required measurement bandwidth of 1 MHz. A resolution bandwidth 
narrower than 1 MHz is permitted to improve measurement accuracy, 
provided the measured power is integrated over the full required 
measurement bandwidth (i.e., 1 MHz). The emission bandwidth of the 
fundamental emission of a transmitter is defined as the width of the 
signal between two points, one below the carrier center frequency and 
one above the carrier center frequency, outside of which all emissions 
are attenuated at least 26 dB below the transmitter power. When an 
emission outside of the authorized bandwidth causes harmful 
interference, the Commission may, at its discretion, require greater 
attenuation than specified in this section; and

    Note to paragraph (c)(4): Systems meeting the requirements set forth 
in this section are deemed to have also met the requirements of Sec.  
25.254(a) through (d). No further demonstration is needed for these 
systems with respect to Sec.  25.254(a)-(d).

    (d) Applicants for an ancillary terrestrial component authority 
shall demonstrate that the applicant does or will comply with the 
provisions of Sec.  1.924 of this chapter and Sec. Sec.  25.203(e) 
through 25.203(g) and with Sec.  25.253 or Sec.  25.254, as appropriate, 
through certification or explanatory technical exhibit.
    (e) Except as provided for in paragraphs (f) and (g) of this 
section, no application for an ancillary terrestrial component shall be 
granted until the applicant has demonstrated actual compliance with the 
provisions of paragraph (b) of this section. Upon receipt of ATC 
authority, all ATC licensees shall ensure continued compliance

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with this section and Sec.  25.253 or Sec.  25.254, as appropriate.
    (f) Special provision for operational MSS systems. Applicants for 
MSS ATC authority with operational MSS systems that are in actual 
compliance with the requirements prescribed in paragraphs (b)(1), 
(b)(2), and (b)(3) of this section at the time of application may elect 
to satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (b)(4) and (b)(5) of this 
section prospectively by providing a substantial showing in its 
certification regarding how the applicant will comply with the 
requirements of paragraphs (b)(4) and (b)(5) of this section. 
Notwithstanding Sec.  25.117(f) and paragraph (e) of this section, the 
Commission may grant an application for ATC authority based on such a 
prospective substantial showing if the Commission finds that operations 
consistent with the substantial showing will result in actual compliance 
with the requirements prescribed in paragraphs (b)(4) and (b)(5) of this 
section. An MSS ATC applicant that receives a grant of ATC authority 
pursuant to this paragraph (f) shall notify the Commission within 30 
days once it begins providing ATC service. This notification must take 
the form of a letter formally filed with the Commission in the 
appropriate MSS license docket and shall contain a certification that 
the MSS ATC service is consistent with its ATC authority.
    (g) Special provisions for terrestrial low-power systems in the 
2483.5-2495 MHz band. (1) An operational MSS system that applies for 
authority to deploy ATC in the 2483.5-2495 MHz band for terrestrial low-
power operations satisfying the equipment certification requirements of 
paragraph (c)(4) of this section is not required to demonstrate 
compliance with paragraph (b) of this section, except to demonstrate the 
commercial availability of MSS, without regard to coverage requirements.
    (2) An ATC licensee seeking to modify its license to add authority 
to operate a terrestrial low-power network shall certify in its 
modification application that its operations will utilize a Network 
Operating System (NOS), consisting of a network management system 
located at an operations center or centers. The NOS shall have the 
technical capability to address and resolve interference issues related 
to the licensee's network operations by reducing operational power; 
adjusting operational frequencies; shutting off operations; or any other 
appropriate means. The NOS shall also have the ability to resolve 
interference from the terrestrial low-power network to the licensee's 
MSS operations and to authorize access points to the network, which in 
turn may authorize access to the network by end-user devices. The NOS 
operations center shall have a point of contact in the United States 
available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with a phone number and 
address made publicly-available by the licensee.
    (3) All access points operating in the 2483.5-2495 MHz band shall 
only operate when authorized by the ATC licensee's NOS, and all client 
devices operating in the 2483.5-2495 MHz band shall only operate when 
under the control of such access points.
    (h) Spectrum leasing. Leasing of spectrum rights by MSS licensees or 
system operators to spectrum lessees for ATC use is subject to the rules 
for spectrum manager leasing arrangements (see Sec.  1.9020) as set 
forth in part 1, subpart X of the rules (see Sec.  1.9001 et seq.). In 
addition, at the time of the filing of the requisite notification of a 
spectrum manager leasing arrangement using Form 608 (see Sec. Sec.  
1.9020(e) and 1.913(a)(5)), both parties to the proposed arrangement 
must have a complete and accurate Form 602 (see Sec.  1.913(a)(2)) on 
file with the Commission.

[68 FR 47859, Aug. 12, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 48162, Aug. 9, 2004; 70 
FR 19318, Apr. 13, 2005, 73 FR 25592, May 7, 2008; 76 FR 31260, May 31, 
2011; 78 FR 8267, Feb. 5, 2013; 78 FR 8424, Feb. 6, 2013; 79 FR 27502, 
May 14, 2014; 82 FR 8818, Jan. 31, 2017]

                       Processing of Applications



Sec.  25.150  Receipt of applications.

    Applications received by the Commission are given a file number and 
a unique station identifier for administrative convenience. Neither the 
assignment of a file number and/or other identifier nor the listing of 
the application on public notice as received for filing indicates that 
the application has been found acceptable for filing or precludes 
subsequent return or dismissal

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of the application if it is found to be defective or not in accordance 
with the Commission's rules.

[78 FR 8425, Feb. 6, 2013]



Sec.  25.151  Public notice.

    (a) At regular intervals, the Commission will issue public notices 
listing:
    (1) The receipt of applications for new station authorizations, 
except applications for space station licenses filed pursuant to Sec.  
25.110(b)(3)(i) or (ii) of this part;
    (2) The receipt of applications for license or registration of 
receive-only earth stations;
    (3) The receipt of applications for major modifications to station 
authorizations;
    (4) The receipt of major amendments to pending applications;
    (5) The receipt of applications to assign or transfer control of 
space station facilities, transmitting earth station facilities, or 
international receive-only earth station facilities;
    (6) Significant Commission actions regarding applications;
    (7) Information that the Commission in its discretion believes to be 
of public significance;
    (8) Special environmental considerations as required by part 1 of 
this chapter;
    (9) Submission of Coordination Requests and Appendix 30B filings to 
the ITU in response to requests filed pursuant to Sec.  25.110(b)(3)(i) 
and (b)(3)(ii);
    (10) The receipt of space station application information filed 
pursuant to Sec.  25.110(b)(3)(iii); and
    (11) The receipt of notifications of non-routine transmission filed 
pursuant to Sec.  25.140(d).
    (12) The receipt of EPFD input data files from an NGSO FSS licensee 
or market access recipient, submitted pursuant to Sec.  25.111(b) or 
Sec.  25.146(c)(2).
    (b) Special public notices may also be issued at other times under 
special circumstances involving non-routine matters where speed is of 
the essence and efficiency of Commission process will be served thereby.
    (c) A public notice will not normally be issued for receipt of any 
of the following applications:
    (1) For authorization of a minor technical change in the facilities 
of an authorized station;
    (2) For temporary authorization pursuant to Sec.  25.120.
    (3) For an authorization under any of the proviso clauses of section 
308(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended [47 U.S.C. 308(a)];
    (4) For consent to an involuntary assignment or transfer of control 
of a transmitting earth station authorization; or
    (5) For consent to an assignment or transfer of control of a space 
station authorization or a transmitting earth station authorization, 
where the assignment or transfer does not involve a substantial change 
in ownership or control; or
    (6) For change in location of an earth station operating in the 4/6 
GHz and 10.95-11.7 GHz bands by no more than 1[sec] in latitude and/or 
longitude and for change in location of an earth station operating in 
the 12/14 GHz bands by no more than 10[sec] in latitude and/or 
longitude.
    (d) Except as specified in paragraph (e) of this section, no 
application that has appeared on public notice will be granted until the 
expiration of a period of thirty days following the issuance of the 
public notice listing the application, or any major amendment thereto. 
Any comments or petitions must be delivered to the Commission by that 
date in accordance with Sec.  25.154.
    (e)(1) Applicants seeking authority to operate a temporary fixed 
earth station pursuant to Sec.  25.277 may consider their applications 
``provisionally granted,'' and may initiate operations upon the 
placement of the complete FCC Form 312 application on public notice, 
provided that
    (i) The temporary fixed earth station will operate only in the 
conventional Ku-band (14.0-14.5 GHz and 11.7-12.2 GHz bands);
    (ii) The temporary fixed earth station's operations will be 
consistent with all routine-licensing requirements for the conventional 
Ku-band; and
    (iii) The temporary fixed earth station's operations will be limited 
to satellites on the Permitted Space Station List.

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    (2) Applications for authority granted pursuant to paragraph (e)(1) 
of this section shall be placed on public notice pursuant to paragraph 
(a)(1) of this section. If no comments or petitions are filed within 30 
days of the public notice date, the authority granted will be considered 
a regular temporary fixed earth station authorization as of 30 days 
after the public notice date. If a comment or petition is filed within 
30 days of the public notice date, the applicant must suspend operations 
immediately pending resolution of the issues raised in that comment or 
petition.

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 58 FR 68061, Dec. 23, 1993; 70 
FR 32254, June 2, 2005; 81 FR 55333, Aug. 18, 2016; 82 FR 59985, Dec. 
18, 2017]

    Editorial Note: At 82 FR 59985, Dec. 18, 2017, Sec.  25.151 was 
amended by removing ``and'' from the end of paragraph (b)(10) and by 
removing the period at the end of paragraph (b)(11) and adding ``; and'' 
in its place; however, these amendments could not be incorporated 
because paragraphs (b)(10) and (b)(11) did not exist.



Sec.  25.152  [Reserved]



Sec.  25.153  Repetitious applications.

    (a) Where an application has been denied or dismissed with 
prejudice, the Commission will not consider a like application involving 
service of the same kind to the same area by the same applicant, or by 
its successor or assignee, or on behalf of or for the benefit of any of 
the original parties in interest, until after the lapse of 12 months 
from the effective date of the Commission's action.
    (b) Where an appeal has been taken from the action of the Commission 
denying a particular application, another application for the same class 
of station and for the same area, in whole or in part, filed by the same 
applicant or by his successor or assignee, or on behalf or for the 
benefit of the original parties in interest, will not be considered 
until the final disposition of the appeal.

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 79 FR 8320, Feb. 12, 2014]



Sec.  25.154  Opposition to applications and other pleadings.

    (a) Petitions to deny, petitions for other forms of relief, and 
other objections or comments must:
    (1) Identify the application or applications (including applicant's 
name, station location, Commission file numbers, and radio service 
involved) with which it is concerned;
    (2) Be filed within thirty (30) days after the date of public notice 
announcing the acceptance for filing of the application or major 
amendment thereto (unless the Commission otherwise extends the filing 
deadline);
    (3) Filed in accordance with the pleading limitations, periods and 
other applicable provisions of Sec. Sec.  1.41 through 1.52 of this 
chapter, except that such petitions must be filed electronically through 
the International Bureau Filing System (IBFS) in accordance with the 
applicable provisions of part 1, subpart Y of this chapter;
    (4) Contain specific allegations of fact (except for those of which 
official notice may be taken) to support the specific relief requested, 
which shall be supported by affidavit of a person or persons with 
personal knowledge thereof, and which shall be sufficient to demonstrate 
that the petitioner (or respondent) is a party of interest and that a 
grant of, or other Commission action regarding, the application would be 
prima facie inconsistent with the public interest; and
    (5) Contain a certificate of service showing that it has been mailed 
to the applicant no later than the date the pleading is filed with the 
Commission.
    (b) The Commission will classify as informal objections:
    (1) Any pleading not filed in accordance with paragraph (a) of this 
section;
    (2) Any pleading to which the thirty (30) day public notice period 
of Sec.  25.151 does not apply; or
    (3) Any objections to the grant of an application when the 
objections do not conform to either paragraph (a) of this section or to 
other Commission rules and requirements.
    (c) Except for opposition to petitions to deny an application filed 
pursuant to Sec.  25.220, oppositions to petitions to deny an 
application or responses to

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comments and informal objections regarding an application may be filed 
within 10 days after the petition, comment, or objection is filed and 
must be in accordance with other applicable provisions of Sec. Sec.  
1.41 through 1.52 of this chapter, except that such oppositions must be 
filed electronically through the International Bureau Filing System 
(IBFS) in accordance with the applicable provisions of part 1, subpart Y 
of this chapter.
    (d) Reply comments by a party that filed a petition to deny may be 
filed in response to pleadings filed pursuant to paragraph (c) or (e) of 
this section within 5 days after expiration of the time for filing 
oppositions unless the Commission extends the filing deadline and must 
be in accordance with other applicable provisions of Sec. Sec.  1.41 
through 1.52 of this chapter, except that such reply comments must be 
filed electronically through the International Bureau Filing System 
(IBFS) in accordance with the applicable provisions of part 1, subpart Y 
of this chapter.
    (e) Within 30 days after a petition to deny an application filed 
pursuant to Sec.  25.220 is filed, the applicant may file an opposition 
to the petition and must file a statement with the Commission, either in 
conjunction with, or in lieu of, such opposition, explaining whether the 
applicant has resolved all outstanding issues raised by the petitioner. 
This statement and any conjoined opposition must be in accordance with 
the provisions of Sec. Sec.  1.41 through 1.52 of this chapter 
applicable to oppositions to petitions to deny, except that such reply 
comments must be filed electronically through the International Bureau 
Filing System (IBFS) in accordance with the applicable provisions of 
part 1, subpart Y of this chapter.

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 69 FR 47795, Aug. 6, 2004; 70 
FR 32254, June 2, 2005; 79 FR 8320, Feb. 12, 2014]



Sec.  25.155  Mutually exclusive applications.

    (a) The Commission will consider applications to be mutually 
exclusive if their conflicts are such that the grant of one application 
would effectively preclude by reason of harmful interference, or other 
practical reason, the grant of one or more other applications.
    (b) A license application for NGSO-like satellite operation, as 
defined in Sec.  25.157(a), will be entitled to comparative 
consideration with one or more mutually exclusive applications only if 
the application is received by the Commission in a condition acceptable 
for filing by the ``cut-off'' date specified in a public notice.
    (c) A license application for GSO-like satellite operation, as 
defined in Sec.  25.158(a)(1), will be entitled to comparative 
consideration with another application only if:
    (1) The application is mutually exclusive with another application 
for GSO-like operation; and
    (2) The application is received by the Commission in a condition 
acceptable for filing at the same millisecond as the other application.

[68 FR 51505, Aug. 27, 2003, as amended at 81 FR 55333, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.156  Consideration of applications.

    (a) Applications for a radio station authorization, or for 
modification or renewal of an authorization, will be granted if, upon 
examination of the application, any pleadings or objections filed, and 
upon consideration of such other matters as it may officially notice, 
the Commission finds that the applicant is legally, technically, and 
otherwise qualified, that the proposed facilities and operations comply 
with all applicable rules, regulations, and policies, and that grant of 
the application will serve the public interest, convenience and 
necessity.
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) Reconsideration or review of any final action taken by the 
Commission will be in accordance with subpart A of part 1 of this 
chapter.
    (d)(1) Applications for NGSO-like satellite operation will be 
considered pursuant to the procedures set forth in Sec.  25.157, except 
as provided in Sec.  25.157(b).
    (2) Applications for GSO-like satellite operation will be considered 
pursuant to the procedures set forth in Sec.  25.158, except as provided 
in Sec.  25.158(a)(2).
    (3) Applications for both NGSO-like satellite operation and GSO-like 
satellite operation in two or more service

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bands will be treated as separate applications for each service band, 
and each service band request will be considered pursuant to Sec.  
25.157 or Sec.  25.158, as appropriate.
    (4) Applications for feeder-link authority or inter-satellite link 
authority will be treated like an application separate from its 
associated service band. Each feeder-link request or inter-satellite 
link request will be considered pursuant to the procedure for 
applications for GSO-like operation or NGSO-like operation, as 
applicable.
    (5) [Reserved]
    (6) An application for DBS or DARS services will be entitled to 
comparative consideration with one or more conflicting applications only 
if:
    (i) The application is mutually exclusive with another application; 
and
    (ii) The application is received by the Commission in a condition 
acceptable for filing by the ``cut-off'' date specified in a public 
notice.

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 68 FR 51505, Aug. 27, 2003; 81 
FR 55333, Aug. 18, 2016; 82 FR 59985, Dec. 18, 2017]



Sec.  25.157  Consideration of applications for NGSO-like satellite
operation.

    (a) This section specifies the procedures for considering license 
applications for ``NGSO-like'' satellite operation, except as provided 
in paragraph (b) of this section. For purposes of this section, the term 
``NGSO-like satellite operation'' means:
    (1) Operation of any NGSO satellite system, and
    (2) Operation of a GSO MSS satellite to communicate with earth 
stations with non-directional antennas.
    (b)(1) The procedures in this section do not apply to an application 
for authority to operate a replacement space station(s) that meets the 
relevant criteria in Sec.  25.165(e)(1) and (2) and that will be 
launched before the space station(s) to be replaced is retired from 
service or within a reasonable time after loss of a space station during 
launch or due to premature failure in orbit.
    (2) Paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) of this section do not apply to an 
NGSO FSS application granted with a condition to share spectrum pursuant 
to Sec.  25.261.
    (c) Each application for NGSO-like satellite operation that is 
acceptable for filing under Sec.  25.112, except replacement 
applications described in paragraph (b) of this section, will be 
reviewed to determine whether it is a ``competing application,'' i.e., 
filed in response to a public notice initiating a processing round, or a 
``lead application,'' i.e., all other applications for NGSO-like 
satellite operation.
    (1) Competing applications that are acceptable for filing will be 
placed on public notice to provide interested parties an opportunity to 
file pleadings in response to the application pursuant to Sec.  25.154.
    (2) Lead applications that are acceptable for filing will be placed 
on public notice. This public notice will initiate a processing round, 
establish a cut-off date for competing NGSO-like satellite system 
applications, and provide interested parties an opportunity to file 
pleadings in response to the application pursuant to Sec.  25.154.
    (d) After review of each of the applications in the processing 
round, and all the pleadings filed in response to each application, the 
Commission will grant all the applications that meet the standards of 
Sec.  25.156(a), and deny the other applications.
    (e)(1) In the event that there is insufficient spectrum in the 
frequency band available to accommodate all the qualified applicants in 
a processing round, the available spectrum will be divided equally among 
the licensees whose applications are granted pursuant to paragraph (d) 
of this section, except as set forth in paragraph (e)(2) of this 
section.
    (2) In cases where one or more applicants apply for less spectrum 
than they would be warranted under paragraph (e)(1) of this section, 
those applicants will be assigned the bandwidth amount they requested in 
their applications. In those cases, the remaining qualified applicants 
will be assigned the lesser of the amount of spectrum they requested in 
their applications, or the amount of spectrum that they would be 
assigned if the available spectrum were divided equally among the 
remaining qualified applicants.
    (f)(1) Each licensee will be allowed to select the particular band 
segment it

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wishes to use no earlier than 60 days before they plan to launch the 
first satellite in its system, and no later than 30 days before that 
date, by submitting a letter to the Secretary of the Commission. The 
licensee shall serve copies of this letter to the other participants in 
the processing round pursuant to Sec.  1.47 of this chapter.
    (2) The licensee shall request contiguous bandwidth in both the 
uplink and downlink band. Each licensee's bandwidth selection in both 
the uplink and downlink band shall not preclude other licensees from 
selecting contiguous bandwidth.
    (3) If two or more licensees in a processing round request the same 
band segment, all licensees other than the first one to request that 
particular band segment will be required to make another selection.
    (g)(1) In the event that a license granted in a processing round 
pursuant to this section is cancelled for any reason, the Commission 
will redistribute the bandwidth allocated to that applicant equally 
among the remaining applicants whose licenses were granted concurrently 
with the cancelled license, unless the Commission determines that such a 
redistribution would not result in a sufficient number of licensees 
remaining to make reasonably efficient use of the frequency band.
    (2) In the event that the redistribution of bandwidth set forth in 
paragraph (g)(1) of this section would not result in a sufficient number 
of licensees remaining to make reasonably efficient use of the frequency 
band, the Commission will issue a public notice initiating a processing 
round, as set forth in paragraph (c) of this section, to invite parties 
to apply for an NGSO-like satellite system license to operate in a 
portion of the bandwidth made available as a result of the cancellation 
of the initial applicant's license. Parties already holding licenses for 
NGSO-like satellite operation in that frequency band will not be 
permitted to participate in that processing round.
    (h) Services offered pursuant to an NGSO-like license in a frequency 
band granted before the Commission has adopted frequency-band-specific 
service rules for that band will be subject to the default service rules 
in Sec.  25.217.

[68 FR 51505, Aug. 27, 2003, as amended at 81 FR 55334, Aug. 18, 2016; 
81 FR 75344, Oct. 31, 2016; 82 FR 59985, Dec. 18, 2017]



Sec.  25.158  Consideration of applications for GSO-like satellite 
operation.

    (a)(1) This section specifies the procedures for considering license 
applications for ``GSO-like'' satellite operation, except as provided in 
paragraph (a)(2) of this section. For purposes of this section, the term 
``GSO-like satellite operation'' means operation of a GSO satellite to 
communicate with earth stations with directional antennas, including 
operation of GSO satellites to provide MSS feeder links.
    (2) The procedures prescribed in this section do not apply to an 
application for authority to launch and operate a replacement space 
station that meets the relevant criteria in Sec.  25.165(e)(1) and 
(e)(2) and that will be launched before the space station to be replaced 
is retired from service or within a reasonable time after loss of a 
space station during launch or due to premature failure in orbit.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, license 
applications for GSO-like satellite operation, including first-step 
filings pursuant to Sec.  25.110(b)(3)(i) or (ii), will be placed in a 
queue and considered in the order that they are filed, pursuant to the 
following procedure:
    (1) The application will be reviewed to determine whether it is 
acceptable for filing within the meaning of Sec.  25.112. If not, the 
application will be returned to the applicant.
    (2) If the application is acceptable for filing under Sec.  25.112, 
the application will be placed on public notice pursuant to Sec.  
25.151.
    (i) For applications filed pursuant to Sec.  25.110(b)(3)(i) or 
(b)(3)(ii), the public notice will announce that the Coordination 
Request or Appendix 30B filing has been submitted to the ITU. When 
further information is filed pursuant to Sec.  25.110(b)(3)(iii), it 
will be reviewed to determine whether it is substantially complete 
within the meaning of Sec.  25.112. If so, a second public notice will 
be

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issued pursuant to Sec.  25.151 to give interested parties an 
opportunity to file pleadings pursuant to Sec.  25.154.
    (ii) For any other license application for GSO-like satellite 
operation, the public notice will announce that the application has been 
found acceptable for filing and will give interested parties an 
opportunity to file pleadings pursuant to Sec.  25.154.
    (3) The application will be granted only if it meets each of the 
following criteria:
    (i) After review of the application and any pleadings filed in 
response to that application, the Commission finds that the application 
meets the standards of Sec.  25.156(a); and
    (ii) The proposed satellite will not cause harmful interference to 
any previously licensed operations.
    (c) A license applicant for GSO-like satellite operation must not 
transfer, assign, or otherwise permit any other entity to assume its 
place in any queue.
    (d) In the event that two or more applications for GSO-like 
satellite operation are mutually exclusive within the meaning of Sec.  
25.155(c), the Commission will consider those applications pursuant to 
the following procedure:
    (1) Each application will be reviewed to determine whether it is 
acceptable for filing within the meaning of Sec.  25.112. Any 
application not found acceptable for filing will be returned to the 
applicant.
    (2) All applications that are acceptable for filing will be placed 
on public notice pursuant to Sec.  25.151, and interested parties will 
be given an opportunity to file pleadings pursuant to Sec.  25.154.
    (3) Each application will be granted if it meets the criteria of 
paragraph (b)(3) of this section, and otherwise will be denied.
    (4) In the event that two or more applications are granted pursuant 
to paragraph (d)(3) of this section, the available bandwidth at the 
orbital location or locations in question will be divided equally among 
those licensees.
    (5) Licensees whose licenses are granted pursuant to paragraph 
(d)(4) of this section will be allowed to select the particular band 
segment it wishes to use no earlier than 60 days before they plan to 
launch the first satellite in its system, and no later than 30 days 
before that date, by submitting a letter to the Secretary of the 
Commission. The licensee shall serve copies of this letter to the other 
participants in the processing round pursuant to Sec.  1.47 of this 
chapter.
    (6) Licensees whose licenses are granted pursuant to paragraph 
(d)(4) of this section shall request contiguous bandwidth in both the 
uplink and downlink band. Each licensee's bandwidth selection shall not 
preclude other licensees from selecting contiguous bandwidth.
    (7) If two or more licensees whose licenses are granted pursuant to 
paragraph (d)(4) of this section request the same band segment, all 
licensees other than the first one to request that particular band 
segment will be required to make another selection.
    (e) Services offered pursuant to a GSO-like license in a frequency 
band granted before the Commission has adopted frequency-band-specific 
service rules for that band will be subject to the default service rules 
in Sec.  25.217.

[68 FR 51506, Aug. 27, 2003, as amended at 81 FR 55334, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.159  Limits on pending applications and unbuilt satellite
systems.

    (a) [Reserved]
    (b) Applicants with an application for one NGSO-like satellite 
system license on file with the Commission in a particular frequency 
band, or one licensed-but-unbuilt NGSO-like satellite system in a 
particular frequency band, will not be permitted to apply for another 
NGSO-like satellite system license in that frequency band.
    (c) If an applicant has an attributable interest in one or more 
other entities seeking one or more space station licenses, the pending 
applications and licensed-but-unbuilt satellite systems filed by those 
other entities will be counted as filed by the applicant for purposes of 
the limits on the number of pending space station applications and 
licensed-but-unbuilt satellite systems in this paragraph. For purposes 
of this paragraph, an applicant has an ``attributable interest'' in 
another entity if:

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    (1) It holds equity (including all stockholdings, whether voting or 
nonvoting, common or preferred) and debt interest or interests, in the 
aggregate, exceed thirty-three (33) percent of the total asset value 
(defined as the aggregate of all equity plus all debt) of that entity, 
or
    (2) It holds a controlling interest in that entity, or is the 
subsidiary of a party holding a controlling interest in that entity, 
within the meaning of 47 CFR 1.2110(b)(2).
    (3) For purposes of paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2) of this section, 
ownership interests shall be calculated on a fully diluted basis, i.e., 
all agreements, such as warrants, stock options, and convertible 
debentures, will generally be treated as if the rights thereunder 
already have been fully exercised.
    (d) In the event that a licensee misses three or more milestones 
within any three-year period, the Commission will presume that the 
licensee obtained one or more of those licenses for speculative 
purposes. Unless the licensee rebuts this presumption, it will not be 
permitted to apply for a GSO-like satellite or an NGSO-like satellite 
system in any frequency band if it has two or more satellite 
applications pending, or two licensed-but-unbuilt satellite systems of 
any kind. This limit will remain in effect until the licensee provides 
adequate information to demonstrate that it is very likely to construct 
its licensed facilities if it were allowed to file more applications.
    (e) For purposes of this section, ``frequency band'' means one of 
the paired frequency bands available for satellite service listed in 
Sec.  25.202.

[68 FR 51506, Aug. 27, 2003, as amended at 81 FR 55334, Aug. 18, 2016]

   Forfeiture, Termination, and Reinstatement of Station Authorization



Sec.  25.160  Administrative sanctions.

    (a) A forfeiture may be imposed for failure to operate in 
conformance with the Communications Act, license specifications, any 
conditions imposed on an authorization, or any of the Commission's rules 
and regulations; or for failure to comply with Commission requests for 
information needed to complete international coordination or for failure 
to cooperate in Commission investigations with respect to international 
coordination.
    (b) A forfeiture will be imposed and the station license may be 
terminated for the malicious transmissions of any signal that causes 
harmful interference with any other radio communications or signals.
    (c) A station license may be revoked for any repeated and willful 
violation of the kind set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this 
section.
    (d) The sanctions specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this 
section will be imposed only after the licensee has been provided an 
opportunity to be heard pursuant to titles III and V of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    (e) For purposes of this section, the term ``repeated'' and 
``willful'' are defined as set out in section 312(f) of the 
Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 312(f).



Sec.  25.161  Automatic termination of station authorization.

    A station authorization shall be automatically terminated in whole 
or in part without further notice to the licensee upon:
    (a)(1) The failure to meet an applicable milestone specified in 
Sec.  25.164(a) or (b), if no authorized space station is functional in 
orbit;
    (2) The failure to meet an applicable milestone specified in Sec.  
25.164(b)(1) or (2), if at least one authorized space station is 
functional in an authorized orbit, which failure will result in the 
termination of authority for the space stations not in orbit as of the 
milestone date, but allow for technically identical replacements; or
    (3) The failure to meet any other milestone or construction 
requirement imposed as a condition of authorization. In the case of a 
space station authorization when at least one authorized space station 
is functional in orbit, however, such termination will be with respect 
to only the authorization for any space stations not in orbit as of the 
milestone date.
    (b) The expiration of the license term, unless, in the case of an 
earth station license, an application for renewal of the license has 
been filed with

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the Commission pursuant to Sec.  25.121(e) or, in the case of a space 
station license, an application for extension of the license term has 
been filed with the Commission; or
    (c) The removal or modification of the facilities which renders the 
station not operational for more than 90 days, unless specific authority 
is requested.
    (d) The failure to maintain 50 percent of the maximum number of NGSO 
space stations authorized for service following the 9-year milestone 
period as functional space stations in authorized orbits, which failure 
will result in the termination of authority for the space stations not 
in orbit as of the date of noncompliance, but allow for technically 
identical replacements.

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 68 FR 51507, Aug. 27, 2003; 78 
FR 8425, Feb. 6, 2013; 79 FR 8320, Feb. 12, 2014; 82 FR 59985, Dec. 18, 
2017]



Sec.  25.162  Cause for termination of interference protection.

    The protection from interference afforded by the registration of a 
receiving earth station shall be automatically terminated if:
    (a) The request for registration is not submitted to the Commission 
within 3 months of the completion of the frequency coordination process, 
except as provided for in Sec.  25.203;
    (b) The receiving earth station is not constructed and placed into 
service within 6 months after completion of coordination;
    (c) The Commission finds that the station has been used less than 
50% of the time during any 12 month period;
    (d) The Commission finds that the station has been used for an 
unlawful purpose or otherwise in violation of the Commission's rules, 
regulations or policies;
    (e) The Commission finds that the actual use of the facility is 
inconsistent with what was set forth in the registrant's application; or
    (f) The Commission finds that the frequency coordination exhibit, 
upon which the granted registration is based, is incomplete or does not 
conform with established coordination procedures.



Sec.  25.163  Reinstatement.

    (a) A station authorization terminated in whole or in part under the 
provisions of Sec.  25.161 may be reinstated if the Commission, in its 
discretion, determines that reinstatement would best serve the public 
interest, convenience and necessity. Petitions for reinstatement will be 
considered only if:
    (1) The petition is filed within 30 days after the expiration date 
set forth in Sec.  25.161(a) or Sec.  25.161(b), whichever is 
applicable;
    (2) The petition explains the failure to file a timely notification 
or renewal application; and
    (3) The petition sets forth with specificity the procedures that 
have been established to ensure timely filings in the future.
    (b) A special temporary authorization shall automatically terminate 
upon the expiration date specified therein, or upon failure of the 
grantee to comply with any special terms or conditions set forth in the 
authorization. Temporary operation may be extended beyond the 
termination date only upon application to the Commission.

[56 FR 24016, May 28, 1991, as amended at 81 FR 55334, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.164  Milestones.

    (a) The recipient of an initial license for a GSO space station, 
other than a DBS space station, SDARS space station, or replacement 
space station as defined in Sec.  25.165(e), must launch the space 
station, position it in its assigned orbital location, and operate it in 
accordance with the station authorization no later than 5 years after 
the grant of the license, unless a different schedule is established by 
Title 47, Chapter I, or the Commission.
    (b)(1) The recipient of an initial authorization for an NGSO 
satellite system, other than an SDARS system, must launch 50 percent of 
the maximum number of space stations authorized for service, place them 
in their assigned orbits, and operate them in accordance with the 
station authorization no later than 6 years after the grant of the 
authorization, unless a different schedule is established by Title 47, 
Chapter I. This paragraph does not

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apply to replacement NGSO space stations as defined in Sec.  25.165(e).
    (2) A licensee that satisfies the requirement in paragraph (b)(1) of 
this section must launch the remaining space stations necessary to 
complete its authorized service constellation, place them in their 
assigned orbits, and operate each of them in accordance with the 
authorization no later than nine years after the grant of the 
authorization.
    (c)-(e) [Reserved]
    (f) A licensee subject to the requirements in paragraph (a) or (b) 
of this section must either demonstrate compliance with the applicable 
requirement or notify the Commission in writing that the requirement was 
not met, within 15 days after the specified deadline. Compliance with a 
milestone requirement in paragraph (a) or (b) of this section may be 
demonstrated by certifying pursuant to Sec.  25.121(d) that the space 
station(s) in question, has, or have, been launched and placed in the 
authorized orbital location or non-geostationary orbit(s) and that in-
orbit operation of the space station or stations has been tested and 
found to be consistent with the terms of the authorization.
    (g) Licensees of satellite systems that include both NGSO satellites 
and GSO satellites must meet the requirement in paragraph (a) of this 
section with respect to the GSO satellite(s) and the applicable 
requirements in paragraph (b) of this section with respect to the NGSO 
satellites.
    (h) In cases where the Commission grants a satellite authorization 
in different stages, such as a license for a satellite system using 
feeder links or inter-satellite links, the earliest of the milestone 
schedules will be applied to the entire satellite system.

[68 FR 51507, Aug. 27, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 51587, Aug. 20, 2004; 
79 FR 8320, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55334, Aug. 18, 2016; 82 FR 59985, Dec. 
18, 2017]



Sec.  25.165  Surety bonds.

    (a) For all space station licenses issued after September 20, 2004, 
other than licenses for DBS space stations, SDARS space stations, and 
replacement space stations as defined in paragraph (e) of this section, 
the licensee must post a bond within 30 days of the grant of its 
license. Failure to post a bond will render the license null and void 
automatically.
    (1) An NGSO licensee must have on file a surety bond requiring 
payment in the event of default as defined in paragraph (c) of this 
section, in an amount, at a minimum, determined according to the 
following formula, with the resulting dollar amount rounded to the 
nearest $10,000: A = $1,000,000 + $4,000,000 * D/2192, where A is the 
amount to be paid and D is the lesser of 2192 or the number of days that 
elapsed from the date of license grant until the date when the license 
was surrendered.
    (2) A GSO licensee must have on file a surety bond requiring payment 
in the event of default as defined in paragraph (c) of this section, in 
an amount, at a minimum, determined according to the following formula, 
with the resulting dollar amount rounded to the nearest $10,000: A = 
$1,000,000 + $2,000,000 * D/1827, where A is the amount to be paid and D 
is the lesser of 1827 or the number of days that elapsed from the date 
of license grant until the date when the license was surrendered.
    (3) Licensees of satellite systems including both NGSO space 
stations and GSO space stations that will operate in the same frequency 
bands must file a surety bond requiring payment in the event of default 
as defined in paragraph (c) of this section, in an amount, at a minimum, 
to be determined according to the formula in paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section.
    (b) The licensee must use a surety company deemed acceptable within 
the meaning of 31 U.S.C. 9304 et seq. (See, e.g., Department of Treasury 
Fiscal Service, Companies Holding Certificates of Authority as 
Acceptable Sureties on Federal Bonds and As Acceptable Reinsurance 
Companies, 57 FR 29356, July 1, 1992.) The bond must name the U.S. 
Treasury as beneficiary in the event of the licensee's default. The 
licensee must provide the Commission with a copy of the performance 
bond, including all details and conditions.
    (c) A licensee will be considered to be in default with respect to a 
bond filed pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section if it surrenders 
the license before

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meeting an applicable milestone requirement in Sec.  25.164(a) or (b)(1) 
or if it fails to satisfy any such milestone.
    (d) A licensee will be relieved of its bond obligation under 
paragraph (a) of this section upon a Commission finding that the 
licensee has satisfied the applicable milestone requirement(s) in Sec.  
25.164(a) and (b)(1) for the authorization.
    (e) A replacement space station is one that:
    (1) Is authorized to operate at an orbital location within 0.15[deg] of the assigned location of a GSO space 
station to be replaced or is authorized for NGSO operation and will 
replace an existing NGSO space station in its authorized orbit;
    (2) Is authorized to operate in the same frequency bands, and with 
the same coverage area as the space station to be replaced; and
    (3) Is scheduled to be launched so that it will be brought into use 
at approximately the same time as, but no later than, the existing space 
station is retired.
    (f) An applicant that has submitted a Coordination Request pursuant 
to Sec.  25.110(b)(3)(i) or an Appendix 30B filing pursuant to Sec.  
25.110(b)(3)(ii) must obtain a surety bond in the amount of $500,000 in 
accordance with the requirements in paragraph (b) of this section for 
licensees. The application will be returned as defective pursuant to 
Sec.  25.112 if a copy of the required bond is not filed with the 
Commission within 30 days after release of a public notice announcing 
that the Commission has submitted the Coordination Request or Appendix 
30B filing to the ITU.
    (g) An applicant will be considered to be in default with respect to 
a bond filed pursuant to paragraph (f) of this section if the applicant 
fails to submit a complete, acceptable license application pursuant to 
Sec.  25.110(b)(3)(iii) for the operation proposed in the initial 
application materials filed pursuant to Sec.  25.110(b)(3)(i) or 
(b)(3)(ii) within two years of the date of submission of the initial 
application materials.

[68 FR 51507, Aug. 27, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 51587, Aug. 20, 2004; 
81 FR 55335, Aug. 18, 2016; 82 FR 59986, Dec. 18, 2017]

           Reporting Requirements For Space Station Operators



Sec.  25.170  Annual reporting requirements.

    All operators of U.S.-licensed space stations and operators of non-
U.S.-licensed space stations granted U.S. market access must, on June 30 
of each year, file a report with the International Bureau containing the 
following information:
    (a) Identification of any space station(s) not available for service 
or otherwise not performing to specifications as of May 31 of the 
current year, any spectrum within the scope of the part 25 license or 
market access grant that the space station is unable to use, the 
cause(s) of these difficulties, and the date when the space station was 
taken out of service or the malfunction was identified; and
    (b) A current listing of the names, titles, addresses, email 
addresses, and telephone numbers of the points of contact for resolution 
of interference problems and for emergency response. Contact personnel 
should include those responsible for resolution of short term, immediate 
interference problems at the system control center, and those 
responsible for long term engineering and technical design issues.
    (c) Construction progress and anticipated launch dates for 
authorized replacement satellites.

    Note to Sec.  25.170: Space station operators may also be subject to 
outage reporting requirements in part 4 of this chapter.

[79 FR 8321, Feb. 12, 2014]



Sec.  25.171  Contact information reporting requirements.

    If contact information filed in space station application or 
pursuant to Sec.  25.170(b) or Sec.  25.172(a)(1) changes, the operator 
must file corrected information electronically in the Commission's 
International Bureau Filing System (IBFS), in the ``Other Filings'' tab 
of the station's current authorization file. The operator must file the 
updated information within 10 days.

[79 FR 8321, Feb. 12, 2014]

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Sec.  25.172  Requirements for reporting space station control 
arrangements.

    (a) The operator of any space station licensed by the Commission or 
granted U.S. market access must file the following information with the 
Commission prior to commencing operation with the space station, or, in 
the case of a non-U.S.-licensed space station, prior to commencing 
operation with U.S. earth stations.
    (1) The information required by Sec.  25.170(b).
    (2) The call signs of any telemetry, tracking, and command earth 
station(s) communicating with the space station from any site in the 
United States.
    (3) The location, by city and country, of any telemetry, tracking, 
and command earth station that communicates with the space station from 
any point outside the United States.
    (4) Alternatively, instead of listing the call signs and/or 
locations of earth stations currently used for telemetry, tracking, and 
command, the space station operator may provide 24/7 contact information 
for a satellite control center and a list of the call signs of any U.S. 
earth stations, and the locations of any non-U.S. earth stations, that 
are used or may be used for telemetry, tracking, and command 
communication with the space station(s) in question.
    (b) The information required by paragraph (a) of this section must 
be filed electronically in the Commission's International Bureau Filing 
System (IBFS), in the ``Other Filings'' tab of the space station's 
current authorization file. If call sign or location information 
provided pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section becomes invalid due 
to a change of circumstances, the space station operator must file 
updated information in the same manner within 30 days, except with 
respect to changes less than 30 days in duration, for which no update is 
necessary.

[79 FR 8321, Feb. 12, 2014]



Sec.  25.173  Results of in-orbit testing.

    (a) Space station operators must measure the co-polarized and cross-
polarized performance of space station antennas through in-orbit testing 
and submit the measurement data to the Commission upon request.
    (b) Within 15 days after completing in-orbit testing of a space 
station licensed under this part, the operator must notify the 
Commission that such testing has been completed and certify that the 
space station's measured performance is consistent with the station 
authorization and that the space station is capable of using its 
assigned frequencies or inform the Commission of any discrepancy. The 
licensee must also indicate in the filing whether the space station has 
been placed in the assigned geostationary orbital location or non-
geostationary orbit. If the licensee files a certification pursuant to 
this paragraph before the space station has been placed in its assigned 
orbit or orbital location, the licensee must separately notify the 
Commission that the space station has been placed in such orbit or 
orbital location within 3 days after such placement and that the 
station's measured performance is consistent with the station 
authorization.

[79 FR 8321, Feb. 12, 2014]



                      Subpart C_Technical Standards

    Source: 30 FR 7176, May 28, 1965; 36 FR 2562, Feb. 6, 1971, unless 
otherwise noted.



Sec.  25.201  [Reserved]



Sec.  25.202  Frequencies, frequency tolerance, and emission limits.

    (a)(1) In addition to the frequency-use restrictions set forth in 
Sec.  2.106 of this chapter, the following restrictions apply:
    (i) In the 27.5-28.35 GHz band, the FSS (Earth-to-space) is 
secondary to the Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service authorized 
pursuant to part 30 of this chapter, except for FSS operations 
associated with earth stations authorized pursuant to Sec.  25.136.
    (ii) Use of the 37.5-40 GHz band by the FSS (space-to-Earth) is 
limited to individually licensed earth stations. Earth stations in this 
band must not be ubiquitously deployed and must not be used to serve 
individual consumers.
    (iii) The U.S. non-Federal Table of Frequency Allocations, in Sec.  
2.106 of this chapter, is applicable between Commission space station 
licensees relying on

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a U.S. ITU filing and transmitting to or receiving from anywhere on 
Earth, including airborne earth stations, in the 17.7-20.2 GHz or 27.5-
30 GHz bands.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (3) The following frequencies are available for use by the non-
voice, non-geostationary mobile-satellite service:

137-138 MHz: Space-to-Earth
148-150.05 MHz: Earth-to-space
399.9-400.05 MHz: Earth-to-space
400.15-401 MHz: Space-to-Earth

    (4)(i) The following frequencies are available for use by the 1.6/
2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service:

1610-1626.5 MHz: User-to-Satellite Link
1613.8-1626.5 MHz: Satellite-to-User Link (secondary)
2483.5-2500 MHz: Satellite-to-User Link

    (ii) The following frequencies are available for use by the 2 GHz 
Mobile-Satellite Service: 2000-2020 MHz: User-to-Satellite Link; 2180-
2200 MHz: Satellite-to-User Link.
    (iii)(A) The following frequencies are available for use by the 1.5/
1.6 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service:

1525-1559 MHz: space-to-Earth
1626.5-1660.5 MHz: Earth-to-space

    (B) The use of the frequencies 1544-1545 MHz and 1645.5-1646.5 MHz 
is limited to distress and safety communications.
    (5) The following frequencies are available for use by the inter-
satellite service:

22.55-23.00 GHz
23.00-23.55 GHz
24.45-24.65 GHz
24.65-24.75 GHz
54.25-56.90 GHz
57.00-58.20 GHz
65.00-71.00 GHz

    (6) The following frequencies are available for use by the Satellite 
Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS), and for any associated terrestrial 
repeaters: 2320-2345 MHz (space-to-Earth)
    (7) The following frequencies are available for use by the Direct 
Broadcast Satellite service:

12.2-12.7 GHz: Space-to-Earth.
12.2-12.7 GHz: Space-to-Earth.

    (8) The following frequencies are available for use by ESVs:

3700-4200 MHz (space-to-Earth)
5925-6425 MHz (Earth-to-space)
10.95-11.2 GHz (space-to-Earth)
11.45-11.7 GHz (space-to-Earth)
11.7-12.2 GHz (space-to-Earth)
14.0-14.5 GHz (Earth-to-space)

    ESVs shall be authorized and coordinated as set forth in Sec. Sec.  
25.221 and 25.222. ESV operators, collectively, may coordinate up to 180 
megahertz of spectrum in the 5925-6425 MHz (Earth-to-space) band for all 
ESV operations at any given location subject to coordination.
    (9) The following frequencies are available for use by the 
Broadcasting-Satellite Service after 1 April 2007:

17.3-17.7 GHz (space-to-Earth)
17.7-17.8 GHz (space-to-Earth)

    Note 1 to paragraph (a)(9): Use of the 17.3-17.7 GHz band by the 
broadcasting-satellite service is limited to geostationary satellite 
orbit systems.
    Note 2 to paragraph (a)(9): Use of the 17.7-17.8 GHz band (space-to-
Earth) by the broadcasting-satellite service is limited to transmissions 
from geostationary satellite orbit systems to receiving earth stations 
located outside of the United States and its Possessions. In the United 
States and its Possessions, the 17.7-17.8 GHz band is allocated on a 
primary basis to the Fixed Service.

    (10)(i) The following frequencies are available for use by Vehicle-
Mounted Earth Stations (VMESs):

10.95-11.2GHz (space-to-Earth)
11.45-11.7GHz (space-to-Earth)
11.7-12.2GHz (space-to-Earth)
14.0-14.5GHz (Earth-to-space)

    (ii) VMESs shall be authorized as set forth in Sec.  25.226.
    (11)(i) The following frequencies are available for use by Earth 
Stations Aboard Aircraft (ESAA):

10.95-11.2 GHz (space-to-Earth)
11.45-11.7 GHz (space-to-Earth)
11.7-12.2 GHz (space-to-Earth)
14.0-14.5 GHz (Earth-to-space)

    (ii) ESAAs shall be authorized as set forth in Sec.  25.227.
    (12) The following frequencies are available for use by the mobile-
satellite service (Earth-to-space) for the reception of Automatic 
Identification Systems (AIS) broadcast messages from ships:

156.7625-156.7875 MHz
156.8125-156.8375 MHz
161.9625-161.9875 MHz
162.0125-162.0375 MHz


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    (b) Other frequencies and associated bandwidths of emission may be 
assigned on a case-by-case basis to space systems under this part in 
conformance with Sec.  2.106 of this chapter and the Commission's rules 
and policies.
    (c) [Reserved]
    (d) Frequency tolerance, Earth stations. The carrier frequency of 
each earth station transmitter authorized in these services shall be 
maintained within 0.001 percent of the reference frequency.
    (e) Frequency tolerance, space stations. The carrier frequency of 
each space station transmitter authorized in these services shall be 
maintained within 0.002 percent of the reference frequency.
    (f) Emission limitations. Except for SDARS terrestrial repeaters and 
as provided for in paragraph (i), the mean power of emissions shall be 
attenuated below the mean output power of the transmitter in accordance 
with the schedule set forth in paragraphs (f)(1) through (f)(4) of this 
section. The out-of-band emissions of SDARS terrestrial repeaters shall 
be attenuated in accordance with the schedule set forth in paragraph (h) 
of this section.
    (1) In any 4 kHz band, the center frequency of which is removed from 
the assigned frequency by more than 50 percent up to and including 100 
percent of the authorized bandwidth: 25 dB;
    (2) In any 4 kHz band, the center frequency of which is removed from 
the assigned frequency by more than 100 percent up to and including 250 
percent of the authorized bandwidth: 35 dB;
    (3) In any 4 kHz band, the center frequency of which is removed from 
the assigned frequency by more than 250 percent of the authorized 
bandwidth: An amount equal to 43 dB plus 10 times the logarithm (to the 
base 10) of the transmitter power in watts;
    (4) In any event, when an emission outside of the authorized 
bandwidth causes harmful interference, the Commission may, at its 
discretion, require greater attenuation than specified in paragraphs (f) 
(1), (2) and (3) of this section.
    (g)(1) Telemetry, tracking, and command signals may be transmitted 
in frequencies within the assigned bands that are not at a band edge 
only if the transmissions cause no greater interference and require no 
greater protection from harmful interference than the communications 
traffic on the satellite network or have been coordinated with operators 
of authorized co-frequency space stations at orbital locations within 
six degrees of the assigned orbital location.
    (2) Frequencies, polarization, and coding of telemetry, tracking, 
and command transmissions must be selected to minimize interference into 
other satellite networks.
    (h) Out-of-band emission limitations for SDARS terrestrial 
repeaters. (1) Any SDARS terrestrial repeater operating at a power level 
greater than 2-watt average EIRP is required to attenuate its out-of-
band emissions below the transmitter power P by a factor of not less 
than 90 + 10 log (P) dB in a 1-megahertz bandwidth outside the 2320-2345 
MHz band, where P is average transmitter output power in watts.
    (2) Any SDARS terrestrial repeater operating at a power level equal 
to or less than 2-watt average EIRP is required to attenuate its out-of-
band emissions below the transmitter power P by a factor of not less 
than 75 + 10 log (P) dB in a 1-megahertz bandwidth outside the 2320-2345 
MHz band, where P is average transmitter output power in watts.
    (3) SDARS repeaters are permitted to attenuate out-of-band emissions 
less than the levels specified in paragraphs (h)(1) and (h)(2), of this 
section unless a potentially affected WCS licensee provides written 
notice that it intends to commence commercial service within the 
following 365 days. Starting 180 days after receipt of such written 
notice, SDARS repeaters within the area notified by the potentially 
affected WCS licensee must attenuate out-of-band emissions to the levels 
specified in paragraphs (h)(1) and (h)(2) of this section.
    (4) For the purpose of this section, a WCS licensee is potentially 
affected if it is authorized to operate a base station in the 2305-2315 
MHz or 2350-2360 MHz bands within 25 kilometers of a repeater seeking to 
operate with an out of band emission attenuation factor less than those 
prescribed in paragraphs (h)(1) or (2) of this section.

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    (i) The WCS licensee is authorized to operate a base station in the 
2305-2315 MHz or 2350-2360 MHz bands in the same Major Economic Area 
(MEA) as that in which a SDARS terrestrial repeater is located.
    (ii) The WCS licensee is authorized to operate a base station in the 
2315-2320 MHz or 2345-2350 MHz bands in the same Regional Economic Area 
Grouping (REAG) as that in which a SDARS terrestrial repeater is 
located.
    (iii) A SDARS terrestrial repeater is located within 5 kilometers of 
the boundary of an MEA or REAG in which the WCS licensee is authorized 
to operate a WCS base station.
    (i) The following unwanted emissions power limits for non-
geostationary satellites operating in the inter-satellite service that 
transmit in the 22.55-23.55 GHz band shall apply in any 200 MHz of the 
23.6-24 GHz passive band, based on the date that complete advance 
publication information is received by the ITU's Radiocommunication 
Bureau:
    (1) For information received before January 1, 2020: -36 dBW.
    (2) For information received on or after January 1, 2020: -46 dBW.
    (j) For earth stations in the Fixed-Satellite Service (Earth-to-
space) that transmit in the 49.7-50.2 GHz and 50.4-50.9 GHz bands, the 
unwanted emission power in the 50.2-50.4 GHz band shall not exceed -20 
dBW/200 MHz (measured at the input of the antenna), except that the 
maximum unwanted emission power may be increased to -10 dBW/200 MHz for 
earth stations having an antenna gain greater than or equal to 57 dBi. 
These limits apply under clear-sky conditions. During fading conditions, 
the limits may be exceeded by earth stations when using uplink power 
control.

[30 FR 7176, May 28, 1965]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
25.202, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.



Sec.  25.203  Choice of sites and frequencies.

    (a) Sites and frequencies for earth stations, other than ESVs, 
operating in frequency bands shared with equal rights between 
terrestrial and space services, shall be selected, to the extent 
practicable, in areas where the surrounding terrain and existing 
frequency usage are such as to minimize the possibility of harmful 
interference between the sharing services.
    (b) An applicant for an earth station authorization, other than an 
ESV, in a frequency band shared with equal rights with terrestrial 
microwave services shall compute the great circle coordination distance 
contour(s) for the proposed station in accordance with the procedures 
set forth in Sec.  25.251. The applicant shall submit with the 
application a map or maps drawn to appropriate scale and in a form 
suitable for reproduction indicating the location of the proposed 
station and these contours. These maps, together with the pertinent data 
on which the computation of these contours is based, including all 
relevant transmitting and/or receiving parameters of the proposed 
station that is necessary in assessing the likelihood of interference, 
an appropriately scaled plot of the elevation of the local horizon as a 
function of azimuth, and the electrical characteristics of the earth 
station antenna(s), shall be submitted by the applicant in a single 
exhibit to the application. The coordination distance contour plot(s), 
horizon elevation plot, and antenna horizon gain plot(s) required by 
this section may also be submitted in tabular numerical format at 5[deg] 
azimuthal increments instead of graphical format. At a minimum, this 
exhibit shall include the information listed in paragraph (c)(2) of this 
section. An earth station applicant shall also include in the 
application relevant technical details (both theoretical calculations 
and/or actual measurements) of any special techniques, such as the use 
of artificial site shielding, or operating procedures or restrictions at 
the proposed earth station which are to be employed to reduce the 
likelihood of interference, or of any particular characteristics of the 
earth station site which could have an effect on the calculation of the 
coordination distance.
    (c) Prior to the filing of its application, an applicant for 
operation of an earth station, other than an ESV, VMES or ESAA, shall 
coordinate the proposed frequency usage with existing

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terrestrial users and with applicants for terrestrial station 
authorizations with previously filed applications in accordance with the 
following procedure:
    (1) An applicant for an earth station authorization shall perform an 
interference analysis in accordance with the procedures set forth in 
Sec.  25.251 for each terrestrial station, for which a license or 
construction permit has been granted or for which an application has 
been accepted for filing, which is or is to be operated in a shared 
frequency band to be used by the proposed earth station and which is 
located within the great circle coordination distance contour(s) of the 
proposed earth station.
    (2) The earth station applicant shall provide each such terrestrial 
station licensee, permittee, and prior filed applicant with the 
technical details of the proposed earth station and the relevant 
interference analyses that were made. At a minimum, the earth station 
applicant shall provide the terrestrial user with the following 
technical information:
    (i) The geographical coordinates of the proposed earth station 
antenna(s),
    (ii) Proposed operating frequency band(s) and emission(s),
    (iii) Antenna center height above ground and ground elevation above 
mean sea level,
    (iv) Antenna gain pattern(s) in the plane of the main beam,
    (v) Longitude range of geostationary satellite orbit (GSO) 
satellites at which antenna may be pointed, for proposed earth station 
antenna(s) accessing GSO satellites,
    (vi) Horizon elevation plot,
    (vii) Antenna horizon gain plot(s) determined in accordance with 
Sec.  25.251 for satellite longitude range specified in paragraph 
(c)(2)(v) of this section, taking into account the provisions of Sec.  
25.251 for earth stations operating with non-geostationary satellites,
    (viii) Minimum elevation angle,
    (ix) Maximum equivalent isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.) 
density in the main beam in any 4 kHz band, (dBW/4 kHz) for frequency 
bands below 15 GHz or in any 1 MHz band (dBW/MHz) for frequency band 
above 15 GHz,
    (x) Maximum available RF transmit power density in any 1 MHz band 
and in any 4 kHz band at the input terminals of the antenna(s),
    (xi) Maximum permissible RF interference power level as determined 
in accordance with Sec.  25.251 for all applicable percentages of time, 
and
    (xii) A plot of great circle coordination distance contour(s) and 
rain scatter coordination distance contour(s) as determined by Sec.  
25.251.
    (3) The coordination procedures specified in Sec.  101.103 of this 
chapter and Sec.  25.251 shall be applicable except that the information 
to be provided shall be that set forth in paragraph (c)(2) of this 
section, and that the 30-day period allowed for response to a request 
for coordination may be increased to a maximum of 45 days by mutual 
consent of the parties.
    (4) Where technical problems are resolved by an agreement or 
operating arrangement between the parties that would require special 
procedures be taken to reduce the likelihood of harmful interference 
(such as the use of artificial site shielding) or would result in 
lessened quality or capacity of either system, the details thereof shall 
be contained in the application.
    (5) The Commission may, in the course of examining any application, 
require the submission of additional showings, complete with pertinent 
data and calculations in accordance with Sec.  25.251, showing that 
harmful interference is not likely to result from the proposed 
operation.
    (6) Multiple antennas in an NGSO FSS gateway earth station complex 
located within an area bounded by one second of latitude and one second 
of longitude may be regarded as a single earth station for purposes of 
coordination with terrestrial services.
    (d) An applicant for operation of an earth station, other than an 
ESV, VMES or an ESAA, shall also ascertain whether the great circle 
coordination distance contours and rain scatter coordination distance 
contours, computed for those values of parameters indicated in Sec.  
25.251 (Appendix 7 of the ITU RR) for international coordination, cross 
the boundaries of another

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Administration. In this case, the applicant shall furnish the Commission 
copies of these contours on maps drawn to appropriate scale for use by 
the Commission in effecting coordination of the proposed earth station 
with the Administration(s) affected.
    (e) Protection for Table Mountain Radio Receiving Zone, Boulder 
County, Colorado.
    (1) Applicants for a station authorization to operate in the 
vicinity of Boulder County, Colorado under this part are advised to give 
due consideration, prior to filing applications, to the need to protect 
the Table Mountain Radio Receiving Zone from harmful interference. These 
are the research laboratories of the Department of Commerce, Boulder 
County, Colorado. To prevent degradation of the present ambient radio 
signal level at the site, the Department of Commerce seeks to ensure 
that the field strengths of any radiated signals (excluding reflected 
signals) received on this 1800 acre site (in the vicinity of coordinates 
40[deg]07[min]50[sec] N Latitude, 105[deg]14[min]40[sec] W Longitude) 
resulting from new assignments (other than mobile stations) or from the 
modification or relocation of existing facilities do not exceed the 
following values:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 In authorized bandwidth
                                                       of service
                                               -------------------------
                Frequency range                    Field      Power flux
                                                  strength   density \1\
                                                   (mV/m)     (dBW/m\2\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Below 540 kHz.................................           10        -65.8
540 to 1600 kHz...............................           20        -59.8
1.6 to 470 MHz................................           10     \2\-65.8
470 to 890 MHz................................           30     \2\-56.2
Above 890 MHz.................................            1     \2\-85.8
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Equivalent values of power flux density are calculated assuming free
  space characteristic impedance of 376.7 = 120[pi] ohms.
\2\ Space stations shall conform to the power flux density limits at the
  earth's surface specified in appropriate parts of the FCC rules, but
  in no case should exceed the above levels in any 4 kHz band for all
  angles of arrival.

    (2) Advance consultation is recommended particularly for those 
applicants who have no reliable data which indicates whether the field 
strength or power flux density figures in the above table would be 
exceeded by their proposed radio facilities (except mobile stations). In 
such instances, the following is a suggested guide for determining 
whether coordination is recommended:
    (i) All stations within 2.5 kilometers;
    (ii) Stations within 5 kilometers with 50 watts or more average 
effective radiated power (ERP) in the primary plane of polarization in 
the azimuthal direction of the Table Mountain Radio Receiving Zone;
    (iii) Stations within 15 kilometers with 1 kW or more average ERP in 
the primary plane of polarization in the azimuthal direction of Table 
Mountain Receiving Zone;
    (iv) Stations within 80 kilometers with 25 kW or more average ERP in 
the primary plane of polarization in the azimuthal direction of Table 
Mountain Receiving Zone.
    (3) Applicants concerned are urged to communicate with the Radio 
Frequency Management Coordinator, Department of Commerce, Research 
Support Services, NOAA R/E5X2, Boulder Laboratories, Boulder, CO 80303; 
telephone (303) 497-6548, in advance of filing their applications with 
the Commission.
    (4) The Commission will not screen applications to determine whether 
advance consultation has taken place. However, applicants are advised 
that such consultation can avoid objections from the Department of 
Commerce or proceedings to modify any authorization which may be granted 
which, in fact, delivers a signal at the site in excess of the field 
strength specified herein.
    (f) Notification to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory: In 
order to minimize possible harmful interference at the National Radio 
Astronomy Observatory site at Green Bank, Pocahontas County, W. Va., and 
at the Naval Radio Research Observatory site at Sugar Grove, Pendleton 
County, W. Va., any applicant for operating authority under this part 
for a new transmit or transmit-receive earth station, other than a 
mobile or temporary fixed station, within the area bounded by 
39[deg]15[min] N. on the north, 78[deg]30[min] W. on the east, 
37[deg]30[min] N. on the south and 80[deg]30[min] W. on the west or for 
modification of an existing license for such station to change the 
station's frequency, power, antenna height or directivity, or location 
must, when filing the application with the Commission, simultaneously

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notify the Director, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box No. 
2, Green Bank, W. Va. 24944, in writing, of the technical particulars of 
the proposed station. Such notification shall include the geographical 
coordinates of the antenna, antenna height, antenna directivity if any, 
proposed frequency, type of emission, and power. In addition, the 
applicant shall indicate in his application to the Commission the date 
notification was made to the observatory. After receipt of such 
applications, the Commission will allow a period of 20 days for comments 
or objections in response to the notifications indicated. If an 
objection to the proposed operation is received during the 20-day period 
from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory for itself or on behalf of 
the Naval Radio Research Observatory, the Commission will consider all 
aspects of the problem and take whatever action is deemed appropriate.
    (g) Protection for Federal Communications Commission monitoring 
stations:
    (1) Applicants for authority to operate a new transmitting earth 
station in the vicinity of an FCC monitoring station or to modify the 
operation of a transmitting earth station in a way that would increase 
the field strength produced at such a monitoring station above that 
previously authorized should consider the possible need to protect the 
FCC stations from harmful interference. Geographic coordinates of the 
facilities that require protection are listed in Sec.  0.121(c) of this 
chapter. Applications for fixed stations that will produce field 
strength greater than 10 mV/m or power flux density greater than -65.8 
dBW/m\2\ in the authorized emission bandwidth at any of the referenced 
coordinates may be examined to determine the extent of possible 
interference. Depending on the theoretical field strength value and 
existing root-sum-square or other ambient radio field signal levels at 
the referenced coordinates, a condition to protect the monitoring 
station may be included in the station authorization.
    (2) In the event that the calculated value of the expected field 
strength exceeds 10 mV/m (-65.8 dBW/m\2\) at the reference coordinates, 
or if there is any question whether field strength levels might exceed 
the threshold value, advance consultation with the FCC to discuss any 
protection necessary should be considered. See Sec.  0.401 of this 
chapter for contact information.
    (3) Advance consultation is suggested particularly for those 
applicants who have no reliable data which indicates whether the field 
strength or power flux density figure indicated would be exceeded by 
their proposed radio facilities (except mobile stations). In such 
instances, the following is a suggested guide for determining whether an 
applicant should coordinate:
    (i) All stations within 2.5 kilometers;
    (ii) Stations within 5 kilometers with 50 watts or more average 
effective radiated power (ERP) in the primary plane of polarization in 
the azimuthal direction of the Monitoring Station;
    (iii) Stations within 15 kilometers with 1 kW or more average ERP in 
the primary plane of polarization in the azimuthal direction of the 
Monitoring Station;
    (iv) Stations within 80 kilometers with 25 kW or more average ERP in 
the primary plane of polarization in the azimuthal direction of the 
Monitoring Station.
    (4) Advance coordination for stations operating above 1000 MHz is 
recommended only where the proposed station is in the vicinity of a 
monitoring station designated as a satellite monitoring facility in 
Sec.  0.121(c) of this chapter and also meets the criteria outlined in 
paragraphs (g)(2) and (3) of this section.
    (5) The Commission will not screen applications to determine whether 
advance consultation has taken place. However, applicants are advised 
that such consultation can avoid objections from the Federal 
Communications Commission or modification of any authorization which 
will cause harmful interference.
    (h) Sites and frequencies for GSO and NGSO earth stations, operating 
in a frequency band where both have a co-primary allocation, shall be 
selected to avoid earth station antenna mainlobe-to-satellite antenna 
mainlobe coupling, between NGSO systems and between NGSO and GSO 
systems, in order to

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minimize the possibility of harmful interference between these services. 
Prior to filing an earth station application, in bands with co-primary 
allocations to NGSO and GSO earth stations, the applicant shall 
coordinate the proposed site and frequency usage with existing earth 
station licensees and with current earth station authorization 
applicants.
    (i) Any applicant for a new permanent transmitting fixed earth 
station to be located on the island of Puerto Rico, Desecheo, Mona, 
Vieques, or Culebra, or for modification of an existing authorization to 
change the frequency, power, antenna height, directivity, or location of 
such a station on one of these islands in a way that would increase the 
likelihood of causing interference, must notify the Interference Office, 
Arecibo Observatory, HC3 Box 53995, Arecibo, Puerto Rico 00612, in 
writing or electronically, of the technical parameters of the proposal. 
Applicants may wish to consult interference guidelines, which will be 
provided by Cornell University. Applicants who choose to transmit 
information electronically should e-mail to: [email protected].
    (1) The notification to the Interference Office, Arecibo Observatory 
shall be made prior to, or simultaneously with, the filing of the 
application with the Commission. The notification must specify the 
geographical coordinates of the antenna (NAD-83 datum), antenna height 
above ground, ground elevation at the antenna, antenna directivity and 
gain, proposed frequency, relevant FCC rule part, type of emission, 
effective radiated power, and whether the proposed use is itinerant. 
Generally, submission of the information in the technical portion of the 
FCC license application is adequate notification. In addition, the 
applicant shall indicate in its application to the Commission the date 
notification was made to the Arecibo Observatory.
    (2) After receipt of such applications, the Commission will allow 
the Arecibo Observatory a period of 20 days for comments or objections 
in response to the notification indicated. The applicant will be 
required to make reasonable efforts in order to resolve or mitigate any 
potential interference problem with the Arecibo Observatory and to file 
either an amendment to the application or a modification application, as 
appropriate. If the Commission determines that an applicant has 
satisfied its responsibility to make reasonable efforts to protect the 
Observatory from interference, its application may be granted.
    (3) The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to operations that 
transmit on frequencies above 15 GHz.
    (j) Applicants for NGSO 1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service/
Radiodetermination-Satellite Service feeder links in the 17.7-20.2 GHz 
and 27.5-30.0 GHz bands must coordinate with licensees of FSS and 
terrestrial-service systems sharing the band to determine geographic 
protection areas around each NGSO MSS/Radiodetermination-Satellite 
Service feeder-link earth station.
    (k) An applicant for operation of an earth station, other than an 
ESV, VMES or an ESAA, that will operate with a geostationary satellite 
or non-geostationary satellite in a shared frequency band in which the 
non-geostationary system is (or is proposed to be) licensed for feeder 
links, shall demonstrate in its applications that its proposed earth 
station will not cause unacceptable interference to any other satellite 
network that is authorized to operate in the same frequency band, or 
certify that the operations of its earth station shall conform to 
established coordination agreements between the operator(s) of the space 
station(s) with which the earth station is to communicate and the 
operator(s) of any other space station licensed to use the band.
    (l) [Reserved]
    (m) Feeder links to DBS space stations:
    (1) Each applicant for a license to construct a new FSS earth 
station to provide feeder-link service to DBS space stations in the 
frequency band 17.3-17.8 GHz, or to modify any such station currently 
authorized except where the modification is for a new station within one 
kilometer of a currently-licensed earth station and modification will 
not increase the aggregate pfd, measured at any point 3-10 meters above 
the ground, above that generated by the current earth station, shall

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identify a coordination zone around its proposed new or modified earth 
station by the methodology outlined in Annex 3 of Appendix 7 of the ITU 
Radio Regulations, using the following values for the parameters in 
Table 9b of Annex 7 of Appendix 7:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Space service designation in which                                  Fixed-satellite
 the transmitting earth station
 operates.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Frequency bands (GHz)................                                  17.3-17.8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Space service designation in which                               Broadcasting-satellite
 the receiving earth station operates.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Orbit................................                                     GSO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Modulation at receiving earth station                                  N (digital)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Receiving earth station interference
 parameters and criteria:
    p0 (%)...........................                                    0.015
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    n................................                                      2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    p (%)............................                                    0.015
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    NL(dB)...........................                                      1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Ms (dB)..........................  In the area specified    In the area specified    In the area specified
                                        in 47 CFR Sec.           in 47 CFR Sec.           in 47 CFR Sec.
                                        25.209(w)(1) and (4).    25.209(w)(2).            25.209(w)(3).
                                       4.8....................  3.0....................  1.8.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    W (dB)...........................                                      4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Receiving earth station parameters:
    Gm (dBi).........................                                      36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Gr...............................                                      0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    emin.............................                                   20[deg]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Te (K)...........................                                     150
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reference bandwidth:
    B (Hz)...........................                                    10\6\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Permissible interference power: Pr(p)  -146.8.................  -149.8.................  -152.8.
 (dBW) in B
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) Each applicant for such new or modified feeder-link earth 
station shall provide the following information to a third-party 
coordinator of its choice for use in coordination required by this 
paragraph:
    (i) The geographical coordinates of the proposed earth station 
antenna(s);
    (ii) Proposed operating frequency band(s) and emission(s);
    (iii) Antenna diameter (meters);
    (iv) Antenna center height above ground and ground elevation above 
mean sea level;
    (v) Antenna gain pattern(s) in the plane of the main beam;
    (vi) Longitude range of geostationary satellite orbit (GSO) 
satellites at which an antenna may be pointed;
    (vii) Horizon elevation plot;
    (viii) Antenna horizon gain plot(s) determined in accordance with 
the procedure in Section 2.1 of Annex 5 to Appendix 7 of the ITU Radio 
Regulations;
    (ix) Minimum elevation angle;
    (x) Maximum equivalent isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.) 
density in the main beam in any 1 MHz band;
    (xi) Maximum available RF transmit power density in any 1 MHz band 
at the input terminals of the antenna(s);
    (xii) A plot of the coordination distance contour(s) and rain 
scatter coordination distance contour(s) as determined by Table 2 of 
Section 3 to Appendix 7 of the ITU Radio Regulations.
    (3) Each applicant for such new or modified feeder-link earth 
stations shall file with its application memoranda of coordination with 
each licensee authorized to construct BSS receive earth stations within 
the coordination zone.

[30 FR 7176, May 28, 1965]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
25.203, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.



Sec.  25.204  Power limits for earth stations.

    (a) In bands shared coequally with terrestrial radio communication 
services, the equivalent isotropically radiated power transmitted in any 
direction towards the horizon by an earth station, other than an ESV, 
operating in frequency bands between 1 and 15 GHz, shall not exceed the 
following limits except as provided for in paragraph (c) of this 
section:

 + 40 dBW in any 4 kHz band for [thetas] <=0[deg]
 + 40 + 3[thetas] dBW in any 4 kHz band for 0[deg] <[thetas] <=5[deg]

where [thetas] is the angle of elevation of the horizon viewed from the 
          center of radiation of the antenna of the earth station and 
          measured in degrees as positive above the horizontal plane and 
          negative below it.

    (b) In bands shared coequally with terrestrial radiocommunication 
services, the equivalent isotropically radiated power transmitted in any 
direction towards the horizon by an earth station operating in frequency 
bands above 15 GHz shall not exceed the following limits except as 
provided for in paragraph (c) of this section:

 + 64 dBW in any 1 MHz band for [thetas] <=0[deg]
 + 64 + 3 [thetas] dBW in any 1 MHz band for 0[deg] <[thetas] <=5[deg]

where [thetas] is as defined in paragraph (a) of this section.

    (c) For angles of elevation of the horizon greater than 5[deg] there 
shall be no restriction as to the equivalent isotropically radiated 
power transmitted by an earth station towards the horizon.
    (d) Notwithstanding the e.i.r.p. and e.i.r.p. density limits 
specified in the station authorization, each earth station transmission 
shall be conducted at the lowest power level that will provide the 
required signal quality as indicated in the application and further 
amended by coordination agreements.

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    (e) To the extent specified in paragraphs (e)(1) through (e)(3) of 
this section, earth stations in the Fixed-Satellite Service may employ 
uplink adaptive power control or other methods of fade compensation to 
facilitate transmission of uplinks at power levels required for desired 
link performance while minimizing interference between networks.
    (1) Except when paragraphs (e)(2) through (e)(3) of this section 
apply, transmissions from FSS earth stations in frequencies above 10 GHz 
may exceed the uplink EIRP and EIRP density limits specified in the 
station authorization under conditions of uplink fading due to 
precipitation by an amount not to exceed 1 dB above the actual amount of 
monitored excess attenuation over clear sky propagation conditions. EIRP 
levels must be returned to normal as soon as the attenuating weather 
pattern subsides.
    (2) An FSS earth station transmitting to a geostationary space 
station in the 13.77-13.78 GHz band must not generate more than 71 dBW 
EIRP in any 6 MHz band. An FSS earth station transmitting to a non-
geostationary space station in the 13.77-13.78 GHz band must not 
generate more than 51 dBW EIRP in any 6 MHz band. Automatic power 
control may be used to increase the EIRP density in a 6 MHz uplink band 
in this frequency range to compensate for rain fade, provided that the 
power flux-density at the space station does not exceed the value that 
would result when transmitting with an EIRP of 71 dBW or 51 dBW, as 
appropriate, in that 6 MHz band in clear-sky conditions.
    (3) FSS earth stations transmitting to geostationary space stations 
in the 24.75-25.25 GHz, 28.35-28.6 GHz, and/or 29.25-30.0 GHz bands may 
employ uplink adaptive power control or other methods of fade 
compensation. For stations employing uplink power control, the values in 
paragraphs (a)(1), (2), and (4) of Sec.  25.138 may be exceeded by up to 
20 dB under conditions of uplink fading due to precipitation. The amount 
of such increase in excess of the actual amount of monitored excess 
attenuation over clear sky propagation conditions must not exceed 1.5 dB 
or 15 percent of the actual amount of monitored excess attenuation in 
dB, whichever is larger, with a confidence level of 90 percent except 
over transient periods accounting for no more than 0.5 percent of the 
time during which the excess is no more than 4.0 dB.
    (f) An earth station in the Fixed-Satellite Service transmitting in 
the 13.75-14 GHz band must have a minimum antenna diameter of 4.5 m, and 
the EIRP of any emission in that band should be at least 68 dBW and 
should not exceed 85 dBW.
    (g) [Reserved]
    (h) ESV transmissions in the 5925-6425 MHz (Earth-to-space) band 
shall not exceed an e.i.r.p. spectral density towards the radio-horizon 
of 17 dBW/MHz, and shall not exceed an e.i.r.p. towards the radio-
horizon of 20.8 dBW. The ESV network shall shut-off the ESV transmitter 
if the e.i.r.p. spectral density towards the radio-horizon or e.i.r.p. 
towards the radio-horizon are exceeded.
    (i) Within 125 km of the TDRSS sites identified in Sec.  25.222(d), 
ESV transmissions in the 14.0-14.2 GHz (Earth-to-space) band shall not 
exceed an e.i.r.p. spectral density towards the horizon of 12.5 dBW/MHz, 
and shall not exceed an e.i.r.p. towards the horizon of 16.3 dBW.
    (j) Within 125 km of the Tracking and Data Relay System Satellite 
(TDRSS) sites identified in Sec.  25.226(c), VMES transmissions in the 
14.0-14.2 GHz (Earth-to-space) band shall not exceed an EIRP spectral 
density towards the horizon of 12.5 dBW/MHz, and shall not exceed an 
EIRP towards the horizon of 16.3 dBW.
    (k) Within radio line-of-sight of the Tracking and Data Relay System 
Satellite (TDRSS) sites identified in Sec.  25.227(c), ESAA 
transmissions in the 14.0-14.2 GHz (Earth-to-space) band shall not 
exceed an EIRP spectral density towards or below the horizon of 12.5 
dBW/MHz, and shall not exceed an EIRP towards or below the horizon of 
16.3 dBW.

[48 FR 40255, Sept. 6, 1983, as amended at 58 FR 13420, Mar. 11, 1993; 
61 FR 52307, Oct. 7, 1996; 62 FR 61457, Nov. 18, 1997; 66 FR 10623, Feb. 
16, 2001; 70 FR 4784, Jan. 31, 2005; 70 FR 32255, June 2, 2005; 72 FR 
50029, Aug. 29, 2007; 74 FR 57098, Nov. 4, 2009; 78 FR 8427, Feb. 6, 
2013; 78 FR 14927, Mar. 8, 2013; 79 FR 8322, Feb. 12, 2004; 81 FR 55336, 
Aug. 18, 2016; 83 FR 34491, July 20, 2018]

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Sec.  25.205  Minimum antenna elevation angle.

    (a) Earth station antennas must not transmit at elevation angles 
less than five degrees, measured from the horizontal plane to the 
direction of maximum radiation, in a frequency band shared with 
terrestrial radio services or in a frequency band with an allocation to 
space services operating in both the Earth-to-space and space-to-Earth 
directions. In other bands, earth station antennas must not transmit at 
elevation angles less than three degrees. In some instances, it may be 
necessary to specify greater minimum elevation angles because of 
interference considerations.
    (b) ESAAs in aircraft on the ground must not transmit at elevation 
angles less than three degrees. There is no minimum angle of antenna 
elevation for ESAAs while airborne.

[81 FR 55336, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.206  Station identification.

    The requirement to transmit station identification is waived for all 
radio stations licensed under this part with the exception of earth 
stations subject to the requirements of Sec.  25.281.

[79 FR 8322, Feb. 12, 2014]



Sec.  25.207  Cessation of emissions.

    Space stations shall be made capable of ceasing radio emissions by 
the use of appropriate devices (battery life, timing devices, ground 
command, etc.) that will ensure definite cessation of emissions.



Sec.  25.208  Power flux-density limits.

    (a) In the band 3650-4200 MHz, the power flux density at the Earth's 
surface produced by emissions from a space station for all conditions 
and for all methods of modulation shall not exceed the following values:

-152 dB(W/m\2\) in any 4 kHz band for angles of arrival between 0 and 5 
degrees above the horizontal plane;
-152 + ([delta]-5)/2 dB(W/m\2\) in any 4 kHz band for angles of arrival 
[delta] (in degrees) between 5 and 25 degrees above the horizontal 
plane; and
-142 dB(W/m\2\) in any 4 kHz band for angles of arrival between 25 and 
90 degrees above the horizontal plane


These limits relate to the power flux density which would be obtained 
under assumed free-space propagation conditions.
    (b) In the bands 10.95-11.2 and 11.45-11.7 GHz for GSO FSS space 
stations and 10.7-11.7 GHz for NGSO FSS space stations, the power flux-
density at the Earth's surface produced by emissions from a space 
station for all conditions and for all methods of modulation shall not 
exceed the lower of the following values:
    (1) -150 dB(W/m\2\) in any 4 kHz band for angles of arrival between 
0 and 5 degrees above the horizontal plane; -150 + ([delta]-5)/2 dB(W/
m\2\) in any 4 kHz band for angles of arrival ([delta]) (in degrees) 
between 5 and 25 degrees above the horizontal plane; and -140 dB(W/m\2\) 
in any 4 kHz band for angles of arrival between 25 and 90 degrees above 
the horizontal plane; or
    (2) -126 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 
0 and 5 degrees above the horizontal plane; -126 + ([delta]-5)/2 dB(W/
m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival ([delta]) (in degrees) 
between 5 and 25 degrees above the horizontal plane; and -116 dB(W/m\2\) 
in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 25 and 90 degrees above 
the horizontal plane.

    Note to paragraph (b): These limits relate to the power flux 
density, which would be obtained under assumed free-space propagation 
conditions.

    (c) For a GSO space station in the 17.7-19.7 GHz, 22.55-23.55 GHz, 
or 24.45-24.75 GHz bands, or for an NGSO space station in the 22.55-
23.55 GHz or 24.45-24.75 GHz bands, the PFD at the Earth's surface 
produced by emissions for all conditions and for all methods of 
modulation must not exceed the following values:
    (1) -115 dB (W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 
0 and 5 degrees above the horizontal plane.
    (2) -115 + 0.5 ([delta]-5) dB (W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles 
of arrival d (in degrees) between 5 and 25 degrees above the horizontal 
plane.
    (3) -105 dB (W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 
25 and 90 degrees above the horizontal plane.
    (d) In addition to the limits specified in paragraph (c) of this 
section, the power flux-density across the 200 MHz

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band 18.6-18.8 GHz produced at the Earth's surface by emissions from a 
space station under assumed free-space propagation conditions shall not 
exceed -95 dB (W/m\2\) for all angles of arrival. This limit may be 
exceeded by up to 3 dB for no more than 5% of the time.
    (e)-(m) [Reserved]
    (n) The power-flux density at the Earth's surface produced by 
emissions from a space station in the Fixed-Satellite Service (space-to-
Earth), for all conditions and for all methods of modulation, shall not 
exceed the limits given in Table N. These limits relate to the power 
flux-density which would be obtained under assumed free-space 
conditions.

               Table N--Limits of Power-Flux Density From Space Stations in the Band 6700-7075 MHz
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                                   Limit in dB (W/m\2\) for angle of arrival ([delta]) above
                                                     the horizontal plane                          Reference
         Frequency band          ------------------------------------------------------------      bandwidth
                                     0[deg]-5[deg]      5[deg]-25[deg]      25[deg]-90[deg]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6700-6825 MHz...................  -137..............  -137 + 0.5([delta]- -127..............  1 MHz.
                                                       5).
6825-7075 MHz...................  -154..............  -154 + 0.5([delta]- -144..............  4 kHz.
                                  and...............   5).                and...............
                                                      and...............
                                  -134..............  -134 + 0.5([delta]- -124..............  1 MHz.
                                                       5).
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    (o) In the band 12.2-12.7 GHz, for NGSO FSS space stations, the 
specified low-angle power flux-density at the Earth's surface produced 
by emissions from a space station shall not be exceeded into an 
operational MVDDS receiver:
    (1) -158 dB(W/m\2\) in any 4 kHz band for angles of arrival between 
0 and 2 degrees above the horizontal plane; and
    (2) -158 + 3.33([delta]-2) dB(W/m\2\) in any 4 kHz band for angles 
of arrival ([delta]) (in degrees) between 2 and 5 degrees above the 
horizontal plane.

    Note to paragraph (o): These limits relate to the power flux 
density, which would be obtained under assumed free-space propagation 
conditions.

    (p) The power flux-density at the Earth's surface produced by 
emissions from a space station in either the Earth exploration-satellite 
service in the band 25.5-27 GHz or the inter-satellite service in the 
band 25.25-27.5 GHz for all conditions and for all methods of modulation 
shall not exceed the following values:
    -115 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 0 
and 5 degrees above the horizontal plane;
    -115 + 0.5(-5) dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival 
between 5 and 25 degrees above the horizontal plane;
    -105 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 25 
and 90 degrees above the horizontal plane.
    These limits relate to the power flux-density which would be 
obtained under assumed free-space propagation conditions.
    (q) In the band 37.5-40.0 GHz, the power flux-density at the Earth's 
surface produced by emissions from a geostationary space station for all 
methods of modulation shall not exceed the following values.
    (1) This limit relates to the power flux-density which would be 
obtained under assumed free space conditions (that is, when no allowance 
is made for propogation impairments such as rain-fade):
    -139 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 0 
and 5 degrees above the horizontal plane;
    -139 + 4/3 ([delta]-5) dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of 
arrival [delta] (in degrees) between 5 and 20 degrees above the 
horizontal plane; and
    -119 + 0.4 ([delta]-20) dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of 
arrival [delta] (in degrees) between 20 and 25 degrees above the 
horizontal plane;
    -117 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 25 
and 90 degrees above the horizontal plane;
    (2) This limit relates to the maximum power flux-density which would 
be obtained anywhere on the surface of the Earth during periods when FSS 
system raises power to compensate for rain-fade conditions at the FSS 
Earth station:

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    -127 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 0 
and 5 degrees above the horizontal plane;
    -127 + 4/3 ([delta]-5) dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of 
arrival [delta] (in degrees) between 5 and 20 degrees above the 
horizontal plane; and
    -107 + 0.4 ([delta]-20) dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of 
arrival [delta] (in degrees) between 20 and 25 degrees above the 
horizontal plane;
    -105 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 25 
and 90 degrees above the horizontal plane.

    Note to paragraph (q): The conditions under which satellites may 
exceed the power flux-density limits for normal free space propagation 
described in paragraph (p)(1) to compensate for the effects of rain 
fading are under study and have therefore not yet been defined. Such 
conditions and the extent to which these limits can be exceeded will be 
the subject of a further rulemaking by the Commission on the satellite 
service rules.

    (r) In the band 37.5-40.0 GHz, the power flux-density at the Earth's 
surface produced by emissions from a non-geostationary space station for 
all methods of modulation shall not exceed the following values:
    (1) This limit relates to the power flux-density which would be 
obtained under assumed free space conditions (that is, when no allowance 
is made for propogation impairments such as rain-fade):
    -132 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 0 
and 5 degrees above the horizontal plane;
    -132 + 0.75 ([delta]-5) dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of 
arrival [delta] (in degrees) between 5 and 25 degrees above the 
horizontal plane; and
    -117 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 25 
and 90 degrees above the horizontal plane;
    (2) This limit relates to the maximum power flux-density which would 
be obtained anywhere on the surface of the Earth during periods when FSS 
system raises power to compensate for rain-fade conditions at the FSS 
Earth station:
    -120 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 0 
and 5 degrees above the horizontal plane;
    -120 + 0.75 ([delta]-5) dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of 
arrival [delta] (in degrees) between 5 and 25 degrees above the 
horizontal plane; and
    -105 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 25 
and 90 degrees above the horizontal plane.

    Note to paragraph (r): The conditions under which satellites may 
exceed these power flux-density limits for normal free space propagation 
described in paragraph (q)(1) to compensate for the effects of rain 
fading are under study and have therefore not yet been defined. Such 
conditions and the extent to which these limits can be exceeded will be 
the subject of a further rulemaking by the Commission on the satellite 
service rules.

    (s) In the 40.0-40.5 GHz band, the power flux density at the Earth's 
surface produced by emissions from a space station for all conditions 
and for all methods of modulation shall not exceed the following values:
    -115 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 0 
and 5 degrees above the horizontal plane;
    -115 + 0.5 ([delta]-5) dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of 
arrival [delta] (in degrees) between 5 and 25 degrees above the 
horizontal plane; and
    -105 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 25 
and 90 degrees above the horizontal plane;

    Note to paragraph (s): These limits relate to the power flux-density 
that would be obtained under assumed free-space propagation conditions.

    (t) In the band 40.5-42.0 GHz, the power flux density at the Earth's 
surface produced by emissions from a non-geostationary space station for 
all conditions and for all methods of modulation shall not exceed the 
following values:
    -115 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 0 
and 5 degrees above the horizontal plane;
    -115 + 0.5 ([delta]-5) dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of 
arrival [delta] (in degrees) between 5 and 25 degrees above the 
horizontal plane; and
    -105 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 25 
and 90 degrees above the horizontal plane;

    Note to paragraph (t): These limits relate to the power flux density 
that would be obtained under assumed free-space propagation conditions.


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    (u) In the band 40.5-42.0 GHz, the power flux-density at the Earth's 
surface produced by emissions from a geostationary space station for all 
conditions and for all methods of modulation shall not exceed the 
following values:
    -120 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 0 
and 5 degrees above the horizontal plane;
    -120 + ([delta]-5) dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of 
arrival [delta] (in degrees) between 5 and 15 degrees above the 
horizontal plane;
    -110 + 0.5 ([delta]-15) dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of 
arrival [delta] (in degrees) between 15 and 25 degrees above the 
horizontal plane; and
    -105 dB(W/m\2\) in any 1 MHz band for angles of arrival between 25 
and 90 degrees above the horizontal plane;

    Note to paragraph (u): These limits relate to the power flux-density 
that would be obtained under assumed free-space propagation conditions.

    (v) In the band 2496-2500 MHz, the power flux-density at the Earth's 
surface produced by emissions from non-geostationary space stations for 
all conditions and all methods of modulation shall not exceed the 
following values (these values are obtained under assumed free-space 
propagation conditions):
    (1) -144 dB (W/m[supcaret]2) in 4 kHz for all angles of arrival 
between 0 and 5 degrees above the horizontal plane; -144 dB (W/
m[supcaret]2) + 0.65([delta] -5) in 4 kHz for all angles of arrival 
between 5 and 25 degrees above the horizontal plane; and
    -131 dB (W/m[supcaret]2) in 4 kHz and for all angles of arrival 
between 25 and 90 degrees above the horizontal plane.
    (2) -126 dB (W/m[supcaret]2) in 1 MHz for all angles of arrival 
between 0 and 5 degrees above the horizontal plane; -126 dB (W/
m[supcaret]2) + 0.65([delta] -5) in 1 MHz for all angles of arrival 
between 5 and 25 degrees above the horizontal plane; and
    -113 dB (W/m[supcaret]2) in 1 MHz and for all angles of arrival 
between 25 and 90 degrees above the horizontal plane.
    (w) The power flux density at the Earth's surface produced by 
emissions from a 17/24 GHz BSS space station operating in the 17.3-17.7 
GHz band for all conditions and all methods of modulation must not 
exceed the regional power flux density levels prescribed in paragraphs 
(w)(1) through (4) of this section.
    (1) In the region of the contiguous United States, located south of 
38[deg] North Latitude and east of 100 West Longitude: -115 dBW/m\2\/
MHz.
    (2) In the region of the contiguous United States, located north of 
38[deg] North Latitude and east of 100[deg] West Longitude: -118 dBW/
m\2\/MHz.
    (3) In the region of the contiguous United States, located west of 
100 West Longitude: -121 dBW/m\2\/MHz.
    (4) For all regions outside of the contiguous United States 
including Alaska and Hawaii: -115 dBW/m\2\/MHz.

    Note to paragraph (w): These limits pertain to the power flux-
density that would be obtained under assumed free-space propagation 
conditions.

[48 FR 40255, Sept. 6, 1983]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
25.208, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.



Sec.  25.209  Earth station antenna performance standards.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (f) of this section, the co-
polarization gain of any earth station antenna operating in the FSS and 
transmitting to a GSO satellite, including earth stations providing 
feeder links for satellite services other than FSS, may not exceed the 
following limits:
    (1) In the plane tangent to the GSO arc, as defined in Sec.  25.103, 
for earth stations not operating in the conventional Ku-band, the 24.75-
25.25 GHz band, or the 28.35-30 GHz band:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
29-25log10[thgr]........................  dBi                              for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
8.......................................  dBi                              for 7[deg] < [thgr] <= 9.2[deg].
32-25log10[thgr]........................  dBi                              for 9.2[deg] < [thgr] <= 48[deg].
-10.....................................  dBi                              for 48[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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Where [thgr] is the angle in degrees from a line from the earth station 
antenna to the assigned orbital location of the target satellite, and 
dBi refers to dB relative to an isotropic radiator. This envelope may be 
exceeded by up to 3 dB in 10% of the range of [thgr] angles from 7-180[deg], and by up to 6 dB in the region of main 
reflector spillover energy.

    (2) In the plane tangent to the GSO arc, for earth stations 
operating in the conventional Ku-band:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
29-25log10[thgr]........................  dBi                              for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
8.......................................  dBi                              for 7[deg] < [thgr] <= 9.2[deg].
32-25log10[thgr]........................  dBi                              for 9.2[deg] < [thgr] <= 19.1[deg].
0.......................................  dBi                              for 19.1[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thgr] and dBi are as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this section. 
This envelope may be exceeded by up to 3 dB in 10% of the range of 
[thgr] angles from 7-180[deg], and by up to 6 dB 
in the region of main reflector spillover energy.

    (3) In the plane tangent to the GSO arc, for earth stations 
operating in the 24.75-25.25 GHz or 28.35-30 GHz bands:


----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
29-25log10[thgr]........................  dBi                              for 2[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
8.......................................  dBi                              for 7[deg] < [thgr] <= 9.2[deg].
32-25log10[thgr]........................  dBi                              for 9.2[deg] < [thgr] <= 19.1[deg].
0.......................................  dBi                              for 19.1[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thgr] and dBi are as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this section. 
This envelope may be exceeded by up to 3 dB in 10% of the range of 
[thgr] angles from 7-180[deg], and by up to 6 dB 
in the region of main reflector spillover energy.

    (4) In the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc, as defined in Sec.  
25.103, for earth stations not operating in the conventional Ku-band, 
the 24.75-25.25 GHz band, or the 28.35-30 GHz band:
    Outside the main beam, the gain of the antenna shall lie below the 
envelope defined by:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
32-25log10[thgr]........................  dBi                              for 3[deg] < [thgr] <= 48[deg].
-10.....................................  dBi                              for 48[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thgr] and dBi are as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this section. 
This envelope may be exceeded by up to 6 dB in 10% of the range of 
[thgr] angles from 3-180[deg], and by up to 6 dB 
in the region of main reflector spillover energy.

    (5) In the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc, for earth stations 
operating in the conventional Ku-band:
    Outside the main beam, the gain of the antenna shall lie below the 
envelope defined by:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
32-25log10[thgr]........................  dBi                              for 3[deg] < [thgr] <= 19.1[deg].
0.......................................  dBi                              for 19.1[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thgr] and dBi are as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this section. 
This envelope may be exceeded by up to 6 dB in 10% of the range of 
[thgr] angles from 3-180[deg], and by up to 6 dB 
in the region of main reflector spillover energy.

    (6) In the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc, for earth stations 
operating in the 24.75-25.25 GHz or 28.35-30 GHz bands:

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    Outside the main beam, the gain of the antenna shall lie below the 
envelope defined by:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
32-25log10[thgr]........................  dBi                              for 3.5[deg] < [thgr] <= 7[deg].
10.9....................................  dBi                              for 7[deg] < [thgr] <= 9.2[deg].
35-25log10[thgr]........................  dBi                              for 9.2[deg] < [thgr] <= 19.1[deg].
3.......................................  dBi                              for 19.1[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thgr] and dBi are as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this section. 
This envelope may be exceeded by up to 6 dB in 10% of the range of 
[thgr] angles from 3-180[deg], and by up to 6 dB 
in the region of main reflector spillover energy.

    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (f) of this section, the off-
axis cross-polarization gain of any antenna used for transmission from 
an FSS earth station to a GSO satellite, including earth stations 
providing feeder links for satellite services other than FSS, may not 
exceed the following limits:
    (1) In the plane tangent to the GSO arc, for earth stations not 
operating in the 24.75-25.25 GHz or 28.35-30 GHz bands:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19-25log10[thetas]......................  dBi                              for 1.8[deg] < [thetas] <= 7[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thetas] and dBi are as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section.

    (2) In the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc, for earth stations 
not operating in the 24.75-25.25 GHz or 28.35-30 GHz bands:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19-25log10[thetas]......................  dBi                              for 3[deg] < [thetas] <= 7[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thetas] and dBi are as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section.

    (3) In the plane tangent to the GSO arc or in the plane 
perpendicular to the GSO arc, for earth stations operating in the 24.75-
25.25 GHz or 28.35-30 GHz bands:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19-25log10[thetas]......................  dBi                              for 2[deg] < [thetas] <= 7[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thgr] and dBi are as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.

    (c)(1) An earth station licensed for operation with an FSS space 
station or registered for reception of transmissions from such a space 
station pursuant to Sec.  25.131(b) and (d) is not entitled to 
protection from interference from authorized operation of other stations 
that would not cause harmful interference to that earth station if it 
were using an antenna with receive-band gain patterns conforming to the 
levels specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.
    (2) A 17/24 GHz BSS telemetry earth station is not entitled to 
protection from harmful interference from authorized space station 
operation that would not cause harmful interference to that earth 
station if it were using an antenna with receive-band gain patterns 
conforming to the levels specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this 
section. Receive-only earth stations in the 17/24 GHz BSS are entitled 
to protection from harmful interference caused by other space stations 
to the extent indicated in Sec.  25.224.
    (d) [Reserved]

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    (e) An earth station using asymmetrical antennas without skew angle 
adjustment capability must comply with the gain values specified in 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section, in the plane orthogonal to the to the 
main plane of the antenna, or, alternatively, in the plane corresponding 
to the maximum skew angle experienced at any location at which the earth 
station may be located.
    (f) A GSO FSS earth station with an antenna that does not conform to 
the applicable standards in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section will 
be authorized only if the applicant demonstrates that the antenna will 
not cause unacceptable interference. This demonstration must comply with 
the requirements in Sec.  25.138, Sec.  25.218, Sec.  25.220, Sec.  
25.221, Sec.  25.222, Sec.  25.226, or Sec.  25.227, as appropriate.
    (g) [Reserved]
    (h) The gain of any transmitting antenna in a gateway earth station 
communicating with NGSO FSS satellites in the 10.7-11.7 GHz, 12.75-13.15 
GHz, 13.2125-13.25 GHz, 13.8-14.0 GHz, and/or 14.4-14.5 GHz bands must 
lie below the envelope defined as follows:

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29-25log10([thetas])....................  dBi                              for 1[deg] <= [thetas] <= 36[deg].
-10.....................................  dBi                              for 36[deg] <= [thetas] <= 180[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thetas] and dBi are as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section. This envelope may be exceeded by up to 3 dB in 10% of the range 
of [thetas] angles from 7-180[deg].

[48 FR 40255, Sept. 6, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 2675, Jan. 18, 1985; 50 
FR 39004, Sept. 26, 1985; 58 FR 13420, Mar. 11, 1993; 66 FR 10630, Feb. 
16, 2001; 70 FR 32255, June 2, 2005; 72 FR 50029, Aug. 29, 2007; 73 FR 
70901, Nov. 24, 2008; 74 FR 57099, Nov. 4, 2009; 78 FR 8427, Feb. 6, 
2013; 78 FR 14927, Mar. 8, 2013; 79 FR 8322, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55336, 
Aug. 18, 2016; 83 FR 34491, July 20, 2018]



Sec.  25.210  Technical requirements for space stations.

    (a)-(b) [Reserved]
    (c) Space station antennas operating in the Direct Broadcast 
Satellite Service or operating in the Fixed-Satellite Service for 
reception of feeder links for Direct Broadcast Satellite Service must be 
designed to provide a cross-polarization isolation such that the ratio 
of the on-axis co-polar gain to the cross-polar gain of the antenna in 
the assigned frequency band is at least 27 dB within the primary 
coverage area.
    (d)-(e) [Reserved]
    (f) All space stations in the Fixed-Satellite Service operating in 
any portion of the 3600-4200 MHz, 5091-5250 MHz, 5850-7025 MHz, 10.7-
12.7 GHz, 12.75-13.25 GHz, 13.75-14.5 GHz, 15.43-15.63 GHz, 18.3-20.2 
GHz, 24.75-25.25 GHz, or 27.5-30.0 GHz bands, including feeder links for 
other space services, and in the Broadcasting-Satellite Service in the 
17.3-17.8 GHz band (space-to-Earth), shall employ state-of-the-art full 
frequency reuse, either through the use of orthogonal polarizations 
within the same beam and/or the use of spatially independent beams. This 
requirement does not apply to telemetry, tracking, and command 
operation.
    (g)-(h) [Reserved]
    (i) 17/24 GHz BSS space station antennas transmitting in the 17.3-
17.8 GHz band must be designed to provide a cross-polarization isolation 
such that the ratio of the on axis co-polar gain to the cross-polar gain 
of the antenna in the assigned frequency band is at least 25 dB within 
its primary coverage area.
    (j) Space stations operated in the geostationary satellite orbit 
must be maintained within 0.05[deg] of their assigned orbital longitude 
in the east/west direction, unless specifically authorized by the 
Commission to operate with a different longitudinal tolerance, and 
except as provided in Section 25.283(b) (End-of-life Disposal).

[58 FR 13420, Mar. 11, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 9952, Mar. 12, 1996; 62 
FR 5931, Feb. 10, 1997; 62 FR 61457, Nov. 18, 1997; 68 FR 51508, Aug. 
27, 2003; 69 FR 54587, Sept. 9, 2004; 70 FR 32256, June 2, 2005; 72 FR 
50029, Aug. 29, 2007; 78 FR 8428, Feb. 6, 2013; 79 FR 8323, Feb. 12, 
2014; 81 FR 55338, Aug. 18, 2016; 83 FR 34491, July 20, 2018]



Sec.  25.211  Analog video transmissions in the FSS.

    (a) [Reserved]

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    (b) All conventional C-band analog video transmissions must contain 
an energy dispersal signal at all times with a minimum peak-to-peak 
bandwidth set at whatever value is necessary to meet the power flux 
density limits specified in Sec.  25.208(a) and successfully coordinated 
internationally and accepted by adjacent U.S. satellite operators based 
on the use of state of the art space and earth station facilities. All 
transmissions in frequency bands described in Sec.  25.208(b) and (c) 
must also contain an energy dispersal signal at all times with a minimum 
peak-to-peak bandwidth set at whatever value is necessary to meet the 
power flux density limits specified in Sec.  25.208(b) and (c) and 
successfully coordinated internationally and accepted by adjacent U.S. 
satellite operators based on the use of state of the art space and earth 
station facilities.
    (c) All initial analog video transmissions shall be preceded by a 
video test transmission at an uplink e.i.r.p. at least 10 dB below the 
normal operating level. The earth station operator shall not increase 
power until receiving notification from the satellite network control 
center that the frequency and polarization alignment are satisfactory 
pursuant to the procedures specified in Sec.  25.272. The stationary 
earth station operator that has successfully transmitted an initial 
video test signal to a satellite pursuant to this paragraph is not 
required to make subsequent video test transmissions if subsequent 
transmissions are conducted using exactly the same parameters as the 
initial transmission.
    (d) An earth station may be routinely licensed for transmission of 
full-transponder analog video services in the 5925-6425 MHz band or 
14.0-14.5 GHz band provided:
    (1) The application includes certification, pursuant to Sec.  
25.132(a)(1), of conformance with the antenna performance standards in 
Sec.  25.209(a) and (b);
    (2) For transmission in the 5925-6425 MHz band, the input power into 
the antenna will not exceed 26.5 dBW; or
    (3) For transmission in the 14.0-14.5 GHz band, the input power into 
the antenna will not exceed 27 dBW.
    (e) Applications for authority for analog video uplink transmission 
in the 5925-6425 MHz or 14.0-14.5 GHz bands that are not eligible for 
routine processing under paragraph (d) of this section are subject to 
the requirements of Sec.  25.220.

[58 FR 13421, Mar. 11, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 9952, Mar. 12, 1996; 62 
FR 5931, Feb. 10, 1997; 70 FR 32256, June 2, 2005; 78 FR 8428, Feb. 6, 
2013; 79 FR 8323, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55338, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.212  Narrowband analog transmissions and digital
transmissions in the GSO FSS.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided by this part, criteria for 
unacceptable levels of interference caused by other satellite networks 
shall be established on the basis of nominal operating conditions and 
with the objective of minimizing orbital separations between satellites.
    (b) Emissions with an occupied bandwidth of less than 2 MHz are not 
protected from interference from wider bandwidth transmissions if the 
r.f. carrier frequency of the narrowband signal is within 1 MHz of one of the frequencies specified in Sec.  
25.211(a).
    (c)(1) An earth station that is not subject to licensing under Sec.  
25.222, Sec.  25.226, or Sec.  25.227 may be routinely licensed for 
analog transmissions in the conventional Ku-band or the extended Ku-band 
with bandwidths up to 200 kHz (or up to 1 MHz for command carriers at 
the band edge) if the input power spectral density into the antenna will 
not exceed -8 dBW/4 kHz, and the application includes certification 
pursuant to Sec.  25.132(a)(1) of conformance with the antenna gain 
performance requirements in Sec.  25.209(a) and (b).
    (2) An earth station that is not subject to licensing under Sec.  
25.222, Sec.  25.226, or Sec.  25.227 may be routinely licensed for 
digital transmission, including digital video transmission, in the 
conventional Ku-band or the extended Ku-band if input power spectral 
density into the antenna will not exceed -14 dBW/4 kHz and the 
application includes certification pursuant to Sec.  25.132(a)(1) of 
conformance with the antenna gain performance requirements in Sec.  
25.209(a) and (b).
    (d) An individual earth station that is not subject to licensing 
under Sec.  25.221 may be routinely licensed for digital

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transmission, or for analog transmission with carrier bandwidths up to 
200 kHz (or up to 1 MHz for command carriers at the band edge) in the 
conventional C-band or the extended C-band, if the applicant certifies 
conformance with relevant antenna performance standards in Sec.  
25.209(a) and (b), and power density into the antenna will not exceed 
+0.5 dBW/4 kHz for analog carriers or -2.7 dBW/4 kHz for digital 
carriers.
    (e) An earth station may be routinely licensed for digital 
transmission in the 28.35-28.6 GHz and/or 29.25-30.0 GHz bands if the 
input power spectral density into the antenna will not exceed 3.5 dBW/
MHz and the application includes certification pursuant to Sec.  
25.132(a)(1) of conformance with the antenna gain performance 
requirements in Sec.  25.209(a) and (b).
    (f) In the 24.75-25.25 GHz band, an earth station that meets the 
antenna gain pattern requirements set forth in Sec.  25.209(a) and (b) 
of this part may be routinely licensed if the maximum power density into 
the antenna does not exceed 3.5 dBW/MHz.
    (g) A license application for earth station operation in a network 
using variable power density control of earth stations transmitting 
simultaneously in shared frequencies to the same target satellite 
receiving beam may be routinely processed if the applicant certifies 
that the aggregate off-axis EIRP density from all co-frequency earth 
stations transmitting simultaneously to the same target satellite 
receiving beam, not resulting from colliding data bursts transmitted 
pursuant to a contention protocol, will not exceed the applicable off-
axis EIRP density limits permissible for a single earth station, as 
specified in Sec.  25.218 or Sec.  25.138.
    (h) Applications for authority for fixed earth station operation in 
the conventional C-band, the extended C-band, the conventional Ku-band, 
the extended Ku-band or the conventional Ka-band that do not qualify for 
routine processing under relevant criteria in this section, Sec.  
25.211, Sec.  25.218, or Sec.  25.138, are subject to the requirements 
in Sec.  25.220.

[58 FR 13421, Mar. 11, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 5931, Feb. 10, 1997; 62 
FR 51378, Oct. 1, 1997; 70 FR 32256, June 2, 2005; 70 FR 33376, June 8, 
2005; 72 FR 50030, Aug. 29, 2007; 73 FR 70902, Nov. 24, 2008; 78 FR 
8428, Feb. 6, 2013; 79 FR 8323, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55338, Aug. 18, 
2016]



Sec.  25.213  Inter-Service coordination requirements for the
1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service.

    (a) Protection of the radio astronomy service in the 1610.6-1613.8 
MHz band against interference from 1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service 
systems.
    (1) Protection zones. All 1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service 
systems shall be capable of determining the position of the user 
transceivers accessing the space segment through either internal 
radiodetermination calculations or external sources such as LORAN-C or 
the Global Positioning System.
    (i) In the band 1610.6-1613.8 MHz, within a 160 km radius of the 
following radio astronomy sites:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Latitude    Longitude
                   Observatory                       (DMS)       (DMS)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arecibo, PR.....................................    18 20 46    66 45 11
Green Bank Telescope, WV........................    38 25 59    79 50 24
                                                    38 26 09    79 49 42
Very Large Array, NM............................    34 04 43   107 37 04
Owens Valley, CA................................    37 13 54   118 17 36
Ohio State, OH..................................    40 15 06    83 02 54
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (ii) In the band 1610.6-1613.8 MHz, within a 50 km radius of the 
following sites:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Latitude    Longitude
                   Observatory                       (DMS)       (DMS)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pile Town, NM...................................    34 18 04   108 07 07
Los Alamos, NM..................................    35 46 30   106 14 42
Kitt Peak, AZ...................................    31 57 22   111 36 42
Ft. Davis, TX...................................    30 38 06   103 56 39
N. Liberty, IA..................................    41 46 17    91 34 26
Brewster, WA....................................    48 07 53   119 40 55
Owens Valley, CA................................    37 13 54   118 16 34
St. Croix, VI...................................    17 45 31    64 35 03
Mauna Kea, HI...................................    19 48 16   155 27 29
Hancock, NH.....................................    42 56 01    71 59 12
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (iii) Out-of-band emissions of a mobile earth station licensed to 
operate within the 1610.0-1626.5 MHz band shall be attenuated so that 
the power flux density it produces in the 1610.6-1613.8 MHz band at any 
radio astronomy site listed in paragraph (a)(1) (i) or (ii) of

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this section shall not exceed the emissions of a mobile earth station 
operating within the 1610.6-1613.8 MHz band at the edge of the 
protection zone applicable for that site. As an alternative, a mobile 
earth station shall not operate during radio astronomy observations 
within the 1613.8-1615.8 MHz band within 100 km of the radio astronomy 
sites listed in paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section, and within 30 km of 
the sites listed in paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of this section, there being no 
restriction on a mobile earth station operating within the 1615.8-1626.5 
MHz band.
    (iv) For airborne mobile earth stations operating in the 1610.0-
1626.5 MHz band, the separation distance shall be the larger of the 
distances specified in paragraph (a)(1) (i), (ii) or (iii) of this 
section, as applicable, or the distance, d, as given by the formula:

d (km) = 4.1 square root of (h)

where h is the altitude of the aircraft in meters above ground level.

    (v) Smaller geographic protection zones may be used in lieu of the 
areas specified in paragraphs (a)(1) (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this 
section if agreed to by the Mobile-Satellite Service licensee and the 
Electromagnetic Spectrum Management Unit (ESMU), National Science 
Foundation, Washington, D.C. upon a showing by the Mobile-Satellite 
Service licensee that the operation of a mobile earth station will not 
cause harmful interference to a radio astronomy observatory during 
periods of observation.
    (vi) The ESMU shall notify Mobile-Satellite Service space station 
licensees authorized to operate mobile earth stations in the 1610.0-
1626.5 MHz band of periods of radio astronomy observations. The Mobile-
Satellite systems shall be capable of terminating operations within the 
frequency bands and protection zones specified in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) 
through (iv) of this section, as applicable, after the first position 
fix of the mobile earth station either prior to transmission or, based 
upon its location within the protection zone at the time of initial 
transmission of the mobile earth station. Once the Mobile-Satellite 
Service system determines that a mobile earth station is located within 
an RAS protection zone, the Mobile-Satellite Service system shall 
immediately initiate procedures to relocate the mobile earth station 
operations to a non-RAS frequency.
    (vii) A beacon-actuated protection zone may be used in lieu of fixed 
protection zones in the 1610.6-1613.8 MHz band if a coordination 
agreement is reached between a mobile-satellite system licensee and the 
ESMU on the specifics of beacon operations.
    (viii) Additional radio astronomy sites, not located within 100 
miles of the 100 most populous urbanized areas as defined by the United 
States Census Bureau at the time, may be afforded similar protection one 
year after notice to the mobile-satellite system licensees by issuance 
of a public notice by the Commission.
    (2) Mobile-Satellite Service space stations transmitting in the 
1613.8-1626.5 MHz band shall take whatever steps necessary to avoid 
causing harmful interference to the radio astronomy facilities listed in 
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (ii) of this section during periods of 
observation.
    (3) Mobile-Satellite Service space stations operating in the 2483.5-
2500 MHz frequency band shall limit spurious emission levels in the 
4990-5000 MHz band so as not to exceed -241 dB (W/m\2\/Hz) at the 
surface of the Earth.
    (4) The Radioastronomy Service shall avoid scheduling radio 
astronomy observations during peak MSS/RDSS traffic periods to the 
greatest extent practicable.
    (b) If a Mobile-Satellite Service space station operator in the 
2496-2500 MHz band intends to operate at powers levels that exceed the 
PFD limits in Sec.  25.208(v), or if actual operations routinely exceed 
these PFD limits, we require the Mobile-Satellite Service operator to 
receive approval from each operational BRS system in the affected 
geographical region.

[59 FR 53329, Oct. 21, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 9945, Mar. 12, 1996; 67 
FR 61816, Oct. 2, 2002; 71 FR 35188, June 19, 2006; 78 FR 8428, Feb. 6, 
2013]



Sec.  25.214  Technical requirements for space stations in the
Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service and associated terrestrial 
repeaters.

    (a) [Reserved]

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    (b) Each system authorized under this section will be conditioned 
upon construction, launch and operation milestones as outlined in Sec.  
25.144(b). The failure to meet any of the milestones contained in an 
authorization will result in its cancellation, unless such failure is 
due to circumstances beyond the licensee's control or unless otherwise 
determined by the Commission upon proper showing by the licensee in any 
particular case.
    (c) Frequency assignments will be made for each satellite DARS 
system as follows:
    (1) Exclusive SDARS licenses are limited to the 2320-2345 MHz 
segment of the 2310-2360 MHz allocated bandwidth for SDARS;
    (2) Two, 12.5 MHz frequency assignments are available for satellite 
DARS: 2320.0-2332.5 MHz and 2332.5-2345.0 MHz;
    (3) Satellite DARS licensees may reduce their assigned bandwidth 
occupancy to provide telemetry beacons in their exclusive frequency 
assignments;
    (4) Each licensee may employ cross polarization within its exclusive 
frequency assignment and/or may employ cross polarized transmissions in 
frequency assignments of other satellite DARS licensees under mutual 
agreement with those licensees. Licensees who come to mutual agreement 
to use cross-polarized transmissions shall apply to the Commission for 
approval of the agreement before coordination is initiated with other 
administrations by the licensee of the exclusive frequency assignment; 
and
    (5) Feeder uplink networks are permitted in the following Fixed-
Satellite Service frequency bands: 7025-7075 MHz and 6725-7025 MHz 
(101[deg] W.L. orbital location only).
    (d) Power limit for SDARS terrestrial repeaters. (1) SDARS 
terrestrial repeaters must be operated at a power level less than or 
equal to 12-kW average EIRP, with a maximum peak-to-average power ratio 
of 13 dB.
    (2) SDARS repeaters are permitted to operate at power levels above 
12-kW average EIRP, unless a potentially affected WCS licensee provides 
written notice that it intends to commence commercial service within the 
following 365 days. Starting 180 days after receipt of such written 
notice, SDARS repeaters within the area notified by the potentially 
affected WCS licensee must be operated at a power level less than or 
equal to 12-kW average EIRP, with a maximum peak-to-average power ratio 
of 13 dB.
    (3) For the purpose of this section, a WCS licensee is potentially 
affected if it is authorized to operate a base station in the 2305-2315 
MHz or 2350-2360 MHz bands within 25 kilometers of a repeater seeking to 
operate with a power level greater than that prescribed in paragraph 
(d)(1) of this section.

[62 FR 11106, Mar. 11, 1997, as amended at 75 FR 45068, Aug. 2, 2010; 78 
FR 8429, Feb. 6, 2013; 78 FR 9619, Feb. 11, 2013; 79 FR 8323, Feb. 12, 
2014]



Sec.  25.215  [Reserved]



Sec.  25.216  Limits on emissions from mobile earth stations for
protection of aeronautical radionavigation-satellite service.

    (a) The e.i.r.p. density of emissions from mobile earth stations 
placed in service on or before July 21, 2002 with assigned uplink 
frequencies between 1610 MHz and 1660.5 MHz shall not exceed -70 dBW/
MHz, averaged over any 2 millisecond active transmission interval, in 
the band 1559-1587.42 MHz. The e.i.r.p. of discrete emissions of less 
than 700 Hz bandwidth generated by such stations shall not exceed -80 
dBW, averaged over any 2 millisecond active transmission interval, in 
that band.
    (b) The e.i.r.p. density of emissions from mobile earth stations 
placed in service on or before July 21, 2002 with assigned uplink 
frequencies between 1610 MHz and 1626.5 MHz shall not exceed -64 dBW/
MHz, averaged over any 2 millisecond active transmission interval, in 
the band 1587.42-1605 MHz. The e.i.r.p. of discrete emissions of less 
than 700 Hz bandwidth generated by such stations shall not exceed -74 
dBW, averaged over any 2 millisecond active transmission interval, in 
the 1587.42-1605 MHz band.
    (c) The e.i.r.p. density of emissions from mobile earth stations 
placed in service after July 21, 2002 with assigned uplink frequencies 
between 1610 MHz and 1660.5 MHz shall not exceed -70 dBW/MHz, averaged 
over any 2 millisecond active transmission interval, in

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the band 1559-1605 MHz. The e.i.r.p. of discrete emissions of less than 
700 Hz bandwidth from such stations shall not exceed -80 dBW, averaged 
over any 2 millisecond active transmission interval, in the 1559-1605 
MHz band.
    (d) As of January 1, 2005, the e.i.r.p. density of emissions from 
mobile earth stations placed in service on or before July 21, 2002 with 
assigned uplink frequencies between 1610 MHz and 1660.5 MHz (except 
Standard A and B Inmarsat terminals used as Global Maritime Distress and 
Safety System ship earth stations) shall not exceed -70dBW/MHz, averaged 
over any 2 millisecond active transmission interval, in the 1559-1605 
MHz band. The e.i.r.p. of discrete emissions of less than 700 Hz 
bandwidth from such stations shall not exceed -80 dBW, averaged over any 
2 millisecond active transmission interval, in the 1559-1605 MHz band. 
Standard A Inmarsat terminals used as Global Maritime Distress and 
Safety System ship earth stations that do not meet the e.i.r.p. density 
limits specified in this paragraph may continue operation until December 
31, 2007. Inmarsat-B terminals manufactured more than six months after 
Federal Register publication of the rule changes adopted in FCC 03-283 
must meet these limits. Inmarsat B terminals manufactured before then 
are temporarily grandfathered under the condition that no interference 
is caused by these terminals to aeronautical satellite radio-navigation 
systems. The full-compliance deadline for grandfathered Inmarsat-B 
terminals is December 31, 2012.
    (e) The e.i.r.p density of emissions from mobile earth stations with 
assigned uplink frequencies between 1990 MHz and 2025 MHz shall not 
exceed -70 dBW/MHz, averaged over any 2 millisecond active transmission 
interval, in frequencies between 1559 MHz and 1610 MHz. The e.i.r.p. of 
discrete emissions of less than 700 Hz bandwidth from such stations 
between 1559 MHz and 1605 MHz shall not exceed -80 dBW, averaged over 
any 2 millisecond active transmission interval. The e.i.r.p. of discrete 
emissions of less than 700 Hz bandwidth from such stations between 1605 
MHz and 1610 MHz manufactured more than six months after Federal 
Register publication of the rule changes adopted in FCC 03-283 shall not 
exceed -80 dBW, averaged over any 2 millisecond active transmission 
interval.
    (f) Mobile earth stations placed in service after July 21, 2002 with 
assigned uplink frequencies in the 1610-1660.5 MHz band shall suppress 
the power density of emissions in the 1605-1610 MHz band to an extent 
determined by linear interpolation from -70 dBW/MHz at 1605 MHz to -10 
dBW/MHz at 1610 MHz.
    (g) Mobile earth stations manufactured more than six months after 
Federal Register publication of the rule changes adopted in FCC 03-283 
with assigned uplink frequencies in the 1610-1626.5 MHz band shall 
suppress the power density of emissions in the 1605-1610 MHz band-
segment to an extent determined by linear interpolation from -70 dBW/MHz 
at 1605 MHz to -10 dBW/MHz at 1610 MHz averaged over any 2 millisecond 
active transmission interval. The e.i.r.p of discrete emissions of less 
than 700 Hz bandwidth from such stations shall not exceed a level 
determined by linear interpolation from -80 dBW at 1605 MHz to -20 dBW 
at 1610 MHz, averaged over any 2 millisecond active transmission 
interval.
    (h) Mobile earth stations manufactured more than six months after 
Federal Register publication of the rule changes adopted in FCC 03-283 
with assigned uplink frequencies in the 1626.5-1660.5 MHz band shall 
suppress the power density of emissions in the 1605-1610 MHz band-
segment to an extent determined by linear interpolation from -70 dBW/MHz 
at 1605 MHz to -46 dBW/MHz at 1610 MHz, averaged over any 2 millisecond 
active transmission interval. The e.i.r.p of discrete emissions of less 
than 700 Hz bandwidth from such stations shall not exceed a level 
determined by linear interpolation from -80 dBW at 1605 MHz to -56 dBW 
at 1610 MHz, averaged over any 2 millisecond active transmission 
interval.
    (i) The e.i.r.p density of carrier-off state emissions from mobile 
earth stations manufactured more than six months after Federal Register 
publication of the rule changes adopted in

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FCC 03-283 with assigned uplink frequencies between 1 and 3 GHz shall 
not exceed -80 dBW/MHz in the 1559-1610 MHz band averaged over any two 
millisecond interval.
    (j) A Root-Mean-Square detector shall be used for all power density 
measurements.

[69 FR 5710, Feb. 6, 2004, as amended at 70 FR 19318, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  25.217  Default service rules.

    (a) The technical rules in this section apply only to licenses to 
operate a satellite system in a frequency band granted after a domestic 
frequency allocation has been adopted for that frequency band, but 
before any frequency-band-specific service rules have been adopted for 
that frequency band.
    (b)(1) For all NGSO-like satellite licenses for which the 
application was filed pursuant to the procedures set forth in Sec.  
25.157 after August 27, 2003, authorizing operations in a frequency band 
for which the Commission has not adopted frequency band-specific service 
rules at the time the license is granted, the licensee will be required 
to comply with the following technical requirements, notwithstanding the 
frequency bands specified in these rule provisions: Sec. Sec.  
25.143(b)(2)(ii) (except NGSO FSS systems) and (iii), 25.204(e), and 
25.210(f) and (i).
    (2) In addition to the requirements set forth in paragraph (b)(1) of 
this section, the Commission will coordinate with the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) regarding the 
operations of any licensees authorized to operate in a shared 
government/non-government frequency band, pursuant to the procedure set 
forth in Sec.  25.142(b)(2)(ii).
    (3) Mobile earth station licensees authorized to operate with one or 
more space stations subject to paragraph (b)(1) of this section must 
comply with the requirements in Sec. Sec.  25.285 and 25.287, 
notwithstanding the frequency bands specified in those sections. In 
addition, earth station licensees authorized to operate with one or more 
space stations described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section in 
frequency bands shared with terrestrial wireless services shall comply 
with the requirements in Sec.  25.203(c).
    (c)(1) For all GSO-like satellite licenses for which the application 
was filed pursuant to the procedures set forth in Sec.  25.158 after 
August 27, 2003, authorizing operations in a frequency band for which 
the Commission has not adopted frequency band-specific service rules at 
the time the license is granted, the licensee will be required to comply 
with the following technical requirements, notwithstanding the frequency 
bands specified in these rule provisions: Sec. Sec.  25.143(b)(2)(iv), 
25.204(e), and 25.210(f), (i), and (j).
    (2) In addition to the requirements set forth in paragraph (c)(1) of 
this section, the Commission will coordinate with the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) regarding the 
operations of any licensees authorized to operate in a shared 
government/non-government frequency band, pursuant to the procedure set 
forth in Sec.  25.142(b)(2)(ii).
    (3) Earth station licensees authorized to operate with one or more 
space stations described in paragraph (c)(1) of this section shall 
comply with the earth station antenna performance verification 
requirements in Sec.  25.132, and the antenna gain pattern requirements 
in Sec.  25.209(a) and (b). In addition, earth station licensees 
authorized to operate with one or more space stations described in 
paragraph (c)(1) of this paragraph in frequency bands shared with 
terrestrial wireless services shall comply with the requirements in 
Sec.  25.203(c).
    (4) In addition to the requirements set forth in paragraph (c)(3) of 
this section, earth station licensees with a gain equivalent or higher 
than the gain of a 1.2 meter antenna operating in the 14.0-14.5 GHz 
band, authorized to operate with one or more space stations described in 
paragraph (c)(1) of this paragraph in frequency bands greater than 14.5 
GHz shall be required to comply with the antenna input power density 
requirements set forth in Sec.  25.212(c).
    (d) [Reserved]
    (e) In the event that the Commission adopts frequency band-specific 
service rules for a particular frequency band after it has granted one 
or more space station or earth station licenses for operations in that 
frequency band, those licensees will be required to come into

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compliance with the frequency band-specific service rules within 30 days 
of the effective date of those rules, unless otherwise specified by 
either Commission or Bureau Order.

[68 FR 51508, Aug. 27, 2003, as amended at 70 FR 59277, Oct. 12, 2005; 
79 FR 8323, Feb. 12, 2014; 82 FR 59986, Dec. 18, 2017]



Sec.  25.218  Off-axis EIRP density envelopes for FSS earth stations
transmitting in certain frequency bands.

    (a) This section applies to applications for FSS earth stations 
transmitting to GSO space stations in the conventional C-band, extended 
C-band, conventional Ku-band, or extended Ku-band, with the following 
exceptions:
    (1) ESV, VMES, and ESAA applications and
    (2) Applications proposing transmission of analog command signals at 
a band edge with bandwidths greater than 1 MHz or transmission of any 
other type of analog signal with bandwidths greater than 200 kHz.
    (b) Earth station applications subject to this section may be 
routinely processed if they meet the applicable off-axis EIRP density 
envelopes set forth in this section.
    (c) Analog earth station operation in the conventional or extended 
C-bands. (1) For co-polarized transmissions in the plane tangent to the 
GSO arc, as defined in Sec.  25.103:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
29.5-25log10[thgr]......................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
8.5.....................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 7[deg] < [thgr] <= 9.2[deg].
32.5-25log10[thgr]......................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 9.2[deg] < [thgr] <= 48[deg].
-9.5....................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 48[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thgr] is the angle in degrees from a line from the earth station 
antenna to the assigned orbital location of the target satellite. The 
EIRP density levels specified for [thgr]  7[deg] may be 
exceeded by up to 3 dB in up to 10% of the range of theta ([thgr]) 
angles from 7-180[deg], and by up to 6 dB in the 
region of main reflector spillover energy.
    (2) For co-polarized transmissions in the plane perpendicular to the 
GSO arc, as defined in Sec.  25.103:

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
32.5-25log10[thgr]......................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 3[deg] <= [thgr] <= 48[deg].
-9.5....................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 48[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section. These 
EIRP density levels may be exceeded by up to 6 dB in the region of main 
reflector spillover energy and in up to 10% of the range of [thgr] 
angles not included in that region, on each side of the line from the 
earth station to the target satellite.
    (3) For cross-polarized transmissions in the plane tangent to the 
GSO arc and in the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19.5-25log10[thgr]......................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section.
    (d) Digital earth station operation in the conventional or extended 
C-bands. (1) For co-polarized transmissions in the plane tangent to the 
GSO arc:

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26.3-25log10[thgr]......................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
5.3.....................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 7[deg] < [thgr] <= 9.2[deg].
29.3-25log10[thgr]......................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 9.2[deg] < [thgr] <= 48[deg].
-12.7...................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 48[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section. The EIRP 
density levels specified for [thgr]  7[deg] may be exceeded 
by up to 3 dB in up to 10% of the range of theta ([thgr]) angles from 
7-180[deg], and by up to 6 dB in the region of 
main reflector spillover energy.
    (2) For co-polarized transmissions in the plane perpendicular to the 
GSO arc:

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29.3-25log10[thgr]......................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 3[deg] <= [thgr] <= 48[deg].
-12.7...................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 48[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section. These 
EIRP density levels may be exceeded by up to 6 dB in the region of main 
reflector spillover energy and in up to 10% of the range of [thgr] 
angles not included in that region, on each side of the line from the 
earth station to the target satellite.
    (3) For cross-polarized transmissions in the plane tangent to the 
GSO arc and in the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc:

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16.3-25log10[thgr]......................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section.
    (4) A license application for earth station operation in a network 
using variable power density control of earth stations transmitting 
simultaneously in shared frequencies to the same target satellite 
receiving beam may be routinely processed if the applicant certifies 
that the aggregate off-axis EIRP density from all co-frequency earth 
stations transmitting simultaneously to the same target satellite 
receiving beam, not resulting from colliding data bursts transmitted 
pursuant to a contention protocol, will not exceed the off-axis EIRP 
density limits permissible for a single earth station, as specified in 
paragraphs (d)(1) through (d)(3) of this section.
    (e) Analog earth station operation in the conventional Ku-band. (1) 
For co-polarized transmissions in the plane tangent to the GSO arc:

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21-25log10[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
0.......................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 7[deg] < [thgr] <= 9.2[deg].
24-25log10[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 9.2[deg] < [thgr] <= 19.1[deg].
-8......................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 19.1[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section. The EIRP 
density levels specified for [thgr]  7[deg] may be exceeded 
by up to 3 dB in up to 10% of the range of theta ([thgr]) angles from 
7-180[deg], and by up to 6 dB in the region of 
main reflector spillover energy.
    (2) For co-polarized transmissions in the plane perpendicular to the 
GSO arc:

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24-25log10[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 3[deg] <= [thgr] <= 19.1[deg].
-8......................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 19.1[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section. These 
EIRP density levels may be exceeded by up to 6 dB in the region of main 
reflector spillover energy and in up to 10% of the range of [thgr] 
angles not included in that region, on each side of the line from the 
earth station to the target satellite.
    (3) For cross-polarized transmissions in the plane tangent to the 
GSO arc and in the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc:

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11-25log10[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section.
    (f) Digital earth station operation in the conventional Ku-band. (1) 
For co-polarized transmissions in the plane tangent to the GSO arc:

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15-25log10[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
-6......................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 7[deg] < [thgr] <= 9.2[deg].
18-25log10[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 9.2[deg] < [thgr] <= 19.1[deg].
-14.....................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 19.1[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section. The EIRP 
density levels specified for [thgr]  7[deg] may be exceeded 
by up to 3 dB in up to 10% of the range of theta ([thgr]) angles from 
7-180[deg], and by up to 6 dB in the region of 
main reflector spillover energy.
    (2) For co-polarized transmissions in the plane perpendicular to the 
GSO arc:

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18-25log10[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 3[deg] <= [thgr] <= 19.1[deg].
-14.....................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 19.1[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section. These 
EIRP density levels may be exceeded by up to 6 dB in the region of main 
reflector spillover energy and in up to 10% of the range of [thgr] 
angles not included in that region, on each side of the line from the 
earth station to the target satellite.
    (3) For cross-polarized transmissions in the plane tangent to the 
GSO arc and in the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc:

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5-25log10[thgr].........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section.
    (4) A license application for earth station operation in a network 
using variable power density control of earth stations transmitting 
simultaneously in shared frequencies to the same target satellite 
receiving beam may be routinely processed if the applicant certifies 
that the aggregate off-axis EIRP density from all co-frequency earth 
stations transmitting simultaneously to the same target satellite 
receiving beam, not resulting from colliding data bursts transmitted 
pursuant to a contention protocol, will not exceed the off-axis EIRP 
density limits permissible for a single earth station, as specified in 
paragraphs (f)(1) through -(f)(3) of this section.
    (g) Analog earth station operation in the extended Ku-band. (1) For 
co-polarized transmissions in the plane tangent to the GSO arc:

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21-25log10[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
0.......................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 7[deg] < [thgr] <= 9.2[deg].
24-25log10[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 9.2[deg] < [thgr] <= 48[deg].
-18.....................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 48[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section, and N is 
as defined in paragraph (d)(1) of this section. The EIRP density levels 
specified for [thgr]  7[deg] may be exceeded by up to 3 dB in

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up to 10% of the range of theta ([thgr]) angles from 7-180[deg], and by up to 6 dB in the region of main 
reflector spillover energy.
    (2) For co-polarized transmissions in the plane perpendicular to the 
GSO arc:

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24-25log10[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 3[deg] <= [thgr] <= 48[deg].
-18.....................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 48[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section. These 
EIRP density levels may be exceeded by up to 6 dB in the region of main 
reflector spillover energy and in up to 10% of the range of [thgr] 
angles not included in that region, on each side of the line from the 
earth station to the target satellite.
    (3) For cross-polarized transmissions in the plane tangent to the 
GSO arc and in the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc:

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11-25log10[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section.
    (h) Digital earth station operation in the extended Ku-band. (1) For 
co-polarized transmissions in the plane tangent to the GSO arc:

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15-25log10[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
-6......................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 7[deg] < [thgr] <= 9.2[deg].
18-25log10[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 9.2[deg] < [thgr] <= 48[deg].
-24.....................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 48[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section. The EIRP 
density levels specified for [thgr]  7[deg] may be exceeded 
by up to 3 dB in up to 10% of the range of theta ([thgr]) angles from 
7-180[deg], and by up to 6 dB in the region of 
main reflector spillover energy.
    (2) For co-polarized transmissions in the plane perpendicular to the 
GSO arc:

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18-25log10[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 3[deg] <= [thgr] <= 48[deg].
-24.....................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 48[deg] < [thgr] <= 85[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section. These 
EIRP density levels may be exceeded by up to 6 dB in the region of main 
reflector spillover energy and in up to 10% of the range of [thgr] 
angles not included in that region, on each side of the line from the 
earth station to the target satellite.
    (3) For cross-polarized transmissions in the plane tangent to the 
GSO arc and in the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc:

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5-25log10[thgr].........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (c)(1) of this section.
    (4) A license application for earth station operation in a network 
using variable power density control of earth stations transmitting 
simultaneously in shared frequencies to the same target satellite 
receiving beam may be routinely processed if the applicant certifies 
that the aggregate off-axis

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EIRP density from all co-frequency earth stations transmitting 
simultaneously to the same target satellite receiving beam, not 
resulting from colliding data bursts transmitted pursuant to a 
contention protocol, will not exceed the off-axis EIRP density limits 
permissible for a single earth station, as specified in paragraphs 
(h)(1) through (h)(3) of this section.
    (i) Applications for authority for fixed earth station operation in 
the 5925-6425 MHz or 14.0-14.5 GHz band that do not qualify for routine 
processing under relevant criteria in this section, Sec.  25.211 or 
Sec.  25.212 are subject to the requirements in Sec.  25.220.

[81 FR 55339, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.219  [Reserved]



Sec.  25.220  Non-routine transmit/receive earth station operations.

    (a) The requirements in this section apply to applications for, and 
operation of, earth stations transmitting in the conventional or 
extended C-bands, the conventional or extended Ku-bands, the 24.75-25.25 
GHz band, or the conventional Ka-band that do not qualify for routine 
licensing under relevant criteria in Sec.  25.138, Sec.  25.211, Sec.  
25.212, Sec.  25.218, Sec.  25.221(a)(1) or (a)(3), Sec.  25.222(a)(1) 
or (a)(3), Sec.  25.226(a)(1) or (a)(3), or Sec.  25.227(a)(1) or 
(a)(3).
    (b) Applications filed pursuant to this section must include the 
information required by Sec.  25.115(g)(1).
    (c) [Reserved]
    (d)(1) The applicant must submit the certifications listed in 
paragraphs (d)(1)(i) through (d)(1)(iv) of this section. The applicant 
will be authorized to transmit only to the satellite systems included in 
the coordination agreements referred to in the certification required by 
paragraph (d)(1)(ii) of this section. The applicant will be granted 
protection from receiving interference only with respect to the 
satellite systems included in the coordination agreements referred to in 
the certification required by paragraph (d)(1)(ii) of this section, and 
only to the extent that protection from receiving interference is 
afforded by those coordination agreements.
    (i) [Reserved]
    (ii) A statement from the satellite operator that it has coordinated 
the operation of the subject non-conforming earth station accessing its 
satellite(s), including its required downlink power density based on the 
information contained in the application, with all adjacent satellite 
networks within 6[deg] of orbital separation from its satellite(s), and 
the operations will operate in conformance with existing coordination 
agreement for its satellite(s) with other satellite systems, except as 
set forth in paragraph (d)(4) of this section.
    (iii) A statement from the satellite operator that it will include 
the subject non-conforming earth station operations in all future 
satellite network coordinations, and
    (iv) A statement from the earth station applicant certifying that it 
will comply with all coordination agreements reached by the satellite 
operator(s).
    (2) Unless the non-routine uplink transmission levels are permitted 
under a coordination agreement with the space station operator, or 
unless coordination with the operator is not required pursuant to Sec.  
25.140(d)(3) or (d)(4), the operator of an earth station licensed 
pursuant to this section must reduce its transmitted EIRP density to 
levels at or within relevant routine limits:
    (i) Toward the part of the geostationary orbit arc within one degree 
of a subsequently launched, two-degree-compliant space station receiving 
in the same uplink band at an orbital location within six degrees of the 
earth station's target satellite, and
    (ii) Toward a two-degree-compliant space station receiving in the 
same uplink band at an orbital location more than six degrees away from 
the target satellite if co-frequency reception by the space station is 
adversely affected by the non-routine earth station transmission levels.
    (3) In the event that a coordination agreement discussed in 
paragraph (d)(1)(ii) of this section is reached, but that coordination 
agreement does not address protection from interference for the earth 
station, that earth station will be protected from interference to the 
same extent that an

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earth station that meets the requirements of Sec.  25.209 of this title 
would be protected from interference.
    (4) Notwithstanding paragraph (d)(1)(ii) of this section, a party 
applying for an earth station license pursuant to this section will not 
be required to certify that its target satellite operator has reached a 
coordination agreement with another satellite operator whose satellite 
is within 6[deg] of orbital separation from its satellite in cases where 
the off-axis EIRP density level of the proposed earth station operations 
will be less than or equal to the levels specified by the applicable 
off-axis EIRP envelope set forth in Sec.  25.218 of this chapter in the 
direction of the part of the geostationary orbit arc within 1[deg] of 
the nominal orbit location of the adjacent satellite.
    (e)-(f) [Reserved]
    (g) Applicants filing applications for earth stations pursuant to 
this section must provide the following information for the Commission's 
public notice:
    (1) Detailed description of the service to be provided, including 
frequency bands and satellites to be used. The applicant must identify 
either the specific satellites with which it plans to operate, or the 
eastern and western boundaries of the geostationary satellite orbit arc 
it plans to coordinate.
    (2) The diameter or equivalent diameter of the antenna.
    (3) Proposed power and power density levels.
    (4) Identification of any rule or rules for which a waiver is 
requested.

[70 FR 32256, June 2, 2005, as amended at 72 FR 50030, Aug. 29, 2007; 73 
FR 70902, Nov. 24, 2008; 74 FR 57099, Nov. 4, 2009; 78 FR 14927, Mar. 8, 
2013; 79 FR 8324, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55341, Aug. 18, 2016; 83 FR 
34491, July 20, 2018]



Sec.  25.221  Blanket licensing provisions for ESVs operating with
GSO FSS space stations in the 3700-4200 MHz and 5925-6425 MHz bands.

    (a) The following ongoing requirements govern all ESV licensees and 
operations in the 3700-4200 MHz (space-to-Earth) and 5925-6425 MHz 
(Earth-to-space) bands transmitting to GSO satellites in the Fixed-
Satellite Service. ESV licensees must comply with the requirements in 
paragraph (a)(1), (a)(2) or (a)(3) of this section and all of the 
requirements set forth in paragraphs (a)(4) through (a)(13) of this 
section. Paragraph (b) of this section identifies items that must be 
included in the application for ESV operations to demonstrate that these 
ongoing requirements will be met.
    (1) The following requirements shall apply to an ESV that uses 
transmitters with off-axis effective isotropically radiated power (EIRP) 
spectral-densities lower than or equal to the levels in paragraph 
(a)(1)(i) of this section. An ESV, or ESV system, operating under this 
section shall provide a detailed demonstration as described in paragraph 
(b)(1) of this section. The ESV transmitter must also comply with the 
antenna pointing and cessation of emission requirements in paragraphs 
(a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section.
    (i)(A) Off-axis EIRP spectral density emitted in the plane tangent 
to the GSO arc, as defined in Sec.  25.103, shall not exceed the 
following values:

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26.3-25log[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
5.3.....................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 7[deg] < [thgr] <= 9.2[deg].
29.3-25log[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 9.2[deg] < [thgr] <= 48[deg].
-12.7...................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 48[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where theta ([thgr]) is the angle in degrees from a line from the earth 
station antenna to the assigned orbital location of the target 
satellite. The EIRP density levels specified for [thgr]  
7[deg] may be exceeded by up to 3 dB in up to 10% of the range of theta 
([thgr]) angles from 7-180[deg], and by up to 6 dB 
in the region of main reflector spillover energy.

    (B) In the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc, as defined in Sec.  
25.103, EIRP spectral density of co-polarized signals shall not exceed 
the following values:

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29.3-25log[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 3.0[deg] <= [thgr] <= 48[deg].
-12.7...................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 48[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (a)(1)(i)(A) of this section. 
These EIRP density levels may be exceeded by up to 6 dB in the region of 
main reflector spillover energy and in up to 10% of the range of [thgr] 
angles not included in that region, on each side of the line from the 
earth station to the target satellite.

    (C) The off-axis EIRP spectral-density of cross-polarized signals 
shall not exceed the following values in the plane tangent to the GSO 
arc or in the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
16.3-25log[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.8[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7.0[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (a)(1)(i)(A) of this section.

    (ii) Except for ESV systems operating under paragraph (a)(3) of this 
section, each ESV transmitter must meet one of the following antenna 
pointing error requirements:
    (A) Each ESV transmitter shall maintain a pointing error of less 
than or equal to 0.2[deg] between the orbital location of the target 
satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the ESV antenna, or
    (B) Each ESV transmitter shall maintain the declared maximum antenna 
pointing error that may be greater than 0.2[deg] provided that the ESV 
does not exceed the off-axis EIRP spectral-density limits in paragraph 
(a)(1)(i) of this section, taking into account the antenna pointing 
error.
    (iii) Except for ESV systems operating under paragraph (a)(3) of 
this section, each ESV transmitter must meet one of the following 
cessation of emission requirements:
    (A) For ESVs operating under paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(A) of this 
section, all emissions from the ESV shall automatically cease within 100 
milliseconds if the angle between the orbital location of the target 
satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the ESV antenna exceeds 
0.5[deg], and transmission will not resume until such angle is less than 
or equal to 0.2[deg], or
    (B) For ESV transmitters operating under paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(B) of 
this section, all emissions from the ESV shall automatically cease 
within 100 milliseconds if the angle between the orbital location of the 
target satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the ESV antenna 
exceeds the declared maximum antenna pointing error and shall not resume 
transmissions until such angle is less than or equal to the declared 
maximum antenna pointing error.
    (2) The following requirements apply to ESV systems that operate 
with off-axis EIRP spectral-densities in excess of the levels in 
paragraph (a)(1)(i) or (a)(3)(i) of this section under licenses granted 
based on certifications filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this 
section.
    (i) An ESV or ESV system licensed based on certifications filed 
pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this section must operate in accordance 
with the off-axis EIRP density specifications provided to the target 
satellite operator in order to obtain the certifications.
    (ii) Any ESV transmitter operating under a license granted based on 
certifications filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this section must 
be self-monitoring and capable of shutting itself off and must cease or 
reduce emissions within 100 milliseconds after generating off-axis EIRP-
density in excess of the specifications supplied to the target satellite 
operator.
    (iii) A system with variable power control of individual ESV 
transmitters must monitor the aggregate off-axis EIRP density from 
simultaneously transmitting ESV transmitters at the system's network 
control and monitoring center. If simultaneous operation of two or more 
ESV transmitters causes aggregate off-axis EIRP density to exceed the 
off-axis EIRP-density specifications supplied to the target satellite 
operator, the network control

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and monitoring center must command those transmitters to cease emissions 
or reduce the aggregate EIRP density to a level at or below those 
specifications, and the transmitters must comply within 100 milliseconds 
of receiving the command.
    (3) The following requirements apply to an ESV system that uses 
variable power control of individual earth stations transmitting 
simultaneously in the same frequencies to the same target satellite, 
unless the ESV system operates pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of this 
section.
    (i) Aggregate EIRP density from co-frequency earth stations in each 
target satellite receiving beam, not resulting from colliding data 
bursts transmitted pursuant to a contention protocol, will not exceed 
the limits defined in paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section.
    (ii) Each ESV transmitter must be self-monitoring and capable of 
shutting itself off and must cease or reduce emissions within 100 
milliseconds after generating off-axis EIRP density in excess of the 
limit in paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section.
    (iii) Aggregate power density from simultaneously transmitting ESV 
transmitters must be monitored at the system's network control and 
monitoring center. If simultaneous operation of two or more ESV 
transmitters causes aggregate off-axis EIRP density to exceed the off-
axis EIRP density limit in paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section, the 
network control and monitoring center must command those transmitters to 
cease emissions or reduce the aggregate EIRP density to a level at or 
below that limit, and those transmitters must comply within 100 
milliseconds of receiving the command.
    (4) There shall be a point of contact in the United States, with 
phone number and address, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 
with authority and ability to cease all emissions from the ESVs, either 
directly or through the facilities of a U.S. Hub or a Hub located in 
another country with which the United States has a bilateral agreement 
that enables such cessation of emissions.
    (5) For each ESV transmitter, a record of the ship location (i.e., 
latitude/longitude), transmit frequency, channel bandwidth and satellite 
used shall be time annotated and maintained for a period of not less 
than 1 year. Records will be recorded at time intervals no greater than 
every 20 minutes while the ESV is transmitting. The ESV operator will 
make this data available upon request to a coordinator, fixed system 
operator, Fixed-Satellite system operator, or the Commission within 24 
hours of the request.
    (6) ESV operators communicating with vessels of foreign registry 
must maintain detailed information on each vessel's country of registry 
and a point of contact for the relevant administration responsible for 
licensing ESVs.
    (7) ESV operators shall control all ESVs by a hub earth station 
located in the United States, except that an ESV on U.S.-registered 
vessels may operate under control of a hub earth station location 
outside the United States provided the ESV operator maintains a point of 
contact within the United States that will have the capability and 
authority to cause an ESV on a U.S.-registered vessel to cease 
transmitting if necessary.
    (8) ESV operators transmitting in the 5925-6425 MHz (Earth-to-space) 
frequency band to GSO satellites in the Fixed-Satellite Service (FSS) 
shall not seek to coordinate, in any geographic location, more than 36 
megahertz of uplink bandwidth on each of no more than two GSO FSS 
satellites.
    (9) ESVs shall not operate in the 5925-6425 MHz (Earth-to-space) and 
3700-4200 MHz (space-to-Earth) frequency bands on vessels smaller than 
300 gross tons.
    (10) ESVs, operating while docked, that complete coordination with 
terrestrial stations in the 3700-4200 MHz band in accordance with Sec.  
25.251, shall receive protection from such terrestrial stations in 
accordance with the coordination agreements, for 180 days, renewable for 
180 days.
    (11) ESVs in motion shall not claim protection from harmful 
interference from any authorized terrestrial stations or lawfully 
operating satellites to which frequencies are either already assigned, 
or may be assigned in the future in the 3700-4200 MHz (space-to-Earth) 
frequency band.

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    (12) ESVs operating within 200 km from the baseline of the United 
States, or within 200 km from a U.S.-licensed fixed service offshore 
installation, shall complete coordination with potentially affected 
U.S.-licensed fixed service operators prior to operation. The 
coordination method and the interference criteria objective shall be 
determined by the frequency coordinator. The details of the coordination 
shall be maintained and available at the frequency coordinator, and 
shall be filed with the Commission electronically via the International 
Bureau Filing System (http://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/) to be placed on 
public notice. The coordination notifications must be filed in the form 
of a statement referencing the relevant call signs and file numbers. 
Operation of each individual ESV may commence immediately after the 
public notice is released that identifies the notification sent to the 
Commission. Continuance of operation of that ESV for the duration of the 
coordination term shall be dependent upon successful completion of the 
normal public notice process. If, prior to the end of the 30-day comment 
period of the public notice, any objections are received from U.S.-
licensed Fixed Service operators that have been excluded from 
coordination, the ESV licensee must immediately cease operation of that 
particular station on frequencies used by the affected U.S.-licensed 
Fixed Service station until the coordination dispute is resolved and the 
ESV licensee informs the Commission of the resolution. As used in this 
section, ``baseline'' means the line from which maritime zones are 
measured. The baseline is a combination of the low-water line and 
closing lines across the mouths of inland water bodies and is defined by 
a series of baseline points that include islands and ``low-water 
elevations,'' as determined by the U.S. Department of State's Baseline 
Committee.
    (13) ESV operators must automatically cease transmission if the ESV 
operates in violation of the terms of its coordination agreement, 
including, but not limited to, conditions related to speed of the vessel 
or if the ESV travels outside the coordinated area, if within 200 km 
from the baseline of the United States, or within 200 km from a U.S.-
licensed fixed service offshore installation. Transmissions may be 
controlled by the ESV network. The frequency coordinator may decide 
whether ESV operators should automatically cease transmissions if the 
vessel falls below a prescribed speed within a prescribed geographic 
area.
    (b) Applications for ESV operation in the 5925-6425 MHz (Earth-to-
space) band to GSO satellites in the FSS must include, in addition to 
the particulars of operation identified on FCC Form 312, and associated 
Schedule B, applicable technical demonstrations or certifications 
pursuant to paragraph (b)(1), (b)(2), or (b)(3) of this section and the 
documentation identified in paragraphs (b)(4) through (b)(6) of this 
section.
    (1) An ESV applicant proposing to implement a transmitter under 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section must provide the information required 
by Sec.  25.115(g)(1). An applicant proposing to implement a transmitter 
under paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(A) of this section must also provide the 
certifications identified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section. An 
ESV applicant proposing to implement a transmitter under paragraph 
(a)(1)(ii)(B) of this section must also provide the demonstrations 
identified in paragraph (b)(1)(iv) of this section.
    (i)-(ii) [Reserved]
    (iii) An ESV applicant proposing to implement a transmitter under 
paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(A) of this section, must provide a certification 
from the equipment manufacturer stating that the antenna tracking system 
will maintain a pointing error of less than or equal to 0.2[deg] between 
the orbital location of the target satellite and the axis of the main 
lobe of the ESV antenna and that the antenna tracking system is capable 
of ceasing emissions within 100 milliseconds if the angle between the 
orbital location of the target satellite and the axis of the main lobe 
of the ESV antenna exceeds 0.5[deg].
    (iv) An ESV applicant proposing to implement a transmitter under 
paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(B) of this section must:
    (A) Declare, in its application, a maximum antenna pointing error 
and

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demonstrate that the maximum antenna pointing error can be achieved 
without exceeding the off-axis EIRP spectral-density limits in paragraph 
(a)(1)(i) of this section; and
    (B) Demonstrate that the ESV transmitter can detect if the 
transmitter exceeds the declared maximum antenna pointing error and can 
cease transmission within 100 milliseconds if the angle between the 
orbital location of the target satellite and the axis of the main lobe 
of the ESV antenna exceeds the declared maximum antenna pointing error, 
and will not resume transmissions until the angle between the orbital 
location of the target satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the 
ESV antenna is less than or equal to the declared maximum antenna 
pointing error.
    (2) An applicant proposing to operate with off-axis EIRP density in 
excess of the levels specified in paragraph (a)(1)(i) or (a)(3)(i) of 
this section must provide the following in exhibits to its earth station 
application:
    (i) Off-axis EIRP density data pursuant to Sec.  25.115(g)(1):
    (ii) The certifications required by Sec.  25.220(d);
    (iii) A detailed showing that each ESV transmitter in the system 
will automatically cease or reduce emissions within 100 milliseconds 
after generating EIRP density exceeding specifications provided to the 
target satellite operator;
    (iv) A detailed showing that the aggregate power density from 
simultaneously transmitting ESV transmitters will be monitored at the 
system's network control and monitoring center; that if simultaneous 
operation of two or more ESV transmitters causes the aggregate off-axis 
EIRP density to exceed the off-axis EIRP density specifications supplied 
to the target satellite operator, the network control and monitoring 
center will command those transmitters to cease emissions or reduce the 
aggregate EIRP density to a level at or below those specifications; and 
that those transmitters will comply within 100 milliseconds of receiving 
the command; and
    (v) A certification that the ESV system will operate in compliance 
with the power limits in Sec.  25.204(h).
    (3) An applicant proposing to implement an ESV system subject to 
paragraph (a)(3) of this section must provide the following information 
in exhibits to its earth station application:
    (i) Off-axis EIRP density data pursuant to Sec.  25.115(g)(1);
    (ii) A detailed showing of the measures that will be employed to 
maintain aggregate EIRP density at or below the limit in paragraph 
(a)(3)(i) of this section;
    (iii) A detailed showing that each ESV terminal will automatically 
cease or reduce emissions within 100 milliseconds after generating off-
axis EIRP density exceeding the limit in paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this 
section;
    (iv) A detailed showing that the aggregate power density from 
simultaneously transmitting ESV transmitters will be monitored at the 
system's network control and monitoring center; that if simultaneous 
operation of two or more ESV transmitters causes aggregate off-axis EIRP 
density to exceed the off-axis EIRP density limit in paragraph (a)(3)(i) 
of this section, the network control and monitoring center will command 
those transmitters to cease emissions or reduce the aggregate EIRP 
density to a level at or below that limit; and that those transmitters 
will comply within 100 milliseconds of receiving the command; and
    (v) Certification that the ESV system will operate in compliance 
with the power limits in Sec.  25.204(h).
    (4) There shall be an exhibit included with the application 
describing the geographic area(s) in which the ESVs will operate.
    (5) The point of contact information referred to in paragraph (a)(3) 
of this section and, if applicable, paragraph (a)(6) of this section, 
must be included in the application.
    (6) ESVs that exceed the radiation guidelines of Sec.  1.1310 of 
this chapter, Radiofrequency radiation exposure limits, must provide, 
with their environmental assessment, a plan for mitigation of radiation 
exposure to the extent required to meet those guidelines.
    (7) Except for ESV systems operating pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of 
this section, ESV systems authorized pursuant

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to this section shall be eligible for a license that lists Permitted 
List as an authorized point of communication.

[74 FR 47102, Sept. 15, 2009, as amended at 77 FR 50050, Aug. 20, 2012; 
78 FR 8429, Feb. 6, 2013; 78 FR 29062, May 17, 2013; 79 FR 8324, Feb. 
12, 2014; 81 FR 55342, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.222  Blanket licensing provisions for ESVs operating with
GSO FSS space stations in the 10.95-11.2 GHz, 11.45-11.7 GHz,
11.7-12.2 GHz, and 14.0-14.5 GHz bands.

    (a) The following ongoing requirements govern all ESV licensees and 
operations in the 10.95-11.2 GHz (space-to-Earth), 11.45-11.7 GHz 
(space-to-Earth), 11.7-12.2 GHz (space-to-Earth) and 14.0-14.5 GHz 
(Earth-to-space) bands transmitting to GSO satellites in the Fixed-
Satellite Service.ESV licensees must comply with the requirements in 
paragraph (a)(1), (a)(2) or (a)(3) of this section and all of the 
requirements set forth in paragraphs (a)(4) through (a)(8) of this 
section. Paragraph (b) of this section identifies items that must be 
included in the application for ESV operations to demonstrate that these 
ongoing requirements will be met.
    (1) The following requirements shall apply to an ESV that uses 
transmitters with off-axis effective isotropically radiated power (EIRP) 
spectral-densities lower than or equal to the levels in paragraph 
(a)(1)(i)(A) of this section. An ESV, or ESV system, operating under 
this section shall provide a detailed demonstration as described in 
paragraph (b)(1) of this section. The ESV transmitter also must comply 
with the antenna pointing and cessation of emission requirements in 
paragraphs (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section.
    (i)(A) Off-axis EIRP spectral density emitted in the plane tangent 
to the GSO arc, as defined in Sec.  25.103, shall not exceed the 
following values:

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15-25log[thgr]..........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
-6......................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 7[deg] < [thgr] <= 9.2[deg].
18-25log[thgr]..........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 9.2[deg] < [thgr] <= 19.1[deg].
-14.....................................  dBW/4kHz                         for 19.1[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
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Where theta ([thgr]) is the angle in degrees from a line from the earth 
station antenna to the assigned orbital location of the target 
satellite. The EIRP density levels specified for [thgr]  
7[deg] may be exceeded by up to 3 dB in up to 10% of the range of theta 
([thgr]) angles from 7-180[deg], and by up to 6 dB 
in the region of main reflector spillover energy.
    (B) The off-axis EIRP density of co-polarized signals shall not 
exceed the following values in the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc, 
as defined in Sec.  25.103:

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18-25log[thgr]..........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 3.0[deg] <= [thgr] <= 19.1[deg].
-14.....................................  dBW/4kHz                         for 19.1[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (a)(1)(i)(A) of this section. 
These EIRP density levels may be exceeded by up to 6 dB in the region of 
main reflector spillover energy and in up to 10% of the range of [thgr] 
angles not included in that region, on each side of the line from the 
earth station to the target satellite.
    (C) The off-axis EIRP density of cross-polarized signals shall not 
exceed the following values in the plane tangent to the GSO arc or in 
the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc:

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5-25log[thgr]...........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.8[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7.0[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (a)(1)(i)(A) of this section.
    (ii) Except for ESV systems operating under paragraph (a)(3) of this 
section, each ESV transmitter must meet

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one of the following antenna pointing error requirements:
    (A) Each ESV transmitter shall maintain a pointing error of less 
than or equal to 0.2[deg] between the orbital location of the target 
satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the ESV antenna, or
    (B) Each ESV transmitter shall declare a maximum antenna pointing 
error that may be greater than 0.2[deg] provided that the ESV does not 
exceed the off-axis EIRP spectral-density limits in paragraph (a)(1)(i) 
of this section, taking into account the antenna pointing error.
    (iii) Except for ESV systems operating under paragraph (a)(3) of 
this section, each ESV transmitter must meet one of the following 
cessation of emission requirements:
    (A) For ESVs operating under paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(A) of this 
section, all emissions from the ESV shall automatically cease within 100 
milliseconds if the angle between the orbital location of the target 
satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the ESV antenna exceeds 
0.5[deg], and transmission will not resume until such angle is less than 
or equal to 0.2[deg], or
    (B) For ESV transmitters operating under paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(B) of 
this section, all emissions from the ESV shall automatically cease 
within 100 milliseconds if the angle between the orbital location of the 
target satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the ESV antenna 
exceeds the declared maximum antenna pointing error and shall not resume 
transmissions until such angle is less than or equal to the declared 
maximum antenna pointing error.
    (2) The following requirements apply to ESV systems that operate 
with off-axis EIRP spectral-densities in excess of the levels in 
paragraph (a)(1)(i) or (a)(3)(i) of this section under licenses granted 
based on certifications filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this 
section.
    (i) An ESV or ESV system licensed based on certifications filed 
pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this section must operate in accordance 
with the off-axis EIRP density specifications provided to the target 
satellite operator in order to obtain the certifications.
    (ii) Any ESV transmitter operating under a license granted based on 
certifications filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this section must 
be self-monitoring and capable of shutting itself off and must cease or 
reduce emissions within 100 milliseconds after generating off-axis EIRP-
density in excess of the specifications supplied to the target satellite 
operator.
    (iii) A system with variable power control of individual ESV 
transmitters must monitor the aggregate off-axis EIRP density from 
simultaneously transmitting ESV transmitters at the system's network 
control and monitoring center. If simultaneous operation of two or more 
ESV transmitters causes aggregate off-axis EIRP density to exceed the 
off-axis EIRP-density specifications supplied to the target satellite 
operator, the network control and monitoring center must command those 
transmitters to cease emissions or reduce the aggregate EIRP density to 
a level at or below those specifications, and the transmitters must 
comply within 100 milliseconds of receiving the command.
    (3) The following requirements apply to an ESV system that uses 
variable power control of individual earth stations transmitting 
simultaneously in the same frequencies to the same target satellite, 
unless the ESV system operates pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of this 
section.
    (i) Aggregate EIRP density from co-frequency earth stations in each 
target satellite receiving beam, not resulting from colliding data 
bursts transmitted pursuant to a contention protocol, will not exceed 
the limits defined in paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section.
    (ii) Each ESV transmitter must be self-monitoring and capable of 
shutting itself off and must cease or reduce emissions within 100 
milliseconds after generating off-axis EIRP density in excess of the 
limit in paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section.
    (iii) Aggregate power density from simultaneously transmitting ESV 
transmitters must be monitored at the system's network control and 
monitoring center. If simultaneous operation of two or more ESV 
transmitters causes aggregate off-axis EIRP density to exceed the off-
axis EIRP density limit in

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paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section, the network control and monitoring 
center must command those transmitters to cease emissions or reduce the 
aggregate EIRP density to a level at or below that limit, and those 
transmitters must comply within 100 milliseconds of receiving the 
command.
    (4) There shall be a point of contact in the United States, with 
phone number and address, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 
with authority and ability to cease all emissions from the ESVs, either 
directly or through the facilities of a U.S. Hub or a Hub located in 
another country with which the United States has a bilateral agreement 
that enables such cessation of emissions.
    (5) For each ESV transmitter, a record of the ship location (i.e., 
latitude/longitude), transmit frequency, channel bandwidth and satellite 
used shall be time annotated and maintained for a period of not less 
than 1 year. Records will be recorded at time intervals no greater than 
every 20 minutes while the ESV is transmitting. The ESV operator will 
make this data available upon request to a coordinator, fixed system 
operator, Fixed-Satellite system operator, NTIA, or the Commission 
within 24 hours of the request.
    (6) ESV operators communicating with vessels of foreign registry 
must maintain detailed information on each vessel's country of registry 
and a point of contact for the relevant administration responsible for 
licensing ESVs.
    (7) ESV operators shall control all ESVs by a Hub earth station 
located in the United States, except that an ESV on U.S.-registered 
vessels may operate under control of a Hub earth station location 
outside the United States provided the ESV operator maintains a point of 
contact within the United States that will have the capability and 
authority to cause an ESV on a U.S.-registered vessel to cease 
transmitting if necessary.
    (8) In the 10.95-11.2 GHz (space-to-Earth) and 11.45-11.7 GHz 
(space-to-Earth) frequency bands ESVs shall not claim protection from 
interference from any authorized terrestrial stations to which 
frequencies are either already assigned, or may be assigned in the 
future.
    (b) Applications for ESV operation in the 14.0-14.5 GHz (Earth-to-
space) band to GSO satellites in the FSS must include, in addition to 
the particulars of operation identified on FCC Form 312, and associated 
Schedule B, applicable technical demonstrations or certifications 
pursuant to paragraph (b)(1), (b)(2), or (b)(3) of this section and the 
documentation identified in paragraphs (b)(4) through (6) of this 
section.
    (1) An ESV applicant proposing to implement a transmitter under 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section must provide the information required 
by Sec.  25.115(g)(1). An applicant proposing to implement a transmitter 
under paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(A) of this section must also provide the 
certifications identified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section. An 
ESV applicant proposing to implement a transmitter under paragraph 
(a)(1)(ii)(B) of this section must also provide the demonstrations 
identified in paragraph (b)(1)(iv) of this section.
    (i)-(ii) [Reserved]
    (iii) An ESV applicant proposing to implement a transmitter under 
paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(A) of this section, must provide a certification 
from the equipment manufacturer stating that the antenna tracking system 
will maintain a pointing error of less than or equal to 0.2 between the 
orbital location of the target satellite and the axis of the main lobe 
of the ESV antenna and that the antenna tracking system is capable of 
ceasing emissions within 100 milliseconds if the angle between the 
orbital location of the target satellite and the axis of the main lobe 
of the ESV antenna exceeds 0.5[deg].
    (iv) An ESV applicant proposing to implement a transmitter under 
paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(B) of this section must:
    (A) Declare, in their application, a maximum antenna pointing error 
and demonstrate that the maximum antenna pointing error can be achieved 
without exceeding the off-axis EIRP spectral-density limits in paragraph 
(a)(1)(A) of this section; and
    (B) Demonstrate that the ESV transmitter can detect if the 
transmitter exceeds the declared maximum antenna

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pointing error and can cease transmission within 100 milliseconds if the 
angle between the orbital location of the target satellite and the axis 
of the main lobe of the ESV antenna exceeds the declared maximum antenna 
pointing error, and will not resume transmissions until the angle 
between the orbital location of the target satellite and the axis of the 
main lobe of the ESV antenna is less than or equal to the declared 
maximum antenna pointing error.
    (2) An applicant proposing to operate with off-axis EIRP density in 
excess of the levels in paragraph (a)(1)(i) or (a)(3)(i) of this section 
must provide the following in exhibits to its earth station application:
    (i) Off-axis EIRP density data pursuant to Sec.  25.115(g)(1);
    (ii) The certifications required by Sec.  25.220(d);
    (iii) A detailed showing that each ESV transmitter in the system 
will automatically cease or reduce emissions within 100 milliseconds 
after generating EIRP density exceeding specifications provided to the 
target satellite operator; and
    (iv) A detailed showing that the aggregate power density from 
simultaneously transmitting ESV transmitters will be monitored at the 
system's network control and monitoring center; that if simultaneous 
operation of two or more ESV transmitters causes the aggregate off-axis 
EIRP density to exceed the off-axis EIRP density specifications supplied 
to the target satellite operator, the network control and monitoring 
center will command those transmitters to cease emissions or reduce the 
aggregate EIRP density to a level at or below those specifications; and 
that those transmitters will comply within 100 milliseconds of receiving 
the command.
    (3) An applicant proposing to implement an ESV system subject to 
paragraph (a)(3) of this section must provide the following information 
in exhibits to its earth station application:
    (i) Off-axis EIRP density data pursuant to Sec.  25.115(g)(1);
    (ii) A detailed showing of the measures that will be employed to 
maintain aggregate EIRP density at or below the limit in paragraph 
(a)(3)(i) of this section;
    (iii) A detailed showing that each ESV terminal will automatically 
cease or reduce emissions within 100 milliseconds after generating off-
axis EIRP density exceeding the limit in paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this 
section; and
    (iv) A detailed showing that the aggregate power density from 
simultaneously transmitting ESV transmitters will be monitored at the 
system's network control and monitoring center; that if simultaneous 
operation of two or more ESV transmitters causes aggregate off-axis EIRP 
density to exceed the off-axis EIRP density limit in paragraph (a)(3)(i) 
of this section, the network control and monitoring center will command 
those transmitters to cease emissions or reduce the aggregate EIRP 
density to a level at or below that limit; and that those transmitters 
will comply within 100 milliseconds of receiving the command.
    (4) There shall be an exhibit included with the application 
describing the geographic area(s) in which the ESVs will operate.
    (5) The point of contact referred to in paragraph (a)(3) of this 
section and, if applicable paragraph (a)(6) of this section, must be 
included in the application.
    (6) ESVs that exceed the radiation guidelines of Sec.  1.1310 of 
this chapter, Radiofrequency radiation exposure limits, must provide, 
with their environmental assessment, a plan for mitigation of radiation 
exposure to the extent required to meet those guidelines.
    (7) Except for ESV systems operating pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of 
this section, ESV systems authorized pursuant to this section shall be 
eligible for a license that lists Permitted List as an authorized point 
of communication.
    (c) Operations of ESVs in the 14.0-14.2 GHz (Earth-to-space) 
frequency band within 125 km of the NASA TDRSS facilities on Guam 
(located at latitude: 13[deg]36[min]55[sec] N, longitude 
144[deg]51[min]22[sec] E) or White Sands, New Mexico (latitude: 
32[deg]20[min]59[sec] N, longitude 106[deg]36[min]31[sec] W and 
latitude: 32[deg]32[min]40[sec] N, longitude 106[deg]36[min]48[sec] W) 
are subject to coordination through the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration (NTIA)

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Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC). When NTIA seeks to 
provide similar protection to future TDRSS sites that have been 
coordinated through the IRAC Frequency Assignment Subcommittee process, 
NTIA will notify the Commission that the site is nearing operational 
status. Upon public notice from the Commission, all Ku-band ESV 
operators must cease operations in the 14.0-14.2 GHz band within 125 km 
of the new TDRSS site until after NTIA/IRAC coordination for the new 
TDRSS facility is complete. ESV operations will then again be permitted 
to operate in the 14.0-14.2 GHz band within 125 km of the new TDRSS 
site, subject to any operational constraints developed in the 
coordination process.
    (d) Operations of ESVs in the 14.47-14.5 GHz (Earth-to-space) 
frequency band within (a) 45 km of the radio observatory on St. Croix, 
Virgin Islands (latitude 17[deg]46[min] N, longitude 64[deg]35[min] W); 
(b) 125 km of the radio observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii (at latitude 
19[deg]48[min] N, longitude 155[deg]28[min] W); and (c) 90 km of the 
Arecibo Observatory on Puerto Rico (latitude 18[deg]20[min]46[sec] W, 
longitude 66[deg]45[min]11[sec] N) are subject to coordination through 
the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) 
Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC).

[74 FR 47105, Sept. 15, 2009, as amended at 77 FR 50051, Aug. 20, 2012; 
78 FR 8429, Feb. 6, 2013; 79 FR 8324, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55343, Aug. 
18, 2016]



Sec.  25.223  [Reserved]



Sec.  25.224  Protection of receive-only earth stations in the
17/24 GHz BSS.

    (a) Notwithstanding Sec.  25.209(c) of this part, receive-only earth 
stations operating in the 17/24 GHz broadcasting-satellite service can 
claim no greater protection from interference than they would receive if 
the equivalent antenna diameter were equal to or greater than 45 cm and 
the antenna meets the co-polar and cross-polar performance patterns 
represented by the following set of formulas (adopted in Recommendation 
ITU-R BO.1213-1, dated November 2005) that are valid for D/[lambda] 
=11:

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[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR29AU07.121

    (b) Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to 17/24 GHz BSS 
telemetry earth stations. Those earth stations are subject to the 
antenna performance standards of Sec.  25.209(a) and (b) of this part.

[72 FR 50031, Aug. 29, 2007]

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Sec.  25.225  Geographic Service Requirements for 17/24 GHz
Broadcasting Satellite Service.

    (a) Each operator of a 17/24 GHz BSS space station that is used to 
provide video programming directly to consumers in the 48 contiguous 
United States (CONUS) must provide comparable service to Alaska and 
Hawaii, unless such service is not technically feasible or not 
economically reasonable from the authorized orbital location.
    (b) Each operator of a 17/24 GHz BSS space station subject to 
paragraph (a) of this section must design and configure its space 
station to be capable of providing service to Alaska and Hawaii, that is 
comparable to the service that such satellites will provide to CONUS 
subscribers, from any orbital location capable of providing service to 
either Alaska or Hawaii to which it may be located or relocated in the 
future.
    (c) If an operator of a 17/24 GHz BSS space station that is used to 
provide video programming directly to consumers in the United States 
relocates or replaces a 17/24 GHz BSS space station at a location from 
which service to Alaska and Hawaii had been provided by another 17/24 
GHz BSS space station, the operator must use a space station capable of 
providing at least the same level of service to Alaska and Hawaii as 
previously provided from that location.

[72 FR 50033, Aug. 29, 2007]



Sec.  25.226  Blanket licensing provisions for domestic, U.S.
VMESs operating with GSO FSS space stations in the 10.95-11.2 GHz,
11.45-11.7 GHz, 11.7-12.2 GHz, and 14.0-14.5 GHz bands.

    (a) The following ongoing requirements govern all VMES licensees and 
operations in the 10.95-11.2 GHz (space-to-Earth), 11.45-11.7 GHz 
(space-to-Earth), 11.7-12.2 GHz (space-to-Earth) and 14.0-14.5 GHz 
(Earth-to-space) bands receiving from and transmitting to geostationary 
orbit satellites in the Fixed-Satellite Service. VMES licensees shall 
comply with the requirements in either paragraph (a)(1), (a)(2) or 
(a)(3) of this section and all of the requirements set forth in 
paragraphs (a)(4) through (a)(9) and paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) of 
this section. Paragraph (b) of this section identifies items that shall 
be included in the application for VMES operations to demonstrate that 
these ongoing requirements will be met.
    (1) The following requirements shall apply to a VMES that uses 
transmitters with off-axis EIRP spectral-densities lower than or equal 
to the levels in paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section. A VMES, or VMES 
system, operating under this section shall provide a detailed 
demonstration as described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section. The VMES 
transmitter also shall comply with the antenna pointing and cessation of 
emission requirements in paragraphs (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this 
section.
    (i)(A) Off-axis EIRP spectral density emitted in the plane tangent 
to the GSO arc, as defined in Sec.  25.103, shall not exceed the 
following values:

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15-25log[thetas]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.5[deg] <= [thetas] <= 7[deg].
-6......................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 7[deg] < [thetas] <= 9.2[deg].
18-25log[thetas]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 9.2[deg] < [thetas] <= 19.1[deg].
-14.....................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 19.1[deg] < [thetas] <= 180[deg].
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Where theta ([thetas]) is the angle in degrees from a line from the 
earth station antenna to the assigned orbital location of the target 
satellite. The EIRP density levels specified for [thetas]  
7[deg] may be exceeded by up to 3 dB in up to 10% of the range of theta 
([thetas]) angles from 7-180[deg], and by up to 6 
dB in the region of main reflector spillover energy.

    (B) The off-axis EIRP spectral density of co-polarized signals shall 
not exceed the following values in the plane perpendicular to the GSO 
arc, as defined in Sec.  25.103:

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18-25log[thetas]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 3.0[deg] <= [thetas] <=
                                                                            19.1[deg].
-14.....................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 19.1[deg] < [thetas] <= 180[deg].
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Where [thetas] is as defined in paragraph (a)(1)(i)(A) of this section. 
These EIRP density levels may be exceeded by up to 6 dB in the region of 
main reflector spillover energy and in up to 10% of the range of 
[thetas] angles not included in that region, on each side of the line 
from the earth station to the target satellite.

    (C) The EIRP density of cross-polarized signals shall not exceed the 
following values in the plane tangent to the GSO arc or in the plane 
perpendicular to the GSO arc:

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5-25log[thetas].........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.8[deg] <= [thetas] <= 7.0[deg].
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Where [thetas] is as defined in paragraph (a)(1)(i)(A) of this section.

    (ii) Except for VMES systems operating under paragraph (a)(3), each 
VMES transmitter must meet one of the following antenna pointing error 
requirements:
    (A) Each VMES transmitter shall maintain a pointing error of less 
than or equal to 0.2[deg] between the orbital location of the target 
satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the VMES antenna, or
    (B) Each VMES transmitter shall declare a maximum antenna pointing 
error that may be greater than 0.2[deg] provided that the VMES does not 
exceed the off-axis EIRP spectral-density limits in paragraph (a)(1)(i) 
of this section, taking into account the antenna pointing error.
    (iii) Except for VMES systems operating under paragraph (a)(3), each 
VMES transmitter must meet of one the following cessation of emission 
requirements:
    (A) For VMESs operating under paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(A) of this 
section, all emissions from the VMES shall automatically cease within 
100 milliseconds if the angle between the orbital location of the target 
satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the VMES antenna exceeds 
0.5[deg], and transmission shall not resume until such angle is less 
than or equal to 0.2[deg], or
    (B) For VMES transmitters operating under paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(B) of 
this section, all emissions from the VMES shall automatically cease 
within 100 milliseconds if the angle between the orbital location of the 
target satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the VMES antenna 
exceeds the declared maximum antenna pointing error and shall not resume 
transmissions until such angle is less than or equal to the declared 
maximum antenna pointing error.
    (2) The following requirements apply to VMES systems that operate 
with off-axis EIRP spectral-densities in excess of the levels in 
paragraph (a)(1)(i) or (a)(3)(i) of this section under licenses granted 
based on certifications filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this 
section.
    (i) A VMES or VMES system licensed based on certifications filed 
pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this section must operate in accordance 
with the off-axis EIRP density specifications provided to the target 
satellite operator in order to obtain the certifications.
    (ii) Any VMES transmitter operating under a license granted based on 
certifications filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this section must 
be self-monitoring and capable of shutting itself off and must cease or 
reduce emissions within 100 milliseconds after generating off-axis EIRP-
density in excess of the specifications supplied to the target satellite 
operator.
    (iii) A system with variable power control of individual VMES 
transmitters must monitor the aggregate off-axis EIRP density from 
simultaneously transmitting VMES transmitters at the system's network 
control and monitoring center. If simultaneous operation of two or more 
VMES transmitters causes aggregate off-axis EIRP density to exceed the 
off-axis EIRP density specifications supplied to the target satellite 
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control and monitoring center must command those transmitters to cease 
emissions or reduce the aggregate EIRP density to a level at or below 
those specifications and the transmitters must comply within 100 
milliseconds of receiving the command.
    (3) The following requirements apply to a VMES system that uses 
variable power control of individual VMES earth stations transmitting 
simultaneously in the same frequencies to the same target satellite, 
unless the system operates pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
    (i) Aggregate EIRP density from co-frequency earth stations in each 
target satellite receiving beam, not resulting from colliding data 
bursts transmitted pursuant to a contention protocol, will not exceed 
the limits defined in paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section.
    (ii) Each VMES transmitter must be self-monitoring and capable of 
shutting itself off and must cease or reduce emissions within 100 
milliseconds after generating off-axis EIRP density in excess of the 
limit in paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section.
    (iii) Aggregate power density from simultaneously transmitting VMES 
transmitters must be monitored at the system's network control and 
monitoring center. If simultaneous operation of two or more transmitters 
in a VMES network causes aggregate off-axis EIRP density to exceed the 
off-axis EIRP density limit in paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section, the 
network control and monitoring center must command those transmitters to 
cease emissions or reduce the aggregate EIRP density to a level at or 
below that limit, and those transmitters must comply within 100 
milliseconds of receiving the command.
    (4) An applicant filing to operate a VMES terminal or system and 
planning to use a contention protocol shall certify that its contention 
protocol use will be reasonable.
    (5) There shall be a point of contact in the United States, with 
phone number and address, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 
with authority and ability to cease all emissions from the VMESs.
    (6) For each VMES transmitter, a record of the vehicle location 
(i.e., latitude/longitude), transmit frequency, channel bandwidth and 
satellite used shall be time annotated and maintained for a period of 
not less than one (1) year. Records shall be recorded at time intervals 
no greater than every five (5) minutes while the VMES is transmitting. 
The VMES operator shall make this data available upon request to a 
coordinator, fixed system operator, Fixed-Satellite Service system 
operator, NTIA, or the Commission within 24 hours of the request.
    (7) In the 10.95-11.2 GHz (space-to-Earth) and 11.45-11.7 GHz 
(space-to-Earth) frequency bands VMESs shall not claim protection from 
interference from any authorized terrestrial stations to which 
frequencies are either already assigned, or may be assigned in the 
future.
    (8) A VMES terminal receiving in the 10.95-11.2 GHz (space-to-
Earth), 11.45-11.7 GHz (space-to-Earth) and 11.7-12.2 GHz (space-to-
Earth) bands shall receive protection from interference caused by space 
stations other than the target space station only to the degree to which 
harmful interference would not be expected to be caused to an earth 
station employing an antenna conforming to the referenced patterns 
defined in Sec.  25.209(a) and (b) and stationary at the location at 
which any interference occurred.
    (9) Each VMES terminal shall automatically cease transmitting upon 
the loss of synchronization or within 5 seconds upon loss of reception 
of the satellite downlink signal, whichever is the shorter timeframe.
    (b) Applications for VMES operation in the 14.0-14.5 GHz (Earth-to-
space) band to GSO satellites in the FSS must include, in addition to 
the particulars of operation identified on FCC Form 312, and associated 
Schedule B, applicable technical demonstrations pursuant to paragraph 
(b)(1), (b)(2), or (b)(3) of this section and the documentation 
identified in paragraphs (b)(4) through (b)(8) of this section.
    (1) A VMES applicant proposing to implement a transmitter under 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section must provide the information required 
by Sec.  25.115(g)(1). An applicant proposing to implement a transmitter 
under paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(A) of this section must

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also provide the certifications identified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of 
this section. An applicant proposing to implement a transmitter under 
paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(B) of this section must also provide the 
demonstrations identified in paragraph (b)(1)(iv) of this section.
    (i)-(ii) [Reserved]
    (iii) A VMES applicant proposing to implement a transmitter under 
paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(A) of this section shall provide a certification 
from the equipment manufacturer stating that the antenna tracking system 
will maintain a pointing error of less than or equal to 0.2[deg] between 
the orbital location of the target satellite and the axis of the main 
lobe of the VMES antenna and that the antenna tracking system is capable 
of ceasing emissions within 100 milliseconds if the angle between the 
orbital location of the target satellite and the axis of the main lobe 
of the VMES antenna exceeds 0.5[deg].
    (iv) A VMES applicant proposing to implement a transmitter under 
paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(B) of this section shall:
    (A) Declare, in its application, a maximum antenna pointing error 
and demonstrate that the maximum antenna pointing error can be achieved 
without exceeding the off-axis EIRP spectral-density limits in paragraph 
(a)(1)(i) of this section; and
    (B) Demonstrate that the VMES transmitter can detect if the 
transmitter exceeds the declared maximum antenna pointing error and can 
cease transmission within 100 milliseconds if the angle between the 
orbital location of the target satellite and the axis of the main lobe 
of the VMES antenna exceeds the declared maximum antenna pointing error, 
and will not resume transmissions until the angle between the orbital 
location of the target satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the 
VMES antenna is less than or equal to the declared maximum antenna 
pointing error.
    (2) An applicant proposing to operate with off-axis EIRP density in 
excess of the levels in paragraph (a)(1)(i) or (a)(3)(i) of this section 
must provide the following in exhibits to its earth station application:
    (i) Off-axis EIRP density data pursuant to Sec.  25.115(g)(1);
    (ii) The certifications required by Sec.  25.220(d);
    (iii) A detailed showing that each VMES transmitter in the system 
will automatically cease or reduce emissions within 100 milliseconds 
after generating EIRP density exceeding specifications provided to the 
target satellite operator; and
    (iv) A detailed showing that the aggregate power density from 
simultaneously transmitting VMES transmitters will be monitored at the 
system's network control and monitoring center; that if simultaneous 
operation of two or more VMES transmitters causes the aggregate off-axis 
EIRP density to exceed the off-axis EIRP density specifications supplied 
to the target satellite operator, the network control and monitoring 
center will command those transmitters to cease emissions or reduce the 
aggregate EIRP density to a level at or below those specifications; and 
that those transmitters will comply within 100 milliseconds of receiving 
the command.
    (3) An applicant proposing to implement a VMES system subject to 
paragraph (a)(3) of this section must provide the following information 
in exhibits to its earth station application:
    (i) Off-axis EIRP density data pursuant to Sec.  25.115(g)(1);
    (ii) A detailed showing of the measures that will be employed to 
maintain aggregate EIRP density at or below the limit in paragraph 
(a)(3)(i) of this section;
    (iii) A detailed showing that each VMES terminal will automatically 
cease or reduce emissions within 100 milliseconds after generating off-
axis EIRP density exceeding the limit in paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this 
section; and
    (iv) A detailed showing that the aggregate power density from 
simultaneously transmitting ESV transmitters will be monitored at the 
system's network control and monitoring center; that if simultaneous 
operation of two or more transmitters in the VMES network causes 
aggregate off-axis EIRP density to exceed the off-axis EIRP density 
limit in paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section, the network control and 
monitoring center will command those transmitters to cease emissions or 
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EIRP density to a level at or below that limit; and that those 
transmitters will comply within 100 milliseconds of receiving the 
command.
    (4) There shall be an exhibit included with the application 
describing the geographic area(s) in which the VMESs will operate.
    (5) Any VMES applicant filing for a VMES terminal or system and 
planning to use a contention protocol shall include in its application a 
certification that will comply with the requirements of paragraph (a)(4) 
of this section.
    (6) The point of contact referred to in paragraph (a)(5) of this 
section shall be included in the application.
    (7) Any VMES applicant filing for a VMES terminal or system shall 
include in its application a certification that will comply with the 
requirements of paragraph (a)(6) of this section.
    (8) All VMES applicants shall submit a radio frequency hazard 
analysis determining via calculation, simulation, or field measurement 
whether VMES terminals, or classes of terminals, will produce power 
densities that will exceed the Commission's radio frequency exposure 
criteria. VMES applicants with VMES terminals that will exceed the 
guidelines in Sec.  1.1310 of this chapter for radio frequency radiation 
exposure shall provide, with their environmental assessment, a plan for 
mitigation of radiation exposure to the extent required to meet those 
guidelines. All VMES licensees shall ensure installation of VMES 
terminals on vehicles by qualified installers who have an understanding 
of the antenna's radiation environment and the measures best suited to 
maximize protection of the general public and persons operating the 
vehicle and equipment. A VMES terminal exhibiting radiation exposure 
levels exceeding 1.0 mW/cm \2\ in accessible areas, such as at the 
exterior surface of the radome, shall have a label attached to the 
surface of the terminal warning about the radiation hazard and shall 
include thereon a diagram showing the regions around the terminal where 
the radiation levels could exceed 1.0 mW/cm \2\. All VMES applicants 
shall demonstrate that their VMES terminals are capable of automatically 
ceasing transmissions upon the loss of synchronization or within 5 
seconds upon loss of reception of the satellite downlink signal, 
whichever is the shorter timeframe.
    (9) Except for VMES systems operating pursuant to paragraphs (a)(2) 
and (a)(3)(ii) of this section, VMES systems authorized pursuant to this 
section shall be eligible for a license that lists Permitted List as an 
authorized point of communication.
    (c)(1) Operations of VMESs in the 14.0-14.2 GHz (Earth-to-space) 
frequency band within 125 km of the NASA TDRSS facilities on Guam 
(latitude 13[deg]36[min]55[sec] N, longitude 144[deg]51[min]22[sec] E) 
or White Sands, New Mexico (latitude 32[deg]20[min]59[sec] N, longitude 
106[deg]36[min]31[sec] W and latitude 32[deg]32[min]40[sec] N, longitude 
106[deg]36[min]48[sec] W) are subject to coordination with the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Interdepartment 
Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC). Licensees shall notify the 
International Bureau once they have completed coordination. Upon receipt 
of such notification from a licensee, the International Bureau will 
issue a public notice stating that the licensee may commence operations 
within the coordination zone in 30 days if no party has opposed the 
operations.
    (2) When NTIA seeks to provide similar protection to future TDRSS 
sites that have been coordinated through the IRAC Frequency Assignment 
Subcommittee process, NTIA will notify the Commission's International 
Bureau that the site is nearing operational status. Upon public notice 
from the International Bureau, all Ku-band VMES licensees shall cease 
operations in the 14.0-14.2 GHz band within 125 km of the new TDRSS site 
until the licensees complete coordination with NTIA/IRAC for the new 
TDRSS facility. Licensees shall notify the International Bureau once 
they have completed coordination for the new TDRSS site. Upon receipt of 
such notification from a licensee, the International Bureau will issue a 
public notice stating that the licensee may commence operations within 
the coordination zone in 30 days if no party has opposed the operations. 
The VMES licensee then will be permitted to commence operations in the 
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band within 125 km of the new TDRSS site, subject to any operational 
constraints developed in the coordination process.
    (d)(1) Operations of VMESs in the 14.47-14.5 GHz (Earth-to-space) 
frequency band in the vicinity of radio astronomy service (RAS) 
observatories observing in the 14.47-14.5 GHz band are subject to 
coordination with the National Science Foundation (NSF). The appropriate 
NSF contact point to initiate coordination is Electromagnetic Spectrum 
Manager, NSF, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1045, Arlington VA 22203, fax 
703-292-9034, e-mail [email protected]. Licensees shall notify the 
International Bureau once they have completed coordination. Upon receipt 
of the coordination agreement from a licensee, the International Bureau 
will issue a public notice stating that the licensee may commence 
operations within the coordination zone in 30 days if no party has 
opposed the operations.
    (2) Table 1 provides a list of each applicable RAS site, its 
location, and the applicable coordination zone.

       Table 1--Applicable Radio Astronomy Service (RAS) Facilities and Associated Coordination Distances
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                                          Latitude        Longitude
             Observatory                   (north)         (west)           Radius (km) of coordination zone
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Arecibo, Observatory, Arecibo, PR....  18[deg]20[min]  66[deg]45[min]  Island of Puerto Rico.
                                              37[sec]         11[sec]
Green Bank, WV.......................  38[deg]25[min]  79[deg]50[min]  160.
                                              59[sec]         23[sec]
Very Large Array, near Socorro, NM...  34[deg]04[min]  107[deg]37[min  160.
                                              44[sec]        ]06[sec]
Pisgah Astronomical Research           35[deg]11[min]  82[deg]52[min]  160.
 Institute, Rosman, NC.                       59[sec]         19[sec]
U of Michigan Radio Astronomy          42[deg]23[min]  83[deg]56[min]  160.
 Observatory, Stinchfield Woods, MI.          56[sec]         11[sec]
Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)
 stations:
    Owens Valley, CA.................  37[deg]13[min]  118[deg]16[min  160*.
                                              54[sec]        ]37[sec]
    Mauna Kea, HI....................  19[deg]48[min]  155[deg]27[min  50.
                                              05[sec]        ]20[sec]
    Brewster, WA.....................  48[deg]07[min]  119[deg]41[min  .........................................
                                              52[sec]        ]00[sec]
    Kitt Peak, AZ....................  31[deg]57[min]  111[deg]36[min  .........................................
                                              23[sec]        ]45[sec]
    Pie Town, NM.....................  34[deg]18[min]  108[deg]07[min  .........................................
                                              04[sec]        ]09[sec]
    Los Alamos, NM...................  35[deg]46[min]  106[deg]14[min  .........................................
                                              30[sec]        ]44[sec]
    Fort Davis, TX...................  30[deg]38[min]  103[deg]56[min  .........................................
                                              06[sec]        ]41[sec]
    North Liberty, IA................  41[deg]46[min]  91[deg]34[min]  .........................................
                                              17[sec]         27[sec]
    Hancock, NH......................  42[deg]56[min]  71[deg]59[min]  .........................................
                                              01[sec]         12[sec]
    St. Croix, VI....................  17[deg]45[min]  64[deg]35[min]  .........................................
                                              24[sec]         01[sec]
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* Owens Valley, CA operates both a VLBA station and single-dish telescopes.

    (3) When NTIA seeks to provide similar protection to future RAS 
sites that have been coordinated through the IRAC Frequency Assignment 
Subcommittee process, NTIA will notify the Commission's International 
Bureau that the site is nearing operational status. Upon public notice 
from the International Bureau, all Ku-band VMES licensees shall cease 
operations in the 14.47-14.5 GHz band within the relevant geographic 
zone (160 kms for single-dish radio observatories and Very Large Array 
antenna systems and 50 kms for Very Long Baseline Array antenna systems) 
of the new RAS site until the licensees complete coordination for the 
new RAS facility. Licensees shall notify the International Bureau once 
they have completed coordination for the new RAS site and shall submit 
the coordination agreement to the Commission. Upon receipt of such 
notification from a licensee, the International Bureau will issue a 
public notice stating that the licensee may commence operations within 
the coordination zone in 30 days if no party opposed the operations. The 
VMES licensee then will be permitted to commence operations in the 
14.47-14.5 GHz band within the relevant coordination distance around the 
new RAS site, subject to any operational constraints developed in the 
coordination process.
    (e) VMES licensees shall use Global Positioning Satellite-related or 
other similar position location technology to ensure compliance with 
paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section.

[74 FR 57099, Nov. 4, 2009, as amended at 78 FR 8429, Feb. 6, 2013; 78 
FR 9604, Feb. 11, 2013; 79 FR 8324, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 55345, Aug. 18, 
2016]

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Sec.  25.227  Blanket licensing provisions for ESAAs operating with
GSO FSS space stations in the 10.95-11.2 GHz, 11.45-11.7 GHz,
11.7-12.2 GHz, and 14.0-14.5 GHz bands.

    (a) The following ongoing requirements govern all ESAA licensees and 
operations in the 10.95-11.2 GHz (space-to-Earth), 11.45-11.7 GHz 
(space-to-Earth), 11.7-12.2 GHz (space-to-Earth) and 14.0-14.5 GHz 
(Earth-to-space) frequency bands receiving from and transmitting to 
geostationary orbit satellites in the Fixed-Satellite Service. ESAA 
licensees shall comply with the requirements in either paragraph (a)(1), 
(a)(2) or (a)(3) of this section and all of the requirements set forth 
in paragraphs (a)(4) through (a)(16) and paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) of 
this section. Paragraph (b) of this section identifies items that shall 
be included in the application for ESAA operations to demonstrate that 
these ongoing requirements will be met.
    (1) The following requirements shall apply to an ESAA that uses 
transmitters with off-axis EIRP spectral-densities lower than or equal 
to the levels in paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section. ESAA licensees 
operating under this section shall provide a detailed demonstration as 
described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section. The ESAA transmitter also 
shall comply with the antenna pointing and cessation of emission 
requirements in paragraphs (a)(1)(ii) and (iii) of this section.
    (i)(A) EIRP spectral density emitted in the plane tangent to the GSO 
arc, as defined in Sec.  25.103, must not exceed the following values:

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15-25 log10[thgr].......................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.5[deg] <= [thgr] <= 7[deg].
-6......................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 7[deg] < [thgr] <= 9.2[deg].
18-25 log10[thgr].......................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 9.2[deg] < [thgr] <= 19.1[deg].
-14.....................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 19.1[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
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Where theta ([thgr]) is the angle in degrees from a line from the earth 
station antenna to the assigned orbital location of the target 
satellite. The EIRP density levels specified for [thgr]  
7[deg] may be exceeded by up to 3 dB in up to 10% of the range of theta 
([thgr]) angles from 7-180[deg], and by up to 6 dB 
in the region of main reflector spillover energy.

    (B) The EIRP spectral density of co-polarized signals must not 
exceed the following values in the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc, 
as defined in Sec.  25.103:

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18-25 log[thgr].........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 3.0[deg] <= [thgr] <= 19.1[deg].
-14.....................................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 19.1[deg] < [thgr] <= 180[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (a)(1)(i)(A) of this section. 
These EIRP density levels may be exceeded by up to 6 dB in the region of 
main reflector spillover energy and in up to 10% of the range of [thgr] 
angles not included in that region, on each side of the line from the 
earth station to the target satellite.

    (C) The off-axis EIRP spectral-density of cross-polarized signals 
must not exceed the following values in the plane tangent to the GSO arc 
or in the plane perpendicular to the GSO arc:

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5-25 log10[thgr]........................  dBW/4 kHz                        for 1.8[deg] < [thgr] <= 7[deg].
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Where [thgr] is as defined in paragraph (a)(1)(i)(A) of this section.
    (ii) Each ESAA transmitter shall meet one of the following antenna 
pointing requirements:
    (A) Each ESAA transmitter shall maintain a pointing error of less 
than or equal to 0.2[deg] between the orbital location of the target 
satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the ESAA antenna; or

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    (B) Each ESAA transmitter shall declare a maximum antenna pointing 
error that may be greater than 0.2[deg] provided that the ESAA does not 
exceed the off-axis EIRP spectral-density limits in paragraph (a)(1)(i) 
of this section, taking into account the antenna pointing error.
    (iii) Each ESAA transmitter shall meet one of the following 
cessation of emission requirements:
    (A) For ESAAs operating under paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(A) of this 
section, all emissions from the ESAA shall automatically cease within 
100 milliseconds if the angle between the orbital location of the target 
satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the ESAA antenna exceeds 
0.5[deg], and transmission shall not resume until such angle is less 
than or equal to 0.2[deg], or
    (B) For ESAA transmitters operating under paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(B) of 
this section, all emissions from the ESAA shall automatically cease 
within 100 milliseconds if the angle between the orbital location of the 
target satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the ESAA antenna 
exceeds the declared maximum antenna pointing error and shall not resume 
transmissions until such angle is less than or equal to the declared 
maximum antenna pointing error.
    (2) The following requirements apply to ESAA systems that operate 
with off-axis EIRP spectral-densities in excess of the levels in 
paragraph (a)(1)(i) or (a)(3)(i) of this section under licenses granted 
based on certifications filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this 
section.
    (i) An ESAA or ESAA system licensed based on certifications filed 
pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this section must operate in accordance 
with the off-axis EIRP density specifications provided to the target 
satellite operator in order to obtain the certifications.
    (ii) Any ESAA transmitter operating under a license granted based on 
certifications filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this section must 
be self-monitoring and capable of shutting itself off and must cease or 
reduce emissions within 100 milliseconds after generating off-axis EIRP-
density in excess of the specifications supplied to the target satellite 
operator.
    (iii) A system with variable power control of individual ESAA 
transmitters must monitor the aggregate off-axis EIRP density from 
simultaneously transmitting ESAA transmitters at the system's network 
control and monitoring center. If simultaneous operation of two or more 
ESAA transmitters causes aggregate off-axis EIRP density to exceed the 
off-axis EIRP density specifications supplied to the target satellite 
operator, the network control and monitoring center must command those 
transmitters to cease emissions or reduce the aggregate EIRP density to 
a level at or below those specifications, and the transmitters must 
comply within 100 milliseconds of receiving the command.
    (3) The following requirements apply to an ESAA system that uses 
variable power-density control of individual ESAA earth stations 
transmitting simultaneously in the same frequencies to the same target 
satellite, unless the system operates pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of 
this section.
    (i) Aggregate EIRP density from co-frequency earth stations in each 
target satellite receiving beam, not resulting from colliding data 
bursts transmitted pursuant to a contention protocol, will not exceed 
the limits specified in paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section.
    (ii) Each ESAA transmitter must be self-monitoring and capable of 
shutting itself off and must cease or reduce emissions within 100 
milliseconds after generating off-axis EIRP density in excess of the 
limit in paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section.
    (iii) A system with variable power control of individual ESAA 
transmitters must monitor aggregate power density from simultaneously 
transmitting ESAA transmitters at the network control and monitoring 
center. If simultaneous operation of two or more transmitters causes 
aggregate off-axis EIRP density to exceed the off-axis EIRP density 
limit in paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section, the network control and 
monitoring center must command those transmitters to cease emissions or 
reduce the aggregate EIRP density to a level at or below that limit, and 
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must comply within 100 milliseconds of receiving the command.
    (4) An applicant filing to operate an ESAA terminal or system and 
planning to use a contention protocol shall certify that its contention 
protocol use will be reasonable.
    (5) There shall be a point of contact in the United States, with 
phone number and address, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 
with authority and ability to cease all emissions from the ESAA.
    (6) For each ESAA transmitter, a record of the vehicle location 
(i.e., latitude/longitude/altitude), transmit frequency, channel 
bandwidth and satellite used shall be time annotated and maintained for 
a period of not less than one year. Records shall be recorded at time 
intervals no greater than one (1) minute while the ESAA is transmitting. 
The ESAA operator shall make this data available, in the form of a comma 
delimited electronic spreadsheet, within 24 hours of a request from the 
Commission, NTIA, or a frequency coordinator for purposes of resolving 
harmful interference events. A description of the units (i.e., degrees, 
minutes, MHz * * *.) in which the records values are recorded will be 
supplied along with the records.
    (7) In the 10.95-11.2 GHz (space-to-Earth) and 11.45-11.7 GHz 
(space-to-Earth) frequency bands ESAAs shall not claim protection from 
interference from any authorized terrestrial stations to which 
frequencies are either already assigned, or may be assigned in the 
future.
    (8) An ESAA terminal receiving in the 11.7-12.2 GHz (space-to-Earth) 
bands shall receive protection from interference caused by space 
stations other than the target space station only to the degree to which 
harmful interference would not be expected to be caused to an earth 
station employing an antenna conforming to the referenced patterns 
defined in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 25.209 and stationary at 
the location at which any interference occurred.
    (9) Each ESAA terminal shall automatically cease transmitting within 
100 milliseconds upon loss of reception of the satellite downlink signal 
or when it detects that unintended satellite tracking has happened or is 
about to happen.
    (10) Each ESAA terminal should be subject to the monitoring and 
control by an NCMC or equivalent facility. Each terminal must be able to 
receive at least ``enable transmission'' and ``disable transmission'' 
commands from the NCMC and must automatically cease transmissions 
immediately on receiving any ``parameter change command,'' which may 
cause harmful interference during the change, until it receives an 
``enable transmission'' command from its NCMC. In addition, the NCMC 
must be able to monitor the operation of an ESAA terminal to determine 
if it is malfunctioning.
    (11) Each ESAA terminal shall be self-monitoring and, should a fault 
which can cause harmful interference to FSS networks be detected, the 
terminal must automatically cease transmissions.
    (12) Unless otherwise stated all ESAA system that comply with the 
off-axis EIRP spectral-density limits in paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this 
section may request Permitted List authority.
    (13) ESAA providers operating in the international airspace within 
line-of-sight of the territory of a foreign administration where fixed 
service networks have primary allocation in this band, the maximum power 
flux density (pfd) produced at the surface of the Earth by emissions 
from a single aircraft carrying an ESAA terminal should not exceed the 
following values unless the foreign Administration has imposed other 
conditions for protecting its fixed service stations:

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-132 + 0.5 [middot] [theta].  dB(W/(m\2\       For.....  [theta]
                               [middot] MHz)).            <=40[deg]
-112........................  dB(W/(m\2\       For.....  40[deg]
                               [middot] MHz)).            <[theta]
                                                          <=90[deg]
------------------------------------------------------------------------


Where: [theta] is the angle of arrival of the radio-frequency wave 
(degrees above the horizontal) and the aforementioned limits relate to 
the pfd and angles of arrival would be obtained under free-space 
propagation conditions.

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    (14) All ESAA terminals operated in U.S. airspace, whether on U.S.-
registered civil aircraft or non-U.S.-registered civil aircraft, must be 
licensed by the Commission. All ESAA terminals on U.S.-registered civil 
aircraft operating outside of U.S. airspace must be licensed by the 
Commission, except as provided by section 303(t) of the Communications 
Act.
    (15) For ESAA systems operating over international waters, ESAA 
operators will certify that their target space station operators have 
confirmed that proposed ESAA operations are within coordinated 
parameters for adjacent satellites up to 6 degrees away on the 
geostationary arc.
    (16) Prior to operations within the foreign nation's airspace, the 
ESAA operator will ascertain whether the relevant administration has 
operations that could be affected by ESAA terminals, and will determine 
whether that administration has adopted specific requirements concerning 
ESAA operations. When the aircraft enters foreign airspace, the ESAA 
terminal would be required to operate under the Commission's rules, or 
those of the foreign administration, whichever is more constraining. To 
the extent that all relevant administrations have identified geographic 
areas from which ESAA operations would not affect their radio 
operations, ESAA operators would be free to operate within those 
identified areas without further action. To the extent that the foreign 
administration has not adopted requirements regarding ESAA operations, 
ESAA operators would be required to coordinate their operations with any 
potentially affected operations.
    (b) Applications for ESAA operation in the 14.0-14.5 GHz (Earth-to-
space) band to GSO satellites in the FSS shall include, in addition to 
the particulars of operation identified on FCC Form 312, and associated 
Schedule B, the applicable technical demonstrations in paragraphs 
(b)(1), (b)(2), or (b)(3), and the documentation identified in 
paragraphs (b)(4) through (b)(8) of this section.
    (1) An ESAA applicant proposing to implement a transmitter under 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section must provide the information required 
by Sec.  25.115(g)(1). An applicant proposing to implement a transmitter 
under paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(A) of this section must also provide the 
certifications identified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section. An 
applicant proposing to implement a transmitter under paragraph 
(a)(1)(ii)(B) of this section must also provide the demonstrations 
identified in paragraph (b)(1)(iv) of this section.
    (i)-(ii) [Reserved]
    (iii) An ESAA applicant proposing to implement a transmitter under 
paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(A) of this section shall:
    (A) Demonstrate that the total tracking error budget of their 
antenna is within 0.2[deg] or less between the orbital location of the 
target satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the ESAA antenna. As 
part of the engineering analysis, the ESAA applicant must show that the 
antenna pointing error is within three sigma ([bcy]) from the mean 
value, i.e., that there is a 0.997 probability the antenna maintains a 
pointing error within 0.2[deg]; and
    (B) Demonstrate that the antenna tracking system is capable of 
ceasing emissions within 100 milliseconds if the angle between the 
orbital location of the target satellite and the axis of the main lobe 
of the ESAA antenna exceeds 0.5[deg].
    (iv) An ESAA applicant proposing to implement a transmitter under 
paragraph (a)(1)(ii)(B) of this section shall:
    (A) Declare, in its application, a maximum antenna pointing error 
and demonstrate that the maximum antenna pointing error can be achieved 
without exceeding the off-axis EIRP spectral-density limits in paragraph 
(a)(1)(i) of this section; and
    (B) Demonstrate that the ESAA transmitter can detect if the 
transmitter exceeds the declared maximum antenna pointing error and can 
cease transmission within 100 milliseconds if the angle between the 
orbital location of the target satellite and the axis of the main lobe 
of the ESAA antenna exceeds the declared maximum antenna pointing error, 
and will not resume transmissions until the angle between the orbital 
location of the target satellite and the axis of the main lobe of the 
ESAA antenna is less than or equal to the declared maximum antenna 
pointing error.

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    (2) An ESAA applicant proposing to operate with off-axis EIRP 
density in excess of the levels in paragraph (a)(1)(i) or (a)(3)(i) of 
this section must provide the following in exhibits to its earth station 
application:
    (i) Off-axis EIRP density data pursuant to Sec.  25.115(g)(1);
    (ii) The certifications required by Sec.  25.220(d); and
    (iii) A detailed showing that each ESAA transmitter in the system 
will automatically cease or reduce emissions within 100 milliseconds 
after generating EIRP density exceeding specifications provided to the 
target satellite operator; and
    (iv) A detailed showing that the aggregate power density from 
simultaneously transmitting ESAA transmitters will be monitored at the 
system's network control and monitoring center; that if simultaneous 
operation of two or more ESAA transmitters causes the aggregate off-axis 
EIRP density to exceed the off-axis EIRP density specifications supplied 
to the target satellite operator, the network control and monitoring 
center will command those transmitters to cease emissions or reduce the 
aggregate EIRP density to a level at or below those specifications; and 
that those transmitters will comply within 100 milliseconds of receiving 
the command.
    (3) An applicant proposing to implement an ESAA system subject to 
paragraph (a)(3) of this section must provide the following information 
in exhibits to its earth station application:
    (i) Off-axis EIRP density data pursuant to Sec.  25.115(g)(1);
    (ii) A detailed showing of the measures that will be employed to 
maintain aggregate EIRP density at or below the limit in paragraph 
(a)(3)(i) of this section;
    (iii) A detailed showing that each ESAA terminal will automatically 
cease or reduce emissions within 100 milliseconds after generating off-
axis EIRP density exceeding the limit in paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this 
section; and
    (iv) A detailed showing that the aggregate power density from 
simultaneously transmitting ESAA transmitters will be monitored at the 
system's network control and monitoring center; that if simultaneous 
operation of two or more transmitters in the ESAA network causes 
aggregate off-axis EIRP density to exceed the off-axis density limit in 
paragraph (a)(3)(i) of this section, the network control and monitoring 
center will command those transmitters to cease emissions or reduce the 
aggregate EIRP density to a level at or below that limit; and that those 
transmitters will comply within 100 milliseconds of receiving the 
command.
    (4) There shall be an exhibit included with the application 
describing the geographic area(s) in which the ESAA will operate.
    (5) Any ESAA applicant filing for an ESAA terminal or system and 
planning to use a contention protocol shall include in its application a 
certification that will comply with the requirements of paragraph (a)(4) 
of this section.
    (6) The point of contact referred to in paragraph (a)(5) of this 
section shall be included in the application.
    (7) Any ESAA applicant filing for an ESAA terminal or system shall 
include in its application a certification that will comply with the 
requirements of paragraphs (a)(6), (a)(9), (a)(10), and (a)(11) of this 
section.
    (8) All ESAA applicants shall submit a radio frequency hazard 
analysis determining via calculation, simulation, or field measurement 
whether ESAA terminals, or classes of terminals, will produce power 
densities that will exceed the Commission's radio frequency exposure 
criteria. ESAA applicants with ESAA terminals that will exceed the 
guidelines in Sec.  1.1310 of this chapter for radio frequency radiation 
exposure shall provide, with their environmental assessment, a plan for 
mitigation of radiation exposure to the extent required to meet those 
guidelines. All ESAA licensees shall ensure installation of ESAA 
terminals on aircraft by qualified installers who have an understanding 
of the antenna's radiation environment and the measures best suited to 
maximize protection of the general public and persons operating the 
vehicle and equipment. An ESAA terminal exhibiting radiation exposure 
levels exceeding 1.0 mW/cm\2\ in accessible areas, such as at the 
exterior surface of the radome, shall have a label attached to the 
surface of the terminal

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warning about the radiation hazard and shall include thereon a diagram 
showing the regions around the terminal where the radiation levels could 
exceed 1.0 mW/cm\2\.
    (c)(1) Operations of ESAAs in the 14.0-14.2 GHz (Earth-to-space) 
frequency band in the radio line-of-sight of the NASA TDRSS facilities 
on Guam (latitude 13[deg]36[min]55[sec] N, longitude 
144[deg]51[min]22[sec] E) or White Sands, New Mexico (latitude 
32[deg]20[min]59[sec] N, longitude 106[deg]36[min]31[sec] W and latitude 
32[deg]32[min]40[sec] N, longitude 106[deg]36[min]48[sec] W) are subject 
to coordination with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA) through the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration (NTIA) Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC). 
Licensees shall notify the International Bureau once they have completed 
coordination. Upon receipt of such notification from a licensee, the 
International Bureau will issue a public notice stating that the 
licensee may commence operations within the coordination zone in 30 days 
if no party has opposed the operations.
    (2) When NTIA seeks to provide similar protection to future TDRSS 
sites that have been coordinated through the IRAC Frequency Assignment 
Subcommittee process, NTIA will notify the Commission's International 
Bureau that the site is nearing operational status. Upon public notice 
from the International Bureau, all Ku-band ESAA licensees shall cease 
operations in the 14.0-14.2 GHz band within radio line-of-sight of the 
new TDRSS site until the licensees complete coordination with NTIA/IRAC 
for the new TDRSS facility. Licensees shall notify the International 
Bureau once they have completed coordination for the new TDRSS site. 
Upon receipt of such notification from a licensee, the International 
Bureau will issue a public notice stating that the licensee may commence 
operations within the coordination zone in 30 days if no party has 
opposed the operations. The ESAA licensee then will be permitted to 
commence operations in the 14.0-14.2 GHz band within radio line-of-sight 
of the new TDRSS site, subject to any operational constraints developed 
in the coordination process.
    (d)(1) Operations of ESAA in the 14.47-14.5 GHz (Earth-to-space) 
frequency band in the radio line-of-sight of radio astronomy service 
(RAS) observatories observing in the 14.47-14.5 GHz band are subject to 
coordination with the National Science Foundation (NSF). The appropriate 
NSF contact point to initiate coordination is Electromagnetic Spectrum 
Manager, NSF, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1045, Arlington VA 22203, fax 
703-292-9034, email [email protected]. Licensees shall notify the 
International Bureau once they have completed coordination. Upon receipt 
of the coordination agreement from a licensee, the International Bureau 
will issue a public notice stating that the licensee may commence 
operations within the coordination zone in 30 days if no party has 
opposed the operations.
    (2) A list of applicable RAS sites and their locations can be found 
in Sec.  25.226(d)(2) Table 1.
    (3) When NTIA seeks to provide similar protection to future RAS 
sites that have been coordinated through the IRAC Frequency Assignment 
Subcommittee process, NTIA will notify the Commission's International 
Bureau that the site is nearing operational status. Upon public notice 
from the International Bureau, all Ku-band ESAA licensees shall cease 
operations in the 14.47-14.5 GHz band within the relevant geographic 
zone of the new RAS site until the licensees complete coordination for 
the new RAS facility. Licensees shall notify the International Bureau 
once they have completed coordination for the new RAS site and shall 
submit the coordination agreement to the Commission. Upon receipt of 
such notification from a licensee, the International Bureau will issue a 
public notice stating that the licensee may commence operations within 
the coordination zone in 30 days if no party has opposed the operations. 
The ESAA licensee then will be permitted to commence operations in the 
14.47-14.5 GHz band within the relevant coordination distance around the 
new RAS site, subject to any operational constraints developed in the 
coordination process.

[78 FR 14927, Mar. 8, 2013, as amended at 79 FR 8324, Feb. 12, 2014; 79 
FR 26868, May 12, 2014; 81 FR 55347, Aug. 18, 2016]

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Sec. Sec.  25.228-25.249  [Reserved]



Sec.  25.250  Sharing between NGSO MSS Feeder links Earth Stations
in the 19.3-19.7 GHz and 29.1-29.5 GHz Bands.

    (a) NGSO MSS applicants shall be licensed to operate in the 29.1-
29.5 GHz band for Earth-to-space transmissions and 19.3-19.7 GHz for 
space-to-Earth transmissions from feeder link earth station complexes. A 
``feeder link earth station complex'' may include up to three (3) earth 
station groups, with each earth station group having up to four (4) 
antennas, located within a radius of 75 km of a given set of geographic 
coordinates provided by NGSO-MSS licensees or applicants.
    (b) Licensees of NGSO MSS feeder link earth stations separated by 
800 km or less are required to coordinate their operations, see Sec.  
25.203. The results of the coordination shall be reported to the 
Commission.

[61 FR 44181, Aug. 28, 1996]



Sec.  25.251  Special requirements for coordination.

    (a) The administrative aspects of the coordination process are set 
forth in Sec.  101.103 of this chapter in the case of coordination of 
terrestrial stations with earth stations, and in Sec.  25.203 in the 
case of coordination of earth stations with terrestrial stations.
    (b) The technical aspects of coordination are based on Appendix 7 of 
the International Telecommunication Union Radio Regulations and certain 
recommendations of the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (available at the 
address in Sec.  0.445 of this chapter).

[66 FR 10630, Feb. 16, 2001, as amended at 78 FR 8430, Feb. 6, 2013]



Sec.  25.252  [Reserved]



Sec.  25.253  Special requirements for ancillary terrestrial 
components operating in the 1626.5-1660.5 MHz/1525-1559 MHz bands.

    (a) An ancillary terrestrial component in these bands shall:
    (1) In any band segment coordinated for the exclusive use of an MSS 
applicant within the land area of the U.S., where there is no other L-
Band MSS satellite making use of that band segment within the visible 
portion of the geostationary arc as seen from the ATC coverage area, the 
ATC system will be limited by the in-band and out-of-band emission 
limitations contained in this section and the requirement to maintain a 
substantial MSS service.
    (2) In any band segment that is coordinated for the shared use of 
the applicant's MSS system and another MSS operator, where the 
coordination agreement existed prior to February 10, 2005 and permits a 
level of interference to the other MSS system of less than 6% [Delta]T/
T, the applicant's combined ATC and MSS operations shall increase the 
system noise level of the other MSS to no more then 6% [Delta]T/T. Any 
future coordination agreement between the parties governing ATC 
operation will supersede this paragraph.
    (3) In any band segment that is coordinated for the shared use of 
the applicant's MSS system and another MSS operator, where a 
coordination agreement existed prior to February 10, 2005 and permits a 
level of interference to the other MSS system of 6% [Delta]T/T or 
greater, the applicant's ATC operations may increase the system noise 
level of the other MSS system by no more than an additional 1% [Delta]T/
T. Any future coordination agreement between the parties governing ATC 
operations will supersede this paragraph.
    (4) In a band segment in which the applicant has no rights under a 
coordination agreement, the applicant may not implement ATC in that 
band.
    (b) ATC base stations shall not exceed an out-of-channel emissions 
measurement of -57.9 dBW/MHz at the edge of a MSS licensee's authorized 
and internationally coordinated MSS frequency assignment.
    (c) An applicant for an ancillary terrestrial component in these 
bands shall:
    (1) Demonstrate, at the time of application, how its ATC network 
will comply with the requirements of footnotes US308 and US315 to the 
table of frequency allocations contained in Sec.  2.106 of this chapter 
regarding priority and preemptive access to the L-band MSS spectrum by 
the aeronautical mobile-satellite en-route service (AMS(R)S) and the 
global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS).

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    (2) Coordinate with the terrestrial CMRS operators prior to 
initiating ATC transmissions when co-locating ATC base stations with 
terrestrial commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) base stations that 
make use of Global Positioning System (GPS) time-based receivers.
    (3) Provide, at the time of application, calculations that 
demonstrate the ATC system conforms to the [Delta]T/T requirements in 
paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section, if a coordination 
agreement that incorporates the ATC operations does not exist with other 
MSS operators.
    (d) Applicants for an ancillary terrestrial component in these bands 
must demonstrate that ATC base stations shall not:
    (1) Exceed a peak EIRP of 31.9-10*log (number of carriers) dBW/
200kHz, per sector, for each carrier in the 1525-1541.5 MHz and 1547.5-
1559 MHz frequency bands;
    (2) Exceed an EIRP in any direction toward the physical horizon (not 
to include man-made structures) of 26.9-10*log (number of carriers) dBW/
200 kHz, per sector, for each carrier in the 1525-1541.5 MHz and 1547.5-
1559 MHz frequency bands;
    (3) Exceed a peak EIRP of 23.9 -10*log(number of carriers) dBW/200 
kHz, per sector, for each carrier in the 1541.5-1547.5 MHz frequency 
band;
    (4) Exceed an EIRP toward the physical horizon (not to include man-
made structures) of 18.9-10*log(number of carriers) dBW/200 kHz, per 
sector, for each carrier in the 1541.5-1547.5 MHz frequency band;
    (5) Exceed a total power flux density level of -56.8 dBW/m\2\/200 
kHz at the edge of all airport runways and aircraft stand areas, 
including takeoff and landing paths from all carriers operating in the 
1525-1559 MHz frequency bands. The total power flux density here is the 
sum of all power flux density values associated with all carriers in a 
sector in the 1525-1559 MHz frequency band, expressed in dB(Watts/m\2\/
200 kHz). Free-space loss must be assumed if this requirement is 
demonstrated via calculation;
    (6) Exceed a total power flux density level of -56.6 dBW/ m\2\/200 
kHz at the water's edge of any navigable waterway from all carriers 
operating in the 1525-1541.5 MHz and 1547.5-1559 MHz frequency bands. 
The total power flux density here is the sum of all power flux density 
values associated with all carriers in a sector in the 1525-1541.5 MHz 
and 1547.5-1559 MHz frequency bands, expressed in dB(Watts/m\2\/200 
kHz). Free-space loss must be assumed if this requirement is 
demonstrated via calculation;
    (7) Exceed a total power flux density level of -64.6 dBW/ m\2\/200 
kHz at the water's edge of any navigable waterway from all carriers 
operating in the 1541.5-1547.5 MHz frequency band. The total power flux 
density here is the sum of all power flux density values associated with 
all carriers in a sector in the 1541.5-1547.5 MHz frequency band, 
expressed in dB(Watts/m\2\/200 kHz). Free-space loss must be assumed if 
this requirement is demonstrated via calculation;
    (8) Exceed a peak antenna gain of 16 dBi;
    (9) Generate EIRP density, averaged over any two-millisecond active 
transmission interval, greater than -70 dBW/MHz in the 1559-1605 MHz 
band or greater than a level determined by linear interpolation in the 
1605-1610 MHz band, from -70 dBW/MHz at 1605 MHz to -46 dBW/MHz at 1610 
MHz. The EIRP, averaged over any two-millisecond active transmission 
interval, of discrete out-of-band emissions of less than 700 Hz 
bandwidth from such base stations shall not exceed -80 dBW in the 1559-
1605 MHz band or exceed a level determined by linear interpolation in 
the 1605-1610 MHz band, from -80 dBW at 1605 MHz to -56 dBW at 1610 MHz. 
A root-mean-square detector function with a resolution bandwidth of one 
megahertz or equivalent and no less video bandwidth shall be used to 
measure wideband EIRP density for purposes of this rule, and narrowband 
EIRP shall be measured with a root-mean-square detector function with a 
resolution bandwidth of one kilohertz or equivalent.
    (e) Applicants for an ancillary terrestrial component in these bands 
must demonstrate, at the time of the application, that ATC base stations 
shall use left-hand-circular polarization antennas with a maximum gain 
of 16 dBi

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and overhead gain suppression according to the following:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Angle from direction of maximum
  gain, in vertical plane, above    Antenna discrimination pattern (dB)
        antenna (degrees)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0................................  Gmax
5................................  Not to Exceed Gmax -5
10...............................  Not to Exceed Gmax -19
15 to 55.........................  Not to Exceed Gmax -27
55 to 145........................  Not to Exceed Gmax -30
145 to 180.......................  Not to Exceed Gmax -26
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Where: Gmax is the maximum gain of the base station antenna in dBi.
    (f) Prior to operation, ancillary terrestrial component licensees 
shall:
    (1) Provide the Commission with sufficient information to complete 
coordination of ATC base stations with Search-and-Rescue Satellite-Aided 
Tracking (SARSAT) earth stations operating in the 1544-1545 MHz band for 
any ATC base station located either within 27 km of a SARSAT station, or 
within radio horizon of the SARSAT station, whichever is less.
    (2) Take all practicable steps to avoid locating ATC base stations 
within radio line of sight of Mobile Aeronautical Telemetry (MAT) 
receive sites in order to protect U.S. MAT systems consistent with ITU-R 
Recommendation ITU-R M.1459. MSS ATC base stations located within radio 
line of sight of a MAT receiver must be coordinated with the Aerospace 
and Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council (AFTRCC) for non-Government 
MAT receivers on a case-by-case basis prior to operation. For government 
MAT receivers, the MSS licensee shall supply sufficient information to 
the Commission to allow coordination to take place. A listing of current 
and planned MAT receiver sites can be obtained from AFTRCC for non-
Government sites and through the FCC's IRAC Liaison for Government MAT 
receiver sites.
    (g) ATC mobile terminals shall:
    (1) Be limited to a peak EIRP level of 0 dBW and an out-of-channel 
emissions of -67 dBW/4 kHz at the edge of an MSS licensee's authorized 
and internationally coordinated MSS frequency assignment.
    (2) Be operated in a fashion that takes all practicable steps to 
avoid causing interference to U.S. radio astronomy service (RAS) 
observations in the 1660-1660.5 MHz band.
    (3) Not generate EIRP density, averaged over any two-millisecond 
active transmission interval, greater than -70 dBW/MHz in the 1559-1605 
MHz band or greater than a level determined by linear interpolation in 
the 1605-1610 MHz band, from -70 dBW/MHz at 1605 MHz to -46 dBW/MHz at 
1610 MHz. The EIRP, averaged over any two-millisecond active 
transmission interval, of discrete out-of-band emissions of less than 
700 Hz bandwidth from such mobile terminals shall not exceed -80 dBW in 
the 1559-1605 MHz band or exceed a level determined by linear 
interpolation in the 1605-1610 MHz band, from -80 dBW at 1605 MHz to -56 
dBW at 1610 MHz. The EIRP density of carrier-off-state emissions from 
such mobile terminals shall not exceed -80 dBW/MHz in the 1559-1610 MHz 
band, averaged over a two-millisecond interval. A root-mean-square 
detector function with a resolution bandwidth of one megahertz or 
equivalent and no less video bandwidth shall be used to measure wideband 
EIRP density for purposes of this rule, and narrowband EIRP shall be 
measured with a root-mean-square detector function with a resolution 
bandwidth of one kilohertz or equivalent.
    (h) When implementing multiple base stations and/or base stations 
using multiple carriers, where any third-order intermodulation product 
of these base stations falls on an L-band MSS band coordinated for use 
by another MSS operator with rights to the coordinated band, the MSS ATC 
licensee must notify the MSS operator. The MSS operator may request 
coordination to modify the base station carrier frequencies, or to 
reduce the maximum base station EIRP on the frequencies contributing to 
the third-order intermodulation products. The threshold for this 
notification and coordination is

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when the sum of the calculated signal levels received by an MSS receiver 
exceeds -70 dBm. The MSS receiver used in these calculations can be 
assumed to have an antenna with 0 dBi gain. Free-space propagation 
between the base station antennas and the MSS terminals can be assumed 
and actual signal polarizations for the ATC signals and the MSS system 
may be used.

[70 FR 19319, Apr. 13, 2005]



Sec.  25.254  Special requirements for ancillary terrestrial 
components operating in the 1610-1626.5 MHz/2483.5-2500 MHz bands.

    (a) An applicant for an ancillary terrestrial component in these 
bands must demonstrate that ATC base stations shall:
    (1) Not exceed a peak EIRP of 32 dBW in 1.25 MHz;
    (2) Not cause unacceptable interference to systems identified in 
paragraph (c) of this section and, in any case, shall not exceed out-of-
channel emissions of -44.1 dBW/30 kHz at the edge of the MSS licensee's 
authorized frequency assignment;
    (3) At the time of application, that it has taken, or will take 
steps necessary to avoid causing interference to other services sharing 
the use of the 2450-2500 MHz band through frequency coordination; and
    (4) Base stations operating in frequencies above 2483.5 MHz shall 
not generate EIRP density, averaged over any two-millisecond active 
transmission interval, greater than -70 dBW/MHz in the 1559-1610 MHz 
band. The EIRP, averaged over any two-millisecond active transmission 
interval, of discrete out-of-band emissions of less than 700 Hz 
bandwidth from such base stations shall not exceed -80 dBW in the 1559-
1610 MHz band. A root-mean-square detector function with a resolution 
bandwidth of one megahertz or equivalent and no less video bandwidth 
shall be used to measure wideband EIRP density for purposes of this 
rule, and narrowband EIRP shall be measured with a root-mean-square 
detector function with a resolution bandwidth of one kilohertz or 
equivalent.
    (b) An applicant for an ancillary terrestrial component in these 
bands must demonstrate that mobile terminals shall:
    (1) Meet the requirements contained in Sec.  25.213 to protect radio 
astronomy service (RAS) observations in the 1610.6-1613.8 MHz band from 
unacceptable interference;
    (2) Observe a peak EIRP limit of 1.0 dBW in 1.25 MHz;
    (3) Observe an out-of-channel EIRP limit of -57.1 dBW/30 kHz at the 
edge of the licensed MSS frequency assignment.
    (4) ATC mobile terminals operating in assigned frequencies in the 
1610-1626.5 MHz band shall not generate EIRP density, averaged over any 
two-millisecond active transmission interval, greater than -70 dBW/MHz 
in the 1559-1605 MHz band or greater than a level determined by linear 
interpolation in the 1605-1610 MHz band, from -70 dBW/MHz at 1605 MHz to 
-10 dBW/MHz at 1610 MHz. The EIRP, averaged over any two-millisecond 
active transmission interval, of discrete out-of-band emissions of less 
than 700 Hz bandwidth from such mobile terminals shall not exceed -80 
dBW in the 1559-1605 MHz band or exceed a level determined by linear 
interpolation in the 1605-1610 MHz band, from -80 dBW at 1605 MHz to -20 
dBW at 1610 MHz. The EIRP density of carrier-off-state emissions from 
such mobile terminals shall not exceed -80 dBW/MHz in the 1559-1610 MHz 
band, averaged over a two-millisecond interval. A root-mean-square 
detector function with a resolution bandwidth of one megahertz or 
equivalent and no less video bandwidth shall be used to measure wideband 
EIRP density for purposes of this rule, and narrowband EIRP shall be 
measured with a root-mean-square detector function with a resolution 
bandwidth of one kilohertz or equivalent.
    (c) Applicants for an ancillary terrestrial component to be used in 
conjunction with a Mobile-Satellite Service system using CDMA technology 
shall coordinate the use of the 1.6/2.4 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service 
spectrum designated for CDMA systems using the framework established by 
the ITU in Recommendation ITU-R M.1186 ``Technical Considerations for 
the Coordination Between Mobile Satellite Service

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(MSS) Networks Utilizing Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and Other 
Spread Spectrum Techniques in the 1-3 GHz Band'' (1995). Recommendation 
ITU-R M.1186 is incorporated by reference. The Director of the Federal 
Register approves this incorporation by reference in accordance with 5 
U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Copies of this standard can be 
inspected at the Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, 
SW., Washington, DC (Reference Information Center) or at the National 
Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the 
availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: 
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/
ibr_locations.html. The ITU-R Recommendations can also be purchased from 
the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Place des Nations, CH-
1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland.
    (d) To avoid interference to an adjacent channel licensee in the 
Broadband Radio Service (BRS), the power of any ATC base station 
emission above 2495 MHz shall be attenuated below the transmitter power 
(P) measured in watts in accordance with the standards below. If these 
measures do not resolve a documented interference complaint received 
from the adjacent channel BRS licensee, the provisions of Sec.  25.255 
shall apply.
    (1) For base stations, the attenuation shall be not less than 43 + 
10 log (P) dB at the upper edge of the authorized ATC band, unless a 
documented interference complaint is received from an adjacent channel 
licensee in the BRS. Provided that a documented interference complaint 
cannot be mutually resolved between the parties, the following 
additional attenuation requirements set forth in subsections (2)-(5) 
shall apply:
    (2) If a pre-existing BRS base station suffers harmful interference 
from emissions caused by a new or modified ATC base station located 1.5 
km or more away, within 24 hours of the receipt of a documented 
interference complaint the ATC licensee must attenuate its emissions by 
at least 67 + 10 log (P) dB measured at 3 megahertz above the edge of 
the authorized ATC band, and shall immediately notify the complaining 
licensee upon implementation of the additional attenuation.
    (3) If a pre-existing BRS base station suffers harmful interference 
from emissions caused by a new or modified ATC base station located less 
than 1.5 km away, within 24 hours of the receipt of a documented 
interference complaint the ATC licensee must attenuate its emissions by 
at least 67 + 10 log (P) -20 log(Dkm/1.5) dB measured at 3 
megahertz above the edge of the authorized ATC band, or if both base 
stations are co-located, limit its undesired signal level at the pre-
existing BRS base station receiver(s) to no more than -107 dBm measured 
in a 5.5 megahertz bandwidth and shall immediately notify the 
complaining licensee upon such reduction in the undesired signal level.
    (4) If a new or modified BRS base station suffers harmful 
interference from emissions caused by a pre-existing ATC base station 
located 1.5 km or more away, within 60 days of receipt of a documented 
interference complaint the licensee of the ATC base station must 
attenuate its base station emissions by at least 67 + 10 log (P) dB 
measured at 3 megahertz above the edge of the authorized ATC band.
    (5) If a new or modified BRS base station suffers harmful 
interference from emissions caused by a pre-existing ATC base station 
located less than 1.5 km away, within 60 days of receipt of a documented 
interference complaint:
    (i) the ATC licensee must attenuate its base station emissions by at 
least 67 + 10 log (P) -20 log(Dkm/1.5) dB measured 3 
megahertz above the edge of the authorized ATC band, or
    (ii) if both base stations are co-located, the ATC licensee must 
limit its undesired signal level at the new or modified BRS base station 
receiver(s) to no more than -107 dBm measured in a 5.5 megahertz 
bandwidth.
    (6) Compliance with these rules is based on the use of measurement 
instrumentation employing a resolution bandwidth of 1 MHz or greater. 
However, in the 1 MHz bands immediately above and adjacent to the 2495 
MHz a resolution bandwidth of at least one percent of the emission 
bandwidth of the fundamental emission of the transmitter may be 
employed. A narrower resolution bandwidth is permitted in

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all cases to improve measurement accuracy, provided the measured power 
is integrated over the full required measurement bandwidth (i.e., 1 MHz 
or 1 percent of emission bandwidth, as specified). The emission 
bandwidth is defined as the width of the signal between two points, one 
below the carrier center frequency and one above the carrier center 
frequency, outside of which all emissions are attenuated at least 26 dB 
below the transmitter power. When an emission outside of the authorized 
bandwidth causes harmful interference, the Commission may, at its 
discretion, require greater attenuation than specified in this section.
    (e) Licensees of terrestrial low-power systems operating in the 
2483.5-2495 MHz band shall operate consistent with the technical limits 
and other requirements specified in Sec.  25.149(c)(4) and (g)(2)-(3).

    Note to Sec.  25.254: The preceding rules of Sec.  25.254 are based 
on cdma2000 and IS-95 system architecture. To the extent that a 1.6/2.4 
GHz Mobile-Satellite Service licensee is able to demonstrate that the 
use of different system architectures would produce no greater potential 
interference than would be produced as a result of implementing the 
rules of this section, the licensee may apply for ATC authorization 
based on another system architecture.


[68 FR 33653, June 5, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 18803, Apr. 9, 2004; 70 
FR 19320, Apr. 13, 2005; 73 FR 25592, May 5, 2008; 78 FR 8430, Feb. 6, 
2013; 82 FR 8819, Jan. 31, 2017]



Sec.  25.255  Procedures for resolving harmful interference related
to operation of ancillary terrestrial components operating in the 
1.5/1.6 GHz and 1.6/2.4 GHz bands.

    If harmful interference is caused to other services by ancillary MSS 
ATC operations, either from ATC base stations or mobile terminals, the 
MSS ATC operator must resolve any such interference. If the MSS ATC 
operator claims to have resolved the interference and other operators 
claim that interference has not been resolved, then the parties to the 
dispute may petition the Commission for a resolution of their claims.

[68 FR 33653, June 5, 2003, as amended at 78 FR 8267, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec.  25.256  Special Requirements for operations in the 3.65-3.7 GHz band.

    Upon request from a terrestrial licensee authorized under subpart Z, 
part 90 that seeks to place base and fixed stations in operation within 
150 km of a primary earth station, licensees of earth stations operating 
on a primary basis in the Fixed-Satellite Service in the 3.65-3.7 GHz 
band must negotiate in good faith with that terrestrial licensee to 
arrive at mutually agreeable operating parameters to prevent 
unacceptable interference.

[70 FR 24725, May 11, 2005, as amended at 78 FR 8430, Feb. 6, 2013]



Sec.  25.257  Special requirements for NGSO MSS operations in the
29.1-29.25 GHz band regarding LMDS.

    (a) Non-geostationary Mobile-Satellite Service (NGSO MSS) operators 
shall be licensed to use the 29.1-29.25 GHz band for Earth-to-space 
transmissions from feeder link earth station complexes. A ``feeder link 
earth station complex'' may include up to three (3) earth station 
groups, with each earth station group having up to four (4) antennas, 
located within a radius of 75 km of a given set of geographic 
coordinates provided by a NGSO MSS licensees or applicants pursuant to 
Sec.  101.147.
    (b) A maximum of seven (7) feeder link earth station complexes in 
the contiguous United States, Alaska and Hawaii may be placed into 
operation, in the largest 100 MSAs, in the band 29.1-29.25 GHz in 
accordance with Sec.  25.203 and Sec.  101.147 of this chapter.
    (c) One of the NGSO MSS operators licensed to use the 29.1-29.25 GHz 
band may specify geographic coordinates for a maximum of eight feeder 
link earth station complexes that transmit in the 29.1-29.25 GHz band. 
The other NGSO MSS operator licensed to use the 29.1-29.25 GHz band may 
specify geographic coordinates for a maximum of two feeder link earth 
station complexes that transmit in the 29.1-29.25 GHz band.
    (d) Additional NGSO MSS operators may be licensed in this band if 
the additional NGSO MSS operator shows that its system can share with 
the existing NGSO MSS systems.

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    (e) All NGSO MSS operators shall cooperate fully and make reasonable 
efforts to identify mutually acceptable locations for feeder link earth 
station complexes. In this regard, any single NGSO MSS operator may 
identify only one feeder-link earth station complex protection zone in 
each category identified in Sec.  101.147(y)(2) of this chapter until 
the other NGSO MSS operator has been given an opportunity to select a 
location from the same category.

[61 FR 44181, Aug. 28, 1996, as amended at 78 FR 8430, Feb. 6, 2013; 81 
FR 55348, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.258  Sharing between NGSO MSS feeder-link stations and 
GSO FSS services in the 29.25-29.5 GHz band.

    (a) Operators of NGSO MSS feeder link earth stations and GSO FSS 
earth stations in the band 29.25 to 29.5 GHz where both services have a 
co-primary allocation shall cooperate fully in order to coordinate their 
systems. During the coordination process both service operators shall 
exchange the necessary technical parameters required for coordination.
    (b) Licensed GSO FSS earth stations in the vicinity of operational 
NGSO MSS feeder-link earth station complexes must, to the maximum extent 
possible, operate with frequency/polarization selections that will 
minimize unacceptable interference with reception of GSO FSS and NGSO 
MSS uplink transmissions in the 29.25-29.5 GHz band. Earth station 
licensees operating with GSO FSS systems shall be capable of providing 
earth station locations to support coordination of NGSO MSS feeder link 
stations under paragraphs (a) and (c) of this section. Operation of 
ubiquitously deployed GSO FSS earth stations in the 29.25-29.5 GHz 
frequency band shall conform to the rules contained in Sec.  25.138.
    (c) Applicants for authority to use the 29.25-29.5 GHz band for NGSO 
MSS feeder uplinks will have to demonstrate that their systems can share 
with GSO FSS and NGSO MSS systems that have been authorized for 
operation in that band.

[67 FR 37336, May 29, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 16967, Apr. 8, 2003; 81 
FR 55348, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.259  Time sharing between NOAA meteorological satellite
systems and non-voice, non-geostationary satellite systems in the
137-138 MHz band.

    (a) The space stations of a non-voice, non-geostationary Mobile-
Satellite Service (NVNG MSS) system time-sharing downlink spectrum in 
the 137-138 MHz band with National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA) satellites shall not transmit signals into the 
``protection areas'' of the NOAA satellites.
    (1) With respect to transmission in the 137.333-137.367 MHz, 
137.485-137.515 MHz, 137.605-137.635 MHz, and 137.753-137.787 MHz bands, 
the protection area for a NOAA satellite is the area on the Earth's 
surface in which the NOAA satellite is in line of sight from the ground 
at an elevation angle of five degrees or more above the horizon. No NVNG 
MSS satellite shall transmit in these bands when it is in line of sight 
at an elevation angle of zero degrees or more from any point on the 
ground within a NOAA satellite's protected area for that band.
    (2) With respect to transmission in the 137.025-137.175 MHz and 
137.825-138 MHz bands, the protection area for a NOAA satellite is the 
area on the Earth's surface in which the NOAA satellite is in line of 
sight from the ground at any elevation angle above zero degrees. No NVNG 
MSS satellite shall transmit in these bands when at a line-of-sight 
elevation angle of zero degrees or more from any point on the ground 
within a NOAA satellite's protected area for that band. In addition, 
such an NVNG MSS satellite shall cease transmitting when it is at an 
elevation angle of less than zero degrees from any such point, if 
reasonably necessary to protect reception of the NOAA satellite's 
signal.
    (3) An NVNG MSS licensee is responsible for obtaining the ephemeris 
data necessary for compliance with these restrictions. The ephemeris 
information must be updated system-wide on at least a weekly basis. For 
calculation required for compliance with these restrictions an NVNG MSS 
licensee shall use an orbital propagator algorithm with an accuracy 
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than the NORAD propagator used by NOAA.
    (b) An NVNG licensee time sharing spectrum in the 137-138 MHz band 
must establish a 24-hour per day contact person and telephone number so 
that claims of harmful interference into NOAA earth stations and other 
operational issues can be reported and resolved expeditiously. This 
contact information must be made available to NOAA or its designee. If 
the NTIA notifies the Commission that NOAA is receiving unacceptable 
interference from a NVNG licensee, the Commission will require such NVNG 
licensee to terminate its interfering operations immediately unless it 
demonstrates to the Commission's reasonable satisfaction, and that of 
NTIA, that it is not responsible for causing harmful interference into 
the worldwide NOAA system. An NVNG licensee assumes the risk of any 
liability or damage that it and its directors, officers, employees, 
affiliates, agents and subcontractors may incur or suffer in connection 
with an interruption of its Mobile-Satellite Service, in whole or in 
part, arising from or relating to its compliance or noncompliance with 
the requirements of this paragraph.
    (c) Each satellite in a NVNG licensee's system time-sharing spectrum 
with NOAA in the 137-138 MHz band shall automatically turn off and cease 
satellite transmissions if, after 72 consecutive hours, no reset signal 
is received from the NVNG licensee's gateway earth station and verified 
by the satellite. All satellites in such NVNG licensee's system shall be 
capable of instantaneous shutdown on any sub-band upon command from such 
NVNG licensee's gateway earth station.

[62 FR 59296, Nov. 3, 1997, as amended at 78 FR 8430, Feb. 6, 2013; 79 
FR 8324, Feb. 12, 2014]



Sec.  25.260  Time sharing between DoD meteorological satellite
systems and non-voice, non-geostationary satellite systems in the
400.15-401 MHz band.

    (a) The space stations of a non-voice, non-geostationary Mobile-
Satellite Service (NVNG MSS) system time-sharing downlink spectrum in 
the 400.15-401.0 MHz band with Department of Defense (DoD) satellites 
shall not transmit signals into the ``protection areas'' of the DoD 
satellites.
    (1) The protection area for such a DoD satellite is the area on the 
Earth's surface in which the DoD satellite is in line of sight from the 
ground at an elevation angle of five degrees or more above the horizon.
    (2) An NVNG MSS space station shall not transmit in the 400.15-401 
MHz band when at a line-of-sight elevation angle of zero degrees or more 
from any point on the ground within the protected area of a DoD 
satellite operating in that band.
    (3) An NVNG MSS licensee is responsible for obtaining the ephemeris 
data necessary for compliance with this restriction. The ephemeris 
information must be updated system-wide at least once per week. For 
calculation required for compliance with this restriction an NVNG MSS 
licensee shall use an orbital propagator algorithm with an accuracy 
equal to or greater than the NORAD propagator used by DoD.
    (b) An NVNG licensee time sharing spectrum in the 400.15-401 MHz 
band must establish a 24-hour per day contact person and telephone 
number so that claims of harmful interference into DoD earth stations 
and other operational issues can be reported and resolved expeditiously. 
This contact information must be made available to DoD or its designee. 
If the NTIA notifies the Commission that DoD is receiving unacceptable 
interference from a NVNG licensee, the Commission will require such NVNG 
licensee to terminate its interfering operations immediately unless it 
demonstrates to the Commission's reasonable satisfaction, and that of 
NTIA, that it is not responsible for causing harmful interference into 
the worldwide DoD system. A NVNG licensee assumes the risk of any 
liability or damage that it and its directors, officers, employees, 
affiliates, agents and subcontractors may incur or suffer in connection 
with an interruption of its Mobile-Satellite Service, in whole or in 
part, arising from or relating to its compliance or noncompliance with 
the requirements of this paragraph.
    (c) Each satellite in a NVNG licensee's system time-sharing spectrum 
with DoD in the 400.15-401 MHz band

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shall automatically turn off and cease satellite transmissions if, after 
72 consecutive hours, no reset signal is received from the NVNG 
licensee's gateway earth station and verified by the satellite. All 
satellites in such NVNG licensee's system shall be capable of 
instantaneous shutdown on any sub-band upon command from such NVNG 
licensee's gateway earth station.
    (d) Initially, a NVNG licensee time-sharing spectrum with DoD in the 
400.15-401 MHz band shall be able to change the frequency on which its 
system satellites are operating within 125 minutes of receiving 
notification from a DoD required frequency change in the 400.15-401 MHz 
band. Thereafter, when a NVNG licensee constructs additional gateway 
earth stations located outside of North and South America, it shall use 
its best efforts to decrease to 90 minutes the time required to 
implement a DoD required frequency change. A NVNG licensee promptly 
shall notify the Commission and NTIA of any decrease in the time it 
requires to implement a DoD required frequency change.
    (e) Once a NVNG licensee time-sharing spectrum with DoD in the 
400.15-401 MHz band demonstrates to DoD that it is capable of 
implementing a DoD required frequency change within the time required 
under paragraph (d) of this section, thereafter, such NVNG licensee 
shall demonstrate its capability to implement a DoD required frequency 
change only once per year at the instruction of DoD. Such demonstrations 
shall occur during off-peak hours, as determined by the NVNG licensee, 
unless otherwise agreed by the NVNG licensee and DoD. Such NVNG licensee 
will coordinate with DoD in establishing a plan for such a 
demonstration. In the event that a NVNG licensee fails to demonstrate to 
DoD that it is capable of implementing a DoD required frequency change 
in accordance with a demonstration plan established by DoD and the NVNG 
licensee, upon the Commission's receipt of a written notification from 
NTIA describing such failure, the Commission shall impose additional 
conditions or requirements on the NVNG licensee's authorization as may 
be necessary to protect DoD operations in the 400.15-401 MHz downlink 
band until the Commission is notified by NTIA that the NVNG licensee has 
successfully demonstrated its ability to implement a DoD required 
frequency change. Such additional conditions or requirements may 
include, but are not limited to, requiring such NVNG licensee 
immediately to terminate its operations interfering with the DoD system.

[62 FR 59296, Nov. 3, 1997, as amended at 78 FR 8430, Feb. 6, 2013; 79 
FR 8325, Feb. 12, 2014]



Sec.  25.261  Sharing among NGSO FSS space stations.

    (a) Scope. This section applies to NGSO FSS operation with earth 
stations with directional antennas anywhere in the world under a 
Commission license, or in the United States under a grant of U.S. market 
access.
    (b) Coordination. NGSO FSS operators must coordinate in good faith 
the use of commonly authorized frequencies.
    (c) Default procedure. Absent coordination between two or more 
satellite systems, whenever the increase in system noise temperature of 
an earth station receiver, or a space station receiver for a satellite 
with on-board processing, of either system, [Delta]T/T, exceeds 6 
percent due to interference from emissions originating in the other 
system in a commonly authorized frequency band, such frequency band will 
be divided among the affected satellite networks in accordance with the 
following procedure:
    (1) Each of n (number of) satellite networks involved must select 1/
n of the assigned spectrum available in each of these frequency bands. 
The selection order for each satellite network will be determined by the 
date that the first space station in each satellite system is launched 
and capable of operating in the frequency band under consideration;
    (2) The affected station(s) of the respective satellite systems may 
operate in only the selected (1/n) spectrum associated with its 
satellite system while the [Delta]T/T of 6 percent threshold is 
exceeded;
    (3) All affected station(s) may resume operations throughout the 
assigned frequency bands once the threshold is no longer exceeded.

[82 FR 59986, Dec. 18, 2017]

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Sec.  25.262  Licensing and domestic coordination requirements for
17/24 GHz BSS space stations.

    (a) An applicant may be authorized to operate a space station 
transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band at levels up to the maximum power 
flux density limits defined in Sec.  25.208(c) and/or Sec.  25.208(w), 
without coordinating its power flux density levels with adjacent 
licensed or permitted operators, only if there is no licensed space 
station, or prior-filed application for a space station transmitting in 
the 17.3-17.8 GHz band at a location less than four degrees from the 
orbital location at which the applicant proposes to operate.
    (b) Any U.S. licensee or permittee authorized to transmit in the 
17.3-17.8 GHz band that does not comply with the power flux-density 
limits set forth in Sec.  25.208(c) and/or Sec.  25.208(w) shall bear 
the burden of coordinating with any future co-frequency licensees and 
permittees of a space station transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band 
under the following circumstances:
    (1) If the operator's space-to-Earth power flux-density levels 
exceed the power flux-density limits set forth in Sec.  25.208(c) and/or 
Sec.  25.208(w) by 3 dB or less, the operator shall bear the burden of 
coordinating with any future operators proposing a space station 
transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band in compliance with power flux-
density limits set forth in Sec.  25.208(c) and/or Sec.  25.208(w) and 
located within 6 degrees of the operator's 17/24 
GHz BSS space station.
    (2) If the operator's space-to-Earth power flux-density levels 
exceed the power flux-density limits set forth in Sec.  25.208(c) and/or 
Sec.  25.208(w) by more than 3 dB, the operator shall bear the burden of 
coordinating with any future operators proposing a space station 
transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band in compliance with power flux-
density limits set forth in Sec.  25.208(c) and/or Sec.  25.208(w) and 
located within 10 degrees of the operator's space 
station.
    (3) If no good faith agreement can be reached, the operator of the 
space station transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band that does not 
comply with Sec.  25.208(c) and/or Sec.  25.208(w) shall reduce its 
space-to-Earth power flux-density levels to be compliant with those 
specified in Sec.  25.208(c) and/or Sec.  25.208(w).
    (c) Any U.S. licensee or permittee using a space station 
transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band that is required to provide 
information in its application pursuant to Sec.  25.140(b)(4) must 
accept any increased interference that may result from adjacent space 
stations transmitting in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band that are operating in 
compliance with the rules for such space stations specified in 
Sec. Sec.  25.140(b), 25.202(a)(9) and (e)-(g), 25.208(c) and (w), 
25.210(i)-(j), 25.224, 25.262, 25.264(h), and 25.273(a)(3)).
    (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this, licensees and permittees 
will be allowed to apply for a license or authorization for a 
replacement satellite that will be operated at the same power level and 
interference protection as the satellite to be replaced.

[83 FR 34491, July 20, 2018]



Sec.  25.263  Information sharing requirements for SDARS terrestrial
repeater operators.

    This section requires SDARS licensees in the 2320-2345 MHz band to 
share information regarding the location and operation of terrestrial 
repeaters with WCS licensees in the 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz 
bands. Section 27.72 of this chapter requires WCS licensees to share 
information regarding the location and operation of base stations in the 
2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands with SDARS licensees in the 2320-
2345 MHz band.
    (a) SDARS licensees must select terrestrial repeater sites and 
frequencies, to the extent practicable, to minimize the possibility of 
harmful interference to WCS base station operations in the 2305-2320 MHz 
and 2345-2360 MHz bands.
    (b) Notice requirements. SDARS licensees that intend to operate a 
new terrestrial repeater must, before commencing such operation, provide 
10 business days prior notice to all potentially affected Wireless 
Communications Service (WCS) licensees. SDARS licensees that intend to 
modify an existing repeater must, before commencing such modified 
operation, provide 5 business days prior notice to all potentially 
affected WCS licensees.

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    (1) For purposes of this section, a ``potentially affected WCS 
licensee'' is a WCS licensee that:
    (i) Is authorized to operate a base station in the 2305-2315 MHz or 
2350-2360 MHz bands in the same Major Economic Area (MEA) as that in 
which the terrestrial repeater is to be located;
    (ii) Is authorized to operate base station in the 2315-2320 MHz or 
2345-2350 MHz bands in the same Regional Economic Area Grouping (REAG) 
as that in which the terrestrial repeater is to be located;
    (iii) In addition to the WCS licensees identified in paragraphs 
(b)(1)(i) and (ii) of this section, in cases in which the SDARS licensee 
plans to deploy or modify a terrestrial repeater within 5 kilometers of 
the boundary of an MEA or REAG in which the terrestrial repeater is to 
be located, a potentially affected WCS licensee is one that is 
authorized to operate a WCS base station in that neighboring MEA or REAG 
within 5 kilometers of the location of the terrestrial repeater.
    (2) For the purposes of this section, a business day is defined by 
Sec.  1.4(e)(2) of this chapter.
    (3) For modifications other than changes in location, a licensee may 
provide notice within 24 hours after the modified operation if the 
modification does not result in a predicted increase of the power flux 
density (PFD) at ground level by more than 1 dB since the last advance 
notice was given. If a demonstration is made by the WCS licensee that 
such modifications may cause harmful interference to WCS receivers, 
SDARS licensees will be required to provide notice 5 business days in 
advance of additional repeater modifications.
    (4) SDARS repeaters operating below 2 watts equivalent isotropically 
radiated power (EIRP) are exempt from the notice requirements set forth 
in this paragraph.
    (5) SDARS licensees are encouraged to develop separate coordination 
agreements with WCS licensees to facilitate efficient deployment of and 
coexistence between each service. To the extent the provisions of any 
such coordination agreement conflict with the requirements set forth 
herein, the procedures established under a coordination agreement will 
control. SDARS licensees must maintain a copy of any coordination 
agreement with a WCS license in their station files and disclose it to 
prospective assignees, transferees, or spectrum lessees and, upon 
request, to the Commission.
    (6) SDARS and WCS licensees may enter into agreements regarding 
alternative notification procedures.
    (c) Contents of notice. (1) Notification must be written (e.g., 
certified letter, fax, or e-mail) and include the licensee's name, and 
the name, address, and telephone number of its coordination 
representative, unless the SDARS licensee and all potentially affected 
WCS licensees reach a mutual agreement to provide notification by some 
other means. WCS licensees and SDARS licensees may establish such a 
mutually agreeable alternative notification mechanism without prior 
Commission approval, provided that they comply with all other 
requirements of this section.
    (2) Regardless of the notification method, notification must specify 
relevant technical details, including, at a minimum:
    (i) The coordinates of the proposed repeater to an accuracy of no 
less than 1 second latitude and longitude;
    (ii) The proposed operating power(s), frequency band(s), and 
emission(s);
    (iii) The antenna center height above ground and ground elevation 
above mean sea level, both to an accuracy of no less than 1 meter;
    (iv) The antenna gain pattern(s) in the azimuth and elevation planes 
that include the peak of the main beam; and
    (v) The antenna downtilt angle(s).
    (3) An SDARS licensee operating terrestrial repeaters must maintain 
an accurate and up-to-date inventory of its terrestrial repeaters 
operating above 2 watts average EIRP, including the information set 
forth in Sec.  25.263(c)(2), which shall be available upon request by 
the Commission.
    (d) Calculation of Notice Period. Notice periods are calculated from 
the date of receipt by the licensee being notified. If notification is 
by mail, the date of receipt is evidenced by the return receipt on 
certified mail. If notification is by fax, the date of receipt is 
evidenced by the notifying party's fax

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transmission confirmation log. If notification is by e-mail, the date of 
receipt is evidenced by a return e-mail receipt. If the SDARS licensee 
and all potentially affected WCS licensees reach a mutual agreement to 
provide notification by some other means, that agreement must specify 
the method for determining the beginning of the notice period.
    (e) Duty to cooperate. SDARS licensees must cooperate in good faith 
in the selection and use of new repeater sites to reduce interference 
and make the most effective use of the authorized facilities. SDARS 
licensees should provide WCS licensees as much lead time as practicable 
to provide ample time to conduct analyses and opportunity for prudent 
repeater site selection prior to SDARS licensees entering into real 
estate and tower leasing or purchasing agreements. Licensees of stations 
suffering or causing harmful interference must cooperate in good faith 
and resolve such problems by mutually satisfactory arrangements. If the 
licensees are unable to do so, the International Bureau, in consultation 
with the Office of Engineering and Technology and the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, will consider the actions taken by the 
parties to mitigate the risk of and remedy any alleged interference. In 
determining the appropriate action, the Bureau will take into account 
the nature and extent of the interference and act promptly to remedy the 
interference. The Bureau may impose restrictions on SDARS licensees, 
including specifying the transmitter power, antenna height, or other 
technical or operational measures to remedy the interference, and will 
take into account previous measures by the licensees to mitigate the 
risk of interference.

[75 FR 45069, Aug. 2, 2010, as amended at 78 FR 9619, Feb. 11, 2013]



Sec.  25.264  Requirements to facilitate reverse-band operation
in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band of 17/24 GHz BSS and DBS Service space
stations.

    (a) Each 17/24 GHz BSS space station applicant or licensee must 
submit a series of tables or graphs containing predicted off-axis gain 
data for each antenna that will transmit in the 17.3-17.8 GHz frequency 
band, in accordance with the following specifications. Using a Cartesian 
coordinate system wherein the X axis is tangent to the geostationary 
orbital arc with the positive direction pointing east, i.e., in the 
direction of travel of the satellite; the Y axis is parallel to a line 
passing through the geographic north and south poles of the Earth, with 
the positive direction pointing south; and the Z axis passes through the 
satellite and the center of the Earth, with the positive direction 
pointing toward the Earth, the applicant or licensee must provide the 
predicted transmitting antenna off-axis antenna gain information:
    (1) In the X-Z plane, i.e., the plane of the geostationary orbit, 
over a range of 30 degrees from the positive and 
negative X axes in increments of 5 degrees or less.
    (2) In planes rotated from the X-Z plane about the Z axis, over a 
range of 60 degrees relative to the equatorial 
plane, in increments of 10 degrees or less.
    (3) In both polarizations.
    (4) At a minimum of three measurement frequencies determined with 
respect to the entire portion of the 17.3-17.8 GHz frequency band over 
which the space station is designed to transmit: 5 MHz above the lower 
edge of the band; at the band center frequency; and 5 MHz below the 
upper edge of the band.
    (5) Over a greater angular measurement range, if necessary, to 
account for any planned spacecraft orientation bias or change in 
operating orientation relative to the reference coordinate system. The 
applicant or licensee must state the reasons for including such 
additional information.
    (6) The predictive gain information must be submitted to the 
Commission when a license application is filed for a 17/24 GHz BSS space 
station or within 60 days after completion of critical design review for 
the space station, whichever occurs later.
    (b) A 17/24 GHz BSS space station applicant or licensee must submit 
power flux density (pfd) calculations based on the predicted gain data 
submitted in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section, as follows:
    (1) The pfd calculations must be provided at the location of all 
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U.S. DBS space stations where the applicant's pfd level exceeds the 
coordination trigger of -117 dBW/m\2\/100 kHz in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band. 
In this rule, the term prior-filed U.S. DBS space station refers to any 
co-frequency Direct Broadcast Satellite service space station for which 
an application was filed with the Commission, or an authorization was 
granted by the Commission, prior to the filing of the information and 
certifications required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section. The 
term prior-filed U.S. DBS space station does not include any 
applications (or authorizations) that have been denied, dismissed, or 
are otherwise no longer valid. Prior-filed U.S. DBS space stations may 
include foreign-licensed DBS space stations seeking authority to serve 
the United States market, but do not include foreign-licensed DBS space 
stations that have not filed applications with the Commission for market 
access in the United States.
    (2) The pfd calculations must take into account the maximum 
permitted longitudinal station-keeping tolerance, orbital inclination 
and orbital eccentricity of both the 17/24 GHz BSS and DBS space 
stations, and must:
    (i) Identify each prior-filed U.S. DBS space station at whose 
location the coordination threshold pfd level of -117 dBW/m\2\/100 kHz 
is exceeded; and
    (ii) Indicate the extent to which the calculated pfd of the 17/24 
GHz space station's transmissions in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band exceed the 
threshold pfd level of -117 dBW/m\2\/100 kHz at those prior-filed U.S. 
DBS space station locations.
    (3) If the calculated pfd exceeds the threshold level of -117 dBW/
m\2\/100 kHz at the location of any prior-filed U.S. DBS space station, 
the applicant or licensee must also provide with the pfd calculations a 
certification that all affected DBS operators acknowledge and do not 
object to such higher off-axis pfd levels. No such certification is 
required in cases where the DBS and 17/24 GHz BSS assigned operating 
frequencies do not overlap.
    (4) The information and any certification required by paragraph (b) 
of this section must be submitted to the Commission when a license 
application is filed for a 17/24 GHz BSS space station or within 60 days 
after completion of critical design review for the space station, 
whichever occurs later. Otherwise, such information and certifications 
must be submitted to the Commission within 24 months after the grant of 
an operating license for a 17/24 GHz BSS space station or when the 
applicant or licensee certifies completion of critical design review, 
whichever occurs first.
    (c) No later than 2 months prior to launch, each 17/24 GHz BSS space 
station licensee must update the predicted transmitting antenna off-axis 
gain information provided in accordance with paragraph (a) of this 
section by submitting measured transmitting antenna off-axis gain 
information over the angular ranges, measurement frequencies and 
polarizations specified in paragraphs (a)(1) through (5) of this 
section. The transmitting antenna off-axis gain information should be 
measured under conditions as close to flight configuration as possible.
    (d) No later than 2 months prior to launch, or when applying for 
authority to change the location of a 17/24 GHz BSS space station that 
is already in orbit, each 17/24 GHz BSS space station licensee must 
provide pfd calculations based on the measured off-axis gain data 
submitted in accordance with paragraph (c) of this section, as follows:
    (1) The pfd calculations must be provided:
    (i) At the location of all prior-filed U.S. DBS space stations as 
defined in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, where the applicant's pfd 
level in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band exceeds the coordination trigger of -117 
dBW/m\2\/100 kHz; and
    (ii) At the location of any subsequently filed U.S. DBS space 
station where the pfd level in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band calculated on the 
basis of measured gain data exceeds -117 dBW/m\2\/100 kHz. In this rule, 
the term subsequently filed U.S. DBS space station refers to any co-
frequency Direct Broadcast Satellite service space station proposed in a 
license application filed with the Commission after the 17/24 GHz BSS 
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(a) through (b) of this section but before submission of the measured 
data required by this paragraph. Subsequently-filed U.S. DBS space 
stations may include foreign-licensed DBS space stations seeking 
authority to serve the United States market. The term does not include 
any applications (or authorizations) that have been denied, dismissed, 
or are otherwise no longer valid, nor does it include foreign-licensed 
DBS space stations that have not filed applications with the Commission 
for market access in the United States.
    (2) The pfd calculations must take into account the maximum 
permitted longitudinal station-keeping tolerance, orbital inclination 
and orbital eccentricity of both the 17/24 GHz BSS and DBS space 
stations, and must:
    (i) Identify each prior-filed U.S. DBS space station at whose 
location the coordination threshold pfd level of -117 dBW/m\2\/100 kHz 
is exceeded; and
    (ii) Demonstrate the extent to which the applicant's or licensee's 
transmissions in the 17.3-17.8 GHz band exceed the threshold pfd level 
of -117 dBW/m\2\/100 kHz at those prior-filed U.S. DBS space station 
locations.
    (e) If the pfd level calculated from the measured data submitted in 
accordance with paragraph (d) of this section is in excess of the 
threshold pfd level of -117 dBW/m\2\/100 kHz:
    (1) At the location of any prior-filed U.S. DBS space station as 
defined in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, then the 17/24 GHz 
broadcasting-satellite operator must either:
    (i) Coordinate its operations that are in excess of the threshold 
pfd level of -117 dBW/m\2\/100 kHz with the affected prior-filed U.S. 
DBS space station operator, or
    (ii) Adjust its operating parameters so that at the location of the 
prior-filed U.S. DBS space station, the pfd level of -117 dBW/m\2\/100 
kHz is not exceeded.
    (2) At the location of any subsequently-filed U.S. DBS space station 
as defined in paragraph (d)(1) of this section, where the pfd level 
submitted in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section, is also in 
excess of the pfd level calculated on the basis of the predicted data 
submitted in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section that were on 
file with the Commission at the time the DBS space station application 
was filed, then the 17/24 GHz broadcasting-satellite operator must 
either:
    (i) Coordinate with the affected subsequently-filed U.S. DBS space 
station operator all of its operations that are either in excess of the 
pfd level calculated on the basis of the predicted antenna off-axis gain 
data, or are in excess of the threshold pfd level of -117 dBW/m\2\/100 
kHz, whichever is greater, or
    (ii) Adjust its operating parameters so that at the location of the 
subsequently-filed U.S. DBS space station, either the pfd level 
calculated on the basis of the predicted off-axis transmitting antenna 
gain data, or the threshold pfd level of -117 dBW/m\2\/100 kHz, 
whichever is greater, is not exceeded.
    (3) No coordination or adjustment of operating parameters is 
required in cases where the DBS and 17/24 GHz BSS operating frequencies 
do not overlap.
    (f) The 17/24 GHz BSS applicant or licensee must modify its license, 
or amend its application, as appropriate, based upon new information:
    (1) If the pfd levels submitted in accordance with paragraph (d) of 
this section, are in excess of those submitted in accordance with 
paragraph (b) of this section at the location of any prior-filed or 
subsequently-filed U.S. DBS space station as defined in paragraphs 
(b)(1) and (d)(1)of this section, or
    (2) If the 17/24 GHz BSS operator adjusts its operating parameters 
in accordance with paragraphs (e)(1)(ii) or (e)(2)(ii) or this section.
    (g) Absent an explicit agreement between operators to permit more 
closely spaced operations, U.S. authorized 17/24 GHz BSS space stations 
and U.S. authorized DBS space stations with co-frequency assignments may 
not be licensed to operate at locations separated by less than 0.2 
degrees in orbital longitude.
    (h) All operational 17/24 GHz BSS space stations must be maintained 
in geostationary orbits that:
    (1) Do not exceed 0.075[deg] of inclination.
    (2) Operate with an apogee less than or equal to 35,806 km above the 
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of the Earth, and with a perigee greater than or equal to 35,766 km 
above the surface of the Earth (i.e., an eccentricity of less than 4.7 x 
10-4).
    (i) U.S. authorized DBS networks may claim protection from space 
path interference arising from the reverse-band operations of U.S. 
authorized 17/24 GHz BSS networks to the extent that the DBS space 
station operates within the bounds of inclination and eccentricity 
listed below. When the geostationary orbit of the DBS space station 
exceeds these bounds on inclination and eccentricity, it may not claim 
protection from any additional space path interference arising as a 
result of its inclined or eccentric operations and may only claim 
protection as if it were operating within the bounds listed below:
    (1) The DBS space station's orbit does not exceed 0.075[deg] of 
inclination, and
    (2) The DBS space station's orbit maintains an apogee less than or 
equal to 35,806 km above the surface of the Earth, and a perigee greater 
than or equal to 35,766 km above the surface of the Earth (i.e., an 
eccentricity of less than 4.7 x 10-4).

[76 FR 50431, Aug. 15, 2011, as amended at 81 FR 55348, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.265  Acceptance of interference in 2000-2020 MHz.

    (a) MSS receivers operating in the 2000-2020 MHz band must accept 
interference from lawful operations in the 1995-2000 MHz band, where 
such interference is due to:
    (1) The in-band power of any operations in 1995-2000 MHz (i.e., the 
portion of transmit power contained in the 1995-2000 MHz band); or
    (2) The portion of out-of-band emissions contained in 2000-2005 MHz.
    (b) [Reserved]

[78 FR 8267, Feb. 5, 2013]



                     Subpart D_Technical Operations

    Source: 58 FR 13421, Mar. 11, 1993, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  25.271  Control of transmitting stations.

    (a) The licensee of a facility licensed under this part is 
responsible for the proper operation and maintenance of the station.
    (b) The licensee of a transmitting earth station licensed under this 
part shall ensure that a trained operator is present on the earth 
station site, or at a designated remote control point for the earth 
station, at all times that transmissions are being conducted. No 
operator's license is required for a person to operate or perform 
maintenance on facilities authorized under this part.
    (c) Authority will be granted to operate a transmitting earth 
station by remote control only on the conditions that:
    (1) The parameters of the transmissions of the remote station 
monitored at the control point, and the operational functions of the 
remote earth stations that can be controlled by the operator at the 
control point, are sufficient to ensure that the operations of the 
remote station(s) are at all times in full compliance with the remote 
station authorization(s);
    (2) The earth station facilities are protected by appropriate 
security measures to prevent unauthorized entry or operations;
    (3) Upon detection by the licensee, or upon notification from the 
Commission of a deviation or upon notification by another licensee of 
harmful interference, the operation of the remote station shall be 
immediately suspended by the operator at the control point until the 
deviation or interference is corrected, except that transmissions 
concerning the immediate safety of life or property may be conducted for 
the duration of the emergency; and
    (4) The licensee shall have available at all times the technical 
personnel necessary to perform expeditiously the technical servicing and 
maintenance of the remote stations.
    (5) Operators of blanket-licensed GSO FSS earth station networks 
that provide international service must maintain a control point within 
the United States, or maintain a point of contact within the United 
States available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with the ability to shut 
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within the network immediately upon notification of harmful 
interference.
    (d) The licensee shall insure that the licensed facilities are 
properly secured against unauthorized access or use whenever an operator 
is not present at the transmitter.
    (e) [Reserved]
    (f) The licensee of any transmitting earth station licensed under 
this part must update the contact information provided in the most 
recent license application for the station within 10 days of any change 
therein. The updated information must be filed electronically in the 
``Other Filings'' tab of the station's current authorization file in the 
International Bureau Filing System.
    (g) Licensees of transmitting earth stations are prohibited from 
using remote earth stations in their networks that are not designed to 
stop transmission when synchronization to signals from the target 
satellite fails.

[58 FR 13421, Mar. 11, 1993, as amended at 66 FR 10631, Feb. 16, 2001; 
70 FR 4787, Jan. 31, 2005; 70 FR 32257, June 2, 2005; 74 FR 47107, Sept. 
15, 2009; 78 FR 8430, Feb. 6, 2013; 79 FR 8325, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 
55349, Aug. 18, 2016; 82 FR 59986, Dec. 18, 2017]



Sec.  25.272  General inter-system coordination procedures.

    (a) Each space station licensee in the Fixed-Satellite Service shall 
establish a satellite network control center which will have the 
responsibility to do the following:
    (1) Monitor space-to-Earth transmissions in its system (thus 
indirectly monitoring uplink earth station transmissions in its system) 
and
    (2) Coordinate transmissions in its satellite system with those of 
other systems to prevent harmful interference incidents or, in the event 
of a harmful interference incident, to identify the source of the 
interference and correct the problem promptly.
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) The transmitting earth station licensee shall provide the 
operator(s) of the satellites, on which the licensee is authorized to 
transmit, contact telephone numbers for the control center of the earth 
station and emergency telephone numbers for key personnel; a current 
file of these contacts shall be maintained at each satellite system 
control center.
    (d) An earth station licensee shall ensure that each of its 
authorized earth stations complies with the following:
    (1) The earth station licensee shall ensure that there is 
continuously available means of communications between the satellite 
network control center and the earth station operator or its remote 
control point as designated by the licensee.
    (2) The earth station operator shall notify the satellite network 
control center and receive permission from the control center before 
transmitting to the satellite or changing the basic characteristics of a 
transmission.
    (3) The earth station operator shall keep the space station licensee 
informed of all actual and planned usage.
    (4) Upon approval of the satellite network control center, the earth 
station operator may radiate an RF carrier into the designated 
transponder. Should improper illumination of the transponder or undue 
adjacent transponder interference be observed by the satellite network 
control center, the earth station operator shall immediately take 
whatever measures are needed to eliminate the problem.
    (5) The space station licensee may delegate the responsibility and 
duties of the satellite network control center to a technically 
qualified user or group of users, but the space station licensee shall 
remain ultimately responsible for the performance of those duties.

[58 FR 13421, Mar. 11, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 5931, Feb. 10, 1997; 78 
FR 8431, Feb. 6, 2013; 79 FR 8325, Feb. 12, 2014]



Sec.  25.273  Duties regarding space communications transmissions.

    (a) No person shall:
    (1) Transmit to a satellite unless the specific transmission is 
first authorized by the satellite network control center;
    (2) Conduct transmissions over a transponder unless the operator is 
authorized to transmit at that time by the satellite licensee or the 
satellite licensee's successor in interest; or
    (3) Transmit in any manner that causes unacceptable interference to 
the authorized transmission of another licensee.

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    (b) Satellite operators shall provide upon request by the Commission 
and by earth station licensees authorized to transmit on their 
satellites relevant information needed to avoid unacceptable 
interference to other users, including the polarization angles for 
proper illumination of a given transponder.
    (c) Space station licensees are responsible for maintaining complete 
and accurate technical details of current and planned transmissions over 
their satellites, and shall require that authorized users of 
transponders on their satellites, whether by tariff or contract, provide 
any necessary technical information in this regard including that 
required by Sec.  25.272. Based on this information, space station 
licensees shall exchange among themselves general technical information 
concerning current and planned transmission parameters as needed to 
identify and promptly resolve any potential cases of unacceptable 
interference between their satellite systems.
    (d) Space stations authorized after May 10, 1993 which do not 
satisfy the requirements of Sec.  25.210 may be required to accept 
greater constraints in resolving interference problems than complying 
ones. The extent of these constraints shall be determined on a case-by-
case basis.

[58 FR 13421, Mar. 11, 1993, as amended at 78 FR 8431, Feb. 6, 2013]



Sec.  25.274  Procedures to be followed in the event of harmful 
interference.

    (a) The earth station operator whose transmission is suffering 
harmful interference shall first check the earth station equipment to 
ensure that the equipment is functioning properly.
    (b) The earth station operator shall then check all other earth 
stations in the licensee's network that could be causing the harmful 
interference to ensure that none of them is the source of the 
interference and to verify that the interference is not from a local 
terrestrial source.
    (c) After the earth station operator has determined that the source 
of the interference is not another earth station operating in the same 
network or from a terrestrial source, the earth station operator shall 
contact the satellite system control center and advise the satellite 
operator of the problem. The control center operator shall observe the 
interference incident and make reasonable efforts to determine the 
source of the problem. A record shall be maintained by the control 
center operator and the earth station operator of all harmful 
interference incidents and their resolution. These records shall be made 
available to an FCC representative on request.
    (d) Where the suspected source of the interference incident is the 
operation of an earth station licensed to operate on one or more of the 
satellites in the satellite operator's system, the control center 
operator shall advise the offending earth station of the harmful 
interference incident and assist in the resolution of the problem where 
reasonably possible.
    (e) The earth station licensee whose operations are suspected of 
causing harmful interference to the operations of another earth station 
shall take reasonable measures to determine whether its operations are 
the source of the harmful interference problem. Where the operations of 
the suspect earth station are the source of the interference, the 
licensee of that earth station shall take all measures necessary to 
resolve the interference.
    (f) Where the earth station suspected of causing harmful 
interference to the operations of another earth station cannot be 
identified or is identified as an earth station operating on a satellite 
system other than the one on which the earth station suffering harmful 
interference is operating, it is the responsibility of a representative 
of the earth station suffering harmful interference to contact the 
control center of other satellite systems. The operator of the earth 
station suffering harmful interference is free to choose any 
representative to make this contact, including but not limited to the 
operator of the satellite system on which the earth station is 
operating. The operator of the earth station suffering harmful 
interference is also free to contact the control center of the other 
satellite systems directly.
    (g) At any point, the system control center operator may contact the 
Commission's Columbia Operations Center

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in Columbia, Maryland, to assist in resolving the matter. This office 
specializes in the resolution of satellite interference problems. All 
licensees are required to cooperate fully with the Commission in any 
investigation of interference problems.

[58 FR 13421, Mar. 11, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 5931, Feb. 10, 1997; 70 
FR 32257, June 2, 2005; 78 FR 8431, Feb. 6, 2013]



Sec.  25.275  Particulars of operation.

    (a) Radio station authorizations issued under this part will 
normally specify only the frequency bands authorized for transmission 
and/or reception of the station.
    (b) When authorized frequency bands are specified in the station 
authorization, the licensee is authorized to transmit any number of r.f. 
carriers on any discrete frequencies within an authorized frequency band 
in accordance with the other terms and conditions of the authorization 
and the requirements of this part. Specific r.f. carrier frequencies 
within the authorized frequency band shall be selected by the licensee 
to avoid unacceptable levels of interference being caused to other 
earth, space or terrestrial stations. Any coordination agreements, both 
domestic and international, concerning specific frequency usage 
constraints, including non-use of any particular frequencies within the 
frequency bands listed in the station authorization, are considered to 
be conditions of the station authorization.
    (c) A license for a transmitting earth station will normally specify 
only the r.f. carriers having the highest e.i.r.p. density, the 
narrowest bandwidth, and the largest bandwidth authorized for 
transmission from that station. Unless otherwise specified in the 
station authorization, the licensee is authorized to transmit any other 
type of carrier not specifically listed which does not exceed the 
highest e.i.r.p., e.i.r.p. density and bandwidth prescribed for any 
listed emission.
    (d) Only the most sensitive emission(s) for which protection is 
being afforded from interference in the authorized receive frequency 
band(s) will be specified in the station authorization.
    (e) Transmission from an earth station of an unmodulated carrier at 
a power level sufficient to saturate a satellite transponder is 
prohibited, except as consented to by the space station licensee to 
determine transponder performance characteristics.

[58 FR 13421, Mar. 11, 1993, as amended at 81 FR 55349, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.276  Points of communication.

    Unless otherwise specified in the station authorization, an earth 
station may transmit to any space station in the same radio service that 
is listed as a point of communication in the earth station license, 
provided that permission has been received from the space station 
operator to access that space station.

[79 FR 8325, Feb. 12, 2014]



Sec.  25.277  Temporary fixed earth station operations.

    (a) When an earth station in the Fixed-Satellite Service is to 
remain at a single location for fewer than 6 months, the location may be 
considered to be temporary fixed. Services provided at a single location 
which are initially known to be of longer than six months' duration 
shall not be provided under a temporary fixed authorization.
    (b) When a station, other than an ESV, authorized as a temporary 
fixed earth station, is to remain at a single location for more than six 
months, application for a regular station authorization at that location 
shall be filed at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the six-month 
period.
    (c) The licensee of an earth station, other than an ESV, which is 
authorized to conduct temporary fixed operations in bands shared co-
equally with terrestrial fixed stations shall provide the following 
information to the Director of the Columbia Operations Center at 9200 
Farmhouse Lane, Columbia, Maryland 21046, and to the licensees of all 
terrestrial facilities lying within the coordination contour of the 
proposed temporary fixed earth station site before beginning 
transmissions:
    (1) The name of the person operating the station and the telephone 
number at which the operator can be reached directly;

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    (2) The exact frequency or frequencies used and the type of 
emissions and power levels to be transmitted; and
    (3) The commencement and anticipated termination dates of operation 
from each location.
    (d) Except as set forth in Sec.  25.151(e), transmissions may not be 
commenced until all affected terrestrial licensees have been notified 
and the earth station operator has confirmed that unacceptable 
interference will not be caused to such terrestrial stations.
    (e) Operations of temporary fixed earth stations shall cease 
immediately upon notice of harmful interference from the Commission or 
the affected licensee.
    (f) Filing requirements concerning applications for new temporary 
fixed earth station facilities operating in frequency bands shared co-
equally with terrestrial fixed stations.
    (1) When the initial location of the temporary fixed earth station's 
operation is known, the applicant shall provide, as part of the Form 312 
application, a frequency coordination report in accordance with Sec.  
25.203 for the initial station location.
    (2) When the initial location of the temporary fixed earth station's 
operation is not known at the time the application is filed, the 
applicant shall provide, as part of the Form 312 application, a 
statement by the applicant acknowledging its coordination 
responsibilities under Sec.  25.277.

[58 FR 13421, Mar. 11, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 5931, Feb. 10, 1997; 70 
FR 4787, Jan. 31, 2005; 70 FR 32257, June 2, 2005]



Sec.  25.278  Additional coordination obligation for non-
geostationary and geostationary satellite systems in frequencies
allocated to the fixed-satellite service.

    Licensees of non-geostationary satellite systems that use frequency 
bands allocated to the Fixed-Satellite Service for their feeder link 
operations shall coordinate their operations with licensees of 
geostationary Fixed-Satellite Service systems licensed by the Commission 
for operation in the same frequency bands. Licensees of geostationary 
Fixed-Satellite Service systems in the frequency bands that are licensed 
to non-geostationary satellite systems for feeder link operations shall 
coordinate their operations with the licensees of such non-geostationary 
satellite systems.

[59 FR 53330, Oct. 21, 1994, as amended at 78 FR 8431, Feb. 6, 2013]



Sec.  25.279  Inter-satellite service.

    (a) Any satellite communicating with other space stations may use 
frequencies in the inter-satellite service as indicated in Sec.  2.106 
of this chapter. This does not preclude the use of other frequencies for 
such purposes as provided for in several service definitions, e.g., FSS. 
The technical details of the proposed inter-satellite link shall be 
provided in accordance with Sec.  25.114(c).
    (b) Operating conditions. In order to ensure compatible operations 
with authorized users in the frequency bands to be utilized for 
operations in the inter-satellite service, these inter-satellite service 
systems must operate in accordance with the conditions specified in this 
section.
    (1) Coordination requirements with federal government users. (i) In 
frequency bands allocated for use by the inter-satellite service that 
are also authorized for use by agencies of the federal government, the 
federal use of frequencies in the inter-satellite service frequency 
bands is under the regulatory jurisdiction of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
    (ii) The Commission will use its existing procedures to reach 
agreement with NTIA to achieve compatible operations between federal 
government users under the jurisdiction of NTIA and inter-satellite 
service systems through frequency assignment and coordination practice 
established by NTIA and the Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee 
(IRAC). In order to facilitate such frequency assignment and 
coordination, applicants shall provide the Commission with sufficient 
information to evaluate electromagnetic compatibility with the federal 
government users of the spectrum, and any additional information 
requested by the Commission. As part of the coordination process, 
applicants

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shall show that they will not cause interference to authorized federal 
government users, based upon existing system information provided by the 
government. The frequency assignment and coordination of the satellite 
system shall be completed prior to grant of construction authorization.
    (2) Coordination among inter-satellite service systems. Applicants 
for authority to establish inter-satellite service are encouraged to 
coordinate their proposed frequency usage with existing permittees and 
licensees in the inter-satellite service whose facilities could be 
affected by the new proposal in terms of frequency interference or 
restricted system capacity. All affected applicants, permittees, and 
licensees, shall at the direction of the Commission, cooperate fully and 
make every reasonable effort to resolve technical problems and conflicts 
that may inhibit effective and efficient use of the radio spectrum; 
however, the permittee or licensee being coordinated with is not 
obligated to suggest changes or re-engineer an applicant's proposal in 
cases involving conflicts.

[59 FR 53331, Oct. 21, 1994, as amended at 65 FR 59144, Oct. 4, 2000]



Sec.  25.280  Inclined orbit operations.

    (a) Satellite operators may commence operation in inclined orbit 
mode without obtaining prior Commission authorization provided that the 
Commission is notified by letter within 30 days after the last north-
south station keeping maneuver. The notification shall include:
    (1) The operator's name;
    (2) The date of commencement of inclined orbit operation;
    (3) The initial inclination;
    (4) The rate of change in inclination per year; and
    (5) The expected end-of-life of the satellite accounting for 
inclined orbit operation, and the maneuvers specified under Sec.  25.283 
of the Commission's rules.
    (b) Licensees operating in inclined-orbit are required to:
    (1) Periodically correct the satellite attitude to achieve a 
stationary spacecraft antenna pattern on the surface of the Earth and 
centered on the satellite's designated service area;
    (2) Control all electrical interference to adjacent satellites, as a 
result of operating in an inclined orbit, to levels not to exceed that 
which would be caused by the satellite operating without an inclined 
orbit;
    (3) Not claim protection in excess of the protection that would be 
received by the satellite network operating without an inclined orbit; 
and
    (4) Continue to maintain the space station at the authorized 
longitude orbital location in the geostationary satellite arc with the 
appropriate east-west station-keeping tolerance.

[69 FR 54587, Sept. 9, 2004]



Sec.  25.281  Transmitter identification requirements for video
uplink transmissions.

    (a) Earth-to-space transmissions carrying video information with 
analog modulation must be identified through use of an Automatic 
Transmitter Identification System (ATIS) with an analog identifier or a 
direct sequence spread spectrum signal.
    (1) Use of an analog identifier must be in accordance with the 
following requirements:
    (i) The ATIS signal must be a separate subcarrier that is 
automatically activated whenever any radio frequency signal is 
transmitted.
    (ii) The ATIS message must continuously repeat.
    (iii) The ATIS subcarrier signal must be generated at a frequency of 
7.1 MHz 25 kHz and modulate the uplink radio 
frequency carrier at a level no less than -26 dB (referenced to the 
unmodulated carrier).
    (iv) ATIS subcarrier deviation must not exceed 25 kHz.
    (v) The ATIS message protocol must be International Morse Code keyed 
by a 1200 Hz 800 Hz tone representing a mark and a 
message rate of 15 to 25 words per minute. The tone must frequency-
modulate the subcarrier signal with the ATIS message.
    (vi) The ATIS message must include the FCC-assigned call sign of the 
transmitting earth station, a telephone number providing immediate 
access to personnel capable of resolving interference or coordination 
problems, and a unique serial number of ten or more

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digits programmed into the ATIS message in a permanent manner so that it 
cannot be readily changed by the operator on duty. Additional 
information may be included in the ATIS data stream provided the total 
ATIS message length does not exceed 30 seconds.
    (2) Use of a direct sequence spread spectrum ATIS signal must be in 
accordance with the requirements in paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this 
section.
    (b) As of September 3, 2017, transmissions of fixed-frequency, 
digitally modulated video signals with a symbol rate of 128,000/s or 
more from a temporary-fixed earth station must be identified through use 
of an ATIS in accordance with the requirements that follow.
    (1) The ATIS message must be modulated onto a direct sequence spread 
spectrum signal in accordance with the DVB-CID standard, ETSI TS 103 129 
V1.1.2 (2014-03) (incorporated by reference, see Sec.  25.108).
    (2) The ATIS message must continuously repeat.

    Note 1 to paragraph (b): Paragraph (b) is waived for earth stations 
using modulators manufactured before August 1, 2017, that cannot be made 
compliant with the DVB-CID standard by a software upgrade.

    (c) ATIS equipment must be integrated into the uplink transmitter 
chain with a method that cannot easily be defeated.

[79 FR 8325, Feb. 12, 2014; 81 FR 33601, May 31, 2016, as amended at 82 
FR 40494, Aug. 25, 2017]



Sec.  25.282  Orbit raising maneuvers.

    A space station authorized to operate in the geostationary satellite 
orbit under this part is also authorized to transmit in connection with 
short-term, transitory maneuvers directly related to post-launch, orbit-
raising maneuvers, provided that the following conditions are met:
    (a) Authority is limited to those tracking, telemetry, and control 
frequencies in which the space station is authorized to operate once it 
reaches its assigned geostationary orbital location;
    (b) In the event that any unacceptable interference does occur, the 
space station licensee shall cease operations until the issue is 
rectified;
    (c) The space station licensee is required to accept interference 
from any lawfully operating satellite network or radio communication 
system.

[69 FR 54587, Sept. 9, 2004]



Sec.  25.283  End-of-life disposal.

    (a) Geostationary orbit space stations. Unless otherwise explicitly 
specified in an authorization, a space station authorized to operate in 
the geostationary satellite orbit under this part shall be relocated, at 
the end of its useful life, barring catastrophic failure of satellite 
components, to an orbit with a perigee with an altitude of no less than:

36,021 km + (1000[middot]CR[middot]A/m)

where CR is the solar radiation pressure coefficient of the 
spacecraft, and A/m is the Area to mass ratio, in square meters per 
kilogram, of the spacecraft.

    (b) A space station authorized to operate in the geostationary 
satellite orbit under this part may operate using its authorized 
tracking, telemetry and control frequencies, and outside of its assigned 
orbital location, for the purpose of removing the satellite from the 
geostationary satellite orbit at the end of its useful life, provided 
that the conditions of paragraph (a) of this section are met, and on the 
condition that the space station's tracking, telemetry and control 
transmissions are planned so as to avoid electrical interference to 
other space stations, and coordinated with any potentially affected 
satellite networks.
    (c) All space stations. Upon completion of any relocation authorized 
by paragraph (b) of this section, or any relocation at end-of-life 
specified in an authorization, or upon a spacecraft otherwise completing 
its authorized mission, a space station licensee shall ensure, unless 
prevented by technical failures beyond its control, that stored energy 
sources on board the satellite are discharged, by venting excess 
propellant, discharging batteries, relieving pressure vessels, or other 
appropriate measures.
    (d) The minimum perigee requirement of paragraph (a) of this section

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shall not apply to space stations launched prior to March 18, 2002.

[69 FR 54588, Sept. 9, 2004, as amended at 78 FR 8431, Feb. 6, 2013; 81 
FR 55349, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.284  Emergency Call Center Service.

    (a) Providers of Mobile-Satellite Service to end-user customers 
(part 25, subparts A-D) must provide Emergency Call Center service to 
the extent that they offer real-time, two way switched voice service 
that is interconnected with the public switched network and utilize an 
in-network switching facility which enables the provider to reuse 
frequencies and/or accomplish seamless hand-offs of subscriber calls. 
Emergency Call Center personnel must determine the emergency caller's 
phone number and location and then transfer or otherwise redirect the 
call to an appropriate public safety answering point. Providers of 
Mobile-Satellite Services that utilize earth terminals that are not 
capable of use while in motion are exempt from providing Emergency Call 
Center service for such terminals.
    (b) Beginning February 11, 2005, each Mobile-Satellite Service 
carrier that is subject to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this 
section must maintain records of all 911 calls received at its emergency 
call center. Beginning October 15, 2005, and on each following October 
15, Mobile-Satellite Service carriers providing service in the 1.6/2.4 
GHz and 2 GHz bands must submit a report to the Commission regarding 
their call center data, current as of September 30 of that year. 
Beginning June 30, 2006, and on each following June 30, Mobile-Satellite 
Service carriers providing service in bands other than 1.6/2.4 GHz and 2 
GHz must submit a report to the Commission regarding their call center 
data, current as of May 31 of that year. These reports must include, at 
a minimum, the following:
    (1) The name and address of the carrier, the address of the 
carrier's emergency call center, and emergency call center contact 
information;
    (2) The aggregate number of calls received by the call center each 
month during the relevant reporting period;
    (3) An indication of how many calls received by the call center each 
month during the relevant reporting period required forwarding to a 
public safety answering point and how many did not require forwarding to 
a public safety answering point.

[69 FR 6582, Feb. 11, 2004, as amended at 69 FR 54042, Sept. 7, 2004; 78 
FR 8431, Feb. 6, 2013]



Sec.  25.285  Operation of MSS and ATC transmitters or transceivers
on board civil aircraft.

    (a) Operation of any of the following devices aboard civil aircraft 
is prohibited, unless the device is installed in a manner approved by 
the Federal Aviation Administration or is used by the pilot or with the 
pilot's consent:
    (1) Earth stations capable of transmitting in the 1.5/1.6 GHz, 1.6/
2.4 GHz, or 2 GHz Mobile-Satellite Service frequency bands;
    (2) ATC terminals capable of transmitting in the 1.5/1.6 GHz or 1.6/
2.4 GHz MSS bands;
    (3) Earth stations used for non-voice, non-geostationary Mobile-
Satellite Service communication that can emit radiation in the 108-137 
MHz band.
    (b) No portable device of any type identified in paragraph (a) of 
this section (including transmitter or transceiver units installed in 
other devices that are themselves portable) may be sold or distributed 
to users unless it conspicuously bears the following warning: ``This 
device must be turned off at all times while on board aircraft.'' For 
purposes of this section, a device is portable if it is a ``portable 
device'' as defined in Sec.  2.1093(b) of this chapter or is designed to 
be carried by hand.

[79 FR 8325, Feb. 12, 2014]

    Effective Date Note: At 79 FR 44140, July 30, 2014, Sec.  
25.285(a)(2) was corrected. This paragraph contains information 
collection and recordkeeping requirements and will not become effective 
until approval has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  25.286  Antenna painting and lighting.

    The owner of an earth station antenna structure must comply with all 
applicable painting, marking, and/or

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lighting requirements in part 17 of this chapter. In the event of 
default by the owner, the station licensee will be responsible for 
ensuring that such requirements are met.

[79 FR 8326, Feb. 12, 2014]



Sec.  25.287  Requirements pertaining to operation of mobile stations
in the NVNG, 1.5/1.6 GHz, 1.6/2.4 GHz, and 2 GHz Mobile-Satellite 
Service bands.

    (a) Any mobile earth station (MES) operating in the 1530-1544 MHz 
and 1626.5-1645.5 MHz bands must have the following minimum set of 
capabilities to ensure compliance with Footnote 5.353A in 47 CFR 2.106 
and the priority and real-time preemption requirements imposed by 
Footnote US315.
    (1) All MES transmissions must have a priority assigned to them that 
preserves the priority and preemptive access given to maritime distress 
and safety communications sharing the band.
    (2) Each MES with a requirement to handle maritime distress and 
safety data communications must be capable of either:
    (i) Recognizing message and call priority identification when 
transmitted from its associated Land Earth Station (LES), or
    (ii) Accepting message and call priority identification embedded in 
the message or call when transmitted from its associated LES and passing 
the identification to shipboard data message processing equipment.
    (3) Each MES must be assigned a unique terminal identification 
number that will be transmitted upon any attempt to gain access to a 
system.
    (4) After an MES has gained access to a system, the mobile terminal 
must be under control of an LES and must obtain all channel assignments 
from it.
    (5) All MESs that do not continuously monitor a separate signaling 
channel or signaling within the communications channel must monitor the 
signaling channel at the end of each transmission.
    (6) Each MES must automatically inhibit its transmissions if it is 
not correctly receiving separate signaling channel or signaling within 
the communications channel from its associated LES.
    (7) Each MES must automatically inhibit its transmissions on any or 
all channels upon receiving a channel-shut-off command on a signaling or 
communications channel it is receiving from its associated LES.
    (8) Each MES with a requirement to handle maritime distress and 
safety communications must have the capability within the station to 
automatically preempt lower precedence traffic.
    (b) Any LES for an MSS system operating in the 1530-1544 MHz and 
1626.5-1645.5 MHz bands must have the following minimum set of 
capabilities to ensure compliance with Footnotes 5.353A and the priority 
and real-time preemption requirements imposed by Footnote US315. An LES 
fulfilling these requirements must not have any additional priority with 
respect to FSS stations operating with other systems.
    (1) LES transmissions to MESs must have a priority assigned to them 
that preserves the priority and preemptive access given to maritime 
distress and safety communications pursuant to paragraph (a) of this 
section.
    (2) The LES must recognize the priority of calls to and from MESs 
and make channel assignments taking into account the priority access 
that is given to maritime distress and safety communications.
    (3) The LES must be capable of receiving the MES identification 
number when transmitted and verifying that it is an authorized user of 
the system to prohibit unauthorized access.
    (4) The LES must be capable of transmitting channel assignment 
commands to the MESs.
    (5) The communications channels used between the LES and the MES 
shall have provision for signaling within the voice/data channel, for an 
MES that does not continuously monitor the LES signaling channel during 
a call.
    (6) The LES must transmit periodic control signals to MESs that do 
not continuously monitor the LES signaling channel.
    (7) The LES must automatically inhibit transmissions to an MES to 
which it is not transmitting in a signaling channel or signaling within 
the communications channel.

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    (8) The LES must be capable of transmitting channel-shut-off 
commands to MESs on signaling or communications channels.
    (9) Each LES must be capable of interrupting, and if necessary, 
preempting ongoing routine traffic from an MES in order to complete a 
maritime distress, urgency or safety call to that MES.
    (10) Each LES must be capable of automatically turning off one or 
more of its associated channels in order to complete a maritime 
distress, urgency or safety call.
    (c) No person without an FCC license for such operation may transmit 
to a space station in the NVNG, 1.5/1.6 GHz, 1.6/2.4 GHz, or 2 GHz 
Mobile-Satellite Service from anywhere in the United States except to 
receive service from the holder of a pertinent FCC blanket license or 
from another party with the permission of such a blanket licensee.
    (d) The holder of an FCC blanket license for operation of mobile 
transmitters or transceivers for communication via an NVNG, 1.6/2.4 GHz, 
1.5/1.6 GHz, or 2 GHz Mobile Satellite Service system will be 
responsible for operation of any such device to receive service provided 
by that licensee or provided by another party with the blanket 
licensee's consent. Operators of such satellite systems must not 
transmit communications to or from such devices in the United States 
unless such communications are authorized under a service contract with 
the holder of a pertinent FCC blanket earth station license or under a 
service contract with another party with authority for such operation 
delegated by such a blanket licensee.

[79 FR 8326, Feb. 12, 2014]



Sec.  25.288  Obligation to remedy interference caused by NGSO
MSS feeder downlinks in the 6700-6875 MHz band.

    If an NGSO MSS satellite transmitting in the 6700-6875 MHz band 
causes harmful interference to previously licensed co-frequency Public 
Safety facilities, the satellite operator has an obligation to remedy 
the interference.

[81 FR 55349, Aug. 18, 2016]



Sec.  25.289  Protection of GSO networks by NGSO systems.

    Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, an NGSO system licensee 
must not cause unacceptable interference to, or claim protection from, a 
GSO FSS or GSO BSS network. An NGSO FSS licensee operating in compliance 
with the applicable equivalent power flux-density limits in Article 22, 
Section II of the ITU Radio Regulations (incorporated by reference, 
Sec.  25.108) will be considered as having fulfilled this obligation 
with respect to any GSO network.

[82 FR 59986, Dec. 18, 2017]



                         Subpart E_Miscellaneous



Sec.  25.301  Satellite Emergency Notification Devices (SENDs).

    No device described by the marketer or seller using the terms 
``SEND'' or ``Satellite Emergency Notification Device'' may be marketed 
or sold in the United States unless it complies with the requirements of 
RTCM 12800.0. RTCM 12800.0, ``Satellite Emergency Notification Devices 
(SENDs),'' dated August 1, 2011 is incorporated by reference in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a), and 1 CFR part 51. Copies of the 
document are available and may be obtained from the Radio Technical 
Commission for Maritime Services, 1611 N. Kent Street, Suite 605, 
Arlington, Virginia 22209. The document is available for inspection at 
Commission headquarters at 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. 
Copies may also be inspected at the National Archives and Records 
Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this 
material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/
federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.

[81 FR 90745, Dec. 15, 2016]



            Subpart F_Competitive Bidding Procedures for DARS

    Source: 62 FR 11106, Mar. 11, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

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Sec.  25.401  Satellite DARS applications subject to competitive bidding.

    Mutually exclusive initial applications for DARS service licenses 
are subject to competitive bidding. The general competitive bidding 
procedures set forth in part 1, subpart Q of this chapter will apply 
unless otherwise provided in this part.

[67 FR 45373, July 9, 2002]



Sec.  25.402  [Reserved]



Sec.  25.403  Bidding application and certification procedures.

    Submission of Supplemental Application Information. In order to be 
eligible to bid, each pending applicant must timely submit certain 
supplemental information. All supplemental information shall be filed by 
the applicant five days after publication of these rules in the Federal 
Register. The supplemental information must be certified and include the 
following:
    (a) Applicant's name;
    (b) Mailing Address (no Post Office boxes);
    (c) City;
    (d) State;
    (e) ZIP Code;
    (f) Auction Number 15;
    (g) FCC Account Number;
    (h) Person(s) authorized to make or withdraw a bid (list up to three 
individuals);
    (i) Certifications and name and title of person certifying the 
information provided;
    (j) Applicant's contact person and such person's telephone number, 
E-mail address and FAX number; and
    (k) Signature and date.



Sec.  25.404  Submission of down payment and filing of long-form
applications.

    A high bidder that meets its down payment obligations in a timely 
manner must, within thirty (30) business days after being notified that 
it is a high bidder, submit an amendment to its pending application to 
provide the information required by Sec.  25.144.

[67 FR 45373, July 9, 2002]



Sec. Sec.  25.405-25.406  [Reserved]

Subparts G-H [Reserved]



                Subpart I_Equal Employment Opportunities



Sec.  25.601  Equal employment opportunities.

    Notwithstanding other EEO provisions within these rules, an entity 
that uses an owned or leased Fixed-Satellite Service or Direct Broadcast 
Satellite Service or 17/24 GHz Broadcasting-Satellite Service facility 
(operating under this part) to provide video programming directly to the 
public on a subscription basis must comply with the equal employment 
opportunity requirements set forth in part 76, subpart E, of this 
chapter, if such entity exercises control (as defined in part 76, 
subpart E, of this chapter) over the video programming it distributes. 
Notwithstanding other EEO provisions within these rules, a licensee or 
permittee of a direct broadcast satellite station operating as a 
broadcaster, and a licensee or permittee in the satellite DARS service, 
must comply with the equal employment opportunity requirements set forth 
in 47 CFR part 73.

[72 FR 50033, Aug. 29, 2007, as amended at 78 FR 8431, Feb. 6, 2013; 81 
FR 10122, Feb. 29, 2016]



                  Subpart J_Public Interest Obligations



Sec.  25.701  Other DBS Public interest obligations.

    (a) DBS providers are subject to the public interest obligations set 
forth in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this section. As used 
in this section, DBS providers are any of the following:
    (1) Entities licensed to operate satellites in the 12.2 to 12.7 GHz 
DBS frequency bands; or
    (2) Entities licensed to operate satellites in the Ku band Fixed-
Satellite Service and that sell or lease capacity to a video programming 
distributor that offers service directly to consumers providing a 
sufficient number of channels so that four percent of the total 
applicable programming channels yields a set aside of at least one 
channel of non commercial programming pursuant to paragraph (e) of this 
section, or

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    (3) Non U.S. licensed satellite operators in the Ku band that offer 
video programming directly to consumers in the United States pursuant to 
an earth station license issued under part 25 of this title and that 
offer a sufficient number of channels to consumers so that four percent 
of the total applicable programming channels yields a set aside of one 
channel of noncommercial programming pursuant to paragraph (e) of this 
section, or
    (4) Entities licensed to operate satellites in the 17/24 GHz BSS 
that offer video programming directly to consumers or that sell or lease 
capacity to a video programming distributor that offers service directly 
to consumers providing a sufficient number of channels so that four 
percent of the total applicable programming channels yields a set aside 
of at least one channel of noncommercial programming pursuant to 
paragraph (e) of this section, or
    (5) Non U.S. licensed satellite operators in the 17/24 GHz BSS that 
offer video programming directly to consumers in the United States or 
that sell or lease capacity to a video programming distributor that 
offers service directly to consumers in the United States pursuant to an 
earth station license issued under part 25 of this title and that offer 
a sufficient number of channels to consumers so that four percent of the 
total applicable programming channels yields a set aside of one channel 
of noncommercial programming pursuant to paragraph (e) of this section.
    (b) Political broadcasting requirements--
    (1) Legally qualified candidates for public office for purposes of 
this section are as defined in Sec.  73.1940 of this chapter.
    (2) DBS origination programming is defined as programming (exclusive 
of broadcast signals) carried on a DBS facility over one or more 
channels and subject to the exclusive control of the DBS provider.
    (3) Reasonable access. (i) DBS providers must comply with section 
312(a)(7) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, by allowing 
reasonable access to, or permitting purchase of reasonable amounts of 
time for, the use of their facilities by a legally qualified candidate 
for federal elective office on behalf of his or her candidacy.
    (ii) Weekend access. For purposes of providing reasonable access, 
DBS providers shall make facilities available for use by federal 
candidates on the weekend before the election if the DBS provider has 
provided similar access to commercial advertisers during the year 
preceding the relevant election period. DBS providers shall not 
discriminate between candidates with regard to weekend access.
    (4) Use of facilities; equal opportunities. DBS providers must 
comply with section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 
by providing equal opportunities to legally qualified candidates for DBS 
origination programming.
    (i) General requirements. Except as otherwise indicated in Sec.  
25.701(b)(3), no DBS provider is required to permit the use of its 
facilities by any legally qualified candidate for public office, but if 
a DBS provider shall permit any such candidate to use its facilities, it 
shall afford equal opportunities to all other candidates for that office 
to use such facilities. Such DBS provider shall have no power of 
censorship over the material broadcast by any such candidate. Appearance 
by a legally qualified candidate on any:
    (A) Bona fide newscast;
    (B) Bona fide news interview;
    (C) Bona fide news documentary (if the appearance of the candidate 
is incidental to the presentation of the subject or subjects covered by 
the news documentary); or
    (D) On the spot coverage of bona fide news events (including, but 
not limited to political conventions and activities incidental thereto) 
shall not be deemed to be use of a DBS provider's facility. (Section 
315(a) of the Communications Act.)
    (ii) Uses. As used in this section and Sec.  25.701(c), the term 
``use'' means a candidate appearance (including by voice or picture) 
that is not exempt under paragraphs (b)(3)(i)(A) through (b)(3)(i)(D) of 
this section.
    (iii) Timing of request. A request for equal opportunities must be 
submitted to the DBS provider within 1 week of the day on which the 
first prior use

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giving rise to the right of equal opportunities occurred: Provided, 
however, That where the person was not a candidate at the time of such 
first prior use, he or she shall submit his or her request within 1 week 
of the first subsequent use after he or she has become a legally 
qualified candidate for the office in question.
    (iv) Burden of proof. A candidate requesting equal opportunities of 
the DBS provider or complaining of noncompliance to the Commission shall 
have the burden of proving that he or she and his or her opponent are 
legally qualified candidates for the same public office.
    (v) Discrimination between candidates. In making time available to 
candidates for public office, no DBS provider shall make any 
discrimination between candidates in practices, regulations, facilities, 
or services for or in connection with the service rendered pursuant to 
this part, or make or give any preference to any candidate for public 
office or subject any such candidate to any prejudice or disadvantage; 
nor shall any DBS provider make any contract or other agreement that 
shall have the effect of permitting any legally qualified candidate for 
any public office to use DBS origination programming to the exclusion of 
other legally qualified candidates for the same public office.
    (c) Candidate rates--(1) Charges for use of DBS facilities. The 
charges, if any, made for the use of any DBS facility by any person who 
is a legally qualified candidate for any public office in connection 
with his or her campaign for nomination for election, or election, to 
such office shall not exceed:
    (i) During the 45 days preceding the date of a primary or primary 
runoff election and during the 60 days preceding the date of a general 
or special election in which such person is a candidate, the lowest unit 
charge of the DBS provider for the same class and amount of time for the 
same period.
    (A) A candidate shall be charged no more per unit than the DBS 
provider charges its most favored commercial advertisers for the same 
classes and amounts of time for the same periods. Any facility practices 
offered to commercial advertisers that enhance the value of advertising 
spots must be disclosed and made available to candidates upon equal 
terms. Such practices include but are not limited to any discount 
privileges that affect the value of advertising, such as bonus spots, 
time sensitive make goods, preemption priorities, or any other factors 
that enhance the value of the announcement.
    (B) The Commission recognizes non preemptible, preemptible with 
notice, immediately preemptible and run of schedule as distinct classes 
of time.
    (C) DBS providers may establish and define their own reasonable 
classes of immediately preemptible time so long as the differences 
between such classes are based on one or more demonstrable benefits 
associated with each class and are not based solely upon price or 
identity of the advertiser. Such demonstrable benefits include, but are 
not limited to, varying levels of preemption protection, scheduling 
flexibility, or associated privileges, such as guaranteed time sensitive 
make goods. DBS providers may not use class distinctions to defeat the 
purpose of the lowest unit charge requirement. All classes must be fully 
disclosed and made available to candidates.
    (D) DBS providers may establish reasonable classes of preemptible 
with notice time so long as they clearly define all such classes, fully 
disclose them and make them available to candidates.
    (E) DBS providers may treat non preemptible and fixed position as 
distinct classes of time provided that they articulate clearly the 
differences between such classes, fully disclose them, and make them 
available to candidates.
    (F) DBS providers shall not establish a separate, premium priced 
class of time sold only to candidates. DBS providers may sell higher 
priced non preemptible or fixed time to candidates if such a class of 
time is made available on a bona fide basis to both candidates and 
commercial advertisers, and provided such class is not functionally 
equivalent to any lower priced class of time sold to commercial 
advertisers.
    (G) [Reserved]

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    (H) Lowest unit charge may be calculated on a weekly basis with 
respect to time that is sold on a weekly basis, such as rotations 
through particular programs or dayparts. DBS providers electing to 
calculate the lowest unit charge by such a method must include in that 
calculation all rates for all announcements scheduled in the rotation, 
including announcements aired under long term advertising contracts. DBS 
providers may implement rate increases during election periods only to 
the extent that such increases constitute ``ordinary business 
practices,'' such as seasonal program changes or changes in audience 
ratings.
    (I) DBS providers shall review their advertising records 
periodically throughout the election period to determine whether 
compliance with this section requires that candidates receive rebates or 
credits. Where necessary, DBS providers shall issue such rebates or 
credits promptly.
    (J) Unit rates charged as part of any package, whether individually 
negotiated or generally available to all advertisers, must be included 
in the lowest unit charge calculation for the same class and length of 
time in the same time period. A candidate cannot be required to purchase 
advertising in every program or daypart in a package as a condition for 
obtaining package unit rates.
    (K) DBS providers are not required to include non cash promotional 
merchandising incentives in lowest unit charge calculations; provided, 
however, that all such incentives must be offered to candidates as part 
of any purchases permitted by the system. Bonus spots, however, must be 
included in the calculation of the lowest unit charge calculation.
    (L) Make goods, defined as the rescheduling of preempted 
advertising, shall be provided to candidates prior to election day if a 
DBS provider has provided a time sensitive make good during the year 
preceding the pre election periods, respectively set forth in paragraph 
(c)(1)(i) of this section, to any commercial advertiser who purchased 
time in the same class.
    (M) DBS providers must disclose and make available to candidates any 
make good policies provided to commercial advertisers. If a DBS provider 
places a make good for any commercial advertiser or other candidate in a 
more valuable program or daypart, the value of such make good must be 
included in the calculation of the lowest unit charge for that program 
or daypart.
    (ii) At any time other than the respective periods set forth in 
paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section, DBS providers may charge legally 
qualified candidates for public office no more than the charges made for 
comparable use of the facility by commercial advertisers. The rates, if 
any, charged all such candidates for the same office shall be uniform 
and shall not be rebated by any means, direct or indirect. A candidate 
shall be charged no more than the rate the DBS provider would charge for 
comparable commercial advertising. All discount privileges otherwise 
offered by a DBS provider to commercial advertisers must be disclosed 
and made available upon equal terms to all candidates for public office.
    (2) If a DBS provider permits a candidate to use its facilities, it 
shall make all discount privileges offered to commercial advertisers, 
including the lowest unit charges for each class and length of time in 
the same time period and all corresponding discount privileges, 
available on equal terms to all candidates. This duty includes an 
affirmative duty to disclose to candidates information about rates, 
terms, conditions and all value enhancing discount privileges offered to 
commercial advertisers, as provided herein. DBS providers may use 
reasonable discretion in making the disclosure; provided, however, that 
the disclosure includes, at a minimum, the following information:
    (i) A description and definition of each class of time available to 
commercial advertisers sufficiently complete enough to allow candidates 
to identify and understand what specific attributes differentiate each 
class;
    (ii) A description of the lowest unit charge and related privileges 
(such as priorities against preemption and make goods prior to specific 
deadlines) for each class of time offered to commercial advertisers;
    (iii) A description of the DBS provider's method of selling 
preemptible

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time based upon advertiser demand, commonly known as the ``current 
selling level,'' with the stipulation that candidates will be able to 
purchase at these demand generated rates in the same manner as 
commercial advertisers;
    (iv) An approximation of the likelihood of preemption for each kind 
of preemptible time; and
    (v) An explanation of the DBS provider's sales practices, if any, 
that are based on audience delivery, with the stipulation that 
candidates will be able to purchase this kind of time, if available to 
commercial advertisers.
    (3) Once disclosure is made, DBS providers shall negotiate in good 
faith to actually sell time to candidates in accordance with the 
disclosure.
    (d) Political file. Each DBS provider shall maintain a complete and 
orderly political file.
    (1) The political file shall contain, at a minimum:
    (i) A record of all requests for DBS origination time, the 
disposition of those requests, and the charges made, if any, if the 
request is granted. The ``disposition'' includes the schedule of time 
purchased, when spots actually aired, the rates charged, and the classes 
of time purchased; and
    (ii) A record of the free time provided if free time is provided for 
use by or on behalf of candidates.
    (2) All records required to be retained by this section must be 
placed in the political file as soon as possible and must be retained 
for a period of two years. After the effective date of this section, DBS 
providers shall place all new political file material required to be 
retained by this section in the online file hosted by the Commission.
    (e) Commercial limits in children's programs. (1) No DBS provider 
shall air more than 10.5 minutes of commercial matter per hour during 
children's programming on weekends, or more that 12 minutes of 
commercial matter per hour on week days.
    (2) This rule shall not apply to programs aired on a broadcast 
television channel which the DBS provider passively carries, or to 
channels over which the DBS provider may not exercise editorial control, 
pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 335(b)(3).
    (3) DBS providers airing children's programming must maintain in the 
online file hosted by the Commission records sufficient to verify 
compliance with this rule. Such records must be maintained for a period 
sufficient to cover the limitations period specified in 47 U.S.C. 
503(b)(6)(B).

    Note 1 to paragraph (e): Commercial matter means airtime sold for 
purposes of selling a product or service.
    Note 2 to paragraph (e): For purposes of this section, children's 
programming refers to programs originally produced and broadcast 
primarily for an audience of children 12 years old and younger.

    (f) Carriage obligation for noncommercial programming--
    (1) Reservation requirement. DBS providers shall reserve four 
percent of their channel capacity exclusively for use by qualified 
programmers for noncommercial programming of an educational or 
informational nature. Channel capacity shall be determined annually by 
calculating, based on measurements taken on a quarterly basis, the 
average number of channels available for video programming on all 
satellites licensed to the provider during the previous year. DBS 
providers may use this reserved capacity for any purpose until such time 
as it is used for noncommercial educational or informational 
programming.
    (2) Qualified programmer. For purposes of these rules, a qualified 
programmer is:
    (i) A noncommercial educational broadcast station as defined in 
section 397(6) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
    (ii) A public telecommunications entity as defined in section 
397(12) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
    (iii) An accredited nonprofit educational institution or a 
governmental organization engaged in the formal education of enrolled 
students (A publicly supported educational institution must be 
accredited by the appropriate state department of education; a privately 
controlled educational institution must be accredited by the appropriate 
state department of education or the recognized regional and national 
accrediting organizations), or

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    (iv) A nonprofit organization whose purposes are educational and 
include providing educational and instructional television material to 
such accredited institutions and governmental organizations.
    (v) Other noncommercial entities with an educational mission.
    (3) Editorial control. (i) A DBS operator will be required to make 
capacity available only to qualified programmers and may select among 
such programmers when demand exceeds the capacity of their reserved 
channels.
    (ii) A DBS operator may not require the programmers it selects to 
include particular programming on its channels.
    (iii) A DBS operator may not alter or censor the content of the 
programming provided by the qualified programmer using the channels 
reserved pursuant to this section.
    (4) Non-commercial channel limitation. A DBS operator cannot 
initially select a qualified programmer to fill more than one of its 
reserved channels except that, after all qualified entities that have 
sought access have been offered access on at least one channel, a 
provider may allocate additional channels to qualified programmers 
without having to make additional efforts to secure other qualified 
programmers.
    (5) Rates, terms and conditions. (i) In making the required reserved 
capacity available, DBS providers cannot charge rates that exceed costs 
that are directly related to making the capacity available to qualified 
programmers. Direct costs include only the cost of transmitting the 
signal to the uplink facility and uplinking the signal to the satellite.
    (ii) Rates for capacity reserved under paragraph (a) of this section 
shall not exceed 50 percent of the direct costs as defined in this 
section.
    (iii) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit DBS 
providers from negotiating rates with qualified programmers that are 
less than 50 percent of direct costs or from paying qualified 
programmers for the use of their programming.
    (iv) DBS providers shall reserve discrete channels and offer these 
to qualifying programmers at consistent times to fulfill the reservation 
requirement described in these rules.
    (6) Public file. (i) In addition to the political file requirements 
in Sec.  25.701, each DBS provider shall maintain in the online file 
hosted by the Commission a complete and orderly record of:
    (A) Quarterly measurements of channel capacity and yearly average 
calculations on which it bases its four percent reservation, as well as 
its response to any capacity changes;
    (B) A record of entities to whom noncommercial capacity is being 
provided, the amount of capacity being provided to each entity, the 
conditions under which it is being provided and the rates, if any, being 
paid by the entity;
    (C) A record of entities that have requested capacity, disposition 
of those requests and reasons for the disposition.
    (ii) All records required by paragraph (i) of this paragraph shall 
be placed in the online file hosted by the Commission as soon as 
possible and shall be retained for a period of two years.
    (iii) Each DBS provider must also place in the online file hosted by 
the Commission the records required to be placed in the public 
inspection file by Sec.  25.701(e) (commercial limits in children's 
programs) and by Sec.  25.601 and 47 CFR part 76, subpart E (equal 
employment opportunity requirements) and retain those records for the 
period required by those rules.
    (iv) Each DBS provider must provide a link to the online public 
inspection file hosted on the Commission's Web site from the home page 
of its own Web site, if the provider has a Web site, and provide on its 
Web site contact information for a representative who can assist any 
person with disabilities with issues related to the content of the 
public files. Each DBS provider also must include in the online public 
file hosted by the Commission the address of the provider's local public 
file, if the provider retains documents in the local public file that 
are not available in the Commission's online file, and the name, phone 
number, and email address of the provider's designated contact for 
questions about the public file.
    (7) Effective date. DBS providers are required to make channel 
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the effective date. Programming provided pursuant to this rule must be 
available to the public no later than six months after the effective 
date.

[69 FR 23157, Apr. 28, 2004, as amended at 72 FR 50033, Aug. 29, 2007; 
78 FR 8431, Feb. 6, 2013; 81 FR 10122, Feb. 29, 2016]

    Effective Date Note: At 84 FR 45668, Aug. 30, 2019, Sec.  25.701 was 
amended by adding paragraph (f)(6)(i)(D), effective Oct. 29, 2019. For 
the convenience of the user, the added text is set forth as follows:



Sec.  25.701  Other DBS Public interest obligations.

                                * * * * *

    (f) * * *
    (6) * * *
    (i) * * *
    (D) Each satellite carrier shall, no later than July 31, 2020, 
provide an up-to-date email address for carriage election notice 
submissions and an up-to-date phone number for carriage-related 
questions. Each satellite carrier is responsible for the continuing 
accuracy and completeness of the information furnished. It must respond 
to questions from broadcasters as soon as is reasonably possible.

                                * * * * *



Sec.  25.702  Other SDARS Public interest obligations.

    (a) Political broadcasting requirements. The following political 
broadcasting rules shall apply to all SDARS licensees: 47 CFR 73.1940 
(Legally qualified candidates for public office), 73.1941 (Equal 
opportunities), 73.1942 (Candidate rates), and 73.1944 (Reasonable 
access).
    (b) Political file. Each SDARS licensee shall maintain a complete 
and orderly political file.
    (1) The political file shall contain, at a minimum:
    (i) A record of all requests for SDARS origination time, the 
disposition of those requests, and the charges made, if any, if the 
request is granted. The ``disposition'' includes the schedule of time 
purchased, when spots actually aired, the rates charged, and the classes 
of time purchased; and
    (ii) A record of the free time provided if free time is provided for 
use by or on behalf of candidates.
    (2) SDARS licensees shall place all records required by this section 
in the political file as soon as possible and shall retain the records 
for a period of two years. After the effective date of this section, 
SDARS licensees shall place all new political file material required to 
be retained by this section in the online public file hosted by the 
Commission.
    (c) Public inspection file. (1) Each SDARS applicant or licensee 
must also place in the online public file hosted by the Commission the 
records required to be placed in the public inspection file by 47 CFR 
25.601 and 73.2080 (equal employment opportunities (EEO)) and retain 
those records for the period required by those rules.
    (2) Each SDARS licensee must provide a link to the public inspection 
file hosted on the Commission's Web site from the home page of its own 
Web site, if the licensee has a Web site, and provide on its Web site 
contact information for a representative who can assist any person with 
disabilities with issues related to the content of the public files. 
Each SDARS licensee also must include in the online public file the 
address of the licensee's local public file, if the licensee retains 
documents in the local public file that are not available in the 
Commission's online file, and the name, phone number, and email address 
of the licensee's designated contact for questions about the public 
file.

[81 FR 10122, Feb. 29, 2016]



PART 27_MISCELLANEOUS WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES-
-Table of Contents



                      Subpart A_General Information

Sec.
27.1 Basis and purpose.
27.2 Permissible communications.
27.3 Other applicable rule parts.
27.4 Terms and definitions.
27.5 Frequencies.
27.6 Service areas.
27.9 Operation of certificated signal boosters.

                   Subpart B_Applications and Licenses

27.10 Regulatory status.
27.11 Initial authorization.
27.12 Eligibility.

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27.13 License period.
27.14 Construction requirements.
27.15 Geographic partitioning and spectrum disaggregation.
27.16 Network access requirements for Block C in the 746-757 and 776-787 
          MHz bands.
27.17 Discontinuance of service in the 600 MHz band and the 1695-1710 
          MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, 1915-1920 MHz, 1995-2000 MHz, 2000-2020 
          MHz, 2155-2180 MHz, and 2180-2200 MHz bands.

                      Subpart C_Technical Standards

27.50 Power limits and duty cycle.
27.51 Equipment authorization.
27.52 RF safety.
27.53 Emission limits.
27.54 Frequency stability.
27.55 Power strength limits.
27.56 Antenna structures; air navigation safety.
27.57 International coordination.
27.58 Interference to BRS/EBS receivers.
27.59 [Reserved]
27.60 TV/DTV interference protection criteria.
27.61-27.62 [Reserved]
27.64 Protection from interference.
27.65 Acceptance of interference in 2000-2020 MHz.
27.66 Discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service.
27.70 Information exchange.
27.72 Information sharing requirements.
27.73 WCS, AMT, and Goldstone coordination requirements.
27.75 Basic interoperability requirement.
27.77 Restriction on mobile and portable equipment in the 1695-1710 MHz 
          and 1755-1780 MHz bands.

Subpart D_Competitive Bidding Procedures for the 2305	2320 MHz and 2345	
                             2360 MHz Bands

27.201 WCS in the 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands subject to 
          competitive bidding.
27.202-27.208 [Reserved]
27.209 Designated entities; bidding credits; unjust enrichment.
27.210 Definitions.

     Subpart E_Application, Licensing, and Processing Rules for WCS

27.301 [Reserved]
27.302 Eligibility.
27.303 Upper 700 MHz commercial and public safety coordination zone.
27.304-27.307 [Reserved]
27.308 Technical content of applications.
27.310-27.320 [Reserved]
27.321 Mutually exclusive applications.
27.322-27.325 [Reserved]

    Subpart F_Competitive Bidding Procedures for the 698	806 MHz Band

27.501 746-758 MHz, 775-788 MHz, and 805-806 MHz bands subject to 
          competitive bidding.
27.502 Designated entities.

 Subpart G_Guard Band Service (746	747/776	777 MHz and 762	764/792	794 
                               MHz Bands)

27.601 Authority and coordination requirements.
27.602 Lease agreements.
27.604 Limitation on licenses won at auction.
27.607 Performance requirements and annual reporting requirement.

    Subpart H_Competitive Bidding Procedures for the 698	746 MHz Band

27.701 698-746 MHz bands subject to competitive bidding.
27.702 Designated entities.

                         Subpart I_1.4 GHz Band

27.801 Scope.
27.802 Permissible communications.
27.803 Coordination requirements.
27.804 Field strength limits at WMTS facility.
27.805 Geographic partitioning and spectrum disaggregation.
27.806 1.4 GHz service licenses subject to competitive bidding.
27.807 Designated entities.

                      Subpart J_1670	1675 MHz Band

27.901 Scope.
27.902 Permissible communications.
27.903 Coordination requirements.
27.904 Geographic partitioning and spectrum disaggregation.
27.905 1670-1675 MHz service licenses subject to competitive bidding.
27.906 Designated entities.

                Subpart K_1915	1920 MHz and 1995	2000 MHz

              Licensing and Competitive Bidding Provisions

27.1001 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands subject to competitive 
          bidding.
27.1002 Designated entities in the 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands

Reimbursement Obligation of Licensees at 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz

27.1021 Reimbursement obligation of licensees at 1915-1920 MHz.
27.1031 Reimbursement obligation of licensees at 1995-2000 MHz.

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27.1041 Termination of cost-sharing obligations.

 Subpart L_1695	1710 MHz, 1710	1755 MHz, 1755	1780 MHz, 2110	2155 MHz, 
                   2155	2180 MHz, 2180	2200 MHz Bands

              Licensing and Competitive Bidding Provisions

27.1101 1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz bands subject to competitive 
          bidding.
27.1102 Designated Entities in the 1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz 
          bands.
27.1103 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands subject to competitive 
          bidding.
27.1104 Designated Entities in the 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz 
          bands.
27.1105 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz and 2155-2180 MHz bands subject to 
          competitive bidding.
27.1106 Designated Entities in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 
          2155-2180 MHz bands.

                        Relocation of Incumbents

27.1111 Relocation of fixed microwave service licensees in the 2110-2150 
          and 2160-2200 MHz bands.

                   Protection of Incumbent Operations

27.1131 Protection of part 101 operations.
27.1132 Protection of incumbent operations in the 2150-2160/62 MHz band.
27.1133 Protection of part 74 and part 78 operations.
27.1134 Protection of Federal Government operations.
27.1135 Protection of non-Federal Government Meteorological-Satellite 
          operations.
27.1136 Protection of mobile satellite services in the 2000-2020 MHz and 
          2180-2200 MHz bands.

Cost-Sharing Policies Governing Microwave Relocation From the 2110-2150 
                       MHz and 2160-2200 MHz Bands

27.1160 Cost-sharing requirements for AWS.
27.1162 Administration of the Cost-Sharing Plan.
27.1164 The cost-sharing formula.
27.1166 Reimbursement under the Cost-Sharing Plan.
27.1168 Triggering a Reimbursement Obligation.
27.1170 Payment issues.
27.1172 Dispute Resolution Under the Cost-Sharing Plan.
27.1174 Termination of Cost-Sharing Obligations.

Cost-Sharing Policies Governing Broadband Radio Service Relocation from 
                        the 2150-2160/62 MHz Band

27.1176 Cost-sharing requirements for AWS in the 2150-2160/62 MHz band.
27.1178 Administration of the Cost-Sharing Plan.
27.1180 The cost-sharing formula.
27.1182 Reimbursement under the Cost-Sharing Plan.
27.1184 Triggering a reimbursement obligation.
27.1186 Payment issues.
27.1188 Dispute resolution under the Cost-Sharing Plan.
27.1190 Termination of cost-sharing obligations.

   Subpart M_Broadband Radio Service and Educational Broadband Service

27.1200 Change to BRS and EBS.
27.1201 EBS eligibility.
27.1202 Cable/BRS cross-ownership.
27.1203 EBS programming requirements.
27.1206 Geographic service area.
27.1207 BTA license authorization.
27.1208 BTA service areas.
27.1209 Conversion of incumbent EBS and BRS stations to geographic area 
          licensing.
27.1210 Remote control operation.
27.1211 Unattended operation.
27.1212 License term.
27.1213 Designated entity provisions for BRS in Commission auctions 
          commencing prior to January 1, 2004.
27.1214 EBS spectrum leasing arrangements and grandfathered leases.
27.1215 BRS grandfathered leases.
27.1216 Grandfathered E and F group EBS licenses.
27.1217 Competitive bidding procedures for the Broadband Radio Service.
27.1218 Designated entities.

                           Technical Standards

27.1220 Transmission standards.
27.1221 Interference protection.
27.1222 Operations in the 2568-2572 and 2614-2618 bands.

Policies Governing the Transition of the 2500-2690 MHz Band for BRS and 
                                   EBS

27.1230 Conversion of the 2500-2690 MHz band.
27.1231 Initiating the transition.
27.1232 Planning the transition.
27.1233 Reimbursement costs of transitioning.
27.1234 Terminating existing operations in transitioned markets.
27.1235 Post-transition notification.
27.1236 Self-transitions.
27.1237 Pro rata allocation of transition costs.

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27.1238 Eligible costs.
27.1239 Reimbursement obligation.

           Relocation Procedures for the 2150-2160/62 MHz Band

27.1250 Transition of the 2150-2160/62 MHz band from the Broadband Radio 
          Service to the Advanced Wireless Service.
27.1251 Mandatory negotiations.
27.1252 Involuntary relocation procedures.
27.1253 Sunset provisions.
27.1254 Eligibility.
27.1255 Relocation criteria for Broadband Radio Service licensees in the 
          2150-2160/62 MHz band.

                         Subpart N_600 MHz Band

                     Competitive Bidding Provisions

27.1300 600 MHz band subject to competitive bidding.
27.1301 Designated entities in the 600 MHz band.

                      Protection of Other Services

27.1310 Protection of Broadcast Television Service in the 600 MHz band 
          from wireless operations.

                 Coordination/Notification Requirements

27.1320 Notification to white space database administrators.
27.1321 Requirements for operation of base and fixed stations in the 600 
          MHz downlink band in close proximity to Radio Astronomy 
          Observatories.

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302a, 303, 307, 309, 332, 336, 337, 
1403, 1404, 1451, and 1452, unless otherwise noted.

    Source: 62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997, unless otherwise noted.



                      Subpart A_General Information



Sec.  27.1  Basis and purpose.

    This section contains the statutory basis for this part of the rules 
and provides the purpose for which this part is issued.
    (a) Basis. The rules for miscellaneous wireless communications 
services (WCS) in this part are promulgated under the provisions of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, that vest authority in the 
Federal Communications Commission to regulate radio transmission and to 
issue licenses for radio stations.
    (b) Purpose. This part states the conditions under which spectrum is 
made available and licensed for the provision of wireless communications 
services in the following bands.
    (1) 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz.
    (2) 746-758 MHz, 775-788 MHz, and 805-806 MHz.
    (3) 698-746 MHz.
    (4) 1390-1392 MHz.
    (5) 1392-1395 MHz and 1432-1435 MHz.
    (6) 1670-1675 MHz.
    (7) 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz.
    (8) 1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz.
    (9) 2495-2690 MHz.
    (10) 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz.
    (11) 1695-1710 MHz.
    (12) 1755-1780 MHz.
    (13) 2155-2180 MHz.
    (14) 617-652 MHz and 663-698 MHz.
    (c) Scope. The rules in this part apply only to stations authorized 
under this part.

[62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997, as amended at 65 FR 3144, Jan. 20, 2000; 65 
FR 17601, Apr. 4, 2000; 67 FR 5510, Feb. 6, 2002; 67 FR 41854, June 20, 
2002; 69 FR 5714, Feb. 6, 2004; 69 FR 72031, Dec. 10, 2004; 69 FR 77949, 
Dec. 29, 2004; 72 FR 48843, Aug. 24, 2007; 77 FR 62462, Oct. 15, 2012; 
78 FR 8267, Feb. 5, 2013; 78 FR 50254, Aug. 16, 2013; 79 FR 32410, June 
4, 2014; 79 FR 48536, Aug. 15, 2014; 82 FR 47160, Oct. 11, 2017]



Sec.  27.2  Permissible communications.

    (a) Miscellaneous wireless communications services. Except as 
provided in paragraph (b) or (d) of this section and subject to 
technical and other rules contained in this part, a licensee in the 
frequency bands specified in Sec.  27.5 may provide any services for 
which its frequency bands are allocated, as set forth in the non-Federal 
Government column of the Table of Allocations in Sec.  2.106 of this 
chapter (column 5).
    (b) 775-776 MHz and 805-806 MHz bands. Operators in the 775-776 MHz 
and 805-806 MHz bands may not employ a cellular system architecture. A 
cellular system architecture is defined, for purposes of this part, as 
one that consists of many small areas or cells (segmented from a larger 
geographic service area), each of which uses its own base station, to 
enable frequencies to be reused at relatively short distances.
    (c) Satellite DARS. Satellite digital audio radio service (DARS) may 
be provided using the 2310-2320 and 2345-2360 MHz bands. Satellite DARS 
service shall be provided in a manner consistent with part 25 of this 
chapter.

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    (d) 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands. Operators in the 2000-
2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands may not provide the mobile-satellite 
service under the provisions of this part; rather, mobile-satellite 
service shall be provided in a manner consistent with part 25 of this 
chapter.
    (e) 716-722 MHz and 722-728 MHz bands. The 716-722 and 722-728 MHz 
frequencies may not be used for uplink transmission and must be used 
only for downlink transmissions.

[65 FR 3144, Jan. 20, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 17601, Apr. 4, 2000; 72 
FR 48843, Aug. 24, 2007; 78 FR 8267, Feb. 5, 2013; 78 FR 66316, Nov. 5, 
2013]



Sec.  27.3  Other applicable rule parts.

    Other FCC rule parts applicable to the Wireless Communications 
Service include the following:
    (a) Part 0. This part describes the Commission's organization and 
delegations of authority. Part 0 of this chapter also lists available 
Commission publications, standards and procedures for access to 
Commission records, and location of Commission Field Offices.
    (b) Part 1. This part includes rules of practice and procedure for 
license applications, adjudicatory proceedings, procedures for 
reconsideration and review of the Commission's actions; provisions 
concerning violation notices and forfeiture proceedings; competitive 
bidding procedures; and the environmental requirements that, together 
with the procedures specified in Sec.  17.4(c) of this chapter, if 
applicable, must be complied with prior to the initiation of 
construction. Subpart F includes the rules for the Wireless 
Telecommunications Services and the procedures for filing electronically 
via the ULS.
    (c) Part 2. This part contains the Table of Frequency Allocations 
and special requirements in international regulations, recommendations, 
agreements, and treaties. This part also contains standards and 
procedures concerning the marketing and importation of radio frequency 
devices, and for obtaining equipment authorization.
    (d) Part 5. This part contains rules prescribing the manner in which 
parts of the radio frequency spectrum may be made available for 
experimentation.
    (e) Part 15. This part sets forth the requirements and conditions 
applicable to certain radio frequency devices.
    (f) Part 17. This part contains requirements for the construction, 
marking and lighting of antenna towers, and the environmental 
notification process that must be completed before filing certain 
antenna structure registration applications.
    (g) Part 20. This part sets forth the requirements and conditions 
applicable to commercial mobile radio service providers.
    (h) Part 22. This part sets forth the requirements and conditions 
applicable to public mobile services.
    (i) Part 24. This part sets forth the requirements and conditions 
applicable to personal communications services.
    (j) Part 25. This part contains the requirements for satellite 
communications, including satellite DARS.
    (k) Part 51. This part contains general duties of telecommunications 
carriers to provide for interconnection with other telecommunications 
carriers.
    (l) Part 64. This part sets forth the requirements and conditions 
applicable to telecommunications carriers under the Communications 
Assistance for Law Enforcement Act.
    (m) Part 68. This part contains technical standards for connection 
of terminal equipment to the telephone network.
    (n) Part 73. This part sets forth the requirements and conditions 
applicable to radio broadcast services.
    (o) Part 74. This part sets forth the requirements and conditions 
applicable to experimental radio, auxiliary, special broadcast and other 
program distributional services.
    (p) Part 90. This part sets forth the requirements and conditions 
applicable to private land mobile radio services.
    (q) Part 101. This part sets forth the requirements and conditions 
applicable to fixed microwave services.

[62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 68954, Dec. 14, 1998; 65 
FR 3144, Jan. 20, 2000; 67 FR 5510, Feb. 6, 2002; 69 FR 5714, Feb. 6, 
2004; 69 FR 72031, Dec. 10, 2004; 70 FR 61059, Oct. 20, 2005; 77 FR 
3955, Jan. 26, 2012]

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Sec.  27.4  Terms and definitions.

    600 MHz service. A radiocommunication service licensed pursuant to 
this part for the frequency bands specified in Sec.  27.5(l).
    Advanced Wireless Service (AWS). A radiocommunication service 
licensed pursuant to this part for the frequency bands specified in 
Sec.  27.5(h), 27.5(j), or 27.5(k).
    Affiliate. This term shall have the same meaning as that for 
``affiliate'' in part 1, Sec.  1.2110(b)(5) of this chapter.
    Assigned frequency. The center of the frequency band assigned to a 
station.
    Attended operation. Operation of a station by a designated person on 
duty at the place where the transmitting apparatus is located with the 
transmitter in the person's plain view.
    Authorized bandwidth. The maximum width of the band of frequencies 
permitted to be used by a station. This is normally considered to be the 
necessary or occupied bandwidth, whichever is greater.
    Average terrain. The average elevation of terrain between 3 and 16 
kilometers from the antenna site.
    Base station. A land station in the land mobile service.
    Booster service area. A geographic area to be designated by an 
applicant for a booster station, within which the booster station shall 
be entitled to protection against interference as set forth in this 
part. The booster service area must be specified by the applicant so as 
not to overlap the booster service area of any other booster authorized 
to or proposed by the applicant. However, a booster station may provide 
service to receive sites outside of its booster service area, at the 
licensee's risk of interference. The booster station must be capable of 
providing substantial service within the designated booster service 
area.
    Broadband Radio Service (BRS). A radio service using certain 
frequencies in the 2150-2162 and 2496-2690 MHz bands which can be used 
to provide fixed and mobile services, except for aeronautical services.
    Broadcast services. This term shall have the same meaning as that 
for ``broadcasting'' in section 3(6) of the Communications Act of 1934, 
i.e., ``the dissemination of radio communications intended to be 
received by the public, directly or by the intermediary of relay 
stations.'' 47 U.S.C. 153(6).
    Commence operations. A 600 MHz Band licensee is deemed to commence 
operations when it begins pre-launch site activation and commissioning 
tests using permanent base station equipment, antennas and/or tower 
locations as part of its site and system optimization in the area of its 
planned commercial service infrastructure deployment.
    Commercial EBS licensee. A licensee authorized to operate on EBS 
channels pursuant to the provisions of Sec.  27.1201(c) contained in the 
edition of 47 CFR parts 20 to 39, revised as of October 1, 2005, or 
Sec. Sec.  74.990 through 74.992 contained in the edition of 47 CFR 
parts 70 to 79, revised as of October 1, 2004, of this chapter, and that 
does not meet the eligibility requirements of Sec.  27.1201(a).
    Documented complaint. A complaint that a party is suffering from 
non-consensual interference. A documented complaint must contain a 
certification that the complainant has contacted the operator of the 
allegedly offending facility and tried to resolve the situation prior to 
filing. The complaint must then specify the nature of the interference, 
whether the interference is constant or intermittent, when the 
interference began and the site(s) most likely to be causing the 
interference. The complaint should be accompanied by a videotape or 
other evidence showing the effects of the interference. The complaint 
must contain a motion for a temporary order to have the interfering 
station cease transmitting. The complaint must be filed with the 
Secretary's office and served on the allegedly offending party.
    Educational Broadband Service (EBS). A fixed or mobile service, the 
licensees of which are educational institutions or non-profit 
educational organizations, and intended primarily for video, data, or 
voice transmissions of instructional, cultural, and other types of 
educational material to one or more receiving locations.
    Effective Radiated Power (ERP) (in a given direction). The product 
of the power supplied to the antenna and its gain relative to a half-
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    Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power (EIRP). The product of the 
power supplied to the antenna and the antenna gain in a given direction 
relative to an isotropic antenna.
    Fixed service. A radio communication service between specified fixed 
points.
    Fixed station. A station in the fixed service.
    Land mobile service. A mobile service between base stations and land 
mobile stations, or between land mobile stations.
    Land mobile station. A mobile station in the land mobile service 
capable of surface movement within the geographic limits of a country or 
continent.
    Land station. A station in the mobile service not intended to be 
used while in motion.
    Lower Band Segment (LBS). Segment of the BRS/EBS band consisting of 
channels in the frequencies 2496-2572 MHz.
    Middle Band Segment (MBS). Segment of the BRS/EBS band consisting of 
channels in the frequencies 2572-2614 MHz.
    Mobile service. A radio communication service between mobile and 
land stations, or between mobile stations.
    Mobile station. A station in the mobile service intended to be used 
while in motion or during halts at unspecified points.
    National Geodetic Reference System (NGRS). The name given to all 
geodetic control data contained in the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) 
data base. (Source: National Geodetic Survey, U.S. Department of 
Commerce)
    Point-to-point Broadband station. A Broadband station that transmits 
a highly directional signal from a fixed transmitter location to a fixed 
receive location.
    Portable device. Transmitters designed to be used within 20 
centimeters of the body of the user.
    Post-auction transition period. The 39-month period commencing upon 
the public release of the Channel Reassignment Public Notice as defined 
in Sec.  73.3700(a) of this chapter.
    Public Safety Broadband Licensee. The licensee of the Public Safety 
Broadband License in the 763-768 MHz and 793-798 MHz bands.
    Radiodetermination. The determination of the position, velocity and/
or other characteristics of an object, or the obtaining of information 
relating to these parameters, by means of the propagation properties of 
radio waves.
    Radiolocation. Radiodetermination used for purposes other than those 
of radionavigation.
    Radiolocation land station. A station in the radiolocation service 
not intended to be used while in motion.
    Radiolocation mobile station. A station intended to be used while in 
motion or during halts at unspecified points.
    Radionavigation. Radiodetermination used for the purpose of 
navigation, including obstruction warning.
    Remote control. Operation of a station by a designated person at a 
control position from which the transmitter is not visible but where 
suitable control and telemetering circuits are provided which allow the 
performance of the essential functions that could be performed at the 
transmitter.
    Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (satellite DARS). A 
radiocommunication service in which compact disc quality programming is 
digitally transmitted by one or more space stations.
    Sectorization. The use of an antenna system at any broadband 
station, booster station and/or response station hub that is capable of 
simultaneously transmitting multiple signals over the same frequencies 
to different portions of the service area and/or simultaneously 
receiving multiple signals over the same frequencies from different 
portions of the service area.
    Spectrum Act. The term Spectrum Act means Title VI of the Middle 
Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-96).
    Studio to transmitter link (STL). A directional path used to 
transmit a signal from a station's studio to its transmitter.
    Temporary fixed broadband station. A broadband station used for the 
transmission of material from temporary unspecified points to a 
broadband station.
    Time division multiple access (TDMA). A multiple access technique 
whereby users share a transmission medium by being assigned and using 
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time) for a limited number of time division mulitplexed channels; 
implies that several transmitters use one channel for sending several 
bit streams.
    Time division multiplexing (TDM). A multiplexing technique whereby 
two or more channels are derived from a transmission medium by dividing 
access to the medium into sequential intervals. Each channel has access 
to the entire bandwidth of the medium during its interval. This implies 
that one transmitter uses one channel to send several bit streams of 
information.
    Unattended operation. Operation of a station by automatic means 
whereby the transmitter is turned on and off and performs its functions 
without attention by a designated person.
    Universal Licensing System. The Universal Licensing System (ULS) is 
the consolidated database, application filing system, and processing 
system for all Wireless Radio Services. ULS supports electronic filing 
of all applications and related documents by applicants and licensees in 
the Wireless Radio Services, and provides public access to licensing 
information.
    Upper 700 MHz D Block license. The Upper 700 MHz D Block license is 
the nationwide license associated with the 758-763 MHz and 788-793 MHz 
bands.
    Upper Band Segment (UBS). Segment of the BRS/EBS band consisting of 
channels in the frequencies 2614-2690 MHz
    Wireless communications service. A radiocommunication service 
licensed pursuant to this part for the frequency bands specified in 
Sec.  27.5.

[62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  27.4, 
see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids 
section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.



Sec.  27.5  Frequencies.

    (a) 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands. The following frequencies 
are available for WCS in the 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands:
    (1) Two paired channel blocks are available for assignment on a 
Major Economic Area basis as follows:

Block A: 2305-2310 and 2350-2355 MHz; and
Block B: 2310-2315 and 2355-2360 MHz.

    (2) Two unpaired channel blocks are available for assignment on a 
Regional Economic Area Grouping basis as follows:

Block C: 2315-2320 MHz; and
Block D: 2345-2350 MHz.

    (b) 746-758 MHz, 775-788 MHz, and 805-806 MHz bands. The following 
frequencies are available for licensing pursuant to this part in the 
746-758 MHz, 775-788 MHz, and 805-806 MHz bands:
    (1) Two paired channels of 1 megahertz each are available for 
assignment in Block A in the 757-758 MHz and 787-788 MHz bands.
    (2) Two paired channels of 1 megahertz each are available for 
assignment in Block B in the 775-776 MHz and 805-806 MHz bands.
    (3) Two paired channels of 11 megahertz each are available for 
assignment in Block C in the 746-757 MHz and 776-787 MHz bands. In the 
event that no licenses for two channels in this Block C are assigned 
based on the results of the first auction in which such licenses were 
offered because the auction results do not satisfy the applicable 
reserve price, the spectrum in the 746-757 MHz and 776-787 MHz bands 
will instead be made available for assignment at a subsequent auction as 
follows:
    (i) Two paired channels of 6 megahertz each available for assignment 
in Block C1 in the 746-752 MHz and 776-782 MHz bands.
    (ii) Two paired channels of 5 megahertz each available for 
assignment in Block C2 in the 752-757 MHz and 782-787 MHz bands.
    (c) 698-746 MHz band. The following frequencies are available for 
licensing pursuant to this part in the 698-746 MHz band:
    (1) Three paired channel blocks of 12 megahertz each are available 
for assignment as follows:

Block A: 698-704 MHz and 728-734 MHz;
Block B: 704-710 MHz and 734-740 MHz; and
Block C: 710-716 MHz and 740-746 MHz.

    (2) Two unpaired channel blocks of 6 megahertz each are available 
for assignment as follows:

Block D: 716-722 MHz; and
Block E: 722-728 MHz.


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    (d) 1390-1392 MHz band. The 1390-1392 MHz band is available for 
assignment on a Major Economic Area basis.
    (e) The paired 1392-1395 and 1432-1435 MHz bands. The paired 1392-
1395 MHz and 1432-1435 MHz bands are available for assignment on an 
Economic Area Grouping basis as follows: Block A: 1392-1393.5 MHz and 
1432-1433.5 MHz; and Block B: 1393.5-1395 MHz and 1433.5-1435 MHz.
    (f) 1670-1675 MHz band. The 1670-1675 MHz band is available for 
assignment on a nationwide basis.
    (g) [Reserved]
    (h) 1710-1755 MHz, 2110-2155 MHz, 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 
2155-2180 MHz bands. The following frequencies are available for 
licensing pursuant to this part in the 1710-1755 MHz, 2110-2155 MHz, 
1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 2155-2180 MHz bands:
    (1) Four paired channel blocks of 10 megahertz each are available 
for assignment as follows:
Block A: 1710-1720 MHz and 2110-2120 MHz;
Block B: 1720-1730 MHz and 2120-2130 MHz;
Block F: 1745-1755 MHz and 2145-2155 MHz; and
Block J: 1770-1780 MHz and 2170-2180 MHz.
    (2) Six paired channel blocks of 5 megahertz each are available for 
assignment as follows:
Block C: 1730-1735 MHz and 2130-2135 MHz;
Block D: 1735-1740 MHz and 2135-2140 MHz;
Block E: 1740-1745 MHz and 2140-2145 MHz;
Block G: 1755-1760 MHz and 2155-2160 MHz;
Block H: 1760-1765 MHz and 2160-2165 MHz; and
Block I: 1765-1770 MHz and 2165-2170 MHz.
    (3) One unpaired block of 5 megahertz and one unpaired block of 10 
megahertz each are available for assignment as follows:
Block A1: 1695-1700 MHz
Block B1: 1700-1710 MHz.

    Note to paragraph (h): Licenses to operate in the 1695-1710 MHz and 
1755-1780 MHz bands are subject to the condition that the licensee must 
not cause harmful interference to an incumbent Federal entity relocating 
from these bands under an approved Transition Plan. This condition 
remains in effect until NTIA terminates the applicable authorization of 
the incumbent Federal entity.

    (i) Frequency assignments for the BRS/EBS band. (1) Pre-transition 
frequency assignments.

BRS Channel 1: 2150-2156 MHz or 2496-2500 MHz
BRS Channel 2: 2156-2162 MHz or 2686-2690 MHz
BRS Channel 2A: 2156-2160 MHz
EBS Channel A1: 2500-2506 MHz
EBS Channel B1: 2506-2512 MHz
EBS Channel A2: 2512-2518 MHz
EBS Channel B2: 2518-2524 MHz
EBS Channel A3: 2524-2530 MHz
EBS Channel B3: 2530-2536 MHz
EBS Channel A4: 2536-2542 MHz
EBS Channel B4: 2542-2548 MHz
EBS Channel C1: 2548-2554 MHz
EBS Channel D1: 2554-2560 MHz
EBS Channel C2: 2560-2566 MHz
EBS Channel D2: 2566-2572 MHz
EBS Channel C3: 2572-2578 MHz
EBS Channel D3: 2578-2584 MHz
EBS Channel C4: 2584-2590 MHz
EBS Channel D4: 2590-2596 MHz
BRS Channel E1: 2596-2602 MHz
BRS Channel F1: 2602-2608 MHz
BRS Channel E2: 2608-2614 MHz
BRS Channel F2: 2614-2620 MHz
BRS Channel E3: 2620-2626 MHz
BRS Channel F3: 2626-2632 MHz
BRS Channel E4: 2632-2638 MHz
BRS Channel F4: 2638-2644 MHz
EBS Channel G1: 2644-2650 MHz
BRS Channel H1: 2650-2656 MHz
EBS Channel G2: 2656-2662 MHz
BRS Channel H2: 2662-2668 MHz
EBS Channel G3: 2668-2674 MHz
BRS Channel H3: 2674-2680 MHz
EBS Channel G4: 2680-2686 MHz
I Channels: 2686-2690 MHz

    (2) Post transition frequency assignments. The frequencies available 
in the Broadband Radio Service (BRS) and Educational Broadband Service 
(EBS) are listed in this section in accordance with the frequency 
allocations table of Sec.  2.106 of this chapter.
    (i) Lower Band Segment (LBS): The following channels shall 
constitute the Lower Band Segment:

BRS Channel 1: 2496-2502 MHz or 2150-2156 MHz
EBS Channel A1: 2502-2507.5 MHz
EBS Channel A2: 2507.5-2513 MHz
EBS Channel A3: 2513-2518.5 MHz
EBS Channel B1: 2518.5-2524 MHz
EBS Channel B2: 2524-2529.5 MHz
EBS Channel B3: 2529.5-2535 MHz
EBS Channel C1: 2535-2540.5 MHz
EBS Channel C2: 2540.5-2546 MHz
EBS Channel C3: 2546-2551.5 MHz
EBS Channel D1: 2551.5-2557 MHz
EBS Channel D2: 2557-2562.5 MHz
EBS Channel D3: 2562.5-2568 MHz
EBS Channel JA1: 2568.00000-2568.33333 MHz
EBS Channel JA2: 2568.33333-2568.66666 MHz
EBS Channel JA3: 2568.66666-2569.00000 MHz
EBS Channel JB1: 2569.00000-2569.33333 MHz
EBS Channel JB2: 2569.33333-2569.66666 MHz

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EBS Channel JB3: 2569.66666-2570.00000 MHz
EBS Channel JC1: 2570.00000-2570.33333 MHz
EBS Channel JC2: 2570.33333-2570.66666 MHz
EBS Channel JC3: 2570.66666-2571.00000 MHz
EBS Channel JD1: 2571.00000-2571.33333 MHz
EBS Channel JD2: 2571.33333-2571.66666 MHz
EBS Channel JD3: 2571.66666-2572.00000 MHz

    (ii) Middle Band Segment (MBS): The following channels shall 
constitute the Middle Band Segment:

EBS Channel A4: 2572-2578 MHz
EBS Channel B4: 2578-2584 MHz
EBS Channel C4: 2584-2590 MHz
EBS Channel D4: 2590-2596 MHz
EBS Channel G4: 2596-2602 MHz
BRS/EBS Channel F4: 2602-2608 MHz
BRS/EBS Channel E4: 2608-2614 MHz

    (iii) Upper Band Segment (UBS): The following channels shall 
constitute the Upper Band Segment:

BRS Channel KH1: 2614.00000-2614.33333 MHz.
BRS Channel KH2: 2614.33333-2614.66666 MHz.
BRS Channel KH3: 2614.66666-2615.00000 MHz.
EBS Channel KG1: 2615.00000-2615.33333 MHz.
EBS Channel KG2: 2615.33333-2615.66666 MHz.
EBS Channel KG3: 2615.66666-2616.00000 MHz.
BRS Channel KF1: 2616.00000-2616.33333 MHz.
BRS Channel KF2: 2616.33333-2616.66666 MHz.
BRS Channel KF3: 2616.66666-2617.00000 MHz.
BRS Channel KE1: 2617.00000-2617.33333 MHz.
BRS Channel KE2: 2617.33333-2617.66666 MHz.
BRS Channel KE3: 2617.66666-2618.00000 MHz.
BRS Channel 2: 2618-2624 MHz or 2156-2162 MHz.
BRS Channel 2A: 2618-2624 MHz or 2156-2160 MHz.
BRS/EBS Channel E1: 2624-2629.5 MHz.
BRS/EBS Channel E2: 2629.5-2635 MHz.
BRS/EBS Channel E3: 2635-2640.5 MHz.
BRS/EBS Channel F1: 2640.5-2646 MHz.
BRS/EBS Channel F2: 2646-2651.5 MHz.
BRS/EBS Channel F3: 2651.5-2657 MHz.
BRS Channel H1: 2657-2662.5 MHz.
BRS Channel H2: 2662.5-2668 MHz.
BRS Channel H3: 2668-2673.5 MHz.
EBS Channel G1: 2673.5-2679 MHz.
EBS Channel G2: 2679-2684.5 MHz.
EBS Channel G3: 2684.5-2690 MHz.

    Note to paragraph (i)(2): No 125 kHz channels are provided for 
channels in operation in this service. The 125 kHz channels previously 
associated with these channels have been reallocated to Channel G3 in 
the upper band segment.

    (3) During the transition (see Sec. Sec.  27.1230-27.1239) EBS and 
BRS licensees may exchange channels to effectuate the transition of the 
2.5 GHz band in a given BTA.
    (4) A temporary fixed broadband station may use any available 
broadband channel on a secondary basis, except that operation of 
temporary fixed broadband stations is not allowed within 56.3 km (35 
miles) of Canada.
    (5)(i) A point-to-point EBS station on the E and F-channel 
frequencies, may be involuntarily displaced by a BRS applicant or 
licensee, provided that suitable alternative spectrum is available and 
that the BRS entity bears the expenses of the migration. Suitability of 
spectrum will be determined on a case-by-base basis; at a minimum, the 
alternative spectrum must be licensable by broadband operators on a 
primary basis (although it need not be specifically allocated to the 
broadband service), and must provide a signal that is equivalent to the 
prior signal in picture quality and reliability, unless the broadband 
licensee will accept an inferior signal. Potential expansion of the BRS 
licensee may be considered in determining whether alternative available 
spectrum is suitable.
    (ii) If suitable alternative spectrum is located pursuant to 
paragraph (h)(6)(i) of this section, the initiating party must prepare 
and file the appropriate application for the new spectrum, and must 
simultaneously serve a copy of the application on the EBS licensee to be 
moved. The initiating party will be responsible for all costs connected 
with the migration, including purchasing, testing and installing new 
equipment, labor costs, reconfiguration of existing equipment, 
administrative costs, legal and engineering expenses necessary to 
prepare and file the migration application, and other reasonable 
documented costs. The initiating party must secure a bond or establish 
an escrow account to cover reasonable incremental increase in ongoing 
expenses that may fall upon the migrated licensee. The bond or escrow 
account should also account for the possibility that the initiating 
party subsequently becomes bankrupt. If it becomes necessary for the 
Commission to assess the sufficiency of a bond or escrow amount, it will 
take into account such factors as projected incremental increase in 
electricity or maintenance expenses, or relocation expenses, as relevant 
in each case.
    (iii) The EBS licensee to be moved will have a 60-day period in 
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broadband party should state its opposition to the migration with 
specificity, including engineering and other challenges, and a 
comparison of the present site and the proposed new site. If involuntary 
migration is granted, the new facilities must be operational before the 
initiating party will be permitted to begin its new or modified 
operations. The migration must not disrupt the broadband licensee's 
provision of service, and the broadband licensee has the right to 
inspect the construction or installation work.
    (j) 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands. The following frequencies 
are available for licensing pursuant to this part in the 2000-2020 MHz 
and 2180-2200 MHz (AWS-4) bands:
    (1) Two paired channel blocks of 10 megahertz each are available for 
assignment as follows: Block A: 2000-2010 MHz and 2180-2190 MHz; and 
Block B: 2010-2020 MHz and 2190-2200 MHz.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (k) 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands. The paired 1915-1920 MHz 
and 1995-2000 MHz bands are available for assignment on an Economic Area 
(EA) basis.
    (l) 600 MHz band. The 600 MHz band (617-652 MHz and 663-698 MHz) has 
seven pairs of 5 megahertz channel blocks available for assignment on a 
Partial Economic Area basis as follows:

    Block A: 617-622 MHz and 663-668 MHz;
    Block B: 622-627 MHz and 668-673 MHz;
    Block C: 627-632 MHz and 673-678 MHz;
    Block D: 632-637 MHz and 678-683 MHz;
    Block E: 637-642 MHz and 683-688 MHz;
    Block F: 642-647 MHz and 688-693 MHz; and
    Block G: 647-652 MHz and 693-698 MHz.

[62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  27.5, 
see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids 
section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.



Sec.  27.6  Service areas.

    (a) WCS service areas include Economic Areas (EAs), Major Economic 
Areas (MEAs), Regional Economic Area Groupings (REAGs), cellular markets 
comprising Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and Rural Service Areas 
(RSAs), and a nationwide area. MEAs and REAGs are defined in the Table 
immediately following paragraph (a)(1) of this section. Both MEAs and 
REAGs are based on the U.S. Department of Commerce's EAs. See 60 FR 
13114 (March 10, 1995). In addition, the Commission shall separately 
license Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the 
United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Gulf of Mexico, 
which have been assigned Commission-created EA numbers 173-176, 
respectively. The nationwide area is composed of the contiguous 48 
states, Alaska, Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, and the U.S. territories. 
Maps of the EAs, MEAs, MSAs, RSAs, and REAGs and the Federal Register 
Notice that established the 172 EAs are available for public inspection 
and copying at the Reference Information Center, Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.
    (1) The 52 MEAs are composed of one or more EAs and the 12 REAGs are 
composed of one or more MEAs, as defined in the table below:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
            REAGs                     MEAs                   EAs
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 (Northeast)...............  1 (Boston)..........  1-3.
                              2 (New York City)...  4-7, 10.
                              3 (Buffalo).........  8.
                              4 (Philadelphia)....  11-12.
2 (Southeast)...............  5 (Washington)......  13-14.
                              6 (Richmond)........  15-17, 20.
                              7 (Charlotte-         18-19, 21-26, 41-42,
                               Greensboro-           46.
                               Greenville-Raleigh).
                              8 (Atlanta).........  27-28, 37-40, 43.
                              9 (Jacksonville)....  29, 35.
                              10 (Tampa-St.         30, 33-34.
                               Petersburg-Orlando).
                              11 (Miami)..........  31-32.
3 (Great Lakes).............  12 (Pittsburgh).....  9, 52-53.
                              13 (Cincinnati-       48-50.
                               Dayton).
                              14 (Columbus).......  51.
                              15 (Cleveland)......  54-55.
                              16 (Detroit)........  56-58, 61-62.
                              17 (Milwaukee)......  59-60, 63, 104-105,
                                                     108.

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                              18 (Chicago)........  64-66, 68, 97, 101.
                              19 (Indianapolis)...  67.
                              20 (Minneapolis-St.   106-107, 109-114,
                               Paul).                116.
                              21 (Des Moines-Quad   100, 102-103, 117.
                               Cities).
4 (Mississippi Valley)......  22 (Knoxville)......  44-45.
                              23 (Louisville-       47, 69-70, 72.
                               Lexington-
                               Evansville).
                              24 (Birmingham).....  36, 74, 78-79.
                              25 (Nashville)......  71.
                              26 (Memphis-Jackson)  73, 75-77.
                              27 (New Orleans-      80-85.
                               Baton Rouge).
                              28 (Little Rock)....  90-92, 95.
                              29 (Kansas City)....  93, 99, 123.
                              30 (St. Louis)......  94, 96, 98.
5 (Central).................  31 (Houston)........  86-87, 131.
                              32 (Dallas-Fort       88-89, 127-130, 135,
                               Worth).               137-138.
                              33 (Denver).........  115, 140-143.
                              34 (Omaha)..........  118-121.
                              35 (Wichita)........  122.
                              36 (Tulsa)..........  124.
                              37 (Oklahoma City)..  125-126.
                              38 (San Antonio)....  132-134.
                              39 (El Paso-          136, 139, 155-157.
                               Albuquerque).
                              40 (Phoenix)........  154, 158-159.
6 (West)....................  41 (Spokane-          144-147, 168.
                               Billings).
                              42 (Salt Lake City).  148-150, 152.
                              43 (San Francisco-    151, 162-165.
                               Oakland-San Jose).
                              44 (Los Angeles-San   153, 160-161.
                               Diego).
                              45 (Portland).......  166-167.
                              46 (Seattle)........  169-170.
7 (Alaska)..................  47 (Alaska).........  171.
8 (Hawaii)..................  48 (Hawaii).........  172.
9 (Guam and the Northern      49 (Guam and the      173.
 Mariana Islands).             Northern Mariana
                               Islands).
10 (Puerto Rico and U.S.      50 (Puerto Rico and   174.
 Virgin Islands).              U.S. Virgin
                               Islands).
11 (American Samoa).........  51 (American Samoa).  175.
12 (Gulf of Mexico).........  52 (Gulf of Mexico).  176.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) The Gulf of Mexico EA extends from 12 nautical miles off the 
U.S. Gulf coast outward into the Gulf.
    (b) 746-758 MHz, 775-788 MHz, and 805-806 MHz bands. WCS service 
areas for the 746-758 MHz, 775-788 MHz, and 805-806 MHz bands are as 
follows.
    (1) Service areas for Block A in the 757-758 MHz and 787-788 MHz 
bands and Block B in the 775-776 MHz and 805-806 MHz bands are based on 
Major Economic Areas (MEAs), as defined in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) 
of this section.
    (2) Service areas for Block C in the 746-757 MHz and 776-787 MHz 
bands are based on Regional Economic Area Groupings (REAGs) as defined 
by paragraph (a) of this section. In the event that no licenses with 
respect to service areas for Block C in the 746-757 MHz and 776-787 MHz 
bands are assigned based on the results of the first auction in which 
such licenses are offered because the auction results do not satisfy the 
applicable reserve price, then service areas for the spectrum at 746-757 
MHz and 776-787 MHz will instead be available for assignment as follows:
    (i) Service areas for Block C1 in the 746-752 MHz and 776-782 MHz 
bands are based on Economic Areas (EAs) as defined in paragraph (a) of 
this section.
    (ii) Service areas for Block C2 in the 752-757 MHz and 782-787 MHz 
bands are based on Regional Economic Area Groupings (REAGs) as defined 
by paragraph (a) of this section.
    (c) 698-746 MHz band. WCS service areas for the 698-746 MHz band are 
as follows:
    (1) Service areas for Block A in the 698-704 MHz and 728-734 MHz 
bands and Block E in the 722-728 MHz band are based on Economic Areas 
(EAs) as defined in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (2) Service areas for Block B in the 704-710 MHz and 734-740 MHz 
bands and Block C in the 710-716 MHz and 740-746 MHz bands are based on 
cellular markets comprising Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and 
Rural Service Areas (RSAs) as defined by Public Notice Report No. CL-92-
40 ``Common

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Carrier Public Mobile Services Information, Cellular MSA/RSA Markets and 
Counties,'' dated January 24, 1992, DA 92-109, 7 FCC Rcd 742 (1992), 
with the following modifications:
    (i) The service areas of cellular markets that border the U.S. 
coastline of the Gulf of Mexico extend 12 nautical miles from the U.S. 
Gulf coastline.
    (ii) The service area of cellular market 306 that comprises the 
water area of the Gulf of Mexico extends from 12 nautical miles off the 
U.S. Gulf coast outward into the Gulf.
    (3) Service areas for Block D in the 716-722 MHz band are based on 
Economic Area Groupings (EAGs) as defined by the Federal Communications 
Commission. See 62 FR 15978 (April 3, 1997) extended with the Gulf of 
Mexico. See also paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section and 62 FR 
9636 (March 3, 1997), in which the Commission created an additional four 
economic area-like areas for a total of 176. Maps of the EAGs and the 
Federal Register notice that established the 172 Economic Areas (EAs) 
are available for public inspection and copying at the Reference Center, 
Room CY A-257, 445 12th St., SW., Washington, DC 20554. These maps and 
data are also available on the FCC Web site at http://www.fcc.gov/oet/
info/maps/areas/.
    (i) There are 6 EAGs, which are composed of multiple EAs as defined 
in the table below:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Economic area groupings            Name            Economic areas
------------------------------------------------------------------------
EAG001........................  Northeast........  1-11, 54.
EAG002........................  Mid-Atlantic.....  12-26, 41, 42, 44-53,
                                                    70.
EAG003........................  Southeast........  27-40, 43, 69, 71-86,
                                                    88-90, 95, 96, 174,
                                                    176 (part).
EAG004........................  Great Lakes......  55-68, 97, 100-109.
EAG005........................  Central/Mountain.  87, 91-94, 98, 99,
                                                    110-146, 148, 149,
                                                    152, 154-159, 176
                                                    (part).
EAG006........................  Pacific..........  147, 150, 151, 153,
                                                    160-173, 175.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Note 1 to paragraph (c)(3)(i): Economic Area Groupings are defined 
by the Federal Communications Commission; see 62 FR 15978 (April 3, 
1997) extended with the Gulf of Mexico.
    Note 2 to paragraph (c)(3)(i): Economic Areas are defined by the 
Regional Economic Analysis Division, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. 
Department of Commerce February 1995 and extended by the Federal 
Communications Commission, see 62 FR 9636 (March 3, 1997).

    (ii) For purposes of paragraph (c)(3)(i) of this section, EA 176 
(the Gulf of Mexico) will be divided between EAG003 (the Southeast EAG) 
and EAG005 (the Central/Mountain EAG) in accordance with the 
configuration of the Eastern/Central and Western Planning Area 
established by the Mineral Management Services Bureau of the Department 
of the Interior (MMS). That portion of EA 176 contained in the Eastern 
and Central Planning Areas as defined by MMS will be included in EAG003; 
that portion of EA 176 contained in the Western Planning Area as defined 
by MMS will be included in EAG005. Maps of these areas may be found on 
the MMS Web site: http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/offshore/offshore.html.
    (d) 1390-1392 MHz band. Service areas for the 1390-1392 MHz band is 
based on Major Economic Areas (MEAs), as defined in paragraphs (a)(1) 
and (a)(2) of this section.
    (e) The paired 1392-1395 and 1432-1435 MHz bands. Service areas for 
the paired 1392-1395 and 1432-1435 MHz bands are as follows. Service 
areas for Block A in the 1392-1393.5 MHz and 1432-1433.5 MHz bands and 
Block B in the 1393.5-1395 MHz and 1433.5-1435 MHz bands are based on 
Economic Area Groupings (EAGs) as defined in paragraph (c)(3) of this 
section.
    (f) 1670-1675 MHz band. Service areas for the 1670-1675 MHz band are 
available on a nationwide basis.
    (g) [Reserved]
    (h) 1710-1755 and 2110-2155 MHz bands. AWS service areas for the 
1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz bands are as follows:
    (1) Service areas for Block A (1710-1720 MHz and 2110-2120 MHz) are 
based on cellular markets comprising Metropolitan Statistical Areas 
(MSAs) and Rural Service Areas (RSAs) as defined by Public Notice Report 
No. CL-92-40

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``Common Carrier Public Mobile Services Information, Cellular MSA/RSA 
Markets and Counties,'' dated January 24, 1992, DA 92-109, 7 FCC Rcd 742 
(1992), with the following modifications:
    (i) The service areas of cellular markets that border the U.S. 
coastline of the Gulf of Mexico extend 12 nautical miles from the U.S. 
Gulf coastline.
    (ii) The service area of cellular market 306 that comprises the 
water area of the Gulf of Mexico extends from 12 nautical miles off the 
U.S. Gulf coast outward into the Gulf.
    (2) Service areas for Blocks B (1720-1730 MHz and 2120-2130 MHz) and 
C (1730-1735 MHz and 2130-2135 MHz) are based on Economic Areas (EAs) as 
defined in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (3) Service areas for blocks D (1735-1740 MHz and 2135-2140 MHz), E 
(1740-1745 MHz and 2140-2145 MHz) and F (1745-1755 MHz and 2145-2155 
MHz) are based on Regional Economic Area Groupings (REAGs) as defined by 
paragraph (a) of this section.
    (i) 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands. AWS service areas for the 
2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands are based on Economic Areas (EAs) 
as defined in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (j) 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands. AWS service areas for the 
1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands are based on Economic Areas (EAs) 
as defined in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (k) 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 2155-2180 MHz bands. AWS 
service areas for the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 2155-2180 MHz 
bands are as follows:
    (1) Service areas for Block G (1755-1760 MHz and 2155-2160 MHz) are 
based on cellular markets comprising Metropolitan Statistical Areas 
(MSAs) and Rural Service Areas (RSAs) as defined by Public Notice Report 
No. CL-92-40 ``Common Carrier Public Mobile Services Information, 
Cellular MSA/RSA Markets and Counties,'' dated January 24, 1992, DA 92-
109, 7 FCC Rcd 742 (1992), with the following modifications:
    (i) The service areas of cellular markets that border the U.S. 
coastline of the Gulf of Mexico extend 12 nautical miles from the U.S. 
Gulf coastline.
    (ii) The service area of cellular market 306 that comprises the 
water area of the Gulf of Mexico extends from 12 nautical miles off the 
U.S. Gulf coast outward into the Gulf.
    (2) Service areas for Blocks H (1760-1765 MHz and 2160-2165 MHz), I 
(1765-1770 MHz and 2165-2170 MHz), J (1770-1780 MHz and 2170-2180 MHz), 
A1 (1695-1700 MHz) and B1 (1700-1710 MHz) are based on Economic Areas 
(EAs) as defined in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (l) 600 MHz band. Service areas for the 600 MHz band are based on 
Partial Economic Areas (PEAs) as defined by Wireless Telecommunications 
Bureau Provides Details About Partial Economic Areas, Public Notice, 29 
FCC Rcd 6491, App. B (2014). The service areas of PEAs that border the 
U.S. coastline of the Gulf of Mexico extend 12 nautical miles from the 
U.S. Gulf coastline. The service area of the Gulf of Mexico PEA (PEA 
416) that comprises the water area of the Gulf of Mexico extends from 12 
nautical miles off the U.S. Gulf coast outward into the Gulf.

[62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  27.6, 
see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids 
section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.



Sec.  27.9  Operation of certificated signal boosters.

    Individuals and non-individuals may operate certificated Consumer 
Signal Boosters on frequencies regulated under this part provided that 
such operation complies with all applicable rules under this part and 
Sec.  20.21 of this chapter. Failure to comply with all applicable rules 
voids the authority to operate a signal booster.

[78 FR 21564, Apr. 11, 2013]



                   Subpart B_Applications and Licenses



Sec.  27.10  Regulatory status.

    The following rules apply concerning the regulatory status in the 
frequency bands specified in Sec.  27.5.
    (a) Single authorization. Authorization will be granted to provide 
any or a combination of the following services in a single license: 
common carrier, non-common carrier, private internal communications, and 
broadcast services. A licensee may render any kind of

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communications service consistent with the regulatory status in its 
license and with the Commission's rules applicable to that service. An 
applicant or licensee may submit a petition at any time requesting 
clarification of the regulatory status for which authorization is 
required to provide a specific communications service.
    (b) Designation of regulatory status in initial application. An 
applicant shall specify in its initial application if it is requesting 
authorization to provide common carrier, non-common carrier, private 
internal communications, or broadcast services, or a combination 
thereof.
    (c) Amendment of pending applications. The following rules apply to 
amendments of a pending application.
    (1) Any pending application may be amended to:
    (i) Change the carrier regulatory status requested, or
    (ii) Add to the pending request in order to obtain common carrier, 
non-common carrier, private internal communications, or broadcast 
services status, or a combination thereof, in a single license.
    (2) Amendments to change, or add to, the carrier regulatory status 
in a pending application are minor amendments filed under Sec.  1.927 of 
this chapter.
    (d) Modification of license. The following rules apply to amendments 
of a license.
    (1) A licensee may modify a license to:
    (i) Change the regulatory status authorized, or
    (ii) Add to the status authorized in order to obtain a combination 
of services of different regulatory status in a single license.
    (2) Applications to change, or add to, the carrier status in a 
license are modifications not requiring prior Commission authorization. 
The licensee must notify the Commission within 30 days of the change. If 
the change results in the discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of an 
existing service, the licensee is subject to the provisions of Sec.  
27.66.

[65 FR 3146, Jan. 20, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 17602, Apr. 4, 2000; 67 
FR 5510, Feb. 6, 2002; 67 FR 41854, June 20, 2002; 68 FR 66286, Nov. 25, 
2003; 72 FR 27709, May 16, 2007]



Sec.  27.11  Initial authorization.

    (a) An applicant must file a single application for an initial 
authorization for all markets won and frequency blocks desired. Initial 
authorizations shall be granted in accordance with Sec.  27.5. 
Applications for individual sites are not required and will not be 
accepted, except where required for environmental assessments, in 
accordance with Sec. Sec.  1.1301 through 1.1319 of this chapter.
    (b) 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands. Initial authorizations 
for the 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands shall be for 10 megahertz 
of spectrum in accordance with Sec.  27.5(a).
    (1) Authorizations for Blocks A and B will be based on Major 
Economic Areas (MEAs), as specified in Sec.  27.6(a)(1).
    (2) Authorizations for Blocks C and D will be based on Regional 
Economic Area Groupings (REAGs), as specified in Sec.  27.6(a)(2).
    (c) 746-758 MHz, 775-788 MHz, and 805-806 MHz bands. Initial 
authorizations for the 746-758 MHz, 775-788 MHz, and 805-806 MHz bands 
shall be for paired channels of 1, 5, 6, or 11 megahertz of spectrum in 
accordance with Sec.  27.5(b).
    (1) Authorizations for Block A, consisting of two paired channels of 
1 megahertz each, will be based on those geographic areas specified in 
Sec.  27.6(b)(1).
    (2) Authorizations for Block B, consisting of two paired channels of 
1 megahertz each, will be based on those geographic areas specified in 
Sec.  27.6(b)(1).
    (3) Authorizations for Block C, consisting of two paired channels of 
11 megahertz each, will be based on those geographic areas specified in 
Sec.  27.6(b)(2). In the event that no licenses granting authorizations 
for Block C, consisting of two paired channels of 11 megahertz each, are 
assigned based on the results of the first auction in which such 
licenses are offered because the auction results do not satisfy the 
applicable reserve price, then the authorizations for the spectrum in 
the 746-757 MHz and 776-787 MHz bands will instead be as follows:
    (i) Authorizations for Block C1, consisting of two paired channels 
of 6 megahertz each in the 746-752 MHz and 776-782 MHz bands, will be 
based on

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those geographic areas specified in Sec.  27.6(b)(2)(i).
    (ii) Authorizations for Block C2, consisting of two paired channels 
of 5 megahertz each in the 752-757 MHz and 782-787 MHz bands, will be 
based on those geographic areas specified in Sec.  27.6(b)(2)(ii).
    (d) 698-746 MHz band. Initial authorizations for the 698-746 MHz 
band shall be for 6 or 12 megahertz of spectrum in accordance with Sec.  
27.5(c).
    (1) Authorizations for Block A, consisting of two paired channels of 
6 megahertz each, will be based on those geographic areas specified in 
Sec.  27.6(c)(1).
    (2) Authorizations for Block B, consisting of two paired channels of 
6 megahertz each, will be based on those geographic areas specified in 
Sec.  27.6(c)(2).
    (3) Authorizations for Block C, consisting of two paired channels of 
6 megahertz each, will be based on those geographic areas specified in 
Sec.  27.6(c)(2).
    (4) Authorizations for Block D, consisting of an unpaired channel 
block of 6 megahertz, will be based on those geographic areas specified 
in Sec.  27.6(c)(3).
    (5) Authorizations for Block E, consisting of an unpaired channel 
block of 6 megahertz, will be based on those geographic areas specified 
in Sec.  27.6(c)(1).
    (e) 1390-1392 MHz band. Initial authorizations for the 1390-1392 MHz 
band shall be for 2 megahertz of spectrum in accordance with Sec.  
27.5(d). Authorizations will be based on Major Economic Areas (MEAs), as 
specified in Sec.  27.6(d).
    (f) The paired 1392-1395 MHz and 1432-1435 MHz bands. Initial 
authorizations for the paired 1392-1395 MHz and 1432-1435 MHz bands 
shall be for 3 megahertz of paired spectrum in accordance with Sec.  
27.5(e). Authorization for Blocks A and B will be based on Economic 
Areas Groupings (EAGs), as specified in Sec.  27.6(e).
    (g) 1670-1675 MHz band. Initial authorizations for the 1670-1675 MHz 
band shall be for 5 megahertz of spectrum in accordance with Sec.  
27.5(f). Authorizations will be on a nationwide basis.
    (h) [Reserved]
    (i) 1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz bands. Initial authorizations 
for the 1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz bands shall be for 5 or 10 
megahertz of spectrum in each band in accordance with Sec.  27.5(h) of 
this part.
    (1) Authorizations for Block A, consisting of two paired channels of 
10 megahertz each, will be based on those geographic areas specified in 
Sec.  27.6(h)(1).
    (2) Authorizations for Block B, consisting of two paired channels of 
10 megahertz each, will be based on those geographic areas specified in 
Sec.  27.6(h)(2).
    (3) Authorizations for Block C, consisting of two paired channels of 
5 megahertz each, will be based on those geographic areas specified in 
Sec.  27.6(h)(2).
    (4) Authorizations for Blocks D, consisting of two paired channels 
of 5 megahertz each, will be based on those geographic areas specified 
in Sec.  27.6(h)(3).
    (5) Authorizations for Blocks E, consisting of two paired channels 
of 5 megahertz each, will be based on those geographic areas specified 
in Sec.  27.6(h)(3).
    (6) Authorizations for Block F, consisting of two paired channels of 
10 megahertz each, will be based on those geographic areas specified in 
Sec.  27.6(h)(3).
    (j) 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz and 2155-2180 MHz bands. (1) 
Initial authorizations for the 1695-1710 MHz band shall be based on the 
frequency blocks specified in Sec.  27.5(h)(3) and the corresponding 
service area specified in Sec.  27.6(k)(2).
    (2) Initial authorizations for the 1755-1780 MHz and 2155-2180 MHz 
shall be based on the paired frequency blocks specified in Sec.  
27.5(h)(1) and (2) and the corresponding service areas specified in 
Sec.  27.6(k)(1) and (2).
    (k) 600 MHz band. Initial authorizations for the 600 MHz band will 
be based on Partial Economic Areas (PEAs), as specified in Sec.  
27.6(1), and, shall be paired channels that each consist of a 5 
megahertz channel block in the 600 MHz downlink band (617-652 MHz), 
paired with a 5 megahertz channel block in the 600 MHz uplink band

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(663-698 MHz), based on the frequency blocks specified in Sec.  27.5(l).

[62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 68954, Dec. 14, 1998; 65 
FR 3146, Jan. 20, 2000; 67 FR 5511, Feb. 6, 2002; 67 FR 41854, June 20, 
2002; 69 FR 5715, Feb. 6, 2004; 69 FR 39867, July 1, 2004; 69 FR 77950, 
Dec. 29, 2004; 70 FR 58065, Oct. 5, 2005; 72 FR 48845, Aug. 24, 2007; 79 
FR 597, Jan. 6, 2014; 79 FR 32410, June 4, 2014; 79 FR 48536, Aug. 15, 
2014; 82 FR 47160, Oct. 11, 2017]



Sec.  27.12  Eligibility.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) and in Sec. Sec.  27.604, 
27.1201, and 27.1202, any entity other than those precluded by section 
310 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 310, is 
eligible to hold a license under this part.
    (b) A person described in 47 U.S.C. 1404(c) is ineligible to hold a 
license that is required by 47 U.S.C. Chapter 13 (Middle Class Tax 
Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-96, 125 Stat. 156 
(2012)) to be assigned by a system of competitive bidding under Sec.  
309(j) of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 309(j).

[78 FR 50254, Aug. 16, 2013]



Sec.  27.13  License period.

    (a) 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands. Initial WCS 
authorizations for the 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands will have a 
term not to exceed ten years from the date of original issuance or 
renewal.
    (b) 698-763 MHz, 776-793, 775-776, and 805-806 MHz bands. Initial 
authorizations for the 698-758 MHz and 776-788 MHz bands will extend for 
a term not to exceed ten years from June 13, 2009, except that initial 
authorizations for a part 27 licensee that provides broadcast services, 
whether exclusively or in combination with other services, will not 
exceed eight years. Initial authorizations for the 775-776 MHz and 805-
806 MHz bands shall not exceed April 27, 2015. Licensees that initiate 
the provision of a broadcast service, whether exclusively or in 
combination with other services, may not provide this service for more 
than eight years or beyond the end of the license term if no broadcast 
service had been provided, whichever period is shorter in length.
    (c) 1390-1392 MHz band. Initial authorizations for the 1390-1392 MHz 
band will have a term not to exceed ten years from the date of initial 
issuance or renewal.
    (d) The paired 1392-1395 and 1432-1435 MHz bands. Initial WCS 
authorizations for the paired 1392-1395 MHz and 1432-1435 MHz bands will 
have a term not to exceed ten years from the date of initial issuance or 
renewal.
    (e) 1670-1675 MHz band. Initial authorizations for the 1670-1675 MHz 
band will have a term not to exceed ten years from the date of initial 
issuance or renewal.
    (f) [Reserved]
    (g) 1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz bands. Authorizations for the 
1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz bands will have a term not to exceed ten 
years from the date of initial issuance or renewal, except that 
authorizations issued on or before December 31, 2009, shall have a term 
of fifteen years.
    (h) BRS and EBS. BRS and EBS authorizations shall have a term not to 
exceed ten years from the date of original issuance or renewal. Unless 
otherwise specified by the Commission, incumbent BRS authorizations 
shall expire on May 1 in the year of expiration.
    (i) 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands. Authorizations for the 
2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands will have a term not to exceed ten 
years from the date of issuance or renewal.
    (j) 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands. Authorizations for 1915-
1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands will have a term not to exceed ten 
years from the date of issuance or renewal.
    (k) 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 2155-2180 MHz bands. 
Authorizations for the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 2155-2180 MHz 
bands will have a term not to exceed twelve (12) years from the date of 
issuance and ten (10) years from the date of any subsequent license 
renewal.
    (l) 600 MHz band. Authorizations for the 600 MHz band will have an 
initial term not to exceed twelve years from the date of issuance and 
ten years from the date of any subsequent license renewal.

[65 FR 3146, Jan. 20, 2000]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
27.13, see the List of CFR

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Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the 
printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.



Sec.  27.14  Construction requirements.

    (a) AWS and WCS licensees, with the exception of WCS licensees 
holding authorizations for the 600 MHz band, Block A in the 698-704 MHz 
and 728-734 MHz bands, Block B in the 704-710 MHz and 734-740 MHz bands, 
Block E in the 722-728 MHz band, Block C, C1 or C2 in the 746-757 MHz 
and 776-787 MHz bands, Block A in the 2305-2310 MHz and 2350-2355 MHz 
bands, Block B in the 2310-2315 MHz and 2355-2360 MHz bands, Block C in 
the 2315-2320 MHz band, and Block D in the 2345-2350 MHz band, and with 
the exception of licensees holding AWS authorizations in the 1915-1920 
MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands, the 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands, 
or 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz and 2155-2180 MHz bands, must, as a 
performance requirement, make a showing of ``substantial service'' in 
their license area within the prescribed license term set forth in Sec.  
27.13. ``Substantial service'' is defined as service which is sound, 
favorable and substantially above a level of mediocre service which just 
might minimally warrant renewal. Failure by any licensee to meet this 
requirement will result in forfeiture of the license and the licensee 
will be ineligible to regain it.
    (b)-(d) [Reserved]
    (e) Comparative renewal proceedings do not apply to WCS licensees 
holding authorizations for Block A in the 698-704 MHz and 728-734 MHz 
bands, Block B in the 704-710 MHz and 734-740 MHz bands, Block C in the 
710-716 MHz and 740-746 MHz bands, Block D in the 716-722 MHz band, 
Block E in the 722-728 MHz band, or Block C, C1 or C2 in the 746-757 MHz 
and 776-787 MHz bands. Each of these licensees must file a renewal 
application in accordance with the provisions set forth in Sec.  1.949, 
and must make a showing of substantial service, independent of its 
performance requirements, as a condition for renewal at the end of each 
license term.
    (f) [Reserved]
    (g) WCS licensees holding EA authorizations for Block A in the 698-
704 MHz and 728-734 MHz bands, cellular market authorizations for Block 
B in the 704-710 MHz and 734-740 MHz bands, or EA authorizations for 
Block E in the 722-728 MHz band, if the results of the first auction in 
which licenses for such authorizations are offered satisfy the reserve 
price for the applicable block, shall provide signal coverage and offer 
service over at least 35 percent of the geographic area of each of their 
license authorizations no later than June 13, 2013 (or within four years 
of initial license grant if the initial authorization in a market is 
granted after June 13, 2009), and shall provide such service over at 
least 70 percent of the geographic area of each of these authorizations 
by the end of the license term. In applying these geographic benchmarks, 
licensees are not required to include land owned or administered by 
government as a part of the relevant service area. Licensees may count 
covered government land for purposes of meeting their geographic 
construction benchmark, but are required to add the covered government 
land to the total geographic area used for measurement purposes. 
Licensees are required to include those populated lands held by tribal 
governments and those held by the Federal Government in trust or for the 
benefit of a recognized tribe.
    (1) If an EA or CMA licensee holding an authorization in these 
particular blocks fails to provide signal coverage and offer service 
over at least 35 percent of the geographic area of its license 
authorization by no later than June 13, 2013 (or within four years of 
initial license grant, if the initial authorization in a market is 
granted after June 13, 2009), the term of that license authorization 
will be reduced by two years and such licensee may be subject to 
enforcement action, including forfeitures. In addition, an EA or CMA 
licensee that provides signal coverage and offers service at a level 
that is below this interim benchmark may lose authority to operate in 
part of the remaining unserved areas of the license.
    (2) If any such EA or CMA licensee fails to provide signal coverage 
and offer service to at least 70 percent of the geographic area of its 
license authorization by the end of the license term, that licensee's 
authorization will

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terminate automatically without Commission action for those geographic 
portions of its license in which the licensee is not providing service, 
and those unserved areas will become available for reassignment by the 
Commission. Such licensee may also be subject to enforcement action, 
including forfeitures. In addition, an EA or CMA licensee that provides 
signal coverage and offers service at a level that is below this end-of-
term benchmark may be subject to license termination. In the event that 
a licensee's authority to operate in a license area terminates 
automatically without Commission action, such areas will become 
available for reassignment pursuant to the procedures in paragraph (j) 
of this section.
    (3) For licenses under paragraph (g) of this section, the geographic 
service area to be made available for reassignment must include a 
contiguous area of at least 130 square kilometers (50 square miles), and 
areas smaller than a contiguous area of at least 130 square kilometers 
(50 square miles) will not be deemed unserved.
    (h) WCS licensees holding REAG authorizations for Block C in the 
746-757 MHz and 776-787 MHz bands or REAG authorizations for Block C2 in 
the 752-757 MHz and 782-787 MHz bands shall provide signal coverage and 
offer service over at least 40 percent of the population in each EA 
comprising the REAG license area no later than June 13, 2013 (or within 
four years of initial license grant, if the initial authorization in a 
market is granted after June 13, 2009), and shall provide such service 
over at least 75 percent of the population of each of these EAs by the 
end of the license term. For purposes of compliance with this 
requirement, licensees should determine population based on the most 
recently available U.S. Census Data.
    (1) If a licensee holding a Block C authorization fails to provide 
signal coverage and offer service over at least 40 percent of the 
population in each EA comprising the REAG license area by no later than 
June 13, 2013 (or within four years of initial license grant if the 
initial authorization in a market is granted after June 13, 2009), the 
term of the license authorization will be reduced by two years and such 
licensee may be subject to enforcement action, including forfeitures. In 
addition, a licensee that provides signal coverage and offers service at 
a level that is below this interim benchmark may lose authority to 
operate in part of the remaining unserved areas of the license.
    (2) If a licensee holding a Block C authorization fails to provide 
signal coverage and offer service over at least 75 percent of the 
population in any EA comprising the REAG license area by the end of the 
license term, for each such EA that licensee's authorization will 
terminate automatically without Commission action for those geographic 
portions of its license in which the licensee is not providing service. 
Such licensee may also be subject to enforcement action, including 
forfeitures. In the event that a licensee's authority to operate in a 
license area terminates automatically without Commission action, such 
areas will become available for reassignment pursuant to the procedures 
in paragraph (j) of this section. In addition, a REAG licensee that 
provides signal coverage and offers service at a level that is below 
this end-of-term benchmark within any EA may be subject to license 
termination within that EA.
    (3) For licenses under paragraph (h), the geographic service area to 
be made available for reassignment must include a contiguous area of at 
least 130 square kilometers (50 square miles), and areas smaller than a 
contiguous area of at least 130 square kilometers (50 square miles) will 
not be deemed unserved.
    (i) WCS licensees holding EA authorizations for Block A in the 698-
704 MHz and 728-734 MHz bands, cellular market authorizations for Block 
B in the 704-710 MHz and 734-740 MHz bands, or EA authorizations for 
Block E in the 722-728 MHz band, if the results of the first auction in 
which licenses for such authorizations in Blocks A, B, and E are offered 
do not satisfy the reserve price for the applicable block, as well as EA 
authorizations for Block C1 in the 746-752 MHz and 776-782 MHz bands, 
are subject to the following:

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    (1) If a licensee holding a cellular market area or EA authorization 
subject to this paragraph (i) fails to provide signal coverage and offer 
service over at least 40 percent of the population in its license area 
by no later than June 13, 2013 (or within four years of initial license 
grant, if the initial authorization in a market is granted after June 
13, 2009), the term of that license authorization will be reduced by two 
years and such licensee may be subject to enforcement action, including 
forfeitures. In addition, such licensee that provides signal coverage 
and offers service at a level that is below this interim benchmark may 
lose authority to operate in part of the remaining unserved areas of the 
license. For purposes of compliance with this requirement, licensees 
should determine population based on the most recently available U.S. 
Census Data.
    (2) If a licensee holding a cellular market area or EA authorization 
subject to this paragraph (i) fails to provide signal coverage and offer 
service over at least 75 percent of the population in its license area 
by the end of the license term, that licensee's authorization will 
terminate automatically without Commission action for those geographic 
portions of its license in which the licensee is not providing service, 
and those unserved areas will become available for reassignment by the 
Commission. Such licensee may also be subject to enforcement action, 
including forfeitures. In the event that a licensee's authority to 
operate in a license area terminates automatically without Commission 
action, such areas will become available for reassignment pursuant to 
the procedures in paragraph (j) of this section. In addition, such a 
licensee that provides signal coverage and offers service at a level 
that is below this end-of-term benchmark may be subject to license 
termination. For purposes of compliance with this requirement, licensees 
should determine population based on the most recently available U.S. 
Census Data.
    (3) For licenses under paragraph (i), the geographic service area to 
be made available for reassignment must include a contiguous area of at 
least 130 square kilometers (50 square miles), and areas smaller than a 
contiguous area of at least 130 square kilometers (50 square miles) will 
not be deemed unserved.
    (j) In the event that a licensee's authority to operate in a license 
area terminates automatically under paragraphs (g), (h), or (i) of this 
section, such areas will become available for reassignment pursuant to 
the following procedures:
    (1) The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is delegated authority to 
announce by public notice that these license areas will be made 
available and establish a 30-day window during which third parties may 
file license applications to serve these areas. During this 30-day 
period, licensees that had their authority to operate terminate 
automatically for unserved areas may not file applications to provide 
service to these areas. Applications filed by third parties that propose 
areas overlapping with other applications will be deemed mutually 
exclusive, and will be resolved through an auction. The Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, by public notice, may specify a limited 
period before the filing of short-form applications (FCC Form 175) 
during which applicants may enter into a settlement to resolve their 
mutual exclusivity, subject to the provisions of Sec.  1.935 of this 
chapter.
    (2) Following this 30-day period, the original licensee and third 
parties can file license applications for remaining unserved areas where 
licenses have not been issued or for which there are no pending 
applications. If the original licensee or a third party files an 
application, that application will be placed on public notice for 30 
days. If no mutually exclusive application is filed, the application 
will be granted, provided that a grant is found to be in the public 
interest. If a mutually exclusive application is filed, it will be 
resolved through an auction. The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, by 
public notice, may specify a limited period before the filing of short-
form applications (FCC Form 175) during which applicants may enter into 
a settlement to resolve their mutual exclusivity, subject to the 
provisions of Sec.  1.935 of this chapter.

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    (3) The licensee will have one year from the date the new license is 
issued to complete its construction and provide signal coverage and 
offer service over 100 percent of the geographic area of the new license 
area. If the licensee fails to meet this construction requirement, its 
license will automatically terminate without Commission action and it 
will not be eligible to apply to provide service to this area at any 
future date.
    (k) Licensees holding WCS or AWS authorizations in the spectrum 
blocks enumerated in paragraphs (g), (h), (i), (q), (r), (s), and (t) of 
this section, including any licensee that obtained its license pursuant 
to the procedures set forth in paragraph (j) of this section, shall 
demonstrate compliance with performance requirements by filing a 
construction notification with the Commission, within 15 days of the 
expiration of the applicable benchmark, in accordance with the 
provisions set forth in Sec.  1.946(d) of this chapter. The licensee 
must certify whether it has met the applicable performance requirements. 
The licensee must file a description and certification of the areas for 
which it is providing service. The construction notifications must 
include electronic coverage maps, supporting technical documentation and 
any other information as the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau may 
prescribe by public notice.
    (l) WCS licensees holding authorizations in the spectrum blocks 
enumerated in paragraphs (g), (h), or (i) of this section, excluding any 
licensee that obtained its license pursuant to the procedures set forth 
in subsection (j) of this section, shall file reports with the 
Commission that provide the Commission, at a minimum, with information 
concerning the status of their efforts to meet the performance 
requirements applicable to their authorizations in such spectrum blocks 
and the manner in which that spectrum is being utilized. The information 
to be reported will include the date the license term commenced, a 
description of the steps the licensee has taken toward meeting its 
construction obligations in a timely manner, including the technology or 
technologies and service(s) being provided, and the areas within the 
license area in which those services are available. Each of these 
licensees shall file its first report with the Commission no later than 
June 13, 2011 and no sooner than 30 days prior to this date. Each 
licensee that meets its interim benchmarks shall file a second report 
with the Commission no later than June 13, 2016 and no sooner than 30 
days prior to this date. Each licensee that does not meet its interim 
benchmark shall file this second report no later than on June 13, 2015 
and no sooner than 30 days prior to this date.
    (m)-(n) [Reserved]
    (o) BRS and EBS licensees originally issued a BRS or EBS license 
prior to November 6, 2009 must make a showing of substantial service no 
later than May 1, 2011. With respect to initial BRS licenses issued on 
or after November 6, 2009, the licensee must make a showing of 
substantial service within four years from the date of issue of the 
license. Incumbent BRS licensees that are required to demonstrate 
substantial service by May 1, 2011 must file their substantial service 
showings with their renewal applications. ``Substantial service'' is 
defined as service which is sound, favorable, and substantially above a 
level of mediocre service which just might minimally warrant renewal. 
Substantial service for BRS and EBS licensees is satisfied if a licensee 
meets the requirements of paragraph (o)(1), (o)(2), or (o)(3) of this 
section. If a licensee has not met the requirements of paragraph (o)(1), 
(o)(2), or (o)(3) of this section, then demonstration of substantial 
service shall proceed on a case-by-case basis. Except as provided in 
paragraphs (o)(4) and (o)(5) of this section, all substantial service 
determinations will be made on a license-by-license basis. Failure by 
any licensee to demonstrate substantial service will result in 
forfeiture of the license and the licensee will be ineligible to regain 
it.
    (1) A BRS or EBS licensee has provided ``substantial service'' by:
    (i) Constructing six permanent links per one million people for 
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    (ii) Providing coverage of at least 30 percent of the population of 
the licensed area for licensees providing mobile services or fixed 
point-to-multipoint services;
    (iii) Providing service to ``rural areas'' (a county (or equivalent) 
with a population density of 100 persons per square mile or less, based 
upon the most recently available Census data) and areas with limited 
access to telecommunications services:
    (A) For mobile service, where coverage is provided to at least 75% 
of the geographic area of at least 30% of the rural areas within its 
service area; or
    (B) for fixed service, where the BRS or EBS licensee has constructed 
at least one end of a permanent link in at least 30% of the rural areas 
within its licensed area.
    (iv) Providing specialized or technologically sophisticated service 
that does not require a high level of coverage to benefit consumers; or
    (v) Providing service to niche markets or areas outside the areas 
served by other licensees.
    (2) An EBS licensee has provided ``substantial service'' when:
    (i) The EBS licensee is using its spectrum (or spectrum to which the 
EBS licensee's educational services are shifted) to provide educational 
services within the EBS licensee's GSA;
    (ii) the EBS licensee's license is actually being used to serve the 
educational mission of one or more accredited public or private schools, 
colleges or universities providing formal educational and cultural 
development to enrolled students; or
    (iii) the level of service provided by the EBS licensee meets or 
exceeds the minimum usage requirements specified in Sec.  27.1214.
    (3) An EBS or BRS licensee may be deemed to provide substantial 
service through a leasing arrangement if the lessee is providing 
substantial service under paragraph (o)(1) of this section. The EBS 
licensee must also be otherwise in compliance with this Chapter 
(including the programming requirements in Sec.  27.1203 of this 
subpart).
    (4) If the GSA of a licensee is less than 1924 square miles in size, 
and there is an overlapping co-channel station licensed or leased by the 
licensee or its affiliate, substantial service may be demonstrated by 
meeting the requirements of paragraph (o)(1) or (o)(2) of this section 
with respect to the combined GSAs of both stations.
    (5) If the GSA of a BTA authorization holder, is less than one-half 
of the area within the BTA for every BRS channel, substantial service 
may be demonstrated for the licenses in question by meeting the 
requirements of paragraph (o)(1) or (o)(2) of this section with respect 
to the combined GSAs of the BTA authorization holder, together with any 
incumbent authorizations licensed or leased by the licensee or its 
affiliates.
    (p) This section enumerates performance requirements for licensees 
holding authorizations for Block A in the 2305-2310 MHz and 2350-2355 
MHz bands, Block B in the 2310-2315 MHz and 2355-2360 MHz bands, Block C 
in the 2315-2320 MHz band, and Block D in the 2345-2350 MHz band.
    (1) For mobile and point-to-multipoint systems in Blocks A and B, 
and point-to-multipoint systems in Blocks C and D, a licensee must 
provide reliable signal coverage and offer service to at least 40 
percent of the license area's population by March 13, 2017, and to at 
least 75 percent of the license area's population by September 13, 2019. 
If, when filing the construction notification required under Sec.  
1.946(d) of this chapter, a WCS licensee demonstrates that 25 percent or 
more of the license area's population for Block A, B or D is within a 
coordination zone as defined by Sec.  27.73(a) of the rules, the 
foregoing population benchmarks are reduced to 25 and 50 percent, 
respectively. The percentage of a license area's population within a 
coordination zone equals the sum of the Census Block Centroid 
Populations within the area, divided by the license area's total 
population.
    (2) For point-to-point fixed systems, except those deployed in the 
Gulf of Mexico license area, a licensee must construct and operate a 
minimum of 15 point-to-point links per million persons (one link per 
67,000 persons) in a license area by March 13, 2017, and 30 point-to-
point links per million persons (one link per 33,500 persons) in a 
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The exact link requirement is calculated by dividing a license area's 
total population by 67,000 and 33,500 for the respective milestones, and 
then rounding upwards to the next whole number. For a link to be counted 
towards these benchmarks, both of its endpoints must be located in the 
license area. If only one endpoint of a link is located in a license 
area, it can be counted as a one- half link towards the benchmarks.
    (3) For point-to-point fixed systems deployed on any spectrum block 
in the Gulf of Mexico license area, a licensee must construct and 
operate a minimum of 15 point-to-point links by March 13, 2017, and a 
minimum of 15 point-to-point links by September 13, 2019.
    (4) Under paragraph (p)(2) and (p)(3) of this section, each fixed 
link must provide a minimum bit rate, in bits per second, equal to or 
greater than the bandwidth specified by the emission designator in Hertz 
(e.g., equipment transmitting at a 5 Mb/s rate must not require a 
bandwidth of greater than 5 MHz).
    (5) If an initial authorization for a license area is granted after 
March 13, 2013, then the applicable benchmarks in paragraphs (p)(1), (2) 
and (3) of this section must be met within 48 and 78 months, 
respectively, of the initial authorization grant date.
    (6) Licensees must use the most recently available U.S. Census Data 
at the time of measurement to meet these performance requirements.
    (7) Licensees must certify compliance with the applicable 
performance requirements by filing a construction notification with the 
Commission, within 15 days of the expiration of the relevant performance 
milestone, pursuant to Sec.  1.946(d) of this chapter. Each construction 
notification must include electronic coverage maps, supporting technical 
documentation, and any other information as the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau may prescribe by public notice. Electronic 
coverage maps must accurately depict the boundaries of each license area 
(Regional Economic Area Grouping, REAG, or Major Economic Area, MEA) in 
the licensee's service territory. Further, REAG maps must depict MEA 
boundaries and MEA maps must depict Economic Area boundaries. If a 
licensee does not provide reliable signal coverage to an entire license 
area, its map must accurately depict the boundaries of the area or areas 
within each license area not being served. Each licensee also must file 
supporting documentation certifying the type of service it is providing 
for each REAG or MEA within its service territory and the type of 
technology used to provide such service. Supporting documentation must 
include the assumptions used to create the coverage maps, including the 
propagation model and the signal strength necessary to provide reliable 
service with the licensee's technology.
    (8) If a licensee fails to meet any applicable performance 
requirement, its authorization will terminate automatically without 
further Commission action as of the applicable performance milestone and 
the licensee will be ineligible to regain it.
    (q) The following provisions apply to any licensee holding an AWS 
authorization in the 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands (an ``AWS-4 
licensee''):
    (1) An AWS-4 licensee shall provide terrestrial signal coverage and 
offer terrestrial service within four (4) years from the date of the 
license to at least forty (40) percent of the total population in the 
aggregate service areas that it has licensed in the 2000-2020 MHz and 
2180-2200 MHz bands (``AWS-4 Interim Buildout Requirement''). For 
purposes of this subpart, a licensee's total population shall be 
calculated by summing the population of each license area that a 
licensee holds in the 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands; and
    (2) An AWS-4 licensee shall provide terrestrial signal coverage and 
offer terrestrial service within seven (7) years from the date of the 
license to at least seventy (70) percent of the population in each of 
its license areas in the 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands (``AWS-4 
Final Buildout Requirement'').
    (3) If any AWS-4 licensee fails to establish that it meets the AWS-4 
Interim Buildout Requirement, the AWS-4 Final Buildout requirement shall 
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accelerated by one year from (seven to six years).
    (4) If any AWS-4 licensee fails to establish that it meets the AWS-4 
Final Buildout Requirement in any of its license areas in the 2000-2020 
MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands, its authorization for each license area in 
which it fails to meet the requirement shall terminate automatically 
without Commission action. To the extent that the AWS-4 licensee also 
holds the 2 GHz MSS rights for the affected license area, failure to 
meet the AWS-4 Final Buildout Requirement in an EA shall also result in 
the MSS protection rule in Sec.  27.1136 no longer applying in that 
license area.
    (5) To demonstrate compliance with these performance requirements, 
licensees shall use the most recently available U.S. Census Data at the 
time of measurement and shall base their measurements of population 
served on areas no larger than the Census Tract level. The population 
within a specific Census Tract (or other acceptable identifier) will 
only be deemed served by the licensee if it provides signal coverage to 
and offers service within the specific Census Tract (or other acceptable 
identifier). To the extent the Census Tract (or other acceptable 
identifier) extends beyond the boundaries of a license area, a licensee 
with authorizations for such areas may only include the population 
within the Census Tract (or other acceptable identifier) towards meeting 
the performance requirement of a single, individual license.
    (6) Failure by any AWS-4 licensee to meet the AWS-4 Final Buildout 
Requirement in paragraph (q)(4) of this section will result in 
forfeiture of the license and the licensee will be ineligible to regain 
it.
    (7) Renewal showing. An applicant for renewal of a geographic-area 
authorization in the 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz service bands must 
make a renewal showing, independent of its performance requirements, as 
a condition of renewal. The showing must include a detailed description 
of the applicant's provision of service during the entire license period 
and address:
    (i) The level and quality of service provided by the applicant 
(including the population served, the area served, the number of 
subscribers, the services offered);
    (ii) The date service commenced, whether service was ever 
interrupted, and the duration of any interruption or outage;
    (iii) The extent to which service is provided to rural areas;
    (iv) The extent to which service is provided to qualifying tribal 
land as defined in Sec.  1.2110(f)(3)(i) of this chapter; and
    (v) Any other factors associated with the level of service to the 
public.
    (r) The following provisions apply to any licensee holding an AWS 
authorization in the 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands:
    (1) A licensee shall provide signal coverage and offer service 
within four (4) years from the date of the initial license to at least 
forty (40) percent of the population in each of its licensed areas 
(``Interim Buildout Requirement'').
    (2) A licensee shall provide signal coverage and offer service 
within ten (10) years from the date of the initial license to at least 
seventy-five (75) percent of the population in each of its licensed 
areas (``Final Buildout Requirement'').
    (3) If a licensee fails to establish that it meets the Interim 
Buildout Requirement for a particular licensed area, then the Final 
Buildout Requirement (in this paragraph (r)) and the license term (as 
set forth in Sec.  27.13(j)) for each license area in which it fails to 
meet the Interim Buildout Requirement shall be accelerated by two years 
(from ten to eight years).
    (4) If a licensee fails to establish that it meets the Final 
Buildout Requirement for a particular licensed area, its authorization 
for each license area in which it fails to meet the Final Buildout 
Requirement shall terminate automatically without Commission action and 
the licensee will be ineligible to regain it if the Commission makes the 
license available at a later date.
    (5) To demonstrate compliance with these performance requirements, 
licensees shall use the most recently available U.S. Census Data at the 
time of measurement and shall base their measurements of population 
served on areas no larger than the Census Tract

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level. The population within a specific Census Tract (or other 
acceptable identifier) will only be deemed served by the licensee if it 
provides signal coverage to and offers service within the specific 
Census Tract (or other acceptable identifier). To the extent the Census 
Tract (or other acceptable identifier) extends beyond the boundaries of 
a license area, a licensee with authorizations for such areas may only 
include the population within the Census Tract (or other acceptable 
identifier) towards meeting the performance requirement of a single, 
individual license.
    (6) An applicant for renewal of a license covered by this paragraph 
(r) must make a renewal showing, independent of its performance 
requirements, as a condition of renewal. The showing must include a 
detailed description of the applicant's provision of service during the 
entire license period and address:
    (i) The level and quality of service provided by the applicant 
(including the population served, the area served, the number of 
subscribers, the services offered);
    (ii) The date service commenced, whether service was ever 
interrupted, and the duration of any interruption or outage;
    (iii) The extent to which service is provided to rural areas;
    (iv) The extent to which service is provided to qualifying tribal 
land as defined in Sec.  1.2110(f)(3)(i) of this chapter; and
    (v) Any other factors associated with the level of service to the 
public.
    (s) The following provisions apply to any licensee holding an AWS 
authorization in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 2155-2180 MHz 
bands:
    (1) A licensee shall provide reliable signal coverage and offer 
service within six (6) years from the date of the initial license to at 
least forty (40) percent of the population in each of its licensed areas 
(``Interim Buildout Requirement'').
    (2) A licensee shall provide reliable signal coverage and offer 
service within twelve (12) years from the date of the initial license to 
at least seventy-five (75) percent of the population in each of its 
licensed areas (``Final Buildout Requirement'').
    (3) If a licensee fails to establish that it meets the Interim 
Buildout Requirement for a particular licensed area, then the Final 
Buildout Requirement (in this paragraph (s)) and the AWS license term 
(as set forth in Sec.  27.13(k)) for each license area in which it fails 
to meet the Interim Buildout Requirement shall be accelerated by two (2) 
years (from twelve (12) to ten (10) years).
    (4) If a licensee fails to establish that it meets the Final 
Buildout Requirement for a particular licensed area, its authorization 
for each license area in which it fails to meet the Final Buildout 
Requirement shall terminate automatically without Commission action and 
the licensee will be ineligible to regain it if the Commission makes the 
license available at a later date.
    (5) To demonstrate compliance with these performance requirements, 
licensees shall use the most recently available U.S. Census Data at the 
time of measurement and shall base their measurements of population 
served on areas no larger than the Census Tract level. The population 
within a specific Census Tract (or other acceptable identifier) will be 
deemed served by the licensee only if it provides signal coverage to and 
offers service within the specific Census Tract (or other acceptable 
identifier). To the extent the Census Tract (or other acceptable 
identifier) extends beyond the boundaries of a license area, a licensee 
with authorizations for such areas may include only the population 
within the Census Tract (or other acceptable identifier) towards meeting 
the performance requirement of a single, individual license. For the 
Gulf of Mexico license area, the licensee shall demonstrate compliance 
with these performance requirements, using off-shore platforms, 
including production, manifold, compression, pumping and valving 
platforms as a proxy for population in the Gulf of Mexico.
    (6) An applicant for renewal of a license covered by paragraph (s) 
of this section must make a renewal showing, independent of its 
performance requirements, as a condition of each renewal. The showing 
must include a detailed

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description of the applicant's provision of service during the entire 
license period and address:
    (i) The level and quality of service provided by the applicant 
(including the population served, the area served, the number of 
subscribers, the services offered);
    (ii) The date service commenced, whether service was ever 
interrupted, and the duration of any interruption or outage;
    (iii) The extent to which service is provided to rural areas;
    (iv) The extent to which service is provided to qualifying tribal 
land as defined in Sec.  1.2110(f)(3)(i) of this chapter; and
    (v) Any other factors associated with the level of service to the 
public.
    (t) The following provisions apply to any licensee holding an 
authorization in the 600 MHz band:
    (1) A licensee shall provide reliable signal coverage and offer 
service within six (6) years from the date of the initial license to at 
least forty (40) percent of the population in each of its license areas 
(``Interim Buildout Requirement'').
    (2) A licensee shall provide reliable signal coverage and offer 
service within twelve (12) years from the date of the initial license to 
at least seventy-five (75) percent of the population in each of its 
license areas (``Final Buildout Requirement'').
    (3) If a licensee fails to establish that it meets the Interim 
Buildout Requirement for a particular licensed area, then the Final 
Buildout Requirement (in this paragraph (t)) and the license term (as 
set forth in Sec.  27.13(l)) for each license area in which it fails to 
meet the Interim Buildout Requirement shall be accelerated by two (2) 
years (from twelve (12) to ten (10) years).
    (4) If a licensee fails to establish that it meets the Final 
Buildout Requirement for a particular license area, its authorization 
for each license area in which it fails to meet the Final Buildout 
Requirement shall terminate automatically without Commission action, and 
the licensee will be ineligible to regain it if the Commission makes the 
license available at a later date.
    (5) To demonstrate compliance with these performance requirements, 
licensees shall use the most recently available decennial U.S. Census 
Data at the time of measurement and shall base their measurements of 
population served on areas no larger than the Census Tract level. The 
population within a specific Census Tract (or other acceptable 
identifier) will be deemed served by the licensee only if it provides 
reliable signal coverage to and offers service within the specific 
Census Tract (or other acceptable identifier). To the extent the Census 
Tract (or other acceptable identifier) extends beyond the boundaries of 
a license area, a licensee with authorizations for such areas may 
include only the population within the Census Tract (or other acceptable 
identifier) towards meeting the performance requirement of a single, 
individual license. For the Gulf of Mexico license area, the licensee 
shall demonstrate compliance with these performance requirements, using 
off-shore platforms, including production, manifold, compression, 
pumping and valving platforms as a proxy for population in the Gulf of 
Mexico.
    (6) An applicant for renewal of a license covered by this paragraph 
(t) must make a renewal showing, independent of its performance 
requirements, as a condition of each renewal. The showing must include a 
detailed description of the applicant's provision of service during the 
entire license period and address:
    (i) The level and quality of service provided by the applicant 
(including the population served, the area served, the number of 
subscribers, the services offered);
    (ii) The date service commenced, whether service was ever 
interrupted, and the duration of any interruption or outage;
    (iii) The extent to which service is provided to rural areas;
    (iv) The extent to which service is provided to qualifying tribal 
land as defined in Sec.  1.2110(f)(3)(i) of this chapter; and
    (v) Any other factors associated with the level of service to the 
public.

[62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
27.14, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the

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Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.

    Effective Date Note: At 82 FR 41548, Sept. 1, 2017, Sec.  27.14 was 
amended by removing paragraphs (e), (q)(7), (r)(6), (s)(6), and (t)(6). 
These paragraphs contain information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and the removals will not become effective until approval 
has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



Sec.  27.15  Geographic partitioning and spectrum disaggregation.

    (a) Eligibility. (1) Parties seeking approval for partitioning and 
disaggregation shall request from the Commission an authorization for 
partial assignment of a license pursuant to Sec.  1.948.
    (2) AWS and WCS licensees may apply to partition their licensed 
geographic service area or disaggregate their licensed spectrum at any 
time following the grant of their licenses.
    (b) Technical Standards--(1) Partitioning. In the case of 
partitioning, applicants and licensees must file FCC Form 603 pursuant 
to section 1.948 and list the partitioned service area on a schedule to 
the application. The geographic coordinates must be specified in 
degrees, minutes, and seconds to the nearest second of latitude and 
longitude and must be based upon the 1983 North American Datum (NAD83).
    (2) Disaggregation. Spectrum may be disaggregated in any amount.
    (3) Combined partitioning and disaggregation. The Commission will 
consider requests for partial assignment of licenses that propose 
combinations of partitioning and disaggregation.
    (4) Signal levels. For purposes of partitioning and disaggregation, 
part 27 systems must be designed so as not to exceed the signal level 
specified for the particular spectrum block in Sec.  27.55 at the 
licensee's service area boundary, unless the affected adjacent service 
area licensees have agreed to a different signal level.
    (c) License term. The license term for a partitioned license area 
and for disaggregated spectrum shall be the remainder of the original 
licensee's license term as provided for in Sec.  27.13.

[62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 68954, Dec. 14, 1998; 65 
FR 3146, Jan. 20, 2000; 65 FR 57268, Sept. 21, 2000; 67 FR 45373, July 
9, 2002; 69 FR 5715, Feb. 6, 2004; 72 FR 48848, Aug. 24, 2007; 78 FR 
8268, Feb. 5, 2013; 78 FR 50255, Aug. 16, 2013; 79 FR 596, Jan. 6, 2014; 
79 FR 32412, June 4, 2014; 79 FR 48537, Aug. 15, 2014; 82 FR 41548, 
Sept. 1, 2017]



Sec.  27.16  Network access requirements for Block C in the 746-757
and 776-787 MHz bands.

    (a) Applicability. This section shall apply only to the 
authorizations for Block C in the 746-757 and 776-787 MHz bands assigned 
and only if the results of the first auction in which licenses for such 
authorizations are offered satisfied the applicable reserve price.
    (b) Use of devices and applications. Licensees offering service on 
spectrum subject to this section shall not deny, limit, or restrict the 
ability of their customers to use the devices and applications of their 
choice on the licensee's C Block network, except:
    (1) Insofar as such use would not be compliant with published 
technical standards reasonably necessary for the management or 
protection of the licensee's network, or
    (2) As required to comply with statute or applicable government 
regulation.
    (c) Technical standards. For purposes of paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section:
    (1) Standards shall include technical requirements reasonably 
necessary for third parties to access a licensee's network via devices 
or applications without causing objectionable interference to other 
spectrum users or jeopardizing network security. The potential for 
excessive bandwidth demand alone shall not constitute grounds for 
denying, limiting or restricting access to the network.
    (2) To the extent a licensee relies on standards established by an 
independent standards-setting body which is open to participation by 
representatives of service providers, equipment manufacturers, 
application developers, consumer organizations, and other interested 
parties, the standards will carry a presumption of reasonableness.
    (3) A licensee shall publish its technical standards, which shall be 
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proprietary, no later than the time at which it makes such standards 
available to any preferred vendors, so that the standards are readily 
available to customers, equipment manufacturers, application developers, 
and other parties interested in using or developing products for use on 
a licensee's networks.
    (d) Access requests. (1) Licensees shall establish and publish clear 
and reasonable procedures for parties to seek approval to use devices or 
applications on the licensees' networks. A licensee must also provide to 
potential customers notice of the customers' rights to request the 
attachment of a device or application to the licensee's network, and 
notice of the licensee's process for customers to make such requests, 
including the relevant network criteria.
    (2) If a licensee determines that a request for access would violate 
its technical standards or regulatory requirements, the licensee shall 
expeditiously provide a written response to the requester specifying the 
basis for denying access and providing an opportunity for the requester 
to modify its request to satisfy the licensee's concerns.
    (e) Handset locking prohibited. No licensee may disable features on 
handsets it provides to customers, to the extent such features are 
compliant with the licensee's standards pursuant to paragraph (b)of this 
section, nor configure handsets it provides to prohibit use of such 
handsets on other providers' networks.
    (f) Burden of proof. Once a complainant sets forth a prima facie 
case that the C Block licensee has refused to attach a device or 
application in violation of the requirements adopted in this section, 
the licensee shall have the burden of proof to demonstrate that it has 
adopted reasonable network standards and reasonably applied those 
standards in the complainant's case. Where the licensee bases its 
network restrictions on industry-wide consensus standards, such 
restrictions would be presumed reasonable.

[72 FR 48849, Aug. 24, 2007]



Sec.  27.17  Discontinuance of service in the 600 MHz band and the
1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, 1915-1920 MHz, 1995-2000 MHz, 
2000-2020 MHz, 2155-2180 MHz, and 2180-2200 MHz bands.

    (a) Termination of authorization. A 600 MHz band authorization and 
an AWS authorization in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, 1915-1920 MHz, 
1995-2000 MHz, 2000-2020 MHz, 2155-2180 MHz, and 2180-2200 MHz bands 
will automatically terminate, without specific Commission action, if the 
licensee permanently discontinues service either during the initial 
license term or during any subsequent license term, as follows:
    (1) After the interim buildout deadline as specified in Sec.  
27.14(r), (s), or (t) as applicable (where the licensee meets the 
Interim Buildout Requirement), or after the accelerated Final Buildout 
Requirement (where the licensee failed to meet the Interim Buildout 
Requirement).
    (2) After the AWS-4 final buildout deadline as specified in Sec.  
27.14(q)(1) (where the licensee meets the AWS-4 interim buildout 
requirement), or after the accelerated final buildout deadline specified 
in Sec.  27.14(q)(3) (where the licensee failed to meet its AWS-4 
interim buildout requirement).
    (b) For licensees with common carrier or non-common carrier 
regulatory status that hold 600 MHz band authorizations or AWS 
authorizations in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, 1915-1920 MHz, 1995-
2000 MHz, 2000-2020 MHz, 2155-2180 MHz, and 2180-2200 MHz bands, 
permanent discontinuance of service is defined as 180 consecutive days 
during which a licensee does not provide service to at least one 
subscriber that is not affiliated with, controlled by, or related to the 
licensee in the individual license area. For licensees with private, 
internal communications regulatory status that hold 600 MHz band 
authorizations or AWS authorizations in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 
MHz, 1915-1920 MHz, 1995-2000 MHz, 2000-2020 MHz, 2155-2180 MHz, and 
2180-2200 MHz bands, permanent discontinuance of service is defined as 
180 consecutive days during which a licensee does not operate.

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    (c) Filing requirements. A licensee that holds a 600 MHz band 
authorization or an AWS authorization in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 
MHz, 1915-1920 MHz, 1995-2000 MHz, 2000-2020 MHz, 2155-2180 MHz, and 
2180-2200 MHz bands, that permanently discontinues service as defined in 
this section must notify the Commission of the discontinuance within 10 
days by filing FCC Form 601 or 605 requesting license cancellation. An 
authorization will automatically terminate, without specific Commission 
action, if service is permanently discontinued as defined in this 
section, even if a licensee fails to file the required form requesting 
license cancellation.

[79 FR 32412, June 4, 2014, as amended at 79 FR 48538, Aug. 15, 2014]

    Effective Date Note: At 82 FR 41548, Sept. 1, 2017, Sec.  27.17 was 
removed. This section contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and the removal will not become effective until approval 
has been given by the Office of Management and Budget.



                      Subpart C_Technical Standards



Sec.  27.50  Power limits and duty cycle.

    (a) The following power limits and related requirements apply to 
stations transmitting in the 2305-2320 MHz band or the 2345-2360 MHz 
band.
    (1) Base and fixed stations. (i) For base and fixed stations 
transmitting in the 2305-2315 MHz band or the 2350-2360 MHz band:
    (A) The average equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) must 
not exceed 2,000 watts within any 5 megahertz of authorized bandwidth 
and must not exceed 400 watts within any 1 megahertz of authorized 
bandwidth.
    (B) The peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of the transmitter output 
power must not exceed 13 dB. The PAPR measurements should be made using 
either an instrument with complementary cumulative distribution function 
(CCDF) capabilities to determine that PAPR will not exceed 13 dB for 
more than 0.1 percent of the time or other Commission approved 
procedure. The measurement must be performed using a signal 
corresponding to the highest PAPR expected during periods of continuous 
transmission.
    (ii) For base and fixed stations transmitting in the 2315-2320 MHz 
band or the 2345-2350 MHz band, the peak EIRP must not exceed 2,000 
watts.
    (2) Fixed customer premises equipment stations. For fixed customer 
premises equipment (CPE) stations transmitting in the 2305-2320 MHz band 
or in the 2345-2360 MHz band, the peak EIRP must not exceed 20 watts 
within any 5 megahertz of authorized bandwidth. Fixed CPE stations 
transmitting in the 2305-2320 MHz band or in the 2345-2360 MHz band must 
employ automatic transmit power control when operating so the stations 
operate with the minimum power necessary for successful communications. 
The use of outdoor antennas for CPE stations or outdoor CPE station 
installations operating with 2 watts per 5 megahertz or less average 
EIRP using the stepped emissions mask prescribed in Sec.  27.53(a)(3) is 
prohibited except if professionally installed in locations removed by 20 
meters from roadways or in locations where it can be shown that the 
ground power level of -44 dBm in the A or B blocks or -55 dBm in the C 
or D blocks will not be exceeded at the nearest road location. The use 
of outdoor antennas for fixed CPE stations operating with 2 watts per 5 
megahertz or less average EIRP and the emissions mask prescribed in 
Sec.  27.53(a)(1)(i) through (iii) is permitted in all locations. For 
fixed WCS CPE using TDD technology, the duty cycle must not exceed 38 
percent;
    (3) Mobile and portable stations. (i) For mobile and portable 
stations transmitting in the 2305-2315 MHz band or the 2350-2360 MHz 
band, the average EIRP must not exceed 50 milliwatts within any 1 
megahertz of authorized bandwidth, except that for mobile and portable 
stations compliant with 3GPP LTE standards or another advanced mobile 
broadband protocol that avoids concentrating energy at the edge of the 
operating band the average EIRP must not exceed 250 milliwatts within 
any 5 megahertz of authorized bandwidth but may exceed 50 milliwatts 
within any 1 megahertz of authorized bandwidth. For mobile and portable 
stations using time division duplexing (TDD) technology, the duty cycle 
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38 percent in the 2305-2315 MHz and 2350-2360 MHz bands. Mobile and 
portable stations using FDD technology are restricted to transmitting in 
the 2305-2315 MHz band. Power averaging shall not include intervals in 
which the transmitter is off.
    (ii) Mobile and portable stations are not permitted to transmit in 
the 2315-2320 MHz and 2345-2350 MHz bands.
    (iii) Automatic transmit power control. Mobile and portable stations 
transmitting in the 2305-2315 MHz band or in the 2350-2360 MHz band must 
employ automatic transmit power control when operating so the stations 
operate with the minimum power necessary for successful communications.
    (iv) Prohibition on external vehicle-mounted antennas. The use of 
external vehicle-mounted antennas for mobile and portable stations 
transmitting in the 2305-2315 MHz band or the 2350-2360 MHz band is 
prohibited.
    (b) The following power and antenna height limits apply to 
transmitters operating in the 746-758 MHz, 775-788 MHz and 805-806 MHz 
bands:
    (1) Fixed and base stations transmitting a signal in the 757-758 and 
775-776 MHz bands must not exceed an effective radiated power (ERP) of 
1000 watts and an antenna height of 305 m height above average terrain 
(HAAT), except that antenna heights greater than 305 m HAAT are 
permitted if power levels are reduced below 1000 watts ERP in accordance 
with Table 1 of this section.
    (2) Fixed and base stations transmitting a signal in the 746-757 MHz 
and 776-787 MHz bands with an emission bandwidth of 1 MHz or less must 
not exceed an ERP of 1000 watts and an antenna height of 305 m HAAT, 
except that antenna heights greater than 305 m HAAT are permitted if 
power levels are reduced below 1000 watts ERP in accordance with Table 1 
of this section.
    (3) Fixed and base stations located in a county with population 
density of 100 or fewer persons per square mile, based upon the most 
recently available population statistics from the Bureau of the Census, 
and transmitting a signal in the 746-757 MHz and 776-787 MHz bands with 
an emission bandwidth of 1 MHz or less must not exceed an ERP of 2000 
watts and an antenna height of 305 m HAAT, except that antenna heights 
greater than 305 m HAAT are permitted if power levels are reduced below 
2000 watts ERP in accordance with Table 2 of this section.
    (4) Fixed and base stations transmitting a signal in the 746-757 MHz 
and 776-787 MHz bands with an emission bandwidth greater than 1 MHz must 
not exceed an ERP of 1000 watts/MHz and an antenna height of 305 m HAAT, 
except that antenna heights greater than 305 m HAAT are permitted if 
power levels are reduced below 1000 watts/MHz ERP in accordance with 
Table 3 of this section.
    (5) Fixed and base stations located in a county with population 
density of 100 or fewer persons per square mile, based upon the most 
recently available population statistics from the Bureau of the Census, 
and transmitting a signal in the 746-757 MHz and 776-787 MHz bands with 
an emission bandwidth greater than 1 MHz must not exceed an ERP of 2000 
watts/MHz and an antenna height of 305 m HAAT, except that antenna 
heights greater than 305 m HAAT are permitted if power levels are 
reduced below 2000 watts/MHz ERP in accordance with Table 4 of this 
section.
    (6) Licensees of fixed or base stations transmitting a signal in the 
746-757 MHz and 776-787 MHz bands at an ERP greater than 1000 watts must 
comply with the provisions set forth in paragraph (b)(8) of this section 
and Sec.  27.55(c).
    (7) Licensees seeking to operate a fixed or base station located in 
a county with population density of 100 or fewer persons per square 
mile, based upon the most recently available population statistics from 
the Bureau of the Census, and transmitting a signal in the 746-757 MHz 
and 776-787 MHz bands at an ERP greater than 1000 watts must:
    (i) Coordinate in advance with all licensees authorized to operate 
in the 698-758 MHz, 775-788, and 805-806 MHz bands within 120 kilometers 
(75 miles) of the base or fixed station;
    (ii) coordinate in advance with all regional planning committees, as 
identified in Sec.  90.527 of this chapter, with jurisdiction within 120 
kilometers (75 miles) of the base or fixed station.
    (8) Licensees authorized to transmit in the 746-757 MHz and 776-787 
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bands and intending to operate a base or fixed station at a power level 
permitted under the provisions of paragraph (b)(6) of this section must 
provide advanced notice of such operation to the Commission and to 
licensees authorized in their area of operation. Licensees who must be 
notified are all licensees authorized to operate in the 758-775 MHz and 
788-805 MHz bands under part 90 of this chapter within 75 km of the base 
or fixed station and all regional planning committees, as identified in 
Sec.  90.527 of this chapter, with jurisdiction within 75 km of the base 
or fixed station. Notifications must provide the location and operating 
parameters of the base or fixed station, including the station's ERP, 
antenna coordinates, antenna height above ground, and vertical antenna 
pattern, and such notifications must be provided at least 90 days prior 
to the commencement of station operation.
    (9) Control stations and mobile stations transmitting in the 746-757 
MHz, 776-788 MHz, and 805-806 MHz bands and fixed stations transmitting 
in the 787-788 MHz and 805-806 MHz bands are limited to 30 watts ERP.
    (10) Portable stations (hand-held devices) transmitting in the 746-
757 MHz, 776-788 MHz, and 805-806 MHz bands are limited to 3 watts ERP.
    (11) For transmissions in the 757-758, 775-776, 787-788, and 805-806 
MHz bands, maximum composite transmit power shall be measured over any 
interval of continuous transmission using instrumentation calibrated in 
terms of RMS-equivalent voltage. The measurement results shall be 
properly adjusted for any instrument limitations, such as detector 
response times, limited resolution bandwidth capability when compared to 
the emission bandwidth, etc., so as to obtain a true maximum composite 
measurement for the emission in question over the full bandwidth of the 
channel.
    (12) For transmissions in the 746-757 and 776-787 MHz bands, 
licensees may employ equipment operating in compliance with either the 
measurement techniques described in paragraph (b)(11) of this section or 
a Commission-approved average power technique. In both instances, 
equipment employed must be authorized in accordance with the provisions 
of Sec.  27.51.
    (c) The following power and antenna height requirements apply to 
stations transmitting in the 600 MHz band and the 698-746 MHz band:
    (1) Fixed and base stations transmitting a signal with an emission 
bandwidth of 1 MHz or less must not exceed an effective radiated power 
(ERP) of 1000 watts and an antenna height of 305 m height above average 
terrain (HAAT), except that antenna heights greater than 305 m HAAT are 
permitted if power levels are reduced below 1000 watts ERP in accordance 
with Table 1 of this section;
    (2) Fixed and base stations located in a county with population 
density of 100 or fewer persons per square mile, based upon the most 
recently available population statistics from the Bureau of the Census, 
and transmitting a signal with an emission bandwidth of 1 MHz or less 
must not exceed an ERP of 2000 watts and an antenna height of 305 m 
HAAT, except that antenna heights greater than 305 m HAAT are permitted 
if power levels are reduced below 2000 watts ERP in accordance with 
Table 2 of this section;
    (3) Fixed and base stations transmitting a signal with an emission 
bandwidth greater than 1 MHz must not exceed an ERP of 1000 watts/MHz 
and an antenna height of 305 m HAAT, except that antenna heights greater 
than 305 m HAAT are permitted if power levels are reduced below 1000 
watts/MHz ERP in accordance with Table 3 of this section;
    (4) Fixed and base stations located in a county with population 
density of 100 or fewer persons per square mile, based upon the most 
recently available population statistics from the Bureau of the Census, 
and transmitting a signal with an emission bandwidth greater than 1 MHz 
must not exceed an ERP of 2000 watts/MHz and an antenna height of 305 m 
HAAT, except that antenna heights greater than 305 m HAAT are permitted 
if power levels are reduced below 2000 watts/MHz ERP in accordance with 
Table 4 of this section;
    (5) Licensees, except for licensees operating in the 600 MHz 
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seeking to operate a fixed or base station located in a county with 
population density of 100 or fewer persons per square mile, based upon 
the most recently available population statistics from the Bureau of the 
Census, and transmitting a signal at an ERP greater than 1000 watts 
must:
    (i) Coordinate in advance with all licensees authorized to operate 
in the 698-758 MHz, 775-788, and 805-806 MHz bands within 120 kilometers 
(75 miles) of the base or fixed station;
    (ii) coordinate in advance with all regional planning committees, as 
identified in Sec.  90.527 of this chapter, with jurisdiction within 120 
kilometers (75 miles) of the base or fixed station.
    (6) Licensees of fixed or base stations transmitting a signal at an 
ERP greater than 1000 watts and greater than 1000 watts/MHz must comply 
with the provisions of paragraph (c)(8) of this section and Sec.  
27.55(b), except that licensees of fixed or base stations located in a 
county with population density of 100 or fewer persons per square mile, 
based upon the most recently available population statistics from the 
Bureau of the Census, must comply with the provisions of paragraph 
(c)(8) of this section and Sec.  27.55(b) only if transmitting a signal 
at an ERP greater than 2000 watts and greater than 2000 watts/MHz;
    (7) A licensee authorized to operate in the 710-716 or 740-746 MHz 
bands may operate a fixed or base station at an ERP up to a total of 50 
kW within its authorized, 6 megahertz spectrum block if the licensee 
complies with the provisions of Sec.  27.55(b). The antenna height for 
such stations is limited only to the extent required to satisfy the 
requirements of Sec.  27.55(b).
    (8) Licensees intending to operate a base or fixed station at a 
power level permitted under the provisions of paragraph (c)(6) of this 
section must provide advanced notice of such operation to the Commission 
and to licensees authorized in their area of operation. Licensees who 
must be notified are all licensees authorized under this part to operate 
on an adjacent spectrum block within 75 km of the base or fixed station. 
Notifications must provide the location and operating parameters of the 
base or fixed station, including the station's ERP, antenna coordinates, 
antenna height above ground, and vertical antenna pattern, and such 
notifications must be provided at least 90 days prior to the 
commencement of station operation.
    (9) Control and mobile stations in the 698-746 MHz band are limited 
to 30 watts ERP.
    (10) Portable stations (hand-held devices) in the 600 MHz uplink 
band and the 698-746 MHz band, and fixed and mobile stations in the 600 
MHz uplink band are limited to 3 watts ERP.
    (11) Licensees may employ equipment operating in compliance with 
either the measurement techniques described in paragraph (b)(11) of this 
section or a Commission-approved average power technique. In both 
instances, equipment employed must be authorized in accordance with the 
provisions of Sec.  27.51.
    (12) A licensee authorized to operate in the 716-722 or 722-728 MHz 
bands may operate a fixed or base station at an ERP up to a total of 50 
kW within its authorized, 6 megahertz spectrum block if the licensee 
complies with the provisions of Sec.  27.55(b), obtains written 
concurrences from all affected licensees in the 698-746 MHz bands within 
120 km of the proposed high power site, and files a copy of each written 
concurrences with the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau on FCC Form 
601. The antenna height for such stations is limited only to the extent 
required to satisfy the requirements of Sec.  27.55(b).
    (13) Licensees authorized to operate in the 716-722 or 722-728 MHz 
bands must coordinate with licensees with uplink operations in the 698-
716 MHz band to mitigate the potential for harmful interference. 
Licensees authorized to operate in the 716-722 or 722-728 MHz bands must 
mitigate harmful interference to licensees' uplink operations in the 
698-716 MHz band within 30 days after receiving written notice from the 
affected licensees. A licensee authorized to operate in the 716-722 or 
722-728 MHz bands must ensure that 716-728 MHz band transmissions are 
filtered at least to the extent that the 716-728 MHz band transmissions 
are filtered in markets where the 716-728 MHz band licensee holds any 
license in the 698-716 band, as applicable. For purposes of coordination 
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measures in paragraphs (i) and (iii) below, network will be deemed 
``deployed'' as of the date upon which the network is able to support a 
commercial mobile or data service. The coordination and mitigation 
measures should include, but are not limited to, the following:
    (i) If a licensee operating in the 698-716 and 728-746 MHz band 
deploys a network after the 716-722 or 722-728 MHz bands licensee 
deploys a network on its 716-722 or 722-728 MHz spectrum in the same 
geographic market, the 716-722 or 722-728 MHz bands licensee will work 
with the licensee with uplink operations in the 698-716 MHz band to 
identify sites that will require additional filtering, and will help the 
licensee operating in the 698-716 and 728-746 MHz bands to identify 
proper filters;
    (ii) The 716-722 or 722-728 MHz bands licensee must permit licensees 
operating in the 698-716 and 728-746 MHz bands to collocate on the 
towers it owns at prevailing market rates; and
    (iii) If a 698-716 and 728-746 MHz bands licensee deploys a network 
before a licensee in the 716-722 or 722-728 MHz bands deploys a network 
in the same geographic market, the 716-722 or 722-728 MHz bands licensee 
will work with licensees in the 698-716 and 728-746 MHz bands to 
identify sites that will need additional filtering and will purchase and 
pay for installation of required filters on such sites.
    (d) The following power and antenna height requirements apply to 
stations transmitting in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1710-1755 MHz, 1755-1780 
MHz, 1915-1920 MHz, 1995-2000 MHz, 2000-2020 MHz, 2110-2155 MHz, 2155-
2180 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands:
    (1) The power of each fixed or base station transmitting in the 
1995-2000 MHz, 2110-2155 MHz, 2155-2180 MHz or 2180-2200 MHz band and 
located in any county with population density of 100 or fewer persons 
per square mile, based upon the most recently available population 
statistics from the Bureau of the Census, is limited to:
    (i) An equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) of 3280 watts 
when transmitting with an emission bandwidth of 1 MHz or less;
    (ii) An EIRP of 3280 watts/MHz when transmitting with an emission 
bandwidth greater than 1 MHz.
    (2) The power of each fixed or base station transmitting in the 
1995-2000 MHz, the 2110-2155 MHz 2155-2180 MHz band, or 2180-2200 MHz 
band and situated in any geographic location other than that described 
in paragraph (d)(1) of this section is limited to:
    (i) An equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) of 1640 watts 
when transmitting with an emission bandwidth of 1 MHz or less;
    (ii) An EIRP of 1640 watts/MHz when transmitting with an emission 
bandwidth greater than 1 MHz.
    (3) A licensee operating a base or fixed station in the 2110-2155 
MHz band utilizing a power greater than 1640 watts EIRP and greater than 
1640 watts/MHz EIRP must coordinate such operations in advance with all 
Government and non-Government satellite entities in the 2025-2110 MHz 
band. A licensee operating a base or fixed station in the 2110-2180 MHz 
band utilizing power greater than 1640 watts EIRP and greater than 1640 
watts/MHz EIRP must be coordinated in advance with the following 
licensees authorized to operate within 120 kilometers (75 miles) of the 
base or fixed station operating in this band: All Broadband Radio 
Service (BRS) licensees authorized under this part in the 2155-2160 MHz 
band and all advanced wireless services (AWS) licensees authorized to 
operate on adjacent frequency blocks in the 2110-2180 MHz band.
    (4) Fixed, mobile, and portable (hand-held) stations operating in 
the 1710-1755 MHz band and mobile and portable stations operating in the 
1695-1710 MHz and 1755-1780 MHz bands are limited to 1 watt EIRP. Fixed 
stations operating in the 1710-1755 MHz band are limited to a maximum 
antenna height of 10 meters above ground. Mobile and portable stations 
operating in these bands must employ a means for limiting power to the 
minimum necessary for successful communications.
    (5) Equipment employed must be authorized in accordance with the 
provisions of Sec.  24.51. Power measurements for transmissions by 
stations authorized under this section may be made either in accordance 
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approved average power technique or in compliance with paragraph (d)(6) 
of this section. In measuring transmissions in this band using an 
average power technique, the peak-to-average ratio (PAR) of the 
transmission may not exceed 13 dB.
    (6) Peak transmit power must be measured over any interval of 
continuous transmission using instrumentation calibrated in terms of an 
rms-equivalent voltage. The measurement results shall be properly 
adjusted for any instrument limitations, such as detector response 
times, limited resolution bandwidth capability when compared to the 
emission bandwidth, sensitivity, etc., so as to obtain a true peak 
measurement for the emission in question over the full bandwidth of the 
channel.
    (7) Fixed, mobile, and portable (hand-held) stations operating in 
the 2000-2020 MHz band are limited to 2 watts EIRP, except that the 
total power of any portion of an emission that falls within the 2000-
2005 MHz band may not exceed 5 milliwatts. A licensee of AWS-4 authority 
may enter into private operator-to-operator agreements with all 1995-
2000 MHz licensees to operate in 2000-2005 MHz at power levels above 5 
milliwatts EIRP; except the total power of the AWS-4 mobile emissions 
may not exceed 2 watts EIRP.
    (8) A licensee operating a base or fixed station in the 2180-2200 
MHz band utilizing a power greater than 1640 watts EIRP and greater than 
1640 watts/MHz EIRP must be coordinated in advance with all AWS 
licensees authorized to operate on adjacent frequency blocks in the 
2180-2200 MHz band.
    (9) Fixed, mobile and portable (hand-held) stations operating in the 
1915-1920 MHz band are limited to 300 milliwatts EIRP.
    (10) A licensee operating a base or fixed station in the 1995-2000 
MHz band utilizing a power greater than 1640 watts EIRP and greater than 
1640 watts/MHz EIRP must be coordinated in advance with all PCS G Block 
licensees authorized to operate on adjacent frequency blocks in the 
1990-1995 MHz band within 120 kilometers of the base or fixed station 
operating in this band.
    (e) The following power limits apply to the paired 1392-1395 MHz and 
1432-1435 MHz bands as well as the unpaired 1390-1392 MHz band (1.4 GHz 
band):
    (1) Fixed stations transmitting in the 1390-1392 MHz and 1432-1435 
MHz bands are limited to 2000 watts EIRP peak power. Fixed stations 
transmitting in the 1392-1395 MHz band are limited to 100 watts EIRP 
peak power.
    (2) Mobile stations transmitting in the 1390-1392 MHz and 1432-1435 
MHz bands are limited to 4 watts EIRP peak power. Mobile stations 
transmitting in the1392-1395 MHz band are limited to 1 watt EIRP peak 
power.
    (f) The following power limits apply to the 1670-1675 MHz band:
    (1) Fixed and base stations are limited to 2000 watts EIRP peak 
power.
    (2) Mobile stations are limited to 4 watts EIRP peak power.
    (g) [Reserved]
    (h) The following power limits shall apply in the BRS and EBS:
    (1) Main, booster and base stations. (i) The maximum EIRP of a main, 
booster or base station shall not exceed 33 dBW + 10log(X/Y) dBW, where 
X is the actual channel width in MHz and Y is either 6 MHz if prior to 
transition or the station is in the MBS following transition or 5.5 MHz 
if the station is in the LBS and UBS following transition, except as 
provided in paragraph (h)(1)(ii) of this section.
    (ii) If a main or booster station sectorizes or otherwise uses one 
or more transmitting antennas with a non-omnidirectional horizontal 
plane radiation pattern, the maximum EIRP in dBW in a given direction 
shall be determined by the following formula: EIRP = 33 dBW + 10 log(X/
Y) dBW + 10 log(360/beamwidth) dBW, where X is the actual channel width 
in MHz, Y is either (i) 6 MHz if prior to transition or the station is 
in the MBS following transition or (ii) 5.5 MHz if the station is in the 
LBS and UBS following transition, and beamwidth is the total horizontal 
plane beamwidth of the individual transmitting antenna for the station 
or any sector measured at the half-power points.
    (2) Mobile and other user stations. Mobile stations are limited to 
2.0 watts EIRP. All user stations are limited to 2.0 watts transmitter 
output power.

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    (3) For television transmission, the peak power of the accompanying 
aural signal must not exceed 10 percent of the peak visual power of the 
transmitter. The Commission may order a reduction in aural signal power 
to diminish the potential for harmful interference.
    (4) For main, booster and response stations utilizing digital 
emissions with non-uniform power spectral density (e.g. unfiltered 
QPSK), the power measured within any 100 kHz resolution bandwidth within 
the 6 MHz channel occupied by the non-uniform emission cannot exceed the 
power permitted within any 100 kHz resolution bandwidth within the 6 MHz 
channel if it were occupied by an emission with uniform power spectral 
density, i.e., if the maximum permissible power of a station utilizing a 
perfectly uniform power spectral density across a 6 MHz channel were 
2000 watts EIRP, this would result in a maximum permissible power flux 
density for the station of 2000/60 = 33.3 watts EIRP per 100 kHz 
bandwidth. If a non-uniform emission were substituted at the station, 
station power would still be limited to a maximum of 33.3 watts EIRP 
within any 100 kHz segment of the 6 MHz channel, irrespective of the 
fact that this would result in a total 6 MHz channel power of less than 
2000 watts EIRP.
    (i) Peak transmit power shall be measured over any interval of 
continuous transmission using instrumentation calibrated in terms of 
rms-equivalent voltage. The measurement results shall be properly 
adjusted for any instrument limitations, such as detector response 
times, limited resolution bandwidth capability when compared to the 
emission bandwidth, etc., so as to obtain a true peak measurement for 
the emission in question over the full bandwidth of the channel.

 Table 1 to Sec.   27.50--Permissible Power and Antenna Heights for Base
and Fixed Stations in the 757-758 and 775-776 MHz Bands and for Base and
Fixed Stations in the 600 MHz, 698-757 MHz, 758-763 MHz, 776-787 MHz and
 788-793 MHz Bands Transmitting a Signal With an Emission Bandwidth of 1
                               MHz or Less
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Effective
          Antenna height (AAT) in meters (feet)           radiated power
                                                           (ERP) (watts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Above 1372 (4500).......................................              65
Above 1220 (4000) To 1372 (4500)........................              70
Above 1067 (3500) To 1220 (4000)........................              75
Above 915 (3000) To 1067 (3500).........................             100
Above 763 (2500) To 915 (3000)..........................             140
Above 610 (2000) To 763 (2500)..........................             200
Above 458 (1500) To 610 (2000)..........................             350
Above 305 (1000) To 458 (1500)..........................             600
Up to 305 (1000)........................................            1000
------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Table 2 to Sec.   27.50--Permissible Power and Antenna Heights for Base
and Fixed Stations in the 600 MHz, 698-757 MHz, 758-763 MHz, 776-787 MHz
 and 788-793 MHz Bands Transmitting a Signal With an Emission Bandwidth
                            of 1 MHz or Less
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Effective
          Antenna height (AAT) in meters (feet)           radiated power
                                                           (ERP) (watts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Above 1372 (4500).......................................             130
Above 1220 (4000) To 1372 (4500)........................             140
Above 1067 (3500) To 1220 (4000)........................             150
Above 915 (3000) To 1067 (3500).........................             200
Above 763 (2500) To 915 (3000)..........................             280
Above 610 (2000) To 763 (2500)..........................             400
Above 458 (1500) To 610 (2000)..........................             700
Above 305 (1000) To 458 (1500)..........................            1200
Up to 305 (1000)........................................            2000
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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 Table 3 to Sec.   27.50--Permissible Power and Antenna Heights for Base
and Fixed Stations in the 600 MHz, 698-757 MHz, 758-763 MHz, 776-787 MHz
 and 788-793 MHz Bands Transmitting a Signal With an Emission Bandwidth
                           Greater than 1 MHz
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Effective
                                                          radiated power
          Antenna height (AAT) in meters (feet)            (ERP) per MHz
                                                            (watts/MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Above 1372 (4500).......................................              65
Above 1220 (4000) To 1372 (4500)........................              70
Above 1067 (3500) To 1220 (4000)........................              75
Above 915 (3000) To 1067 (3500).........................             100
Above 763 (2500) To 915 (3000)..........................             140
Above 610 (2000) To 763 (2500)..........................             200
Above 458 (1500) To 610 (2000)..........................             350
Above 305 (1000) To 458 (1500)..........................             600
Up to 305 (1000)........................................            1000
------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Table 4 to Sec.   27.50--Permissible Power and Antenna Heights for Base
and Fixed Stations in the 600 MHz, 698-757 MHz, 758-763 MHz, 776-787 MHz
 and 788-793 MHz Bands Transmitting a Signal With an Emission Bandwidth
                           Greater than 1 MHz
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Effective
                                                          radiated power
          Antenna height (AAT) in meters (feet)            (ERP) per MHz
                                                            (watts/MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Above 1372 (4500).......................................             130
Above 1220 (4000) To 1372 (4500)........................             140
Above 1067 (3500) To 1220 (4000)........................             150
Above 915 (3000) To 1067 (3500).........................             200
Above 763 (2500) To 915 (3000)..........................             280
Above 610 (2000) To 763 (2500)..........................             400
Above 458 (1500) To 610 (2000)..........................             700
Above 305 (1000) To 458 (1500)..........................            1200
Up to 305 (1000)........................................            2000
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[62 FR 16497, Apr. 7, 1997]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
27.50, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.



Sec.  27.51  Equipment authorization.

    (a) Each transmitter utilized for operation under this part must be 
of a type that has been authorized by the Commission under its 
certification procedure.
    (b) Any manufacturer of radio transmitting equipment to be used in 
these services may request equipment authorization following the 
procedures set forth in subpart J of part 2 of this chapter. Equipment 
authorization for an individual transmitter may be requested by an 
applicant for a station authorization by following the procedures set 
forth in part 2 of this chapter.

[65 FR 3147, Jan. 20, 2000]



Sec.  27.52  RF safety.

    Licensees and manufacturers are subject to the radio frequency 
radiation exposure requirements specified in sections 1.1307(b), 2.1091, 
and 2.1093 of this chapter, as appropriate. Applications for equipment 
authorization of mobile or portable devices operating under this section 
must contain a statement confirming compliance with these requirements 
for both fundamental emissions and unwanted emissions. Technical 
information showing the basis for this statement must be submitted to 
the Commission upon request.



Sec.  27.53  Emission limits.

    (a) For operations in the 2305-2320 MHz band and the 2345-2360 MHz 
band, the power of any emission outside a licensee's frequency band(s) 
of operation shall be attenuated below the transmitter power P (with 
averaging performed only during periods of transmission) within the 
licensed band(s) of

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operation, in watts, by the following amounts:
    (1) For base and fixed stations' operations in the 2305-2320 MHz 
band and the 2345-2360 MHz band:
    (i) By a factor of not less than 43 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2305 and 2320 MHz and on all frequencies between 
2345 and 2360 MHz that are outside the licensed band(s) of operation, 
and not less than 75 + 10 log (P) dB on all frequencies between 2320 and 
2345 MHz;
    (ii) By a factor of not less than 43 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2300 and 2305 MHz, 70 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2287.5 and 2300 MHz, 72 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2285 and 2287.5 MHz, and 75 + 10 log (P) dB below 
2285 MHz;
    (iii) By a factor of not less than 43 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2360 and 2362.5 MHz, 55 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2362.5 and 2365 MHz, 70 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2365 and 2367.5 MHz, 72 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2367.5 and 2370 MHz, and 75 + 10 log (P) dB above 
2370 MHz.
    (2) For fixed customer premises equipment (CPE) stations operating 
in the 2305-2320 MHz band and the 2345-2360 MHz band transmitting with 
more than 2 watts per 5 megahertz average EIRP:
    (i) By a factor of not less than 43 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2305 and 2320 MHz and on all frequencies between 
2345 and 2360 MHz that are outside the licensed band(s) of operation, 
and not less than 75 + 10 log (P) dB on all frequencies between 2320 and 
2345 MHz;
    (ii) By a factor of not less than 43 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2300 and 2305 MHz, 70 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2287.5 and 2300 MHz, 72 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2285 and 2287.5 MHz, and 75 + 10 log (P) dB below 
2285 MHz;
    (iii) By a factor of not less than 43 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2360 and 2362.5 MHz, 55 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2362.5 and 2365 MHz, 70 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2365 and 2367.5 MHz, 72 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2367.5 and 2370 MHz, and 75 + 10 log (P) dB above 
2370 MHz.
    (3) For fixed CPE stations operating in the 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-
2360 MHz bands transmitting with 2 watts per 5 megahertz average EIRP or 
less:
    (i) By a factor of not less than 43 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2305 and 2320 MHz and on all frequencies between 
2345 and 2360 MHz that are outside the licensed band(s) of operation, 
not less than 55 + 10 log (P) dB on all frequencies between 2320 and 
2324 MHz and between 2341 and 2345 MHz, not less than 61 + 10 log (P) dB 
on all frequencies between 2324 and 2328 MHz and between 2337 and 2341 
MHz, and not less than 67 + 10 log (P) dB on all frequencies between 
2328 and 2337 MHz;
    (ii) By a factor of not less than 43 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2300 and 2305 MHz, 55 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2296 and 2300 MHz, 61 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2292 and 2296 MHz, 67 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2288 and 2292 MHz, and 70 + 10 log (P) dB below 2288 
MHz;
    (iii) By a factor of not less than 43 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2360 and 2365 MHz, and not less than 70 + 10 log (P) 
dB above 2365 MHz.
    (4) For mobile and portable stations operating in the 2305-2315 MHz 
and 2350-2360 MHz bands:
    (i) By a factor of not less than: 43 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2305 and 2320 MHz and on all frequencies between 
2345 and 2360 MHz that are outside the licensed band(s) of operation, 
not less than 55 + 10 log (P) dB on all frequencies between 2320 and 
2324 MHz and on all frequencies between 2341 and 2345 MHz, not less than 
61 + 10 log (P) dB on all frequencies between 2324 and 2328 MHz and on 
all frequencies between 2337 and 2341 MHz, and not less than 67 + 10 log 
(P) dB on all frequencies between 2328 and 2337 MHz;
    (ii) By a factor of not less than 43 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2300 and 2305 MHz, 55 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2296 and 2300 MHz, 61 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2292 and 2296 MHz, 67 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2288 and 2292 MHz, and 70 + 10 log (P) dB below 2288 
MHz;

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    (iii) By a factor of not less than 43 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 2360 and 2365 MHz, and not less than 70 + 10 log (P) 
dB above 2365 MHz.
    (5) Measurement procedure. Compliance with these rules is based on 
the use of measurement instrumentation employing a resolution bandwidth 
of 1 MHz or greater. However, in the 1 MHz bands immediately outside and 
adjacent to the channel blocks at 2305, 2310, 2315, 2320, 2345, 2350, 
2355, and 2360 MHz, a resolution bandwidth of at least 1 percent of the 
emission bandwidth of the fundamental emission of the transmitter may be 
employed. A narrower resolution bandwidth is permitted in all cases to 
improve measurement accuracy provided the measured power is integrated 
over the full required measurement bandwidth (i.e., 1 MHz). The emission 
bandwidth is defined as the width of the signal between two points, one 
below the carrier center frequency and one above the carrier center 
frequency, outside of which all emissions are attenuated at least 26 dB 
below the transmitter power.
    (6) [Reserved]
    (7) The measurements of emission power can be expressed in peak or 
average values, provided they are expressed in the same parameters as 
the transmitter power;
    (8) Waiver requests of any of the out-of-band emission limits in 
paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(7) of this section shall be entertained 
only if interference protection equivalent to that afforded by the 
limits is shown;
    (9) [Reserved]
    (10) The out-of-band emissions limits in paragraphs (a)(1) through 
(a)(3) of this section may be modified by the private contractual 
agreement of all affected licensees, who must maintain a copy of the 
agreement in their station files and disclose it to prospective 
assignees, transferees, or spectrum lessees and, upon request, to the 
Commission.
    (b) For WCS Satellite DARS operations: The limits set forth in Sec.  
25.202(f) of this chapter shall apply, except that Satellite DARS 
operations shall be limited to a maximum power flux density of -197 dBW/
m\2\/4 kHz in the 2370-2390 MHz band at Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
    (c) For operations in the 746-758 MHz band and the 776-788 MHz band, 
the power of any emission outside the licensee's frequency band(s) of 
operation shall be attenuated below the transmitter power (P) within the 
licensed band(s) of operation, measured in watts, in accordance with the 
following:
    (1) On any frequency outside the 746-758 MHz band, the power of any 
emission shall be attenuated outside the band below the transmitter 
power (P) by at least 43 + 10 log (P) dB;
    (2) On any frequency outside the 776-788 MHz band, the power of any 
emission shall be attenuated outside the band below the transmitter 
power (P) by at least 43 + 10 log (P) dB;
    (3) On all frequencies between 763-775 MHz and 793-805 MHz, by a 
factor not less than 76 + 10 log (P) dB in a 6.25 kHz band segment, for 
base and fixed stations;
    (4) On all frequencies between 763-775 MHz and 793-805 MHz, by a 
factor not less than 65 + 10 log (P) dB in a 6.25 kHz band segment, for 
mobile and portable stations;
    (5) Compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2) 
of this section is based on the use of measurement instrumentation 
employing a resolution bandwidth of 100 kHz or greater. However, in the 
100 kHz bands immediately outside and adjacent to the frequency block, a 
resolution bandwidth of at least 30 kHz may be employed;
    (6) Compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (c)(3) and (c)(4) 
of this section is based on the use of measurement instrumentation such 
that the reading taken with any resolution bandwidth setting should be 
adjusted to indicate spectral energy in a 6.25 kHz segment.
    (d) [Reserved]
    (e) For operations in the 775-776 MHz and 805-806 MHz bands, 
transmitters must comply with either paragraphs (d)(1) through (5) of 
this section or the ACP emission limitations set forth in paragraphs 
(d)(6) to (d)(9) of this section.
    (1) On all frequencies between 758-775 MHz and 788-805 MHz, the 
power of any

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emission outside the licensee's frequency bands of operation shall be 
attenuated below the transmitter power (P) within the licensed band(s) 
of operation, measured in watts, by a factor not less than 76 + 10 log 
(P) dB in a 6.25 kHz band segment, for base and fixed stations;
    (2) On all frequencies between 758-775 MHz and 788-805 MHz, the 
power of any emission outside the licensee's frequency bands of 
operation shall be attenuated below the transmitter power (P) within the 
licensed band(s) of operation, measured in watts, by a factor not less 
than 65 + 10 log (P) dB in a 6.25 kHz band segment, for mobile and 
portable stations;
    (3) On any frequency outside the 775-776 MHz and 805-806 MHz bands, 
the power of any emission shall be attenuated outside the band below the 
transmitter power (P) within the licensed band(s) of operation, measured 
in watts, by at least 43 + 10 log (P) dB;
    (4) Compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (e)(1) and (e)(2) 
of this section is based on the use of measurement instrumentation such 
that the reading taken with any resolution bandwidth setting should be 
adjusted to indicate spectral energy in a 6.25 kHz segment;
    (5) Compliance with the provisions of paragraph (e)(3) of this 
section is based on the use of measurement instrumentation employing a 
resolution bandwidth of 100 kHz or greater. However, in the 100 kHz 
bands immediately outside and adjacent to the frequency block, a 
resolution bandwidth of at least 30 kHz may be employed.
    (6) The adjacent channel power (ACP) requirements for transmitters 
designed for various channel sizes are shown in the following tables. 
Mobile station requirements apply to handheld, car mounted and control 
station units. The tables specify a value for the ACP as a function of 
the displacement from the channel center frequency and measurement 
bandwidth. In the following tables, ``(s)'' indicates a swept 
measurement may be used.

              6.25 kHz Mobile Transmitter ACP Requirements
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Measurement      Maximum ACP
  Offset from center frequency (kHz)    bandwidth (kHz)       (dBc)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.25                                              6.25              -40
12.5                                              6.25              -60
18.75                                             6.25              -60
25.00                                             6.25              -65
37.50                                            25.00              -65
62.50                                            25.00              -65
87.50                                            25.00              -65
150.00                                          100.00              -65
250.00                                          100.00              -65
350.00                                          100.00              -65
400 kHz to 12 MHz                     30(s)              -75
12 MHz to paired receive band                    30(s)              -75
In the paired receive band                       30(s)             -100
------------------------------------------------------------------------


              12.5 kHz Mobile Transmitter ACP Requirements
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Measurement      Maximum ACP
  Offset from center frequency (kHz)    bandwidth (kHz)       (dBc)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
9.375                                             6.25              -40
15.625                                            6.25              -60
21.875                                            6.25              -60
37.50                                            25.00              -60
62.50                                            25.00              -65
87.50                                            25.00              -65
150.00                                             100              -65
250.00                                             100              -65
350.00                                             100              -65
400 to 12 MHz                         30(s)              -75
12 MHz to paired receive band                    30(s)              -75
In the paired receive band                       30(s)             -100
------------------------------------------------------------------------


               25 kHz Mobile Transmitter ACP Requirements
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Measurement      Maximum ACP
  Offset from center frequency (kHz)    bandwidth (kHz)       (dBc)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
15.625                                            6.25              -40
21.875                                            6.25              -60
37.50                                               25              -60
62.50                                               25              -65
87.50                                               25              -65
150.00                                             100              -65
250.00                                             100              -65
350.00                                             100              -65
400 kHz to 12 MHz                     30(s)              -75
12 MHz to paired receive band                    30(s)              -75
In the paired receive band                       30(s)             -100
------------------------------------------------------------------------


               150 kHz Mobile Transmitter ACP Requirements
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Measurement      Maximum ACP
  Offset from center frequency (kHz)    bandwidth (kHz)   relative (dBc)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
100                                                 50              -40
200                                                 50              -50
300                                                 50              -50
400                                                 50              -50

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600-1000                                         30(s)              -60
1000 to receive band                             30(s)              -70
In the receive band                              30(s)             -100
------------------------------------------------------------------------


               6.25 kHz Base Transmitter ACP Requirements
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Measurement      Maximum ACP
  Offset from center frequency (kHz)    bandwidth (kHz)       (dBc)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.25                                              6.25              -40
12.50                                             6.25              -60
18.75                                             6.25              -60
25.00                                             6.25              -65
37.50                                               25              -65
62.50                                               25              -65
87.50                                               25              -65
150.00                                             100              -65
250.00                                             100              -65
350.00                                             100              -65
400 kHz to 12 MHz                     30(s)              -80
12 MHz to paired receive band                    30(s)              -80
In the paired receive band                       30(s)           \1\-85
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Although we permit individual base transmitters to radiate a maximum
  ACP of -85 dBc in the paired receive band, licensees deploying these
  transmitters may not exceed an ACP of -100 dBc in the paired receive
  band when measured at either the transmitting antenna input port or
  the output of the transmitter combining network. Consequently,
  licensees deploying these transmitters may need to use external
  filters to comply with the more restrictive ACP limit.


               12.5 kHz Base Transmitter ACP Requirements
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Measurement      Maximum ACP
  Offset from center frequency (kHz)    bandwidth (kHz)       (dBc)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
9.375                                             6.25              -40
15.625                                            6.25              -60
21.875                                            6.25              -60
37.5                                                25              -60
62.5                                                25              -65
87.5                                                25              -65
150                                                100              -65
250                                                100              -65
350.00                                             100              -65
400 kHz to 12 MHz                     30(s)              -80
12 MHz to paired receive band                    30(s)              -80
In the paired receive band                       30(s)           \1\-85
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Although we permit individual base transmitters to radiate a maximum
  ACP of -85 dBc in the paired receive band, licensees deploying these
  transmitters may not exceed an ACP of -100 dBc in the paired receive
  band when measured at either the transmitting antenna input port or
  the output of the transmitter combining network. Consequently,
  licensees deploying these transmitters may need to use external
  filters to comply with the more restrictive ACP limit.


                25 kHz Base Transmitter ACP Requirements
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Measurement      Maximum ACP
  Offset from center frequency (kHz)    bandwidth (kHz)       (dBc)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
15.625                                            6.25              -40
21.875                                            6.25              -60
37.5                                                25              -60
62.5                                                25              -65
87.5                                                25              -65
150                                                100              -65
250                                                100              -65
350                                             100.00              -65
400 kHz to 12 MHz                     30(s)              -80
12 MHz to paired receive band                    30(s)              -80
In the paired receive band                       30(s)           \1\-85
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Although we permit individual base transmitters to radiate a maximum
  ACP of -85 dBc in the paired receive band, licensees deploying these
  transmitters may not exceed an ACP of -100 dBc in the paired receive
  band when measured at either the transmitting antenna input port or
  the output of the transmitter combining network. Consequently,
  licensees deploying these transmitters may need to use external
  filters to comply with the more restrictive ACP limit.


                150 kHz Base Transmitter ACP Requirements
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Offset from center      Measurement
    frequency (kHz)      bandwidth (kHz)         Maximum ACP (dBc)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
100                                  50   -40
200                                  50   -50
300                                  50   -55
400                                  50   -60
600-1000                          30(s)   -65
1000 to receive band              30(s)   -75 (continues at -6dB/oct
In the receive band               30(s)   \1\-85
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Although we permit individual base transmitters to radiate a maximum
  ACP of -85 dBc in the paired receive band, licensees deploying these
  transmitters may not exceed an ACP of -100 dBc in the paired receive
  band when measured at either the transmitting antenna input port or
  the output of the transmitter combining network. Consequently,
  licensees deploying these transmitters may need to use external
  filters to comply with the more restrictive ACP limit.

    (7) ACP measurement procedure. The following procedures are to be 
followed for making ACP transmitter measurements. For time division 
multiple access (TDMA) systems, the measurements are to be made under 
TDMA operation only during time slots when the transmitter is on. All 
measurements must be made at the input to the transmitter's antenna. 
Measurement bandwidth used below implies an instrument that measures the 
power in many narrow bandwidths (e.g., 300 Hz) and integrates these 
powers across a larger band to determine power in the measurement 
bandwidth.
    (i) Setting reference level. Using a spectrum analyzer capable of 
ACP measurements, set the measurement bandwidth

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to the channel size. For example, for a 6.25 kHz transmitter, set the 
measurement bandwidth to 6.25 kHz; for a 150 kHz transmitter, set the 
measurement bandwidth to 150 kHz. Set the frequency offset of the 
measurement bandwidth to zero and adjust the center frequency of the 
spectrum analyzer to give the power level in the measurement bandwidth. 
Record this power level in dBm as the ``reference power level''.
    (ii) Non-swept power measurement. Using a spectrum analyzer capable 
of ACP measurements, set the measurement bandwidth as shown in the 
tables above. Measure the ACP in dBm. These measurements should be made 
at maximum power. Calculate the coupled power by subtracting the 
measurements made in this step from the reference power measured in the 
previous step. The absolute ACP values must be less than the values 
given in the table for each condition above.
    (iii) Swept power measurement. Set a spectrum analyzer to 30 kHz 
resolution bandwidth, 1 MHz video bandwidth and sample mode detection. 
Sweep MHz from the carrier frequency. Set the 
reference level to the RMS value of the transmitter power and note the 
absolute power. The response at frequencies greater than 600 kHz must be 
less than the values in the tables above.
    (8) Out-of-band emission limit. On any frequency outside of the 
frequency ranges covered by the ACP tables in this section, the power of 
any emission must be reduced below the unmodulated carrier power (P) by 
at least 43 + 10 log (P) dB.
    (9) Authorized bandwidth. Provided that the ACP requirements of this 
section are met, applicants may request any authorized bandwidth that 
does not exceed the channel size.
    (f) For operations in the 746-758 MHz, 775-788 MHz, and 805-806 MHz 
bands, emissions in the band 1559-1610 MHz shall be limited to -70 dBW/
MHz equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) for wideband signals, 
and -80 dBW EIRP for discrete emissions of less than 700 Hz bandwidth. 
For the purpose of equipment authorization, a transmitter shall be 
tested with an antenna that is representative of the type that will be 
used with the equipment in normal operation.
    (g) For operations in the 600 MHz band and the 698-746 MHz band, the 
power of any emission outside a licensee's frequency band(s) of 
operation shall be attenuated below the transmitter power (P) within the 
licensed band(s) of operation, measured in watts, by at least 43 + 10 
log (P) dB. Compliance with this provision is based on the use of 
measurement instrumentation employing a resolution bandwidth of 100 
kilohertz or greater. However, in the 100 kilohertz bands immediately 
outside and adjacent to a licensee's frequency block, a resolution 
bandwidth of at least 30 kHz may be employed.
    (h) AWS emission limits--(1) General protection levels. Except as 
otherwise specified below, for operations in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1710-
1755 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, 1915-1920 MHz, 1995-2000 MHz, 2000-2020 MHz, 
2110-2155 MHz, 2155-2180 MHz, and 2180-2200 bands, the power of any 
emission outside a licensee's frequency block shall be attenuated below 
the transmitter power (P) in watts by at least 43 + 10 log10 
(P) dB.
    (2) Additional protection levels. Notwithstanding the foregoing 
paragraph (h)(1) of this section:
    (i) Operations in the 2180-2200 MHz band are subject to the out-of-
band emission requirements set forth in Sec.  27.1134 for the protection 
of federal government operations operating in the 2200-2290 MHz band.
    (ii) For operations in the 2000-2020 MHz band, the power of any 
emissions below 2000 MHz shall be attenuated below the transmitter power 
(P) in watts by at least 70 + 10 log10(P) dB.
    (iii) For operations in the 1915-1920 MHz band, the power of any 
emission between 1930-1995 MHz shall be attenuated below the transmitter 
power (P) in watts by at least 70 + 10 log10(P) dB.
    (iv) For operations in the 1995-2000 MHz band, the power of any 
emission between 2005-2020 MHz shall be attenuated below the transmitter 
power (P) in watts by at least 70 + 10 log10(P) dB.
    (3) Measurement procedure. (i) Compliance with this provision is 
based on the use of measurement instrumentation employing a resolution 
bandwidth of 1 megahertz or greater. However, in the 1

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megahertz bands immediately outside and adjacent to the licensee's 
frequency block, a resolution bandwidth of at least one percent of the 
emission bandwidth of the fundamental emission of the transmitter may be 
employed. The emission bandwidth is defined as the width of the signal 
between two points, one below the carrier center frequency and one above 
the carrier center frequency, outside of which all emissions are 
attenuated at least 26 dB below the transmitter power.
    (ii) When measuring the emission limits, the nominal carrier 
frequency shall be adjusted as close to the licensee's frequency block 
edges, both upper and lower, as the design permits.
    (iii) The measurements of emission power can be expressed in peak or 
average values, provided they are expressed in the same parameters as 
the transmitter power.
    (4) Private agreements. (i) For AWS operations in the 2000-2020 MHz 
and 2180-2200 MHz bands, to the extent a licensee establishes unified 
operations across the AWS blocks, that licensee may choose not to 
observe the emission limit specified in paragraph (h)(1), above, 
strictly between its adjacent block licenses in a geographic area, so 
long as it complies with other Commission rules and is not adversely 
affecting the operations of other parties by virtue of exceeding the 
emission limit.
    (ii) For AWS operations in the 2000-2020 MHz band, a licensee may 
enter into private agreements with all licensees operating between 1995 
and 2000 MHz to allow the 70 + 10 log10(P) dB limit to be 
exceeded within the 1995-2000 MHz band.
    (iii) An AWS licensee who is a party to a private agreement 
described in this section (4) must maintain a copy of the agreement in 
its station files and disclose it, upon request, to prospective AWS 
assignees, transferees, or spectrum lessees and to the Commission.
    (i) When an emission outside of the authorized bandwidth causes 
harmful interference, the Commission may, at its discretion, require 
greater attenuation than specified in this section.
    (j)(1) For operations in the unpaired 1390-1392 MHz band and the 
paired 1392-1395 MHz and 1432-1435 MHz bands, the power of any emission 
outside the licensee's frequency band(s) of operation shall be 
attenuated below the transmitter power (P) by at least 43 + 10 log (P) 
dB. Compliance with these provisions is based on the procedures 
described in paragraph (a)(5) of this section.
    (2) In the 1390-1395 MHz and 1432-1435 MHz bands, licensees are 
encouraged to take all reasonable steps to ensure that unwanted emission 
power does not exceed the following levels in the band 1400-1427 MHz:
    (i) For stations of point-to-point systems in the fixed service: -45 
dBW/27 MHz.
    (ii) For stations in the mobile service: -60 dBW/27 MHz.
    (k) For operations in the 1670-1675 MHz, the power of any emission 
outside the licensee's frequency band(s) of operation shall be 
attenuated below the transmitter power (P) by at least 43 + 10 log (P) 
dB. Compliance with these provisions is based on the procedures 
described in paragraph (a)(5) of this section.
    (l) [Reserved]
    (m) For BRS and EBS stations, the power of any emissions outside the 
licensee's frequency bands of operation shall be attenuated below the 
transmitter power (P) measured in watts in accordance with the standards 
below. If a licensee has multiple contiguous channels, out-of-band 
emissions shall be measured from the upper and lower edges of the 
contiguous channels.
    (1) Prior to the transition, and thereafter, solely within the MBS, 
for analog operations with an EIRP in excess of -9 dBW, the signal shall 
be attenuated at the channel edges by at least 38 dB relative to the 
peak visual carrier, then linearly sloping from that level to at least 
60 dB of attenuation at 1 MHz below the lower band edge and 0.5 MHz 
above the upper band edge, and attenuated at least 60 dB at all other 
frequencies.
    (2) For digital base stations, the attenuation shall be not less 
than 43 + 10 log (P) dB, unless a documented interference complaint is 
received from an adjacent channel licensee with an overlapping 
Geographic Service Area. Mobile Satellite Service licensees operating on 
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may also submit a documented interference complaint against BRS 
licensees operating on channel BRS No. 1 on the same terms and 
conditions as adjacent channel BRS or EBS licensees. Provided that a 
documented interference complaint cannot be mutually resolved between 
the parties prior to the applicable deadline, then the following 
additional attenuation requirements shall apply:
    (i) If a pre-existing base station suffers harmful interference from 
emissions caused by a new or modified base station located 1.5 km or 
more away, within 24 hours of the receipt of a documented interference 
complaint the licensee of the new or modified base station must 
attenuate its emissions by at least 67 + 10 log (P) dB measured at 3 
megahertz, above or below, from the channel edge of its frequency block 
and shall immediately notify the complaining licensee upon 
implementation of the additional attenuation. No later than 60 days 
after the implementation of such additional attenuation, the licensee of 
the complaining base station must attenuate its base station emissions 
by at least 67 + 10 log (P) dB measured at 3 megahertz, above or below, 
from the channel edge of its frequency block of the new or modified base 
station.
    (ii) If a pre-existing base station suffers harmful interference 
from emissions caused by a new or modified base station located less 
than 1.5 km away, within 24 hours of receipt of a documented 
interference complaint the licensee of the new or modified base station 
must attenuate its emissions by at least 67 + 10 log (P)-20 log (Dkm/
1.5) dB measured at 3 megahertz, above or below, from the channel edge 
of its frequency block of the complaining licensee, or if both base 
stations are co-located, limit its undesired signal level at the pre-
existing base station receiver(s) to no more than -107 dBm measured in a 
5.5 megahertz bandwidth and shall immediately notify the complaining 
licensee upon such reduction in the undesired signal level. No later 
than 60 days after such reduction in the undesired signal level, the 
complaining licensee must attenuate its base station emissions by at 
least 67 + 10 log (P) dB measured at 3 megahertz, above or below, from 
the channel edge of its frequency block of the new or modified base 
station.
    (iii) If a new or modified base station suffers harmful interference 
from emissions caused by a pre-existing base station located 1.5 km or 
more away, within 60 days of receipt of a documented interference 
complaint the licensee of each base station must attenuate its base 
station emissions by at least 67 + 10 log (P) dB measured at 3 
megahertz, above or below, from the channel edge of its frequency block 
of the other licensee.
    (iv) If a new or modified base station suffers harmful interference 
from emissions caused by a pre-existing base station located less than 
1.5 km away, within 60 days of receipt of a documented interference 
complaint: (a) The licensee of the new or modified base station must 
attenuate its OOBE by at least 67 + 10 log (P)-20 log (Dkm/1.5) measured 
3 megahertz above or below, from the channel edge of its frequency block 
of the other licensee, or if the base stations are co-located, limit its 
undesired signal level at the other base station receiver(s) to no more 
than -107 dBm measured in a 5.5-megahertz bandwidth; and (b) the 
licensee causing the interference must attenuate its emissions by at 
least 67 + 10 log (P) dB measured at 3 megahertz, above or below, from 
the channel edge of its frequency block of the new or modified base 
station.
    (v) For all fixed digital user stations, the attenuation factor 
shall be not less than 43 + 10 log (P) dB at the channel edge.
    (3) Prior to transition and thereafter solely within the MBS, and 
notwithstanding paragraph (l)(2) of this section, the maximum out-of-
band power of a digital transmitter operating on a single 6 MHz channel 
with an EIRP in excess of -9 dBW employing digital modulation for the 
primary purpose of transmitting video programming shall be attenuated at 
the 6 MHz channel edges at least 25 dB relative to the licensed average 
6 MHz channel power level, then attenuated along a linear slope to at 
least 40 dB at 250 kHz beyond the nearest channel edge, then attenuated 
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the upper and below the lower licensed channel edges, and attenuated at 
least 60 dB at all other frequencies.
    (4) For mobile digital stations, the attenuation factor shall be not 
less than 40 + 10 log (P) dB on all frequencies between the channel edge 
and 5 megahertz from the channel edge, 43 + 10 log (P) dB on all 
frequencies between 5 megahertz and X megahertz from the channel edge, 
and 55 + 10 log (P) dB on all frequencies more than X megahertz from the 
channel edge, where X is the greater of 6 megahertz or the actual 
emission bandwidth as defined in paragraph (m)(6) of this section. In 
addition, the attenuation factor shall not be less that 43 + 10 log (P) 
dB on all frequencies between 2490.5 MHz and 2496 MHz and 55 + 10 log 
(P) dB at or below 2490.5 MHz. Mobile Satellite Service licensees 
operating on frequencies below 2495 MHz may also submit a documented 
interference complaint against BRS licensees operating on channel BRS 
Channel 1 on the same terms and conditions as adjacent channel BRS or 
EBS licensees.
    (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (l)(2) and (l)(4) 
of this section, prior to transition, a licensee may continue to operate 
facilities deployed as of January 10, 2005 provided that such facilities 
operate in compliance with the emission mask applicable to those 
services prior to January 10, 2005.
    (6) Measurement procedure. Compliance with these rules is based on 
the use of measurement instrumentation employing a resolution bandwidth 
of 1 megahertz or greater. However, in the 1 MHz bands immediately 
outside and adjacent to the frequency block a resolution bandwidth of at 
least one percent of the emission bandwidth of the fundamental emission 
of the transmitter may be employed; for mobile digital stations, in the 
1 megahertz bands immediately outside and adjacent to the frequency 
block a resolution bandwidth of at least two percent may be employed, 
except when the 1 megahertz band is 2495-2496 MHz, in which case a 
resolution bandwidth of at least one percent may be employed. A narrower 
resolution bandwidth is permitted in all cases to improve measurement 
accuracy provided the measured power is integrated over the full 
required measurement bandwidth (i.e. 1 megahertz or 1 percent of 
emission bandwidth, as specified; or 1 megahertz or 2 percent for mobile 
digital stations, except in the band 2495-2496 MHz). The emission 
bandwidth is defined as the width of the signal between two points, one 
below the carrier center frequency and one above the carrier center 
frequency, outside of which all emissions are attenuated at least 26 dB 
below the transmitter power. With respect to television operations, 
measurements must be made of the separate visual and aural operating 
powers at sufficiently frequent intervals to ensure compliance with the 
rules.
    (7) Alternative out of band emission limit. Licensees in this 
service may establish an alternative out of band emission limit to be 
used at specified band edge(s) in specified geographical areas, in lieu 
of that set forth in this section, pursuant to a private contractual 
arrangement of all affected licensees and applicants. In this event, 
each party to such contract shall maintain a copy of the contract in 
their station files and disclose it to prospective assignees or 
transferees and, upon request, to the FCC.
    (n) When an emission outside of the authorized bandwidth causes 
harmful interference, the Commission may, at its discretion, require 
greater attenuation than specified in this section.

[62 FR 16497, Apr. 7, 1997]

    Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec.  
27.53, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.



Sec.  27.54  Frequency stability.

    The frequency stability shall be sufficient to ensure that the 
fundamental emissions stay within the authorized bands of operation.



Sec.  27.55  Power strength limits.

    (a) Field strength limits. For the following bands, the predicted or 
measured median field strength at any location on the geographical 
border of a licensee's service area shall not exceed the value specified 
unless the adjacent affected service area licensee(s) agree(s) to a 
different field strength.

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This value applies to both the initially offered service areas and to 
partitioned service areas.
    (1) 1995-2000 MHz, 2110-2155, 2155-2180, 2180-2200, 2305-2320, and 
2345-2360 MHz bands: 47 dB[micro]V/m.
    (2) 600 MHz, 698-758, and 775-787 MHz bands: 40 dB[micro]V/m.
    (3) The paired 1392-1395 MHz and 1432-1435 MHz bands and the 
unpaired 1390-1392 MHz band (1.4 GHz band): 47 dB[micro]V/m.
    (4) BRS and EBS: The predicted or measured median field strength at 
any location on the geographical border of a licensee's service area 
shall not exceed the value specified unless the adjacent affected 
service area licensee(s) agree(s) to a different field strength. This 
value applies to both the initially offered services areas and to 
partitioned services areas. Licensees may exceed this signal level where 
there is no affected licensee that is constructed and providing service. 
Once the affected licensee is providing service, the original licensee 
will be required to take whatever steps necessary to comply with the 
applicable power level at its GSA boundary, absent consent from the 
affected licensee.
    (i) Prior to transition, the signal strength at any point along the 
licensee's GSA boundary does not exceed the greater of that permitted 
under the licensee's Commission authorizations as of January 10, 2005 or 
47 dB[micro]V/m.
    (ii) Following transition, for stations in the LBS and UBS, the 
signal strength at any point along the licensee's GSA boundary must not 
exceed 47 dB[micro]V/m. This field strength is to be measured at 1.5 
meters above the ground over the channel bandwidth (i.e., each 5.5 MHz 
channel for licensees that hold a full channel block, and for the 5.5 
MHz channel for licensees that hold individual channels).
    (iii) Following transition, for stations in the MBS, the signal 
strength at any point along the licensee's GSA boundary must not exceed 
the greater of -73.0 + 10 log(X/6) dBW/m\2\, where X is the bandwidth in 
megahertz of the channel, or for facilities that are substantially 
similar to the licensee's pre-transition facilities (including 
modifications that do not alter the fundamental nature or use of the 
transmissions), the signal strength at such point that resulted from the 
station's operations immediately prior to the transition, provided that 
such operations complied with paragraph (a)(4)(i) of this section.
    (b) Power flux density limit for stations operating in the 698-746 
MHz bands. For base and fixed stations operating in the 698-746 MHz band 
in accordance with the provisions of Sec.  27.50(c)(6), the power flux 
density that would be produced by such stations through a combination of 
antenna height and vertical gain pattern must not exceed 3000 microwatts 
per square meter on the ground over the area extending to 1 km from the 
base of the antenna mounting structure.
    (c) Power flux density limit for stations operating in the 746-757 
MHz and 776-787 MHz bands. For base and fixed stations operating in the 
746-757 MHz and 776-787 MHz bands in accordance with the provisions of 
Sec.  27.50(b)(6), the power flux density that would be produced by such 
stations through a combination of antenna height and vertical gain 
pattern must not exceed 3000 microwatts per square meter on the ground 
over the area extending to 1 km from the base of the antenna mounting 
structure.

[69 FR 5715, Feb. 6, 2004, as amended at 69 FR 72034, Dec. 10, 2004; 72 
FR 27712, May 16, 2007; 72 FR 48852, Aug. 24, 2007; 73 FR 26040, May 8, 
2008; 78 FR 8270, Feb. 5, 2013; 78 FR 50256, Aug. 16, 2013; 79 FR 599, 
Jan. 6, 2014; 79 FR 32413, June 4, 2014; 79 FR 48539, Aug. 15, 2014]



Sec.  27.56  Antenna structures; air navigation safety.

    A licensee that owns its antenna structure(s) must not allow such 
antenna structure(s) to become a hazard to air navigation. In general, 
antenna structure owners are responsible for registering antenna 
structures with the FCC if required by part 17 of this chapter, and for 
installing and maintaining any required marking and lighting. However, 
in the event of default of this responsibility by an antenna structure 
owner, the FCC permittee or licensee authorized to use an affected 
antenna structure will be held responsible by the FCC for ensuring that 
the antenna structure continues to meet the requirements of part 17 of 
this chapter. See Sec.  17.6 of this chapter.

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    (a) Marking and lighting. Antenna structures must be marked, lighted 
and maintained in accordance with part 17 of this chapter and all 
applicable rules and requirements of the Federal Aviation 
Administration. For any construction or alteration that would exceed the 
requirements of section 17.7 of this chapter, licensees must notify the 
appropriate Regional Office of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA 
Form 7460-1) and file a request for antenna height clearance and 
obstruction marking and lighting specifications (FCC Form 854) with the 
FCC, WTB, 1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325.
    (b) Maintenance contracts. Antenna structure owners (or licensees 
and permittees, in the event of default by an antenna structure owner) 
may enter into contracts with other entities to monitor and carry out 
necessary maintenance of antenna structures. Antenna structure owners 
(or licensees and permittees, in the event of default by an antenna 
structure owner) that make such contractual arrangements continue to be 
responsible for the maintenance of antenna structures in regard to air 
navigation safety.



Sec.  27.57  International coordination.

    (a) WCS operations in the border areas shall be subject to 
coordination with those countries and provide protection to non-U.S. 
operations in the 2305-2320 and 2345-2360 MHz bands as appropriate. In 
addition, satellite DARS operations in WCS spectrum shall be subject to 
international satellite coordination procedures.
    (b) Wireless operations in the 512-608 MHz, 614-763 MHz, 775-793 
MHz, and 805-806 MHz bands are subject to current and future 
international agreements between the United States and Canada and the 
United States and Mexico. Unless otherwise modified by international 
treaty, licenses must not cause interference to, and must accept harmful 
interference from, television broadcast operations in Mexico and Canada, 
where these services are co-primary in the band.
    (c) Operation in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1710-1755 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, 
1915-1920 MHz, 1995-2000 MHz, 2000-2020 MHz, 2110-2155 MHz, 2155-2180 
MHz, and 2180-2200 MHz bands is subject to international agreements with 
Mexico and Canada.

[62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997, as amended at 67 FR 5511, Feb. 6, 2002; 69 FR 
5715, Feb. 6, 2004; 72 FR 48852, Aug. 24, 2007; 79 FR 599, Jan. 6, 2014; 
79 FR 32413, June 4, 2014; 79 FR 48539, Aug. 15, 2014]



Sec.  27.58  Interference to BRS/EBS receivers.

    (a) WCS licensees shall bear full financial obligation to remedy 
interference to BRS/EBS block downconverters if all of the following 
conditions are met:
    (1) The complaint is received by the WCS licensee prior to February 
20, 2002;
    (2) The BRS/EBS downconverter was installed prior to August 20, 
1998;
    (3) The WCS fixed or land station transmits at 50 or more watts peak 
EIRP;
    (4) The BRS/EBS downconverter is located within a WCS transmitter's 
free space power flux density contour of -34 dBW/m\2\; and
    (5) The BRS/EBS customer or licensee has informed the WCS licensee 
of the interference within one year from the initial operation of the 
WCS transmitter or within one year from any subsequent power increases 
at the WCS station.
    (b) Resolution of the complaint shall be at no cost to the 
complainant.
    (c) Two or more WCS licensees collocating their antennas on the same 
tower shall assume shared responsibility for remedying interference 
complaints within the area determined by paragraph (a)(4) of this 
section unless an offending station can be readily determined and then 
that station shall assume full financial responsibility.
    (d) If the WCS licensee cannot otherwise eliminate interference 
caused to BRS/EBS reception, then that licensee must cease operations 
from the offending WCS facility.
    (e) At least 30 days prior to commencing operations from any new WCS 
transmission site or with increased power from any existing WCS 
transmission site, a WCS licensee shall notify all BRS/EBS licensees in 
or through whose licensed service areas they intend to operate of the 
technical parameters of the WCS transmission

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facility. WCS and BRS/EBS licensees are expected to coordinate 
voluntarily and in good faith to avoid interference problems and to 
allow the greatest operational flexibility in each other's operations.

[62 FR 16498, Apr. 7, 1997, as amended at 69 FR 72034, Dec. 10, 2004]



Sec.  27.59  [Reserved]



Sec.  27.60  TV/DTV interference protection criteria.

    Base, fixed, control, and mobile transmitters in the 698-758 MHz, 
775-788 MHz, and 805-806 MHz frequency bands must be operated only in 
accordance with the rules in this section to reduce the potential for 
interference to public reception of the signals of existing TV and DTV 
broadcast stations transmitting on TV Channels 51 through 68.
    (a) D/U ratios. Licensees must choose site locations that are a 
sufficient distance from co-channel and adjacent channel TV and DTV 
stations, and/or must use reduced transmitting power or transmitting 
antenna height such that the following minimum desired signal-to-
undesired signal ratios (D/U ratios) are met.
    (1) The minimum D/U ratio for co-channel stations is:
    (i) 40 dB at the hypothetical Grade B contour (64 dB[micro]V/m) 
(88.5 kilometers (55 miles)) of the TV station;
    (ii) For transmitters operating in the 698-746 MHz frequency band, 
23 dB at the equivalent Grade B contour (41 dB[micro]V/m) (88.5 
kilometers (55 miles)) of the DTV station; or
    (iii) For transmitters operating in the 746-758 MHz, 775-788 MHz, 
and 805-806 MHz frequency bands, 17 dB at the equivalent Grade B contour 
(41 dB[micro]V/m) (88.5 kilometers (55 miles)) of the DTV station.
    (2) The minimum D/U ratio for adjacent channel stations is 0 dB at 
the hypothetical Grade B contour (64 dB[micro]V/m) (88.5 kilometers (55 
miles)) of the TV station or -23 dB at the equivalent Grade B contour 
(41 dB[micro]V/m) (88.5 kilometers (55 miles)) of the DTV station.
    (b) TV stations and calculation of contours. The methods used to 
calculate TV contours and antenna heights above average terrain are 
given in Sec. Sec.  73.683 and 73.684 of this chapter. Tables to 
determine the necessary minimum distance from the 698-758 MHz, 775-788 
MHz, and 805-806 MHz station to the TV/DTV station, assuming that the 
TV/DTV station has a hypothetical or equivalent Grade B contour of 88.5 
kilometers (55 miles), are located in Sec.  90.309 of this chapter and 
labeled as Tables B, D, and E. The locations of existing and proposed 
TV/DTV stations during the period of transition from analog to digital 
TV service are given in part 73 of this chapter and in the final 
proceedings of MM Docket No. 87-268.
    (1) Licensees of stations operating within the ERP and HAAT limits 
of Sec.  27.50 must select one of four methods to meet the TV/DTV 
protection requirements, subject to Commission approval:
    (i) Utilize the geographic separation specified in Tables B, D, and 
E of Sec.  90.309 of this chapter, as appropriate;
    (ii) When station parameters are greater than those indicated in the 
tables, calculate geographic separation in accordance with the required 
D/U ratios, as provided in paragraph (a) of this section;
    (iii) Submit an engineering study justifying the proposed 
separations based on the parameters of the land mobile station and the 
parameters, including authorized and/or applied for facilities, of the 
TV/DTV station(s) it is trying to protect; or,
    (iv) Obtain written concurrence from the applicable TV/DTV 
station(s). If this method is chosen, a copy of the agreement must be 
submitted with the application.
    (2) The following is the method for geographic separations. (i) Base 
and fixed stations that operate in the 746-758 MHz and 775-787 MHz bands 
having an antenna height (HAAT) less than 152 m. (500 ft.) shall afford 
protection to co-channel and adjacent channel TV/DTV stations in 
accordance with the values specified in Table B (co-channel frequencies 
based on 40 dB protection) and Table E (adjacent channel frequencies 
based on 0 dB protection) in Sec.  90.309 of this chapter. Base and 
fixed stations that operate in the 698-746 MHz band having an antenna 
height (HAAT) less than 152 m. (500 ft.) shall afford protection to 
adjacent channel DTV stations in accordance with the

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values specified in Table E in Sec.  90.309 of this chapter, shall 
afford protection to co-channel DTV stations by providing 23 dB 
protection to such stations' equivalent Grade B contour (41 dB[micro]V/
m), and shall afford protection to co-channel and adjacent channel TV 
stations in accordance with the values specified in Table B (co-channel 
frequencies based on 40 dB protection) and Table E (adjacent channel 
frequencies based on 0 dB protection) in Sec.  90.309 of this chapter. 
For base and fixed stations having an antenna height (HAAT) between 152-
914 meters (500-3,000 ft.) the effective radiated power must be reduced 
below 1 kilowatt in accordance with the values shown in the power 
reduction graph in Figure B in Sec.  90.309 of this chapter. For heights 
of more than 152 m. (500 ft.) above average terrain, the distance to the 
radio path horizon will be calculated assuming smooth earth. If the 
distance so determined equals or exceeds the distance to the 
hypothetical or equivalent Grade B contour of a co-channel TV/DTV 
station (i.e., it exceeds the distance from the appropriate Table in 
Sec.  90.309 of this chapter to the relevant TV/DTV station), an 
authorization will not be granted unless it can be shown in an 
engineering study (see paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section) that 
actual terrain considerations are such as to provide the desired 
protection at the actual Grade B contour (64 dB[micro]V/m for TV and 41 
dB[micro]V/m for DTV stations) or unless the effective radiated power 
will be further reduced so that, assuming free space attenuation, the 
desired protection at the actual Grade B contour (64 dB[micro]V/m for TV 
and 41 dB[micro]V/m coverage contour for DTV stations) will be achieved. 
Directions for calculating powers, heights, and reduction curves are 
listed in Sec.  90.309 of this chapter for land mobile stations. 
Directions for calculating coverage contours are listed in Sec. Sec.  
73.683 through 73.685 of this chapter for TV stations and in Sec.  
73.625 of this chapter for DTV stations.
    (ii) Control, fixed, and mobile stations (including portables) that 
operate in the 787-788 MHz and 805-806 MHz bands and control and mobile 
stations (including portables) that operate in the 698-757 MHz and 776-
787 MHz bands are limited in height and power and therefore shall afford 
protection to co-channel and adjacent channel TV/DTV stations in the 
following manner:
    (A) For control, fixed, and mobile stations (including portables) 
that operate in the 787-788 MHz and 805-806 MHz bands and control and 
mobile stations (including portables) that operate in the 746-757 MHz 
and 776-787 MHz bands, co-channel protection shall be afforded in 
accordance with the values specified in Table D (co-channel frequencies 
based on 40 dB protection for TV stations and 17 dB for DTV stations) in 
Sec.  90.309 of this chapter.
    (B) For control and mobile stations (including portables) that 
operate in the 698-746 MHz band, co-channel protection shall be afforded 
to TV stations in accordance with the values specified in Table D (co-
channel frequencies based on 40 dB protection) and to DTV stations by 
providing 23 dB protection to such stations' equivalent Grade B contour 
(41 dB[micro]V/m).
    (C) For control, fixed, and mobile stations (including portables) 
that operate in the 787-788 MHz and 805-806 MHz bands and control and 
mobile stations (including portables) that operate in the 698-757 MHz 
and 776-787 MHz bands, adjacent channel protection shall be afforded by 
providing a minimum distance of 8 kilometers (5 miles) from all adjacent 
channel TV/DTV station hypothetical or equivalent Grade B contours 
(adjacent channel frequencies based on 0 dB protection for TV stations 
and -23 dB for DTV stations).
    (D) Since control, fixed, and mobile stations may affect different 
TV/DTV stations than the associated base or fixed station, particular 
care must be taken by applicants/licensees to ensure that all 
appropriate TV/DTV stations are considered (e.g., a base station may be 
operating within TV Channel 62 and the mobiles within TV Channel 67, in 
which case TV Channels 61, 62, 63, 66, 67 and 68 must be protected). 
Control, fixed, and mobile stations shall keep a minimum distance of 
96.5 kilometers (60 miles) from all adjacent channel TV/DTV stations. 
Since mobiles and portables are able to move and communicate with each 
other, licensees must determine the areas where the mobiles can and 
cannot roam in order to protect the TV/DTV stations.


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    Note to Sec.  27.60: The 88.5 km (55mi) Grade B service contour (64 
dB[micro]V/m) is based on a hypothetical TV station operating at an 
effective radiated power of one megawatt, a transmitting antenna height 
above average terrain of 610 meters (2000 feet) and the Commission's R-
6602 F(50,50) curves. See Sec.  73.699 of this chapter. Maximum 
facilities for TV stations operating in the UHF band are 5 megawatts 
effective radiated power at an antenna HAAT of 610 meters (2,000 feet). 
See Sec.  73.614 of this chapter. The equivalent contour for DTV 
stations is based on a 41 dB[micro]V/m signal strength and the distance 
to the F(50,90) curve. See Sec.  73.625 of this chapter.

[72 FR 48852, Aug. 24, 2007, as amended at 79 FR 599, Jan. 6, 2014]



Sec. Sec.  27.61-27.62  [Reserved]



Sec.  27.64  Protection from interference.

    Wireless Communications Service (WCS) stations operating in full 
accordance with applicable FCC rules and the terms and conditions of 
their authorizations are normally considered to be non-interfering. If 
the FCC determines, however, that interference which significantly 
interrupts or degrades a radio service is being caused, it may, after 
notice and an opportunity for a hearing, require modifications to any 
WCS station as necessary to eliminate such interference.
    (a) Failure to operate as authorized. Any licensee causing 
interference to the service of other stations by failing to operate its 
station in full accordance with its authorization and applicable FCC 
rules shall discontinue all transmissions, except those necessary for 
the immediate safety of life or property, until it can bring its station 
into full compliance with the authorization and rules.
    (b) Intermodulation interference. Licensees should attempt to 
resolve such interference by technical means.
    (c) Situations in which no protection is afforded. Except as 
provided elsewhere in this part, no protection from interference is 
afforded in the following situations:
    (1) Interference to base receivers from base or fixed transmitters. 
Licensees should attempt to resolve such interference by technical means 
or operating arrangements.
    (2) Interference to mobile receivers from mobile transmitters. No 
protection is provided against mobile-to-mobile interference.
    (3) Interference to base receivers from mobile transmitters. No 
protection is provided against mobile-to-base interference.
    (4) Interference to fixed stations. Licensees should attempt to 
resolve such interference by technical means or operating arrangements.
    (5) Anomalous or infrequent propagation modes. No protection is 
provided against interference caused by tropospheric and ionospheric 
propagation of signals.
    (d) Harmful interference to SDARS operations requiring resolution. 
The following conditions will be presumed to constitute harmful 
interference to SDARS operations from WCS operations in the 2305-2320 
MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands and require WCS operators to work 
cooperatively with SDARS operators to address areas where such power 
levels are exceeded and harmful interference occurs:
    (1) A WCS ground signal level greater than -44 dBm in the upper or 
lower A or B block, or -55 dBm in the C or D block, present at a 
location on a roadway, where a test demonstrates that SDARS service 
would be muted over a road distance of greater than 50 meters; or
    (2) A WCS ground signal level exceeding -44 dBm in the upper or 
lower A or B block, or -55 dBm in the C or D block on a test drive 
route, which is mutually agreed upon by the WCS licensee and the SDARS 
licensee, for more than 1 percent of the cumulative surface road 
distance on that drive route, where a test demonstrates that SDARS 
service would be muted over a cumulative road distance of greater than 
0.5 percent (incremental to any muting present prior to use of WCS 
frequencies in the area of that drive test).

[62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997, as amended at 78 FR 9621, Feb. 11, 2013]



Sec.  27.65  Acceptance of interference in 2000-2020 MHz.

    (a) Receivers operating in the 2000-2020 MHz band must accept 
interference from lawful operations in the 1995-2000 MHz band, where 
such interference is due to:

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    (1) The in-band power of any operations in 1995-2000 MHz (i.e., the 
portion transmit power contained in the 1995-2000 MHz band); or
    (2) The portion of out-of-band emissions contained in 2000-2005 MHz.
    (b) [Reserved]

[78 FR 8270, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec.  27.66  Discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service.

    (a) Involuntary act. If the service provided by a fixed common 
carrier licensee, or a fixed common carrier operating on spectrum 
licensed to a Guard Band Manager, is involuntarily discontinued, 
reduced, or impaired for a period exceeding 48 hours, the licensee must 
promptly notify the Commission, in writing, as to the reasons for 
discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service, including a 
statement when normal service is to be resumed. When normal service is 
resumed, the licensee must promptly notify the Commission.
    (b) Voluntary act by common carrier. If a fixed common carrier 
licensee, or a fixed common carrier operating on spectrum licensed to a 
Guard Band Manager, voluntarily discontinues, reduces, or impairs 
service to a community or part of a community, it must obtain prior 
authorization as provided under Sec.  63.71 of this chapter. An 
application will be granted within 31 days after filing if no objections 
have been received.
    (c) Voluntary act by non-common carrier. If a fixed non-common 
carrier licensee, or a fixed non-common carrier operating on spectrum 
licensed to a Guard Band Manager, voluntarily discontinues, reduces, or 
impairs service to a community or part of a community, it must given 
written notice to the Commission within seven days.
    (d) Notifications and requests. Notifications and requests 
identified in paragraphs(a) through (c) of this section should be sent 
to: Federal Communications Commission, Common Carrier Radio Services, 
1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 17325.

[65 FR 3149, Jan. 20, 2000; 65 FR 12483, Mar. 9, 2000, as amended at 65 
FR 17605, Apr. 4, 2000; 65 FR 57267, Sept. 21, 2000]



Sec.  27.70  Information exchange.

    (a) Prior notification. Public safety licensees authorized to 
operate in the 758-775 MHz and 788-805 MHz bands may notify any licensee 
authorized to operate in the 746-757 or 776-787 MHz bands that they wish 
to receive prior notification of the activation or modification of the 
licensee's base or fixed stations in their area. Thereafter, the 746-757 
or 776-787 MHz band licensee must provide the following information to 
the public safety licensee at least 10 business days before a new base 
or fixed station is activated or an existing base or fixed station is 
modified:
    (1) Location;
    (2) Effective radiated power;
    (3) Antenna height; and
    (4) Channels available for use.
    (b) Purpose of prior notification. The prior coordination of base or 
fixed stations is for informational purposes only. Public safety 
licensees are not afforded the right to accept or reject the activation 
of a proposed base or fixed station or to unilaterally require changes 
in its operating parameters. The principal purposes of notification are 
to:
    (1) Allow a public safety licensee to advise the 746-757 or 776-787 
MHz band licensee whether it believes a proposed base or fixed station 
will generate unacceptable interference;
    (2) Permit 746-757 and 776-787 MHz band licensees to make voluntary 
changes in base or fixed station parameters when a public safety 
licensee alerts them to possible interference; and,
    (3) Rapidly identify the source if interference is encountered when 
the base or fixed station is activated.

[72 FR 27712, May 16, 2007, as amended at 72 FR 48853, Aug. 24, 2007; 79 
FR 599, Jan. 6, 2014]



Sec.  27.72  Information sharing requirements.

    This section requires WCS licensees in the 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-
2360 MHz bands to share information regarding the location and operation 
of base and fixed stations (except fixed customer premises equipment) 
with Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) licensees in the 
2320-2345 MHz band. Section 25.263 of this chapter requires

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SDARS licensees in the 2320-2345 MHz band to share information regarding 
the location and operation of terrestrial repeaters with WCS licensees 
in the 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands. WCS licensees are 
encouraged to develop separate coordination agreements with SDARS 
licensees to facilitate efficient deployment of and coexistence between 
each service. To the extent the provisions of any such coordination 
agreement conflict with the requirements set forth herein, the 
procedures established under a coordination agreement will control. WCS 
licensees must maintain a copy of any coordination agreement with an 
SDARS licensee in their station files and disclose it to prospective 
assignees, transferees, or spectrum lessees and, upon request, to the 
Commission.
    (a) Sites and frequency selections. WCS licensees must select base 
and fixed station sites and frequencies, to the extent practicable, to 
minimize the possibility of harmful interference to operations in the 
SDARS 2320-2345 MHz band.
    (b) Prior notice periods. WCS licensees that intend to operate a 
base or fixed station must, before commencing such operation, provide 10 
business days prior notice to all SDARS licensees. WCS licensees that 
intend to modify an existing station must, before commencing such 
modified operation, provide 5 business days prior notice to all SDARS 
licensees. For the purposes of this section, a business day is defined 
by Sec.  1.4(e)(2) of this chapter.
    (1) For modifications other than changes in location, a licensee may 
provide notice within 24 hours after the modified operation if the 
modification does not result in a predicted increase of the power flux 
density (PFD) at ground level by more than 1 dB since the last advance 
notice was given. If a demonstration is made by the SDARS licensee that 
such modifications may cause harmful interference to SDARS receivers, 
WCS licensees will be required to provide notice 5 business days in 
advance of additional station modifications.
    (2) WCS base and fixed stations operating below 2 watts equivalent 
isotropically radiated power (EIRP) are exempt from the notice 
requirements set forth in this paragraph.
    (3) WCS and SDARS licensees may enter into agreements regarding 
alternative notification procedures.
    (c) Contents of notice. (1) Notification must be written (e.g., 
certified letter, fax, or e-mail) and include the licensee's name, and 
the name, address, and telephone number of its coordination 
representative, unless the SDARS licensee and all potentially affected 
WCS licensees reach a mutual agreement to provide notification by some 
other means. WCS licensees and SDARS licensees may establish such a 
mutually agreeable alternative notification mechanism without prior 
Commission approval, provided that they comply with all other 
requirements of this section.
    (2) Regardless of the notification method, it must specify relevant 
technical details, including, at a minimum:
    (i) The coordinates of the proposed base or fixed stations to an 
accuracy of no less than 1 second latitude and 
longitude;
    (ii) The proposed operating power(s), frequency band(s), and 
emission(s);
    (iii) The antenna center height above ground and ground elevation 
above mean sea level, both to an accuracy of no less than 1 meter;
    (iv) The antenna gain pattern(s) in the azimuth and elevation planes 
that include the peak of the main beam; and
    (v) The antenna downtilt angle(s).
    (3) A WCS licensee operating base or fixed stations must maintain an 
accurate and up-to-date inventory of its stations, including the 
information set forth in Sec.  27.72(c)(2), which shall be available 
upon request by the Commission.
    (d) Calculation of notice period. Notice periods are calculated from 
the date of receipt by the licensee being notified. If notification is 
by mail, the date of receipt is evidenced by the return receipt on 
certified mail. If notification is by fax, the date of receipt is 
evidenced by the notifying party's fax transmission confirmation log. If 
notification is by e-mail, the date of receipt is evidenced by a return 
e-mail receipt. If the SDARS licensee and all potentially affected WCS 
licensees reach a mutual agreement to provide

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notification by some other means, that agreement must specify the method 
for determining the beginning of the notice period.
    (e) Duty to cooperate. WCS licensees must cooperate in good faith in 
the selection and use of new station sites and new frequencies to reduce 
interference and make the most effective use of the authorized 
facilities. WCS licensees should provide SDARS licensees as much lead 
time as practicable to provide ample time to conduct analyses and 
opportunity for prudent base station site selection prior to WCS 
licensees entering into real estate and tower leasing or purchasing 
agreements. WCS licensees must have sufficient operational flexibility 
in their network design to implement one or more technical solutions to 
remedy harmful interference. Licensees of stations suffering or causing 
harmful interference, as defined in Sec.  27.64(d), must cooperate in 
good faith and resolve such problems by mutually satisfactory 
arrangements. If the licensees are unable to do so, the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, in consultation with the Office of 
Engineering and Technology and the International Bureau, will consider 
the actions taken by the parties to mitigate the risk of and remedy any 
alleged interference. In determining the appropriate action, the Bureau 
will take into account the nature and extent of the interference and act 
promptly to remedy the interference. The Bureau may impose restrictions 
on WCS licensees, including specifying the transmitter power, antenna 
height, or other technical or operational measures to remedy the 
interference, and will take into account previous measures by the 
licensees to mitigate the risk of interference.

[75 FR 45071, Aug. 2, 2010, as amended at 78 FR 9622, Feb. 11, 2013]



Sec.  27.73  WCS, AMT, and Goldstone coordination requirements.

    This section requires Wireless Communications Services (WCS) 
licensees in the 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands, respectively, to 
coordinate the deployment of base and fixed stations (except fixed 
customer premises equipment) with the Goldstone, CA Deep Space Network 
(DSN) facility in the 2290-2300 MHz band and with Aeronautical Mobile 
Telemetry (AMT) facilities in the 2360-2395 MHz band; and to take all 
practicable steps necessary to minimize the risk of harmful interference 
to AMT and DSN facilities.
    (a) WCS licensees operating base and fixed stations in the 2345-2360 
MHz band must, prior to operation of such stations, achieve a mutually 
satisfactory coordination agreement with the AMT entity(ies) (i.e., FCC 
licensee(s) and/or Federal operator(s)) for any AMT receiver facility 
within 45 kilometers or radio line of sight, whichever distance is 
larger, of the intended WCS base or fixed station location. The 
coordinator for the assignment of flight test frequencies in the 2360-
2390 MHz band, Aerospace and Flight Test Radio Coordination Council 
(AFTRCC) or successors of AFTRCC, will facilitate a mutually 
satisfactory coordination agreement between the WCS licensee(s) and AMT 
entity(ies) for existing AMT receiver sites. The locations of current 
Federal and non-Federal AMT receiver sites may be obtained from AFTRCC 
at Post Office Box 12822 Wichita, KS 67277-2822, (316) 946-8826, or 
successor frequency coordinators of AFTRCC. Such coordination agreement 
shall provide protection to existing AMT receiver stations consistent 
with International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Recommendation ITU-R 
M.1459, ``Protection criteria for telemetry systems in the aeronautical 
mobile service and mitigation techniques to facilitate sharing with 
geostationary broadcasting-satellite and mobile-satellite services in 
the frequency bands 1 452-1 525 MHz and 2 310-2 360 MHz May 2000 
edition,'' adopted May 2000, as adjusted using generally accepted 
engineering practices and standards to take into account the local 
conditions and operating characteristics of the applicable AMT and WCS 
facilities. This ITU document is incorporated by reference in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51 and approved by the Director of 
Federal Register. Copies of the recommendation may be obtained from ITU, 
Place des Nations, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland, or online at http://
www.itu.int/en/publications/Pages/default.aspx. You may inspect a copy 
at

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the Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, 
DC 20554, or at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). 
For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-
741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/
code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.
    (b) WCS licensees operating base and fixed stations in the 2305-2320 
MHz band must, prior to operation of such stations, achieve a mutually 
satisfactory coordination agreement with the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (NASA) within 145 kilometers of the Goldstone, CA 
earth station site (35[deg]25[min]33[sec] N, 116[deg]53[min]23[sec] W).
    (c) After base or fixed station operations commence, upon receipt of 
a complaint of harmful interference, the WCS licensee(s) receiving the 
complaint, no matter the distance from the NASA Goldstone, CA earth 
station or from an AMT site, operating in the 2305-2320 or 2345-2360 MHz 
bands, respectively, shall take all practicable steps to immediately 
eliminate the interference.
    (d) Duty to cooperate. WCS licensees, AFTRCC, and NASA must 
cooperate in good faith in the coordination and deployment of new 
facilities. WCS licensees must also cooperate in good faith in the 
selection and use of new station sites and new frequencies when within 
radio line of site of AMT receiver facilities to reduce the risk of 
harmful interference and make the most effective use of the authorized 
facilities. Licensees of stations suffering or causing harmful 
interference must cooperate in good faith and resolve such problems by 
mutually satisfactory arrangements. If the licensees are unable to do 
so, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, in consultation with the 
Office of Engineering and Technology and the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration may impose restrictions including 
specifying the transmitter power, antenna height, or area or hours of 
operation of the stations.

[75 FR 45072, Aug. 2, 2010, as amended at 78 FR 9622, Feb. 11, 2013]



Sec.  27.75  Basic interoperability requirement.

    (a)(1) Mobile and portable stations that operate on any portion of 
frequencies in the paired 1755-1780 MHz and 2155-2180 MHz band must be 
capable of operating on all frequencies in the paired 1710-1780 MHz and 
2110-2180 MHz band, using the same air interfaces that the equipment 
utilizes on any frequencies in the paired 1710-1780 MHz and 2110-2180 
MHz band.
    (2) Mobile and portable stations that operate on any portion of 
frequencies in the 600 MHz band must be capable of operating on all 
frequencies in the 600 MHz band using the same air interfaces that the 
equipment utilizes on any frequencies in the 600 MHz band.
    (b) The basic interoperability requirement in paragraph (a) of this 
section does not require a licensee to use any particular industry 
standard. Devices may also contain functions that are not operational in 
U.S. Territories.

[79 FR 32413, June 4, 2014, as amended at 79 FR 48539, Aug. 15, 2014]



Sec.  27.77  Restriction on mobile and portable equipment in the
1695-1710 MHz and 1755-1780 MHz bands.

    Mobile and portable stations in the 1695-1710 MHz and 1755-1780 MHz 
bands may operate only when under the control of a base station. Base 
stations that enable mobile or portable equipment to operate in the 
1695-1710 MHz and 1755-1780 MHz band are subject to prior coordination 
requirements. See Sec.  27.1134 (Protection of Federal Government 
operations).

[79 FR 32413, June 4, 2014]



Subpart D_Competitive Bidding Procedures for the 2305	2320 MHz
and 2345 2360 MHz Bands



Sec.  27.201  WCS in the 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands subject
to competitive bidding.

    Mutually exclusive initial applications for WCS licenses in the 
2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands are subject to competitive 
bidding. The general competitive bidding procedures set

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forth in part 1, subpart Q of this chapter will apply unless otherwise 
provided in this subpart.

[67 FR 45373, July 9, 2002]



Sec. Sec.  27.202-27.208  [Reserved]



Sec.  27.209  Designated entities; bidding credits; unjust enrichment.

    (a) Designated entities entitled to preferences in the WCS in the 
2305-2320 and 2345-2360 bands auction are small businesses and very 
small businesses as defined in Sec.  27.110(b). Designated entities will 
be eligible for bidding credits, as defined in paragraphs (b) and (c) of 
this section.
    (b) A winning bidder that qualifies as a small business may use a 
bidding credit of 25 percent to lower the cost of its winning bid.
    (c) A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small business may use 
a bidding credit of 35 percent to lower the cost of its winning bid.

[62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 2349, Jan. 15, 1998; 65 
FR 57268, Sept. 21, 2000; 67 FR 45373, July 9, 2002]



Sec.  27.210  Definitions.

    (a) Scope. The definitions in this section apply to Sec.  27.209, 
unless otherwise specified in those sections.
    (b) Small and very small business. (1) A small business is an entity 
that, together with its affiliates and controlling interests, has 
average annual gross revenues that are not more than $40 million for the 
preceding three years.
    (2) A very small business is an entity that, together with its 
affiliates and controlling interests, has average annual gross revenues 
that are not more than $15 million for the preceding three years.

[67 FR 45373, July 9, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 43000, July 21, 2003]



     Subpart E_Application, Licensing, and Processing Rules for WCS



Sec.  27.301  [Reserved]



Sec.  27.302  Eligibility.

    (a) General. Authorizations will be granted upon proper application 
if:
    (1) The applicant is qualified under the applicable laws and the 
regulations, policies and decisions issued under those laws, including 
Sec.  27.12;
    (2) There are frequencies available to provide satisfactory service; 
and
    (3) The public interest, convenience or necessity would be served by 
a grant.
    (b) Alien Ownership. A WCS authorization may not be granted to or 
held by an entity not meeting the requirements of section 310 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. section 310 insofar as 
applicable to the particular service in question.



Sec.  27.303  Upper 700 MHz commercial and public safety coordination zone.

    (a) General. CMRS operators are required, prior to commencing 
operations on fixed or base station transmitters on the 776-787 MHz band 
that are located within 500 meters of existing or planned public safety 
base station receivers, to submit a description of their proposed 
facility to a Commission-approved public safety coordinator.
    (i) The frequency or frequencies on which the facility will operate;
    (ii) Antenna location and height;
    (iii) Type of emission;
    (iv) Effective radiated power;
    (v) A description of the area served and the operator's name.
    (2) It is the CMRS operator's responsibility to determine whether 
referral is required for stations constructed in its area of license. 
Public safety base stations are considered ``planned'' when public 
safety operators have notified, or initiated coordination with, a 
Commission-approved public safety coordinator.
    (b) CMRS operators must wait at least 10 business days after 
submission of the required description before commencing operations on 
the referenced facility, or implementing modifications to an existing 
facility.
    (c) The potential for harmful interference between the CMRS and 
public safety facilities will be evaluated by the public safety 
coordinator.
    (1) With regard to existing public safety facilities, the 
coordinator's determination to disapprove a proposed CMRS facility (or 
modification) to be located within 500 meters of the public

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safety facilities will be presumed correct, but the CMRS operator may 
seek Commission review of such determinations. Pending Commission 
review, the CMRS operator will not activate the facility or implement 
proposed modifications.
    (2) With regard to proposed public safety facilities, the 
coordinator's determination to disapprove a proposed CMRS facility (or 
modification) to be located within 500 meters of the public safety 
facilities will be presumed correct, but the CMRS operator may seek 
Commission review and, pending completion of review, operate the 
facility during construction of the public safety facilities. If 
coordination or Commission review has not been completed when the public 
safety facilities are ready to operate, the CMRS operator must cease 
operations pending completion of coordination or Commission review. Such 
interim operation of the CMRS facility within the coordination zone (or 
implementation of modifications) will not be relied on by the Commission 
in its subsequent review and determination of measures necessary to 
control interference, including relocation or modification of the CMRS 
facility.
    (d) If, in the event of harmful interference between facilities 
located within 500 meters proximity, the parties are unable, with the 
involvement of the coordinator, to resolve the problem by mutually 
satisfactory arrangements, the Commission may impose restrictions on the 
operations of any of the parties involved.

[67 FR 49245, July 30, 2002, as amended at 72 FR 48853, Aug. 24, 2007; 
79 FR 599, Jan. 6, 2014]



Sec. Sec.  27.304-27.307  [Reserved]



Sec.  27.308  Technical content of applications.

    All applications required by this part shall contain all technical 
information required by the application forms or associated public 
notice(s). Applications other than initial applications for a WCS 
license must also comply with all technical requirements of the rules 
governing the applicable frequency band (see subparts C, D, F, and G of 
this part, as appropriate).

[65 FR 57268, Sept. 21, 2000]



Sec. Sec.  27.310-27.320  [Reserved]



Sec.  27.321  Mutually exclusive applications.

    (a) Two or more pending applications are mutually exclusive if the 
grant of one application would effectively preclude the grant of one or 
more of the others under the Commission's rules governing the Wireless 
Communications Services involved. The Commission uses the general 
procedures in this section for processing mutually exclusive 
applications in the Wireless Communications Services.
    (b) An application will be entitled to comparative consideration 
with one or more conflicting applications only if the Commission 
determines that such comparative consideration will serve the public 
interest.



Sec. Sec.  27.322-27.325  [Reserved]



    Subpart F_Competitive Bidding Procedures for the 698	806 MHz Band

    Source: 65 FR 3149, Jan. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  27.501  746-758 MHz, 775-788 MHz, and 805-806 MHz bands
subject to competitive bidding.

    Mutually exclusive initial applications for licenses in the 746-758 
MHz, 775-788 MHz, and 805-806 MHz bands are subject to competitive 
bidding. The general competitive bidding procedures set forth in part 1, 
subpart Q of this chapter will apply unless otherwise provided in this 
subpart.

[79 FR 600, Jan. 6, 2014]



Sec.  27.502  Designated entities.

    Eligibility for small business provisions:
    (a)(1) A small business is an entity that, together with its 
controlling interests and affiliates, has average gross revenues not 
exceeding $40 million for the preceding three years.
    (2) A very small business is an entity that, together with its 
controlling interests and affiliates, has average gross revenues not 
exceeding $15 million for the preceding three years.

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    (b) Bidding credits. A winning bidder that qualifies as a small 
business or a consortium of small businesses as defined in this section 
may use the bidding credit specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(iii) of this 
chapter. A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small business or a 
consortium of very small businesses as defined in this section may use 
the bidding credit specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(ii) of this chapter.

[72 FR 63499, Nov. 9, 2007]



 Subpart G_ Guard Band A and B Blocks (757	758/787	788 MHz
 and 775	776/805	806 MHz Bands)

    Source: 65 FR 17605, Apr. 4, 2000, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  27.601  Authority and coordination requirements.

    (a) Subject to the provisions of Sec.  27.2(b), a Guard Band 
licensee may allow a spectrum lessee, pursuant to a spectrum lease 
arrangement under part 1, subpart X of this chapter, to construct and 
operate stations at any available site within the licensed area and on 
any channel for which the Guard Band licensee is licensed, provided such 
stations comply with Commission Rules and coordination requirements.
    (b) Subject to the provisions of Sec.  27.2(b), a Guard Band 
licensee may allow a spectrum lessee, pursuant to a spectrum lease 
arrangement under part 1, subpart X of this chapter, to delete, move or 
change the operating parameters of any of the user's stations that are 
covered under the Guard Band licensee's authorization without prior 
Commission approval, provided such stations comply with Commission Rules 
and coordination requirements.
    (c) Frequency coordination. (1) A Guard Band licensee, or a spectrum 
lessee operating at 775-776 MHz and 805-806 MHz pursuant to a spectrum 
lease arrangement under Sec. Sec.  1.9030 and 1.9035 of this chapter, 
must notify Commission-recognized public safety frequency coordinators 
for the 700 MHz Public Safety band and adjacent-area Guard Band 
licensees within one business day after the licensee or the spectrum 
lessee has:
    (i) Coordinated a new station or modification of an existing 
station; or
    (ii) Filed an application for an individual station license with the 
Commission.
    (2) The notification required in paragraph (c)(1) of this section 
must include, at a minimum--
    (i) The frequency or frequencies coordinated;
    (ii) Antenna location and height;
    (iii) Type of emission;
    (iv) Effective radiated power;
    (v) A description of the service area, date of coordination, and 
user name or, in the alternative, a description of the type of 
operation.
    (3) In the event a licensee partitions its service area or 
disaggregates its spectrum, it is required to submit the notification 
required in paragraph (c)(1) of this section to other Guard Band 
licensees in the same geographic area.
    (4) Entities coordinated by a Guard Band licensee, or a spectrum 
lessee operating pursuant to a spectrum lease arrangement under 
Sec. Sec.  1.9030 and 1.9035 of this chapter, must wait at least 10 
business days after the notification required in paragraph (c)(1) of 
this section before operating under the license.
    (d) Where a deletion, move or change authorized under paragraph (b) 
of this section constitutes a discontinuance, reduction, or impairment 
of service under Sec.  27.66 or where discontinuance, reduction or 
impairment of service results from an involuntary act subject to Sec.  
27.66(a), the licensee must comply with the notification and 
authorization requirements set forth in that section.

[72 FR 27712, May 16, 2007, as amended at 72 FR 48853, Aug. 24, 2007]



Sec.  27.602  Lease agreements.

    Guard Band licensees may enter into spectrum leasing arrangements 
under part 1, subpart X of this chapter regarding the use of their 
licensed spectrum by spectrum lessees, subject to the following 
conditions:
    (a) The spectrum lease agreement between the licensee and the 
spectrum

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lessee must specify in detail the operating parameters of the spectrum 
lessee's system, including power, maximum antenna heights, frequencies 
of operation, base station location(s), area(s) of operation, and other 
parameters specified in Commission rules for the use of spectrum 
identified in Sec.  27.5(b)(1) and (b)(2).
    (b) The spectrum lease agreement must require the spectrum lessee to 
use Commission-approved equipment where appropriate and to complete 
post-construction proofs of system performance prior to system 
activation.

[72 FR 27713, May 16, 2007]



Sec.  27.604  Limitation on licenses won at auction.

    (a) For the first auction of licenses in Blocks A and B, as defined 
in Sec.  27.5, no applicant may be deemed the winning bidder of both a 
Block A and a Block B license in a single geographic service area.
    (b) For purposes of paragraph (a) of this section, licenses will be 
deemed to be won by the same bidder if an entity that wins one license 
at the auction is an affiliate of any other entity that wins a license 
at the auction.



Sec.  27.607  Performance requirements and annual reporting requirement.

    (a) Guard Band licensees are subject to the performance requirements 
specified in Sec.  27.14(a).
    (b) Guard Band licensees are required to file an annual report 
providing the Commission with information about the manner in which 
their spectrum is being utilized. Such reports shall be filed with the 
Commission on a calendar year basis, no later than the March 1 following 
the close of each calendar year, unless another filing date is specified 
by Public Notice.
    (c) Guard Band licensees must, at a minimum, include the following 
information in their annual reports:
    (1) The total number of spectrum lessees;
    (2) The amount of the licensee's spectrum being used pursuant to 
spectrum lease agreements;
    (3) The nature of the spectrum use of the licensee's customers; and,
    (4) The length of term of each spectrum lease agreement, and whether 
the agreement is a spectrum manager lease agreement, or a de facto 
transfer lease agreement.
    (d) The specific information that licensees will provide and the 
procedures that they will follow in submitting their annual reports will 
be announced in a Public Notice issued by the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau.

[72 FR 27713, May 16, 2007]



    Subpart H_Competitive Bidding Procedures for the 
    698	746 MHz Band Source: 67 FR 5512, Feb. 6, 2002, unless
    otherwise noted.



Sec.  27.701  698-746 MHz bands subject to competitive bidding.

    Mutually exclusive initial applications for licenses in the 698-746 
MHz band are subject to competitive bidding. The general competitive 
bidding procedures set forth in part 1, subpart Q of this chapter will 
apply unless otherwise provided in this subpart.

[67 FR 45374, July 9, 2002]



Sec.  27.702  Designated entities.

    (a) Eligibility for small business provisions. (1) An entrepreneur 
is an entity that, together with its controlling interests and 
affiliates, has average gross revenues not exceeding $3 million for the 
preceding three years. This definition applies only with respect to 
licenses in Block C (710-716 MHz and 740-746 MHz) as specified in Sec.  
27.5(c)(1).
    (2) A very small business is an entity that, together with its 
controlling interests and affiliates, has average gross revenues not 
exceeding $15 million for the preceding three years.
    (3) A small business is an entity that, together with its 
controlling interests and affiliates, has average gross revenues not 
exceeding $40 million for the preceding three years.
    (b) Bidding credits. A winning bidder that qualifies as an 
entrepreneur, as defined in this section, or a consortium of 
entrepreneurs may use the bidding credit specified in Sec.  
1.2110(f)(2)(i) of this chapter. A winning bidder that qualifies as a 
very small business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of very 
small businesses may use the bidding

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credit specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(ii) of this chapter. A winning 
bidder that qualifies as a small business, as defined in this section, 
or a consortium of small businesses may use the bidding credit specified 
in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(iii) of this chapter.

[67 FR 5512, Feb. 6, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 43000, July 21, 2003]



                         Subpart I_1.4 GHz Band

    Source: 67 FR 41855, June 20, 2002, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  27.801  Scope.

    This subpart sets out the regulations governing service in the 
paired 1392-1395 MHz and 1432-1435 MHz bands as well as the unpaired 
1390-1392 MHz band (1.4 GHz band).



Sec.  27.802  Permissible communications.

    Licensees in the paired 1392-1395 MHz and 1432-1435 MHz bands and 
unpaired 1390-1392 MHz band are authorized to provide fixed or mobile 
service, except aeronautical mobile service, subject to the technical 
requirements of this subpart.



Sec.  27.803  Coordination requirements.

    (a) Licensees in the 1.4 GHz band will be issued geographic area 
licenses in accordance with the service areas listed in Sec.  27.6(d) 
and (e).
    (b) Licensees in the 1.4 GHz Service must file a separate station 
application with the Commission and obtain an individual station 
license, prior to construction or operation, of any station:
    (1) That requires submission of an Environmental Assessment under 
part 1, Sec.  1.1307 of this chapter;
    (2) That requires international coordination;
    (3) That operates in areas listed in part 1, Sec.  1.924 of this 
chapter; or
    (4) That requires approval of the Frequency Advisory Subcommittee 
(FAS) of the Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC). Licensees 
in the 1432-1435 MHz band must receive FAS approval, prior to operation 
of fixed sites or mobile units within the NTIA recommended protection 
radii of the Government sites listed in footnote US83 of Sec.  2.106 of 
this chapter.
    (c) Prior to construction of a station, a licensee in the 1.4 GHz 
Band must register with the Commission any station antenna structure for 
which notification to the Federal Aviation Administration is required by 
part 17 of this chapter.
    (d) It is the licensee's responsibility to determine whether an 
individual station needs referral to the Commission.
    (e) The application required in paragraph (b) of this chapter must 
be filed on the Universal Licensing System.

[67 FR 41855, June 20, 2002, as amended at 69 FR 17958, Apr. 6, 2004; 80 
FR 38908, July 7, 2015]



Sec.  27.804  Field strength limits at WMTS facility.

    For any operation in the 1392-1395 MHz band, the predicted or 
measured field strength--into the WMTS band at 1395-1400 MHz--shall not 
exceed 150 uV/m at the location of any registered WMTS healthcare 
facility. When performing measurements to determine compliance with this 
provision, measurement instrumentation employing an average detector and 
a resolution bandwidth of 1 MHz may be used, provided it accurately 
represents the true interference potential of the equipment.



Sec.  27.805  Geographic partitioning and spectrum disaggregation.

    An entity that acquires a portion of a 1.4 GHz band licensee's 
geographic area or spectrum subject to a geographic partitioning or 
spectrum disaggregation agreement under Sec.  27.15 must function as a 
1.4 GHz band licensee and is subject to the obligations and restrictions 
on the 1.4 GHz band license as set forth in this subpart.



Sec.  27.806  1.4 GHz service licenses subject to competitive bidding.

    Mutually exclusive initial applications for 1.4 GHz Band licenses in 
the paired 1392-1395 MHz and 1432-1435 MHz bands as well as the unpaired 
1390-1392 MHz band are subject to competitive bidding. The general 
competitive bidding procedures set forth in part 1, subpart Q of this 
chapter will apply unless otherwise provided in this subpart.

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Sec.  27.807  Designated entities.

    (a) Eligibility for small business provisions for 1.4 GHz band 
licenses in the paired 1392-1395 MHz and 1432-1435 MHz bands and the 
unpaired 1390-1392 MHz band.
    (1) A very small business is an entity that, together with its 
controlling interests and affiliates, has average annual gross revenues 
not exceeding $15 million for the preceding three years.
    (2) A small business is an entity that, together with its 
controlling interests and affiliates, has average annual gross revenues 
not exceeding $40 million for the preceding three years.
    (b) Bidding credits. A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small 
business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of very small 
businesses may use the bidding credit specified in Sec.  
1.2110(f)(2)(ii) of this chapter. A winning bidder that qualifies as a 
small business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of small 
businesses may use the bidding credit specified in Sec.  
1.2110(f)(2)(iii) of this chapter.

[67 FR 41855, June 20, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 43000, July 21, 2003]



                      Subpart J_1670	1675 MHz Band

    Source: 67 FR 41856, June 20, 2002, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  27.901  Scope.

    This subpart sets out the regulations governing service in the 1670-
1675 MHz band (1670-1675 MHz band).



Sec.  27.902  Permissible communications.

    Licensees in the 1670-1675 MHz band are authorized to provide fixed 
or mobile service, except aeronautical mobile service, subject to the 
technical requirements of this subpart.



Sec.  27.903  Coordination requirements.

    (a) The licensee in the 1670-1675 MHz band will be issued a 
geographic area license on a nationwide basis in accordance with Sec.  
27.6(f).
    (b) Licensees in the 1670-1675 MHz band must file a separate station 
application with the Commission and obtain an individual station 
license, prior to construction or operation, of any station:
    (1) That requires submission of an Environmental Assessment under 
part 1, Sec.  1.1307 of this chapter;
    (2) That requires international coordination;
    (3) That operates in areas listed under part 1, Sec.  1.924 of this 
chapter.
    (c) The application required in paragraph (b) of this section must 
be filed on the Universal Licensing System.
    (d) Prior to construction of a station, a licensee must register 
with the Commission any station antenna structure for which notification 
to the Federal Aviation Administration is required by part 17 of this 
chapter.
    (e) It is the licensee's responsibility to determine whether an 
individual station requires referral to the Commission.

[67 FR 41856, June 20, 2002, as amended at 69 FR 17958, Apr. 6, 2004]



Sec.  27.904  Geographic partitioning and spectrum disaggregation.

    An entity that acquires a portion of a 1670-1675 MHz band licensee's 
geographic area or spectrum subject to a geographic partitioning or 
spectrum disaggregation agreement under Sec.  27.15 must function as a 
1670-1675 MHz licensee and is subject to the obligations and 
restrictions on the 1670-1675 MHz license as set forth in this subpart.



Sec.  27.905  1670-1675 MHz service licenses subject to
competitive bidding.

    Mutually exclusive initial applications for the 1670-1675 MHz Band 
license are subject to competitive bidding. The general competitive 
bidding procedures set forth in part 1, subpart Q of this chapter will 
apply unless otherwise provided in this subpart.



Sec.  27.906  Designated entities.

    (a) Eligibility for small business provisions. (1) A very small 
business is an entity that, together with its controlling interests and 
affiliates, has average annual gross revenues not exceeding $15 million 
for the preceding three years.
    (2) A small business is an entity that, together with its 
controlling interests and affiliates, has average annual gross revenues 
not exceeding $40 million for the preceding three years.

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    (b) Bidding credits. A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small 
business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of very small 
businesses may use the bidding credit specified in Sec.  
1.2110(f)(2)(ii) of this chapter. A winning bidder that qualifies as a 
small business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of small 
businesses may use the bidding credit specified in Sec.  
1.2110(f)(2)(iii) of this chapter.

[67 FR 41856, June 20, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 43000, July 21, 2003]



                Subpart K_1915	1920 MHz and 1995	2000 MHz

    Source: 78 FR 50257, Aug. 16, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

              Licensing and Competitive Bidding Provisions



Sec.  27.1001  1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands subject to
competitive bidding.

    Mutually exclusive initial applications for 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-
2000 MHz band licenses are subject to competitive bidding. The general 
competitive bidding procedures set forth in 47 CFR part 1, subpart Q 
will apply unless otherwise provided in this subpart.



Sec.  27.1002  Designated entities in the 1915-1920 MHz and
1995-2000 MHz bands.

    Eligibility for small business provisions:
    (a)(1) A small business is an entity that, together with its 
affiliates, its controlling interests, and the affiliates of its 
controlling interests, has average gross revenues not exceeding $40 
million for the preceding three years.
    (2) A very small business is an entity that, together with its 
affiliates, its controlling interests, and the affiliates of its 
controlling interests, has average gross revenues not exceeding $15 
million for the preceding three years.
    (b) Bidding credits. A winning bidder that qualifies as a small 
business as defined in this section or a consortium of small businesses 
may use the bidding credit specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(iii) of this 
chapter. A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small business as 
defined in this section or a consortium of very small businesses may use 
the bidding credit specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(ii) of this chapter.

[78 FR 50257, Aug. 16, 2013, as amended at 80 FR 56816, Sept. 18, 2015]

Reimbursement Obligation of Licensees at 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz



Sec.  27.1021  Reimbursement obligation of licensees at 1915-1920 MHz.

    A licensee in the 1915-1920 MHz band (Lower H Block) shall, within 
30 days of grant of its long-form application, reimburse 25 percent of 
the total relocation costs incurred by UTAM, Inc. for relocating and 
clearing incumbent Fixed Microwave Service (FS) licensees from the 1910-
1930 MHz band on a pro rata shared basis with other Lower H Block 
licensees as set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this section.
    (a)(1) If Lower H Block licenses granted as a result of the first 
auction for this spectrum cover, collectively, at least forty (40) 
percent of the nation's population, the amount owed to UTAM, Inc. by 
each individual Lower H Block licensee (reimbursement amount owed or RN) 
will be determined by dividing the gross winning bid (GWB) for each 
individual Lower H Block license (i.e., an Economic Area (EA)) by the 
sum of the gross winning bids for all Lower H Block licenses for which 
there is a winning bid in the first auction, and then multiplying by 
$12,629,857.

RN = (EA GWB / Sum of GWBs) x $12,629,857.00

    (2) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, a 
licensee that obtains a license for a market in which no license is 
granted as a result of the first Lower H Block auction will not have a 
reimbursement obligation to UTAM, Inc.
    (b) If Lower H Block licenses granted as a result of the first 
auction for this spectrum cover, collectively, less than forty (40) 
percent of the nation's population, then the pro rata amount that the 
licensee of an individual Lower H Block license must reimburse UTAM, 
Inc. shall be calculated by dividing the population of the individual EA 
by the total U.S. population, and then multiplying by $12,629,857. In 
this event, the same population data, e.g., 2010, used

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to calculate the RNs for Lower H Block licenses granted as a result of 
the first auction will apply to subsequent auctions of Lower H Block 
licenses that were not granted as a result of an earlier auction of 
Lower H Block licenses.

RN = (EA POP / U.S. POP) x $12,629,857.00

    (c) A winning bidder of a Lower H Block license that is not granted 
a license for any reason will be deemed to have triggered a 
reimbursement obligation to UTAM, Inc. This obligation will be owed to 
UTAM, Inc. by the licensee acquiring the Lower H Block license through a 
subsequent auction. The amount owed by the licensee acquiring the Lower 
H Block license at such auction will be the RN calculated for the EA 
license based on the first auction (calculated under paragraphs (a) or 
(b), as applicable, of this section).
    (d) For purposes of compliance with this section, licensees should 
determine population based on 2010 U.S. Census Data or such other data 
or measurements that the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau proposes and 
adopts under the notice and comment process for the auction procedures.
    (e) A payment obligation owed by a Lower H Block licensees under 
this section shall be made within thirty (30) days of the grant of the 
license (i.e., grant of the long form application).



Sec.  27.1031  Reimbursement obligation of licensees at 1995-2000 MHz.

    A licensee in the 1995-2000 MHz band (Upper H Block) shall, within 
30 days of grant of its long-form application, reimburse one-seventh of 
the eligible expenses incurred by Sprint Nextel, Inc. (Sprint) for 
relocating and clearing Broadcast Auxiliary Service (BAS), Cable 
Television Relay Service (CARS), and Local Television Transmission 
Service (LTTS) incumbents from the 1990-2025 MHz band, on a pro rata 
shared basis with other Upper H Block licensees as set forth in 
paragraphs (a) through (e) of this section.
    (a)(1) If Upper H Block licenses granted as a result of the first 
auction for this spectrum cover, collectively, at least forty (40) 
percent of the nation's population, the amount owed to Sprint by the 
winning bidder of each individual Upper H Block license granted as a 
result of the first auction will be determined by dividing the gross 
winning bid (GWB) for each individual Upper H Block license (i.e., an 
Economic Area (EA)) by the sum of the gross winning bids for all Upper H 
Block licenses for which there is a winning bid in the first auction, 
and then multiplying by $94,875,516.

RN = (EA GWB / Sum of GWBs) x $94,875,516

    (2) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, a 
licensee that obtains a license for a market in which no license was 
granted as a result of the first Upper H Block auction will not have a 
reimbursement obligation to Sprint.
    (b) If Upper H Block licenses granted as a result of the first 
auction for this spectrum cover, collectively, less than forty (40) 
percent of the nation's population, then the amount that the licensee of 
an individual Upper H Block license must reimburse Sprint shall be 
calculated by dividing the population of the individual EA by the total 
U.S. population, and then multiplying by $94,875,516. In this event, the 
same population data, e.g., 2010, used to calculate the RNs for Upper H 
Block licenses granted as a result of the first auction will apply to 
subsequent auctions of Upper H Block licenses that were not granted as a 
result of an earlier auction of Upper H Block licenses.

RN = (EA POP / U.S. POP) x $94,875,516

    (c) A winning bidder of an Upper H Block license that is not granted 
a license for any reason will be deemed to have triggered a 
reimbursement obligation to Sprint. This obligation will be owed to 
Sprint by the licensee acquiring the Upper H Block license through a 
subsequent auction. The amount owed by the licensee acquiring the EA 
license at such auction will be based on the RN calculated for the EA 
license based on the first auction (calculated under paragraphs (a) or 
(b), as applicable, of this section).
    (d) For purposes of compliance with this section, licensees should 
determine population based on 2010 U.S. Census Data or such other data 
or measurements that the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau proposes and

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adopts under the notice and comment process for the auction procedures.
    (e) A payment obligation owed by a Upper H Block licensees under 
this section shall be made within thirty (30) days of the grant of the 
license (i.e., grant of the long form application).



Sec.  27.1041  Termination of cost-sharing obligations.

    (a) The cost-sharing obligation adopted in this subpart for the 
Lower H Block and for the Upper H Block will sunset ten years after the 
first license is issued in the respective band.
    (b) A Lower H Block licensee and an Upper H Block licensee must 
satisfy in full its payment obligations under this subpart K within 
thirty days of the grant of its long-form application. The failure to 
timely satisfy a payment obligation in full prior to the applicable 
sunset date will not terminate the debt owed or a party's right to 
collect the debt.



 Subpart L_1695	1710 MHz, 1710	1755 MHz, 1755	1780 MHz, 2110	2155 MHz, 
                   2155	2180 MHz, 2180	2200 MHz Bands

    Source: 69 FR 5716, Feb. 6, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

              Licensing and Competitive Bidding Provisions



Sec.  27.1101  1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz bands subject to 
competitive bidding.

    Mutually exclusive initial applications for 1710-1755 MHz and 2110-
2155 MHz band licenses are subject to competitive bidding. The general 
competitive bidding procedures set forth in 47 CFR part 1, subpart Q 
will apply unless otherwise provided in this subpart.



Sec.  27.1102  Designated Entities in the 1710-1755 MHz and
2110-2155 MHz bands.

    (a) Eligibility for small business provisions. (1) A small business 
is an entity that, together with its affiliates, its controlling 
interests and the affiliates of its controlling interests, has average 
gross revenues that are not more than $40 million for the preceding 
three years.
    (2) A very small business is an entity that, together with its 
affiliates, its controlling interests and the affiliates of its 
controlling interests, has average gross revenues that are not more than 
$15 million for the preceding three years.
    (b) Bidding credits. (1) A winning bidder that qualifies as a small 
business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of small 
businesses may use a bidding credit of 15 percent, as specified in Sec.  
1.2110(f)(2)(iii) of this chapter, to lower the cost of its winning bid 
on any of the licenses in this part.
    (2) A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small business, as 
defined in this section, or a consortium of very small businesses may 
use a bidding credit of 25 percent, as specified in Sec.  
1.2110(f)(2)(ii) of this chapter, to lower the cost of its winning bid 
on any of the licenses in this part.



Sec.  27.1103  2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands subject to
competitive bidding.

    Mutually exclusive initial applications for 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-
2200 MHz band licenses are subject to competitive bidding. The general 
competitive bidding procedures set forth in 47 CFR part 1, subpart Q 
will apply unless otherwise provided in this subpart.

[78 FR 8270, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec.  27.1104  Designated Entities in the 2000-2020 MHz and 
2180-2200 MHz bands.

    Eligibility for small business provisions:
    (a) Small business. (1) A small business is an entity that, together 
with its affiliates, its controlling interests, and the affiliates of 
its controlling interests, has average gross revenues not exceeding $40 
million for the preceding three years.
    (2) A very small business is an entity that, together with its 
affiliates, its controlling interests, and the affiliates of its 
controlling interests, has average gross revenues not exceeding $15 
million for the preceding three years.
    (b) Bidding credits. A winning bidder that qualifies as a small 
business as defined in this section or a consortium of small businesses 
may use the bidding credit specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(iii) of

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this chapter. A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small business 
as defined in this section or a consortium of very small businesses may 
use the bidding credit specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(ii) of this 
chapter.

[78 FR 8270, Feb. 5, 2013, as amended at 80 FR 56816, Sept. 18, 2015]



Sec.  27.1105  1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz and 2155-2180 MHz bands
subject to competitive bidding.

    Mutually exclusive initial applications for 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 
MHz, and 2155-2180 MHz band licenses are subject to competitive bidding. 
The general competitive bidding procedures set forth in 47 CFR part 1, 
subpart Q will apply unless otherwise provided in this subpart.

[79 FR 32413, June 4, 2014]



Sec.  27.1106  Designated Entities in the 1695-1710 MHz,
1755-1780 MHz, and 2155-2180 MHz bands.

    Eligibility for small business provisions:
    (a) Small business. (1) A small business is an entity that, together 
with its affiliates, its controlling interests, and the affiliates of 
its controlling interests, has average gross revenues not exceeding $40 
million for the preceding three (3) years.
    (2) A very small business is an entity that, together with its 
affiliates, its controlling interests, and the affiliates of its 
controlling interests, has average gross revenues not exceeding $15 
million for the preceding three (3) years.
    (b) Bidding credits. A winning bidder that qualifies as a small 
business as defined in this section or a consortium of small businesses 
may use the bidding credit specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(iii) of this 
chapter. A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small business as 
defined in this section or a consortium of very small businesses may use 
the bidding credit specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(ii) of this chapter.

[79 FR 32413, June 4, 2014, as amended at 80 FR 56816, Sept. 18, 2015]

                        Relocation of Incumbents



Sec.  27.1111  Relocation of fixed microwave service licensees in
the 2110-2150 and 2160-2200 MHz bands.

    Part 22, subpart E and part 101, subpart B of this chapter contain 
provisions governing the relocation of incumbent fixed microwave service 
licensees in the 2110-2150 MHz and 2160-2200 MHz bands.

[79 FR 32414, June 4, 2014]

                   Protection of Incumbent Operations



Sec.  27.1131  Protection of part 101 operations.

    All AWS licensees, prior to initiating operations from any base or 
fixed station, must coordinate their frequency usage with co-channel and 
adjacent-channel incumbent, 47 CFR part 101 fixed-point-to-point 
microwave licensees operating in the 2110-2150 MHz and 2160-2200 MHz 
bands. Coordination shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions 
of Sec.  24.237 of this chapter.

[79 FR 32414, June 4, 2014]



Sec.  27.1132  Protection of incumbent operations in the 
2150-2160/62 MHz band.

    All AWS licensees, prior to initiating operations from any base or 
fixed station in the 2110-2180 MHz band, shall follow the provisions of 
Sec.  27.1255.

[79 FR 32414, June 4, 2014]



Sec.  27.1133  Protection of part 74 and part 78 operations.

    AWS operators must protect previously licensed Broadcast Auxiliary 
Service (BAS) or Cable Television Radio Service (CARS) operations in the 
adjacent 2025-2110 MHz band. In satisfying this requirement AWS 
licensees must, before constructing and operating any base or fixed 
station, determine the location and licensee of all BAS or CARS stations 
authorized in their area of operation, and coordinate their planned 
stations with those licensees. In the event that mutually satisfactory 
coordination agreements cannot be reached, licensees may seek the 
assistance of the Commission, and the Commission may, at its discretion,

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impose requirements on one or both parties.



Sec.  27.1134  Protection of Federal Government operations.

    (a) Protection of Department of Defense operations in the 1710-1755 
MHz band. The Department of Defense (DoD) operates communications 
systems in the 1710-1755 MHz band at 16 protected facilities, 
nationwide. AWS licensees must accept any interference received from 
these facilities and must protect the facilities from interference. AWS 
licensees shall protect the facilities from interference by restricting 
the operation of their base and fixed stations from any locations that 
could potentially permit AWS mobile, fixed, and portable stations 
transmitting in the 1710-1755 MHz band to cause interference to 
government operations within the radii of operation of the 16 facilities 
(the radii of operation of each facility is indicated in the third 
column of Table 1 immediately following paragraph (a)(3) of this 
section). In addition, AWS licensees shall be required to coordinate any 
operations that could permit mobile, fixed, and portable stations to 
operate in the specified areas of the 16 facilities, as defined in 
paragraph (a)(3) of this section. Protection of these facilities in this 
manner shall take place under the following conditions:
    (1) At the Yuma, Arizona and Cherry Point, North Carolina 
facilities, all operations shall be protected indefinitely.
    (2) At the remaining 14 facilities, airborne and military test range 
operations shall be protected until such time as these systems are 
relocated to other spectrum, and precision guided munitions (PGM) 
operations shall be protected until such time as these systems are 
relocated to other spectrum or until PGM inventory at each facility is 
exhausted, whichever occurs first.
    (3) AWS licensees whose transmit operations in the 1710-1755 MHz 
band consist of fixed or mobile operations with nominal transmit EIRP 
values of 100 mW or less and antenna heights of 1.6 meters above ground 
or less shall coordinate their services around the 16 sites at the 
distance specified in row a. of Table 2. AWS licensees whose transmit 
operations in the 1710-1755 MHz band consist of fixed or mobile 
operations with nominal transmit EIRP values of 1 W or less and antenna 
heights of 10 meters above ground or less shall coordinate their 
services around the 16 sites at the distance specified in row b. of 
Table 2. These coordination distances shall be measured from the edge of 
the operational distances indicated in the third column of Table 1, and 
coordination with each affected DoD facility shall be accomplished 
through the Commander of the facility.

           Table 1--Protected Department of Defense Facilities
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Radius of
           Location                     Coordinates           operation
                                                                 (km)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cherry Point, NC.............  34[deg]58[min] N,                     100
                                076[deg]56[min] W
Yuma, AZ.....................  32[deg]32[min] N,                     120
                                113[deg]58[min] W
China Lake, CA...............  35[deg]41[min] N,                     120
                                117[deg]41[min] W
Eglin AFB, FL................  30[deg]29[min] N,                     120
                                086[deg]31[min] W
Pacific Missile Test Range/    34[deg]07[min] N,                      80
 Point Mugu, CA.                119[deg]30[min] W
Nellis AFB, NV...............  36[deg]14[min] N,                     160
                                115[deg]02[min] W
Hill AFB, UT.................  41[deg]07[min] N,                     160
                                111[deg]58[min] W
Patuxent River, MD...........  38[deg]17[min] N,                      80
                                076[deg]25[min] W
White Sands Missile Range, NM  33[deg]00[min] N,                      80
                                106[deg]30[min] W
Fort Irwin, CA...............  35[deg]16[min] N,                      50
                                116[deg]41[min] W
Fort Rucker, AL..............  31[deg]13[min] N,                      50
                                085[deg]49[min] W
Fort Bragg, NC...............  35[deg]09[min] N,                      50
                                079[deg]01[min] W
Fort Campbell, KY............  36[deg]41[min] N,                      50
                                087[deg]28[min] W
Fort Lewis, WA...............  47[deg]05[min] N,                      50
                                122[deg]36[min] W
Fort Benning, GA.............  32[deg]22[min] N,                      50
                                084[deg]56[min] W
Fort Stewart, GA.............  31[deg]52[min] N,                      50
                                081[deg]37[min] W
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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 Table 2--Coordination Distances for the Protected Department Of Defense
                               Facilities
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Coordination
           1710-1755 MHz transmit operations              distance (km)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
a. EIRP <=100 mW, antenna height <=1.6 m AG............               35
b. EIRP <=1 W, antenna height <=10 m AG................               55
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Protection of non-DoD operations in the 1710-1755 MHz and 1755-
1761 MHz bands. Until such time as non-DoD systems operating in the 
1710-1755 MHz and 1755-1761 MHz bands are relocated to other spectrum, 
AWS licensees shall protect such systems by satisfying the appropriate 
provisions of TIA Telecommunications Systems Bulletin 10-F, 
``Interference Criteria for Microwave Systems,'' May, 1994 (TSB 10-F).
    (c) Protection of Federal operations in the 1675-1710 MHz band--(1) 
27 Protection Zones. Within 27 Protection Zones, prior to operating a 
base station that enables mobile or portable stations to transmit in the 
1695-1710 MHz band, licensees must successfully coordinate such base 
station operations with Federal Government entities operating 
meteorological satellite Earth-station receivers in the 1675-1710 MHz 
band. See 47 CFR 2.106, footnote US 88, for the 27 Protection Zones and 
other details.
    (2) Operation outside of 27 Protection Zones. Non-Federal 
operations, for mobile and portable stations operating at a maximum EIRP 
of 20 dBm, are permitted outside of the protection zones without 
coordination. All non-Federal operations for mobile and portables 
operating at a maximum EIRP of greater than 20 dBm and up to 30 dBm must 
be coordinated nationwide. All such operations may not cause harmful 
interference to the Federal operations protected in 47 CFR 2.106, 
footnote US 88.
    (3) Interference. If protected Federal operations receive harmful 
interference from AWS operations in the 1695-1710 MHz band, an AWS 
licensee must, upon notification, modify its operations and/or technical 
parameters as necessary to eliminate the interference.
    (4) Point of contact. AWS licensees in the 1695-1710 MHz band must 
provide and maintain a point of contact at all times so that immediate 
contact can be made should interference against protected Federal sites 
occur.
    (5) Coordination procedures. Federal use of the radio spectrum is 
generally governed by the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration (NTIA) while non-Federal use is governed by the 
Commission. As such, any guidance or details concerning Federal/non-
Federal coordination must be issued jointly by NTIA and the Commission. 
The Commission may jointly issue with NTIA one or more public notices 
with guidance or details concerning the coordination procedures for the 
1695-1710 MHz band.
    (6) Requirements for licensees operating in the 1710-1755 MHz band. 
AWS licensees operating fixed stations in the 1710-1755 MHz band, if 
notified that such stations are causing interference to radiosonde 
receivers operating in the Meteorological Aids Service in the 1675-1700 
MHz band or a meteorological-satellite earth receiver operating in the 
Meteorological-Satellite Service in the 1675-1710 MHz band, shall be 
required to modify the stations' location and/or technical parameters as 
necessary to eliminate the interference.
    (d) Recognition of NASA Goldstone facility operations in the 2110-
2120 MHz band. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 
operates the Deep Space Network (DSN) in the 2110-2120 MHz band at 
Goldstone, California (see Table 3). NASA will continue its operations 
of high power transmitters (nominal EIRP of 105.5 dBW with EIRP up to 
119.5 dBW used under emergency conditions) in this band at this 
location. AWS licensees must accept any interference received from the 
Goldstone DSN facility in this band.

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                           Table 3--Location of the NASA Goldstone Deep Space Facility
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                     Maximum transmitter output
                Location                                 Coordinates                            power
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Goldstone, California...................  35[deg]18[min] N 116[deg]54[min] W        500 kW
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (e) Protection of Federal operations in the 2200-2290 MHz band--(1) 
Default emission limits. Except as provided in paragraph (e)(2) of this 
section, the following default out-of-band emissions limits shall apply 
for AWS-4 operations in the 2180-2200 MHz band.
    (i) For these AWS-4 operations, the power of any emissions on all 
frequencies between 2200 and 2290 MHz shall not exceed an EIRP of -100.6 
dBW/4 kHz.
    (ii) No AWS-4 base station operating in the 2180-2200 MHz band shall 
be located less than 820 meters from a U.S. Earth Station facility 
operating in the 2200-2290 MHz band.
    (2) Agreements between AWS-4 operators and Federal government 
entities. The out-of-band emissions limits in paragraph (e)(1) of this 
section may be modified by the private contractual agreement of 
licensees of AWS-4 operating authority and Federal government entities 
operating in the 2200-2290 MHz band. Such agreement shall be transmitted 
to the Commission by the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration (NTIA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. A licensee of 
AWS-4 operating authority who is a party to such an agreement must 
maintain a copy of the agreement in its station files and disclose it, 
upon request, to prospective AWS-4 assignees, transferees, or spectrum 
lessees, to Federal operators, and to the Commission.
    (f) Protection of Federal operations in the 1755-1780 MHz band. The 
Federal Government operates communications systems in the 1755-1780 MHz 
band. Certain systems are expected to continue to operate in the band 
indefinitely. All other operations will be relocating to other 
frequencies or otherwise cease operations in the 1755-1780 MHz band in 
accordance with 47 CFR part 301. Until such a time as Federal operations 
in the 1755-1780 MHz bands vacate this spectrum, AWS licensees shall 
protect such systems and must accept any interference received from 
these Federal operations. See 47 CFR 2.106, footnote US 91, for details. 
AWS licensees must successfully coordinate proposed operations with all 
Federal incumbents prior to operation as follows:
    (1) Protection Zone(s). A protection zone is established for each 
Federal operation pursuant to 47 CFR 2.106, footnote US 91. Unless 
otherwise specified in later Commission actions, the default protection 
zone is nationwide. A base station which enables mobile or portable 
stations to transmit in the 1755-1780 MHz band may not operate within 
the Protection Zone(s) of a Federal operation until the licensee 
successfully coordinates such base station operations with Federal 
Government entities as follows depending on the type of Federal 
incumbent authorization:
    (i) Federal US&P Assignments. Each AWS licensee must coordinate with 
each Federal agency that has U.S. and Possessions (US&P) authority prior 
to its first operations in its licensed area to reach a coordination 
arrangement with each US&P agency on an operator-to-operator basis. 
(Agencies with U.S. and Possessions (US&P) authority do not operate 
nationwide and may be able to share, prior to relocation, in some 
areas.)
    (ii) Other Federal Assignments. Each AWS licensee must successfully 
coordinate all base station operations within a Protection Zone with the 
Federal incumbents. The default requirement is a nationwide coordination 
zone with possible revisions to the Protection Zone and other details to 
be announced in a Joint FCC/NTIA public notice.
    (2) Interference. If protected Federal operations receive harmful 
interference from AWS operations in the 1755-1780 MHz band, an AWS 
licensee must, upon notification, modify its operations and/or technical 
parameters as

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necessary to eliminate the interference.
    (3) Point of contact. AWS licensees in the 1755-1780 MHz band must 
provide and maintain a point of contact at all times so that immediate 
contact can be made should interference against protected Federal 
operations occur.
    (4) Coordination procedures. Federal use of the radio spectrum is 
generally governed by the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration (NTIA) while non-Federal use is governed by the 
Commission. As such, any guidance or details concerning Federal/non-
Federal coordination must be issued jointly by NTIA and the Commission. 
The Commission may jointly issue with NTIA one or more public notices 
with guidance or details concerning the coordination procedures for the 
1755-1780 MHz band.

[69 FR 5716, Feb. 6, 2004, as amended at 73 FR 50571, Aug. 27, 2008; 78 
FR 8270, Jan. 5, 2013; 79 FR 32414, June 4, 2014]



Sec.  27.1135  Protection of non-Federal Government Meteorological-
Satellite operations.

    AWS licensees operating fixed stations in the 1710-1755 MHz band, if 
notified that such stations are causing interference to meteorological-
satellite earth receivers operating in the Meteorological-Satellite 
Service in the 1675-1710 MHz band, shall be required to modify the 
stations' location and/or technical parameters as necessary to eliminate 
the interference.



Sec.  27.1136  Protection of mobile satellite services in the 
2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands.

    An AWS licensee of the 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands must 
accept any interference received from duly authorized mobile satellite 
service operations in these bands. Any such AWS licensees must protect 
mobile satellite service operations in these bands from harmful 
interference.

[78 FR 8270, Jan. 5, 2013]

Cost-Sharing Policies Governing Microwave Relocation From the 2110-2150 
                       MHz and 2160-2200 MHz Bands

    Source: Sections 27.1160 through 27.1174 appear at 71 FR 29835, May 
24, 2006, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  27.1160  Cost-sharing requirements for AWS.

    Frequencies in the 2110-2150 MHz and 2160-2200 MHz bands listed in 
Sec.  101.147 of this chapter have been reallocated from Fixed Microwave 
Services (FMS) to use by AWS (as reflected in Sec.  2.106 of this 
chapter). In accordance with procedures specified in Sec.  22.602 and 
Sec. Sec.  101.69 through 101.82 of this chapter, AWS entities are 
required to relocate the existing microwave licensees in these bands if 
interference to the existing microwave licensee would occur. All AWS 
entities that benefit from the clearance of this spectrum by other AWS 
entities or by a voluntarily relocating microwave incumbent must 
contribute to such relocation costs. AWS entities may satisfy their 
reimbursement requirement by entering into private cost-sharing 
agreements or agreeing to terms other than those specified in Sec.  
27.1164. However, AWS entities are required to reimburse other AWS 
entities or voluntarily relocating microwave incumbents that incur 
relocation costs and are not parties to the alternative agreement. In 
addition, parties to a private cost-sharing agreement may seek 
reimbursement through the clearinghouse (as discussed in Sec.  27.1162) 
from AWS entities or other Emerging Technologies (ET) entities, 
including Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) operators (for Ancillary 
Terrestrial Component (ATC) base stations), that are not parties to the 
agreement. The cost-sharing plan is in effect during all phases of 
microwave relocation specified in Sec. Sec.  22.602 and 101.69 of this 
chapter. If an AWS licensee enters into a spectrum leasing arrangement 
(as set forth in part 1, subpart X of this chapter) and the spectrum 
lessee triggers a cost-sharing obligation, the licensee is

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the AWS entity responsible for satisfying the cost-sharing obligations 
under Sec. Sec.  27.1160-27.1174.

[71 FR 29835, May 24, 2006, as amended at 78 FR 8270, Feb. 5, 2013]



Sec.  27.1162  Administration of the Cost-Sharing Plan.

    The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, under delegated authority, 
will select one or more entities to operate as a neutral, not-for-profit 
clearinghouse(s). This clearinghouse(s) will administer the cost-sharing 
plan by, inter alia, determining the cost-sharing obligation of AWS and 
other ET entities for the relocation of FMS incumbents from the 2110-
2150 MHz and 2160-2200 MHz bands. The clearinghouse filing requirements 
(see Sec. Sec.  27.1166(a), 27.1170) will not take effect until an 
administrator is selected.



Sec.  27.1164  The cost-sharing formula.

    An AWS relocator who relocates an interfering microwave link, i.e., 
one that is in all or part of its market area and in all or part of its 
frequency band or a voluntarily relocating microwave incumbent, is 
entitled to pro rata reimbursement based on the following formula:

[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR24MY06.007

    (a) RN equals the amount of reimbursement.
    (b) C equals the actual cost of relocating the link(s). Actual 
relocation costs include, but are not limited to, such items as: Radio 
terminal equipment (TX and/or RX--antenna, necessary feed lines, MUX/
Modems); towers and/or modifications; back-up power equipment; 
monitoring or control equipment; engineering costs (design/path survey); 
installation; systems testing; FCC filing costs; site acquisition and 
civil works; zoning costs; training; disposal of old equipment; test 
equipment (vendor required); spare equipment; project management; prior 
coordination notification under Sec.  101.103(d) of this chapter; site 
lease renegotiation; required antenna upgrades for interference control; 
power plant upgrade (if required); electrical grounding systems; Heating 
Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) (if required); alternate 
transport equipment; and leased facilities. Increased recurring costs 
represent part of the actual cost of relocation and, even if the 
compensation to the incumbent is in the form of a commitment to pay five 
years of charges, the AWS or MSS/ATC relocator is entitled to seek 
immediate reimbursement of the lump sum amount based on present value 
using current interest rates, provided it has entered into a legally 
binding agreement to pay the charges. C also includes voluntarily 
relocating microwave incumbent's independent third party appraisal of 
its compensable relocation costs and incumbent transaction expenses that 
are directly attributable to the relocation, subject to a cap of two 
percent of the ``hard'' costs involved. Hard costs are defined as the 
actual costs associated with providing a replacement system, such as 
equipment and engineering expenses. C may not exceed $250,000 per paired 
link, with an additional $150,000 permitted if a new or modified tower 
is required.
    (c) N equals the number of AWS and MSS/ATC entities that have 
triggered a cost-sharing obligation. For the AWS relocator, N = 1. For 
the next AWS entity triggering a cost-sharing obligation, N = 2, and so 
on. In the case of a voluntarily relocating microwave incumbent, N = 1 
for the first AWS entity triggering a cost-sharing obligation. For the 
next AWS or MSS/ATC entity triggering a cost-sharing obligation, N = 2, 
and so on.
    (d) Tm equals the number of months that have elapsed between the 
month

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the AWS or MSS/ATC relocator or voluntarily relocating microwave 
incumbent obtains reimbursement rights for the link and the month in 
which an AWS entity triggers a cost-sharing obligation. An AWS or MSS/
ATC relocator obtains reimbursement rights for the link on the date that 
it signs a relocation agreement with a microwave incumbent. A 
voluntarily relocating microwave incumbent obtains reimbursement rights 
for the link on the date that the incumbent notifies the Commission that 
it intends to discontinue, or has discontinued, the use of the link, 
pursuant to Sec.  101.305 of the Commission's rules.



Sec.  27.1166  Reimbursement under the Cost-Sharing Plan.

    (a) Registration of reimbursement rights. Claims for reimbursement 
under the cost-sharing plan are limited to relocation expenses incurred 
on or after the date when the first AWS license is issued in the 
relevant AWS band (start date). If a clearinghouse is not selected by 
that date (see Sec.  27.1162) claims for reimbursement (see Sec.  
27.1166) and notices of operation (see Sec.  27.1170) for activities 
that occurred after the start date but prior to the clearinghouse 
selection must be submitted to the clearinghouse within 30 calendar days 
of the selection date.
    (1) To obtain reimbursement, an AWS relocator must submit 
documentation of the relocation agreement to the clearinghouse within 30 
calendar days of the date a relocation agreement is signed with an 
incumbent. In the case of involuntary relocation, an AWS relocator must 
submit documentation of the relocated system within 30 calendar days 
after the end of the relocation.
    (2) To obtain reimbursement, a voluntarily relocating microwave 
incumbent must submit documentation of the relocation of the link to the 
clearinghouse within 30 calendar days of the date that the incumbent 
notifies the Commission that it intends to discontinue, or has 
discontinued, the use of the link, pursuant to Sec.  101.305 of the 
Commission's rules.
    (b) Documentation of expenses. Once relocation occurs, the AWS 
relocator, or the voluntarily relocating microwave incumbent, must 
submit documentation itemizing the amount spent for items specifically 
listed in Sec.  27.1164(b), as well as any reimbursable items not 
specifically listed in Sec.  27.1164(b) that are directly attributable 
to actual relocation costs. Specifically, the AWS relocator, or the 
voluntarily relocating microwave incumbent must submit, in the first 
instance, only the uniform cost data requested by the clearinghouse 
along with a copy, without redaction, of either the relocation 
agreement, if any, or the third party appraisal described in (b)(1) of 
this section, if relocation was undertaken by the microwave incumbent. 
AWS relocators and voluntarily relocating microwave incumbents must 
maintain documentation of cost-related issues until the applicable 
sunset date and provide such documentation upon request, to the 
clearinghouse, the Commission, or entrants that trigger a cost-sharing 
obligation. If an AWS relocator pays a microwave incumbent a monetary 
sum to relocate its own facilities, the AWS relocator must estimate the 
costs associated with relocating the incumbent by itemizing the 
anticipated cost for items listed in Sec.  27.1164(b). If the sum paid 
to the incumbent cannot be accounted for, the remaining amount is not 
eligible for reimbursement.
    (1) Third party appraisal. The voluntarily relocating microwave 
incumbent, must also submit an independent third party appraisal of its 
compensable relocation costs. The appraisal should be based on the 
actual cost of replacing the incumbent's system with comparable 
facilities and should exclude the cost of any equipment upgrades or 
items outside the scope of Sec.  27.1164(b).
    (2) Identification of links. The AWS relocator or the voluntarily 
relocating microwave incumbent must identify the particular link 
associated with appropriate expenses (i.e., costs may not be averaged 
over numerous links). Where the AWS relocator or voluntarily relocating 
microwave incumbent relocates both paths of a paired channel microwave 
link (e.g., 2110-2130 MHz with 2160-2180 MHz and 2130-2150 MHz with 
2180-2200 MHz), the AWS relocator or voluntarily relocating microwave

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incumbent must identify the expenses associated with each paired 
microwave link.
    (c) Full Reimbursement. An AWS relocator who relocates a microwave 
link that is either fully outside its market area or its licensed 
frequency band may seek full reimbursement through the clearinghouse of 
compensable costs, up to the reimbursement cap as defined in Sec.  
27.1164(b). Such reimbursement will not be subject to depreciation under 
the cost-sharing formula.
    (d) Good Faith Requirement. New entrants and incumbent licensees are 
expected to act in good faith in satisfying the cost-sharing obligations 
under Sec. Sec.  27.1160 through 27.1174. The requirement to act in good 
faith extends to, but is not limited to, the preparation and submission 
of the documentation required in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (e) MSS Participation in the Clearinghouse. MSS operators are not 
required to submit reimbursements to the clearinghouse for links 
relocated due to interference from MSS space-to-Earth downlink 
operations, but may elect to do so, in which case the MSS operator must 
identify the reimbursement claim as such and follow the applicable 
procedures governing reimbursement in part 27. MSS reimbursement rights 
and cost-sharing obligations for space-to-Earth downlink operations are 
governed by Sec.  101.82 of this chapter.
    (f) Reimbursement for Self-relocating FMS links in the 2130-2150 MHz 
and 2180-2200 MHz bands. Where a voluntarily relocating microwave 
incumbent relocates a paired microwave link with paths in the 2130-2150 
MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands, it may not seek reimbursement from MSS 
operators, but is entitled to reimbursement from the first AWS 
beneficiary for its actual costs for relocating the paired link, subject 
to the reimbursement cap in Sec.  27.1164(b). This amount is subject to 
depreciation as specified in Sec.  27.1164(b). An AWS licensee who is 
obligated to reimburse relocation costs under this rule is entitled to 
obtain reimbursement from other AWS beneficiaries in accordance with 
Sec. Sec.  27.1164 and 27.1168. For purposes of applying the cost-
sharing formula relative to other AWS licensees that benefit from the 
self-relocation, depreciation shall run from the date on which the 
clearinghouse issues the notice of an obligation to reimburse the 
voluntarily relocating microwave incumbent.

[71 FR 29835, May 24, 2006, as amended at 78 FR 8270, Jan. 5, 2013]



Sec.  27.1168  Triggering a Reimbursement Obligation.

    (a) The clearinghouse will apply the following test to determine 
when an AWS entity has triggered a cost-sharing obligation and therefore 
must pay an AWS relocator, MSS relocator, or a voluntarily relocating 
microwave incumbent in accordance with the formula detailed in Sec.  
27.1164:
    (1) All or part of the relocated microwave link was initially co-
channel with the licensed AWS band(s) of the AWS entity or the selected 
assignment of the MSS operator that seeks and obtains ATC authority (see 
Sec.  25.149(a)(2)(i) of this chapter);
    (2) An AWS relocator, MSS relocator or a voluntarily relocating 
microwave incumbent has paid the relocation costs of the microwave 
incumbent; and
    (3) The AWS or MSS entity is operating or preparing to turn on a 
fixed base station at commercial power and the fixed base station is 
located within a rectangle (Proximity Threshold) described as follows:
    (i) The length of the rectangle shall be x where x is a line 
extending through both nodes of the microwave link to a distance of 48 
kilometers (30 miles) beyond each node. The width of the rectangle shall 
be y where y is a line perpendicular to x and extending for a distance 
of 24 kilometers (15 miles) on both sides of x. Thus, the rectangle is 
represented as follows:


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    (ii) If the application of the Proximity Threshold Test indicates 
that a reimbursement obligation exists, the clearinghouse will calculate 
the reimbursement amount in accordance with the cost-sharing formula and 
notify the AWS entity of the total amount of its reimbursement 
obligation.
    (b) Once a reimbursement obligation is triggered, the AWS entity may 
not avoid paying its cost-sharing obligation by deconstructing or 
modifying its facilities.

[71 FR 29835, May 24, 2006, as amended at 78 FR 8271, Jan. 5, 2013]



Sec.  27.1170  Payment issues.

    Prior to initiating operations for a newly constructed site or 
modified existing site, an AWS entity is required to file a notice 
containing site-specific data with the clearinghouse. The notice 
regarding the new or modified site must provide a detailed description 
of the proposed site's spectral frequency use and geographic location, 
including but not limited to the applicant's name and address, the name 
of the transmitting base station, the geographic coordinates 
corresponding to that base station, the frequencies and polarizations to 
be added, changed or deleted, and the emission designator. If a prior 
coordination notice (PCN) under Sec.  101.103(d) of this chapter is 
prepared, AWS entities can satisfy the site-data filing requirement by 
submitting a copy of their PCN to the clearinghouse. AWS entities that 
file either a notice or a PCN have a continuing duty to maintain the 
accuracy of the site-specific data on file with the clearinghouse. 
Utilizing the site-specific data, the clearinghouse will determine if 
any reimbursement obligation exists and notify the AWS entity in writing 
of its repayment obligation, if any. When the AWS entity receives a 
written copy of such obligation, it must pay directly to the relocator 
the amount owed within 30 calendar days.

[78 FR 8271, Jan. 5, 2013]



Sec.  27.1172  Dispute Resolution Under the Cost-Sharing Plan.

    (a) Disputes arising out of the cost-sharing plan, such as disputes 
over the amount of reimbursement required, must be brought, in the first 
instance, to the clearinghouse for resolution. To the extent that 
disputes cannot be resolved by the clearinghouse, parties are encouraged 
to use expedited Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures, such 
as binding arbitration, mediation, or other ADR techniques.
    (b) Evidentiary requirement. Parties of interest contesting the 
clearinghouse's

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determination of specific cost-sharing obligations must provide 
evidentiary support to demonstrate that their calculation is reasonable 
and made in good faith. Specifically, these parties are expected to 
exercise due diligence to obtain the information necessary to prepare an 
independent estimate of the relocation costs in question and to file the 
independent estimate and supporting documentation with the 
clearinghouse.



Sec.  27.1174  Termination of cost-sharing obligations.

    The cost-sharing plan will sunset for all AWS and MSS entities on 
the same date on which the relocation obligation for the subject AWS 
band (i.e., 2110-2150 MHz, 2160-2175 MHz, 2175-2180 MHz, 2180-2200 MHz) 
in which the relocated FMS link was located terminates. AWS or MSS 
entrants that trigger a cost-sharing obligation prior to the sunset date 
must satisfy their payment obligation in full.

[78 FR 8271, Feb. 5, 2013]

Cost-Sharing Policies Governing Broadband Radio Service Relocation From 
                        the 2150-2160/62 MHz Band

    Source: Sections 27.1176 through 27.1190 appear at 71 FR 29835, May 
24, 2006, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  27.1176  Cost-sharing requirements for AWS in the 
2150-2160/62 MHz band.

    (a) Frequencies in the 2150-2160/62 MHz band have been reallocated 
from the Broadband Radio Service (BRS) to AWS. All AWS entities who 
benefit from another AWS entity's clearance of BRS incumbents from this 
spectrum, including BRS incumbents occupying the 2150-2162 MHz band on a 
primary basis, must contribute to such relocation costs. Only AWS 
entrants that relocate BRS incumbents are entitled to such 
reimbursement.
    (b) AWS entities may satisfy their reimbursement requirement by 
entering into private cost-sharing agreements or agreeing to terms other 
than those specified in Sec.  27.1180. However, AWS entities are 
required to reimburse other AWS entities that incur relocation costs and 
are not parties to the alternative agreement. In addition, parties to a 
private cost-sharing agreement may seek reimbursement through the 
clearinghouse (as discussed in Sec.  27.1178) from AWS entities that are 
not parties to the agreement. The cost-sharing plan is in effect during 
all phases of BRS relocation until the end of the period specified in 
Sec.  27.1190. If an AWS licensee enters into a spectrum leasing 
arrangement and the spectrum lessee triggers a cost-sharing obligation, 
the licensee is the AWS entity responsible for satisfying cost-sharing 
obligations under these rules.



Sec.  27.1178  Administration of the Cost-Sharing Plan.

    The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, under delegated authority, 
will select one or more entities to operate as a neutral, not-for-profit 
clearinghouse(s). This clearinghouse(s) will administer the cost-sharing 
plan by, inter alia, determining the cost-sharing obligations of AWS 
entities for the relocation of BRS incumbents from the 2150-2162 MHz 
band. The clearinghouse filing requirements (see Sec. Sec.  27.1182(a), 
27.1186) will not take effect until an administrator is selected.



Sec.  27.1180  The cost-sharing formula.

    (a) An AWS licensee that relocates a BRS system with which it 
interferes is entitled to pro rata reimbursement based on the cost-
sharing formula specified in Sec.  27.1164, except that the depreciation 
factor shall be [180-Tm]/180, and the variable C shall be 
applied as set forth in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) C is the actual cost of relocating the system, and includes, but 
is not limited to, such items as: Radio terminal equipment (TX and/or 
RX--antenna, necessary feed lines, MUX/Modems); towers and/or 
modifications; back-up power equipment; monitoring or control equipment; 
engineering costs (design/path survey); installation; systems testing; 
FCC filing costs; site acquisition and civil works; zoning

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costs; training; disposal of old equipment; test equipment (vendor 
required); spare equipment; project management; site lease 
renegotiation; required antenna upgrades for interference control; power 
plant upgrade (if required); electrical grounding systems; Heating 
Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) (if required); alternate 
transport equipment; leased facilities; and end user units served by the 
base station that is being relocated. In addition to actual costs, C may 
include the cost of an independent third party appraisal conducted 
pursuant to Sec.  27.1182(a)(3) and incumbent transaction expenses that 
are directly attributable to the relocation, subject to a cap of two 
percent of the ``hard'' costs involved. Hard costs are defined as the 
actual costs associated with providing a replacement system, such as 
equipment and engineering expenses. There is no cap on the actual costs 
of relocation.
    (c) An AWS system shall be considered an interfering system for 
purposes of this rule if the AWS system is in all or part of the BRS 
frequency band and operates within line of sight to BRS operations under 
the applicable test specified in Sec.  27.1184. An AWS relocator that 
relocates a BRS system with which it does not interfere is entitled to 
full reimbursement, as specified in Sec.  27.1182(c).



Sec.  27.1182  Reimbursement under the Cost-Sharing Plan.

    (a) Registration of reimbursement rights. (1) To obtain 
reimbursement, an AWS relocator must submit documentation of the 
relocation agreement to the clearinghouse within 30 calendar days of the 
date a relocation agreement is signed with an incumbent. In the case of 
involuntary relocation, an AWS relocator must submit documentation of 
the relocated system within 30 calendar days after the end of the one-
year trial period.
    (2) Registration of any BRS system shall include:
    (i) A description of the system's frequency use;
    (ii) If the system exclusively provides one-way transmissions to 
subscribers, the Geographic Service Area of the system; and
    (iii) If the system does not exclusively provide one-way 
transmission to subscribers, the system hub antenna's geographic 
location and the above ground level height of the system's receiving 
antenna centerline.
    (3) The AWS relocator must also include with its system registration 
an independent third party appraisal of the compensable relocation 
costs. The appraisal should be based on the actual cost of replacing the 
incumbent's system with comparable facilities and should exclude the 
cost of any equipment upgrades that are not necessary to the provision 
of comparable facilities. An AWS relocator may submit registration 
without a third party appraisal if it consents to binding resolution by 
the clearinghouse of any good faith cost disputes regarding the 
reimbursement claim, under the following standard: The relocator shall 
bear the burden of proof, and be required to demonstrate by clear and 
convincing evidence that its request does not exceed the actual cost of 
relocating the relevant BRS system or systems to comparable facilities. 
Failure to satisfy this burden of proof will result in loss of rights to 
subsequent reimbursement of the disputed costs from any AWS licensee.
    (b) Documentation of expenses. Once relocation occurs, the AWS 
relocator must submit documentation itemizing the amount spent for items 
specifically listed in Sec.  27.1180(b), as well as any reimbursable 
items not specifically listed in Sec.  27.1180(b) that are directly 
attributable to actual relocation costs. Specifically, the AWS relocator 
must submit, in the first instance, only the uniform cost data requested 
by the clearinghouse along with copies, without redaction, of the 
relocation agreement, if any, and the third party appraisal described in 
(a)(3), of this section, if prepared. The AWS relocator must identify 
the particular system associated with appropriate expenses (i.e., costs 
may not be averaged over numerous systems). If an AWS relocator pays a 
BRS incumbent a monetary sum to relocate its own facilities in whole or 
in part, the AWS relocator must itemize the actual costs to the extent 
determinable, and otherwise must estimate

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the actual costs associated with relocating the incumbent and itemize 
these costs. If the sum paid to the incumbent cannot be accounted for, 
the remaining amount is not eligible for reimbursement. All AWS 
relocators seeking reimbursement through the clearinghouse have an 
ongoing duty to maintain all relevant records of BRS relocation-related 
expenses until the sunset of cost-sharing obligations, and to provide, 
upon request, such documentation, including a copy of the independent 
appraisal if one was conducted, to the clearinghouse, the Commission, or 
AWS entrants that trigger a cost-sharing obligation.
    (c) Full reimbursement. An AWS relocator who relocates a BRS system 
that is either:
    (1) Wholly outside its frequency band; or
    (2) Not within line of sight of the relocator's transmitting base 
station may seek full reimbursement through the clearinghouse of 
compensable costs. Such reimbursement will not be subject to 
depreciation under the cost-sharing formula.
    (d) Good Faith Requirement. New entrants and incumbent licensees are 
expected to act in good faith in satisfying the cost-sharing obligations 
under Sec. Sec.  27.1176 through 27.1190. The requirement to act in good 
faith extends to, but is not limited to, the preparation and submission 
of the documentation required in paragraph (b) of this section.



Sec.  27.1184  Triggering a reimbursement obligation.

    (a) The clearinghouse will apply the following test to determine 
when an AWS entity has triggered a cost-sharing obligation and therefore 
must pay an AWS relocator of a BRS system in accordance with the formula 
detailed in Sec.  27.1180:
    (1) All or part of the relocated BRS system was initially co-channel 
with the licensed AWS band(s) of the AWS entity;
    (2) An AWS relocator has paid the relocation costs of the BRS 
incumbent; and
    (3) The other AWS entity has turned on or is preparing to turn on a 
fixed base station at commercial power and the incumbent BRS system 
would have been within the line of sight of the AWS entity's fixed base 
station, defined as follows.
    (i) For a BRS system using the 2150-2160/62 MHz band exclusively to 
provide one-way transmissions to subscribers, the clearinghouse will 
determine whether there is an unobstructed signal path (line of sight) 
to the incumbent licensee's geographic service area (GSA), based on the 
following criteria: use of 9.1 meters (30 feet) for the receiving 
antenna height, use of the actual transmitting antenna height and 
terrain elevation, and assumption of 4/3 Earth radius propagation 
conditions. Terrain elevation data must be obtained from the U.S. 
Geological Survey (USGS) 3-second database. All coordinates used in 
carrying out the required analysis shall be based upon use of NAD-83.
    (ii) For all other BRS systems using the 2150-2160/62 MHz band, the 
clearinghouse will determine whether there is an unobstructed signal 
path (line of sight) to the incumbent licensee's receive station hub 
using the method prescribed in ``Methods for Predicting Interference 
from Response Station Transmitters and to Response Station Hubs and for 
Supplying Data on Response Station Systems. MM Docket 97-217,'' in 
Amendment of 47 CFR parts 1, 21 and 74 to Enable Multipoint Distribution 
Service and Instructional Television Fixed Service Licensees to Engage 
in Fixed Two-Way Transmissions, MM Docket No. 97-217, Report and Order 
on Further Reconsideration and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 15 
FCC Rcd 14566 at 14610, Appendix D.
    (b) If the application of the trigger test described in paragraphs 
(a)(3)(i) and (ii) of this section, indicates that a reimbursement 
obligation exists, the clearinghouse will calculate the reimbursement 
amount in accordance with the cost-sharing formula and notify the 
subsequent AWS entity of the total amount of its reimbursement 
obligation.
    (c) Once a reimbursement obligation is triggered, the AWS entity may 
not avoid paying its cost-sharing obligation by deconstructing or 
modifying its facilities.

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Sec.  27.1186  Payment issues.

    Payment of cost-sharing obligations for the relocation of BRS 
systems in the 2150-60/62 MHz band is subject to the rules set forth in 
Sec.  27.1170. If an AWS licensee is initiating operations for a newly 
constructed site or modified existing site in licensed bands overlapping 
the 2150-2160/62 MHz band, the AWS licensee must file with the 
clearinghouse, in addition to the site-specific data required by Sec.  
27.1170, the above ground level height of the transmitting antenna 
centerline. AWS entities have a continuing duty to maintain the accuracy 
of the site-specific data on file with the clearinghouse.

[71 FR 29835, May 24, 2006, as amended at 72 FR 41939, Aug. 1, 2007]



Sec.  27.1188  Dispute resolution under the Cost-Sharing Plan.

    (a) Disputes arising out of the cost-sharing plan, such as disputes 
over the amount of reimbursement required, must be brought, in the first 
instance, to the clearinghouse for resolution. To the extent that 
disputes cannot be resolved by the clearinghouse, parties are encouraged 
to use expedited Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures, such 
as binding arbitration, mediation, or other ADR techniques.
    (b) Evidentiary requirement. Parties of interest contesting the 
clearinghouse's determination of specific cost-sharing obligations must 
provide evidentiary support to demonstrate that their calculation is 
reasonable and made in good faith. Specifically, these parties are 
expected to exercise due diligence to obtain the information necessary 
to prepare an independent estimate of the relocation costs in question 
and to file the independent estimate and supporting documentation with 
the clearinghouse.



Sec.  27.1190  Termination of cost-sharing obligations.

    The plan for cost-sharing in connection with BRS relocation will 
sunset for all AWS entities fifteen years after the relocation sunset 
period for BRS relocation commences, i.e., fifteen years after the first 
AWS licenses are issued in any part of the 2150-2162 MHz band. AWS 
entrants that trigger a cost-sharing obligation prior to the sunset date 
must satisfy their payment obligation in full.



   Subpart M_Broadband Radio Service and Educational Broadband Service

    Source: 69 FR 72034, Dec. 10, 2004, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  27.1200  Change to BRS and EBS.

    (a) As of January 10, 2005, licensees assigned to the Multipoint 
Distribution Service (MDS) and the Multichannel Multipoint Distribution 
Service (MMDS) shall be reassigned to the Broadband Radio Service (BRS) 
and licensees in the Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) shall 
be reassigned to the Educational Broadband Service (EBS).



Sec.  27.1201  EBS eligibility.

    (a) A license for an Educational Broadband Service station will be 
issued only to an accredited institution or to a governmental 
organization engaged in the formal education of enrolled students or to 
a nonprofit organization whose purposes are educational and include 
providing educational and instructional television material to such 
accredited institutions and governmental organizations, and which is 
otherwise qualified under the statutory provisions of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended.
    (1) A publicly supported educational institution must be accredited 
by the appropriate State department of education.
    (2) A privately controlled educational institution must be 
accredited by the appropriate State department of education or the 
recognized regional and national accrediting organizations.
    (3) Those applicant organizations whose eligibility is established 
by service to accredited institutional or governmental organizations 
must submit documentation from proposed receive

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sites demonstrating that they will receive and use the applicant's 
educational usage. In place of this documentation, a State educational 
television (ETV) commission may demonstrate that the public schools it 
proposes to serve are required to use its proposed educational usage. 
Documentation from proposed receive sites which are to establish the 
eligibility of an entity not serving its own enrolled students for 
credit should be in letter form, written and signed by an administrator 
or authority who is responsible for the receive site's curriculum 
planning. No receive site more than 35 miles from the proposed station's 
central reference point, or outside the applicants' proposed GSA, shall 
be used to establish basic eligibility. Where broadband or data services 
are proposed, the letter should indicate that the data services will be 
used in furtherance of the institution's educational mission and will be 
provided to enrolled students, faculty and staff in a manner and in a 
setting conducive to educational usage. Where traditional educational or 
instructional video services are proposed, the letter should indicate 
that the applicant's program offerings have been viewed and that such 
programming will be incorporated in the site's curriculum. Where 
educational or instructional video services are proposed, the letter 
should discuss the types of programming and hours per week of formal and 
informal programming expected to be used and the site's involvement in 
the planning, scheduling and production of programming. If other levels 
of authority must be obtained before a firm commitment to utilize the 
service can be made, the nature and extent of such additional 
authorization(s) must be provided.
    (4) Nonlocal applicants, in addition to submitting letters from 
proposed receive sites, must demonstrate the establishment of a local 
program committee in each community where they apply. Letters submitted 
on behalf of a nonlocal entity must confirm that a member of the receive 
site's staff will serve on the local program committee and demonstrate a 
recognition of the composition and power of the committee. The letter 
should show that the staff member will aid in the selection, scheduling 
and production of the programming received over the system.
    (b) No numerical limit is placed on the number of stations which may 
be licensed to a single licensee. A single license may be issued for 
more than one transmitter if they are to be located at a common site and 
operated by the same licensee. Applicants are expected to accomplish the 
proposed operation by the use of the smallest number of channels 
required to provide the needed service.
    (c) [Reserved]
    (d) This paragraph applies to EBS licensees and applications 
licensed or filed pursuant to the provisions of Sec.  27.1201(c) 
contained in the edition of 47 CFR parts 20 through 39, revised as of 
October 1, 2005, or Sec. Sec.  74.990 through 74.992 contained in the 
edition of 47 CFR parts 70 through 79, revised as of October 1, 2004, 
and that do not meet the eligibility requirements of paragraph (a) of 
this section. Such licensees may continue to operate pursuant to the 
terms of their existing licenses, and their licenses may be renewed, 
assigned, or transferred, so long as the licensee is otherwise in 
compliance with this chapter. Applications filed pursuant to the 
provisions of Sec.  27.1201(c) contained in the edition of 47 CFR parts 
20 through 39, revised as of October 1, 2005 or Sec. Sec.  74.990 
through 74.992 contained in the edition of 47 CFR parts 70 through 79, 
revised as of October 1, 2004 may be processed and granted, so long as 
such applications were filed prior to July 19, 2006. The provisions of 
Sec. Sec.  27.1203(b) through (d) and 27.1214 of this subpart do not 
apply to licenses governed by this paragraph.

[69 FR 72034, Dec. 10, 2004, as amended at 71 FR 35190, June 19, 2006; 
73 FR 26040, May 8, 2008]



Sec.  27.1202  Cable/BRS cross-ownership.

    (a) Initial or modified authorizations for BRS stations may not be 
granted to a cable operator if a portion of the BRS station's protected 
services area is within the portion of the franchise area actually 
served by the cable operator's cable system and the cable operator will 
be using the BRS station as a multichannel video programming distributor 
(as defined in Sec.  76.64(d) of this

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chapter). No cable operator may acquire such authorization either 
directly, or indirectly through an affiliate owned, operated, or 
controlled by or under common control with a cable operator if the cable 
operator will use the BRS station as a multichannel video programming 
distributor.
    (b) No licensee of a station in this service may lease transmission 
time or capacity to a cable operator either directly, or indirectly 
through an affiliate owned, operated, controlled by, or under common 
control with a cable operator, if a portion of the BRS station's 
protected services area is within the portion of the franchise area 
actually served by the cable operator's cable system the cable operator 
will use the BRS station as a multichannel video programming 
distributor.
    (c) Applications for new stations, station modifications, 
assignments or transfers of control by cable operators of BRS stations 
shall include a showing that no portion of the GSA of the BRS station is 
within the portion of the franchise area actually served by the cable 
operator's cable system, or of any entity indirectly affiliated, owned, 
operated, controlled by, or under common control with the cable 
operator. Alternatively, the cable operator may certify that it will not 
use the BRS station to distribute multichannel video programming.
    (d) In applying the provisions of this section, ownership and other 
interests in BRS licensees or cable television systems will be 
attributed to their holders and deemed cognizable pursuant to the 
following criteria:
    (1) Except as otherwise provided herein, partnership and direct 
ownership interests and any voting stock interest amounting to 5% or 
more of the outstanding voting stock of a corporate BRS licensee or 
cable television system will be cognizable;
    (2) Investment companies, as defined in 15 U.S.C. 80a-3, insurance 
companies and banks holding stock through their trust departments in 
trust accounts will be considered to have a cognizable interest only if 
they hold 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock of a corporate BRS 
licensee or cable television system, or if any of the officers or 
directors of the BRS licensee or cable television system are 
representatives of the investment company, insurance company or bank 
concerned. Holdings by a bank or insurance company will be aggregated if 
the bank or insurance company has any right to determine how the stock 
will be voted. Holdings by investment companies will be aggregated if 
under common management.
    (3) Attribution of ownership interests in a BRS licensee or cable 
television system that are held indirectly by any party through one or 
more intervening corporations will be determined by successive 
multiplication of the ownership percentages for each link in the 
vertical ownership chain and application of the relevant attribution 
benchmark to the resulting product, except that wherever the ownership 
percentage for any link in the chain exceeds 50%, it shall not be 
included for purposes of this multiplication. For purposes of paragraph 
(d)(9) of this section, attribution of ownership interests in a BRS 
licensee or cable television system that are held indirectly by any 
party through one or more intervening organizations will be determined 
by successive multiplication of the ownership percentages for each link 
in the vertical ownership chain and application of the relevant 
attribution benchmark to the resulting product, and the ownership 
percentage for any link in the chain that exceeds 50% shall be included 
for purposes of this multiplication. For example, except for purposes of 
paragraph (d)(9) of this section, if A owns 10% of company X, which owns 
60% of company Y, which owns 25% of ``Licensee,'' then X's interest in 
``Licensee'' would be 25% (the same as Y's interest because X's interest 
in Y exceeds 50%), and A's interest in ``Licensee'' would be 2.5% (0.1 x 
0.25). Under the 5% attribution benchmark, X's interest in ``Licensee'' 
would be cognizable, while A's interest would not be cognizable. For 
purposes of paragraph (d)(9) of this section, X's interest in 
``Licensee'' would be 15% (0.6 x 0.25) and A's interest in ``Licensee'' 
would be 1.5% (0.1 x 0.6 x 0.25). Neither interest would be attributed 
under paragraph (d)(9) of this section.
    (4) Voting stock interests held in trust shall be attributed to any 
person

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who holds or shares the power to vote such stock, to any person who has 
the sole power to sell such stock, and to any person who has the right 
to revoke the trust at will or to replace the trustee at will. If the 
trustee has a familial, personal or extra-trust business relationship to 
the grantor or the beneficiary, the grantor or beneficiary, as 
appropriate, will be attributed with the stock interests held in trust. 
An otherwise qualified trust will be ineffective to insulate the grantor 
or beneficiary from attribution with the trust's assets unless all 
voting stock interests held by the grantor or beneficiary in the 
relevant BRS licensee or cable television system are subject to said 
trust.
    (5) Subject to paragraph (d)(9) of this section, holders of non-
voting stock shall not be attributed an interest in the issuing entity. 
Subject to paragraph (d)(9) of this section, holders of debt and 
instruments such as warrants, convertible debentures, options or other 
non-voting interests with rights of conversion to voting interests shall 
not be attributed unless and until conversion is effected.
    (6)(i) A limited partnership interest shall be attributed to a 
limited partner unless that partner is not materially involved, directly 
or indirectly, in the management or operation of the BRS or cable 
television activities of the partnership and the licensee or system so 
certifies. An interest in a Limited Liability Company (``LLC'') or 
Registered Limited Liability Partnership (``RLLP'') shall be attributed 
to the interest holder unless that interest holder is not materially 
involved, directly or indirectly, in the management or operation of the 
BRS or cable television activities of the partnership and the licensee 
or system so certifies.
    (ii) For a licensee or system that is a limited partnership to make 
the certification set forth in paragraph (d)(6)(i) of this section, it 
must verify that the partnership agreement or certificate of limited 
partnership, with respect to the particular limited partner exempt from 
attribution, establishes that the exempt limited partner has no material 
involvement, directly or indirectly, in the management or operation of 
the BRS or cable television activities of the partnership. For a 
licensee or system that is an LLC or RLLP to make the certification set 
forth in paragraph (d)(6)(i) of this section, it must verify that the 
organizational document, with respect to the particular interest holder 
exempt from attribution, establishes that the exempt interest holder has 
no material involvement, directly or indirectly, in the management or 
operation of the BRS or cable television activities of the LLC or RLLP. 
Irrespective of the terms of the certificate of limited partnership or 
partnership agreement, or other organizational document in the case of 
an LLC or RLLP, however, no such certification shall be made if the 
individual or entity making the certification has actual knowledge of 
any material involvement of the limited partners, or other interest 
holders in the case of an LLC or RLLP, in the management or operation of 
the BRS or cable television businesses of the partnership or LLC or 
RLLP.
    (iii) In the case of an LLC or RLLP, the licensee or system seeking 
installation shall certify, in addition, that the relevant state statute 
authorizing LLCs permits an LLC member to insulate itself as required by 
our criteria.
    (7) Officers and directors of a BRS licensee or cable television 
system are considered to have a cognizable interest in the entity with 
which they are so associated. If any such entity engages in businesses 
in addition to its primary business of BRS or cable television service, 
it may request the Commission to waive attribution for any officer or 
director whose duties and responsibilities are wholly unrelated to its 
primary business. The officers and directors of a parent company of a 
BRS licensee or cable television system, with an attributable interest 
in any such subsidiary entity, shall be deemed to have a cognizable 
interest in the subsidiary unless the duties and responsibilities of the 
officer or director involved are wholly unrelated to the BRS licensee or 
cable television system subsidiary, and a statement properly documenting 
this fact is submitted to the Commission. The officers and directors of 
a sister corporation of a BRS licensee or cable television system shall 
not be attributed with ownership of these entities by virtue of such 
status.

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    (8) Discrete ownership interests will be aggregated in determining 
whether or not an interest is cognizable under this section. An 
individual or entity will be deemed to have a cognizable investment if:
    (i) The sum of the interests held by or through ``passive 
investors'' is equal to or exceeds 20 percent; or
    (ii) The sum of the interests other than those held by or through 
``passive investors'' is equal to or exceeds 5 percent; or
    (iii) The sum of the interests computed under paragraph (d)(8)(i) of 
this section plus the sum of the interests computed under paragraph 
(d)(8)(ii) of this section equal to or exceeds 20 percent.
    (9) Notwithstanding paragraphs (d)(5) and (d)(6) of this section, 
the holder of an equity or debt interest or interests in a BRS licensee 
or cable television system subject to the BRS/cable cross-ownership rule 
(``interest holder'') shall have that interest attributed if:
    (i) The equity (including all stockholdings, whether voting or 
nonvoting, common or preferred) and debt interest or interests, in the 
aggregate, exceed 33 percent of the total asset value (all equity plus 
all debt) of that BRS licensee or cable television system; and
    (ii) The interest holder also holds an interest in a BRS licensee or 
cable television system that is attributable under this section (other 
than this paragraph) and which operates in any portion of the franchise 
area served by that cable operator's cable system.
    (10) The term ``area served by a cable system'' means any area 
actually passed by the cable operator's cable system and which can be 
connected for a standard connection fee.
    (11) As used in this section ``cable operator'' shall have the same 
definition as in Sec.  76.5 of this chapter.
    (e) The Commission will entertain requests to waive the restrictions 
in paragraph (a) of this section where necessary to ensure that all 
significant portions of the franchise area are able to obtain 
multichannel video service.
    (f) The provisions of paragraphs (a) through (e) of this section 
will not apply to one BRS channel used to provide locally-produced 
programming to cable headends. Locally-produced programming is 
programming produced in or near the cable operator's franchise area and 
not broadcast on a television station available within that franchise 
area. A cable operator will be permitted one BRS channel for this 
purpose, and no more than one BRS channel may be used by a cable 
television company or its affiliate or lessor pursuant to this 
paragraph. The licensee for a cable operator providing local programming 
pursuant to a lease must include in a notice filed with the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau a cover letter explicitly identifying itself 
or its lessees as a local cable operator and stating that the lease was 
executed to facilitate the provision of local programming. The first 
application or the first lease notification in an area filed with the 
Commission will be entitled to the exemption. The limitations on one BRS 
channel per party and per area include any cable/BRS operations or 
cable/EBS operations. The cable operator must demonstrate in its BRS 
application that the proposed local programming will be provided within 
one year from the date its application is granted. Local programming 
service pursuant to a lease must be provided within one year of the date 
of the lease or one year of grant of the licensee's application for the 
leased channel, whichever is later. If a BRS license for these purposes 
is granted and the programming is subsequently discontinued, the license 
will be automatically forfeited the day after local programming service 
is discontinued.
    (g) Applications filed by cable television companies, or affiliates, 
for BRS channels prior to February 8, 1990, will not be subject to the 
prohibitions of this section. Applications filed on February 8, 1990, or 
thereafter will be returned. Lease arrangements between cable and BRS 
entities for which a lease or a firm agreement was signed prior to 
February 8, 1990, will also not be subject to the prohibitions of this 
section. Leases between cable television companies, or affiliates, and 
BRS station licensees, conditional licensees, or applicants executed on 
February 8, 1990, or thereafter, are invalid.
    (1) Applications filed by cable operators, or affiliates, for BRS 
channels prior to February 8, 1990, will not be

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subject to the prohibitions of this section. Except as provided in 
paragraph (g)(2)of this section, applications filed on February 8, 1990, 
or thereafter will be returned. Lease arrangements between cable and BRS 
entities for which a lease or a firm agreement was signed prior to 
February 8, 1990, will also not be subject to the prohibitions of this 
section. Except as provided in paragraph (g)(2) of this section, leases 
between cable operators, or affiliates, and BRS/EBS station licensees, 
conditional licensees, or applicants executed on or before February 8, 
1990, or thereafter are invalid.
    (2) Applications filed by cable operators, or affiliates for BRS 
channels after February 8, 1990, and prior to October 5, 1992, will not 
be subject to the prohibition of this section, if, pursuant to the then 
existing overbuild or rural exceptions, the applications were allowed 
under the then existing cable/BRS cross-ownership prohibitions. Lease 
arrangements between cable operators and BRS entities for which a lease 
or firm agreement was signed after February 8, 1990, and prior to 
October 5, 1992, will not be subject to the prohibitions of this 
section, if, pursuant to the then existing rural and overbuild 
exceptions, the lease arrangements were allowed.
    (3) The limitations on cable television ownership in this section do 
not apply to any cable operator in any franchise area in which a cable 
operator is subject to effective competition as determined under section 
623(l) of the Communications Act.

[69 FR 72034, Dec. 10, 2004, as amended at 71 FR 35190, June 19, 2006]



Sec.  27.1203  EBS programming requirements.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this 
section, BRS and EBS licensees are authorized to provide fixed or mobile 
service, except aeronautical mobile service, subject to the technical 
requirements of subparts C and M of this part.
    (b) Educational Broadband Service stations are intended primarily 
through video, data, or voice transmissions to further the educational 
mission of accredited public and private schools, colleges and 
universities providing a formal educational and cultural development to 
enrolled students. Authorized educational broadband channels must be 
used to further the educational mission of accredited schools offering 
formal educational courses to enrolled students.
    (c) In furtherance of the educational mission of accredited schools, 
Educational Broadband Service stations may be used for:
    (1) In-service training and instruction in special skills and safety 
programs, extension of professional training, informing persons and 
groups engaged in professional and technical activities of current 
developments in their particular fields, and other similar endeavors;
    (2) Transmission of material directly related to the administrative 
activities of the licensee, such as the holding of conferences with 
personnel, distribution of reports and assignments, exchange of data and 
statistics, and other similar uses.
    (d) Stations, including high-power EBS signal booster stations, may 
be licensed in the EBS as originating or relay stations to interconnect 
educational broadband fixed stations in adjacent areas, to deliver 
instructional and cultural material to, and obtain such material from, 
commercial and noncommercial educational television broadcast stations 
for use on the educational broadband system, and to deliver 
instructional and cultural material to, and obtain such material from, 
nearby terminals or connection points of closed circuit educational 
television systems employing wired distribution systems or radio 
facilities authorized under other parts of this chapter, or to deliver 
instructional and cultural material to any cable television system 
serving a receiving site or sites which would be eligible for direct 
reception of EBS signals under the provisions of Sec.  27.1201.

[69 FR 72034, Dec. 10, 2004, as amended at 71 FR 35190, June 19, 2006]



Sec.  27.1206  Geographic Service Area.

    (a) The Geographic Service Area (GSA) is either:
    (1) The area for incumbent site-based licensees that is bounded by a 
circle having a 35 mile radius and centered at

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the station's reference coordinates, which was the previous PSA entitled 
to incumbent licensees prior to January 10, 2005, and is bounded by the 
chord(s) drawn between intersection points of the licensee's previous 35 
mile PSA and those of respective adjacent market, co-channel licensees; 
or:
    (2) The BTA that is licensed to the respective BRS BTA authorization 
holder subject to the exclusion of overlapping, co-channel incumbent 
GSAs as described in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
    (b) If the license for an incumbent BRS station cancels or is 
forfeited, the GSA area of the incumbent station shall dissolve and the 
right to operate in that area automatically reverts to the GSA licensee 
that held the corresponding BTA.



Sec.  27.1207  BTA license authorization.

    (a) Winning bidders must file an application (FCC Form 601) for an 
initial authorization.
    (b) Initial authorizations for BRS granted after January 1, 2008, 
shall be blanket licenses for all BRS frequencies identified in Sec.  
27.5(i)(2) and based on the geographic areas identified in Sec.  
27.1208. Blanket licenses cover all mobile and response stations.
    (1) A station would be required to be individually licensed if
    (i) International agreements require coordination;
    (ii) Submission of an Environmental Assessment is required under 
Sec.  1.1307 of this chapter;
    (iii) The station would affect the radio quiet zones under Sec.  
1.924 of this chapter.
    (2) Any antenna structure that requires notification to the Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA) must be registered with the Commission 
prior to construction under Sec.  17.4 of this chapter.

[69 FR 72034, Dec. 10, 2004, as amended at 73 FR 26040, May 8, 2008]



Sec.  27.1208  BTA service areas.

    Except for incumbent BRS licenses, BRS service areas are Basic 
Trading Areas (BTAs) or additional service areas similar to BTAs adopted 
by the Commission. BTAs are based on the Rand McNally 1992 Commercial 
Atlas & Marketing Guide, 123rd Edition, at pages 38-39. The following 
are additional BRS service areas in places where Rand McNally has not 
defined BTAs: American Samoa; Guam; Gulf of Mexico Zone A; Gulf of 
Mexico Zone B; Gulf of Mexico Zone C; Northern Mariana Islands; 
Mayaguez/Aguadilla-Ponce, Puerto Rico; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the 
United States Virgin Islands. The boundaries of Gulf of Mexico Zone A 
are from an area twelve nautical miles from the shoreline at mean high 
tide on the north and east, to the limit of the Outer Continental Shelf 
to the south, and to longitude 91[deg]00[min] to the west. The 
boundaries of Gulf of Mexico Zone B are from an area twelve nautical 
miles from the shoreline at mean high tide on the north, to the limit of 
the Outer Continental Shelf to the south, to longitude 91[deg]00[min] to 
the east, and to longitude 94[deg]00[min] to the west. The boundaries of 
Gulf of Mexico Zone C are from an area twelve nautical miles from the 
shoreline at mean high tide on the north and west, to longitude 
94[deg]00[min] to the east, and to a line 281 kilometers from the 
reference point at Linares, N.L., Mexico on the southwest. The Mayaguez/
Aguadilla-Ponce, PR, service area consists of the following municipios: 
Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Anasco, Arroyo, Cabo Rojo, Coamo, Guanica, 
Guayama, Guayanilla, Hormigueros, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana Diaz, Lajas, 
Las Marias, Maricao, Maunabo, Mayaguez, Moca, Patillas, Penuelas, Ponce, 
Quebradillas, Rinc[oacute]n, Sabana Grande, Salinas, San German, Santa 
Isabel, Villalba and Yauco. The San Juan service area consists of all 
other municipios in Puerto Rico.

[69 FR 72034, Dec. 10, 2004, as amended at 73 FR 26040, May 8, 2008]



Sec.  27.1209  Conversion of incumbent EBS and BRS stations to
geographic area licensing.

    (a) Any EBS or BRS station licensed by the Commission, other than 
BTA authorizations and facilities authorized pursuant to BTA 
authorizations, shall be considered an incumbent station.
    (b) As of January 10, 2005, all incumbent EBS and BRS licenses shall 
be converted to a geographic area license.

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Pursuant to that geographic area license, such incumbent licensees may 
modify their systems provided the modified system complies with the 
applicable rules. The blanket license covers all fixed stations anywhere 
within the authorized service area, except as follows:
    (1) A station would be required to be individually licensed if
    (i) International agreements require coordination;
    (ii) Submission of an Environmental Assessment is required under 
Sec.  1.1307 of this chapter;
    (iii) The station would affect the radio quiet zones under Sec.  
1.924 of this chapter.
    (2) Any antenna structure that requires notification to the Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA) must be registered with the Commission 
prior to construction under Sec.  17.4 of this chapter.
    (c) The frequencies associated with incumbent authorizations that 
have been cancelled automatically or otherwise been recovered by the 
Commission will automatically revert to the applicable BTA licensee.



Sec.  27.1210  Remote control operation.

    Licensed BRS/EBS stations may be operated by remote control without 
further authority.



Sec.  27.1211  Unattended operation.

    Unattended operation of licensed BRS/EBS stations is permitted 
without further authority. An unattended relay station may be employed 
to receive and retransmit signals of another station provided that the 
transmitter is equipped with circuits which permit it to radiate only 
when the signal intended to be retransmitted is present at the receiver 
input terminals.



Sec.  27.1212  License term.

    (a) BRS/EBS licenses shall be issued for a period of 10 years 
beginning with the date of grant.
    (b) An initial BTA authorization shall be issued for a period of ten 
years from the date the Commission declared bidding closed in the MDS 
auction.



Sec.  27.1213  Designated entity provisions for BRS in Commission
auctions commencing prior to January 1, 2004.

    (a) Eligibility for small business provisions. For purposes of 
Commission auctions commencing prior to January 1, 2004 for BRS 
licenses, a small business is an entity that together with its 
affiliates has average annual gross revenues that are not more than $40 
million for the preceding three calendar years.
    (b) Designated entities. As specified in this section, designated 
entities that are winning bidders in Commission auctions commencing 
prior to January 1, 2004 for BTA service areas are eligible for special 
incentives in the auction process. See 47 CFR 1.2110.
    (c) Installment payments. Small businesses and small business 
consortia may elect to pay the full amount of their winning bids in 
Commission auctions commencing prior to January 1, 2004 for BTA service 
areas in installments over a ten (10) year period running from the date 
that their BTA authorizations are issued.
    (1) Upon issuance of a BTA authorization to a winning bidder in a 
Commission auction commencing prior to January 1, 2004 that is eligible 
for installment payments, the Commission will notify such eligible BTA 
authorization holder of the terms of its installment payment plan. For 
BRS, such installment payment plans will:
    (i) Impose interest based on the rate of ten (10) year U.S. Treasury 
obligations at the time of issuance of the BTA authorization, plus two 
and one half (2.5) percent;
    (ii) Allow installment payments for a ten (10) year period running 
from the date that the BTA authorization is issued;
    (iii) Begin with interest-only payments for the first two (2) years; 
and
    (iv) Amortize principal and interest over the remaining years of the 
ten (10) year period running from the date that the BTA authorization is 
issued.
    (2) Conditions and obligations. See Sec.  1.2110(g)(4) of this 
chapter.
    (3) Unjust enrichment. If an eligible BTA authorization holder that 
utilizes installment financing under this subsection seeks to partition, 
pursuant to applicable rules, a portion of its BTA

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containing one-third or more of the population of the area within its 
control in the licensed BTA to an entity not meeting the eligibility 
standards for installment payments, the holder must make full payment of 
the remaining unpaid principal and any unpaid interest accrued through 
the date of partition as a condition of approval.
    (d) Reduced upfront payments. For purposes of Commission auctions 
commencing prior to January 1, 2004 for BRS licenses, a prospective 
bidder that qualifies as a small business, or as a small business 
consortia, is eligible for a twenty-five (25) percent reduction in the 
amount of the upfront payment otherwise required. To be eligible to bid 
on a particular BTA, a small business will be required to submit an 
upfront payment equal to seventy-five (75) percent of the upfront 
payment amount specified for that BTA in the public notice listing the 
upfront payment amounts corresponding to each BTA service area being 
auctioned.
    (e) Bidding credits. For purposes of Commission auctions commencing 
prior to January 1, 2004 for BRS licenses, a winning bidder that 
qualifies as a small business, or as a small business consortia, may use 
a bidding credit of fifteen (15) percent to lower the cost of its 
winning bid on any of the BTA authorizations awarded in the Commission 
BRS auctions commencing prior to January 1, 2004.
    (f) Short-form application certification; Long-form application or 
statement of intention disclosure. A BRS applicant in a Commission 
auction commencing prior to January 1, 2004 claiming designated entity 
status shall certify on its short-form application that it is eligible 
for the incentives claimed. A designated entity that is a winning bidder 
for a BTA service area(s) shall, in addition to information otherwise 
required, file an exhibit to either its initial long-form application 
for a BRS station license, or to its statement of intention with regard 
to the BTA, which discloses the gross revenues for each of the past 
three years of the winning bidder and its affiliates. This exhibit shall 
describe how the winning bidder claiming status as a designated entity 
satisfies the designated entity eligibility requirements, and must list 
and summarize all agreements that affect designated entity status, such 
as partnership agreements, shareholder agreements, management agreements 
and other agreements, including oral agreements, which establish that 
the designated entity will have both de facto and de jure control of the 
entity. See 47 CFR 1.2110(i).
    (g) Records maintenance. All holders of BTA authorizations acquired 
in a Commission auction commencing prior to January 1, 2004 that claim 
designated entity status shall maintain, at their principal place of 
business or with their designated agent, an updated documentary file of 
ownership and revenue information necessary to establish their status. 
Holders of BTA authorizations or their successors in interest shall 
maintain such files for a ten (10) year period running from the date 
that their BTA authorizations are issued. The files must be made 
available to the Commission upon request.

[69 FR 72034, Dec. 10, 2004, as amended at 71 FR 35190, June 19, 2006]



Sec.  27.1214  EBS spectrum leasing arrangements and grandfathered
leases.

    (a) A licensee in the EBS that is solely utilizing analog 
transmissions may enter into a spectrum leasing arrangement to transmit 
material other than the educational programming defined in Sec.  
27.1203(b) and (c) subject to the following conditions:
    (1) Before entering into a spectrum leasing arrangement involving 
material other than educational programming on any one channel, the 
licensee must provide at least 20 hours per week of EBS educational 
programming (as defined in Sec.  27.1203(b) and (c)) on that channel, 
except as provided in paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section. An 
additional 20 hours per week per channel must be strictly reserved for 
EBS use and not used for non-EBS purposes, or reserved for recapture by 
the EBS licensee for its EBS educational usage, subject to one year's 
advance, written notification by the EBS licensee to its lessee and 
accounting for all recapture already exercised, with no economic or 
operational detriment to the licensee. These hours of recapture

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are not restricted as to time of day or day of the week, but may be 
established by negotiations between the EBS licensee and the lessee. The 
20 hours per channel per week EBS educational usage requirement and the 
recapture and/or reservation requirement of an additional 20 hours per 
channel per week shall apply spectrally over the licensee's whole actual 
service area.
    (2) For the first two years of operation, an EBS entity may enter 
into a spectrum leasing arrangement involving material other than 
educational programming if it provides EBS educational usage for at 
least 12 hours per channel per week, provided that the entity does not 
employ channel loading technology.
    (3) The licensee may shift its requisite EBS educational usage onto 
fewer than its authorized number of channels, via channel mapping or 
channel loading technology, so that it can enter into a spectrum leasing 
arrangement involving full-time channel capacity on its EBS station and/
or associated EBS booster stations, subject to the condition that it 
provide a total average of at least 20 hours per channel per week of EBS 
educational usage on its authorized channels. The use of channel mapping 
or channel loading consistent with the Rules shall not be considered 
adversely to the EBS licensee in seeking a license renewal. The licensee 
also retains the unabridgeable right to recapture, subject to six 
months' advance written notification by the EBS licensee to the spectrum 
lessee, an average of an additional 20 hours per channel per week, 
accounting for all recapture already exercised. Regardless of whether 
the licensee has educational receive sites within its GSA, the licensee 
may lease booster stations in the entire GSA, provided that the licensee 
maintains the unabridgeable right to ready recapture at least 40 hours 
per channel per week for EBS educational usage. The licensee may agree 
to the transmission of this recapture time on channels not authorized to 
it, but which are included in the wireless system of which it is a part. 
A licensee under this paragraph which enters into a spectrum leasing 
arrangement on any one of its channels to an operator may ``channel 
shift'' pursuant to and under the conditions of paragraph (d)(2) of this 
section.
    (b) A licensee utilizing digital transmissions on any of its 
licensed channels may enter into a spectrum leasing arrangement to 
transmit material other than the educational programming defined in 
Sec.  27.1203(b) and (c), subject to the following conditions:
    (1) The licensee must reserve a minimum of 5% of the capacity of its 
channels for educational uses consistent with Sec.  27.1203 paragraphs 
(b) and (c), and may not enter into a spectrum leasing arrangement 
involving this reserved capacity. In addition, before leasing excess 
capacity, the licensee must provide at least 20 hours per licensed 
channel per week of EBS educational usage. This 5% reservation and this 
20 hours per licensed channel per week EBS educational usage requirement 
shall apply spectrally over the licensee's whole actual service area. 
However, regardless of whether the licensee has an educational receive 
site within its GSA served by a booster, the licensee may lease excess 
capacity without making at least 20 hours per licensed channel per week 
of EBS educational usage, provided that the licensee maintains the 
unabridgeable right to recapture on one months' advance notice such 
capacity as it requires over and above the 5% reservation to make at 
least 20 hours per channel per week of EBS educational usage.
    (2) The licensee may shift its requisite EBS educational usage onto 
fewer than its authorized number of channels, via channel mapping or 
channel loading technology, and may shift its requisite EBS educational 
usage onto channels not authorized to it, but which are included in the 
wireless system of which it is a part (``channel shifting''), so that it 
can enter into a spectrum leasing arrangement involving full-time 
channel capacity on its EBS station, associated EBS booster stations, 
and/or EBS response stations and associated response station hubs, 
subject to the condition that it provide a total average of at least 20 
hours per licensed channel per week of EBS educational usage. The use of 
channel

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mapping, channel loading, and/or channel shifting consistent with the 
Rules shall not be considered adversely to the EBS licensee in seeking a 
license renewal. In addition, an EBS entity receiving interference 
protection will continue to receive such protection if it elects to swap 
channels with another EBS or BRS station.
    (c) All spectrum leasing arrangements involving EBS spectrum must 
afford the EBS licensee an opportunity to purchase or to lease the 
dedicated or common EBS equipment used for educational purposes, or 
comparable equipment in the event that the spectrum leasing arrangement 
is terminated.
    (d) All leases of current EBS spectrum entered into prior to January 
10, 2005 and in compliance with leasing rules formerly contained in part 
74 of this chapter may continue in force and effect, notwithstanding any 
inconsistency between such leases and the rules applicable to spectrum 
leasing arrangements set forth in this chapter. Such leases entered into 
pursuant to the former part 74 rules of this chapter may be renewed and 
assigned in accordance with the terms of such lease. All spectrum 
leasing arrangements leases entered into after January 10, 2005, 
pursuant to the rules set forth in part 1 and part 27 of this chapter, 
must comply with the rules in those parts.
    (e) The maximum permissible term of an EBS spectrum leasing 
arrangement entered into on or after July 19, 2006 (including the 
initial term and all renewal terms that commence automatically or at the 
sole option of the lessee) shall be 30 years. In furtherance of the 
educational purposes for which EBS spectrum is primarily allocated, any 
spectrum leasing arrangement in excess of 15 years that is entered into 
on or after July 19, 2006 must include terms which provide the EBS 
licensee on the 15th year and every 5 years thereafter, with an 
opportunity to review its educational use requirements in light of 
changes in educational needs, technology, and other relevant factors and 
to obtain access to such additional services, capacity, support, and/or 
equipment as the parties shall agree upon in the spectrum leasing 
arrangement to advance the EBS licensee's educational mission.

[69 FR 72034, Dec. 10, 2004, as amended at 71 FR 35190, June 19, 2006; 
73 FR 26041, May 8, 2008]



Sec.  27.1215  BRS grandfathered leases.

    (a) All leases of current BRS spectrum entered into prior to January 
10, 2005 and in compliance with rules formerly contained in part 21 of 
this chapter may continue in force and effect, notwithstanding any 
inconsistency between such leases and the rules applicable to spectrum 
leasing arrangements set forth in this chapter. Such leases entered into 
pursuant to the former part 21 of this chapter may be renewed and 
assigned in accordance with the terms of such lease. All spectrum 
leasing arrangements leases entered into after January 10, 2005, 
pursuant to the rules set forth in part 1 and part 27 of this chapter 
must comply with the rules in those parts.



Sec.  27.1216  Grandfathered E and F group EBS licenses.

    (a) Except as noted in paragraph (b) of this section, grandfathered 
EBS licensees authorized to operate E and F group co-channel licenses 
are granted a geographic service area (GSA) on July 19, 2006. The GSA is 
the area bounded by a circle having a 35 mile radius and centered at the 
station's reference coordinates, and is bounded by the chord(s) drawn 
between intersection points of that circle and those of respective 
adjacent market, co-channel licensees.
    (b) If there is more than 50 percent overlap between the calculated 
GSA of a grandfathered EBS license and the protected service area of a 
co-channel BRS license, the licensees shall not be immediately granted a 
geographic service area. Instead, the grandfathered EBS license and the 
co-channel BRS licensee must negotiate in good faith to reach a solution 
that accommodates the communication needs of both licensees. If the co-
channel licensees reach a mutually agreeable solution on or before 
October 17, 2006, then the GSA of each co-channel license shall be as 
determined pursuant to the agreement of the parties. If a mutually 
agreeable solution between

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co-channel licensees is not reached on or before October 17, 2006, then 
each co-channel licensee shall receive a GSA determined pursuant to 
paragraph (a) of this section and Sec.  27.1206(a).

[71 FR 35191, June 16, 2006]



Sec.  27.1217  Competitive bidding procedures for the Broadband
Radio Service.

    Mutually exclusive initial applications for BRS licenses in the 
2500-2690 MHz band are subject to competitive bidding. The general 
competitive bidding procedures set forth in part 1, subpart Q of this 
chapter will apply unless otherwise provided in this subpart.

[73 FR 26041, May 8, 2008]



Sec.  27.1218  Designated entities.

    (a) Eligibility for small business provisions. (1) A small business 
is an entity that, together with all attributed parties, has average 
gross revenues that are not more than $40 million for the preceding 
three years.
    (2) A very small business is an entity that, together with all 
attributed parties, has average gross revenues that are not more than 
$15 million for the preceding three years.
    (3) An entrepreneur is an entity that, together with all attributed 
parties, has average gross revenues that are not more than $3 million 
for the preceding three years.
    (b) Bidding credits. (1) A winning bidder that qualifies as a small 
business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of small 
businesses, may use a bidding credit of 15 percent, as specified in 
Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(iii) of this chapter, to lower the cost of its 
winning bid on any of the licenses in this subpart.
    (2) A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small business, as 
defined in this section, or a consortium of very small businesses, may 
use a bidding credit of 25 percent, as specified in Sec.  
1.2110(f)(2)(ii) of this chapter, to lower the cost of its winning bid 
on any of the licenses in this subpart.
    (3) A winning bidder that qualifies as an entrepreneur, as defined 
in this section, or a consortium of entrepreneurs, may use a bidding 
credit of 15 percent, as specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(i) of this 
chapter, to lower the cost of its winning bid on any of the licenses in 
this subpart.

[73 FR 26041, May 8, 2008]

                           Technical Standards



Sec.  27.1220  Transmission standards.

    The width of a channel in the LBS and UBS is 5.5 MHz, with the 
exception of BRS channels 1 and 2 which are 6.0 MHz. The width of all 
channels in the MBS is 6 MHz. However, the licensee may subchannelize 
its authorized bandwidth, provided that digital modulation is employed 
and the aggregate power does not exceed the authorized power for the 
channel. The licensee may also, jointly with other licensees, transmit 
utilizing bandwidth in excess of its authorized bandwidth, provided that 
digital modulation is employed, all power spectral density requirements 
set forth in this part are met and the out-of-band emissions 
restrictions set forth in Sec.  27.53 are met at the edges of the 
channels employed.



Sec.  27.1221  Interference protection.

    (a) Interference protection will be afforded to BRS and EBS on a 
station-by-station basis based on the heights of the stations in the LBS 
and UBS and also on height benchmarking, although the heights of 
antennas utilized are not restricted.
    (b) Height benchmarking. Height benchmarking is defined for pairs of 
base stations, one in each of two proximate geographic service areas 
(GSAs). The height benchmark, which is defined in meters 
(hbm) for a particular base station relative to a base 
station in another GSA, is equal to the distance, in kilometers, from 
the base station along a radial to the nearest point on the GSA boundary 
of the other base station squared (Dkm\2\) and then divided 
by 17. That is, hb (m) = Dkm\2\/17. A base station 
antenna will be considered to be within its applicable height benchmark 
relative to another base station if the height in meters of its 
centerline of radiation above average elevation (HAAE) calculated along 
the straight line between the two base stations in accordance with Sec.  
24.53(b) and (c) of this chapter does not exceed the height benchmark 
(hbm). A base station antenna will be considered to exceed 
its

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applicable height benchmark relative to another base station if the HAAE 
of its centerline of radiation calculated along the straight line 
between the two base stations in accordance with Sec.  24.53(b) and (c) 
of this chapter exceeds the height benchmark (hbm).
    (c) Protection for receiving antennas not exceeding the height 
benchmark. Absent agreement between the two licensees to the contrary, 
if a transmitting antenna of one BRS/EBS licensee's base station exceeds 
its applicable height benchmark and such licensee is notified by another 
BRS/EBS licensee that it is generating an undesired signal level in 
excess of -107 dBm/5.5 megahertz at the receiver of a co-channel base 
station that is within its applicable height benchmark, then the 
licensee of the base station that exceeds its applicable height 
benchmark shall either limit the undesired signal at the receiver of the 
protected base station to -107dBm/5.5 megahertz or less or reduce the 
height of its transmission antenna to no more than the height benchmark. 
If the interfering base station has been modified to increase the EIRP 
transmitted in the direction of the protected base station, it shall be 
deemed to have commenced operations on the date of such modification. 
Such corrective action shall be completed no later than:
    (i) 24 hours after receiving such notification, if the base station 
that exceeds its height benchmark commenced operations after the station 
that is within its applicable height benchmark; or
    (ii) 90 days after receiving such notification, if the base station 
that exceeds its height commenced operations prior to the station that 
is within its applicable height benchmark. For purposes of this section, 
if the interfering base station has been modified to increase the EIRP 
transmitted in the direction of the victim base station, it shall be 
deemed to have commenced operations on the date of such modification.
    (d) No Protection from a transmitting antenna not exceeding the 
height benchmark. The licensee of a base station transmitting antenna 
less than or equal to its applicable height benchmark shall not be 
required pursuant to paragraph (c) of this section to limit that 
antennas undesired signal level to -107dBm/5.5 megahertz or less at the 
receiver of any co-channel base station.
    (e) No protection for a receiving-antenna exceeding the height 
benchmark. The licensee of a base station receive antenna that exceeds 
its applicable height benchmark shall not be entitled pursuant to 
paragraph (c) of this section to insist that any co-channel base station 
limit its undesired signal level to -107dBm/5.5 megahertz or less at the 
receiver.
    (f) Information exchange. A BRS/EBS licensee shall provide the 
geographic coordinates, the height above ground level of the center of 
radiation for each transmit and receive antenna, and the date 
transmissions commenced for each of the base stations in its GSA within 
30 days of receipt of a request from a co-channel BRS/EBS licensee with 
an operational base station located in a proximate GSA. Information 
shared pursuant to this section shall not be disclosed to other parties 
except as required to ensure compliance with this section.

[69 FR 72034, Dec. 10, 2004, as amended at 70 FR 1190, Jan. 6, 2005; 71 
FR 35191, June 19, 2006; 73 FR 26041, May 8, 2008]



Sec.  27.1222  Operations in the 2568-2572 and 2614-2618 bands.

    All operations in the 2568-2572 and 2614-2618 MHz bands shall be 
secondary to adjacent-channel operations. Stations operating in the 
2568-2572 and 2614-2618 MHz must not cause interference to licensees in 
operation in the LBS, MBS, and UBS and must accept any interference from 
any station operating in the LBS, MBS, and UBS in compliance with the 
rules established in this subpart. Stations operating in the 2568-2572 
and 2614-2618 bands may cause interference to stations in operation in 
the LBS, MBS, and UBS if the affected licensees consent to such 
interference.

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Policies Governing the Transition of the 2500-2690 MHz Band for BRS and 
                                   EBS



Sec.  27.1230  Conversion of the 2500-2690 MHz band.

    BRS and EBS licensees in the 2500-2690 MHz band on the pre-
transition A-I Channels will be transitioned from the frequencies 
assigned to them under Sec.  27.5(i)(1) to the frequencies assigned to 
them under Sec.  27.5(i)(2). The transition, which will be undertaken by 
one or more proponent(s), will occur in the following five phases: 
initiating the transition process (see Sec.  27.1231), planning the 
transition (see Sec.  27.1232), reimbursing transition costs (see 
Sec. Sec.  27.1233 and 27.1237-1239), terminating existing operations in 
transitioned markets that do not comport with Sec.  27.5(i)(2) (see 
Sec.  27.1234), and filing the post-transition notification (see Sec.  
27.1235). Licensees may also self-transition (see Sec.  27.1236).

[71 FR 35191, June 19, 2006]



Sec.  27.1231  Initiating the transition.

    (a) Transition areas. Unless paragraph (b) of this section applies, 
the transition will occur by Basic Trading Area (BTA). BTAs are based on 
the Rand McNally 1992 Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide, 123rd Edition, 
at pages 38-39, that identifies 487 BTAs based on the 50 States; it also 
includes the following additional BTA-like areas: American Samoa; Guam; 
Northern Mariana Islands; Mayaguez/Aguadilla-Ponce, Puerto Rico; San 
Juan, Puerto Rico; and the United States Virgin Islands, for a total of 
493 BTAs. The Mayaguez/Aguadilla-Ponce BTA-like area consists of the 
following municipios: Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Anasco, Arroyo, Cabo 
Rojo, Coamo, Guanica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Hormigueros, Isabela, Jayuya, 
Juana Diaz, Lajas, Las Marias, Maricao, Maunabo, Mayaguez, Moca, 
Patillas, Penuelas, Ponce, Quebradillas, Rincon, Sabana Grande, Salinas, 
San German, Santa Isabel, Villalba, and Yauco. The San Juan BTA-like 
area consists of all other municipios in Puerto Rico. The BTA associated 
with the Gulf of Mexico will not be transitioned.
    (b) Overlapping GSAs. When a Geographic Service Area (GSA) overlaps 
two or more BTAs:
    (1) The proponents of the adjacent BTAs may agree on how to 
transition a GSA that overlaps their respective BTAs.
    (2) If an agreement has not been reached between or among the 
proponents of the adjacent BTAs:
    (i) Each proponent must transition all of the facilities associated 
with the GSA that are inside the GSA and inside the proponent's BTA if 
all of the adjacent BTAs are transitioning; or
    (ii) The proponent of the BTA that is transitioning must transition 
all of the facilities associated with the GSA that are within the GSA 
but outside the BTA, if the adjacent BTA is not transitioning.
    (c)(1) Proponent(s). The proponent or co-proponent must:
    (i) Be a BRS or EBS licensee or BRS or EBS lessee;
    (ii) Send a Pre-Transition Data Request (see paragraph (d) of this 
section) and a Transition Notice (see paragraph (e) of this section) to 
every BRS and EBS licensee in the BTA, using the contact information in 
the Commission's Universal Licensing System; and
    (iii) Be first to file an Initiation Plan (see paragraph (f) of this 
section) with the Secretary of the Commission.
    (2) Before filing an Initiation Plan, BRS or EBS licensees or BRS or 
EBS lessees may agree to be co-proponents. After the Initiation Plan is 
filed the proponent may accept a co-proponent at its sole discretion.
    (d) Pre-Transition Data Request. The Pre-Transition Data Request 
must include the potential proponent's full name, postal mailing 
address, contact person, e-mail address, and phone and fax numbers.
    (1) BRS and EBS licensees that receive a Pre-Transition Data Request 
must provide the following information to the potential proponent within 
45 days of receiving the Pre-Transition Data Request:
    (i) The BRS or EBS licensee's full name, postal mailing address, 
contact person, e-mail address, and phone and fax number.
    (ii) The location (by street address and by geographic coordinates) 
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every constructed EBS receive site that, as of the date of receipt of 
the Pre-Transition Data Request, is entitled to a replacement 
downconverter (see Sec.  27.1233(a)). The response must:
    (A) Specify whether the downconverting antenna is mounted on a 
structure attached to the building or on a free-standing structure;
    (B) Specify the approximate height above ground level of the 
downconverting antenna; and
    (C) Specify, if known, the adjacent channel D/U ratio that can be 
tolerated by any receiver(s) at the receive site.
    (iii) The location (street address and geographic coordinates) of 
the main station or booster serving each EBS receive site entitled to 
protection, including:
    (A) The make and model of the antenna for that main station or 
booster, along with the radiation pattern if it is not included within 
the Commission's database;
    (B) The ground elevation, above mean sea level (AMSL), of the 
building or antenna supporting structure on which the main station or 
booster transmission antenna is installed;
    (C) The height above ground level (AGL) of the center of radiation 
of the transmission antenna;
    (D) The orientation of the main lobe of the transmission antenna;
    (E) Any mechanical beamtilt or electrical beamtilt not reflected in 
the radiation pattern provided or included within the Commission's 
database;
    (F) The bandwidth of each channel or subchannel, the emission type 
for each channel or subchannel, and the EIRP measured in the main lobe 
for each channel or subchannel; and
    (G) The make and model of the receive antenna installed at that 
site, along with the radiation pattern if it is not included within the 
Commission's database.
    (iv) The number and identification of EBS video programming or data 
transmission tracks the EBS licensee is entitled to receive in the MBS 
and whether the EBS licensee will accept fewer tracks in the MBS (see 
Sec.  27.1233(b)).
    (v) Whether it will seek or has sought a waiver from the Commission 
as a Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD).
    (2) BRS and EBS licensees that do not respond to the Pre-Transition 
Data Request within 45 days of its receipt may not object to the 
Transition Plan.
    (e) The Transition Notice. The potential proponent(s) must send a 
Transition Notice to all BRS and EBS licensees in the BTA(s) being 
transitioned. The potential proponent(s) must include the following 
information in the Transition Notice:
    (1) The potential proponent(s)'s full name; postal mailing address, 
contact person, e-mail address, and phone and fax numbers;
    (2) The identification of the BRS and EBS licensees that will be 
transitioned;
    (3) Copies of the most recent response to the Pre-Transition Data 
Request for each participant in the process; and
    (4) A certification that the potential proponent(s) has the funds 
available to pay the reasonably expected costs of the transition based 
on the information in the Pre-Transition Data Request.
    (f) Initiation Plan. To initiate a transition, a potential 
proponent(s) must submit an Initiation Plan to the Commission at the 
Office of the Secretary in Washington, DC on or before January 21, 2009.
    (1) An Initiation Plan must contain the following information:
    (i) A list of the BTA(s) that the proponent(s) is transitioning;
    (ii) A list by call sign of all of the BRS and EBS licensees in the 
BTA(s) that are being transitioned;
    (iii) A ``best estimate'' of when the transition will be completed;
    (iv) A statement indicating that an agreement has been concluded 
with the proponent(s) of the adjoining or adjacent BTA(s) when a 
licensee or licensees in an adjacent or adjoining BTA must be 
transitioned to avoid interference to licensees in the BTA being 
transitioned, or in lieu of an agreement, the proponent(s) may provide 
an alternative means of transitioning the licensees in an adjacent or 
adjoining BTA;
    (v) A statement indicating that an agreement has been concluded with 
another proponent(s) on how a BTA will be transitioned when there are 
two or more proponents seeking to transition the same BTA and they agree 
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proponents before the Initiation Plan is filed, and a statement that 
identifies the specific portion of the BTA each proponent will be 
responsible for transitioning; and
    (vi) A certification that the proponent or joint proponents have the 
funds available to pay the reasonable expected costs of the transition 
based on the information contained in the Pre-Transition Data Request 
(see paragraph (d) of this section).
    (2) A proponent, at its own discretion, may withdraw from 
transitioning a BTA by notifying the Commission and all affected BRS and 
EBS licensees in the BTA that it is withdrawing the Initiation Plan.
    (3) A proponent may amend an Initiation Plan after it has been filed 
with the Commission to correct minor or inadvertent errors.
    (g) MVPD waiver requests. MVPD licensees that seek to opt-out of the 
transition must seek a waiver within 60 days after the proponent files 
the Initiation Plan or on or before April 30, 2007, whichever occurs 
first.

[71 FR 35191, June 19, 2006, as amended at 73 FR 26041, May 8, 2008]



Sec.  27.1232  Planning the transition.

    (a) The Transition Planning Period. The Transition Planning Period 
is a 90-day period that commences on the day after the proponent(s) 
files the Initiation Plan with the Commission.
    (b) The Transition plan. The proponent(s) must provide to each BRS 
and EBS licensee within a BTA, a Transition Plan no later than 30 days 
prior to the conclusion of the Transition Planning Period.
    (1) The Transition Plan must:
    (i) Identify the call signs of the stations that are transitioning;
    (ii) Identify the specific channels that each licensee will receive 
following the transition;
    (iii) Identify the receive sites at which replacement downconverters 
will be installed (see Sec.  27.1233(a));
    (iv) Identify the video programming and data transmission tracks 
that will be migrated to the MBS and provide for the MBS channels to be 
authorized to operate with transmission parameters that are 
substantially similar to those of the licensee's operation prior to 
transition (see Sec.  27.1233(b));
    (v) Identify the technical configuration of the MBS facilities;
    (vi) Identify the approximate time line for effectuating the 
transition, which, unless dispute resolution procedures are used, may 
not exceed 18 months from the conclusion of the Transition Planning 
Period;
    (vii) Provide for the establishment of an escrow or other 
appropriate mechanism for ensuring completion of the transition in 
accordance with the Transition Plan.
    (2) The Transition Plan may provide for interruptions of EBS 
transmissions, so long as those interruptions are limited to a period of 
less than seven days at any reception site. The proponent(s) must 
coordinate with each EBS licensee to minimize the extent of any 
disruption.
    (3) The Transition Plan may provide for the shifting of an EBS 
licensee's program to alternative channels. Such shifting may not be 
considered an interruption, if the EBS licensee's receive sites are 
equipped to receive and internally distribute the channel to which the 
programming is shifted.
    (4) The Transition Plan may provide for the installation of an 
appropriate filter on an MBS transmitter if the proponent(s) determines 
that the installation of a filter will mitigate interference from 
transmissions in the MBS to operations outside the MBS.
    (c) Counterproposals. No later than 10 days before the conclusion of 
the Transition Planning Period, affected BRS and EBS licensees may 
submit a counterproposal to the proponent(s) if they believe that the 
Transition Plan is unreasonable. The proponent(s) may:
    (1) Accept the counterproposal, modify the Transition Plan 
accordingly, and send the modified Transition Plan to all EBS and BRS 
licensees in the BTA;
    (2) Invoke dispute resolution procedures for a determination of 
whether the Transition Plan is reasonable and take no action until a 
determination of reasonableness is made; or
    (3) Invoke dispute resolution procedures for a determination of 
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may implement the transition immediately.
    (d) Safe harbors. An offer by a proponent(s) shall be reasonable if 
it meets one of the following safe harbors:
    (1) Safe harbor No. 1. This safe harbor applies when the default 
high-power channel assigned to each channel group is authorized to 
operate after the transition with the same transmission parameters 
(coordinates, antenna pattern, height of center radiation, EIRP) as the 
downstream facilities before the transition. If the proponent(s) does 
not propose a change in the geographic coordinates of the facilities 
(other than as necessary to conform the actual location with the 
Commission's Antenna Survey Branch database), the proponent may also 
propose the following to the extent consistent with this subpart:
    (i) An increase in the height of the center of radiation of the 
transmission antenna or a decrease in such height of no more than 8 
meters (provided that such change does not result in an increase in 
antenna support structure lease costs to the EBS licensee and the 
consent of the owner of the antenna support structure is obtained).
    (ii) A change in the EIRP of the transmission system of up to 1.5 dB 
in any direction.
    (iii) Digitization, precision frequency offset, or other upgrades to 
the EBS transmission or reception systems that allow the proponent(s) to 
invoke more advantageous interference protection requirements applicable 
to upgraded systems.
    (2) Safe harbor No. 2. This safe harbor applies when an EBS licensee 
has channel-shifted its single video programming or data transmission 
track to spectrum licensed to another licensee. Under Sec.  27.5(i)(2), 
that track must be on the high-power channel licensed to the EBS 
licensee upon completion of the transition. For example, before the 
transition, an A Group licensee might have shifted its EBS video 
programming to channel C1. If one of the pre-transition A Group channels 
is licensed with technical parameters substantially similar to those of 
pre-transition channel C1, the Transition Plan may provide for high-
power channel A4 to be licensed with the same technical parameters as 
the pre-transition channel C1. However, if the pre-transition A Group 
channels are licensed to operate with technical parameters materially 
different from those of pre-transition channel C1, the proponent(s) may:
    (i) Arrange a channel swap with the licensee of the C Group so that 
the A Group licensee will receive high-power channel C4 (which will 
automatically be licensed with the same transmission parameters as the 
pre-transition channel C1) in exchange for channel A4.
    (ii) Arrange for high-power channel A4 to operate with transmission 
parameters substantially similar to those of the pre-transition channel 
C1 (see paragraph (d)(1) of this section).
    (3) Safe harbor No. 3. This safe harbor applies when a four-channel 
group is shared among multiple licensees in a given geographic area. 
Absent an agreement otherwise, a proponent may:
    (i) Secure a 6 MHz MBS channel for each licensee in exchange for the 
non-MBS channels assigned to the group. Following the channel swap(s) 
necessary to secure those additional MBS channels, the Transition Plan 
can provide for the licensing of the remaining channels in the LBS, UBS, 
and Guard Bands on a pro rata basis (with channel(s) in each segment 
being disaggregated when and if necessary to provide each with its pro 
rata share of the spectrum in each segment);
    (ii) Provide for pro rata segmentation of the default MBS channel 
for the group, provided that the proponent commits to provide each of 
the licensees with the technology necessary for its EBS video 
programming or data transmissions to be digitized, transmitted and 
received utilizing the provided bandwidth. The non-MBS channels would be 
divided among the sharing licensees on a pro rata basis (with channel(s) 
in each segment being disaggregated when and if necessary to provide 
each with its pro rata share of the spectrum in each segment); or
    (iii) Assign the default MBS channel assigned to the channel group 
to one of the licensees, if that licensee is the only one that elects to 
migrate video programming or data transmission tracks to the MBS. The 
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allocated among the licensees on a pro rata basis, with the 6 MHz in the 
MBS counting against that licensee's portion. To the extent necessary, 
the non-MBS spectrum can be disaggregated when and if necessary to 
provide each with its pro rata share of the spectrum in each segment. If 
the proponent chooses to effectuate a channel swap to provide more than 
one channel in the MBS, the remaining channels assigned to the group 
(after considering that one or more LBS/UBS channels and associated 
Transition Band channels will have been swapped away to provide the 
additional MBS channel) can be allocated among the licensees on a pro 
rata basis (with channel(s) in each segment being disaggregated when and 
if necessary to provide each with its pro rata share of the spectrum in 
each segment).
    (4) Safe harbor No. 4. This safe harbor applies when an EBS licensee 
uses one or more of its channels for studio-to-transmitter links. The 
proponent may provide for one of the following options:
    (i) The use of the LBS and/or UBS band for the point-to-point 
transmission of the EBS video or data (through superchannelization of 
the licensee's contiguous LBS or UBS channels), provided the proponent 
commits to retune the existing point-to-point equipment to operate on 
those channels or to replace the existing equipment with new equipment 
tuned to operate on those channels and the proposal complies with the 
LBS/UBS technical and interference protection rules;
    (ii) The migration of the EBS programming to the MBS by retuning the 
existing point-to-point equipment to operate in the MBS or replacing it 
with equipment tuned to operate in the MBS; or
    (iii) The replacement of the point-to-point link with point-to-point 
equipment licensed to the EBS licensee in alternative spectrum, so long 
as the replacement facilities meet the definition of ``comparable 
facilities'' set out in Sec.  101.75(b) of this chapter.

[69 FR 72034, Dec. 10, 2004, as amended at 71 FR 35192, June 19, 2006]



Sec.  27.1233  Reimbursement costs of transitioning.

    (a) Replacement downconverters. The proponent(s) must install at 
every eligible EBS receive site a downconverter designed to minimize the 
reception of signals from outside the MBS.
    (1) An EBS receive site is eligible to be replaced if:
    (i) A reception system was installed at that site on or before the 
date the EBS licensee receives its Pre-Transition Data Request (see 
Sec.  27.1231(d));
    (ii) The reception system was installed by or at the direction of 
the EBS licensee;
    (iii) The reception system receives EBS programming under Sec.  
27.1203(b) and (c) or is located at a cable television system headend 
and the cable system relays educational or instructional programming for 
an EBS licensee; and
    (iv) It is within the licensee's 35-mile radius GSA.
    (2) Replacement downconverters must meet the following minimum 
technical requirements:
    (i) The downconverter's input frequency range (the ``in-band 
frequencies'') must be 2572 MHz to 2614 MHz and output frequency range 
must be 294 MHz to 336 MHz;
    (ii) The downconversion process must not invert frequencies;
    (iii) The nominal gain of the downconverter must be 32 dB, or 
greater;
    (iv) The downconverter must include filtering prior to the first 
amplifier that attenuates frequencies below 2500 MHz and above 2705 MHz 
by at least 25 dB;
    (v) The downconverter must have an out-of-band input 3rd order 
intercept point (input IP3) of at least + 9 dBm, where out-of-band is 
defined as all frequencies below 2566 MHz and all frequencies above 2620 
MHz;
    (vi) The downconverter must have a typical noise figure of no 
greater than 3.5 dB and a worst case noise figure of no greater than 4.5 
dB across all in-band frequencies and across its entire intended 
operating temperature range;
    (vii) The downconverter must not introduce a delta group delay of 
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operations over any individual six megahertz MBS channel.
    (b) Migration of Video Programming and Data Transmission Track. (1) 
The proponent(s) must provide, at its cost, to each EBS licensee that 
intends to continue downstream high-power, high-site educational video 
programming or data transmission services, with one programming track on 
the MBS channels for each EBS video or data transmission track the 
licensee is transmitting on a simultaneous basis before the transition.
    (i) To be eligible for migration, a program track must contain EBS 
programming that complies with Sec.  27.1203 (b) and (c).
    (ii) The proponent(s) must pay only the costs of migrating 
programming tracks being transmitted on December 31, 2002 or within six 
months prior thereto.
    (2) The proponent(s) must migrate each eligible programming track to 
spectrum in the MBS that will be licensed to the affected licensee at 
the conclusion of the transition.
    (3) After the transition, the desired-to-undesired signal level 
ratio at each of the receive sites securing a replacement downconverter 
must satisfy the following criteria:
    (i) Cochannel D/U Ratio. (A) When the post-transition desired signal 
is transmitted using analog modulation, the actual cochannel D/U ratio 
measured at the output of the reception antenna must be at least the 
lesser of 45 dB or the actual pre-transmission D/U ratio less 1.5 dB.
    (B) When the post-transition desired signal will be transmitted 
using digital modulation, the actual cochannel D/U ratio measured at the 
output of the reception antenna must be at least the lesser of 32 dB or 
the pre-transition D/U ratio less 1.5 dB.
    (C) Where in implementing the Transition Plan, the proponent(s) 
deploys precise frequency offset in an analog system, the minimum 
cochannel D/U ratio is reduced to 38 dB, provided that the transmitters 
have or are upgraded pursuant to the Transition Plan to have the 
appropriate ``plus,'' ``zero,'' or ``minus'' 10,010 Hertz precision 
frequency offset with a 3 Hertz (or better) 
stability.
    (ii) Adjacent Channel D/U Ratio. The actual adjacent channel D/U 
must equal or exceed the lesser of 0 dB or the actual pre-transmission 
D/U ratio. However, in the event that the receive site uses receivers or 
is upgraded by the proponent(s) as part of the Transition Plan to use 
receivers that can tolerate negative adjacent channel D/U ratios, the 
actual adjacent channel D/U ratio at such receive site must equal or 
exceed -10 dB. Provided that the receive site receiver is not upgraded 
and cannot tolerate -10 dB, the adjacent channel D/U ratio would be 0dB.

[69 FR 72034, Dec. 10, 2004, as amended at 71 FR 35193, June 19, 2006]



Sec.  27.1234  Terminating existing operations in transitioned
markets.

    Licensees may discontinue operations during the transition.



Sec.  27.1235  Post-transition notification.

    The proponent(s) must certify to the Commission at the Office of the 
Secretary, Washington, DC, that the Transition Plan has been fully 
implemented.
    (a) The notification must provide the identification of the 
licensees that have transitioned to the band plan in Sec.  27.5(i)(2) 
and the specific frequencies on which each licensee is operating.
    (b) For each station in the MBS, the notification must provide the 
following information:
    (1) The station coordinates,
    (2) The make and model of each antenna,
    (3) The horizontal and vertical pattern of the antenna;
    (4) EIRP of the main lobe;
    (5) Orientation;
    (6) Height of antenna center of radiation;
    (7) Transmitter output power;
    (8) All line and combiner losses.
    (c) The proponent(s) must provide copies of the post-transition 
notice to all parties of the transition.
    (d) A BRS or EBS licensee must file any objection to the post-
transition notification within 30 days from the date the post-transition 
notification is placed on Public Notice.

[69 FR 72034, Dec. 10, 2004, as amended at 71 FR 35193, June 19, 2006]

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Sec.  27.1236  Self-transitions.

    (a) If an Initiation Plan is not filed on or before January 21, 2009 
for a BTA, BRS and EBS licensees in that BTA may self-transition by 
relocating to their default channel locations specified in Sec.  
27.5(i)(2) and complying with Sec. Sec.  27.50(h), 27.53, 27.55 and 
27.1221.
    (b) To self-transition, a BRS or EBS licensee must:
    (1) Notify the Secretary of the Commission on or before April 21, 
2009 that it will self-transition (see paragraph (a) of this section);
    (2) Send a Self-Transition Notification (see paragraph (c) of this 
section) to other BRS and EBS licensees in the BTA where the self-
transitioning licensee's GSA geographic center point is located that it 
is self-transitioning;
    (3) Notify other licensees whose GSAs overlap with the self-
transitioning licensee that it is self-transitioning.
    (4) Address interference concerns with other BRS and EBS licensees 
in the BTA that are also self-transitioning;
    (5) File a modification application with the Commission, and
    (6) Complete the self-transition on or before October 20, 2010.
    (c) Self-Transition Notification. The Self-Transition Notification 
must include the EBS licensee's full name, postal mailing address, 
contact person, e-mail address, and phone and fax numbers. A self-
transitioning EBS licensee must provide the following information to all 
BRS and EBS licensees located in the BTA where the self-transitioning 
licensees GSA geographic center point is located:
    (1) The location (by street address and by geographic coordinates) 
of every constructed EBS receive site that, as of the date the Self-
Transition Notification is sent, is entitled to a replacement 
downconverter (see Sec.  27.1233(a)). The response must:
    (i) Specify whether the downconverting antenna is mounted on a 
structure attached to the building or on a free-standing structure;
    (ii) Specify the approximate height above ground level of the 
downconverting antenna; and
    (iii) Specify, if known, the adjacent channel D/U ratio that can be 
tolerated by any receiver(s) at the receive site.
    (2) The location (street address and geographic coordinates) of the 
main station or booster serving each EBS receive site entitled to 
protection, including:
    (i) The make and model of the antenna for that main station or 
booster, along with the radiation pattern if it is not included within 
the Commission's database;
    (ii) The ground elevation, above mean sea level (AMSL), of the 
building or antenna supporting structure on which the main station or 
booster transmission antenna is installed;
    (iii) The height above ground level (AGL) of the center of radiation 
of the transmission antenna;
    (iv) The orientation of the main lobe of the transmission antenna;
    (v) Any mechanical beamtilt or electrical beamtilt not reflected in 
the radiation pattern provided or included within the Commission's 
database;
    (vi) The bandwidth of each channel or subchannel, the emission type 
for each channel or subchannel, and the EIRP measured in the main lobe 
for each channel or subchannel; and
    (vii) The make and model of the receive antenna installed at that 
site, along with the radiation pattern if it is not included within the 
Commission's database.
    (3) The number and identification of EBS video programming or data 
transmission tracks the EBS licensee is entitled to receive in the MBS 
(see Sec.  27.1233(b)).

[71 FR 35193, June 19, 2006, as amended at 73 FR 26042, May 8, 2008]



Sec.  27.1237  Pro rata allocation of transition costs.

    (a) Self-transitions. EBS licensees that self-transition may seek 
reimbursement for their costs to replace eligible downconverters (see 
Sec.  27.1233(a)) and to migrate video programming and data transmission 
tracks (see Sec.  27.1233(b)) from BRS licensees and lessees, EBS 
lessees, and commercial EBS licensees in the BTA where the center point 
of the EBS licensee's GSA is located. In addition, BRS licensees and 
lessees, EBS lessees, and commercial EBS licensees in the LBS or UBS 
must reimburse the self-transitioning EBS licensee a pro rata share of 
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costs of transitioning EBS licensees, based on the formula in paragraph 
(c) of this section. Eligible costs are listed in Sec.  27.1238.
    (b) Proponent-driven transitions. BRS licensees and lessees, 
entities that lease EBS spectrum for a commercial purpose, and 
commercial EBS licensees must pay their own transition costs. In 
addition, except for MVPD operators that opt-out of the transition, BRS 
licensees and lessees, EBS lessees, and commercial EBS licensees in the 
LBS or UBS must reimburse the proponent a pro rata share of the eligible 
costs of transitioning EBS licensees, based on the formula in paragraph 
(c) of this section. Eligible costs are listed in Sec.  27.1238.
    (c) Formula. The pro rata share shall be based on the following 
formula:
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    (1) R equals the pro rata share;
    (2) L equals the amount of spectrum used by a BRS licensee or lessee 
or commercial EBS licensee or lessee to provide a commercial service, 
either directly or through a lease agreement with an EBS or BRS 
licensee;
    (3) T equals the total amount of spectrum licensed or leased for 
commercial purposes in the BTA;
    (4) LP equals the population of the geographic service area or BTA 
served by the BRS licensee or lessee or commercial EBS licensee or 
lessee based on the data in the 2000 United States Census; and
    (5) TP equals the population of the BTA based on the data in the 
2000 United States Census.

[71 FR 35193, June 19, 2006]



Sec.  27.1238  Eligible costs.

    (a) The costs listed in paragraphs (b) through (f) of this section 
are eligible costs.
    (b) Pre-transition costs:
    (1) Engineering/Consulting
    (i) Evaluation of equipment;
    (ii) RX site identification;
    (iii) EBS Programming plan covering the BTA;
    (iv) Market Analysis (MHz per POP Study);
    (v) RF study (interference analysis); and
    (vi) Transition Plan creation and support;
    (2) Project management (may be sourced external);
    (3) Filing fees;
    (4) Legal fees;
    (5) Site acquisition fees-contractor; and
    (6) Arbitrator fee;
    (c) Transmission facility--analog conversion costs:
    (1) Transmitter upgrading or retuning;
    (2) Combiner re-tuning or new;
    (3) Power divider/circulator adjacent channel combiner hardware;
    (4) STL/fiber relocation;
    (5) Miscellaneous material costs (including cabling and connectors);
    (6) Contract labor:
    (i) Tower;
    (ii) Building modifications;
    (iii) Electrical/HVAC; and
    (iv) Mechanical
    (7) Engineering:
    (i) Structural; and
    (ii) Pathway Interference Analysis.
    (8) Equipment disposal/shipping
    (9) Program Management (third party or internal costs to manage the 
BTA conversion); and
    (10) Travel and Per Diem Cost.
    (d) Transmission facility-digital conversion costs:
    (1) New transmitter or retuning;
    (2) Digital compression equipment-TX site (including encoders, 
controller, and software);
    (3) Combiners-new or retune;
    (4) Power divider/circulator adjacent channel combiner hardware;
    (5) Cabinets, cabling, feedline and connectors;
    (6) STL--fiber digital upgrade;
    (7) Installation cost due to adding additional broadcast antenna (4 
or more digital channels required);
    (8) Contract labor:
    (i) Tower;
    (ii) Building modifications;
    (iii) Electrical/HVAC; and
    (iv) Mechanical.
    (9) Proof of performance testing (may be contracted);
    (10) Engineering:

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    (i) Structural; and
    (ii) Path engineering analysis.
    (11) Equipment disposal/shipping;
    (12) Training;
    (13) Program management (third party or internal costs to manage BTA 
conversion);
    (14) Travel and per diem costs.
    (e) Qualified receive-sites only-modifications (analog and digital):
    (1) Digital set top boxes;
    (2) Downconverters (with filtering)/antennas (replacement 
downconverters);
    (3) Contract labor:
    (i) Antenna change/DC install (antenna change may be necessary); and
    (ii) Electrical; and mechanical
    (4) Project management (third party or internal costs to manage the 
BTA conversion);
    (5) Proof of performance testing (may be contracted);
    (6) Mini headend (cost effective distribution method):
    (i) Modulators, combiners;
    (ii) Equipment racks; and
    (iii) Amplifiers
    (7) Cable, connectors; and
    (8) Training.
    (f) Miscellaneous transition fees. (1) Filing fees;
    (2) Arbitrator fee; and
    (3) Legal fees.

[71 FR 35193, June 19, 2006]



Sec.  27.1239  Reimbursement obligation.

    (a) A proponent may request reimbursement from BRS licensees and 
lessees, EBS lessees, and commercial EBS licensees in a BTA after the 
Transition Notification has been filed with the Secretary of the 
Commission and the proponent has accumulated the documentation to 
substantiate the full and accurate cost of the transition. A self-
transitioning licensee may request reimbursement from BRS licensees and 
lessees, EBS lessees, and commercial EBS licensees in a BTA where its 
GSA geographic center point is located after it has completed the self-
transition and has filed a modification application with the Commission 
and has accumulated the documentation to substantiate the full and 
accurate cost of the transition.
    (b) If a license is assigned, transferred, partitioned, or 
disaggregated, all parties to the assignment, transfer, disaggregation, 
or partition are jointly and severally liable for paying the 
reimbursement obligation until that obligation is paid.

[71 FR 35193, June 19, 2006]

           Relocation Procedures for the 2150-2160/62 MHz Band

    Source: Sections 27.1250 through 27.1255 appear at 71 FR 29840, May 
24, 2006, unless otherwise noted.



Sec.  27.1250  Transition of the 2150-2160/62 MHz band from the
Broadband Radio Service to the Advanced Wireless Service.

    The 2150-2160/62 MHz band has been allocated for use by the Advanced 
Wireless Service (AWS). The rules in this section provide for a 
transition period during which AWS licensees may relocate existing 
Broadband Radio Service (BRS) licensees using these frequencies to their 
assigned frequencies in the 2496-2690 MHz band or other media.
    (a) AWS licensees and BRS licensees shall engage in mandatory 
negotiations for the purpose of agreeing to terms under which the BRS 
licensees would:
    (1) Relocate their operations to other frequency bands or other 
media; or alternatively
    (2) Accept a sharing arrangement with the AWS licensee that may 
result in an otherwise impermissible level of interference to the BRS 
operations.
    (b) If no agreement is reached during the mandatory negotiation 
period, an AWS licensee may initiate involuntary relocation procedures. 
Under involuntary relocation, the incumbent is required to relocate, 
provided that the AWS licensee meets the conditions of Sec.  27.1252.
    (c) Relocation of BRS licensees by AWS licensees will be subject to 
a three-year mandatory negotiation period. BRS licensees may suspend the 
running of the three-year negotiation period for up to one year if the 
BRS licensee cannot be relocated to comparable facilities at the time 
the AWS licensee seeks entry into the band.

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Sec.  27.1251  Mandatory negotiations.

    (a) Once mandatory negotiations have begun, a BRS licensee may not 
refuse to negotiate and all parties are required to negotiate in good 
faith. Good faith requires each party to provide information to the 
other that is reasonably necessary to facilitate the relocation process. 
The BRS licensee is required to cooperate with an AWS licensee's request 
to provide access to the facilities to be relocated, other than the BRS 
customer location, so that an independent third party can examine the 
BRS system and prepare an appraisal of the costs to relocate the 
incumbent. In evaluating claims that a party has not negotiated in good 
faith, the FCC will consider, inter alia, the following factors:
    (1) Whether the AWS licensee has made a bona fide offer to relocate 
the BRS licensee to comparable facilities in accordance with Sec.  
27.1252(b);
    (2) If the BRS licensee has demanded a premium, the type of premium 
requested (e.g., whether the premium is directly related to relocation, 
such as analog-to-digital conversions, versus other types of premiums), 
and whether the value of the premium as compared to the cost of 
providing comparable facilities is disproportionate (i.e., whether there 
is a lack of proportion or relation between the two);
    (3) What steps the parties have taken to determine the actual cost 
of relocation to comparable facilities;
    (4) Whether either party has withheld information requested by the 
other party that is necessary to estimate relocation costs or to 
facilitate the relocation process.
    (b) Any party alleging a violation of our good faith requirement 
must attach an independent estimate of the relocation costs in question 
to any documentation filed with the Commission in support of its claim. 
An independent cost estimate must include a specification for the 
comparable facility and a statement of the costs associated with 
providing that facility to the incumbent licensee.
    (c) Mandatory negotiations will commence for each BRS licensee when 
the AWS licensee informs the BRS licensee in writing of its desire to 
negotiate. Mandatory negotiations will be conducted with the goal of 
providing the BRS licensee with comparable facilities, defined as 
facilities possessing the following characteristics:
    (1) Throughput. Communications throughput is the amount of 
information transferred within a system in a given amount of time. 
System is defined as a base station and all end user units served by 
that base station. If analog facilities are being replaced with analog, 
comparable facilities may provide a comparable number of channels. If 
digital facilities are being replaced with digital, comparable 
facilities provide equivalent data loading bits per second (bps).
    (2) Reliability. System reliability is the degree to which 
information is transferred accurately within a system. Comparable 
facilities provide reliability equal to the overall reliability of the 
BRS system. For digital systems, reliability is measured by the percent 
of time the bit error rate (BER) exceeds a desired value, and for analog 
or digital video transmission, it is measured by whether the end-to-end 
transmission delay is within the required delay bound. If an analog 
system is replaced with a digital system, only the resulting frequency 
response, harmonic distortion, signal-to-noise ratio and its reliability 
will be considered in determining comparable reliability.
    (3) Operating Costs. Operating costs are the cost to operate and 
maintain the BRS system. AWS licensees would compensate BRS licensees 
for any increased recurring costs associated with the replacement 
facilities (e.g., additional rental payments, and increased utility 
fees) for five years after relocation. AWS licensees could satisfy this 
obligation by making a lump-sum payment based on present value using 
current interest rates. Additionally, the maintenance costs to the BRS 
licensee would be equivalent to the replaced system in order for the 
replacement system to be comparable.
    (d) AWS licensees are responsible for the relocation costs of end 
user units served by the BRS base station that is being relocated. If a 
lessee is operating under a BRS license, the BRS licensee may rely on 
the throughput, reliability, and operating costs of facilities

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in use by a lessee in negotiating comparable facilities and may include 
the lessee in negotiations.



Sec.  27.1252  Involuntary relocation procedures.

    (a) If no agreement is reached during the mandatory negotiation 
period, an AWS licensee may initiate involuntary relocation procedures 
under the Commission's rules. AWS licensees are obligated to pay to 
relocate BRS systems to which the AWS system poses an interference 
problem. Under involuntary relocation, the BRS licensee is required to 
relocate, provided that the AWS licensee:
    (1) Guarantees payment of relocation costs, including all 
engineering, equipment, site and FCC fees, as well as any legitimate and 
prudent transaction expenses incurred by the BRS licensee that are 
directly attributable to an involuntary relocation, subject to a cap of 
two percent of the ``hard'' costs involved. Hard costs are defined as 
the actual costs associated with providing a replacement system, such as 
equipment and engineering expenses. There is no cap on the actual costs 
of relocation. AWS licensees are not required to pay BRS licensees for 
internal resources devoted to the relocation process. AWS licensees are 
not required to pay for transaction costs incurred by BRS licensees 
during the mandatory period once the involuntary period is initiated, or 
for fees that cannot be legitimately tied to the provision of comparable 
facilities; and
    (2) Completes all activities necessary for implementing the 
replacement facilities, including engineering and cost analysis of the 
relocation procedure and, if radio facilities are used, identifying and 
obtaining, on the incumbents' behalf, new microwave frequencies and 
frequency coordination.
    (b) Comparable facilities. The replacement system provided to an 
incumbent during an involuntary relocation must be at least equivalent 
to the existing BRS system with respect to the following three factors:
    (1) Throughput. Communications throughput is the amount of 
information transferred within a system in a given amount of time. 
System is defined as a base station and all end user units served by 
that base station. If analog facilities are being replaced with analog, 
the AWS licensee is required to provide the BRS licensee with a 
comparable number of channels. If digital facilities are being replaced 
with digital, the AWS licensee must provide the BRS licensee with 
equivalent data loading bits per second (bps). AWS licensees must 
provide BRS licensees with enough throughput to satisfy the BRS 
licensee's system use at the time of relocation, not match the total 
capacity of the BRS system.
    (2) Reliability. System reliability is the degree to which 
information is transferred accurately within a system. AWS licensees 
must provide BRS licensees with reliability equal to the overall 
reliability of their system. For digital data systems, reliability is 
measured by the percent of time the bit error rate (BER) exceeds a 
desired value, and for analog or digital video transmissions, it is 
measured by whether the end-to-end transmission delay is within the 
required delay bound.
    (3) Operating costs. Operating costs are the cost to operate and 
maintain the BRS system. AWS licensees must compensate BRS licensees for 
any increased recurring costs associated with the replacement facilities 
(e.g., additional rental payments, increased utility fees) for five 
years after relocation. AWS licensees may satisfy this obligation by 
making a lump-sum payment based on present value using current interest 
rates. Additionally, the maintenance costs to the BRS licensee must be 
equivalent to the replaced system in order for the replacement system to 
be considered comparable.
    (c) AWS licensees are responsible for the relocation costs of end 
user units served by the BRS base station that is being relocated. If a 
lessee is operating under a BRS license, the AWS licensee shall on the 
throughput, reliability, and operating costs of facilities in use by a 
lessee at the time of relocation in determining comparable facilities 
for involuntary relocation purposes.
    (d) Twelve-month trial period. If, within one year after the 
relocation to new facilities, the BRS licensee demonstrates that the new 
facilities are

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not comparable to the former facilities, the AWS licensee must remedy 
the defects or pay to relocate the BRS licensee to one of the following: 
Its former or equivalent 2 GHz channels, another comparable frequency 
band, a land-line system, or any other facility that satisfies the 
requirements specified in paragraph (b) of this section. This trial 
period commences on the date that the BRS licensee begins full operation 
of the replacement system. If the BRS licensee has retained its 2 GHz 
authorization during the trial period, it must return the license to the 
Commission at the end of the twelve months.



Sec.  27.1253  Sunset provisions.

    (a) BRS licensees will maintain primary status in the 2150-2160/62 
MHz band unless and until an AWS licensee requires use of the spectrum. 
AWS licensees are not required to pay relocation costs after the 
relocation rules sunset (i.e. fifteen years from the date the first AWS 
license is issued in the band). Once the relocation rules sunset, an AWS 
licensee may require the incumbent to cease operations, provided that 
the AWS licensee intends to turn on a system within interference range 
of the incumbent, as determined by Sec.  27.1255. AWS licensee 
notification to the affected BRS licensee must be in writing and must 
provide the incumbent with no less than six months to vacate the 
spectrum. After the six-month notice period has expired, the BRS 
licensee must turn its license back into the Commission, unless the 
parties have entered into an agreement which allows the BRS licensee to 
continue to operate on a mutually agreed upon basis.
    (b) If the parties cannot agree on a schedule or an alternative 
arrangement, requests for extension will be accepted and reviewed on a 
case-by-case basis. The Commission will grant such extensions only if 
the incumbent can demonstrate that:
    (1) It cannot relocate within the six-month period (e.g., because no 
alternative spectrum or other reasonable option is available); and
    (2) The public interest would be harmed if the incumbent is forced 
to terminate operations.



Sec.  27.1254  Eligibility.

    (a) BRS licensees with primary status in the 2150-2162 MHz band as 
of June 23, 2006, will be eligible for relocation insofar as they have 
facilities that are constructed and in use as of this date.
    (b) Future licensing and modifications. After June 23, 2006, all 
major modifications to existing BRS systems in use in the 2150-2160/62 
MHz band will be authorized on a secondary basis to AWS systems, unless 
the incumbent affirmatively justifies primary status and the incumbent 
BRS licensee establishes that the modification would not add to the 
relocation costs of AWS licensees. Major modifications include the 
following:
    (1) Additions of new transmit sites or base stations made after June 
23, 2006;
    (2) Changes to existing facilities made after June 23, 2006, that 
would increase the size or coverage of the service area, or interference 
potential, and that would also increase the throughput of an existing 
system (e.g., sector splits in the antenna system). Modifications to 
fully utilize the existing throughput of existing facilities (e.g., to 
add customers) will not be considered major modifications even if such 
changes increase the size or coverage of the service area, or 
interference potential.



Sec.  27.1255  Relocation criteria for Broadband Radio Service
licensees in the 2150-2160/62 MHz band.

    (a) An AWS licensee in the 2150-2160/62 MHz band, prior to 
initiating operations from any base or fixed station that is co-channel 
to the 2150-2160/62 MHz band, must relocate any incumbent BRS system 
that is within the line of sight of the AWS licensee's base or fixed 
station. For purposes of this section, a determination of whether an AWS 
facility is within the line of sight of a BRS system will be made as 
follows:
    (1) For a BRS system using the 2150-2160/62 MHz band exclusively to 
provide one-way transmissions to subscribers, the AWS licensee will 
determine whether there is an unobstructed signal path (line of sight) 
to the incumbent licensee's geographic service area (GSA), based on the 
following criteria:

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use of 9.1 meters (30 feet) for the receiving antenna height, use of the 
actual transmitting antenna height and terrain elevation, and assumption 
of 4/3 Earth radius propagation conditions. Terrain elevation data must 
be obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 3-second database. 
All coordinates used in carrying out the required analysis shall be 
based upon use of NAD-83.
    (2) For all other BRS systems using the 2150-2160/62 MHz band, the 
AWS licensee will determine whether there is an unobstructed signal path 
(line of sight) to the incumbent licensee's receive station hub using 
the method prescribed in ``Methods for Predicting Interference from 
Response Station Transmitters and to Response Station Hubs and for 
Supplying Data on Response Station Systems. MM Docket 97-217,'' in 
Amendment of Parts 1, 21 and 74 to Enable Multipoint Distribution 
Service and Instructional Television Fixed Service Licensees to Engage 
in Fixed Two-Way Transmissions, MM Docket No. 97-217, Report and Order 
on Further Reconsideration and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 15 
FCC Rcd 14566 at 14610, Appendix D.
    (b) Any AWS licensee in the 2110-2180 MHz band that causes actual 
and demonstrable interference to a BRS licensee in the 2150-2160/62 MHz 
band must take steps to eliminate the harmful interference, up to and 
including relocation of the BRS licensee, regardless of whether it would 
be required to do so under paragraph (a), of this section.



                         Subpart N_600 MHz Band

    Source: 79 FR 48539, Aug. 15, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

                     Competitive Bidding Provisions



Sec.  27.1300  600 MHz band subject to competitive bidding.

    As required by section 6403(c) of the Spectrum Act, applications for 
600 MHz band initial licenses are subject to competitive bidding. The 
general competitive bidding procedures set forth in 47 CFR part 1, 
subpart Q will apply unless otherwise provided in this subpart.



Sec.  27.1301  Designated entities in the 600 MHz band.

    (a) Small business. (1) A small business is an entity that, together 
with its affiliates, its controlling interests, and the affiliates of 
its controlling interests, has average gross revenues not exceeding $55 
million for the preceding three (3) years.
    (2) A very small business is an entity that, together with its 
affiliates, its controlling interests, and the affiliates of its 
controlling interests, has average gross revenues not exceeding $20 
million for the preceding three (3) years.
    (b) Eligible rural service provider. For purposes of this section, 
an eligible rural service provider is an entity that meets the criteria 
specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(4) of this chapter.
    (c) Bidding credits. (1) A winning bidder that qualifies as a small 
business as defined in this section or a consortium of small businesses 
may use the bidding credit specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(i)(C) of this 
chapter. A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small business as 
defined in this section or a consortium of very small businesses may use 
the bidding credit specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(i)(B) of this 
chapter.
    (2) An entity that qualifies as eligible rural service provider or a 
consortium of rural service providers may use the bidding credit 
specified in Sec.  1.2110(f)(4) of this chapter.

[80 FR 56817, Sept. 18, 2015]

                      Protection of Other Services



Sec.  27.1310  Protection of Broadcast Television Service in the
600 MHz band from wireless operations.

    (a) Licensees authorized to operate wireless services in the 600 MHz 
band must cause no harmful interference to public reception of the 
signals of broadcast television stations transmitting co-channel or on 
an adjacent channel.
    (1) Such wireless operations must comply with the D/U ratios in 
Table 5 in OET Bulletin No. 74, Methodology for Predicting Inter-Service 
Interference to Broadcast Television from Mobile Wireless Broadband 
Services in the UHF Band ([DATE]) (``OET Bulletin No. 74''). Copies of 
OET Bulletin No. 74

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may be inspected during normal business hours at the Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 12th St. SW., Dockets Branch (Room CY 
A09257), Washington, DC 20554. This document is also available through 
the Internet on the FCC Home Page at http://www.fcc.gov.
    (2) If a 600 MHz band licensee causes harmful interference within 
the noise-limited contour or protected contour of a broadcast television 
station that is operating co-channel or on an adjacent channel, the 600 
MHz band licensee must eliminate the harmful interference.
    (b) A licensee authorized to operate wireless services in the 600 
MHz downlink band:
    (1) Is not permitted to deploy wireless base stations within the 
noise-limited contour or protected contour of a broadcast television 
station licensed on a co-channel or adjacent channel in the 600 MHz 
downlink band;
    (2) Is required to perform an interference study using the 
methodology in OET Bulletin No. 74 before deploying or operating 
wireless base stations within the culling distances specified in Tables 
7-12 of OET Bulletin No. 74 from the noise-limited contour or protected 
contour of such a broadcast television station;
    (3) Is required to perform an interference study using the 
methodology in OET Bulletin No. 74 when modifying a base station within 
the culling distances in Tables 7-12 of OET Bulletin 74 that results in 
an increase in energy in the direction of co-channel or adjacent channel 
broadcast television station's contours;
    (4) Is required to maintain records of the latest OET Bulletin No. 
74 study for each base station and make them available for inspection to 
the Commission and, upon a claim of harmful interference, to the 
requesting broadcasting television station.
    (c) A licensee authorized to operate wireless services in the 600 
MHz uplink band must limit its service area so that mobile and portable 
devices do not transmit:
    (1) Co-channel or adjacent channel to a broadcast television station 
within that station's noise-limited contour or protected contour;
    (2) Co-channel to a broadcast television station within five 
kilometers of that station's noise-limited contour or protected contour; 
and
    (3) Adjacent channel to a broadcast television station within 500 
meters of that station's noise-limited contour or protected contour.
    (d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
    (1) Broadcast television station is defined pursuant to Sec.  
73.3700(a)(1) of this chapter;
    (2) Noise-limited contour is defined to be the full power station's 
noise-limited contour pursuant to Sec.  73.622(e);
    (3) Protected contour is defined to be a Class A television 
station's protected contour as specified in section 73.6010;
    (4) Co-channel operations in the 600 MHz band are defined as 
operations of broadcast television stations and wireless services where 
their assigned channels or frequencies spectrally overlap;
    (5) Adjacent channel operations are defined as operations of 
broadcast television stations and wireless services where their assigned 
channels or frequencies spectrally abut each other or are separated by 
up to 5 MHz.

[80 FR 71743, Nov. 17, 2015]

                 Coordination/Notification Requirements



Sec.  27.1320  Notification to white space database administrators.

    To receive interference protection, 600 MHz licensees shall notify 
one of the white space database administrators of the areas where they 
have commenced operation pursuant to Sec. Sec.  15.713(j)(10) and 
15.715(n) of this chapter.

[80 FR 73085, Nov. 23, 2015]



Sec.  27.1321  Requirements for operation of base and fixed stations
in the 600 MHz downlink band in close proximity to Radio Astronomy
Observatories.

    (a) Licensees must make reasonable efforts to protect the radio 
astronomy observatory at Green Bank, WV, Arecibo, PR, and those 
identified in Sec.  15.712(h)(3) of this chapter as part of the Very 
Long Baseline Array (VLBA) from interference.

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    (b) 600 MHz band base and fixed stations in the 600 MHz downlink 
band within 25 kilometers of VLBA observatories are subject to 
coordination with the National Science Foundation (NSF) prior to 
commencing operations. The appropriate NSF contact point to initiate 
coordination is Electromagnetic Spectrum Manager, NSF, 4201 Wilson 
Blvd., Suite 1045, Arlington, VA 22203, fax 703-292-9034, email 
[email protected].
    (c) Any licensee that intends to operate base and fixed stations in 
the 600 MHz downlink band in locations near the Radio Astronomy 
Observatory site located in Green Bank, Pocahontas County, West 
Virginia, or near the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, must comply 
with the provisions in Sec.  1.924 of this chapter.

[79 FR 48538, Aug. 15, 2014. Redesignated at 81 FR 4975, Jan. 29, 2016]



PART 30_UPPER MICROWAVE FLEXIBLE USE SERVICE--Table of Contents



                            Subpart A_General

Sec.
30.1 Creation of upper microwave flexible use service, scope and 
          authority.
30.2 Definitions.
30.3 Eligibility.
30.4 Frequencies.
30.5 Service areas.
30.6 Permissible communications.
30.7 37-37.6 GHz Band--Shared coordinated service.
30.8 [Reserved]

                   Subpart B_Applications and Licenses

30.101 Initial authorizations.
30.102 Transition of existing local multipoint distribution service and 
          39 GHz licenses.
30.103 License term.
30.104 Performance requirements.
30.105 Geographic partitioning and spectrum disaggregation.
30.106 Discontinuance of service.

                      Subpart C_Technical Standards

30.201 Equipment authorization.
30.202 Power limits.
30.203 Emission limits.
30.204 Field strength limits.
30.205 Federal coordination requirements.
30.206 International coordination.
30.207 Radio frequency (RF) safety.
30.208 Operability.
30.209 Duplexing.

                Subpart D_Competitive Bidding Procedures

30.301 Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service subject to competitive 
          bidding.
30.302 Designated entities and bidding credits.

 Subpart E_Special Provisions for Fixed Point-to-Point, Fixed Point-to-
  Multipoint Hub Stations, and Fixed Point-to-Multipoint User Stations

30.401 Permissible service.
30.402 Frequency tolerance.
30.403 Bandwidth.
30.404 Emission limits.
30.405 Transmitter power limitations.
30.406 Directional antennas.
30.407 Antenna polarization.

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 301, 303, 304, 307, 309, 
310, 316, 332, 1302, unless otherwise noted.

    Source: 81 FR 79937, Nov. 14, 2016, unless otherwise noted.



                            Subpart A_General



Sec.  30.1  Creation of upper microwave flexible use service, 
scope and authority.

    As of December 14, 2016, Local Multipoint Distribution Service 
licenses for the 27.5-28.35 GHz band, and licenses issued in the 38.6-40 
GHz band under part 101 of this chapter shall be reassigned to the Upper 
Microwave Flexible Use Service. Local Multipoint Distribution Service 
licenses in bands other than 27.5-28.35 GHz shall remain in that service 
and shall be governed by the part 101 of this chapter applicable to that 
service.



Sec.  30.2  Definitions.

    The following definitions apply to this part:
    Authorized bandwidth. The maximum width of the band of frequencies 
permitted to be used by a station. This is normally considered to be the 
necessary or occupied bandwidth, whichever is greater. (See Sec.  2.202 
of this chapter).
    Authorized frequency. The frequency, or frequency range, assigned to 
a station by the Commission and specified in the instrument of 
authorization.

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    Fixed satellite earth station. An earth station intended to be used 
at a specified fixed point.
    Local Area Operations. Operations confined to physical facility 
boundaries, such as a factory.
    Point-to-Multipoint Hub Station. A fixed point-to-multipoint radio 
station that provides one-way or two-way communication with fixed Point-
to-Multipoint Service User Stations.
    Point-to-Multipoint Service. A fixed point-to-multipoint radio 
service consisting of point-to-multipoint hub stations that communicate 
with fixed point-to-multipoint user stations.
    Point-to-Multipoint User Station. A fixed radio station located at 
users' premises, lying within the coverage area of a Point-to-Multipoint 
Hub station, using a directional antenna to receive one-way 
communications from or providing two-way communications with a fixed 
Point-to-Multipoint Hub Station.
    Point-to-point station. A station that transmits a highly 
directional signal from a fixed transmitter location to a fixed receive 
location.
    Portable device. Transmitters designed to be used within 20 
centimeters of the body of the user.
    Prior coordination. A bilateral process conducted prior to filing 
applications which includes the distribution of the technical parameters 
of a proposed radio system to potentially affected parties for their 
evaluation and timely response.
    Secondary operations. Radio communications which may not cause 
interference to operations authorized on a primary basis and which are 
not protected from interference from these primary operations
    Transportable station. Transmitting equipment that is not intended 
to be used while in motion, but rather at stationary locations.
    Universal Licensing System. The Universal Licensing System (ULS) is 
the consolidated database, application filing system, and processing 
system for all Wireless Radio Services. ULS supports electronic filing 
of all applications and related documents by applicants and licensees in 
the Wireless Radio Services, and provides public access to licensing 
information.



Sec.  30.3  Eligibility.

    Any entity who meets the technical, financial, character, and 
citizenship qualifications that the Commission may require in accordance 
with such Act, other than those precluded by section 310 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 310, is eligible to 
hold a license under this part.



Sec.  30.4  Frequencies.

    The following frequencies are available for assignment in the Upper 
Microwave Flexible Use Service:
    (a) 24.25-24.45 GHz and 24.75-25.25 GHz bands--24.25-24.35 GHz; 
24.35-24.45 GHz; 24.75-24.85 GHz; 24.85-24.95 GHz; 24.95-25.05 GHz; 
25.05-25.15 GHz; and 25.15-25.25 GHz.
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) 27.5 GHz--28.35 GHz band--27.5-27.925 GHz and 27.925-28.35 GHz.
    (d) 38.6-40 GHz band:
    (1) New channel plan:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                         Frequency band
                      Channel No.                         limits (MHz)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.....................................................     38,600-38,700
2.....................................................     38,700-38,800
3.....................................................     38,800-38,900
4.....................................................     38,900-39,000
5.....................................................     39,000-39,100
6.....................................................     39,100-39,200
7.....................................................     39,200-39,300
8.....................................................     39,300-39,400
9.....................................................     39,400-39,500
10....................................................     39,500-39,600
11....................................................     39,600-39,700
12....................................................     39,700-39,800
13....................................................     39,800-39,900
14....................................................     39,900-40,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) Pending transition to the new channel plan, existing 39 GHz 
licensees licensed under part 101 of this chapter may continue operating 
on the following channel plan:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Channel group A                                          Channel group B
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               Frequency band                                    Frequency band
                Channel No.                     limits (MHz)             Channel No.              limits (MHz)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-A........................................      38,600-38,650  1-B..........................      39,300-39,350
2-A........................................      38,650-38,700  2-B..........................      39,350-39,400
3-A........................................      38,700-38,750  3-B..........................      39,400-39,450

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4-A........................................      38,750-38,800  4-B..........................      39,450-39,500
5-A........................................      38,800-38,850  5-B..........................      39,500-39,550
6-A........................................      38,850-38,900  6-B..........................      39,550-39,600
7-A........................................      38,900-38,950  7-B..........................      39,600-39,650
8-A........................................      38,950-39,000  8-B..........................      39,650-39,700
9-A........................................      39,000-39,050  9-B..........................      39,700-39,750
10-A.......................................      39,050-39,100  10-B.........................      39,750-39,800
11-A.......................................      39,100-39,150  11-B.........................      39,800-39,850
12-A.......................................      39,150-39,200  12-B.........................      39,850-39,900
13-A.......................................      39,200-39,250  13-B.........................      39,900-39,950
14-A.......................................      39,250-39,300  14-B.........................      39,950-40,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (e) [Reserved]
    (f) 37-38.6 GHz band: 37,600-37,700; 37,700-37,800 MHz; 37,800-
37,900 MHz; 37,900-38,000 MHz; 38,000-38,100 MHz; 38,100-38,200 MHz; 
38,200-38,300 MHz; 38,300-38,400 MHz; 38,400-38,500 MHz, and 38,500-
38,600 MHz. The 37,000-37,600 MHz band segment shall be available on a 
site-specific, coordinated shared basis with eligible Federal entities.
    (g) 47.2-48.2 GHz band--47.2-47.3 GHz; 47.3-47.4 GHz; 47.4-47.5 GHz; 
47.5-47.6 GHz; 47.6-47.7 GHz; 47.7-47.8 GHz; 47.8-47.9 GHz; 47.9-48.0 
GHz; 48.0-48.1 GHz; and 48.1-48.2 GHz.

[81 FR 79937, Nov. 14, 2016, as amended at 83 FR 65, Jan. 2, 2018; 84 FR 
1631, Feb. 5, 2019]



Sec.  30.5  Service areas.

    (a) Except as noted in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, and 
except for the shared 37-37.6 GHz band, the service areas for the Upper 
Microwave Flexible Use Service are Partial Economic Areas.
    (b) For the 27.5-28.35 GHz band, the service areas shall be 
counties.
    (c) Common Carrier Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave Stations licensed 
in the 38.6-40 GHz bands licensed with Rectangular Service Areas shall 
maintain their Rectangular Service Area as defined in their 
authorization. The frequencies associated with Rectangular Service Area 
authorizations that have expired, cancelled, or otherwise been recovered 
by the Commission will automatically revert to the applicable county 
licensee.
    (d) In the 37.5-40 GHz band, Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service 
licensees shall not place facilities within the protection zone of 
Fixed-Satellite Service earth stations authorized pursuant to Sec.  
25.136 of this chapter, absent consent from the Fixed-Satellite Service 
earth station licensee.



Sec.  30.6  Permissible communications.

    (a) A licensee in the frequency bands specified in Sec.  30.4 may 
provide any services for which its frequency bands are allocated, as set 
forth in the non-Federal Government column of the Table of Frequency 
Allocations in Sec.  2.106 of this chapter (column 5).
    (b) Fixed-Satellite Service shall be provided in a manner consistent 
with part 25 of this chapter. The technical and operating rules in this 
part shall not apply to Fixed-Satellite Service operation.

[81 FR 79937, Nov. 14, 2016, as amended at 83 FR 65, Jan. 2, 2018]



Sec.  30.7  37-37.6 GHz Band--Shared coordinated service.

    (a) The 37-37.6 GHz band will be available for site-based 
registrations on a coordinated basis with co-equal eligible Federal 
entities.
    (b) Any non-Federal entity meeting the eligibility requirements of 
Sec.  30.3 may operate equipment that complies with the technical rules 
of this part pursuant to a Shared Access License.
    (c) Licensees in the 37-37.6 GHz band must register their individual 
base stations and access points prior to placing them in operation.

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Sec.  30.8  [Reserved]



                   Subpart B_Applications and Licenses



Sec.  30.101  Initial authorizations.

    Except with respect to in the 37-37.6 GHz band, an applicant must 
file a single application for an initial authorization for all markets 
won and frequency blocks desired. Initial authorizations shall be 
granted in accordance with Sec.  30.4. Applications for individual sites 
are not required and will not be accepted, except where required for 
environmental assessments, in accordance with Sec. Sec.  1.1301 through 
1.1319 of this chapter.



Sec.  30.102  Transition of existing local multipoint distribution
service and 39 GHz licenses.

    Local Multipoint Distribution Service licenses in the 27.5--28.35 
GHz band issued on a Basic Trading Area basis shall be disaggregated 
into county-based licenses and 39 GHz licenses issued on an Economic 
Area basis shall be disaggregated into Partial Economic Area-based 
licenses on December 14, 2016. For each county in the Basic Trading Area 
or Partial Economic Area in the Economic Area which is part of the 
original license, the licensee shall receive a separate license. If 
there is a co-channel Rectangular Service Area licensee within the 
service area of a 39 GHz Economic Area licensee, the disaggregated 
license shall not authorize operation with the service area of the 
Rectangular Service Area license.



Sec.  30.103  License term.

    Initial authorizations will have a term not to exceed ten years from 
the date of initial issuance or renewal.



Sec.  30.104  Performance requirements.

    (a) Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service licensees must make a 
buildout showing as part of their renewal applications. Licensees 
relying on mobile or point-to-multipoint service must show that they are 
providing reliable signal coverage and service to at least 40 percent of 
the population within the service area of the licensee, and that they 
are using facilities to provide service in that area either to customers 
or for internal use. Licensees relying on point-to-point service must 
demonstrate that they have four links operating and providing service, 
either to customers or for internal use, if the population within the 
license area is equal to or less than 268,000. If the population within 
the license area is greater than 268,000, a licensee relying on point-
to-point service must demonstrate it has at least one link in operation 
and is providing service for each 67,000 population within the license 
area. In order to be eligible to be counted under the point-to-point 
buildout standard, a point-to-point link must operate with a transmit 
power greater than +43 dBm.
    (b) In the alternative, a licensee may make its buildout showing on 
the basis of geographic area coverage. To satisfy the requirements of 
using this metric, licensees relying on mobile or point-to-multipoint 
service must show that they are providing reliable signal coverage and 
service to at least 25% of the geographic area of the license. The 
geographic area of the license shall be determined by the total land 
area of the county or counties covered by the license. Licensees relying 
on fixed point-to-point links or other, low-power point-to-point 
connections must show that they have deployed at least one transmitter 
or receiver in at least 25% of the census tracts within the license 
area. All equipment relied upon in the showing, whatever type of service 
or connection it provides, must be operational and providing service, 
either to customers or for internal use, as of the date of the filing.
    (c) Showings that rely on a combination of multiple types of service 
will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Licensees may not combine 
population-based showings with geographic area-based showings.
    (d) If a licensee in this service is also a Fixed-Satellite Service 
licensee and uses the spectrum covered under its UMFUS license in 
connection with a satellite earth station, it can demonstrate compliance 
with the requirements of this section by demonstrating that the earth 
station in question is in service, operational, and using the spectrum 
associated with the license.

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This provision can only be used to demonstrate compliance for the county 
in which the earth station is located.
    (e) Failure to meet this requirement will result in automatic 
cancellation of the license. In bands licensed on a Partial Economic 
Area basis, licensees will have the option of partitioning a license on 
a county basis in order to reduce the population or land area within the 
license area to a level where the licensee's buildout would meet one of 
the applicable performance metrics.
    (f) Existing 24 GHz, 28 GHz and 39 GHz licensees shall be required 
to make a showing pursuant to this section by June 1, 2024.

[81 FR 79937, Nov. 14, 2016, as amended at 83 FR 65, Jan. 2, 2018; 83 FR 
34492, July 20, 2018]



Sec.  30.105  Geographic partitioning and spectrum disaggregation.

    (a) Parties seeking approval for partitioning and disaggregation 
shall request from the Commission an authorization for partial 
assignment of a license pursuant to Sec.  1.948 of this chapter. Upper 
Microwave Flexible Use Service licensees may apply to partition their 
licensed geographic service area or disaggregate their licensed spectrum 
at any time following the grant of their licenses.
    (b) Technical standards--(1) Partitioning. In the case of 
partitioning, applicants and licensees must file FCC Form 603 pursuant 
to Sec.  1.948 of this chapter and list the partitioned service area on 
a schedule to the application. The geographic coordinates must be 
specified in degrees, minutes, and seconds to the nearest second of 
latitude and longitude and must be based upon the 1983 North American 
Datum (NAD83).
    (2) Spectrum may be disaggregated in any amount.
    (3) The Commission will consider requests for partial assignment of 
licenses that propose combinations of partitioning and disaggregation.
    (4) For purposes of partitioning and disaggregation, part 30 systems 
must be designed so as not to exceed the signal level specified for the 
particular spectrum block in Sec.  30.204 at the licensee's service area 
boundary, unless the affected adjacent service area licensees have 
agreed to a different signal level.
    (c) License term. The license term for a partitioned license area 
and for disaggregated spectrum shall be the remainder of the original 
licensee's license term as provided for in Sec.  30.103.

[81 FR 79937, Nov. 14, 2016, as amended at 82 FR 41548, Sept. 1, 2017]



Sec.  30.106  Discontinuance of service.

    (a) An Upper Microwave Flexible Use License authorization will 
automatically terminate, without specific Commission action, if the 
licensee permanently discontinues service after the initial license 
term.
    (b) For licensees with common carrier regulatory status, permanent 
discontinuance of service is defined as 180 consecutive days during 
which a licensee does not provide service to at least one subscriber 
that is not affiliated with, controlled by, or related to the licensee 
in the individual license area. For licensees with non-common carrier 
status, permanent discontinuance of service is defined as 180 
consecutive days during which a licensee does not operate.
    (c) A licensee that permanently discontinues service as defined in 
this section must notify the Commission of the discontinuance within 10 
days by filing FCC Form 601 or 605 requesting license cancellation. An 
authorization will automatically terminate, without specific Commission 
action, if service is permanently discontinued as defined in this 
section, even if a licensee fails to file the required form requesting 
license cancellation.

    Effective Date Note: At 82 FR 41548, Sept. 1, 2017, Sec.  30.106 was 
removed but will not become effective until approval is given by the 
Office of Management and Budget.



                      Subpart C_Technical Standards



Sec.  30.201  Equipment authorization.

    (a) Except as provided under paragraph (c) of this section, each 
transmitter utilized for operation under this part must be of a type 
that has been authorized by the Commission under its certification 
procedure.
    (b) Any manufacturer of radio transmitting equipment to be used in 
these services may request equipment authorization following the 
procedures

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set forth in subpart J of part 2 of this chapter. Equipment 
authorization for an individual transmitter may be requested by an 
applicant for a station authorization by following the procedures set 
forth in part 2 of this chapter.
    (c) Unless specified otherwise, transmitters for use under the 
provisions of subpart E of this part for fixed point-to-point microwave 
and point-to-multipoint services must be a type that has been verified 
for compliance.



Sec.  30.202  Power limits.

    (a) For fixed and base stations operating in connection with mobile 
systems, the average power of the sum of all antenna elements is limited 
to an equivalent isotopically radiated power (EIRP) density of +75dBm/
100 MHz. For channel bandwidths less than 100 megahertz the EIRP must be 
reduced proportionally and linearly based on the bandwidth relative to 
100 megahertz.
    (b) For mobile stations, the average power of the sum of all antenna 
elements is limited to a maximum EIRP of +43 dBm.
    (c) For transportable stations, as defined in Sec.  30.2, the 
average power of the sum of all antenna elements is limited to a maximum 
EIRP of +55 dBm.
    (d) For fixed point-to-point and point-to-multipoint limits see 
Sec.  30.405.



Sec.  30.203  Emission limits.

    (a) The conductive power or the total radiated power of any emission 
outside a licensee's frequency block shall be -13 dBm/MHz or lower. 
However, in the bands immediately outside and adjacent to the licensee's 
frequency block, having a bandwidth equal to 10 percent of the channel 
bandwidth, the conductive power or the total radiated power of any 
emission shall be -5 dBm/MHz or lower.
    (b)(1) Compliance with this provision is based on the use of 
measurement instrumentation employing a resolution bandwidth of 1 
megahertz or greater.
    (2) When measuring the emission limits, the nominal carrier 
frequency shall be adjusted as close to the licensee's frequency block 
edges as the design permits.
    (3) The measurements of emission power can be expressed in peak or 
average values.
    (c) For fixed point-to-point and point-to-multipoint limits see 
Sec.  30.404.



Sec.  30.204  Field strength limits.

    (a) Base/mobile operations: The predicted or measured Power Flux 
Density (PFD) from any Base Station operating in the 27.5-28.35 GHz 
band, 37-38.6 GHz band, and 38.6-40 GHz bands at any location on the 
geographical border of a licensee's service area shall not exceed -
76dBm/m\2\/MHz (measured at 1.5 meters above ground) unless the adjacent 
affected service area licensee(s) agree(s) to a different PFD.
    (b) Fixed point-to-point operations. (1) Prior to operating a fixed 
point-to-point transmitting facility in the 27,500-28,350 MHz band where 
the facilities are located within 20 kilometers of the boundary of the 
licensees authorized market area, the licensee must complete frequency 
coordination in accordance with the procedures specified in Sec.  
101.103(d)(2) of this chapter with respect to neighboring licensees that 
may be affected by its operations.
    (2) Prior to operating a fixed point-to-point transmitting facility 
in the 37,000-40,000 MHz band where the facilities are located within 16 
kilometers of the boundary of the licensees authorized market area, the 
licensee must complete frequency coordination in accordance with the 
procedures specified in Sec.  101.103(d)(2) of this chapter with respect 
to neighboring licensees that may be affected by its operations.



Sec.  30.205  Federal coordination requirements.

    (a) Licensees in the 37-38 GHz band located within the zones defined 
by the coordinates in the tables below must coordinate their operations 
with Federal Space Research Service (space to Earth) users of the band 
via the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA). All licensees operating within the zone defined by the 60 dBm/
100 MHz EIRP coordinates in the tables below must coordinate all 
operations. Licensees operating within the area between the zones 
defined by the 60 dBm and 75 dBm/100 MHz EIRP coordinates in the tables 
below must coordinate all operations if their base station EIRP is 
greater than 60 dBm/100 MHz or if their

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antenna height exceeds 100 meters above ground level. Licensees 
operating outside the zones defined by the 75 dBm/100 MHz EIRP 
coordinates in the tables below are not required to coordinate their 
operations with NTIA.

                        Table 1 to Paragraph (a): Goldstone, California Coordination Zone
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      60 dBm/100 MHz EIRP                                      75 dBm/100 MHz EIRP
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Latitude/Longitude       Latitude/Longitude       Latitude/Longitude
 Latitude/Longitude (decimal degrees)     (decimal degrees)        (decimal degrees)        (decimal degrees)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
34.69217/-115.6491...................  34.19524/-117.47963....  34.69217/-115.6491.....  34.19524/-117.47963
35.25746/-115.32041..................  34.24586/-117.36210....  35.25746/-115.32041....  34.24586/-117.36210
36.21257/-117.06567..................  35.04648/-117.03781....  36.11221/-116.63632....  34.21748/-117.12812
36.55967/-117.63691..................  35.04788/-117.00949....  36.54731/-117.48242....  34.20370/-116.97024
36.66297/-118.31017..................  34.22940/-117.22327....  36.73049/-118.33683....  34.12196/-116.93109
36.06074/-118.38528..................  34.20370/-116.97024....  36.39126/-118.47307....  34.09498/-116.75473
35.47015/-118.39008..................  34.12196/-116.93109....  36.36891/-118.47134....  34.13603/-116.64002
35.40865/-118.34353..................  34.09498/-116.75473....  35.47015/-118.39008....  34.69217/-115.6591
35.35986/-117.24709..................  34.19642/-116.72901....  35.40865/-118.34353....  34.69217/-115.6491
35.29539/-117.21102..................  34.64906/-116.62741....  35.32048/-117.26386
34.67607/-118.55412..................  34.44404/-116.31486....  34.63725/-118.96736
34.61532/-118.36919..................  34.52736/-116.27845....  34.55789/-118.36204
34.91551/-117.70371..................  34.76685/-116.27930....  34.51108/-118.15329
34.81257/-117.65400..................  34.69217/-115.6591.....  34.39220/-118.28852
34.37411/-118.18385..................  34.69217/-115.6491.....  34.38546/-118.27460
34.33405/-117.94189..................  .......................  34.37524/-118.24191
34.27249/-117.65445..................  .......................  34.37039/-118.22557
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


     Table 2 to Paragraph (a)--Socorro, New Mexico Coordination Zone
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 60 dBm/100 MHz EIRP                    75 dBm/100 MHz
-----------------------------------------------------        EIRP
                                                     -------------------
   Latitude/longitude (decimal    Latitude/longitude  Latitude/longitude
            degrees)               (decimal degrees)   (decimal degrees)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
34.83816/-107.66828.............  33.44401/-          33.10651/-
                                   108.67876.          108.19320
34.80070/-107.68759.............  33.57963/-          33.11780/-
                                   107.79895.          107.99980
34.56506/-107.70233.............  33.84552/-          33.13558/-
                                   107.60207.          107.85611
34.40826/-107.71489.............  33.85964/-          33.80383/-
                                   107.51915.          107.16520
34.31013/-107.88349.............  33.86479/-          33.94554/-
                                   107.17223.          107.15516
34.24067/-107.96059.............  33.94779/-          33.95665/-
                                   107.15038.          107.15480
34.10278/-108.23166.............  34.11122/-          34.08156/-
                                   107.18132.          107.18137
34.07442/-108.30646.............  34.15203/-          34.10646/-
                                   107.39035.          107.18938
34.01447/-108.31694.............  34.29643/-          35.24269/-
                                   107.51071.          107.67969
33.86740/-108.48706.............  34.83816/-          34.06647/-
                                   107.66828.          108.70438
33.81660/-108.51052.............                      33.35946/-
                                                       108.68902
33.67909/-108.58750.............                      33.29430/-
                                                       108.65004
33.50223/-108.65470.............                      33.10651/-
                                                       108.19320
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                       Table 3 to Paragraph (a)--White Sands, New Mexico Coordination Zone
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      60 dBm/100 MHz EIRP                                      75 dBm/100 MHz EIRP
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Latitude/longitude       Latitude/longitude       Latitude/longitude
 Latitude/longitude (decimal degrees)     (decimal degrees)        (decimal degrees)        (decimal degrees)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
33.98689/-107.15967..................  31.78455/-106.54058....  31.7494/-106.49132.....  32.88382/-108.16588
33.91573/-107.46301..................  32.24710/-106.56114....  32.24524/-106.56507....  32.76255/-108.05679
33.73122/-107.73585..................  32.67731/-106.53681....  32.67731/-106.53681....  32.56863/-108.43999
33.37098/-107.84333..................  32.89856/-106.56882....  32.89856/-106.56882....  32.48991/-108.50032
33.25424/-107.86409..................  33.24323/-106.70094....  33.04880/-106.62309....  32.39142/-108.48959
33.19808/-107.89673..................  33.98689/-107.15967....  33.21824/-106.68992....  31.63664/-108.40480
33.02128/-107.87226..................                           33.24347/-106.70165....  31.63466/-108.20921
32.47747/-107.77963..................                           34.00708/-107.08652....  31.78374/-108.20798
32.31543/-108.16101..................                           34.04967/-107.17524....  31.78322/-106.52825
31.79429/-107.88616..................                           33.83491/-107.85971....  31.7494/-106.49132
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Licensees in the 37-38.6 GHz band located within the zones 
defined by the coordinates in the table below must coordinate their 
operations with the Department of Defense via the National

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Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

                  Table 4 to Paragraph (b)--Coordination Areas for Federal Terrestrial Systems
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Location                               Agency               Coordination area (decimal degrees)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
China Lake, CA...........................  Navy...........................  50 kilometer radius centered on
                                                                             latitude 35.614781 and longitude -
                                                                             117.454309.
San Diego, CA............................  Navy...........................  30 kilometer radius centered on
                                                                             latitude 32.68333 and longitude -
                                                                             117.23333.
Nanakuli, HI.............................  Navy...........................  30 kilometer radius centered on
                                                                             latitude 21.38333 and longitude -
                                                                             158.13333.
Fishers Island, NY.......................  Navy...........................  30 kilometer radius centered on
                                                                             latitude 41.25 and longitude -
                                                                             72.01666.
Saint Croix, VI..........................  Navy...........................  30 kilometer radius centered on
                                                                             latitude 17.74722 and longitude -
                                                                             64.88.
Fort Irwin, CA...........................  Army...........................  30 kilometer radius centered on
                                                                             latitude 35.26666 and longitude -
                                                                             116.68333.
Fort Carson, CO..........................  Army...........................  30 kilometer radius centered on
                                                                             latitude 38.71666 and longitude -
                                                                             104.65.
Fort Hood, TX............................  Army...........................  30 kilometer radius centered on
                                                                             latitude 31.11666 and longitude -
                                                                             97.76666.
Fort Bliss, TX...........................  Army...........................  30 kilometer radius centered on
                                                                             latitude 31.8075 and longitude -
                                                                             106.42166.
Yuma Proving Ground, AZ..................  Army...........................  30 kilometer radius centered on
                                                                             latitude 32.48333 and longitude -
                                                                             114.33333.
Fort Huachuca, AZ........................  Army...........................  30 kilometer radius centered on
                                                                             latitude 31.55 and longitude -
                                                                             110.35.
White Sands Missile Range, NM............  Army...........................  30 kilometer radius centered on
                                                                             latitude 33.35 and longitude -
                                                                             106.3.
Edwards AFB, CA..........................  Air Force......................  20 kilometer radius centered on
                                                                             latitude 34.922905 and longitude -
                                                                             117.891219.
Moody Air Force Base, GA.................  Air Force......................  30 kilometer radius centered on
                                                                             latitude 30.96694 and longitude -
                                                                             83.185.
Hurlburt Air Force Base, FL..............  Air Force......................  30 kilometer radius centered on
                                                                             latitude 30.42388 and longitude -
                                                                             86.70694.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (c) In addition to the locations listed in table 4 to paragraph (b) 
of this section, requests may be submitted to the Commission for access 
to the 37.6-38.6 GHz band for specific additional military bases and 
ranges for the purpose of defense applications or national security when 
the proposed military operations cannot be accommodated in the 37-37.6 
GHz band.

[81 FR 79937, Nov. 14, 2016, as amended at 84 FR 18405, May 1, 2019; 84 
FR 20820, May 13, 2019]



Sec.  30.206  International coordination.

    Operations in the 27.5-28.35 GHz, 37-38.6, and 38.6-40 GHz bands are 
subject to existing and future international agreements with Canada and 
Mexico.



Sec.  30.207  Radio frequency (RF) safety.

    Licensees and manufacturers are subject to the radio frequency 
radiation exposure requirements specified in Sec. Sec.  1.1307(b), 
1.1310, 2.1091, and 2.1093 of this chapter, as appropriate. Applications 
for equipment authorization of mobile or portable devices operating 
under this section must contain a statement confirming compliance with 
these requirements. Technical information showing the basis for this 
statement must be submitted to the Commission upon request.



Sec.  30.208  Operability.

    Mobile and transportable stations that operate on any portion of 
frequencies within the 27.5-28.35 GHz or the 37-40 GHz bands must be 
capable of operating on all frequencies within those particular bands. 
Mobile and transportable stations that operate on any portion of either 
the 24.25-24.45 GHz or 24.75-25.25 GHz bands must be capable of 
operating on all frequencies within both of those bands.

[83 FR 34492, July 20, 2018]



Sec.  30.209  Duplexing.

    Stations authorized under this rule part may employ frequency 
division duplexing, time division duplexing, or any other duplexing 
scheme, provided

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that they comply with the other technical and operational requirements 
specified in this part.



                Subpart D_Competitive Bidding Procedures



Sec.  30.301  Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service subject to 
competitive bidding.

    Mutually exclusive initial applications for Upper Microwave Flexible 
User Service licenses are subject to competitive bidding. The general 
competitive bidding procedures set forth in part 1, subpart Q of this 
chapter will apply unless otherwise provided in this subpart.



Sec.  30.302  Designated entities and bidding credits.

    (a) Eligibility for small business provisions. (1) A small business 
is an entity that, together with its affiliates, its controlling 
interests and the affiliates of its controlling interests, have average 
gross revenues that are not more than $55 million for the preceding 
three (3) years.
    (2) A very small business is an entity that, together with its 
affiliates, its controlling interests and the affiliates of its 
controlling interests, has average gross revenues that are not more than 
$20 million for the preceding three (3) years.
    (b) Bidding credits. A winning bidder that qualifies as a small 
business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of small 
businesses may use a bidding credit of 15 percent, as specified in Sec.  
1.2110(f)(2)(i)(C) of this chapter. A winning bidder that qualifies as a 
very small business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of very 
small businesses may use a bidding credit of 25 percent, as specified in 
Sec.  1.2110(f)(2)(i)(B) of this chapter.
    (c) A rural service provider, as defined in Sec.  1.2110(f)(4) of 
this chapter, who has not claimed a small business bidding credit may 
use a bidding credit of 15 percent bidding credit, as specified in Sec.  
1.2110(f)(4)(i) of this chapter.



 Subpart E_Special Provisions for Fixed Point-to-Point, Fixed Point-to-
  Multipoint Hub Stations, and Fixed Point-to-Multipoint User Stations



Sec.  30.401  Permissible service.

    Stations authorized under this subpart may deploy stations used 
solely as fixed point-to-point stations, fixed point-to-multipoint hub 
stations, or fixed point-to-multipoint user stations, as defined in 
Sec.  30.2, subject to the technical and operational requirements 
specified in this subpart.



Sec.  30.402  Frequency tolerance.

    The carrier frequency of each transmitter authorized under this 
subpart must be maintained within the following percentage of the 
reference frequency (unless otherwise specified in the instrument of 
station authorization the reference frequency will be deemed to be the 
assigned frequency):

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Frequency
                     Frequency (MHz)                         tolerance
                                                             (percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
27,500 to 28,350........................................           0.001
38,600 to 40,000........................................            0.03
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Sec.  30.403  Bandwidth.

    (a) Stations under this subpart will be authorized any type of 
emission, method of modulation, and transmission characteristic, 
consistent with efficient use of the spectrum and good engineering 
practice.
    (b) The maximum bandwidth authorized per frequency to stations under 
this subpart is set out in the table that follows.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Maximum
                  Frequency band (MHz)                      authorized
                                                             bandwidth
------------------------------------------------------------------------
27,500 to 28,350........................................        850 MHz.
38,600 to 40,000........................................     200 MHz.\1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ For channel block assignments in the 38,600-40,000 MHz bands when
  adjacent channels are aggregated, equipment is permitted to operate
  over the full channel block aggregation without restriction.



Sec.  30.404  Emission limits.

    (a) The mean power of emissions must be attenuated below the mean 
output power of the transmitter in accordance with the following 
schedule:

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    (1) When using transmissions other than those employing digital 
modulation techniques:
    (i) On any frequency removed from the assigned frequency by more 
than 50 percent up to and including 100 percent of the authorized 
bandwidth: At least 25 decibels;
    (ii) On any frequency removed from the assigned frequency by more 
than 100 percent up to and including 250 percent of the authorized 
bandwidth: At least 35 decibels;
    (iii) On any frequency removed from the assigned frequency by more 
than 250 percent of the authorized bandwidth: At least 43 + 10 
Log10 (mean output power in watts) decibels, or 80 decibels, 
whichever is the lesser attenuation.
    (2) When using transmissions employing digital modulation techniques 
in situations not covered in this section:
    (i) In any 1 MHz band, the center frequency of which is removed from 
the assigned frequency by more than 50 percent up to and including 250 
percent of the authorized bandwidth: As specified by the following 
equation but in no event less than 11 decibels:

A = 11 + 0.4(P-50) + 10 Log10 B. (Attenuation greater than 56 
decibels or to an absolute power of less than -13 dBm/1MHz is not 
required.)
    (ii) In any 1 MHz band, the center frequency of which is removed 
from the assigned frequency by more than 250 percent of the authorized 
bandwidth: At least 43 + 10 Log10 (the mean output power in 
watts) decibels, or 80 decibels, whichever is the lesser attenuation. 
The authorized bandwidth includes the nominal radio frequency bandwidth 
of an individual transmitter/modulator in block-assigned bands. 
Equipment licensed prior to April 1, 2005 shall only be required to meet 
this standard in any 4 kHz band.
    (iii) The emission mask in paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section 
applies only to the band edge of each block of spectrum, but not to 
subchannels established by licensees. The value of P in the equation is 
the percentage removed from the carrier frequency and assumes that the 
carrier frequency is the center of the actual bandwidth used. The 
emission mask can be satisfied by locating a carrier of the subchannel 
sufficiently far from the channel edges so that the emission levels of 
the mask are satisfied. The emission mask shall use a value B 
(bandwidth) of 40 MHz, for all cases even in the case where a narrower 
subchannel is used (for instance the actual bandwidth is 10 MHz) and the 
mean output power used in the calculation is the sum of the output power 
of a fully populated channel. For block assigned channels, the out-of-
band emission limits apply only outside the assigned band of operation 
and not within the band.
    (b) [Reserved]



Sec.  30.405  Transmitter power limitations.

    On any authorized frequency, the average power delivered to an 
antenna in this service must be the minimum amount of power necessary to 
carry out the communications desired. Application of this principle 
includes, but is not to be limited to, requiring a licensee who replaces 
one or more of its antennas with larger antennas to reduce its antenna 
input power by an amount appropriate to compensate for the increased 
primary lobe gain of the replacement antenna(s). In no event shall the 
average equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP), as referenced to 
an isotropic radiator, exceed the following:

                         Maximum Allowable EIRP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  Frequency band (MHz)                      Fixed (dBW)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
27,500-28,350\1\........................................            + 55
38,600-40,000...........................................            + 55
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ For Point-to-multipoint user stations authorized in these bands, the
  EIRP shall not exceed 55 dBw or 42 dBw/MHz.



Sec.  30.406  Directional antennas.

    (a) Unless otherwise authorized upon specific request by the 
applicant, each station authorized under the rules of this subpart must 
employ a directional antenna adjusted with the center of the major lobe 
of radiation in the horizontal plane directed toward the receiving 
station with which it communicates: provided, however, where a station 
communicates with more than one point, a multi- or omni-directional 
antenna may be authorized if necessary.
    (b) Fixed stations (other than temporary fixed stations) must employ 
transmitting and receiving antennas

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(excluding second receiving antennas for operations such as space 
diversity) meeting the appropriate performance Standard A indicated in 
the table to this section, except that in areas not subject to frequency 
congestion, antennas meeting performance Standard B may be used. For 
frequencies with a Standard B1 and a Standard B2, in order to comply 
with Standard B an antenna must fully meet either Standard B1 or 
Standard B2. Licensees shall comply with the antenna standards table 
shown in this paragraph in the following manner:
    (1) With either the maximum beamwidth to 3 dB points requirement or 
with the minimum antenna gain requirement; and
    (2) With the minimum radiation suppression to angle requirement.

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                                                                                                              Minimum radiation suppression to angle in degrees from centerline of main beam in
                                                                                                   Minimum                                         decibels
                                                                       Maximum beamwidth to 3 dB   antenna  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Frequency (MHz)                       Category            points\1\ (included angle     gain                10[deg]
                                                                              in degrees)           (dbi)    5[deg] to      to     15[deg] to  20[deg] to   30[deg] to  100[deg] to  140[deg] to
                                                                                                              10[deg]    15[deg]     20[deg]     30[deg]     100[deg]     140[deg]     180[deg]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
38,600 to 40,000 \2\....................  A.........................  n/a.......................         38         25         29          33          36           42           55           55
                                          B.........................  n/a.......................         38         20         24          28          32           35           36           36
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ If a licensee chooses to show compliance using maximum beamwidth to 3 dB points, the beamwidth limit shall apply in both the azimuth and the elevation planes.
\2\ Stations authorized to operate in the 38,600-40,000 MHz band may use antennas other than those meeting the Category A standard. However, the Commission may require the use of higher
  performance antennas where interference problems can be resolved by the use of such antennas.


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Sec.  30.407  Antenna polarization.

    In the 27,500-28,350 MHz band, system operators are permitted to use 
any polarization within its service area, but only vertical and/or 
horizontal polarization for antennas located within 20 kilometers of the 
outermost edge of their service area.



PART 32_UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
COMPANIES--Table of Contents



                            Subpart A_Preface

Sec.
32.1 Background.
32.2 Basis of the accounts.
32.3 [Reserved]
32.4 Communications Act.

                     Subpart B_General Instructions

32.11 Companies subject to this part.
32.12 Records.
32.13 Accounts--general.
32.14 Regulated accounts.
32.15 [Reserved]
32.16 Changes in accounting standards.
32.17 Interpretation of accounts.
32.18 Waivers.
32.19 Address for reports and correspondence.
32.20 Numbering convention.
32.21 Sequence of accounts.
32.22 Comprehensive interperiod tax allocation.
32.23 Nonregulated activities.
32.24 Compensated absences.
32.25 Unusual items and contingent liabilities.
32.26 Materiality.
32.27 Transactions with affiliates.

            Subpart C_Instructions for Balance Sheet Accounts

32.101 Structure of the balance sheet accounts.
32.102 Nonregulated investments.
32.103 Balance sheet accounts for other than regulated-fixed assets to 
          be maintained.
32.1120 Cash and equivalents.
32.1170 Receivables.
32.1171 Allowance for doubtful accounts.
32.1191 Accounts receivable allowance--other.
32.1220 Inventories.
32.1280 Prepayments.
32.1350 Other current assets.
32.1406 Nonregulated investments.
32.1410 Other noncurrent assets.
32.1438 Deferred maintenance and retirements.
32.1500 Other jurisdictional assets--net.
32.2000 Instructions for telecommunications plant accounts.
32.2001 Telecommunications plant in service.
32.2002 Property held for future telecommunications use.
32.2003 Telecommunications plant under construction.
32.2005 Telecommunications plant adjustment.
32.2006 Nonoperating plant.
32.2007 Goodwill.
32.2110 Land and support assets.
32.2111 Land.
32.2112 Motor vehicles.
32.2113 Aircraft.
32.2114 Tools and other work equipment.
32.2121 Buildings.
32.2122 Furniture.
32.2123 Office equipment.
32.2124 General purpose computers.
32.2210 Central office--switching.
32.2211 Non-digital switching.
32.2212 Digital electronic switching.
32.2220 Operator systems.
32.2230 Central office--transmission.
32.2231 Radio systems.
32.2232 Circuit equipment.
32.2310 Information origination/termination.
32.2311 Station apparatus.
32.2341 Large private branch exchanges.
32.2351 Public telephone terminal equipment.
32.2362 Other terminal equipment.
32.2410 Cable and wire facilities.
32.2411 Poles.
32.2421 Aerial cable.
32.2422 Underground cable.
32.2423 Buried cable.
32.2424 Submarine & deep sea cable.
32.2426 Intrabuilding network cable.
32.2431 Aerial wire.
32.2441 Conduit systems.
32.2680 Amortizable tangible assets.
32.2681 Capital leases.
32.2682 Leasehold improvements.
32.2690 Intangibles.
32.3000 Instructions for balance sheet accounts--depreciation and 
          amortization.
32.3100 Accumulated depreciation.
32.3200 Accumulated depreciation--held for future telecommunications 
          use.
32.3300 Accumulated depreciation--nonoperating.
32.3400 Accumulated amortization--tangible.
32.3410 Accumulated amortization--capitalized leases.
32.3999 Instructions for balance sheet accounts--liabilities and 
          stockholders' equity.
32.4000 Current accounts and notes payable.
32.4040 Customers' deposits.
32.4070 Income taxes--accrued.
32.4080 Other taxes--accrued.

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32.4100 Net current deferred operating income taxes.
32.4110 Net current deferred nonoperating income taxes.
32.4130 Other current liabilities.
32.4200 Long term debt and funded debt.
32.4300 Other long-term liabilities and deferred credits.
32.4320 Unamortized operating investment tax credits--net.
32.4330 Unamortized nonoperating investment tax credits--net.
32.4340 Net noncurrent deferred operating income taxes.
32.4341 Net deferred tax liability adjustments.
32.4350 Net noncurrent deferred nonoperating income taxes.
32.4361 Deferred tax regulatory adjustments--net.
32.4370 Other jurisdictional liabilities and deferred credits--net.
32.4510 Capital stock.
32.4520 Additional paid-in capital.
32.4530 Treasury stock.
32.4540 Other capital.
32.4550 Retained earnings.

               Subpart D_Instructions for Revenue Accounts

32.4999 General.
32.5000 Basic local service revenue.
32.5001 Basic area revenue.
32.5002 Optional extended area revenue.
32.5003 Cellular mobile revenue.
32.5040 Private line revenue.
32.5060 Other basic area revenue.
32.5081 End user revenue.
32.5082 Switched access revenue.
32.5083 Special access revenue.
32.5100 Long distance message revenue.
32.5200 Miscellaneous revenue.
32.5230 Directory revenue.
32.5280 Nonregulated operating revenue.
32.5300 Uncollectible revenue.

               Subpart E_Instructions for Expense Accounts

32.5999 General.
32.6110 Network support expenses.
32.6112 Motor vehicle expense.
32.6113 Aircraft expense.
32.6114 Tools and other work equipment expense.
32.6120 General support expenses.
32.6121 Land and building expense.
32.6122 Furniture and artworks expense.
32.6123 Office equipment expense.
32.6124 General purpose computers expense.
32.6210 Central office switching expenses.
32.6211 Non-digital switching expense.
32.6212 Digital electronic switching expense.
32.6220 Operator systems expense.
32.6230 Central office transmission expense.
32.6231 Radio systems expense.
32.6232 Circuit equipment expense.
32.6310 Information origination/termination expenses.
32.6311 Station apparatus expense.
32.6341 Large private branch exchange expense.
32.6351 Public telephone terminal equipment expense.
32.6362 Other terminal equipment expense.
32.6410 Cable and wire facilities expenses.
32.6411 Poles expense.
32.6421 Aerial cable expense.
32.6422 Underground cable expense.
32.6423 Buried cable expense.
32.6424 Submarine and deep sea cable expense.
32.6426 Intrabuilding network cable expense.
32.6431 Aerial wire expense.
32.6441 Conduit systems expense.
32.6510 Other property, plant and equipment expenses.
32.6511 Property held for future telecommunications use expense.
32.6512 Provisioning expense.
32.6530 Network operations expenses.
32.6531 Power expense.
32.6532 Network administration expense.
32.6533 Testing expense.
32.6534 Plant operations administration expense.
32.6535 Engineering expense.
32.6540 Access expense.
32.6560 Depreciation and amortization expenses.
32.6561 Depreciation expense--telecommunications plant in service.
32.6562 Depreciation expense--property held for future 
          telecommunications use.
32.6563 Amortization expense--tangible.
32.6564 Amortization expense--intangible.
32.6565 Amortization expense--other.
32.6610 Marketing.
32.6611 Product management and sales.
32.6613 Product advertising.
32.6620 Services.
32.6621 Call completion services.
32.6622 Number services.
32.6623 Customer services.
32.6720 General and administrative.
32.6790 Provision for uncollectible notes receivable.

            Subpart F_Instructions for Other Income Accounts

32.6999 General.
32.7100 Other operating income and expenses.
32.7199 Content of accounts.
32.7200 Operating taxes.
32.7210 Operating investment tax credits--net.
32.7220 Operating Federal income taxes.
32.7230 Operating state and local income taxes.
32.7240 Operating other taxes.

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32.7250 Provision for deferred operating income taxes--net.
32.7300 Nonoperating income and expense.
32.7400 Nonoperating taxes.
32.7500 Interest and related items.
32.7600 Extraordinary items.
32.7899 Content of accounts.
32.7910 Income effect of jurisdictional ratemaking differences--net.
32.7990 Nonregulated net income.

                           Subpart G_Glossary

32.9000 Glossary of terms.

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 219, 220 as amended, unless otherwise noted.

    Source: 51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, unless otherwise noted.



                            Subpart A_Preface



Sec.  32.1  Background.

    The revised Uniform System of Accounts (USOA) is a historical 
financial accounting system which reports the results of operational and 
financial events in a manner which enables both management and 
regulators to assess these results within a specified accounting period. 
The USOA also provides the financial community and others with financial 
performance results. In order for an accounting system to fulfill these 
purposes, it must exhibit consistency and stability in financial 
reporting (including the results published for regulatory purposes). 
Accordingly, the USOA has been designed to reflect stable, recurring 
financial data based to the extent regulatory considerations permit upon 
the consistency of the well-established body of accounting theories and 
principles commonly referred to as generally accepted accounting 
principles (GAAP). The rules of this part, and any other rules or orders 
that are derivative of or dependent on the rules in this part, do not 
apply to price cap companies, and rate-of-return telephone companies 
offering business data services pursuant to Sec.  61.50 of this chapter, 
that have opted-out of USOA requirements pursuant to the conditions 
specified by the Commission in Sec.  32.11(g).

[83 FR 67121, Dec. 28, 2018]



Sec.  32.2  Basis of the accounts.

    (a) The financial accounts of a company are used to record, in 
monetary terms, the basic transactions which occur. Certain natural 
groupings of these transactions are called (in different contexts) 
transaction cycles, business processes, functions or activities. The 
concept, however, is the same in each case; i.e., the natural groupings 
represent what happens within the company on a consistent and continuing 
basis. This repetitive nature of the natural groupings, over long 
periods of time, lends an element of stability to the financial account 
structure.
    (b) Within the telecommunications industry companies, certain 
recurring functions (natural groupings) do take place in the course of 
providing products and services to customers. These accounts reflect, to 
the extent feasible, those functions. For example, the primary bases of 
the accounts containing the investment in telecommunications plant are 
the functions performed by the assets. In addition, because of the 
anticipated effects of future innovations, the telecommunications plant 
accounts are intended to permit technological distinctions. Similarly, 
the primary bases of plant operations, customer operations and corporate 
operations expense accounts are the functions performed by individuals. 
The revenue accounts, on the other hand, reflect a market perspective of 
natural groupings based primarily upon the products and services 
purchased by customers.
    (c) In the course of developing the bases for this account 
structure, several other alternatives were explored. It was, for 
example, determined that, because of the variety and continual changing 
of various cost allocation mechanisms, the financial accounts of a 
company should not reflect an a priori allocation of revenues, 
investments or expenses to products or services, jurisdictions or 
organizational structures. (Note also Sec.  32.14 (c) and (d) of subpart 
B.) It was also determined that costs (in the case of assets) should not 
be recorded based solely upon physical attributes such as location, 
description or size.
    (d) Care has been taken in this account structure to avoid confusing 
a function with an organizational responsibility, particularly as it 
relates

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to the expense accounts. Whereas in the past, specific organizations may 
have performed specific functions, the future environment with its 
increasing mechanization and other changes will result in entirely new 
or restructured organizations. Thus, any relationships drawn between 
organizations and accounts would become increasingly meaningless with 
the passage of time.
    (e) These accounts, then, are intended to reflect a functional and 
technological view of the telecommunications industry. This view will 
provide a stable and consistent foundation for the recording of 
financial data.
    (f) The financial data contained in the accounts, together with the 
detailed information contained in the underlying financial and other 
subsidiary records required by this Commission, will provide the 
information necessary to support separations, cost of service and 
management reporting requirements. The basic account structure has been 
designed to remain stable as reporting requirements change.



Sec.  32.3  [Reserved]



Sec.  32.4  Communications Act.

    Attention is directed to the following extract from section 220 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. 220 (1984):

    (e) Any person who shall willfully make any false entry in the 
accounts of any book of accounts or in any record or memoranda kept by 
any such carrier, or who shall willfully destroy, mutilate, alter, or by 
any other means or device falsify any such account, record, or 
memoranda, or who shall willfully neglect or fail to make full, true, 
and correct entries in such accounts, records, or memoranda of all facts 
and transactions appertaining to the business of the carrier, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject, upon conviction, 
to a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000 or imprisonment 
for a term of not less than one year nor more than three years, or both 
such fine and imprisonment: Provided, that the Commission may in its 
discretion issue orders specifying such operating, accounting or 
financial papers, records, books, blanks, or documents which may, after 
a reasonable time, be destroyed, and prescribing the length of time such 
books, papers, or documents shall be preserved.


For regulations governing the periods for which records are to be 
retained, see part 42, Preservation of Records of Communications Common 
Carriers, of this chapter which relates to preservation of records.



                     Subpart B_General Instructions



Sec.  32.11  Companies subject to this part.

    (a) This part applies to every incumbent local exchange carrier, as 
defined in section 251(h) of the Communications Act, and any other 
carrier that the Commission designates by order. This part refers to 
such carriers as ``companies'' or ``Class B companies.'' Incumbent local 
exchange carriers' successor or assign companies, as defined in section 
251(h)(1)(B)(ii) of the Communications Act, that are found to be non-
dominant by the Commission, will not be subject to this Uniform System 
of Accounts.
    (b)--(f) [Reserved]
    (g) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this section, a price cap 
company, or a rate-of-return telephone company offering business data 
services pursuant to Sec.  61.50 of this chapter, that elects to 
calculate its pole attachment rates pursuant to Sec.  1.1406(e) of this 
chapter will not be subject to this Uniform System of Accounts.

[67 FR 5679, Feb. 6, 2002, as amended at 69 FR 53648, Sept. 2, 2004; 82 
FR 20840, May 4, 2017; 83 FR 67121, Dec. 28, 2018]



Sec.  32.12  Records.

    (a) The company's financial records shall be kept in accordance with 
generally accepted accounting principles to the extent permitted by this 
system of accounts.
    (b) The company's financial records shall be kept with sufficient 
particularity to show fully the facts pertaining to all entries in these 
accounts. The detail records shall be filed in such manner as to be 
readily accessible for examination by representatives of this 
Commission.
    (c) The Commission shall require a company to maintain financial and 
other subsidiary records in such a manner that specific information, of 
a type not warranting disclosure as an account or subaccount, will be 
readily available. When this occurs, or where

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the full information is not otherwise recorded in the general books, the 
subsidiary records shall be maintained in sufficient detail to 
facilitate the reporting of the required specific information. The 
subsidiary records, in which the full details are shown, shall be 
sufficiently referenced to permit ready identification and examination 
by representatives of this Commission.



Sec.  32.13  Accounts--general.

    (a) As a general rule, all accounts kept by reporting companies 
shall conform in numbers and titles to those prescribed herein. However, 
reporting companies may use different numbers for internal purposes when 
separate accounts (or subaccounts) maintained are consistent with the 
title and content of accounts and subaccounts prescribed in this system.
    (1) A company may subdivide any of the accounts prescribed. The 
titles of all such subaccounts shall refer by number or title to the 
controlling account.
    (2) A company may establish temporary or experimental accounts 
without prior notice to the Commission.
    (b) Exercise of the preceding options shall be allowed only if the 
integrity of the prescribed accounts is not impaired.
    (c) As of the date a company becomes subject to the system of 
accounts, the company is authorized to make any such subdivisions, 
reclassifications or consolidations of existing balances as are 
necessary to meet the requirements of this system of accounts.
    (d) Nothing contained in this part shall prohibit or excuse any 
company, receiver, or operating trustee of any carrier from subdividing 
the accounts hereby prescribed for the purpose of:
    (1) Complying with the requirements of the state commission(s) 
having jurisdiction; or
    (2) Securing the information required in the prescribed reports to 
such commission(s).
    (e) Where the use of subsidiary records is considered necessary in 
order to secure the information required in reports to any state 
commission, the company shall incorporate the following controls into 
their accounting system with respect to such subsidiary records:
    (1) Subsidiary records shall be reconciled to the company's general 
ledger or books of original entry, as appropriate.
    (2) The company shall adequately document the accounting procedures 
related to subsidiary records.
    (3) The subsidiary records shall be maintained at an adequate level 
of detail to satisfy state regulators.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 65 FR 16334, Mar. 28, 2000; 67 
FR 5679, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.14  Regulated accounts.

    (a) In the context of this part, the regulated accounts shall be 
interpreted to include the investments, revenues and expenses associated 
with those telecommunications products and services to which the tariff 
filing requirements contained in Title II of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, are applied, except as may be otherwise provided by 
the Commission. Regulated telecommunications products and services are 
thereby fully subject to the accounting requirements as specified in 
Title II of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and as detailed 
in subparts A through F of this part of the Commission's Rules and 
Regulations.
    (b) In addition to those amounts considered to be regulated by the 
provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, those telecommunications 
products and services to which the tariff filing requirements of the 
several state jurisdictions are applied shall be accounted for as 
regulated, except where such treatment is proscribed or otherwise 
excluded from the requirements pertaining to regulated 
telecommunications products and services by this Commission.
    (c) In the application of detailed accounting requirements contained 
in this part, when a regulated activity involves the common or joint use 
of assets and resources in the provision of regulated and nonregulated 
products and services, companies shall account for these activities 
within the accounts prescribed in this system for telephone company 
operations. Assets and expenses shall be subdivided in subsidiary

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records among amounts solely assignable to nonregulated activities, 
amounts solely assignable to regulated activities, and amounts related 
to assets used and expenses incurred jointly or in common, which will be 
allocated between regulated and nonregulated activities. Companies shall 
submit reports identifying regulated and nonregulated amounts in the 
manner and at the times prescribed by this Commission. Nonregulated 
revenue items not qualifying for incidental treatment, as provided in 
Sec.  32.4999(l), shall be recorded in Account 5280, Nonregulated 
operating revenue.
    (d) Other income items which are incidental to the provision of 
regulated products and services shall be accounted for as regulated 
activities.
    (e) All costs and revenues related to the offering of regulated 
products and services which result from arrangements for joint 
participation or apportionment between two or more telephone companies 
(e.g., joint operating agreements, settlement agreements, cost-pooling 
agreements) shall be recorded within the detailed accounts. Under joint 
operating agreements, the creditor will initially charge the entire 
expenses to the appropriate primary accounts. The proportion of such 
expenses borne by the debtor shall be credited by the creditor and 
charged by the debtor to the account initially charged. Any allowances 
for return on property used will be accounted for as provided in Account 
5200, Miscellaneous revenue.
    (f) All items of nonregulated revenue, investment and expense that 
are not properly includible in the detailed, regulated accounts 
prescribed in subparts A through F of this part, as determined by 
paragraphs (a) through (e) of this section shall be accounted for and 
included in reports to this Commission as specified in Sec.  32.23 of 
this subpart.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 6560, Mar. 4, 1987; 53 
FR 49321, Dec. 7, 1988; 67 FR 5679, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.15  [Reserved]



Sec.  32.16  Changes in accounting standards.

    (a) The company's records and accounts shall be adjusted to apply 
new accounting standards prescribed by the Financial Accounting 
Standards Board or successor authoritative accounting standard-setting 
groups, in a manner consistent with generally accepted accounting 
principles. The change in an accounting standard will automatically take 
effect 90 days after the company informs this Commission of its 
intention to follow the new standard, unless the Commission notifies the 
company to the contrary. Any change adopted shall be disclosed in annual 
reports required by Sec.  43.21(f) of this chapter in the year of 
adoption.
    (b) The changes in accounting standards which this Commission 
approves will not necessarily be binding on the ratemaking practices of 
the various state commissions.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 64 FR 50007, Sept. 15, 1999; 
67 FR 5679, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.17  Interpretation of accounts.

    To the end that uniform accounting shall be maintained within the 
prescribed system, questions involving significant matters which are not 
clearly provided for shall be submitted to the Chief, Wireline 
Competition Bureau, for explanation, interpretation, or resolution. 
Questions and answers thereto with respect to this system of accounts 
will be maintained by the Wireline Competition Bureau.

[67 FR 13225, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  32.18  Waivers.

    A waiver from any provision of this system of accounts shall be made 
by the Federal Communications Commission upon its own initiative or upon 
the submission of written request therefor from any telecommunications 
company, or group of telecommunications companies, provided that such a 
waiver is in the public interest and each request for waiver expressly 
demonstrates that: existing peculiarities or unusual circumstances 
warrant a departure from a prescribed procedure or technique; a 
specifically defined alternative procedure or technique will result in a 
substantially equivalent or more accurate portrayal of operating results 
or financial condition, consistent with the principles embodied in

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the provisions of this system of accounts; and the application of such 
alternative procedure will maintain or improve uniformity in substantive 
results as among telecommunications companies.



Sec.  32.19  Address for reports and correspondence.

    Reports, statements, and correspondence submitted to the Federal 
Communications Commission in accordance with or relating to instructions 
and requirements contained herein shall be addressed to the Wireless 
Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 
20554.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 13225, Mar. 21, 2002]



Sec.  32.20  Numbering convention.

    (a) The number ``32'' (appearing to the left of the first decimal 
point) indicates the part number.
    (b) The numbers immediately following to the right of the decimal 
point indicate, respectively, the section or account. All Part 32 
Account numbers contain 4 digits to-the-right-of the decimal point.
    (c) Cross references to accounts are made by citing the account 
numbers to the right of the decimal point; e.g., Account 2232 rather 
than the corresponding complete part 32 reference number 32.2232.



Sec.  32.21  Sequence of accounts.

    The order in which the accounts are presented in this system of 
accounts is not to be considered as necessarily indicative of the order 
in which they will be scheduled at all times in reports to this 
Commission.



Sec.  32.22  Comprehensive interperiod tax allocation.

    (a) Companies shall apply interperiod tax allocation (tax 
normalization) to all book/tax temporary differences which would be 
considered material for published financial report purposes. 
Furthermore, companies shall also apply interperiod tax allocation if 
any item or group of similar items when aggregated would yield debit or 
credit entries which exceed or would exceed 5 percent of the gross 
deferred income tax expense debits or credits during any calendar year 
over the life of the temporary difference. The tax effects of book/tax 
temporary differences shall be normalized and the deferrals shall be 
included in the following accounts:

4100, Net Current Deferred Operating Income Taxes;
4110, Net Current Deferred Nonoperating Income Taxes;
4340, Net Noncurrent Deferred Operating Income Taxes;
4350, Net Noncurrent Deferred Nonoperating Income Taxes.

    In lieu of the accounting prescribed herein, any company shall treat 
the increase or reduction in current income taxes payable resulting from 
the use of flow through accounting in prior years as an increase or 
reduction in current tax expense.
    (b) Supporting documentation shall be maintained so as to separately 
identify the amount of deferred taxes which arise from the use of an 
accelerated method of depreciation.
    (c) Subsidiary records shall be used to reduce the deferred tax 
assets contained in the accounts specified in paragraph (a) of this 
section when it is likely that some portion or all of the deferred tax 
asset will not be realized. The amount recorded in the subsidiary record 
should be sufficient to reduce the deferred tax asset to the amount that 
is likely to be realized.
    (d) The records supporting the activity in the deferred income tax 
accounts shall be maintained in sufficient detail to identify the nature 
of the specific temporary differences giving rise to both the debits and 
credits to the individual accounts.
    (e) Any company that uses accelerated depreciation (or recognizes 
taxable income or losses upon the retirement of property) for income tax 
purposes shall normalize the tax differentials occasioned thereby as 
indicated in paragraphs (e)(1) and (e)(2) of this section.
    (1) With respect to the retirement of property the book/tax 
difference between (i) the recognition of proceeds as income and the 
accrual for salvage value and (ii) the book and tax capital recovery, 
shall be normalized.
    (2) Records shall be maintained so as to show the deferred tax 
amounts by vintage year separately for each class

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or subclass of eligible depreciable telephone plant for which an 
accelerated method of depreciation has been used for income tax 
purposes. When property is transferred to nonregulated activities, the 
associated deferred income taxes and unamortized investment tax credits 
shall also be identified and transferred to the appropriate nonregulated 
accounts.
    (f) The tax differentials to be normalized as specified in this 
section shall also encompass the additional effect of state and local 
income tax changes on Federal income taxes produced by the provision for 
deferred state and local income taxes for book/tax temporary differences 
related to such income taxes.
    (g) Companies that receive the tax benefits from the filing of a 
consolidated income tax return by the parent company, (pursuant to 
closing agreements with the Internal Revenue Service, effective January 
1, 1966) representing the deferred income taxes from the elimination of 
intercompany profits for income tax purposes on sales of regulated 
equipment, may credit such deferred taxes directly to the plant account 
which contains such intercompany profit rather than crediting such 
deferred taxes to the applicable accounts in paragraph (a) of this 
section. If the deferred income taxes are recorded as a reduction of the 
appropriate plant accounts, such reduction shall be treated as reducing 
the original cost of the plant and accounted for as such.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 59 FR 9418, Feb. 28, 1994]



Sec.  32.23  Nonregulated activities.

    (a) This section describes the accounting treatment of activities 
classified for accounting purposes as ``nonregulated.'' Preemptively 
deregulated activities and activities (other than incidental activities) 
never subject to regulation will be classified for accounting purposes 
as ``nonregulated.'' Activities that qualify for incidental treatment 
under the policies of this Commission will be classified for accounting 
purposes as regulated activities. Activities that have been deregulated 
by a state will be classified for accounting purposes as regulated 
activities. Activities that have been deregulated at the interstate 
level, but not preemptively deregulated, will be classified for 
accounting purposes as regulated activities until such time as this 
Commission decides otherwise. The treatment of nonregulated activities 
shall differ depending on the extent of the common or joint use of 
assets and resources in the provision of both regulated and nonregulated 
products and services.
    (b) When a nonregulated activity does not involve the joint or 
common use of assets and resources in the provision of both regulated 
and nonregulated products and services, carriers shall account for these 
activities on a separate set of books consistent with instructions set 
forth in Sec. Sec.  32.1406 and 32.7990. Transfers of assets, and sales 
of products and services between the regulated activity and a 
nonregulated activity for which a separate set of books is maintained, 
shall be accounted for in accordance with the rules presented in Sec.  
32.27, Transactions with Affiliates. In the separate set of books, 
carriers may establish whatever detail they deem appropriate beyond what 
is necessary to provide this Commission with the information required in 
Sec. Sec.  32.1406 and 32.7990.
    (c) When a nonregulated activity does involve the joint or common 
use of assets and resources in the provision of regulated and 
nonregulated products and services, carriers shall account for these 
activities within accounts prescribed in this system for telephone 
company operations. Assets and expenses shall be subdivided in 
subsidiary records among amounts solely assignable to nonregulated 
activities, amounts solely assignable to regulated activities, and 
amounts related to assets and expenses incurred jointly or in common, 
which will be allocated between regulated and nonregulated activities. 
Carriers shall submit reports identifying regulated and nonregulated 
amounts in the manner and at the times prescribed by this Commission. 
Nonregulated revenue items not qualifying for incidental treatment as 
provided in Sec.  32.4999(l) of this part, shall be recorded in separate 
subsidiary record

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categories of Account 5280, Nonregulated operating revenue. Amounts 
assigned or allocated to regulated products or services shall be subject 
to part 36 of this chapter.

[52 FR 6560, Mar. 4, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 49322, Dec. 7, 1988; 59 
FR 46930, Sept. 13, 1994; 64 FR 50007, Sept. 15, 1999]



Sec.  32.24  Compensated absences.

    (a) Companies shall record a liability and charge the appropriate 
expense accounts for compensated absences (vacations, sick leave, etc.) 
in the year in which these benefits are earned by employees.
    (b) With respect to the liability that exists for compensated 
absences which is not yet recorded on the books as of the effective date 
of this part, the liability shall be recorded in Account 4130. Other 
current liabilities, with a corresponding entry to Account 1438, 
Deferred maintenance, retirements and other deferred charges. This 
deferred charge shall be amortized on a straight-line basis over a 
period of ten years.
    (c) Records shall be maintained so as to show that no more than ten 
percent of the deferred charge is being amortized each year.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5679, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.25  Unusual items and contingent liabilities.

    Extraordinary items, prior period adjustments, and contingent 
liabilities may be recorded in the company's books of account without 
prior Commission approval.

[65 FR 16334, Mar. 28, 2000]



Sec.  32.26  Materiality.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, companies 
may abide by the materiality standards of GAAP when implementing this 
system of accounts.
    (b) For companies that receive High-Cost Loop Support, or Connect 
America Fund Broadband Loop Support, materiality shall be determined 
consistent with the general materiality guidelines promulgated by the 
Auditing Standards Board.

[82 FR 20840, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.27  Transactions with affiliates.

    (a) Unless otherwise approved by the Chief, Wireline Competition 
Bureau, transactions with affiliates involving asset transfers into or 
out of the regulated accounts shall be recorded by the carrier in its 
regulated accounts as provided in paragraphs (b) through (f) of this 
section.
    (b) Assets sold or transferred between a carrier and its affiliate 
pursuant to a tariff, including a tariff filed with a state commission, 
shall be recorded in the appropriate revenue accounts at the tariffed 
rate. Non-tariffed assets sold or transferred between a carrier and its 
affiliate that qualify for prevailing price valuation, as defined in 
paragraph (d) of this section, shall be recorded at the prevailing 
price. For all other assets sold by or transferred from a carrier to its 
affiliate, the assets shall be recorded at no less than the higher of 
fair market value and net book cost. For all other assets sold by or 
transferred to a carrier from its affiliate, the assets shall be 
recorded at no more than the lower of fair market value and net book 
cost.
    (1) Floor. When assets are sold by or transferred from a carrier to 
an affiliate, the higher of fair market value and net book cost 
establishes a floor, below which the transaction cannot be recorded. 
Carriers may record the transaction at an amount equal to or greater 
than the floor, so long as that action complies with the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended, Commission rules and orders, and is not 
otherwise anti-competitive.
    (2) Ceiling. When assets are purchased from or transferred from an 
affiliate to a carrier, the lower of fair market value and net book cost 
establishes a ceiling, above which the transaction cannot be recorded. 
Carriers may record the transaction at an amount equal to or less than 
the ceiling, so long as that action complies with the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended, Commission rules and orders, and is not otherwise 
anti-competitive.
    (3) Threshold. For purposes of this section carriers are required to 
make a good faith determination of fair market value for an asset when 
the total aggregate annual value of the asset(s)

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reaches or exceeds $500,000, per affiliate. When a carrier reaches or 
exceeds the $500,000 threshold for a particular asset for the first 
time, the carrier must perform the market valuation and value the 
transaction on a going-forward basis in accordance with the affiliate 
transactions rules on a going-forward basis. When the total aggregate 
annual value of the asset(s) does not reach or exceed $500,000, the 
asset(s) shall be recorded at net book cost.
    (c) Services provided between a carrier and its affiliate pursuant 
to a tariff, including a tariff filed with a state commission, shall be 
recorded in the appropriate revenue accounts at the tariffed rate. Non-
tariffed services provided between a carrier and its affiliate pursuant 
to publicly-filed agreements submitted to a state commission pursuant to 
section 252(e) of the Communications Act of 1934 or statements of 
generally available terms pursuant to section 252(f) shall be recorded 
using the charges appearing in such publicly-filed agreements or 
statements. Non-tariffed services provided between a carrier and its 
affiliate that qualify for prevailing price valuation, as defined in 
paragraph (d) of this section, shall be recorded at the prevailing 
price. For all other services sold by or transferred from a carrier to 
its affiliate, the services shall be recorded at no less than the higher 
of fair market value and fully distributed cost. For all other services 
sold by or transferred to a carrier from its affiliate, the services 
shall be recorded at no more than the lower of fair market value and 
fully distributed cost.
    (1) Floor. When services are sold by or transferred from a carrier 
to an affiliate, the higher of fair market value and fully distributed 
cost establishes a floor, below which the transaction cannot be 
recorded. Carriers may record the transaction at an amount equal to or 
greater than the floor, so long as that action complies with the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, Commission rules and orders, and 
is not otherwise anti-competitive.
    (2) Ceiling. When services are purchased from or transferred from an 
affiliate to a carrier, the lower of fair market value and fully 
distributed cost establishes a ceiling, above which the transaction 
cannot be recorded. Carriers may record the transaction at an amount 
equal to or less than the ceiling, so long as that action complies with 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, Commission rules and orders, 
and is not otherwise anti-competitive.
    (3) Threshold. For purposes of this section, carriers are required 
to make a good faith determination of fair market value for a service 
when the total aggregate annual value of that service reaches or exceeds 
$500,000, per affiliate. When a carrier reaches or exceeds the $500,000 
threshold for a particular service for the first time, the carrier must 
perform the market valuation and value the transaction in accordance 
with the affiliate transactions rules on a going-forward basis. All 
services received by a carrier from its affiliate(s) that exist solely 
to provide services to members of the carrier's corporate family shall 
be recorded at fully distributed cost.
    (d) In order to qualify for prevailing price valuation in paragraphs 
(b) and (c) of this section, sales of a particular asset or service to 
third parties must encompass greater than 25 percent of the total 
quantity of such product or service sold by an entity. Carriers shall 
apply this 25 percent threshold on an asset-by-asset and service-by-
service basis, rather than on a product-line or service-line basis. In 
the case of transactions for assets and services subject to section 272, 
a BOC may record such transactions at prevailing price regardless of 
whether the 25 percent threshold has been satisfied.
    (e) Income taxes shall be allocated among the regulated activities 
of the carrier, its nonregulated divisions, and members of an affiliated 
group. Under circumstances in which income taxes are determined on a 
consolidated basis by the carrier and other members of the affiliated 
group, the income tax expense to be recorded by the carrier shall be the 
same as would result if determined for the carrier separately for all 
time periods, except that the tax effect of carry-back and carry-forward 
operating losses, investment tax credits, or other tax credits generated 
by

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operations of the carrier shall be recorded by the carrier during the 
period in which applied in settlement of the taxes otherwise 
attributable to any member, or combination of members, of the affiliated 
group.
    (f) Companies that employ average schedules in lieu of actual costs 
are exempt from the provisions of this section. For other organizations, 
the principles set forth in this section shall apply equally to 
corporations, proprietorships, partnerships and other forms of business 
organizations.

[67 FR 5679, Feb. 6, 2002, as amended at 69 FR 53648, Sept. 2, 2004]



            Subpart C_Instructions for Balance Sheet Accounts



Sec.  32.101  Structure of the balance sheet accounts.

    The Balance Sheet accounts shall be maintained as follows:
    (a) Account 1120, Cash and equivalents, through Account 1500, Other 
jurisdictional assets--net, shall include assets other than regulated-
fixed assets.
    (b) Account 2001, Telecommunications plant in service, through 
Account 2007, Goodwill, shall include the regulated-fixed assets.
    (c) Account 3100, Accumulated depreciation through Account 3400, 
Accumulated amortization--tangible, shall include the asset reserves 
except that reserves related to certain asset accounts will be included 
in the asset account. (See Sec. Sec.  32.2005, 32.2682 and 32.2690.)
    (d) Account 4000, Current accounts and notes payable, through 
Account 4550, Retained earnings, shall include all liabilities and 
stockholders equity.

[67 FR 5680, Feb. 6, 2002, as amended at 82 FR 20840, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.102  Nonregulated investments.

    Nonregulated investments shall include the investment in 
nonregulated activities that are conducted through the same legal entity 
as the telephone company operations, but do not involve the joint or 
common use of assets or resources in the provision of both regulated and 
nonregulated products and services. See Sec. Sec.  32.14 and 32.23.

[52 FR 6561, Mar. 4, 1987]



Sec.  32.103  Balance sheet accounts for other than regulated-
fixed assets to be maintained.

    Balance sheet accounts to be maintained by companies for other than 
regulated-fixed assets are indicated as follows:

                         Balance Sheet Accounts
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Account title
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Current assets
 
Cash and equivalents........................  1120
Receivables.................................  1170
Allowance for doubtful accounts.............  1171
Supplies:
  Material and supplies.....................  1220
Prepayments.................................  1280
Other current assets........................  1350
              Noncurrent assets
Investments:
  Nonregulated investments..................  1406
  Other noncurrent assets...................  1410
Deferred charges:
  Deferred maintenance, retirements and       1438
   other deferred charges.
Other:
  Other jurisdictional assets-net...........  1500
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[82 FR 20840, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.1120  Cash and equivalents.

    (a) This account shall include the amount of current funds available 
for use on demand in the hands of financial officers and agents, 
deposited in banks or other financial institutions and also funds in 
transit for which agents have received credit.
    (b) This account shall include the amount of cash on special 
deposit, other than in sinking and other special funds provided for 
elsewhere, to pay dividends, interest, and other debts, when such 
payments are due one year or less from the date of deposit; the amount 
of cash deposited to insure the performance of contracts to be performed 
within one year from date of the deposit; and other cash deposits of a 
special nature not provided for elsewhere. This account shall include 
the amount of cash deposited with trustees to be held until mortgaged 
property sold, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of is replaced, and also 
cash realized from the sale of the company's securities and deposited 
with trustees to be held until invested in physical property of the 
company or for disbursement when the purposes for which the securities 
were sold are accomplished.

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    (c) Cash on special deposit to be held for more than one year from 
the date of deposit shall be included in Account 1410, Other noncurrent 
assets.
    (d) This account shall include the amount of cash advanced to 
officers, agents, employees, and others as petty cash or working funds 
from which expenditures are to be made and accounted for.
    (e) This account shall include the cost of current securities 
acquired for the purpose of temporarily investing cash, such as time 
drafts receivable and time loans, bankers' acceptances, United States 
Treasury certificates, marketable securities, and other similar 
investments of a temporary character.
    (f) Accumulated changes in the net unrealized losses of current 
marketable equity securities shall be included in the determination of 
net income in the period in which they occur in Account 7300, Other 
Nonoperating Income and Expense.
    (g) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained in order that 
the entity may separately report the amounts of temporary investments 
that relate to affiliates and nonaffiliates. Such subsidiary record 
categories shall be reported as required by part 43 of this chapter.

[67 FR 5681, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.1170  Receivables.

    (a) This account shall include all amounts due from customers for 
services rendered or billed and from agents and collectors authorized to 
make collections from customers. This account shall also include all 
amounts due from customers or agents for products sold. This account 
shall be kept in such manner as will enable the company to make the 
following analysis:
    (1) Amounts due from customers who are receiving telecommunications 
service.
    (2) Amounts due from customers who are not receiving service and 
whose accounts are in process of collection.
    (b) Collections in excess of amounts charged to this account may be 
credited to and carried in this account until applied against charges 
for services rendered or until refunded.
    (c) Cost of demand or time notes, bills and drafts receivable, or 
other similar evidences (except interest coupons) of money receivable on 
demand or within a time not exceeding one year from date of issue.
    (d) Amount of interest accrued to the date of the balance sheet on 
bonds, notes, and other commercial paper owned, on loans made, and the 
amount of dividends receivable on stocks owned.
    (e) This account shall not include dividends or other returns on 
securities issued or assumed by the company and held by or for it, 
whether pledged as collateral, or held in its treasury, in special 
deposits, or in sinking and other funds.
    (f) Dividends received and receivable from affiliated companies 
accounted for on the equity method shall be included in Account 1410, 
Other noncurrent assets, as a reduction of the carrying value of the 
investment.
    (g) This account shall include all amounts currently due, and not 
provided for in (a) through (g) of this section such as those for 
traffic settlements, divisions of revenue, material and supplies, 
matured rents, and interest receivable under monthly settlements on 
short-term loans, advances, and open accounts. If any of these items are 
not to be paid currently, they shall be transferred to Account 1410, 
Other noncurrent assets.
    (h) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained in order that 
the entity may separately report the amounts contained herein that 
relate to affiliates and nonaffiliates. Such subsidiary record 
categories shall be reported as required by part 43 of this chapter.

[67 FR 5681, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.1171  Allowance for doubtful accounts.

    (a) This account shall be credited with amounts charged to Accounts 
5300, Uncollectible revenue, and 6790, Provision for uncollectible notes 
receivable to provide for uncollectible amounts related to accounts 
receivable and notes receivable included in Account 1170, Receivables. 
There shall also be credited to this account amounts collected which 
previously had been written off through charges

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to this account and credits to Account 1170. There shall be charged to 
this account any amounts covered thereby which have been found to be 
impracticable of collection.
    (b) If no such allowance is maintained, uncollectible amounts shall 
be charged directly to Account 5300, Uncollectible revenue or directly 
to Account 6790, Provision for uncollectible notes receivable, as 
appropriate.
    (c) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained in order that 
the entity may separately report the amounts contained herein that 
relate to affiliates and nonaffiliates. Such subsidiary record 
categories shall be reported as required by part 43 of this chapter.

[67 FR 5682, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.1191  Accounts receivable allowance--other.

    (a) This account shall be credited with amounts charged to Account 
5302, Uncollectible Revenue--Other to provide for uncollectible amounts 
included in Account 1190, Other Accounts Receivable. There shall also be 
credited to this account amounts collected which previously had been 
written off through charges to this account and credits to Account 1190. 
There shall be charged to this account any amounts covered thereby which 
have been found to be impracticable of collection.
    (b) If no such allowance is maintained, uncollectible amounts shall 
be charged directly to Account 5302, Uncollectible Revenue--Other.
    (c) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained in order that 
the entity may separately report the amounts contained herein that 
relate to affiliates and nonaffiliates. Such subsidiary record 
categories shall be reported as required by part 43 of this Commission's 
Rules and Regulations.



Sec.  32.1220  Inventories.

    (a) This account shall include the cost of materials and supplies 
held in stock and inventories of goods held for resale or lease. The 
investment in inventories shall be maintained in the following 
subaccounts:

1220.1 Material and supplies
1220.2 Property held for sale or lease

    (b) These subaccounts shall not include items which are related to a 
nonregulated activity unless that activity involves joint or common use 
of assets and resources in the provision of regulated and nonregulated 
products and services.
    (c) 1220.1 Material and supplies. This subaccount shall include cost 
of material and supplies held in stock including plant supplies, motor 
vehicles supplies, tools, fuel, other supplies and material and articles 
of the company in process of manufacture for supply stock. (Note also 
Sec.  32.2000(c)(2)(iii) of this subpart.)
    (d) Transportation charges and sales and use taxes, so far as 
practicable, shall be included as a part of the cost of the particular 
material to which they relate. Transportation and sales and use taxes 
which are not included as part of the cost of particular material shall 
be equitably apportioned among the detail accounts to which material is 
charged.
    (e) So far as practicable, cash and other discount on material shall 
be deducted in determining cost of the particular material to which they 
relate or credited to the account to which the material is charged. When 
such deduction is not practicable, discounts shall be equitably 
apportioned among the detail accounts to which material is charged.
    (f) Material recovered in connection with construction, maintenance 
or retirement of property shall be charged to this account as follows:
    (1) Reusable items that, when installed or in service, were 
retirement units shall be included in this account at the original cost, 
estimated if not known. (Note also Sec.  32.2000(d)(3) of this subpart.)
    (2) Reusable minor items that, when installed or in service, were 
not retirement units shall be included in this account at current prices 
new.
    (3) The cost of repairing reusable material shall be charged to the 
appropriate account in the Plant Specific Operations Expense accounts.
    (4) Scrap and nonusable material included in this account shall be 
carried at the estimated amount which will be received therefor. The 
difference between the amounts realized for scrap

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and nonusable material sold and the amounts at which it is carried in 
this account, so far as practicable, shall be adjusted in the accounts 
credited when the material was taken up in this account.
    (g) Interest paid on material bills, the payments of which are 
delayed, shall be charged to Account 7500, Interest and related items.
    (h) Inventories of material and supplies shall be taken periodically 
or frequently enough for reporting purposes, as appropriate, in 
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The 
adjustments to this account shall be charged or credited to Account 
6512, Provisioning expense.
    (i) 1220.2 Property held for sale or lease. This subaccount shall 
include the cost of all items purchased for resale or lease. The cost 
shall include applicable transportation charges, sales and use taxes, 
and cash and other purchase discounts. Inventory shortage and overage 
shall be charged and credited, respectively, to Account 5280, 
Nonregulated operating revenue.

[52 FR 39534, Oct. 22, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 49322, Dec. 7, 1988; 67 
FR 5682, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.1280  Prepayments.

    This account shall include:
    (a) The amounts of rents paid in advance of the period in which they 
are chargeable to income, except amounts chargeable to 
telecommunications plant under construction and minor amounts which may 
be charged directly to the final accounts. As the term expires for which 
the rents are paid, this account shall be credited monthly and the 
appropriate account charged.
    (b) The balance of all taxes, other than amounts chargeable to 
telecommunication plant under construction and minor amounts which may 
be charged to the final accounts, paid in advance and which are 
chargeable to income within one year. As the term expires for which the 
taxes are paid, this account shall be credited monthly and the 
appropriate account charged.
    (c) The amount of insurance premiums paid in advance of the period 
in which they are chargeable to income, except premiums chargeable to 
telecommunications plant under construction and minor amounts which may 
be charged directly to the final accounts. As the term expires for which 
the premiums are paid, this account shall be credited monthly and the 
appropriate account charged.
    (d) The cost of preparing, printing, binding, and delivering 
directories and the cost of soliciting advertisements for directories, 
except minor amounts which may be charged directly to Account 6622, 
Number services. These prepaid directory expenses shall be cleared to 
Account 6622 by monthly charges representing that portion of the 
expenses applicable to each month.
    (e) Other prepayments not included in paragraphs (a) through (d) of 
this section except for minor amounts which may be charged directly to 
the final accounts. As the term expires for which the payments apply, 
this account shall be credited monthly and the appropriate account 
charged.

[67 FR 5682, Feb. 6, 2002, as amended at 69 FR 53648, Sept. 2, 2004]



Sec.  32.1350  Other current assets.

    This account shall include the amount of all current assets which 
are not includable in Accounts 1120 through 1280.

[67 FR 5682, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.1406  Nonregulated investments.

    This account shall include the carrier's investment in nonregulated 
activities accounted for in a separate set of books as provided in Sec.  
32.23(b).

[52 FR 6561, Mar. 4, 1987; 52 FR 39535, Oct. 22, 1987, as amended as 67 
FR 5682, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.1410  Other noncurrent assets.

    (a) This account shall include the acquisition cost of the company's 
investment in equity or other securities issued or assumed by affiliated 
companies, including securities held in special funds (sinking funds). 
The carrying value of the investment (securities) accounted for on the 
equity method shall be adjusted to recognize the company's share of the 
earnings or losses and dividends received or receivable of the 
affiliated company from the date of acquisition. (Note also Account 
1170, Receivables, and Account 7300, Nonoperating income and expense.)

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    (b) This account shall include the acquisition cost of the Company's 
investment in securities issued or assumed by nonaffiliated companies 
and individuals, and also its investment advances to such parties and 
special deposits of cash for more than one year from date of deposit.
    (c) Declines in value of investments, including those accounted for 
under the cost method, shall be charged to Account 4540, Other capital, 
if temporary and as a current period loss if permanent. Detail records 
shall be maintained to reflect unrealized losses for each investment.
    (d) This account shall also include advances represented by book 
accounts only with respect to which it is agreed or intended that they 
shall be either settled by issuance of capital stock or debt; or shall 
not be subject to current cost settlement.
    (e) Amounts due from affiliated and nonaffiliated companies which 
are subject to current settlement shall be included in Account 1170, 
Receivables.
    (f) This account shall include the total unamortized balance of debt 
issuance expense for all classes of outstanding long-term debt. Amounts 
included in this account shall be amortized monthly and charged to 
account 7500, Interest and related items.
    (g) Debt Issuance expense includes all expenses in connection with 
the issuance and sale of evidence of debt, such as fees for drafting 
mortgages and trust deeds; fees and taxes for issuing or recording 
evidences of debt; costs of engraving and printing bonds, certificates 
of indebtedness, and other commercial paper; fees paid trustees; 
specific costs of obtaining governmental authority; fees for legal 
services; fees and commissions paid underwriters, brokers, and salesmen; 
fees and expenses of listing on exchanges, and other like costs. A 
subsidiary record shall be kept of each issue outstanding.
    (h) This account shall include the amount of cash and other assets 
which are held by trustees or by the company's treasurer in a distinct 
fund, for the purpose of redeeming outstanding obligations. Interest or 
other income arising from funds carried in this account shall generally 
be charged to this account. A subsidiary record shall be kept for each 
sinking fund which shall designate the obligation in support of which 
the fund was created.
    (i) This account shall include the amount of all noncurrent assets 
which are not includable in paragraphs (a) through (h) of this section.
    (j) A subsidiary record shall be kept identifying separately common 
stocks, preferred stocks, long-term debt, advances to affiliates, and 
investment advances. A subsidiary record shall also be kept identifying 
special deposits of cash for more than one year from the date of 
deposit. Further, the company's record shall identify the securities 
pledged as collateral for any of the company's long-term debt or short-
term loans or to secure performance of contracts.
    (k) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained in order that 
the entity may separately report the amounts contained herein that 
relate to the equity method and the cost method. Such subsidiary record 
categories shall be reported as required by part 43 of this chapter.

[67 FR 5682, Feb. 6, 2002]

    Effective Date Note: At 84 FR 4729, Feb. 19, 2019, Sec.  32.1410 was 
amended by adding paragraphs (l) and (m), effective Jan. 1, 2020. For 
the convenience of the user, the added text is set forth as follows:



Sec.  32.1410  Other noncurrent assets.

                                * * * * *

    (l) This account shall include property subject to a lessee 
operating lease longer than one year.
    (1) An operating lease is a contract, or part of a contract, that 
conveys the right to control the use of identified property, plant and 
equipment (an identified asset) for a period of time in exchange for 
consideration.
    (2) The amounts recorded in this account at the inception of an 
operating lease shall be equal to the present value not to exceed fair 
value, at the beginning of the lease term, of minimum lease payments 
during the lease term, excluding that portion of the payments 
representing executory costs to be paid by the lessor, together with any 
profit thereon. Amounts subject to current treatment shall be included 
in Account 1350, Other current assets.
    (3) Any balance in this account relating to capitalized operating 
leases shall be excluded in any ratemaking calculations.

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    (m) This account shall include the amount of lessor receivables from 
an operating lease longer than one year.
    (1) The amount recorded in this account at the inception of an 
operating lease shall be equal to the present value not to exceed fair 
value, at the beginning of the lease term, of minimum lease payments 
during the lease term, excluding that portion of the payments 
representing executory costs to be paid by the lessee, together with any 
profit thereon. Amounts subject to current settlement shall be included 
in Account 1350, Other current assets.
    (2) Any balance in this account relating to receivables associated 
with capitalized operating leases shall be excluded in any ratemaking 
calculations.



Sec.  32.1438  Deferred maintenance and retirements.

    (a) This account shall include such items as:
    (1) The unprovided-for loss in service value of telecommunications 
plant for extraordinary nonrecurring retirement not considered in 
depreciation and the cost of extensive replacements of plant normally 
chargeable to the current period Plant Specific Operations Expense 
accounts. These charges shall be included in this account only upon 
direction or approval from this Commission. However, the company's 
application to this Commission for such approval shall give full 
particulars concerning the property retired, the extensive replacements, 
the amount chargeable to operating expenses and the period over which in 
its judgment the amount of such charges should be distributed.
    (2) Unaudited amounts and other debit balances in suspense that 
cannot be cleared and disposed of until additional information is 
received; the amount, pending determination of loss, of funds on deposit 
with banks which have failed; revenue, expense, and income items held in 
suspense; amounts paid for options pending final disposition.
    (3) Cost of preliminary surveys, plans, investigation, etc., made 
for construction projects under contemplation. If the projects are 
carried out, the preliminary costs shall be included in the cost of the 
plant constructed. If the projects are abandoned, the preliminary costs 
shall be charged to Account 7300, Nonoperating income and expense.
    (4) Cost of evaluations, inventories, and appraisals taken in 
connection with the acquisition or sale of property. If the property is 
subsequently acquired, the preliminary costs shall be accounted for as a 
part of the cost of acquisition, or if it is sold, such costs shall be 
deducted from the sale price in accounting for the property sold. If 
purchases or sales are abandoned, the preliminary costs included herein 
(including options paid, if any) shall be charged to Account 7300.
    (b) Charges provided for in paragraph (a) of this section shall be 
included in this account only upon direction or approval from this 
Commission. However, the company's application to this Commission for 
such approval shall give full particulars concerning the property 
retired, the extensive replacements, the amount chargeable to operating 
expenses and the period over which in its judgment the amount of such 
charges should be distributed.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5683, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.1500  Other jurisdictional assets--net.

    This account shall include the cumulative impact on assets of 
jurisdictional ratemaking practices which vary from those of this 
Commission. All entries recorded in this account shall be recorded net 
of any applicable income tax effects and shall be supported by 
subsidiary records where necessary as provided for in Sec.  32.13(e) of 
subpart B.



Sec.  32.2000  Instructions for telecommunications plant accounts.

    (a) Purpose of telecommunications plant accounts. (1) The 
telecommunications plant accounts (2001 to 2007 inclusive) are designed 
to show the investment in the company's tangible and intangible 
telecommunications plant which ordinarily has a service life of more 
than one year, including such plant whether used by the company or 
others in providing telecommunications service.
    (2) The telecommunications plant accounts shall not include the cost 
or other value of telecommunications plant contributed to the company. 
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telecommunications plant shall be credited to the accounts charged with 
the cost of such construction. Amounts of non-recurring reimbursements 
based on the cost of plant or equipment furnished in rendering service 
to a customer shall be credited to the accounts charged with the cost of 
the plant or equipment. Amounts received for construction which are 
ultimately to be repaid wholly or in part, shall be credited to Account 
4300, Other long-term liabilities and deferred credits; when final 
determination has been made as to the amount to be returned, any 
unrefunded amounts shall be credited to the accounts charged with the 
cost of such construction. Amounts received for the construction of 
plant, the ownership of which rests with or will revert to others, shall 
be credited to the accounts charged with the cost of such construction. 
(Note also Account 7100, Other operating income and expense.)
    (3) When telecommunications plant ordinarily having a service life 
of more than one year is installed for temporary use in providing 
telecommunications service, it shall be accounted for in the same manner 
as plant having a service life of more than one year. This includes 
temporary installations of plant (such as poles, wire and cable) 
installed to maintain service during the progress of highway 
reconstruction or during interruptions due to storms or other 
casualties, equipment used for the training of operators, equipment used 
to provide intercepting positions in central offices to handle traffic 
for a short period following extensive system changes and similar 
installations of property used to provide telecommunications service.
    (4) [Reserved]
    (b) Telecommunications plant acquired. (1) Property, plant and 
equipment acquired from an entity, whether or not affiliated with the 
accounting company, shall be accounted for at original cost, except that 
property, plant and equipment acquired from a nonaffiliated entity 
through an acquisition or merger may be accounted for at market value at 
the time of the acquisition or merger.
    (2) The accounting for property, plant and equipment to be recorded 
at original cost shall be as follows:
    (i) The amount of money paid (or current money value of any 
consideration other than money exchanged) for the property (together 
with preliminary expenses incurred in connection the acquisition) shall 
be charged to Account 1438, Deferred maintenance, retirements, and other 
deferred charges.
    (ii) The original cost, estimated if not known, of 
telecommunications plant, governmental franchises and other similar 
rights acquired shall be charged to the applicable telecommunications 
plant accounts, Telecommunications Plant Under Construction, and 
Property Held For Future Telecommunications Use, as appropriate, and 
credited to Account 1439. When the actual original cost cannot be 
determined and estimates are used, the company shall be prepared to 
furnish the Commission with the particulars of such estimates.
    (iii) Accumulated Depreciation and amortization balances related to 
plant acquired shall be credited to Account 3100, Accumulated 
depreciation, or Account 3200, Accumulated depreciation--held for future 
telecommunications use, or Account 3400, Accumulated amortization--
tangible and debited to Account 1438. Accumulated amortization balances 
related to plant acquired which ultimately is recorded in Accounts 2005, 
Telecommunications plant adjustment, Account 2682, Leasehold 
improvements, or Account 2690, Intangibles shall be credited to these 
asset accounts, and debited to Account 1438.
    (iv) Any amount remaining in Account 1438, applicable to the plant 
acquired, shall, upon completion of the entries provided in paragraphs 
(b)(2)(i) through (b)(2)(iii) of this section, be debited or credited, 
as applicable, to Account 2007, Goodwill, or to Account 2005, 
Telecommunications plant adjustment, as appropriate.
    (3) A memorandum record shall be kept showing the amount of 
contributions in aid of construction applicable to the property acquired 
as shown by the accounts of the previous owner.
    (c) Cost of construction. (1) Telecommunications plant represents an 
economic resource which will be used to provide future services, the 
cost of which will be allocated in a rational and systematic manner to 
the future

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periods in which it provides benefits. In accounting for construction 
costs, the utility shall charge to the telecommunications plant 
accounts, where applicable, all direct and indirect costs.
    (2) Direct and indirect costs shall include, but not be limited to:
    (i) ``Labor'' includes the wages and expenses of employees directly 
engaged in or in direct charge of construction work. It includes 
expenses directly related to an employee's wages, such as worker's 
compensation insurance, payroll taxes, benefits and other similar items 
of expense.
    (ii) ``Engineering'' includes the portion of the wages and expenses 
of engineers, draftsmen, inspectors, and their direct supervision 
applicable to construction work. It includes expenses directly related 
to an employee's wages, such as worker's compensation insurance, payroll 
taxes, benefits and other similar items of expense.
    (iii) ``Material and supplies'' includes the purchase price of 
material used at the point of free delivery plus the costs of 
inspection, loading and transportation, and an equitable portion of 
provisioning expense. In determining the cost of material used, proper 
allowance shall be made for unused material, for material recovered from 
temporary structures used in performing the work involved, and for 
discounts allowed and realized in the purchase of material. This item 
does not include construction material that is stolen or rendered 
unusable due to vandalism. Such material should be charged to the 
applicable plant specific operations expense accounts.
    (iv) ``Transportation'' includes the cost of transporting employees, 
material and supplies, tools and other work equipment to and from the 
physical construction location. It includes amounts paid therefor to 
other companies or individuals and the cost of using the company's own 
motor vehicles or other transportation equipment.
    (v) ``Contract work'' includes amounts paid for work performed under 
contract or other agreement by other companies, firms or individuals; 
engineering and supervision applicable to such work; cost incident to 
the award of contracts; and the inspection of such work. The cost of 
construction work performed by affiliated companies and other details 
relating thereto shall be available from the work in progress and 
supporting records.
    (vi) ``Protection'' includes the cost of protecting the company's 
property from fire or other casualties and the cost of preventing 
damages to others or the property of others.
    (vii) ``Privileges, Permits, and Rights of way'' includes such costs 
incurred in obtaining these privileges, permits, or rights of way in 
connection with construction work, such as for use of private property, 
streets or highways. The cost of such privileges and permits shall be 
included in the cost of the work for which the privileges or permits are 
obtained, except for costs includable in Account 2111, Land, and Account 
2690, Intangibles.
    (viii) ``Taxes'' includes taxes properly includable in construction 
costs before the facilities are completed for service, which taxes are 
assessed separately from taxes on operating property or under conditions 
that permit separate identification of the amount chargeable to 
construction.
    (ix) ``Special machine service'' includes the cost of labor 
expended, materials and supplies consumed and other expenses incurred in 
the maintenance, operation and use of special and other labor saving 
machines (other than transportation equipment (such as trenching 
equipment, cable plows and pole setting trucks. Also included are 
expenditures for rental, maintenance and operation of such machines 
owned by others. When a construction job requires the purchase of 
special machines, the cost thereof, less the appraised or salvage value 
at the time of release from the job, shall be included in the cost of 
construction.
    (x) Allowance for funds used during construction (``AFUDC'') 
provides for the cost of financing the construction of 
telecommunications plant. AFUDC shall be charged to Account 2003, 
Telecommunications plant under construction, and credited to Account 
7300, Nonoperating income and expense. The rate for calculating AFUDC 
shall be determined in accordance with GAAP

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when implementing this system of accounts. The amount of interest cost 
capitalized in an accounting period shall not exceed the total amount of 
interest cost incurred by the company in that period.
    (xi) ``Insurance'' includes premiums paid specifically for 
protection against loss and damage in connection with the construction 
of telecommunications plant due to fire or other casualty, injury to or 
death of employees or others, damages to property of others, 
defalcations of employees and agents and the non-performance of 
contractual obligations of others.
    (xii) ``Construction services'' include the cost of telephone, 
electricity, power, construction quarters, office space and equipment 
directly related to the construction project.
    (xiii) ``Indirect construction costs'' shall include indirect costs 
such as general engineering, supervision and support. Such costs, in 
addition to direct supervision, shall include indirect plant operations 
and engineering supervision up to, but not including, supervision by 
executive officers whose pay and expenses are chargeable to Account 
6720, General and administrative. The records supporting the entries for 
indirect construction costs shall be kept so as to show the nature of 
the expenditures, the individual jobs and accounts charged, and the 
bases of the distribution. The amounts charged to each plant account for 
indirect costs shall be readily determinable. The instructions contained 
herein shall not be interpreted as permitting the addition to plant of 
amounts to cover indirect costs based on arbitrary allocations.
    (xiv) The cost of construction shall not include any amounts 
classifiable as Corporate Operations Expense.
    (d) Telecommunications plant retired. (1) Telecommunications plant 
accounts shall at all times disclose the original cost of all property 
in service. When any item of property subject to plant retirement 
accounting is worn out, lost, sold, destroyed, abandoned, surrendered 
upon lapse of title, becomes permanently unserviceable, is withdrawn or 
for any other reason is retired from service, the plant accounts 
applicable to that item shall be credited with the original cost of the 
plant retired whether replaced or not (except as provided for minor 
items in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) of this section). Normally, these 
retirement credits with respect to such plant as entire buildings, 
entire central offices, all plant abandoned and any large sections of 
plant withdrawn from service, shall be entered in the accounts for the 
month in which use of the property ceased. For any other plant withdrawn 
from service, the retirement credits shall be entered no later than the 
next succeeding month. Literal compliance with the provision for timing 
of entries with respect to property amounting to less than $50,000 
retired under any one project is not required if an unreasonable amount 
of recordkeeping and estimating of quantities, original costs and 
salvage is necessary. The retirement entry shall refer to the continuing 
property record, or records supplemental thereto, from which the cost 
was obtained (note also paragraph (d)(3) of this section). Every company 
shall establish procedures which will ensure compliance with these 
requirements.
    (2) To avoid undue refinement, depreciable telecommunications plant 
shall be accounted for as follows:
    (i) Retirement units: This group includes major items of property, a 
representative list of which shall be prescribed by this Commission. In 
lieu of the retirement units prescribed with respect to a particular 
account, a company may, after obtaining specific approval by this 
Commission, establish and maintain its own list of retirement units for 
a portion or all of the plant in any such account. For items included on 
the retirement units list, the original cost of any such items retired 
shall be credited to the plant account and charged to Account 3100 
Accumulated Depreciation, whether or not replaced. The original cost of 
retirement units installed in place of property retired shall be charged 
to the applicable telecommunications plant account.
    (ii) Minor items: This group includes any part or element of plant 
which is not designated as a retirement unit. The original cost of a 
minor item of property when included in the specific or average cost for 
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units requires no separate credit to the telecommunications plant 
account when such a minor item is retired. The cost of replacement shall 
be charged to the account applicable for the cost of repairs of the 
property. However, if the replacement effects a substantial betterment 
(the primary aim of which is to make the property affected more useful, 
of greater durability, of greater capacity or more economical in 
operation), the excess cost of such a replacement, over the estimated 
cost at the then current prices of replacement without betterment of the 
minor items being retired, shall be charged to the applicable 
telecommunications plant account.
    (3) The cost of property to be retired shall be the amount at which 
property is included in the telecommunications plant accounts. However, 
when it is impracticable to determine the cost of each item due to the 
relatively large number or small cost of such items, the average cost of 
all the items covered by an appropriate subdivision of the account shall 
be used in determining the cost to be assigned to such items when 
retired. The method used in determining average cost must give due 
regard to the quantity, vintage, size and kind of items, the area in 
which they were installed and their classification in other respects. 
Average cost may be applied in retirement of such items as poles, wire, 
cable, cable terminals, conduit and booths. Any company may use average 
cost of property installed in a year or band of years as approved by the 
Commission. It should be understood, however, that the use of average 
costs shall not relieve the company of the requirement for maintaining 
its continuing property records to show, where practicable, dates of 
installation and removal for purposes of mortality studies. (See Sec.  
32.2000(f) of this subpart, Standard Practices for Establishing and 
Maintaining Continuing Property Records.)
    (4) The accounting for the retirement of property, plant and 
equipment shall be as provided above except that amounts in Account 
2111, Land, and amounts for works of art recorded in Account 2122, 
Furniture, shall be treated at disposition as a gain or loss and shall 
be credited or debited to Account 7100, Other operating income and 
expense, as applicable. If land or artwork is retained by the company 
and held for sale, the cost shall be charged to Account 2006, 
Nonoperating plant.
    (5) When the telecommunications plant is sold together with traffic 
associated therewith, the original cost of the property shall be 
credited to the applicable plant accounts and the estimated amounts 
carried with respect thereto in the accumulated depreciation and 
amortization accounts shall be charged to such accumulated accounts. The 
difference, if any, between the net amount of such debit and credit 
items and the consideration received (less commissions and other 
expenses of making the sale) for the property shall be included in 
Account 7300, Nonoperating income and expense. The accounting for 
depreciable telecommunications plant sold without the traffic associated 
therewith shall be in accordance with the accounting provided in Sec.  
32.3100(c).
    (e) Basic property records. (1) The basic property records are that 
portion of the total property accounting system which preserves the 
following detailed information:
    (i) The identity, vintage, location and original cost of units of 
property;
    (ii) Original and ongoing transactional data (plant account 
activity) in terms of such units; and
    (iii) Any other specific financial and cost accounting information 
not properly warranting separate disclosure as an account or subaccount 
but which is needed to support regulatory, cost, tax, management and 
other specific accounting information needs and requirements.
    (2) The basic property records must be: (i) Subject to internal 
accounting controls, (ii) auditable, (iii) equal in the aggregate to the 
total investment reflected in the financial property control accounts as 
well as the total of the cost allocations supporting the determination 
of cost-of-service at any particular point in time, and (iv) maintained 
throughout the life of the property.
    (3) The basic property records shall consist of (i) continuing 
property records and (ii) records supplemental thereto which together 
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by accounting area, the detailed and systematically summarized 
information necessary to meet fully the requirements of paragraphs 
(e)(1) and (e)(2) of this section.
    (4) Companies shall establish and maintain basic property records 
for each class of property recorded in the several plant accounts which 
comprise the balance sheet Account 2001, Telecommunications Plant In 
Service, Account 2002, Property Held for Future Telecommunications Use, 
and Account 2006, Nonoperating Plant.
    (5) The company shall notify the Commission of a plan for the basic 
property record as follows:
    (i) Not later than June 30 of the year following that in which it 
becomes subject to this system of accounts, the company shall file with 
the Commission two (2) copies of a complete plan of the method to be 
used in the compilation of a basic property record with respect to each 
class of property. The plan shall include a list of proposed accounting 
areas accompanied by description of the boundaries of each area as 
defined in accordance with the requirements of Sec.  32.2000(f)(1) (i) 
and (ii) of this subpart. The plan shall also include a list of property 
record units proposed for use under each regulated plant account. These 
property record units shall be selected such that the requirements of 
Sec.  32.2000(f)(2) (i), (ii) and (iii) of this subpart can be 
satisfied.
    (ii) The company shall submit to the Commission one copy of any 
major proposed changes in its basic property record plan at least 30 
days before the effective date of the proposed changes.
    (6) The company shall prepare and maintain the basic property record 
as follows:
    (i) Not later than June 30 of the year following that in which the 
company becomes subject to this system of accounts, begin the 
preparation of a basic property record.
    (ii) Complete within two years of the prescribed beginning date, 
basic property records for all property as of the end of the preceding 
calendar year.
    (iii) Promptly process in the basic property records all property 
changes affecting periods subsequent to initial establishment of the 
basic property record.
    (7) The basic property record components (see paragraph (c) of this 
section) shall be arranged in conformity with the regulated plant 
accounts prescribed in this section of accounts as follows:
    (i) The continuing property records shall be compiled on the basis 
of original cost (or other book cost consistent with this system of 
accounts). The continuing property records shall be maintained as 
prescribed in Sec.  32.2000(f)(2)(iii) of this subpart in such manner as 
will meet the following basic objectives:
    (A) Provide for the verification of property record units by 
physical examination.
    (B) Provide for accurate accounting for retirements.
    (C) Provide data for use in connection with depreciation studies.
    (ii) The records supplemental to the continuing property records 
shall disclose such service designations, usage measurement criteria, 
apportionment factors, or other data as may be prescribed by the 
Commission in this part or other parts of its Rules and Regulations. 
Such data are subject to the same general controls and standards for 
auditability and support as are all other elements of the basic property 
records.
    (8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part concerning 
continuing property records, carriers subject to price cap regulations 
set forth in part 61 of this chapter shall maintain property records 
necessary to track substantial assets and investments in an accurate, 
auditable manner that enables them to verify their accounting books, 
make such property information available to the Commission upon request, 
and ensure the maintenance of such data.
    (f) Standard practices for establishing and maintaining continuing 
property records--(1) Accounting area. (i) The continuing property 
record, as related to each primary plant account, shall be established 
and maintained by subaccounts for each accounting area. An accounting 
area is the smallest territory of the company for which accounting 
records of investment are maintained for all plant accounts within the 
area. Areas already established for administrative, accounting, 
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purpose when appropriate. In no case shall the boundaries of accounting 
areas cross either State lines or boundaries prescribed by the 
Commission.
    (ii) In determining the limit of each area, consideration shall be 
given to the quantities of property, construction conditions, operating 
districts, county and township lines, taxing district boundaries, city 
limits, and other political or geographical limits, in order that the 
area adopted may have maximum adaptability, within the confines of 
practicability, for both the company's purpose and those of Federal, 
State, and municipal authorities.
    (2) Property record units. (i) In each of the established accounting 
areas, the ``property record units'' which are to be maintained in the 
continuing property record shall be set forth separately, classified by 
size and type with the amount of original cost (or other appropriate 
book cost) associated with such units. When a list of property record 
units has been accepted by the Commission, they shall become the units 
referred to in this statement of standard practices. Such units shall 
apply to only the regulated portion of this system of accounts.
    (ii) When it is found necessary to revise this list because of the 
addition of units used in providing new types of service, or new units 
resulting from improvements in technology, or because of the grouping or 
elimination of units which no longer merit separate recognition as 
property record units, one copy of such changes shall be submitted to 
the Commission. Upon appropriate showing by the company, the Commission 
may specifically exempt the company from these filing requirements.
    (iii) The continuing property record shall reveal the description, 
location, date of placement, the essential details of construction, and 
the original cost (note also paragraph (f)(3) of this section) of the 
property record units. The continuing property records shall be compiled 
on the basis of original cost (or other book cost consistent with this 
system of accounts) and maintained in such manner as will provide for 
the verification of property record units by physical examination. The 
continuing property record and other underlying records of construction 
costs shall be so maintained that, upon retirement of one or more 
retirement units or of minor items without replacement when not included 
in the costs of retirement units, the actual cost or a reasonably 
accurate estimate of the cost of the plant retired can be determined.
    (3) Methods of determining original cost of property record units. 
The original cost of the property record units shall be determined by 
analyses of the construction costs incurred as shown by completion 
reports and other data, accumulated in the respective construction work 
orders or authorizations. Costs shall be allocated to and associated 
with the property record units to facilitate accounting for retirements. 
The original cost of property record units shall be determined by unit 
identification or averaging as described in paragraphs (f)(3) (i) and 
(ii) of this section.
    (i) Unit identification. Cost shall be identified and maintained by 
specific location for property record units contained within certain 
regulated plant accounts or account groupings such as Land, Buildings, 
Central Office Assets, Motor Vehicles, garage work equipment included in 
Account 2114, Tools and other work equipment, and Furniture. In 
addition, units involved in any unusual or special type of construction 
shall be recorded by their specific location costs (note also Sec.  
32.2000(f)(3)(ii)(B)).
    (ii) Averaging. (A) Average costs may be developed for plant 
consisting of a large number of similar units such as terminal 
equipment, poles, wire, cable, cable terminals, conduit, furniture, and 
work equipment. Units of similar size and type within each specified 
accounting area and regulated plant account may be grouped. Each such 
average cost shall be set forth in the continuing property record of the 
units with which it is associated.
    (B) The averaging of costs permitted under the provisions of the 
foregoing paragraph is restricted to plant installed in a particular 
vintage or band of years incurred within an accounting area. This 
paragraph does not permit the inclusion of the cost of units involved in 
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of construction. The units involved in such unusual or special type of 
construction shall be recorded at cost by location.
    (4) Estimates. In cases where the actual original cost of property 
cannot be ascertained, such as pricing an inventory for the initial 
entry of a continuing property record or the pricing of an acquisition 
for which a continuing property record has not been maintained, the 
original cost may be estimated. Any estimated original cost shall be 
consistent with the accounting practices in effect at the time the 
property was constructed.
    (5) Identification of property record units. There shall be shown in 
the continuing property record or in record supplements thereof, a 
complete description of the property records units in such detail as to 
identify such units. The description shall include the identification of 
the work order under which constructed, the year of installation (unless 
not determinable per Sec.  32.2000(f)(4) of this subpart, specific 
location of the property within each accounting area in such manner that 
it can be readily spot-checked for proof of physical existence, the 
accounting company's number or designation, and any other description 
used in connection with the determination of the original cost. 
Descriptions of units of similar size and type shall follow prescribed 
groupings.
    (6) Reinstalled units. When units to which average costs are not 
applied, i.e., specific and fixed location units, are removed or retired 
and subsequently reinstalled, the date when the unit was first charged 
to the appropriate plant account shall, when required for adequate 
service life studies and reasonably accurate retirement accounting, be 
shown in addition to the date of reinstallation.
    (7) Age and service life of property. The continuing property record 
shall disclose the age of existing property and the supporting records 
shall disclose the service life of property retired. Exceptions from 
this requirement for any property record unit shall be submitted to the 
Commission for approval.
    (8) Reference to sources of information. There shall be shown by 
appropriate reference the source of all entries. All drawings, 
computations, and other detailed records which support quantities and 
costs or estimated costs shall be retained as a part of or in support of 
the continuing property record.
    (9) Jointly owned property. (i) With respect to jointly owned 
property, there shall be shown in the continuing property record or 
records supplemental thereto:
    (A) The identity of all joint owners.
    (B) The percentage owned by the accounting company.
    (ii) When regulated plant is constructed under arrangements for 
joint ownership, the amount received by the constructing company from 
the other joint owner or owners shall be credited as a reduction of the 
gross cost of the plant in place.
    (iii) When a sale of a part interest in regulated plant is made, the 
fractional interest sold shall be treated as a retirement and the amount 
received shall be treated as salvage. The continuing property record or 
records supplemental thereto shall be so maintained as to identify 
separately retirements of this nature from physical retirements of 
jointly owned plant.
    (iv) If jointly owned regulated property is substantial in relation 
to the total of the same kind of regulated property owned wholly by the 
company, such jointly owned regulated property shall be appropriately 
segregated in the continuing property record.
    (g) Depreciation accounting--(1) Computation of depreciation rates. 
(i) Unless otherwise provided by the Commission, either through prior 
approval or upon prescription by the Commission, depreciation percentage 
rates shall be computed in conformity with a group plan of accounting 
for depreciation and shall be such that the loss in service value of the 
property, except for losses excluded under the definition of 
depreciation, may be distributed under the straight-line method during 
the service life of the property.
    (ii) In the event any composite percentage rate becomes no longer 
applicable, revised composite percentage rates shall be computed in 
accordance with paragraph (g)(1)(i) of this section.

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    (iii) The company shall keep such records of property and property 
retirements as will allow the determination of the service life of 
property which has been retired, or facilitate the determination of 
service life indications by mortality, turnover, or other appropriate 
methods. Such records will also allow the determination of the 
percentage of salvage value and cost of removal for property retired 
from each class of depreciable plant.
    (2) Depreciation charges. (i) A separate annual percentage rate for 
each depreciation category of telecommunications plant shall be used in 
computing depreciation charges.
    (ii) Companies, upon receiving prior approval from this Commission, 
or, upon prescription by this Commission, shall apply such depreciation 
rate, except where provisions of paragraph (g)(2)(iv) of this section 
apply, as will ratably distribute on a straight line basis the 
difference between the net book cost of a class or subclass of plant and 
its estimated net salvage during the known or estimated remaining 
service life of the plant.
    (iii) Charges for currently accruing depreciation shall be made 
monthly to the appropriate depreciation accounts, and corresponding 
credits shall be made to the appropriate depreciation reserve accounts. 
Current monthly charges shall normally be computed by the application of 
one-twelfth of the annual depreciation rate to the monthly average 
balance of the associated category of plant. The average monthly balance 
shall be computed using the balance as of the first and last days of the 
current month.
    (iv) In certain circumstances and upon prior approval of this 
Commission, monthly charges may be determined in total or in part 
through the use of other methods whereby selected plant balances or 
portions thereof are ratably distributed over periods prescribed by this 
Commission. Such circumstances could include but not be limited to 
factors such as the existence of reserve deficiencies or surpluses, 
types of plant that will be completely retired in the near future, and 
changes in the accounting for plant. Where alternative methods have been 
used in accordance with this subparagraph, such amounts shall be applied 
separately or in combination with rates determined in accordance with 
paragraph (g)(2)(ii) of this section.
    (3) Acquired depreciable plant. When acquired depreciable plant 
carried in Account 1438, Deferred maintenance, retirements and other 
deferred charges, is distributed to the appropriate plant accounts, 
adjusting entries shall be made covering the depreciation charges 
applicable to such plant for the period during which it was carried in 
Account 1438.
    (4) Plant Retired for Nonrecurring Factors not Recognized in 
Depreciation Rates.
    (i) A retirement will be considered as nonrecurring (extraordinary) 
only if the following criteria are met:
    (A) The impending retirement was not adequately considered in 
setting past depreciation rates.
    (B) The charging of the retirement against the reserve will unduly 
deplete that reserve.
    (C) The retirement is unusual such that similar retirements are not 
likely to recur in the future.
    (5) Upon direction or approval from this Commission, the company 
shall credit Account 3100, Accumulated Depreciation, and charge Account 
1438, Deferred Maintenance, retirements and other deferred charges, with 
the unprovided-for loss in service value. Such amounts shall be 
distributed from Account 1438 to Account 6561, Depreciation expense--
Telecommunications plant in service, or Account 6562, Depreciation 
expense--property held for future telecommunications use, over such 
period as this Commission may direct or approve.
    (h) Amortization accounting. (1) Unless otherwise provided by this 
Commission, either through approval, or upon prescription by this 
Commission, amortization shall be computed on the straight-line method, 
i.e., equal annual amounts shall be applied. The cost of each type asset 
shall be amortized on the basis the estimated life of that asset and 
shall not be written off in the accounting period in which the asset is 
acquired. A reasonable estimate of the useful life may be based on the 
upper or lower limits even though a fixed existence is not determinable. 
However,

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the period of amortization shall not exceed forty years.
    (2) In the event any estimated useful life becomes no longer 
applicable, a revised estimated useful life shall be determined in 
accordance with paragraph (h)(1) of this section.
    (3) Amortization charges shall be made monthly to the appropriate 
amortization expense accounts and corresponding credits shall be made to 
accounts 2005, 2682, 2690, and 3410, as appropriate. Monthly charges 
shall be computed by the application of one-twelfth to the annual 
amortization amount.
    (4) The company shall keep such records as will allow the 
determination of the useful life of the asset.
    (i) [Reserved]
    (j) Plant accounts to be maintained by telephone companies as 
indicated:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Account title
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Regulated plant
 
Property, plant and equipment:
  Telecommunications plant in service.......  \1\ 2001
  Property held for future                    2002
   telecommunications use.
  Telecommunications plant under              2003
   construction-short term.
  Telecommunications plant adjustment.......  2005
  Nonoperating plant........................  2006
  Goodwill..................................  2007
 Telecommunications plant in service (TPIS)
TPIS--General support assets:
  Land and support assets...................  2110
TPIS--Central Office assets:
  Central Office--switching.................  2210
  Operator systems..........................  2220
  Central Office--transmission..............  2230
TPIS--Information origination/termination
 assets:
  Information origination termination.......  2310
TPIS--Cable and wire facilities assets:
  Cable and wire facilities.................  2410
TPIS--Amortizable assets:
  Amortizable tangible assets...............  2680
  Intangibles...............................  2690
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Balance sheet summary account only.


[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 7580, Mar. 12, 1987; 53 
FR 30059, Aug. 10, 1988; 59 FR 46930, Sept. 13, 1994; 60 FR 12138, Mar. 
6, 1995; 62 FR 39451, July 23, 1997; 64 FR 50007, Sept. 15, 1999; 67 FR 
5683, Feb. 6, 2002; 69 FR 53648, Sept. 2, 2004; 82 FR 20840, May 4, 
2017]



Sec.  32.2001  Telecommunications plant in service.

    This account shall include the original cost of the investment 
included in Accounts 2110 through 2690.



Sec.  32.2002  Property held for future telecommunications use.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of property owned 
and held for no longer than two years under a definite plan for use in 
telecommunications service. If at the end of two years the property is 
not in service, the original cost of the property may remain in this 
account so long as the carrier excludes the original cost and associated 
depreciation from its ratebase and ratemaking considerations and report 
those amounts in reports filed with the Commission pursuant to 
43.21(e)(1) and 43.21(e)(2) of this chapter.
    (b) Subsidiary records shall be maintained to show the character of 
the amounts carried in this account.

[65 FR 16334, Mar. 28, 2000]



Sec.  32.2003  Telecommunications plant under construction.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of construction 
projects (note also Sec.  32.2000(c)) of this part and the cost of 
software development projects that are not yet ready for their intended 
use.
    (b) There may be charged directly to the appropriate plant accounts 
the cost of any construction project which is estimated to be completed 
and ready for service within two months from the date on which the 
project was begun. There may also be charged directly to the plant 
accounts the cost of any construction project for which the gross 
additions to plant are estimated to amount to less than $100,000.
    (c) If a construction project has been suspended for six months or 
more, the cost of the project included in this account may remain in 
this account so long as the carrier excludes the original cost and 
associated depreciation from its ratebase and ratemaking considerations 
and reports those amounts in reports filed with the Commission pursuant 
to Sec. Sec.  43.21(e)(1) and 43.21(e)(2) of this chapter. If a project 
is abandoned, the cost included in this account shall be charged to 
Account 7300, Nonoperating income and expense.
    (d) When any telecommunications plant, the cost of which has been 
included in this account, is completed ready for service, the cost 
thereof shall

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be credited to this account and charged to the appropriate 
telecommunications plant or other accounts.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 60 FR 12138, Mar. 6, 1995; 64 
FR 50007, Sept. 15, 1999; 65 FR 16335, Mar. 28, 2000; 67 FR 5685, Feb. 
6, 2002]



Sec.  32.2005  Telecommunications plant adjustment.

    (a) This account shall include amounts determined in accordance with 
Sec.  32.2000(b) of this subpart representing the difference between (1) 
the fair market value of the telecommunications plant acquired, plus 
preliminary expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition; and 
(2) the original cost of such plant, governmental franchises and similar 
rights acquired, less the amounts of reserve requirements for 
depreciation and amortization of the property acquired. If the actual 
original cost is not known, the entries in this account shall be based 
upon an estimate of such costs.
    (b) The amounts recorded in this account with respect to each 
property acquisition (except land and artworks) shall be disposed of, 
written off, or provision shall be made for the amortization thereof, as 
follows:
    (1) Debit amounts may be charged in whole or in part, or amortized 
over a reasonable period through charges to Account 7300, Nonoperating 
income and expense, without further direction or approval by this 
Commission. When specifically approved by this Commission, or when the 
provisions of paragraph (b)(3) of this section apply, debit amounts 
shall be amortized to Account 6565, Amortization expense--other.
    (2) Credit amounts shall be disposed of in such manner as this 
Commission may approve or direct, except for credit amounts referred to 
in paragraph (b)(4) of this section.
    (3) The amortization associated with the costs recorded in the 
Telecommunications plant adjustment account will be charged or credited, 
as appropriate, directly to this asset account, leaving a balance 
representing the unamortized cost.
    (4) Within one year from the date of inclusion in this account of a 
debit or credit amount with respect to a current acquisition, the 
company may dispose of the total amount from an acquisition of telephone 
plant by a lump-sum charge or credit, as appropriate, to Account 6565 
without further approval of this Commission, provided that such amount 
does not exceed $100,000 and that the plant was not acquired from an 
affiliated company.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5685, Feb. 6, 2002; 69 
FR 53648, Sept. 2, 2004]



Sec.  32.2006  Nonoperating plant.

    (a) This account shall include the company's investment in regulated 
property which is not includable in the plant accounts as operating 
telecommunications plant. It shall include the company's investment in 
telecommunications property held for sale. (Note also Account 1406, 
Nonregulated Investments.)
    (b) Subsidiary records shall be maintained to show the character of 
the amounts carried in this account.



Sec.  32.2007  Goodwill.

    (a) This account shall include any portion of the plant purchase 
price that cannot be assigned to specifically identifiable property 
acquired and such amount should be identified as ``goodwill''. Such 
amounts included in this account shall be amortized to Account 7300, 
Nonoperating income and expense, on a straight line basis over the 
remaining life of the acquired plant, not to exceed 40 years.
    (b) The amounts included in this account shall be maintained to show 
the nature of each amount.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5686, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.2110  Land and support assets.

    This account shall be used by companies to record the original cost 
of land and support assets of the type and character detailed in 
Accounts 2111 through 2124.

[82 FR 20841, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.2111  Land.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of all land held in 
fee and of easements, and similar rights in land having a term of more 
than one year used for purposes other than the

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location of outside plant (see Accounts 2411 through 2441) or externally 
mounted central office equipment (see Accounts 2211 and 2212). It shall 
also include special assessments upon land for the construction of 
public improvements.
    (b) When land, together with buildings thereon, is acquired, the 
original cost shall be fairly apportioned between the land and the 
buildings and accounted for accordingly. If the plan of acquisition 
contemplates the removal of buildings, the total cost of the land and 
buildings shall be accounted for as the cost of the land, and the 
salvage value of the buildings when disposed of shall be deducted from 
the cost of the land so determined.
    (c) Annual or more frequent payments for use of land shall be 
recorded in the rent subsidiary record category for Account 6121, Land 
and Building Expense.
    (d) When land is acquired for which there is not a definite plan for 
its use in telecommunications service, its costs shall be included in 
Account 2006, Nonoperating Plant.
    (e) When land is acquired in excess of that required for 
telecommunications purposes, the cost of such excess land shall be 
included in Account 2006.
    (f) Installments of assessments for public improvement, including 
interest, if any, which are deferred without option to the company shall 
be included in this account only as they become due and payable. 
Interest on assessments which are not paid when due shall be included in 
Account 7500, Interest and related items.
    (g) When land is purchased for immediate use in a construction 
project, its cost shall be included in Account 2003, Telecommunications 
plant under construction, until such time as the project involved is 
completed and ready for service.
    (h) The original cost of leaseholds, easements, rights of way, and 
similar rights in land having a term of more than one year and not 
includable in Account 2111 shall be included in the accounts for outside 
plant or externally mounted central office equipment in connection with 
which the rights were acquired.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5686, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.2112  Motor vehicles.

    This account shall include the original cost of motor vehicles of 
the type which are designed and routinely licensed to operate on public 
streets and highways.



Sec.  32.2113  Aircraft.

    This account shall include the original cost of aircraft and any 
associated equipment and furnishings installed as an integral part of 
the aircraft.



Sec.  32.2114  Tools and other work equipment.

    This account shall include the original cost of special purpose 
vehicles and the original cost of tools and equipment used to maintain 
special purpose vehicles and items included in Accounts 2112 and 2113. 
This account shall also include the original cost of power-operated 
equipment, general purpose tools, and other items of work equipment.

[64 FR 50007, Sept. 15, 1999]



Sec.  32.2121  Buildings.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of buildings, and 
the cost of all permanent fixtures, machinery, appurtenances and 
appliances installed as a part thereof. It shall include costs incident 
to the construction or purchase of a building and to securing possession 
and title.
    (b) When land, together with the buildings thereon, is acquired, the 
original cost shall be fairly apportioned between the land and 
buildings, and the amount applicable to the buildings shall be included 
in this account. The amount applicable to the land shall be included in 
Account 2111, Land.
    (c) This account shall not include the cost of any telephone 
equipment or wiring apparatus for generating or controlling electricity 
for operating the telephone system.

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Sec.  32.2122  Furniture.

    This account shall include the original cost of furniture in 
offices, storerooms, shops, and all other quarters. This account shall 
also include the cost of objects which possess aesthetic value, are of 
original or limited edition, and do not have a determinable useful life. 
The cost of any furniture attached to and constituting a part of a 
building shall be charged to account 2121, Buildings.



Sec.  32.2123  Office equipment.

    This account shall include the original cost of office equipment in 
offices, shops and all other quarters. The cost of any equipment 
attached to and constituting a part of a building shall be charged to 
Account 2121, Buildings.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5686, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.2124  General purpose computers.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of computers and 
peripheral devices which are designed to perform general administrative 
information processing activities.
    (b) Administrative information processing includes but is not 
limited to activities such as the preparation of financial, statistical, 
or other business analytical reports; preparation of payroll, customer 
bills, and cash management reports, and other records and reports not 
specifically designed for testing, diagnosis, maintenance or control of 
the telecommunications network facilities.
    (c) [Reserved]
    (d) This account does not include the cost of computers and their 
associated peripheral devices associated with switching, network 
signaling, network operations, or other specific telecommunications 
plant. Such computers and peripherals shall be classified to the 
appropriate switching, network signaling, network expense, or other 
plant account.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 64 FR 50007, Sept. 15, 1999]



Sec.  32.2210  Central office--switching.

    This account shall be used by companies to record the original cost 
of switching assets of the type and character detailed in Accounts 2211 
through 2212.

[82 FR 20841, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.2211  Non-digital switching.

    (a) This account shall include:
    (1) Original cost of stored program control analog circuit-switching 
and associated equipment.
    (2) Cost of remote analog electronic circuit switches.
    (3) Original cost of non-electronic circuit-switching equipment such 
as Step-by-Step, Crossbar, and Other Electro-Mechanical Switching.
    (b) Switching plant excludes switchboards which perform an operator 
assistance function and equipment which is an integral part thereof. It 
does not exclude equipment used solely for the recording of calling 
telephone numbers in connection with customer dialed charged traffic, 
dial tandem switchboards and special service switchboards used in 
conjunction with private line service; such equipment shall be 
classified to the particular switch that if serves.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5686, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.2212  Digital electronic switching.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of stored program 
control digital switches and their associated equipment. Included in 
this account are digital switches which utilize either dedicated or non-
dedicated circuits. This account shall also include the cost of remote 
digital electronic switches. The investment in digital electronic 
switching equipment shall be maintained in the following subaccounts: 
2212.1 Circuit and 2212.2 Packet.
    (b) This subaccount 2212.1 Circuit shall include the original cost 
of digital electronic switching equipment used to provide circuit 
switching. Circuit switching is a method of routing traffic through a 
switching center, from local users or from other switching centers, 
whereby a connection is established between the calling and called 
stations until the connection is released by the called or calling 
station.

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    (c) This subaccount 2212.2 Packet shall include the original cost of 
digital electronic switching equipment used to provide packet switching. 
Packet switching is the process of routing and transferring information 
by means of addressed packets so that a channel is occupied during the 
transmission of the packet only, and upon completion of the transmission 
the channel is made available for the transfer of other traffic.
    (d) Digital electronic switching equipment used to provide both 
circuit and packet switching shall be recorded in the subaccounts 2212.1 
Circuit and 2212.2 Packet based upon its predominant use.
    (e) Switching plant excludes switchboards which perform an operator 
assistance function and equipment which is an integral part thereof. It 
does not exclude equipment used solely for the recording of calling 
telephone numbers in connection with customer dialed charged traffic, 
dial tandem switchboards and special service switchboards used in 
conjunction with private line service; such equipment shall be 
classified to the particular switch that it serves.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5686, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.2220  Operator systems.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of those items of 
equipment used to assist subscribers in utilizing the network and 
equipment used in the provision of directory assistance, call intercept, 
and other operator assisted call completion activities.
    (b) This account does not include equipment used solely for the 
recording of calling telephone numbers in connection with customer 
dialed charged traffic, dial tandem switchboards and special service 
switchboards used in conjunction with private line service; such 
equipment shall be classfied to the particular switch that it serves.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 59 FR 46930, Sept. 13, 1994]



Sec.  32.2230  Central office--transmission.

    This account shall be used by companies to record the original cost 
of radio systems and circuit equipment of the type and character 
detailed in Accounts 2231 and 2232.

[82 FR 20841, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.2231  Radio systems.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of ownership of 
radio transmitters and receivers. This account shall include the 
original cost of ownership interest in satellites (including land-side 
spares), other spare parts, material and supplies. It shall include 
launch insurance and other satellite launch costs. This account shall 
also include the original cost of earth stations and spare parts, 
material or supplies therefor.
    (b) This account shall also include the original cost of radio 
equipment used to provide radio communication channels. Radio equipment 
is that equipment which is used for the generation, amplification, 
propagation, reception, modulation, and demodulation of radio waves in 
free space over which communication channels can be provided. This 
account shall also include the associated carrier and auxiliary 
equipment and patch bay equipment which is an integral part of the radio 
equipment. Such equipment may be located in central office building, 
terminal room, or repeater stations or may be mounted on towers, masts, 
or other supports.

[67 FR 5686, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.2232  Circuit equipment.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of equipment which 
is used to reduce the number of physical pairs otherwise required to 
serve a given number of subscribers by utilizing carrier systems, 
concentration stages or combinations of both. It shall include equipment 
that provides for simultaneous use of a number of interoffice channels 
on a single transmission path. This account shall also include equipment 
which is used for the amplification, modulation, regeneration, circuit 
patching, balancing or control of signals transmitted over interoffice 
communications transmission channels. This account shall include 
equipment which utilizes the

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message path to carry signaling information or which utilizes separate 
channels between switching offices to transmit signaling information 
independent of the subscribers' communication paths or transmission 
channels. This account shall also include the original cost of 
associated material used in the construction of such plant. Circuit 
equipment may be located in central offices, in manholes, on poles, in 
cabinets or huts, or at other company locations. The investment in 
circuit equipment shall be maintained in the following subaccounts: 
2232.1 Electronic and 2232.2 Optical.
    (b) This subaccount 2232.1 Electronic shall include the original 
cost of electronic circuit equipment.
    (c) This subaccount 2232.2 Optical shall include the original cost 
of optical circuit equipment.
    (d) Circuit equipment that converts electronic signals to optical 
signals or optical signals to electronic signals shall be categorized as 
electronic.
    (e) This account excludes carrier and auxiliary equipment and patch 
bays which are includable in Account 2231.2, Other Radio Facilities. 
This account also excludes such equipment which is an integral component 
of a major unit which is classifiable to other accounts.
    (f) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained in order that 
the company may separately report the amounts contained herein that 
relate to digital and analog. Such subsidiary record categories shall be 
reported as required by part 43 of this Commission's Rules and 
Regulations.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5686, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.2310  Information origination/termination.

    This account shall be used by companies to record the original cost 
of information origination/termination equipment of the type and 
character detailed in Accounts 2311 through 2362.

[82 FR 20841, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.2311  Station apparatus.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of station 
apparatus, including teletypewriter equipment, telephone and 
miscellaneous equipment, small private branch exchanges and radio 
equipment (excluding mobile), installed for customer's use. Items 
included in this account shall remain herein until finally disposed of 
or until used in such manner as to warrant inclusion in other accounts.
    (b) Each company shall prepare a list of station apparatus which 
shall be used as its list of disposition units for this account, the 
cost of which when finally disposed of shall be credited to this account 
and charged to Account 3100, Accumulated Depreciation.
    (c) The cost of cross-connection boxes, distributing frames or other 
distribution points which are installed to terminate intrabuilding 
network cable shall be charged to Account 2426, Intrabuilding Network 
Cable.
    (d) Operator head sets and transmitters in central offices and at 
private branch exchanges, and test sets such as those used by wire 
chiefs, outside plant technicians, and others, shall be included in 
Account 2114, Tools and other work equipment, Account 2220, Operator 
systems, or Account 2341, Large Private Branch Exchanges, as 
appropriate.
    (e) Station apparatus for company official use shall be included in 
Account 2123, Office Equipment.
    (f) Periodic asset verification, as prescribed by generally accepted 
accounting principles, shall be taken of all station apparatus in stock 
that are included in this account. The number of such station apparatus 
items as determined by this verification together with the number of all 
other station apparatus items included in this account, shall be 
compared with the corresponding number of station apparatus items as 
shown by the respective control records. The original cost of any 
unreconciled differences thereby disclosed shall be adjusted through 
Account 3100, Accumulated Depreciation. Appropriate verifications shall 
be made at suitable intervals and necessary adjustments between this 
account and Account 3100 shall be made for all station apparatus 
included in this account.
    (g) Items of station apparatus in stock for which no further use in 
the ordinary conduct of the business is

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contemplated, but which as a precautionary measure are held for possible 
future contingencies instead of being discarded shall be excluded from 
this account and included in Account 1220, Inventories.
    (h) Embedded CPE is that equipment or inventory which was tariffed 
or otherwise subject to the jurisdictional separations process as of 
January 1, 1983.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 6561, Mar. 4, 1987; 52 
FR 39535, Oct. 22, 1987; 59 FR 46930, Sept. 13, 1994; 64 FR 50007, Sept. 
15, 1999; 67 FR 5687, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.2341  Large private branch exchanges.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost, including the cost 
of installation, of multiple manual private branch exchanges and of dial 
system private branch exchanges of types designed to accommodate 100 or 
more lines or which can normally be expanded to 100 or more lines, 
installed for customers' use. This account shall also include the 
original cost of other large installations of station equipment: (1) 
Which do not constitute stations, (2) which require special or 
individualized treatment because of their complexity, special design, or 
other distinctive characteristics, and (3) for which individual or other 
specialized cost records are appropriate. (Note also Account 2311, 
Station Apparatus.)
    (b) The cost of intrabuilding network cables including their 
associated cross-connection boxes, terminals, distributing frames, etc., 
is chargeable to Account 2426, Intrabuilding Network Cable.
    (c) The cost of outside plant, whether or not on private property, 
used with intrabuilding, network cable shall be charged to the 
appropriate outside plant accounts.
    (d)-(e) [Reserved]
    (f) Private branch exchanges for company official use shall be 
included in Account 2123, Office Equipment.
    (g) Embedded CPE is that equipment or inventory which is tariffed or 
otherwise subject to the jurisdictional separations process as of 
January 1, 1983. Inventories of large private branch exchanges equipment 
are included in Account 1220, Inventories.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 6562, Mar. 4, 1987; 52 
FR 39535, Oct. 22, 1987; 59 FR 46930, Sept. 13, 1994]



Sec.  32.2351  Public telephone terminal equipment.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of coinless, coin-
operated (including public and semi-public), credit card and pay 
telephone installed for use by the public.
    (b) This account shall also include the original cost of operating 
spares that are required to provide a continuity of service for public 
telephones. The operating spares shall not exceed six months supply in 
terms of turnover and be available to installers from locations in 
reasonable proximity to the location of the installed equipment.
    (c) The original cost of installing public telephone equipment shall 
not include the labor and minor materials costs of installing the public 
telephone equipment or premises wiring. These costs as well as the cost 
of replacing a public telephone shall be charged to Account 6351 Public 
Telephone Terminal Equipment Expense. The labor and minor materials 
costs of removal of public telephones will also be charged to Account 
6351.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 29019, Aug. 5, 1987]



Sec.  32.2362  Other terminal equipment.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of other Non-CPE 
terminal equipment not specifically provided for elsewhere and items 
such as specialized communications equipment provided to meet the needs 
of the disabled, over-voltage protection equipment, multiplexing 
equipment to deliver multiple channels to customers, etc.
    (b) Each company shall prepare a list of other terminal equipment 
which shall be used as its list of retirement units for this account, 
the cost of which when finally disposed of shall be credited to this 
account and charged to Account 3100, Accumulated Depreciation.

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Sec.  32.2410  Cable and wire facilities.

    This account shall be used by companies to record the original cost 
of cable and wire facilities of the type and character detailed in 
Accounts 2411 through 2441.

[82 FR 20841, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.2411  Poles.

    This account shall include the original cost of poles, crossarms, 
guys and other material used in the construction of pole lines and shall 
include the cost of towers when not associated with buildings. This 
account shall also include the cost of clearing pole line routes and of 
tree trimming but shall exclude the cost of maintaining previously 
cleared routes.



Sec.  32.2421  Aerial cable.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of aerial cable and 
of drop and block wires served by such cable or aerial wire as well as 
the cost of other material used in construction of such plant. 
Subsidiary record categories, as defined below, are to be maintained for 
nonmetallic aerial cable and metallic aerial cable.
    (1) Nonmetallic cable. This subsidiary record category shall include 
the original cost of optical fiber cable and other associated material 
used in constructing a physical path for the transmission of 
telecommunications signals.
    (2) Metallic cable. This subsidiary record category shall include 
the original cost of single or paired conductor cable, wire and other 
associated material used in constructing a physical path for the 
transmission of telecommunications signals.
    (b) The cost of permits and privileges for the construction of cable 
and wire facilities shall be included in the account chargeable with 
such construction.



Sec.  32.2422  Underground cable.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of underground 
cable installed in conduit and of other material used in the 
construction of such plant. Subsidiary record categories, as defined 
below, are to be maintained for nonmetallic underground cable and 
metallic underground cable.
    (1) Nonmetallic cable. This subsidiary record category shall include 
the original cost of optical fiber cable and other associated material 
used in constructing a physical path for the transmission of 
telecommunications signals.
    (2) Metallic cable. This subsidiary record category shall include 
the original cost of single or paired conductor cable, wire and other 
associated material used in constructing a physical path for the 
transmission of telecommunications signals.
    (b) The cost of pumping water out of manholes and of cleaning 
manholes and ducts in connection with construction work and the cost of 
permits and privileges for the construction of cable and wire facilities 
shall be included in the account chargeable with such construction.
    (c) The cost of drop and block wires served by underground cable 
shall be included in Account 2423, Buried Cable.
    (d) The cost of cables leading from the main distributing frame or 
equivalent to central office equipment shall be included in the 
appropriate switching, transmission or other operations asset account.



Sec.  32.2423  Buried cable.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of buried cable as 
well as the cost of other material used in the construction of such 
plant. This account shall also include the cost of trenching for and 
burying cable run in conduit not classifiable to Account 2441, Conduit 
Systems. Subsidiary record categories, as defined below, are to be 
maintained for nonmetallic buried cable and metallic buried cable.
    (1) Nonmetallic cable. This subsidiary record category shall include 
the original cost of optical fiber cable and other associated material 
used in constructing a physical path for the transmission of 
telecommunications signals.
    (2) Metallic cable. This subsidiary record category shall include 
the original cost of single or paired conductor cable, wire and other 
associated material used in constructing a physical path for the 
transmission of telecommunications signals.
    (b) The cost of pumping water out of manholes and of cleaning 
manholes and ducts in connection with construction

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work and the cost of permits and privileges for the construction of 
cable and wire facilities shall be included in the account chargeable 
with such construction.



Sec.  32.2424  Submarine & deep sea cable.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of submarine cable 
and deep sea cable and other material used in the construction of such 
plant. Subsidiary record categories, as defined below, are to be 
maintained for nonmetallic submarine and deep sea cable and metallic 
submarine and deep sea cable.
    (1) Nonmetallic cable. This subsidiary record category shall include 
the original cost of optical fiber cable and other associated material 
used in constructing a physical path for the transmission of 
telecommunications signals.
    (2) Metallic cable. This subsidiary record category shall include 
the original cost of single or paired conductor cable, wire and other 
associated material used in constructing a physical path for the 
transmission of telecommunications signals.
    (b) The cost of permits and privileges for the construction of cable 
and wire facilities shall be included in the account chargeable with 
such construction.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5687, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.2426  Intrabuilding network cable.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of cables and wires 
located on the company's side of the demarcation point or standard 
network interface inside subscribers' buildings or between buildings on 
one customer's same premises. Intrabuilding network cables are used to 
distribute network access facilities to equipment rooms, cross-
connection or other distribution points at which connection is made with 
customer premises wiring. Subsidiary record categories, as defined 
below, are to be maintained for nonmetallic intrabuilding network cable 
and metallic intrabuilding network cable.
    (1) Nonmetallic cable. This subsidiary record category shall include 
the original cost of optical fiber cable and other associated material 
used in constructing a physical path for the transmission of 
telecommunications signals.
    (2) Metallic cable. This subsidiary record category shall include 
the original cost of single or paired conductor cable, wire and other 
associated material used in constructing a physical path for the 
transmission of telecommunications signals.
    (b) The cost of pumping water out of manholes and of cleaning 
manholes and ducts in connection with construction work and the cost of 
permits and privileges for the construction of cable and wire facilities 
shall be included in the account chargeable with such construction.
    (c) Intrabuilding network cable does not include the cost of cables 
or wires which are classifiable as network terminating wire, nor the 
cables or wires from the demarcation point or standard network interface 
to subscribers' stations.



Sec.  32.2431  Aerial wire.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of bare line wire 
and other material used in the construction of such plant.
    (b) The cost of permits and privileges for the construction of cable 
and wire facilities shall be included in the account chargeable with 
such construction.
    (c) The cost of drop and block wires served by aerial wire shall be 
included in Account 2421, Aerial Cable.



Sec.  32.2441  Conduit systems.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of conduit, whether 
underground, in tunnels or on bridges, which is reusable in place. It 
shall also include the cost of opening trenches and of any repaving 
necessary in the construction of conduit plant.
    (b) The cost of pumping water out of manholes and of cleaning 
manholes and ducts in connection with construction work and the cost of 
permits and privileges for the construction of cable and wire facilities 
shall be included in the account chargeable with such construction.
    (c) The cost of protective covering for buried cable shall be 
charged to Account 2423, Buried Cable, as appropriate, unless such 
protective covering

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is reusable in place. The amounts thus charged shall be included in the 
nonmetallic buried cable or metallic buried cable subsidiary record 
category, as appropriate.
    (d) The cost of pipes or other protective covering for underground 
drop and block wires shall be included in Account 2421, Aerial Cable, or 
Account 2423, Buried Cable, as appropriate. The amounts thus charged 
shall be included in the nonmetallic or metallic subsidiary record 
category, as appropriate.



Sec.  32.2680  Amortizable tangible assets.

    This account shall be used by companies to record amounts for 
property acquired under capital leases and the original cost of 
leasehold improvements of the type of character detailed in Accounts 
2681 and 2682.

[82 FR 20841, May 4, 2017]

    Effective Date Note: At 84 FR 4729, Feb. 19, 2019, Sec.  32.2680 was 
revised, effective Jan. 1, 2020. For the convenience of the user, the 
revised text is set forth as follows:



Sec.  32.2680  Amortizable tangible assets.

    This account shall be used by companies to record amounts for 
property acquired under finance leases and the original cost of 
leasehold improvements of the type of character detailed in Accounts 
2681 and 2682.



Sec.  32.2681  Capital leases.

    (a) This account shall include all property acquired under a capital 
lease. A lease qualifies as a capital lease when one or more of the 
following criteria is met:
    (1) By the end of the lease term, ownership of the leased property 
is transferred to the leasee.
    (2) The lease contains a bargain purchase option.
    (3) The lease term is substantially (75% or more) equal to the 
estimated useful life of the leased property. However, if the beginning 
of the lease term falls within the last 25% of the total estimated 
economic life of the leased property, including earlier years of use, 
this criterion shall not be used for purposes of classifying the lease.
    (4) At the inception of the lease, the present value of the minimum 
lease payments, excluding that portion of the payments representing 
executory costs to be paid by the lessor, including any profit thereon, 
equals or exceeds 90% or more of the fair value of the leased property. 
However, if the beginning of the lease term falls within the last 25% of 
the total estimated economic life of the leased property, including 
earlier years of use, this criterion shall not be used for purposes of 
classifying the lease.
    (b) All other leases are operating leases.
    (c) The amounts recorded in this account at the inception of a 
capital lease shall be equal to the original cost, if known, or to the 
present value not to exceed fair value, at the beginning of the lease 
term, of minimum lease payments during the lease term, excluding that 
portion of the payments representing executory costs to be paid by the 
lessor, together with any profit thereon.

    Effective Date Note: At 84 FR 4729, Feb. 19, 2019, Sec.  32.2681 was 
amended by revising the section heading and paragraphs (a) and (c), 
effective Jan. 1, 2020. For the convenience of the user, the revised 
text is set forth as follows:



Sec.  32.2681  Finance leases.

    (a) This account shall include all property acquired under a finance 
lease. A lease qualifies as a finance lease when one or more of the 
following criteria is met:

                                * * * * *

    (c) The amounts recorded in this account at the inception of a 
finance lease shall be equal to the original cost, if known, or to the 
present value not to exceed fair value, at the beginning of the lease 
term, of minimum lease payments during the lease term, excluding that 
portion of the payments representing executory costs to be paid by the 
lessor, together with any profit thereon.



Sec.  32.2682  Leasehold improvements.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of leasehold 
improvements made to telecommunications plant held under a capital or 
operating lease, which are subject to amortization treatment. This 
account shall also include those improvements which will revert to the 
lessor.
    (b) Improvements to leased telecommunications plant which are of a 
relatively minor cost or short life or for which the period of the lease 
is one

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year or less shall be charged to the account chargeable with the cost of 
repairs to such plant.
    (c) Amounts contained in this account shall be amortized over the 
term of the related lease.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5687, Feb. 6, 2002; 69 
FR 53649, Sept. 2, 2004; 82 FR 20841, May 4, 2017]

    Effective Date Note: At 84 FR 4730, Feb. 19, 2019, Sec.  32.2682 was 
amended by revising paragraph (a), effective Jan. 1, 2020. For the 
convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as follows:



Sec.  32.2682  Leasehold improvements.

    (a) This account shall include the original cost of leasehold 
improvements made to telecommunications plant held under a finance or 
operating lease, which are subject to amortization treatment. This 
account shall also include those improvements which will revert to the 
lessor.

                                * * * * *



Sec.  32.2690  Intangibles.

    (a) This account shall include the cost of organizing and 
incorporating the company, the original cost of government franchises, 
the original cost of patent rights, and other intangible property having 
a life of more than one year and used in connection with the company's 
telecommunications operations.
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) The cost of other intangible assets, not including software, 
having a life of one year or less shall be charged directly to Account 
6564, Amortization expense--intangible. Such intangibles acquired at 
small cost may also be charged to Account 6564, irrespective of their 
term of life. The cost of software having a life of one year or less 
shall be charged directly to the applicable expense account with which 
the software is associated.
    (d) The amortization associated with the costs recorded in the 
Intangibles account will be credited directly to this asset account, 
leaving a balance representing the unamortized cost.
    (e) This account shall not include any discounts on securities 
issued, nor shall it include costs incident to negotiating loans, 
selling bonds or other evidences of debt, or expenses in connection with 
the authorization, issuance, sale or resale of capital stock.
    (f) When charges are made to this account for expenses incurred in 
mergers, consolidations, or reorganizations, amounts previously included 
in this account on the books of the various companies concerned shall 
not be carried over.
    (g) Franchise taxes payable annually or more frequently shall be 
charged to Account 7240, Operating other taxes.
    (h) This account shall not include the cost of plant, material and 
supplies, or equipment furnished to municipalities or other governmental 
authorities when given other than as initial consideration for 
franchises or similar rights. (Note also Account 6720, General & 
administrative).
    (i) This account shall not include the original cost of easements, 
rights of way, and similar rights in land having a term of more than one 
year. Such amounts shall be recorded in Account 2111, Land, or in the 
appropriate outside plant account (see Accounts 2411 through 2441), or 
in the appropriate central office account (see Accounts 2211 through 
2232).

[67 FR 5687, Feb. 6, 2002, as amended at 69 FR 53649, Sept. 2, 2004; 82 
FR 20841, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.3000  Instructions for balance sheet accounts-
-depreciation and amortization.

    (a) Depreciation and amortization subsidiary records. (1) Subsidiary 
record categories shall be maintained for each class of depreciable 
telecommunications plant in Account 3100 for which there is a prescribed 
depreciation rate. (See also Sec.  32.2000(g)(1)(iii).)
    (2) Subsidiary records shall be maintained for Accounts 2005, 2682, 
2690, 3400 in accordance with Sec.  32.2000(h)(4).
    (b) Depreciation and amortization accounts to be maintained by 
telephone companies, as indicated.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Account title
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Depreciation and amortization:
  Accumulated depreciation..................  3100
  Accumulated depreciation--Held for future   3200
   telecommunications use.
  Accumulated depreciation--Nonoperating....  3300
  Accumulated depreciation--Tangible........  3400
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[82 FR 20841, May 4, 2017]

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Sec.  32.3100  Accumulated depreciation.

    (a) This account shall include the accumulated depreciation 
associated with the investment contained in Account 2001, 
Telecommunications Plant in Service.
    (b) This account shall be credited with depreciation amounts 
concurrently charged to Account 6561, Depreciation expense--
telecommunications plant in service. (Note also Account 3300, 
Accumulated depreciation--nonoperating.)
    (c) At the time of retirement of depreciable operating 
telecommunications plant, this account shall be charged with the 
original cost of the property retired plus the cost of removal and 
credited with the salvage value and any insurance proceeds recovered.
    (d) This account shall be credited with amounts charged to Account 
1438, Deferred maintenance, retirements, and other deferred charges, as 
provided in Sec.  32.2000(g)(4) of this subpart. This account shall be 
credited with amounts charged to Account 6561 with respect to other than 
relatively minor losses in service values suffered through terminations 
of service when charges for such terminations are made to recover the 
losses.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5687, Feb. 6, 2002; 69 
FR 53649, Sept. 2, 2004]



Sec.  32.3200  Accumulated depreciation--held for future
telecommunications use.

    (a) This account shall include the accumulated depreciation 
associated with the investment contained in Account 2002, Property Held 
for Future Telecommunications Use.
    (b) This account shall be credited with amounts concurrently charged 
to Account 6562, Depreciation expense--property held for future 
telecommunications use.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5688, Feb. 6, 2002; 69 
FR 53649, Sept. 2, 2004]



Sec.  32.3300  Accumulated depreciation--nonoperating.

    (a) This account shall include the accumulated amortization and 
depreciation associated with the investment contained in Account 2006, 
Nonoperating Plant.
    (b) This account shall be credited with amortization and 
depreciation amounts concurrently charged to Account 7300, Nonoperating 
income and expense.
    (c) When nonoperating plant not previously used in 
telecommunications service is disposed of, this account shall be charged 
with the amount previously credited hereto with respect to such property 
and the book cost of the property so retired less the amount chargeable 
to this account and less the value of the salvage recovered or the 
proceeds from the sale of the property shall be included in Account 
7300, Nonoperating income and expense. In case the property had been 
used in telecommunications service previous to its inclusion in Account 
2006, Nonoperating Plant, the amount accrued for depreciation thereon 
after its retirement from telecommunications service shall be charged to 
this account and credited to Account 3100, Accumulated depreciation, and 
the accounting for its retirement from Account 2006 shall be in 
accordance with that applicable to telecommunications plant retired.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 59 FR 46930, Sept. 13, 1994; 
67 FR 5688, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.3400  Accumulated amortization--tangible.

    (a) This account shall include:
    (1) the accumulated amortization associated with the investment 
contained in Account 2681, Capital leases.
    (2) the accumulated amortization associated with the investment 
contained in Account 2682, Leasehold improvements.
    (b) This account shall be credited with amounts for the amortization 
of capital leases and leasehold improvements concurrently charged to 
Account 6563, Amortization expense--tangible. (Note also Account 3300, 
Accumulated depreciation--nonoperating.)
    (c) When any item carried in Account 2681 or Account 2682 is sold, 
is relinquished, or is otherwise retired from service, this account 
shall be charged with the cost of the retired item. Remaining amounts 
associated with the

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item shall be debited to Account 7100, Other operating income and 
expenses, or Account 7300, Nonoperating income and expense, as 
appropriate.

[69 FR 53649, Sept. 2, 2004, as amended at 82 FR 20842, May 4, 2017]

    Effective Date Note: At 84 FR 4730, Feb. 19, 2019, Sec.  32.3400 was 
amended by revising paragraphs (a)(1) and (b), effective Jan. 1, 2020. 
For the convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as 
follows:



Sec.  32.3400  Accumulated amortization--tangible.

    (a) * * *
    (1) The accumulated amortization associated with the investment 
contained in Account 2681, Finance leases.

                                * * * * *

    (b) This account shall be credited with amounts for the amortization 
of finance leases and leasehold improvements concurrently charged to 
Account 6563, Amortization expense--tangible. (Note also Account 3300, 
Accumulated depreciation--nonoperating.)

                                * * * * *



Sec.  32.3410  Accumulated amortization--capitalized leases.

    (a) This account shall include the accumulated amortization 
associated with the investment contained in Account 2681, Capital 
Leases.
    (b) This account shall be credited with amounts for the amortization 
of capital leases concurrently charged to Account 6563, Amortization 
expense--tangible. (Note also Account 3300, Accumulated depreciation--
nonoperating.)
    (c) When any item carried in Account 2681 is sold, is relinquished, 
or is otherwise retired from service, this account shall be charged with 
the cost of the retired item. Remaining amounts associated with the item 
shall be debited to Account 7100, Other operating income and expenses, 
or Account 7300, Nonoperating income and expense, as appropriate.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5688, Feb. 6, 2002; 69 
FR 53649, Sept. 2, 2004]

    Effective Date Note: At 84 FR 4730, Feb. 19, 2019, Sec.  32.3410 was 
amended by revising the section heading and paragraphs (a) and (b), 
effective Jan. 1, 2020. For the convenience of the user, the revised 
text is set forth as follows:



Sec.  32.3410  Accumulated amortization--capitalized finance leases.

    (a) This account shall include the accumulated amortization 
associated with the investment contained in Account 2681, Finance 
Leases.
    (b) This account shall be credited with amounts for the amortization 
of finance leases concurrently charged to Account 6563, Amortization 
expense--tangible. (Note also Account 3300, Accumulated depreciation--
nonoperating.)

                                * * * * *



Sec.  32.3999  Instructions for balance sheet accounts--liabilities
and stockholders' equity.

    Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Accounts To Be Maintained by
                                Companies
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Account title
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current liabilities:
  Current accounts and notes payable........  4000
  Customer's Deposits.......................  4040
  Income taxes--accrued.....................  4070
  Other taxes--accrued......................  4080
  Net Current Deferred Nonoperating Income    4100
   Taxes.
  Net Current Deferred Nonoperating Income    4110
   Taxes.
  Other current liabilities.................  4130
Long-term debt:
  Long Term debt and Funded debt............  4200
Other liabilities and deferred credits:
  Other liabilities and deferred credits....  4300
  Unamortized operating investment tax        4320
   credits--net.
  Unamortized nonoperating investment tax     4330
   credits--net.
  Net noncurrent deferred operating income    4340
   taxes.
  Net deferred tax liability adjustments....  4341
  Net noncurrent deferred nonoperating        4350
   income taxes.
  Deferred tax regulatory adjustments--net..  4361
  Other jurisdictional liabilities and        4370
   deferred credits--net.
Stockholder's equity:
  Capital stock.............................  4510
  Additional paid-in capital................  4520
  Treasury stock............................  4530
  Other capital.............................  4540
  Retained earnings.........................  4550
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[82 FR 20842, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.4000  Current accounts and notes payable.

    (a) This account shall include:
    (1) All amounts currently due to others for recurring trade 
obligations, and not provided for in other accounts, such as those for 
traffic settlements,

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material and supplies, repairs to telecommunications plant, matured 
rents, and interest payable under monthly settlements on short-term 
loans, advances, and open accounts. It shall also include amounts of 
taxes payable that have been withheld from employees' salaries.
    (2) Accounts payable arising from sharing of revenues.
    (3) The face amount of notes, drafts, and other evidences of 
indebtedness issued or assumed by the company (except interest coupons) 
which are payable on demand or not more than one year or less from date 
of issue.
    (b) If any part of an obligation, otherwise includable in this 
account matures more than one year from date of issue, it shall be 
included in Account 4200, Long term debt and funded debt, or other 
appropriate account.
    (c) The records supporting the entries to this account shall be kept 
so that the company can furnish complete details as to each note, when 
it is issued, the consideration received, and when it is payable.
    (d) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained for this 
account in order that the company may separately report the amounts 
contained herein that relate to nonaffiliates and affiliates. Such 
subsidiary record categories shall be reported as required by part 43 of 
this chapter.

[67 FR 5688, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.4040  Customers' deposits.

    (a) This account shall include the amount of cash deposited with the 
company by customers as security for the payment for telecommunications 
service.
    (b) Advance payments made by prospective customers prior to the 
establishment of service shall be credited to Account 4130, Other 
current liabilities.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5689, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.4070  Income taxes--accrued.

    (a) This account shall be credited or charged and the following 
accounts shall be charged or credited with the offsetting amount of 
current year income taxes (Federal, state and local) accrued during the 
period or adjustments to prior accruals: 7220 Operating Federal Income 
Taxes, 7230 Operating State and Local Income Taxes, 7400 Nonoperating 
Taxes, 7600 Extraordinary Items.
    (b) If significant, current year income taxes paid in advance shall 
be reclassified to Account 1280, Prepayments.

[67 FR 5689, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.4080  Other taxes--accrued.

    (a) This account shall be credited or charged and Account 7240, 
Operating Other Taxes, or 7400, Nonoperating Taxes, or, for payroll 
related costs, the appropriate expense accounts shall be charged or 
credited for all taxes, other than Federal, State and local income 
taxes, accrued or adjusted for previous accruals during the period. 
Among the taxes includable in this account are property, gross receipts, 
franchise, capital stock, social security and unemployment taxes.
    (b) Taxes paid in advance of the period in which they are chargeable 
to income shall be included in the prepaid taxes Account 1280, 
Prepayments, or 1410, Other Noncurrent Assets, as appropriate.

[67 FR 5689, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.4100  Net current deferred operating income taxes.

    (a) This account shall include the balance of income tax expense 
related to current items from regulated operations which have been 
deferred to later periods as a result of the normalized method of 
accounting for tax differentials authorized by this Commission and not 
provided for elsewhere.
    (b) As regulated assets or liabilities which generated the deferred 
income tax are reclassified from long-term or noncurrent status to 
current, the appropriate deferred income tax shall be reclassified from 
Account 4340, Net Noncurrent Deferred Operating Income Taxes, to this 
account.
    (c) This account shall be debited or credited with the amount being 
debited or credited to Account 7250, Provision For Deferred Operating 
Income Taxes--Net, in accordance with that account's description and 
Sec.  32.22 of subpart B.

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    (d) The classification of deferred income taxes as current or 
noncurrent shall follow the classification of the asset or liability 
that gave rise to the deferred income tax. If there is no related asset 
or liability, classification shall be based on the expected turnaround 
of the temporary differences.
    (e) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained in order that 
the company may separately report the amounts contained herein that are 
property related and those that are nonproperty related. Such subsidiary 
record categories shall be reported as required by part 43 of this 
Commission's Rules and Regulations.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 59 FR 9419, Feb. 28, 1994]



Sec.  32.4110  Net current deferred nonoperating income taxes.

    (a) This account shall include the balance of income tax expense 
resulting from comprehensive interpreted tax allocation which has been 
deferred to later periods.
    (b) As other assets or liabilities which generated the deferred 
income tax are reclassified from long-term or noncurrent status to 
current, the appropriate deferred income tax shall be reclassified from 
Account 4350, Net Noncurrent Deferred Nonoperating Income Taxes, to this 
account.
    (c) This account shall be debited or credited with the amount being 
credited or debited to Account 7400, Nonoperating taxes, in accordance 
with that account's description and Sec.  32.22.
    (d) This account shall also include the balance of the income taxes 
(Federal, state and local) related to current extraordinary items which 
have been deferred to later periods resulting from comprehensive 
interperiod tax allocation.
    (e) As the extraordinary item which generated the deferred income 
tax becomes current, the appropriate deferred income tax shall be 
reclassified from Account 4350, Net Noncurrent Deferred Nonoperating 
Income Taxes, to this account.
    (f) This account shall be debited or credited with the amount being 
credited and debited to Account 7600, Extraordinary Items.
    (g) The classification of deferred income taxes as current or 
noncurrent shall follow the classification of the asset or liability 
that gave rise to deferred income tax. If there is no related asset or 
liability, classification shall be based on the expected turnaround of 
the temporary differences.
    (h) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained in order that 
the company may separately report the amounts contained herein that are 
property related and those that are nonproperty related. Such subsidiary 
record categories shall be reported as required by part 43 of this 
Commission's Rules and Regulations.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 59 FR 9419, Feb. 28, 1994; 67 
FR 5689, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.4130  Other current liabilities.

    This account shall include:
    (a) The amount of advance billing creditable to revenue accounts in 
future months; also advance payments made by prospective customers prior 
to the establishment of service. Amounts included in this account shall 
be credited to the appropriate revenue accounts in the months in which 
the service is rendered or cleared from this account as refunds are 
made.
    (b) The amount (including any obligations for premiums) of long-term 
debt matured and unpaid without any specific agreement for extension of 
maturity, including unpresented bonds drawn for redemption through the 
operation of sinking and redemption fund agreements.
    (c) The current portion of obligations applicable to property 
obtained under capital leases.
    (d) The amount of wages, compensated absences, interest on 
indebtedness of the company, dividends on capital stock, and rents 
accrued to the date for which the balance sheet is made, but not payable 
until after that date. Accruals shall be maintained so as to show 
separately the amount and nature of the items accrued to the date of the 
balance sheet.
    (e) Matured rents, dividends, interest payable under monthly 
settlements on short-term loans, advances, and open accounts shall be 
included in Account 4000.

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    (f) All other liabilities of current character which are not 
included in Account 4000 through 4110.

[67 FR 5689, Feb. 6, 2002]

    Effective Date Note: At 84 FR 4730, Feb. 19, 2019, Sec.  32.4130 was 
amended by revising paragraph (c), effective Jan. 1, 2020. For the 
convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as follows:



Sec.  32.4130  Other current liabilities.

                                * * * * *

    (c) The current portion of obligations applicable to property 
obtained under finance leases.

                                * * * * *



Sec.  32.4200  Long term debt and funded debt.

    (a) This account shall include:
    (1) The total face amount of unmatured debt maturing more than one 
year from date of issue, issued by the company and not retired, and the 
total face amount of similar unmatured debt of other companies, the 
payment of which has been assumed by the company, including funded debt 
the maturity of which has been extended by specific agreement. This 
account shall also include such items as mortgage bonds, collateral 
trust bonds, income bonds, convertible debt, debt securities with 
detachable warrants and other similar obligations maturing more than one 
year from date of issue.
    (2) The premium associated with all classes of long-term debt. 
Premium, as applied to securities issued or assumed by the company, 
means the excess of the current money value received at their sale over 
the sum of their book or face amount and interest or dividends accrued 
at the date of the sale.
    (3) The discount associated with all classes of long-term debt. 
Discount, as applied to securities issued or assumed by the company, 
means the excess of the book or face amount of the securities plus 
interest or dividends accrued at the date of the sale over the current 
money value of the consideration received at their sale.
    (4) The face amount of debt reacquired prior to maturity that has 
not been retired. Gain or loss shall be recognized at the time of 
reacquisition by credits or charges to Account 7300, Nonoperating income 
and expense, except that material gains or losses shall be treated as 
extraordinary. (See Account 7600, Extraordinary items.)
    (5) The noncurrent portion of obligations applicable to property 
obtained under capital leases. Amounts subject to current settlement 
shall be included in Account 4130, Other current liabilities.
    (6) The amount of advance from affiliated companies. Amounts due 
affiliated companies which are subject to current settlement shall be 
included in Account 4000.
    (7) Investment advances, including those represented by notes.
    (8) Long-term debt not provided for elsewhere.
    (b) Subsidiary records shall be maintained for each issue. The 
subsidiary records shall identify the premium or discount attributable 
to each issue.
    (c) Premiums and discounts on long-term debt recorded in this 
account shall be amortized monthly by the interest method and charged or 
credited, as appropriate, to Account 7500, Interest and related items.
    (d) Debt securities with detachable warrants shall be accounted for 
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
    (e) Securities maturing in one year or less, including securities 
maturing serially, shall be included in Account 4130, Other current 
liabilities.

[67 FR 5689, Feb. 6, 2002]

    Effective Date Note: At 84 FR 4730, Feb. 19, 2019, Sec.  32.4200 was 
amended by revising paragraph (a)(5) and adding paragraph (a)(9), 
effective Jan. 1, 2020. For the convenience of the user, the added and 
revised text is set forth as follows:



Sec.  32.4200  Long term debt and funded debt.

    (a) * * *
    (5) The noncurrent portion of obligations applicable to property 
obtained under finance leases. Amounts subject to current settlement 
shall be included in Account 4130, Other current liabilities.

                                * * * * *

    (9) The noncurrent portion of obligations applicable to property 
subject to capitalized operating leases. Amounts subject to current 
settlement shall be included in Account 4130,

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Other current liabilities. Any balance in this account relating to 
capitalized operating leases shall be excluded in any ratemaking 
calculations.

                                * * * * *



Sec.  32.4300  Other long-term liabilities and deferred credits.

    (a) This account shall include amounts accrued to provide for such 
items as unfunded pensions (if actuarially determined), death benefits, 
deferred compensation costs and other long-term liabilities not provided 
for elsewhere. Subsidiary records shall be maintained to identify the 
nature of these items.
    (b) This account shall include the amount of all deferred credits 
not provided for elsewhere, such as amounts awaiting adjustment between 
accounts; and revenue, expense, and income items in suspense.

[67 FR 5690, Feb. 6, 2002]

    Effective Date Note: At 84 FR 4730, Feb. 19, 2019, Sec.  32.4300 was 
amended by adding paragraph (c), effective Jan. 1, 2020. For the 
convenience of the user, the added text is set forth as follows:



Sec.  32.4300  Other long-term liabilities and deferred credits.

                                * * * * *

    (c) This account shall include the deferred obligations associated 
with a capitalize operating lease longer than one year. The amounts 
recorded in this account at the inception of an operating lease shall be 
equal to the present value not to exceed fair value, at the beginning of 
the lease term, of minimum lease payments during the lease term, 
excluding that portion of the payments representing executory costs to 
be paid by the lessor, together with any profit thereon.



Sec.  32.4320  Unamortized operating investment tax credits--net.

    (a) This account shall be credited and Account 7210, Operating 
Investment Tax Credits--Net, should be debited with investment tax 
credits generated from qualified expenditures related to regulated 
operations which the company defers rather than recognizes currently in 
income.
    (b) This account shall be debited and Account 7210 credited with a 
proportionate amount determined in relation to the period of time used 
for computing book depreciation on the property to which the tax credit 
relates.



Sec.  32.4330  Unamortized nonoperating investment tax credits--net.

    (a) This account shall be credited and Account 7400, Nonoperating 
Taxes, shall be debited with investment tax credits generated from 
qualified expenditures related to other operations which the company has 
elected to defer rather than recognize currently in income.
    (b) This account shall be debited and Account 7400 credited with a 
proportionate amount determined in relation to the useful book life of 
the property to which the tax credit relates.

[67 FR 5690, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.4340  Net noncurrent deferred operating income taxes.

    (a) This account shall include the balance of income tax expense 
related to noncurrent items from regulated operations which have been 
deferred to later periods as a result of comprehensive interperiod tax 
allocation related to temporary differences that arise from regulated 
operations.
    (b) This account shall be credited or debited, as appropriate, and 
Account 7250, Provision for Deferred Operating Income Taxes--Net, shall 
reflect the offset for the tax effect of revenues and expenses from 
regulated operations which have been included in the determination of 
taxable income, but which will not be included in the determination of 
book income or for the tax effect of revenues and expenses from 
regulated operations which have been included in the determination of 
book income prior to the inclusion in the determination of taxable 
income.
    (c) As regulated assets or liabilities which generated the prepaid 
income tax or deferred income tax are reclassified from long-term or 
noncurrent status to current status, the appropriate deferred income tax 
shall be reclassified from this account to Account 4100, Net Current 
Deferred Operating Income Taxes.
    (d) The classification of deferred income taxes as current or 
noncurrent shall follow the classification of the asset or liability 
that gave rise to the

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deferred income tax. If there is no related asset or liability, 
classification shall be based on the expected turnaround of the 
temporary difference.
    (e) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained in order that 
the company may separately report the amounts contained herein that are 
property related and those that are nonproperty related. Such subsidiary 
record categories shall be reported as required by part 43 of this 
Commission's Rules and Regulations.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 59 FR 9419, Feb. 28, 1994]



Sec.  32.4341  Net deferred tax liability adjustments.

    (a) This account shall include the portion of deferred income tax 
charges and credits pertaining to Account 32.4361, Deferred tax 
regulatory adjustments--net.
    (b) This account shall be used to record adjustments to the 
accumulated deferred tax liabilities recorded in Accounts 4100 and 4340 
for:
    (1) Tax effects of temporary differences accounted for under the 
flow-through method or treated as permanent differences.
    (2) Reclassification attributable to changes in tax rates (Federal, 
state and local). As tax rates increase or decrease, the offsetting 
debit or credit will be recorded in Account 4361 as required by 
paragraph (a) of this section.
    (3) The tax effects of carryforward net operating losses and 
carryforward investment tax credits expected to reduce future taxes 
payable that are reported in published financial statements.
    (4) Reversals of the tax effects of carryforward net operating 
losses and carryforward investment tax credits previously recorded in 
this account at the time they become recognized as reductions in current 
taxable income and current taxes payable on tax returns.
    (c) This account shall be exempt from the vintage year detail record 
requirements of Sec.  32.22(e)(2).

[59 FR 9419, Feb. 28, 1994, as amended at 67 FR 5690, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.4350  Net noncurrent deferred nonoperating income taxes.

    (a) This account shall include the balance of income tax expense 
(Federal, state, and local) that has been deferred to later periods as a 
result of comprehensive interperiod allocation related to nonoperating 
differences.
    (b) This account shall be credited or debited, as appropriate, and 
Account 7400, Nonoperating Taxes, shall reflect the offset for the tax 
effect of revenues from other operations and extraordinary items and 
nonoperating expenses which have been included in the determination of 
taxable income, but which will not be included in the determination of 
book income or for the tax effect of nonoperating expenses and 
extraordinary items and nonoperating income which have been included in 
the determination of book income prior to the inclusion in the 
determination of taxable income.
    (c) As other assets or liabilities which generated the prepaid 
income tax or deferred income tax are reclassified from long-term or 
non-current status to current status, the appropriate deferred income 
tax shall be reclassified from this account to account 4110, Net Current 
Deferred Nonoperating Income Taxes.
    (d) This account shall also include the balance of the income tax 
effect (Federal, State and local) related to noncurrent extraordinary 
items which have been included in the determination of taxable income in 
a period different from when it is included in the determination of book 
income, that is, more than one year.
    (e) This account shall be charged or credited with the contra amount 
recorded to Account 7600, Extraordinary items, in accordance with Sec.  
32.22.
    (f) As the extraordinary item which generated the deferred income 
tax becomes current, the appropriate deferred income tax shall be 
reclassified from this account to Account 4110, Net Current Deferred 
Nonoperating Income Taxes.
    (g) The classification of deferred income taxes as current or 
noncurrent shall follow the classification of the asset or liability 
that gave rise to the deferred income tax. If there is no related asset 
or liability, classification

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shall be based on the expected turnaround of the temporary difference.
    (h) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained in order that 
the company may separately report the amounts contained herein that are 
property related and those that are nonproperty related. Such subsidiary 
record categories shall be reported as required by part 43 of this 
Commission's Rules and Regulations.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 59 FR 9419, Feb. 28, 1994; 67 
FR 5690, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.4361  Deferred tax regulatory adjustments--net.

    (a) This account shall include amounts of probable future revenue 
for the recovery of future increases in taxes payable and amounts of 
probable future revenue reductions attributable to future decreases in 
taxes payable. As reductions or reversals occur, amounts recorded in 
this account shall be reduced or increased, with a contra entry being 
made to Account 4341, Net deferred tax liability adjustments.
    (b) This account shall also be adjusted for the impact of 
prospective tax rate changes on the deferred tax liability for those 
temporary differences underlying its existing balance.

[67 FR 5690, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.4370  Other jurisdictional liabilities and deferred
credits--net.

    This account shall include the cumulative impact on liabilities and 
deferred credits of the jurisdictional ratemaking practices which vary 
from those of this Commission. All entries recorded in this account 
shall be recorded net of any applicable income tax effects and shall be 
supported by appropriate subsidiary records where necessary as provided 
for in Sec.  32.13 of subpart B.



Sec.  32.4510  Capital stock.

    (a) This account shall include the par value, stated amount, or in 
the case of no-par stock, the amount received for capital stock issued 
and outstanding.
    (b) Subsidiary records shall be maintained so as to show separately 
each class of stock.
    (c) This account shall be charged with the book amount of any stock 
retired.



Sec.  32.4520  Additional paid-in capital.

    (a) This account shall include the difference between the net 
proceeds (including discount, premium and stock issuance expense) 
received from the issuance of capital stock and the amount includable in 
Account 4510, Capital Stock, unless such difference results in a debit 
balance for that class of stock, in which case the amount shall be 
charged to Account 4550, Retained Earnings.
    (b) This account shall also include gains arising from the 
retirement and cancellation of capital stock. Losses from the retirement 
and cancellation of capital stock shall be charged to this account to 
the extent that there exist credits in this account for the same class 
of stock; otherwise to Account 4550.



Sec.  32.4530  Treasury stock.

    This account shall include the cost of the company's own capital 
stock which has been issued and subsequently reacquired but not retired 
or resold.



Sec.  32.4540  Other capital.

    This account shall include amounts which are credits arising from 
the donation by stockholders of the company's capital stock, capital 
recorded upon the reorganization or recapitalization of the company and 
temporary declines in the value of marketable securities held for 
investment purposes. (See also Account 1410, Other noncurrent assets).

[67 FR 5690, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.4550  Retained earnings.

    (a) This account shall include the undistributed balance of retained 
earnings derived from the operations of the company and from all other 
transactions not includable in the other accounts appropriate for 
inclusion of stockholders' equity.
    (b) Subsidiary records shall be maintained wherein are recorded all 
entries to retained earnings during the year such that the detail of the 
entries may be disclosed to the Commission.

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               Subpart D_Instructions For Revenue Accounts



Sec.  32.4999  General.

    (a) Purpose of revenue accounts. The revenue accounts are intended 
to include the actual cash inflows (or equivalents) that have or will 
occur as a result of the company's ongoing major or central operations 
during the period. They will include the revenues which arise from 
furnishing regulated telecommunications services to others, from 
directory advertising, rentals of telecommunications assets and from 
providing other services which are directly associated with the 
provision of regulated telecommunications services.
    (b) Deductions from revenue. Corrections of overcharges, authorized 
refunds of overcollections previously credited to revenue, authorized 
refunds and adjustments on account of failure in service, and other 
corrections shall be charged to the revenue account previously credited 
with the amounts involved.
    (c) Commissions. Commissions paid to others or employees in place of 
compensation or salaries for services rendered, such as public telephone 
commissions, shall be charged to Account 6623, Customer services, and 
not to the revenue accounts. Other commissions shall be charged to the 
appropriate expense accounts.
    (d) Revenue recognition. Credits shall be made to the appropriate 
revenue accounts when such revenue is actually earned. When the billing 
cycle encompasses more than one accounting period, adjustments are 
necessary to properly recognize the revenue applicable to the current 
accounting period under report. Revenues recorded under the terms of 
two-tier contracts or other variable payment plans should be deferred, 
if necessary, and recognized ratably with expenses over the terms of the 
related contract. Any amounts deferred shall be credited to Account 
4300, Other long-term liabilities and deferred credits.
    (e) Contractual arrangements. Charges and credits resulting from 
activities associated with the provisions of regulated 
telecommunications services shall be recorded in a manner consistent 
with the nature of the underlying contractual arrangements. The charges 
and credits resulting from expense sharing or apportionment arrangements 
associated with the provision of regulated telecommunications services 
shall be recorded in the detailed regulated accounts. Charges and 
credits resulting from revenue settlement agreements or other revenue 
pooling arrangements associated with the provision of regulated 
telecommunications services shall be included in the appropriate revenue 
accounts. Those charges and credits resulting from contractual revenue 
pooling and/or sharing agreements shall be recorded in each prescribed 
revenue account and prescribed subsidiary record categories thereof to 
the extent that each is separately identifiable in the settlement 
process. It is not intended that settlement amounts be allocated or 
generally spread to the individual revenue accounts where they are not 
separately identifiable in the settlement process. When the settlement 
amounts are not identifiable by a revenue account they shall be recorded 
in Account 5060, Other basic area revenue, 5105, Long distance message 
revenue, or 5200, Miscellaneous revenue, as appropriate.
    (f) Subsidiary records--jurisdictional subdivisions and 
interconnection. Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained in 
order that the company may separately report revenues derived from 
charges imposed under intrastate, interstate and international tariff 
filings. Such subsidiary record categories shall be reported as required 
by part 43 of this chapter.
    (g) Structure of revenue accounts. (1) The revenue section of the 
system of accounts shall be organized by revenue group summary account, 
account and subsidiary record category (if required).
    (2) The revenue section of this system of accounts shall be 
comprised of six major groups--Local Network Services Revenues, Network 
Access Services Revenues, Long Distance Network Services Revenues, 
Miscellaneous Revenues, Nonregulated revenues, and Uncollectible 
Revenues, which shall be considered as a revenue group for the

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purposes of the construction of the system.
    (3) Accounts shall be maintained as prescribed in this Section 
subject to the conditions described in section 32.13 of subpart B. In 
certain instances, subsidiary record categories may be required below 
the account level by this system of accounts or by Commission order.
    (h) Local Network Services revenues. Local Network Services revenues 
(Accounts 5001 through 5060) shall include revenues derived from the 
provision of service and equipment entirely within the basic service 
area. That area is defined as the normal boundaries for local calling 
plus Extended Area Service (EAS) boundaries as they apply to that 
service. It includes revenues derived from both local private network 
service and local public network services as well as from customer 
premises facilities services. Local revenues include associated charges 
such as one-time service connection or termination charges and secondary 
features such as call waiting.
    (i) Network Access revenues. (1) Network Access revenues (Accounts 
5081-5083) shall include revenues derived from the provision of exchange 
access services to an interexchange carrier or to an end user of 
telecommunications services beyond the exchange carrier's network.
    (2) Billing and collections service provided under exchange access 
tariffs shall be included in the Miscellaneous Revenues Group.
    (j) Long Distance Network Service revenues. Long Distance Network 
Service revenues shall include revenues derived from the provision of 
services beyond the basic service area, whether message or flat-rate and 
including public network switching as well as private.
    (k) Miscellaneous revenues. Miscellaneous revenues are those 
revenues derived from the provision of regulated products and services 
provided under tariff or contract but not contained elsewhere. They 
shall also include operating revenue derived from activities performed 
incident to the company's tariffed telecommunications operations which, 
though non-tariffed, are included in the regulatory process.
    (l) Nonregulated revenues. The nonregulated revenue account shall be 
used for nonregulated operating revenues when a nonregulated activity 
involves the common or joint use of assets or resources in the provision 
of regulated and nonregulated products or services as required in Sec.  
32.23(c) of this subpart. Revenues from nontariffed activities offered 
incidental to tariffed services may be accounted for as regulated 
revenues, provided the activities are outgrowths of regulated operations 
and the revenues do not exceed, in the aggregate, one percent of total 
revenues for three consecutive years. Such activities must be listed in 
the Commission-approved Cost Allocation Manual for any company required 
to file a Cost Allocation Manual.
    (m) Uncollectible revenues. Uncollectible revenues shall include 
amounts originally credited to the revenue accounts which have proved 
impracticable of collection.
    (n) Revenue accounts to be maintained.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Account title
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Local network services revenues:
  Basic local service revenue...............
Network access service revenues:
  End user revenue..........................  5081
  Switched access revenue...................  5082
  Special access revenue....................  5083
Long distance network services revenues:
  Long distance message revenue.............  5100
Miscellaneous revenues:
  Miscellaneous revenue.....................  5200
Nonregulated revenues:
  Nonregulated operating revenue............  5280
Uncollectible revenues:
  Uncollectible revenue.....................  5300
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 53 FR 49322, Dec. 7, 1988; 59 
FR 46930, Sept. 13, 1994; 64 FR 50008, Sept. 15, 1999; 67 FR 5690, Feb. 
6, 2002; 69 FR 53649, Sept. 2, 2004; 82 FR 20842, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.5000  Basic local service revenue.

    Companies shall use this account for revenues of the type and 
character detailed in Accounts 5001 through 5060.

[82 FR 20842, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.5001  Basic area revenue.

    (a) This account shall include revenue derived from the provision of 
the following:
    (1) Basic area message services such as flat rate services and 
measured services. Included is revenue derived from

[[Page 460]]

non-optional extended area services. Also included is revenue derived 
from the billed or guaranteed portion of semi-public services.
    (2) Optional extended area service.
    (3) Cellular mobile telecommunications systems connected to the 
public switched network placed between mobile units and other stations 
within the mobile service area.
    (4) General radio telecommunications systems connected to the public 
switched network placed between mobile units and other stations within 
the mobile service area, as well as revenue from mobile radio paging, 
mobile dispatching, and signaling services.
    (b) Revenue derived from charges for nonpublished number or 
additional and boldfaced listings in the alphabetical section of the 
company's telephone directories shall be included in account 5230, 
Directory revenue.
    (c) Revenue from private mobile telephone services which do not have 
access to the public switched network shall be included in Account 5200, 
Miscellaneous revenue.

[67 FR 5691, Feb. 6, 2002, as amended at 69 FR 53650, Sept. 2, 2004]



Sec.  32.5002  Optional extended area revenue.

    This account shall include total revenue derived from the provision 
of optional extended area service.



Sec.  32.5003  Cellular mobile revenue.

    This account shall include message revenue derived from cellular 
mobile telecommunications systems connected to the public switched 
network placed between mobile units and other stations within the mobile 
service area.



Sec.  32.5040  Private line revenue.

    This account shall include revenue derived from local services that 
involve dedicated circuits, private switching arrangements, and/or 
predefined transmission paths, whether virtual or physical, which 
provide communications between specific locations (e.g., point-to-point 
communications. It includes revenue from subvoice grade, voice grade, 
audio and video program grade, digital transmission and local private 
network switching as well as the revenue from administrative and 
operational support services associated with private network services 
and facilities, e.g., charges for company-directed testing, expedited 
installation, and service restoration priority.



Sec.  32.5060  Other basic area revenue.

    This account shall include:
    (a) Revenue from the provision of secondary features which are 
integrated with the telecommunications network such as call forwarding, 
call waiting and touch-tone line service. Also included is revenue 
derived from the provision of public announcement and other record 
message services, directory assistance and other call completion 
services (excluding operator assisted basic long distance calls), as 
well as revenue derived from central office related service connection 
and termination charges, and other non-premise customer specific charges 
associated with public network services. This account shall also include 
local revenue not provided for in other accounts.
    (b) Charges and credits resulting from contractual revenue pooling 
and/or sharing agreements for tariffed local network services only when 
they are not separately identifiable by local network services revenue 
accounts in the settlement process. (See also Sec.  32.4999(e)). To the 
extent that the charges and credits resulting from a settlement process 
can be identified by Local Network Services Revenue account they shall 
be recorded in the applicable account.
    (c) Revenue derived from tariffed information origination/
termination plant. Included is revenue derived from the provision under 
leasing arrangements of tariffed customer premises equipment (CPE), 
terminal equipment, station apparatus and large private branch exchanges 
as well as tariffed nonrecurring charges related solely to station 
apparatus. Also included are all tariffed charges for customer premises 
activities and facilities not related solely to station apparatus.

[67 FR 5691, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.5081  End user revenue.

    (a) This account shall contain federally and state tariffed monthly 
flat rate charge assessed upon end users.

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    (b) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained in order that 
the company may separately report amounts related to federal and state 
tariffed charges.

[67 FR 5692, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.5082  Switched access revenue.

    (a) This account shall consist of federally and state tariffed 
charges assessed to interexchange carriers for access to local exchange 
facilities.
    (b) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained in order that 
the company may separately report the amounts contained herein that 
relate to limited pay telephone, carrier common line, line termination, 
local switching, intercept, information, common transport and dedicated 
transport. The subsidiary records shall also separately show the federal 
and state tariffed charges. Such subsidiary record categories shall be 
reported as required by part 43 of this chapter.

[67 FR 5692, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.5083  Special access revenue.

    (a) This account shall include all federally and state tariffed 
charges assessed for other than end user or switched access charges 
referred to in Account 5081, End user revenue, and Account 5082, 
Switched access revenue.
    (b) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained in order that 
the company may separately report the amounts contained herein that 
relate to recurring charges, nonrecurring charges and surcharges. The 
subsidiary records shall also separately show the federal and state 
tariffed charges. Such subsidiary record categories shall be reported as 
required by part 43 of this chapter.

[67 FR 5692, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.5100  Long distance message revenue.

    This account shall include revenue derived from message services 
that terminate beyond the basic service area of the originating wire 
center and are individually priced. This includes those message services 
which utilize the public long distance switching network and the basic 
subscriber access line. It also includes those long distance calls 
placed from mobile and public telephones, as well as any charges for 
operator assistance or special billing directly related to the 
completion of a specific call. This account shall also include revenue 
derived from individually priced message services offered under calling 
plans (discounted long distance) which do not utilize dedicated access 
lines, as well as those priced at the basic long distance rates where a 
discounted toll charge is on a per message basis. Any revenue derived 
from monthly or one-time charges for obtaining calling plan services 
shall be included in this account. This account includes revenue derived 
from the following services:
    (a) Long distance services which permit unidirectional calls to a 
subscriber from specified services areas (multipoint-to-point service). 
These calls require the use of dedicated access lines connecting a 
subscriber's premises and a designated central office. These dedicated 
access lines are generally separate from those required for the 
subscriber to place outward calls. The call is billed to the subscriber 
even though it is generally initiated by the subscriber's customer or 
correspondent.
    (b) Long distance services which permit the subscriber to place 
telephone calls from one location to other specified service areas 
(point-to-multipoint service). These calls are completed without 
operator assistance and require the use of a dedicated access line. The 
dedicated access line is generally separate from those required for 
inward message services and cannot be used to place calls within the 
basic service area or calls outside the selected service areas. Outward 
calls are screened and blocked to determine whether the calls are within 
an authorized service area.
    (c) Services extending beyond the basic service area that involve 
dedicated circuits, private switching arrangements, and/or predefined 
transmission paths, whether virtual or physical, which provide 
communications between specific locations (e.g., point-to-point 
communications). Service connection charges, termination charges, 
rearrangements and changes, etc., shall be included in this account. 
Revenue

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derived from associated administrative and operational support services 
shall also be included in this account.
    (1) Narrow-band analog private network circuits and facilities 
furnished exclusively for record forms of communications, such as 
teletypewriter, teletypesetter, telewriter, ticker, Morse, signaling, 
remote metering, and supervisory services.
    (2) Private network circuits and facilities (including multipurpose 
wide-band) which provide voice grade services for the transmission of 
analog signals. It includes revenue from services such as voice, data 
and telephoto communication, as well as remote metering, supervisory 
control, miscellaneous signaling and channels furnished for the purpose 
of extending customer--provided communications systems. It includes 
revenue from the provision of facilities between customer premises and a 
serving office, a carrier distribution point, or an extension 
distribution channel.
    (3) Private network circuits and facilities furnished for audio 
program transmission purposes, such as radio broadcasting, sound 
recording (wired music) and loud speaker services. It includes revenue 
from the provision of facilities for the transmission of analog signals 
between customer premises and a serving office, a carrier distribution 
point, or an extension distribution channel furnished in connection with 
such services. It also includes revenue from facilities furnished to 
carry the audio portion of a television program if furnished under 
separate audio rates. If the rate for television program services 
includes both the picture and sound portion of the transmission, the 
revenue shall also be included in this account.
    (4) Private network circuits and facilities furnished for television 
program transmission purposes, such as commercial broadcast and 
educational or private television services. It includes revenue from the 
provision of facilities for the transmission of analog signals between 
customer premises and a serving office, a carrier distribution point, or 
an extension distribution channel furnished in connection with such 
services. It also includes revenue from both the picture and sound 
portions of transmission for television program service when provided 
under a combined rate schedule.
    (5) The provision of circuits and facilities for the transmission of 
digital signals only.
    (6) The provision of common user channels and switching capabilities 
used for the transmission of telecommunication signals between three (3) 
or more points in the network. Also included is revenue derived from the 
provision of basic switching and transfer arrangements used to connect 
private line channels.
    (7) Charges and credits resulting from contractual revenue pooling 
and/or sharing agreements for tariffed long distance public network 
services and for tariffed long distance private network services.

[67 FR 5692, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.5200  Miscellaneous revenue.

    This account shall include revenue derived from the following 
sources, as well as revenue of the type and character detailed in 
Account 5230, Directory revenue.
    (a) Rental or subrental to others of telecommunications plant 
furnished apart from telecommunications services rendered by the company 
(this revenue includes taxes when borne by the lessee). It includes 
revenue from the rent of such items as space in conduit, pole line space 
for attachments, and any allowance for return on property used in joint 
operations and shared facilities agreements. The expense of maintaining 
and operating the rented property, including depreciation and insurance, 
shall be included in the appropriate operating expense accounts. Taxes 
applicable to the rented property shall be included by the owner of the 
rented property in appropriate tax accounts. When land or buildings are 
rented on an incidental basis for non-telecommunications use, the rental 
and expenses are included in Account 7300, Nonoperating income and 
expense.
    (b) Services rendered to other companies under a license agreement, 
general services contract, or other arrangement providing for the 
furnishing of general accounting, financial, legal, patent, and other 
general services associated with the provision of regulated

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telecommunications services. (See also Account 5230.)
    (c) The provision, either under tariff or through contractual 
arrangements, of special billing information to customers in the form of 
magnetic tapes, cards or statements. Special billing information 
provides detail in a format and/or at a level of detail not normally 
provided in the standard billing rendered for the regulated telephone 
services utilized by the customer.
    (d) The performance of customer operations services for others 
incident to the company's regulated telecommunications operations which 
are not provided for elsewhere. (See also Sec. Sec.  32.14(e) and 
32.4999(e)).
    (e) Contract services (plant maintenance) performed for others 
incident to the company's regulated telecommunications operations. This 
includes revenue from the incidental performance of nontariffed 
operating and maintenance activities for others which are similar in 
nature to those activities which are performed by the company in 
operating and maintaining its own telecommunications plant facilities. 
The records supporting the entries in this account shall be maintained 
with sufficient particularity to identify the revenue and associated 
Plant Specific Operations Expenses related to each undertaking. This 
account does not include revenue related to the performance of operation 
or maintenance activities under a joint operating agreement.
    (f) The provision of billing and collection services to other 
telecommunications companies. This includes amounts charged for services 
such as message recording, billing, collection, billing analysis, and 
billing information services, whether rendered under tariff or 
contractual arrangements.
    (g) Charges and credits resulting from contractual revenue pooling 
and/or sharing agreements for activities included in the miscellaneous 
revenue accounts only when they are not identifiable by miscellaneous 
revenue account in the settlement process. (See also Sec.  32.4999(e)). 
The extent that the charges and credits resulting from a settlement 
process can be identified by miscellaneous revenue accounts they shall 
be recorded in the applicable account.
    (h) The provision of transport and termination of local 
telecommunications traffic pursuant to section 251(c) of the 
Communications Act and part 51 of this chapter.
    (i) The provision of unbundled network elements pursuant to section 
251(c) of the Communications Act and part 51 of this chapter.
    (j) This account shall also include other incidental regulated 
revenue such as:
    (1) Collection overages (collection shortages shall be charged to 
Account 6623, Customer services);
    (2) Unclaimed refunds for telecommunications services when not 
subject to escheats;
    (3) Charges (penalties) imposed by the company for customer checks 
returned for non-payment;
    (4) Discounts allowed customers for prompt payment;
    (5) Late-payment charges;
    (6) Revenue from private mobile telephone services which do not have 
access to the public switched network; and
    (7) Other incidental revenue not provided for elsewhere in other 
Revenue accounts.
    (k) Any definitely known amounts of losses of revenue collections 
due to fire or theft, at customers' coin-box stations, at public or 
semipublic telephone stations, in the possession of collectors en route 
to collection offices, on hand at collection offices, and between 
collection offices and banks shall be charged to Account 6720, General 
and Administrative.

[69 FR 53650, Sept. 2, 2004, as amended at 82 FR 20842, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.5230  Directory revenue.

    This account shall include revenue derived from alphabetical and 
classified sections of directories and shall also include fees paid by 
other entities for the right to publish the company's directories. Items 
to be included are:
    (a) All revenue derived from the classified section of the 
directories;
    (b) Revenue from the sale of new telephone directories whether they 
are the company's own directories or directories purchased from others. 
This

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shall also include revenue from the sale of specially bound telephone 
directories and special telephone directory covers;
    (c) Amounts charged for additional and boldface listings, marginal 
displays, inserts, and other advertisements in the alphabetical section 
of the company's telephone directories; and
    (d) Charges for unlisted and non-published telephone numbers.

[69 FR 44607, July 27, 2004]



Sec.  32.5280  Nonregulated operating revenue.

    (a) This account shall include revenues derived from a nonregulated 
activity involving the common or joint use of assets or resources in the 
provision of regulated and nonregulated products or services.
    (b) This account shall be debited and regulated revenue accounts 
shall be credited at tariffed rates when tariffed services are provided 
to nonregulated activities that are accounted for as prescribed in Sec.  
32.23(c) of this subpart.
    (c) Separate subsidiary record categories shall be maintained for 
two groups of nonregulated revenue as follows: one subsidiary record for 
all revenues derived from regulated services treated as nonregulated for 
federal accounting purposes pursuant to Commission order and the second 
for all other revenues derived from a nonregulated activity as set forth 
in paragraph (a) of this section.

[53 FR 49322, Dec. 7, 1988, as amended at 64 FR 50008, Sept. 15, 1999; 
67 FR 5694, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.5300  Uncollectible revenue.

    This account shall be charged with amounts concurrently credited to 
Account 1170, Receivables.

[67 FR 5694, Feb. 6, 2002]



               Subpart E_Instructions for Expense Accounts



Sec.  32.5999  General.

    (a) Structure of the expense accounts. (1) The expense section of 
the system of accounts shall be organized by expense group summary 
account, and subsidiary record category (if required).
    (2) The expense section of this system of accounts shall be 
comprised of four major expense groups--Plant Specific Operations, Plant 
Nonspecific Operations, Customer Operations and Corporate Operations. 
Expenses to be recorded in Plant Specific and Plant Nonspecific 
Operations Expense Groups generally reflect cost associated with the 
various kinds of equipment identified in the plant asset accounts. 
Expenses to be recorded in the Customer Operations and Corporate 
Operations accounts reflect the costs of, or are associated with, 
functions performed by people, irrespective of the organization in which 
any particular function is performed.
    (3) Accounts shall be maintained as prescribed in this section 
subject to the conditions described in Sec.  32.13 in subpart B. 
Subsidiary record categories may be required below the account level by 
this system of accounts or by Commission order.
    (b) Plant Specific Operations Expense. (1) The Plant Specific 
Operations Expense Accounts, 6110 through 6441, are used to record costs 
related to specific kinds of telecommunications plant.
    (2) The Plant Specific Operations Expense accounts predominantly 
mirror the telecommunications plant in service detail accounts and are 
numbered consistently with them; the first digit of the expense account 
being six (6) and the remaining digits being the same as the last three 
numbers of the related plant account. In classifying Plant Specific 
Operations expenses, the text of the corresponding plant account should 
be consulted to ensure appropriateness.
    (3) The Plant Specific Operations Expense accounts shall include the 
costs of inspecting, testing (except as specified in Account 6533, 
Testing Expense) and reporting on the condition of telecommunications 
plant to determine the need for repairs, replacements, rearrangements 
and changes; performing routine work to prevent trouble (except as 
specified in Account 6533), replacing items of plant other than 
retirement units; rearranging and changing the location of plant not 
retired; repairing material for reuse; restoring the condition of plant 
damaged by storms, floods, fire or other casualties

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(other than the cost of replacing retirement units); inspecting after 
repairs have been made; and receiving training to perform these kinds of 
work. Also included are the costs of direct supervision (immediate of 
first-level) and office support of this work.
    (4) In addition to the activities specified in paragraph (b)(3) of 
this section, the appropriate Plant Specific Operations Expense accounts 
shall include the cost of personnel whose principal job is the operation 
of plant equipment, such as general purpose computer operators, aircraft 
pilots, chauffeurs and shuttle bus drivers. However, when the operation 
of equipment is performed as part of other identifiable functions (such 
as the use of office equipment, capital tools or motor vehicles), the 
operators' cost shall be charged to accounts appropriate for those 
functions. (For costs of operator services personnel, see Accounts 6621, 
Call completion services, and 6622, Number services, and for costs of 
test board personnel see Account 6533.)
    (c) Plant nonspecific operations expense. The Plant Nonspecific 
Operations Expense accounts shall include expenses related to property 
held for future telecommunications use, provisioning expenses, network 
operations expenses, and depreciation and amortization expenses. 
Accounts in this group (except for Account 6540, Access expense, and 
Accounts 6560 through 6565) shall include the costs of performing 
activities described in narratives for individual accounts. These costs 
shall also include the costs of supervision and office support of these 
activities.
    (d) Customer Operations Expense. The Customer Operations Expense 
accounts shall include the cost of performing customer related marketing 
and services activities described in narratives for individual accounts. 
These costs shall also include the costs of supervision, office support 
and training for these activities.
    (e) Corporate Operations Expense. The Corporate Operations Expense 
accounts shall include the costs of performing executive and planning 
activities and general and administrative activities described in 
narratives for individual accounts. These costs shall also include the 
costs of supervision, office support and training for these activities.
    (f) Reimbursements. Reimbursements of actual costs incurred in 
connection with joint operations or projects repairing plant due to 
damages by others, and obligations to make changes in telecommunications 
plant (such as highway relocations), shall be credited to the accounts 
originally charged.
    (g) Expense accounts to be maintained.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Account title
------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Income Statement Accounts
Plant specific operations expense:
  Network support expense...................  6110
  General support expenses..................  6120
  Central office switching expense..........  6210
  Operators system expense..................  6220
  Central office transmission expenses......  6230
  Information origination/termination         6310
   expense.
  Cable and wire facilities expenses........  6410
Plant nonspecific operations expense:
  Other property plant and equipment          6510
   expenses.
  Network operations expenses...............  6530
  Access expense............................  6540
  Depreciation and amortization expenses....  6560
Customer operations expense:
  Marketing.................................  6610
  Services..................................  6620
Corporate operations expense:
  General and administrative................  6720
  Provision for uncollectible notes           6790
   receivable.
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 7580, Mar. 12, 1987; 64 
FR 50008, Sept. 15, 1999; 65 FR 16335, Mar. 28, 2000; 67 FR 5694, Feb. 
6, 2002; 69 FR 53651, Sept. 2, 2004; 82 FR 20842, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.6110  Network support expenses.

    (a) Companies shall use this account for expenses of the type and 
character detailed in Accounts 6112 through 6114.
    (b) Credits shall be made to this account by companies for amounts 
transferred to Construction and/or other Plant Specific Operations 
Expense accounts. These amounts shall be computed on the basis of direct 
labor hours.

[82 FR 20842, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.6112  Motor vehicle expense.

    (a) This account shall include costs of fuel, lubrications, license 
and inspection fees, washing, repainting, and minor accessories. Also 
included are the costs of personnel whose principal job is operating 
motor vehicles, such as chauffeurs and shuttle bus drivers. The costs of 
users of motor vehicles whose

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principal job is not the operation of motor vehicles shall be charged to 
accounts appropriate for the activities performed.
    (b) Credits shall be made to this account for amounts transferred to 
Construction and/or to other Plant Specific Operations Expense accounts. 
These amounts shall be computed on the basis of direct labor hours.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5695, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.6113  Aircraft expense.

    (a) This account shall include such costs as aircraft fuel, flight 
crews, mechanics and ground crews, licenses and inspection fees, 
washing, repainting, and minor accessories.
    (b) Credits shall be made to this account for amounts transferred to 
Construction and/or to other Plant Specific Operations Expense accounts. 
These amounts shall be computed on the basis of direct labor hours.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5695, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.6114  Tools and other work equipment expense.

    (a) This account shall include costs incurred in connection with 
special purpose vehicles, garage work equipment and other work equipment 
included in Account 2114, Tools and other work equipment. This account 
shall be charged with costs incurred in connection with the work 
equipment itself. This account shall also include such costs as fuel, 
licenses and inspection fees, washing, repainting and minor accessories. 
The costs of using garage work equipment to maintain motor vehicles 
shall be charged to Account 6112, Motor vehicles expense. This account 
shall not be charged with the costs of operators of special purpose 
vehicles and other work equipment. The costs of operators of this 
equipment shall be charged to accounts appropriate for the activities 
performed.
    (b) Credits shall be made to this account for amounts related to 
special purpose vehicles and other work equipment transferred to 
Construction and/or to other Plant Specific Operations Expense accounts. 
These amounts shall be computed on the basis of direct labor hours.

[64 FR 50008, Sept. 15, 1999, as amended at 67 FR 5695, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.6120  General support expenses.

    Companies shall use this account for expenses of the type and 
character detailed in Accounts 6121 through 6124.

[82 FR 20842, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.6121  Land and building expense.

    (a) This account shall include expenses associated with land and 
buildings (excluding amortization of leasehold improvements). This 
account shall also include janitorial service, cleaning supplies, water, 
sewage, fuel and guard service, and electrical power.
    (b) The cost of electrical power used to operate the 
telecommunications network shall be charged to Account 6531, Power 
Expense, and the cost of separately metered electricity used for 
operating specific types of equipment, such as computers, shall be 
charged to the expense account appropriate for such use.



Sec.  32.6122  Furniture and artworks expense.

    This account shall include expenses associated with furniture and 
artworks.



Sec.  32.6123  Office equipment expense.

    This account shall be charged only with costs incurred in connection 
with the office equipment itself. The costs of operators of this 
equipment shall be charged to accounts appropriate for the activities 
performed.



Sec.  32.6124  General purpose computers expense.

    This account shall include the costs of personnel whose principal 
job is the physical operation of general purpose computers and the 
maintenance of operating systems. This excludes the cost of preparation 
of input data or the use of outputs which are chargeable to the accounts 
appropriate for the activities being performed. Also excluded are costs 
incurred in planning and maintaining application systems and databases 
for general purpose computers.

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(See also Sec.  32.6720, General and administrative.) Separately metered 
electricity for general purpose computers shall also be included in this 
account.

[67 FR 5695, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.6210  Central office switching expenses.

    Class B telephone companies shall use this account for expenses of 
the type and character required of Class A companies in Accounts 6211 
through 6212.

[67 FR 5695, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.6211  Non-digital switching expense.

    This account shall include expenses associated with non-digital 
electronic switching and electro-mechanical switching.

[67 FR 5695, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.6212  Digital electronic switching expense.

    (a) This account shall include expenses associated with digital 
electronic switching. Digital electronic switching expenses shall be 
maintained in the following subaccounts: 6212.1 Circuit, 6212.2 Packet.
    (b) This subaccount 6212.1 Circuit shall include expenses associated 
with digital electronic switching equipment used to provide circuit 
switching.
    (c) This subaccount 6212.2 Packet shall include expenses associated 
with digital electronic switching equipment used to provide packet 
switching.

[67 FR 5695, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.6220  Operator systems expense.

    This account shall include expenses associated with operator systems 
equipment.



Sec.  32.6230  Central office transmission expense.

    Companies shall use this account for expenses of the type and 
character detailed in Accounts 6231 and 6232.

[82 FR 20842, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.6231  Radio systems expense.

    This account shall include expenses associated with radio systems.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5695, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.6232  Circuit equipment expense.

    (a) This account shall include expenses associated with circuit 
equipment. Circuit equipment expenses shall be maintained in the 
following subaccounts: 6232.1 Electronic, 6232.2 Optical.
    (b) This subaccount 6232.1 Electronic shall include expenses 
associated with electronic circuit equipment.
    (c) This subaccount 6232.2 Optical shall include expenses associated 
with optical circuit equipment.

[67 FR 5695, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.6310  Information origination/termination expenses.

    Companies shall use this account for expenses of the type and 
character detailed in Accounts 6311 through 6362.

[82 FR 20842, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.6311  Station apparatus expense.

    This account shall include expenses associated with station 
apparatus. Expenses associated with company internal use communication 
equipment shall be recorded in Account 6123, Office Equipment Expense.



Sec.  32.6341  Large private branch exchange expense.

    This account shall include expenses associated with large private 
branch exchanges. Expenses associated with company internal use 
communication equipment shall be recorded in Account 6123, Office 
Equipment Expense.



Sec.  32.6351  Public telephone terminal equipment expense.

    This account shall include expenses associated with public telephone 
terminal equipment.



Sec.  32.6362  Other terminal equipment expense.

    This account shall include expenses associated with other terminal 
equipment.

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Sec.  32.6410  Cable and wire facilities expenses.

    Companies shall use this account for expenses of the type and 
character detailed in Accounts 6411 through 6441.

[82 FR 20842, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.6411  Poles expense.

    This account shall include expenses associated with poles.



Sec.  32.6421  Aerial cable expense.

    (a) This account shall include expenses associated with aerial 
cable.
    (b) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained as provided in 
Sec.  32.2421(a) of subpart C.



Sec.  32.6422  Underground cable expense.

    (a) This account shall include expenses associated with underground 
cable.
    (b) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained as provided in 
Sec.  32.2422(a) of subpart C.



Sec.  32.6423  Buried cable expense.

    (a) This account shall include expenses associated with buried 
cable.
    (b) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained as provided in 
Sec.  32.2423(a) of subpart C.



Sec.  32.6424  Submarine and deep sea cable expense.

    (a) This account shall include expenses associated with submarine 
and deep sea cable.
    (b) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained as provided in 
Sec.  32.2424.

[67 FR 5696, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.6426  Intrabuilding network cable expense.

    (a) This account shall include expenses associated with 
intrabuilding network cable.
    (b) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained as provided in 
Sec.  32.2426(a) of subpart C.



Sec.  32.6431  Aerial wire expense.

    This account shall include expenses associated with aerial wire.



Sec.  32.6441  Conduit systems expense.

    This account shall include expenses associated with conduit systems.



Sec.  32.6510  Other property, plant and equipment expenses.

    Companies shall use this account for expenses of the type and 
character detailed in Accounts 6511 and 6512.

[82 FR 20842, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.6511  Property held for future telecommunications use expense.

    This account shall include expenses associated with property held 
for future telecommunications use.



Sec.  32.6512  Provisioning expense.

    (a) This account shall include costs incurred in provisioning 
material and supplies, including office supplies. This includes 
receiving and stocking, filling requisitions from stock, monitoring and 
replenishing stock levels, delivery of material, storage, loading or 
unloading and administering the reuse or refurbishment of material. Also 
included are adjustments resulting from the periodic inventory of 
material and supplies.
    (b) Credits shall be made to this account for amounts transferred to 
construction and/or to Plant Specific Operations Expense. These costs 
are to be cleared by adding to the cost of material and supplies a 
suitable loading charge.

[67 FR 5696, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.6530  Network operations expense.

    Companies shall use this account for expenses of the type and 
character detailed in Accounts 6531 through 6535.

[82 FR 20843, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.6531  Power expense.

    This account shall include the cost of electrical power used to 
operate the telecommunications network.



Sec.  32.6532  Network administration expense.

    This account shall include costs incurred in network administration. 
This includes such activities as controlling traffic flow, administering 
traffic

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measuring and monitoring devices, assigning equipment and load 
balancing, collecting and summarizing traffic data, administering 
trunking, and assigning interoffice facilities and circuit layout work.



Sec.  32.6533  Testing expense.

    This account shall include costs incurred in testing 
telecommunications facilities from a testing facility (test desk or 
other testing system) to determine the condition of plant on either a 
routine basis or prior to assignment of the facilities; receiving, 
recording and analyzing trouble reports; testing to determine the nature 
and location of reported trouble condition; and dispatching repair 
persons or otherwise initiating corrective action. (Note also Sec.  
32.5999(b)(3) of this subpart.)



Sec.  32.6534  Plant operations administration expense.

    (a) This account shall include costs incurred in the general 
administration of plant operations. This includes supervising plant 
operations (except as specified in Sec.  32.5999(a)(3) of this subpart; 
planning, coordinating and monitoring plant operations; and performing 
staff work such as developing methods and procedures, preparing and 
conducting training (except on-the-job training) and coordinating safety 
programs.
    (b) Credits shall be made to this account for amounts transferred to 
construction accounts. These amounts shall be computed on the basis of 
direct labor hours. (See Sec.  32.2000(c)(2)(ii) of subpart C.)



Sec.  32.6535  Engineering expense.

    (a) This account shall include costs incurred in the general 
engineering of the telecommunications plant which are not directly 
chargeable to an undertaking or project. This includes developing input 
to the fundamental planning process, performing preliminary work or 
advance planning in connection with potential undertakings, and 
performing special studies of an engineering nature.
    (b) Credits shall be made to this account for amounts transferred to 
construction accounts. These amounts shall be computed on the basis of 
direct labor hours. (See Sec.  32.2000(c)(2)(ii) of subpart C.)



Sec.  32.6540  Access expense.

    (a) This account shall include amounts paid by interexchange 
carriers or other exchange carriers to another exchange carrier for the 
provision of carrier's carrier access.
    (b) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained in order that 
the entity may separately report interstate and intrastate carrier's 
carrier expense. Such subsidiary record categories shall be reported as 
required by part 43 of this Commission's Rules and Regulations.

[52 FR 43917, Nov. 17, 1987]



Sec.  32.6560  Depreciation and amortization expenses.

    Companies shall use this account for expenses of the type and 
character detailed in Accounts 6561 through 6565.

[82 FR 20843, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.6561  Depreciation expense--telecommunications plant
in service.

    This account shall include the depreciation expense of capitalized 
costs in Accounts 2112 through 2441, inclusive.

[69 FR 44607, July 27, 2004]



Sec.  32.6562  Depreciation expense--property held for future
telecommunications use.

    This account shall include the depreciation expense of capitalized 
costs included in Account 2002, Property held for future 
telecommunications use.

[69 FR 53652, Sept. 2, 2004]



Sec.  32.6563  Amortization expense--tangible.

    This account shall include only the amortization of costs included 
in Accounts 2681, Capital leases, and 2682, Leasehold improvements.

[69 FR 44607, July 27, 2004]



Sec.  32.6564  Amortization expense--intangible.

    This account shall include the amortization of costs included in 
Account 2690, Intangibles.

[69 FR 44607, July 27, 2004]

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Sec.  32.6565  Amortization expense--other.

    (a) This account shall include only the amortization of costs 
included in Account 2005, Telecommunications plant adjustment.
    (b) This account shall also include lump-sum write offs of amounts 
of plant acquisition adjustment as provided for in Sec.  32.2005(b)(3) 
of subpart C.
    (c) Subsidiary records shall be maintained so as to show the 
character of the amounts contained in this account.

[69 FR 44607, July 27, 2004]



Sec.  32.6610  Marketing.

    Companies shall use this account for expenses of the type and 
character detailed in Accounts 6611 through 6613.

[82 FR 20843, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.6611  Product management and sales.

    This account shall include:
    (a) Costs incurred in performing administrative activities related 
to marketing products and services. This includes competitive analysis, 
product and service identification and specification, test market 
planning, demand forecasting, product life cycle analysis, pricing 
analysis, and identification and establishment of distribution channels.
    (b) Costs incurred in selling products and services. This includes 
determination of individual customer needs, development and presentation 
of customer proposals, sales order preparation and handling, and 
preparation of sales records.

[67 FR 5696, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.6613  Product advertising.

    This account shall include costs incurred in developing and 
implementing promotional strategies to stimulate the purchase of 
products and services. This excludes nonproduct-related advertising, 
such as corporate image, stock and bond issue and employment 
advertisements, which shall be included in the appropriate functional 
accounts.



Sec.  32.6620  Services.

    Companies shall use this account for expenses of the type and 
character detailed in Accounts 6621 through 6623.

[82 FR 20843, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.6621  Call completion services.

    This account shall include costs incurred in helping customers place 
and complete calls, except directory assistance. This includes handling 
and recording; intercept; quoting rates, time and charges; and all other 
activities involved in the manual handling of calls.

[69 FR 44607, July 27, 2004]



Sec.  32.6622  Number services.

    This account shall include costs incurred in providing customer 
number and classified listings. This includes preparing or purchasing, 
compiling, and disseminating those listings through directory assistance 
or other means.



Sec.  32.6623  Customer services.

    (a) This account shall include costs incurred in establishing and 
servicing customer accounts. This includes:
    (1) Initiating customer service orders and records;
    (2) Maintaining and billing customer accounts;
    (3) Collecting and investigating customer accounts, including 
collecting revenues, reporting receipts, administering collection 
treatment, and handling contacts with customers regarding adjustments of 
bills;
    (4) Collecting and reporting pay station receipts; and
    (5) Instructing customers in the use of products and services.
    (b) This account shall also include amounts paid by interexchange 
carriers or other exchange carriers to another exchange carrier for 
billing and collection services. Subsidiary record categories shall be 
maintained in order that the entity may separately report interstate and 
intrastate amounts. Such subsidiary record categories shall be reported 
as required by part 43 of this Commission's rules and regulations.

[69 FR 44608, July 27, 2004]

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Sec.  32.6720  General and administrative.

    This account shall include costs incurred in the provision of 
general and administrative services as follows:
    (a) Formulating corporate policy and in providing overall 
administration and management. Included are the pay, fees and expenses 
of boards of directors or similar policy boards and all board-designated 
officers of the company and their office staffs, e.g., secretaries and 
staff assistants.
    (b) Developing and evaluating long-term courses of action for the 
future operations of the company. This includes performing corporate 
organization and integrated long-range planning, including management 
studies, options and contingency plans, and economic strategic analysis.
    (c) Providing accounting and financial services. Accounting services 
include payroll and disbursements, property accounting, capital 
recovery, regulatory accounting (revenue requirements, separations, 
settlements and corollary cost accounting), non-customer billing, tax 
accounting, internal and external auditing, capital and operating budget 
analysis and control, and general accounting (accounting principles and 
procedures and journals, ledgers, and financial reports). Financial 
services include banking operations, cash management, benefit investment 
fund management (including actuarial services), securities management, 
debt trust administration, corporate financial planning and analysis, 
and internal cashier services.
    (d) Maintaining relations with government, regulators, other 
companies and the general public. This includes:
    (1) Reviewing existing or pending legislation (see also Account 
7300, Nonoperating income and expense, for lobbying expenses);
    (2) Preparing and presenting information for regulatory purposes, 
including tariff and service cost filings, and obtaining radio licenses 
and construction permits;
    (3) Performing public relations and non-product-related corporate 
image advertising activities;
    (4) Administering relations, including negotiating contracts, with 
telecommunications companies and other utilities, businesses, and 
industries. This excludes sales contracts (see also Account 6611, 
Product management and sales); and
    (5) Administering investor relations.
    (e) Performing personnel administration activities. This includes:
    (1) Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Programs;
    (2) Employee data for forecasting, planning and reporting;
    (3) General employment services;
    (4) Occupational medical services;
    (5) Job analysis and salary programs;
    (6) Labor relations activities;
    (7) Personnel development and staffing services, including 
counseling, career planning, promotion and transfer programs;
    (8) Personnel policy development;
    (9) Employee communications;
    (10) Benefit administration;
    (11) Employee activity programs;
    (12) Employee safety programs; and
    (13) Nontechnical training course development and presentation.
    (f) Planning and maintaining application systems and databases for 
general purpose computers.
    (g) Providing legal services: This includes conducting and 
coordinating litigation, providing guidance on regulatory and labor 
matters, preparing, reviewing and filing patents and contracts and 
interpreting legislation. Also included are court costs, filing fees, 
and the costs of outside counsel, depositions, transcripts and 
witnesses.
    (h) Procuring material and supplies, including office supplies. This 
includes analyzing and evaluating suppliers' products, selecting 
appropriate suppliers, negotiating supply contracts, placing purchase 
orders, expediting and controlling orders placed for material, 
developing standards for material purchased and administering vendor or 
user claims.
    (i) Making planned search or critical investigation aimed at 
discovery of new knowledge. It also includes translating research 
findings into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a 
significant improvement to an existing product or process, whether 
intended for sale or use. This excludes making routine alterations to 
existing products, processes, and other ongoing operations even though 
those alterations may represent improvements.

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    (j) Performing general administrative activities not directly 
charged to the user, and not provided in paragraphs (a) through (i) of 
this section. This includes providing general reference libraries, food 
services (e.g., cafeterias, lunch rooms and vending facilities), 
archives, general security investigation services, operating official 
private branch exchanges in the conduct of the business, and 
telecommunications and mail services. Also included are payments in 
settlement of accident and damage claims, insurance premiums for 
protection against losses and damages, direct benefit payments to or on 
behalf of retired and separated employees, accident and sickness 
disability payments, supplemental payments to employees while in 
governmental service, death payments, and other miscellaneous costs of a 
corporate nature. This account excludes the cost of office services, 
which are to be included in the accounts appropriate for the activities 
supported.

[67 FR 5696, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.6790  Provision for uncollectible notes receivable.

    This account shall be charged with amounts concurrently credited to 
Account 1170, Receivables.

[67 FR 5697, Feb. 6, 2002]



            Subpart F_Instructions For Other Income Accounts



Sec.  32.6999  General.

    (a) Structure of the other income accounts. The other income 
accounts are designed to reflect both operating and nonoperating income 
items including taxes, extraordinary items and other income and expense 
items not properly included elsewhere.
    (b) Other income accounts listing.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Account title
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other operating income and expense:
  Other operating income and expense........  7100
Operating taxes:
  Operating taxes...........................  7200
Nonoperating income and expense:
  Nonoperating income and expense...........  7300
Nonoperating taxes:
  Nonoperating taxes........................  7400
Interest and related items:
  Interest and related items................  7500
  Extraordinary items.......................  7600
Jurisdictional differences and non-regulated
 income items:
  Income effect of jurisdictional ratemaking  7910
   difference--net.
  Nonregulated net income...................  7990
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[82 FR 20843, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.7100  Other operating income and expenses.

    This account shall be used to record the results of transactions, 
events or circumstances during the periods which are incidental or 
peripheral to the major or central operations of the company. It shall 
be used to record all items of an operating nature such as incidental 
work performed for others not provided for elsewhere. Whenever 
practicable the inflows and outflows associated with a transaction, 
event or circumstances shall be matched and the result shown as a net 
gain or loss. This account shall include the following:
    (a) Profits realized from custom work (plant construction) performed 
for others incident to the company's regulated telecommunications 
operations. This includes profits from the incidental performance of 
nontariffed construction activities (including associated engineering 
and design) for others which are similar in nature to those activities 
which are performed by the company in constructing its own 
telecommunications plant facilities. The records supporting the entries 
in this account for income and custom work shall be maintained with 
sufficient particularity to identify separately the revenue and costs 
associated with each undertaking.
    (b) Return on investment for the use of regulated property plant and 
equipment to provide nonregulated products and services.
    (c) All gains and losses resulting from the exchange of foreign 
currency. Transaction (realized) gains or losses shall be measured based 
on the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date. Unrealized gains 
or losses shall be measured based on the exchange rate in effect at the 
balance sheet date.
    (d) Gains or losses resulting from the disposition of land or 
artworks.

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    (e) Charges or credits, as appropriate, to record the results of 
transactions, events or circumstances which are of an operational 
nature, but occur irregularly or are peripheral to the major or central 
operations of the company and not provided for elsewhere.

[67 FR 5698, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.7199  Content of accounts.

    The Operating Tax accounts shall include the taxes arising from the 
central operations of the company.



Sec.  32.7200  Operating taxes.

    Companies shall use this account for operating taxes of the type and 
character detailed in Accounts 7210 through 7250.

[82 FR 20843, May 4, 2017]



Sec.  32.7210  Operating investment tax credits--net.

    (a) This account shall be charged and Account 4320, Unamortized 
Operating Investment Tax Credits--Net, shall be credited with investment 
tax credits generated from qualified expenditures related to regulated 
operations which the company defers rather than recognizes currently in 
income.
    (b) This account shall be credited and Account 4320 shall be charged 
ratably with the amortization of each year's investment tax credits 
included in Account 4320 for investment services for ratemaking 
purposes. Such amortization shall be determined in relation to the 
period of time used for computing book depreciation on the property with 
respect to which the tax credits relate.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5698, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.7220  Operating Federal income taxes.

    (a) This account shall be charged and Account 4070, Income Taxes-
Accrued, shall be credited for the amount of Federal Income Taxes for 
the current period. This account shall also reflect subsequent 
adjustments to amounts previously charged.
    (b) Taxes should be accrued each month on an estimated basis and 
adjustments made as later data becomes available.
    (c) Tax credits, other than investment tax credits, if normalized, 
shall be recorded consistent with the accounting for investment tax 
credits and shall be amortized to income as directed by this Commission.
    (d) No entries shall be made to this account to reflect interperiod 
tax allocations.



Sec.  32.7230  Operating state and local income taxes.

    (a) This account shall be charged and Account 4070, Income Taxes--
Accrued, shall be credited for the amount of state and local income 
taxes for the current period. This account shall also reflect subsequent 
adjustments to amounts previously charged.
    (b) Taxes should be accrued each month on an estimated basis and 
adjustments made as later data becomes available.
    (c) No entries shall be made to this account to reflect interperiod 
tax allocations.



Sec.  32.7240  Operating other taxes.

    (a) This account shall be charged and Account 4080, Other Taxes--
Accrued, shall be credited for all taxes, other than Federal, state and 
local income taxes and payroll related taxes, related to regulated 
operations applicable to current periods. Among the items includable in 
this account are property, gross receipts, franchise and capital stock 
taxes; this account shall also reflect subsequent adjustments to amounts 
previously charged.
    (b) Special assessments for street and other improvements and 
special benefit taxes, such as water taxes and the like, shall be 
included in the operating expense accounts or investment accounts, as 
may be appropriate.
    (c) Discounts allowed for prompt payment of taxes shall be credited 
to the account to which the taxes are chargeable.
    (d) Interest on tax assessments which are not paid when due shall be 
included in Account 7500, Interest and related items.
    (e) Taxes paid by the company under tax-free covenants on 
indebtedness shall be charged to Account 7300, Nonoperating income and 
expense.

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    (f) Sales and use taxes shall be accounted for, so far as 
practicable, as part of the cost of the items to which the taxes relate.
    (g) Taxes on rented telecommunications plant which are borne by the 
lessee shall be credited by the owner to Account 5200, Miscellaneous 
revenue, and shall be charged by the lessee to the appropriate Plant 
Specific Operations Expense account.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 5698, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.7250  Provision for deferred operating income taxes--net.

    (a) This account shall be charged or credited, as appropriate, with 
contra entries recorded to the following accounts for income tax expense 
that has been deferred in accordance with Sec.  32.22 of subpart B.

4100 Net Current Deferred Operating Income Taxes
4340 Net Noncurrent Deferred Operating Income Taxes

    (b) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained to distinguish 
between property and nonproperty related deferrals and so that the 
company may separately report that amounts contained herein that relate 
to Federal, state and local income taxes. Such subsidiary record 
categories shall be reported as required by part 43 of this Commission's 
Rules and Regulations.



Sec.  32.7300  Nonoperating income and expense.

    This account shall be used to record the results of transactions, 
events and circumstances affecting the company during a period and which 
are not operational in nature. This account shall include such items as 
nonoperating taxes, dividend income and interest income. Whenever 
practicable, the inflows and outflows associated with a transaction or 
event shall be matched and the result shown as a net gain or loss. This 
account shall include the following:
    (a) Dividends on investments in common and preferred stock, which is 
the property of the company, whether such stock is owned by the company 
and held in its treasury, or deposited in trust including sinking or 
other funds, or otherwise controlled.
    (b) Dividends received and receivable from affiliated companies 
accounted for on the equity method shall be included in Account 1410, 
Other noncurrent assets, as a reduction of the carrying value of the 
investments.
    (c) Interest on securities, including notes and other evidences of 
indebtedness, which are the property of the company, whether such 
securities are owned by the company and held in its treasury, or 
deposited in trust including sinking or other funds, or otherwise 
controlled. It shall also include interest on cash bank balances, 
certificates of deposits, open accounts, and other analogous items.
    (d) For each month the applicable amount requisite to extinguish, 
during the interval between the date of acquisition and date of 
maturity, the difference between the purchase price and the par value of 
securities owned or held in sinking or other funds, the income from 
which is includable in this account. Amounts thus credited or charged 
shall be concurrently included in the accounts in which the securities 
are carried.
    (e) Amounts charged to the telecommunications plant under 
construction account related to allowance for funds used during 
construction. (See Sec.  32.2000(c)(2)(x).)
    (f) Gains or losses resulting from:
    (1) The disposition of land or artworks;
    (2) The disposition of plant with traffic;
    (3) The disposition of nonoperating telecommunications plant not 
previously used in the provision of telecommunications services.
    (g) All other items of income and gains or losses from activities 
not specifically provided for elsewhere, including representative items 
such as:
    (1) Fees collected in connection with the exchange of coupon bonds 
for registered bonds;
    (2) Gains or losses realized on the sale of temporary cash 
investments or marketable equity securities;
    (3) Net unrealized losses on investments in current marketable 
equity securities;

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    (4) Write-downs or write-offs of the book costs of investment in 
equity securities due to permanent impairment;
    (5) Gains or losses of nonoperating nature arising from foreign 
currency exchange or translation;
    (6) Gains or losses from the extinguishment of debt made to satisfy 
sinking fund requirements;
    (7) Amortization of goodwill;
    (8) Company's share of the earnings or losses of affiliated 
companies accounted for on the equity method; and
    (9) The net balance of the revenue from and the expenses (including 
depreciation, amortization and insurance) of property, plant, and 
equipment, the cost of which is includable in Account 2006, Nonoperating 
plant.
    (h) Costs that are typically given special regulatory scrutiny for 
ratemaking purposes. Unless specific justification to the contrary is 
given, such costs are presumed to be excluded from the costs of service 
in setting rates.
    (1) Lobbying includes expenditures for the purpose of influencing 
public opinion with respect to the election or appointment of public 
officials, referenda, legislation, or ordinances (either with respect to 
the possible adoption of new referenda, legislation or ordinances, or 
repeal or modification of existing referenda, legislation or ordinances) 
or approval, modification, or revocation of franchises, or for the 
purpose of influencing the decisions of public officials. This also 
includes advertising, gifts, honoraria, and political contributions. 
This does not include such expenditures which are directly related to 
communications with and appearances before regulatory or other 
governmental bodies in connection with the reporting utility's existing 
or proposed operations;
    (2) Contributions for charitable, social or community welfare 
purposes;
    (3) Membership fees and dues in social, service and recreational or 
athletic clubs and organizations;
    (4) Penalties and fines paid on account of violations of statutes. 
This account shall also include penalties and fines paid on account of 
violations of U.S. antitrust statutes, including judgements and payments 
in settlement of civil and criminal suits alleging such violations; and
    (5) Abandoned construction projects.
    (i) Cash discounts on bills for material purchased shall not be 
included in this account.

[67 FR 5698, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.7400  Nonoperating taxes.

    This account shall include taxes arising from activities which are 
not a part of the central operations of the entity.
    (a) This account shall be charged and Account 4330, Unamortized 
nonoperating investment tax credits--net, shall be credited with 
investment tax credits generated from qualified expenditures related to 
other operations which the company has elected to defer rather than 
recognize currently in income.
    (b) This account shall be credited and Account 4330 shall be charged 
with the amortization of each year's investment tax credits included in 
such accounts relating to amortization of previously deferred investment 
tax credits of other property or regulated property, the amortization of 
which does not serve to reduce costs of service (but the unamortized 
balance does reduce rate base) for ratemaking purposes. Such 
amortization shall be determined with reference to the period of time 
used for computing book depreciation on the property with respect to 
which the tax credits relate.
    (c) This account shall be charged and Account 4070, Income taxes--
accrued, shall be credited for the amount of nonoperating Federal income 
taxes and state and local income taxes for the current period. This 
account shall also reflect subsequent adjustments to amounts previously 
charged.
    (d) Taxes shall be accrued each month on an estimated basis and 
adjustments made as more current data becomes available.
    (e) Companies that adopt the flow-through method of accounting for 
investment tax credits shall reduce the calculated provision in this 
account by the entire amount of the credit realized during the year. Tax 
credits, other than investment tax credits, if normalized, shall be 
recorded consistent with the accounting for investment tax credits.

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    (f) No entries shall be made to this account to reflect interperiod 
tax allocation.
    (g) Taxes (both Federal and state) shall be accrued each month on an 
estimated basis and adjustments made as later data becomes available.
    (h) This account shall be charged and Account 4080, Other taxes--
accrued, shall be credited for all nonoperating taxes, other than 
Federal, state and local income taxes, and payroll related taxes for the 
current period. Among the items includable in this account are property, 
gross receipts, franchise and capital stock taxes. This account shall 
also reflect subsequent adjustments to amounts previously charged.
    (i) This account shall be charged or credited, as appropriate, with 
contra entries recorded to the following accounts for nonoperating tax 
expenses that has been deferred in accordance with Sec.  32.22: 4110 Net 
Current Deferred Nonoperating Income Taxes, 4350 Net Noncurrent Deferred 
Nonoperating Income Taxes.
    (j) Subsidiary record categories shall be maintained to distinguish 
between property and nonproperty related deferrals and so that the 
company may separately report the amounts contained herein that relate 
to Federal, state and local income taxes. Such subsidiary record 
categories shall be reported as required by part 43 of this chapter.

[67 FR 5699, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.7500  Interest and related items.

    (a) This account shall include the current accruals of interest on 
all classes of funded debt the principal of which is includable in 
Account 4200, Long term debt and funded debt. It shall also include the 
interest on funded debt the maturity of which has been extended by 
specific agreement. This account shall be kept so that the interest on 
each class of funded debt may be shown separately in the annual reports 
to this Commission.
    (b) These accounts shall not include charges for interest on funded 
debt issued or assumed by the company and held by or for it, whether 
pledged as collateral or held in its treasury, in special deposits or in 
sinking or other funds.
    (c) Interest expressly provided for and included in the face amount 
of securities issued shall be charged at the time of issuance to Account 
1280, Prepayments, and cleared to this account as the term expires to 
which the interest applies.
    (d) This account shall also include monthly amortization of balances 
in Account 4200, Long-term debt and funded debt.
    (e) This account shall include the interest portion of each capital 
lease payment.
    (f) This account shall include the monthly amortization of the 
balances in Account 1410, Other noncurrent assets.
    (g) This account shall include all interest deductions not provided 
for elsewhere, e.g., discount, premium, and expense on notes maturing 
one year or less from date of issue.
    (h) A list of representative items of indebtedness, the interest on 
which is chargeable to this account, follows:
    (1) Advances from affiliated companies;
    (2) Advances from nonaffiliated companies and other liabilities;
    (3) Assessments for public improvements past due;
    (4) Bond coupons, matured and unpaid;
    (5) Claims and judgments;
    (6) Customers' deposits;
    (7) Funded debt mature, with respect to which a definite agreement 
as to extension has not been made;
    (8) Notes payable on demand or maturing one year or less from date 
of issue;
    (9) Open accounts;
    (10) Tax assessments, past due; and
    (11) Discount, premium, and issuance expense of notes maturing one 
year or less from date of issue.

[67 FR 5699, Feb. 6, 2002]

    Effective Date Note: At 84 FR 4730, Feb. 19, 2019, Sec.  32.7500 was 
amended by revising paragraph (e), effective Jan. 1, 2020. For the 
convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as follows:



Sec.  32.7500  Interest and related items.

                                * * * * *

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    (e) This account shall include the interest portion of each finance 
lease and capitalized operating lease payment.

                                * * * * *



Sec.  32.7600  Extraordinary items.

    (a) This account is intended to segregate the effects of events or 
transactions that are extraordinary. Extraordinary events and 
transactions are distinguished by both their unusual nature and by the 
infrequency of their occurrence, taking into account the environment in 
which the company operates. This account shall also include the related 
income tax effect of the extraordinary items.
    (b) This account shall be credited and/or charged with nontypical, 
noncustomary and infrequently recurring gains and/or losses which would 
significantly distort the current year's income computed before such 
extraordinary items, if reported other than as extraordinary items.
    (c) This account shall be charged or credited and Account 4070, 
Income taxes--accrued, shall be credited or charged for all current 
income tax effects (Federal, state and local) of extraordinary items.
    (d) This account shall also be charged or credited, as appropriate, 
with a contra amount recorded to Account 4350, Net noncurrent deferred 
nonoperating income taxes or Account 4110, Net current deferred 
nonoperating income taxes for the income tax effects (Federal, state and 
local) of extraordinary items that have been deferred in accordance with 
Sec.  32.22.

[67 FR 5700, Feb. 6, 2002]



Sec.  32.7899  Content of accounts.

    Jurisdictional differences and nonregulated income amounts shall be 
included in Accounts 7910 and 7990.



Sec.  32.7910  Income effect of jurisdictional ratemaking differences--net.

    This account shall include the impact on revenues and expenses of 
the jurisdictional ratemaking practices which vary from those of this 
Commission. All entries recorded in this account shall be recorded net 
of the applicable income tax effects and shall be supported by 
appropriate subsidiary records, where necessary, as provided for in 
Sec.  32.13(e) of subpart B.



Sec.  32.7990  Nonregulated net income.

    (a) This account shall be used by those companies who offer 
nonregulated activities that do not involve the joint or common use of 
assets or resources used in the provision of both regulated and 
nonregulated products and services, and which have not established a 
separate subsidiary for that purpose.
    (b) All revenue and expenses (including taxes) incurred in these 
nonregulated activities shall be recorded on separate books of account 
for such operations. Only the net of the total revenues and total 
expenses shall be recorded in this account, with a contra debit or 
credit to account 1406.3.

[52 FR 6562, Mar. 4, 1987]



                           Subpart G_Glossary



Sec.  32.9000  Glossary of terms.

    When used in this system of accounts:
    Accelerated depreciation means a depreciation method or period of 
time, including the treatment given cost of removal and gross salvage, 
used in calculating depreciation deductions on income tax returns which 
is different from the depreciation method or period of time prescribed 
by this Commission for use in calculating depreciation expense recorded 
in a company's books of account.
    Account means a specific element of a chart of accounts used to 
record, classify and accumulate similar financial transactions resulting 
from the operations of the entity. ``Accounts'' or ``these accounts'' 
refer to the accounts of this system of accounts.
    Accounting system means the total set of interrelated principles, 
rules, requirements, definitions, accounts, records, procedures and 
mechanisms necessary to operate and evaluate the entity from a financial 
perspective. An accounting system generally consists of a chart of 
accounts, various parallel subsystems and subsidiary records. An

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accounting system is utilized to provide the necessary financial 
information to users to meet judiciary and other responsibilities.
    Affiliated companies means companies that directly or indirectly 
through one or more intermediaries, control or are controlled by, or are 
under common control with, the accounting company. See also Control.
    Amortization means the systematic recoveries, through ratable 
charges to expense, of the cost of assets.
    Associated equipment means that equipment which functions with a 
specific type of plant or with two (2) or more types of plant, e.g., 
switching equipment, network power equipment, circuit equipment, common 
channel network signaling equipment or network operations equipment. 
Associated equipment shall be classified to the account appropriate for 
the type of equipment with which it is predominately used rather than on 
its own characteristics.
    Illustrative examples of associated equipment are:

Alarm and signal apparatus
Auxiliary framing
Cable and cable racks
Distributing frames and equipment thereon
Frame and aisle lighting equipment (not permanently attached to the 
building)
Relay racks and panels

    Basic service area means the minimum specified calling area for 
which a tariff is prescribed.
    Book cost means the amount at which property is recorded in these 
accounts, without deduction of related allowances.
    Common carrier or carrier means any person engaged as a common 
carrier for hire, in interstate or foreign communication by wire or 
radio or in interstate or foreign radio transmission of energy, except 
where reference is made to common carriers not subject to this Act; but 
a person engaged in radio broadcasting shall not, insofar as such person 
is so engaged, be deemed a common carrier.
    Company or the company, when not otherwise indicated in the context, 
means the accounting entity. It includes such unincorporated entities 
which may be subject to the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Control (including the terms ``controlling,'' ``controlled by,'' and 
``under common control with'') means the possession directly or 
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the 
management and policies of a company, whether such power is exercised 
through one or more intermediary companies, or alone, or in conjunction 
with, or pursuant to an agreement with, one or more other companies, and 
whether such power is established through a majority or minority 
ownership or voting of securities, common directors, officers, or 
stockholders, voting trusts, holding trusts, affiliated companies, 
contract, or any other direct or indirect means.
    Cost, except as applied to telecommunications plants, franchises, 
and patent rights, means the amount of money actually paid (or the 
current money value of any consideration other than money exchanged) for 
property or services. See also Original Cost.
    Cost of removal means the cost of demolishing, dismantling, 
removing, tearing down, or otherwise disposing of telecommunications 
plant and recovering the salvage, including the cost of transportation 
and handling incident thereto.
    Depreciation means the loss not restored by current maintenance, 
incurred in connection with the consumption or prospective retirement of 
telecommunications plant in the course of service from causes which are 
known to be in current operation, against which the company is not 
protected by insurance, and the effect of which can be forecast with a 
reasonable approach to accuracy. Among the causes to be given 
consideration are wear and tear, decay, action of the elements, 
inadequacy, obsolescence, changes in technology, changes in demand and 
requirements of public authorities.
    Entity means a legal enterprise (common carrier) engaged in 
interstate communications within the meaning of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended.
    Group plan, as applied to depreciation accounting, means the plan 
under which depreciation charges are accrued upon the basis of the 
original cost of

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all property included in each depreciable plant account, using the 
average service life thereof properly weighted, and upon the retirement 
of any depreciable property its cost is charged to the depreciation 
reserve whether or not the particular item has attained the average 
service life.
    Indexed revenue threshold for a given year means $100 million, 
adjusted for inflation, as measured by the Department of Commerce Gross 
Domestic Product Chain-type Price Index (GDP-CPI), for the period from 
October 19, 1992 to the given year. The indexed revenue threshold for a 
given year shall be determined by multiplying $100 million by the ratio 
of the annual value of the GDP-CPI for the given year to the estimated 
seasonally adjusted GDP-CPI on October 19, 1992. The indexed revenue 
threshold shall be rounded to the nearest $1 million. The seasonally 
adjusted GDP-CPI on October 19, 1992 is determined to be 100.69.
    Intangible property means assets that have no physical existence but 
instead have value because of the rights which ownership confers.
    Intrasystems means assets consisting of:
    (1) PBX and Key System Common Equipment (a switchboard or switching 
equipment shared by all stations);
    (2) Associated CPE station equipment (usually telephone or Key 
Telephone Systems); and
    (3) Intrasystem wiring (all cable or wiring and associated 
components which connect the common equipment and the station equipment, 
located on the customer's side of the demarcation point).
    An intrasystem does not include property, plant or equipment which 
are not solely dedicated to its operation.
    Mid-sized incumbent local exchange carrier is a carrier whose annual 
revenue from regulated telecommunications operations equals or exceeds 
the indexed revenue threshold and whose revenue when aggregated with the 
revenues of any local exchange carrier that it controls, is controlled 
by, or with which it is under common control is less than $7 billion 
(indexed for inflation as measured by the Department of Commerce Gross 
Domestic Product Chain-type Price Index (GDP-CPI)).
    Minor items, as applied to depreciable telecommunications plant, 
means any part or element of such plant, which when removed, (with or 
without replacement) does not initiate retirement accounting.
    Original cost or cost, as applied to telecommunications plant, 
rights of way and other intangible property, means the actual money cost 
of (or the current money value of any consideration other than money 
exchanged for) property at the time when it was purchased.
    Plant retired means plant which has been removed, sold, abandoned, 
destroyed, or otherwise withdrawn from service.
    Retirement units, as applied to depreciable telecommunications 
plant, means those items of plant which when removed (with or without 
replacement) cause the initiation of retirement accounting entries.
    Salvage value means the amount received for property retired, if 
sold, or if retained for reuse, the amount at which the material 
recovered is chargeable to Account 1220, Material and Supplies, or other 
appropriate account.
    Straight-line method, as applied to depreciation accounting, means 
the plan under which the cost of property is charged to operating 
expenses and credited to accumulated depreciation through equal annual 
charges as nearly as may be during its service life.
    Subsidiary record means accumulation of detailed information which 
is required by this Commission to be maintained in support of entries to 
the accounts.
    Subsidiary record categories means those segregations of certain 
regulated costs, expenses and revenues which must be maintained and are 
subject to specific reporting requirements of this Commission.
    Subsystems, parallel mechanisms means processes or procedures which 
augment the use of a chart of accounts in the financial operation of the 
entity. These subsystems operate on and/or process account and 
subsidiary record information for specific purposes.

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    Telecommunications means any transmission, emission, or reception of 
signs, signals, writing, images or sounds or intelligence of any nature 
by wire, radio, visual or other electromagnetic systems. This 
encompasses the aggregate of several modes of conveying information, 
signals or messages over a distance. Included in the telecommunications 
industry is the transmitting, receiving, or exchanging of information 
among multiple locations. The minimum elements required for the 
telecommunications process to occur are a message source, a transmission 
medium and a receiver.
    Time of installation means the date at which telecommunications 
plant is placed in service.
    Time of retirement means the date at which telecommunications plant 
is retired from service.
    Tangible property means assets characterized by physical existence, 
such as land, buildings, equipment, furniture, fixtures and tools.

[51 FR 43499, Dec. 2, 1986, as amended at 61 FR 50245, Sept. 25, 1996; 
62 FR 39778, July 24, 1997; 62 FR 51064, Sept. 30, 1997; 64 FR 50008, 
Sept. 15, 1999; 67 FR 5700, Feb. 6, 2002; 82 FR 20843, May 4, 2017]



PART 36_JURISDICTIONAL SEPARATIONS PROCEDURES; STANDARD PROCEDURES
FOR SEPARATING TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROPERTY COSTS, REVENUES, EXPENSES,
TAXES AND RESERVES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES \1\-
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    \1\ The Commission has determined that the same jurisdictional 
separations used in the contiguous states are to be used for Alaska, 
Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Integration of Rates and 
Services, Docket No. 21263, 87 FCC 2nd 18 (1981); Integration of Rates 
and Services, Docket No. 21264, 72 FCC 2nd 699 (1979).
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                            Subpart A_General

Sec.
36.1 General.
36.2 Fundamental principles underlying procedures.
36.3 Freezing of jurisdictional separations category relationships and/
          or allocation factors.
36.4 Streamlining procedures for processing petitions for waiver of 
          study area boundaries.

                  Subpart B_Telecommunications Property

                                 General

36.101 Section arrangement.
36.102 General.

                       General Support Facilities

36.111 General.
36.112 Apportionment procedure.

                        Central Office Equipment

36.121 General.
36.122 Categories and apportionment procedures.
36.123 Operator systems equipment--Category 1.
36.124 Tandem switching equipment--Category 2.
36.125 Local switching equipment--Category 3.
36.126 Circuit equipment--Category 4.

           Information Origination/Termination (IOT) Equipment

36.141 General.
36.142 Categories and apportionment procedures.

                        Cable and Wire Facilities

36.151 General.
36.152 Categories of Cable and Wire Facilities (C&WF).
36.153 Assignment of Cable and Wire Facilities (C&WF) to categories.
36.154 Exchange Line Cable and Wire Facilities (C&WF)--Category 1--
          apportionment procedures.
36.155 Wideband and exchange truck (C&WF)--Category 2--apportionment 
          procedures.
36.156 Interexchange Cable and Wire Facilities (C&WF)--Category 3--
          apportionment procedures.
36.157 Host/remote message Cable and Wire Facilities (C&WF)--Category 
          4--apportionment procedures.

                           Amortizable Assets

36.161 Tangible assets--Account 2680.
36.162 Intangible assets--Account 2690.

                     Telecommunications Plant--Other

36.171 Property held for future telecommunications use--Account 2002; 
          Telecommunications plant under construction--Account 2003; and 
          Telecommunications plant adjustment--Account 2005.

                       Rural Telephone Bank Stock

36.172 Other noncurrent assets--Account 1410.

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             Material and Supplies and Cash Working Capital

36.181 Material and supplies--Account 1220.
36.182 Cash working capital.

                         Equal Access Equipment

36.191 Equal access equipment.

        Subpart C_Operating Revenues and Certain Income Accounts

                                 General

36.201 Section arrangement.
36.202 General.

                           Operating Revenues

36.211 General.
36.212 Basic local services revenue--Account 5000.
36.213 Network access services revenues.
36.214 Long distance message revenue--Account 5100.
36.215 Miscellaneous revenue--Account 5200.
36.216 Uncollectible revenue--Account 5300.

                         Certain Income Accounts

36.221 Other operating income and expenses--Account 7100.
36.222 Nonoperating income and expenses--Account 7300.
36.223 Interest and related items--Account 7500.
36.224 Extraordinary items--Account 7600.
36.225 Income effect of jurisdictional ratemaking differences--Account 
          7910.

                 Subpart D_Operating Expenses and Taxes

                                 General

36.301 Section arrangement.
36.302 General.

                   Plant Specific Operations Expenses

36.310 General.

                Network Support/General Support Expenses

36.311 Network Support/General Support Expenses--Accounts 6110 and 6120.

                         Central Office Expenses

36.321 Central office expenses--Accounts 6210, 6220, and 6230.

              Information Origination/Termination Expenses

36.331 Information origination/termination expenses--Account 6310.

                   Cable and Wire Facilities Expenses

36.341 Cable and wire facilities expenses--Account 6410.

                  Plant Nonspecific Operations Expenses

36.351 General.

                          Plant Expenses--Other

36.352 Other property plant and equipment expenses--Account 6510.

                       Network Operations Expenses

36.353 Network operations expenses--Account 6530.
36.354 Access expenses--Account 6540.

                 Depreciation and Amortization Expenses

36.361 Depreciation and amortization expenses--Account 6560.

                      Customer Operations Expenses

36.371 General.
36.372 Marketing--Account 6610.
36.373 Services--Account 6620.
36.374 Telephone operator services.
36.375 Published directory listing.
36.376 All other.
36.377 Category 1--Local business office expense.
36.378 Category 2--Customer services (revenue accounting).
36.379 Message processing expense.
36.380 Other billing and collecting expense.
36.381 Carrier access charge billing and collecting expense.
36.382 Category 3--All other customer services expense.

                      Corporate Operations Expense

36.391 General.
36.392 General and administrative--Account 6720.

                             Operating Taxes

36.411 Operating taxes--Account 7200.
36.412 Apportionment procedures.

                          Equal Access Expenses

36.421 Equal access expenses.

                    Subpart E_Reserves and Deferrals

36.501 General.
36.502 Other jurisdictional assets--Net--Account 1500.
36.503 Accumulated depreciation--Account 3100.
36.504 Accumulated depreciation--Property held for future 
          telecommunications use--Account 3200.
36.505 Accumulated amortization--Tangible--Account 3400.
36.506 Net current deferred operating income taxes--Account 4100, Net 
          noncurrent deferred operating income taxes--Account 4340.
36.507 Other jurisdictional liabilities and deferred credits--Net--
          Account 4370.

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Subparts F-G [Reserved]

Appendix to Part 36--Glossary

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i) and (j), 201, 205, 220, 
221(c), 254, 303(r), 403, 410, and 1302 unless otherwise noted.

    Source: 52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

    Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to part 36 appear at 74 FR 
23956, May 22, 2009, 77 FR 30411, May 23, 2012, 82 FR 25538, June 2, 
2017, and corrected at 83 FR 4153, Jan. 30, 2018. Nomenclature changes 
to part 36 also appear at 83 FR 63587, Dec. 11, 2018, and 84 FR 4360, 
Feb. 15, 2019.



                            Subpart A_General



Sec.  36.1  General.

    (a) This part contains an outline of separations procedures for 
telecommunications companies on the station-to-station basis. These 
procedures are applicable either to property costs, revenues, expenses, 
taxes, and reserves as recorded on the books of the company or to 
estimated amounts.
    (1) Where a value basis is used instead of book costs, the ``costs'' 
referred to are the ``values'' of the property derived from the 
valuation.
    (b) The separations procedures set forth in this part are designed 
primarily for the allocation of property costs, revenues, expenses, 
taxes and reserves between state and interstate jurisdictions. For 
separations, where required, of the state portion between exchange and 
toll or for separations of individual exchanges or special services, 
further analyses and studies may be required to adapt the procedures to 
such additional separations.
    (c) The fundamental basis on which separations are made is the use 
of telecommunications plant in each of the operations. The first step is 
the assignment of the cost of the plant to categories. The basis for 
making this assignment is the identification of the plant assignable to 
each category and the determination of the cost of the plant so 
identified. The second step is the apportionment of the cost of the 
plant in each category among the operations by direct assignment where 
possible, and all remaining costs are assigned by the application of 
appropriate use factors.
    (d) In assigning book costs to categories, the costs used for 
certain plant classes are average unit costs which equate to all book 
costs of a particular account or subaccount; for other plant classes, 
the costs used are those which either directly approximate book cost 
levels or which are equated to match total book costs at a given 
location.
    (e) The procedures outlined herein reflect ``short-cuts'' where 
practicable and where their application produces substantially the same 
separations results as would be obtained by the use of more detailed 
procedures, and they assume the use of records generally maintained by 
Telecommunications Companies.
    (f) The classification to accounts of telecommunications property, 
revenues, expenses, etc., set forth in this manual is that prescribed by 
the Federal Communications Commission's Uniform System of Accounts for 
Telecommunications Companies.
    (g) In the assignment of property costs to categories and in the 
apportionment of such costs among the operations, each amount so 
assigned and apportioned is identified as to the account classification 
in which the property is included. Thus, the separated results are 
identified by property accounts and apportionment bases are provided for 
those expenses which are separated on the basis of the apportionment of 
property costs. Similarly, amounts of revenues and expenses assigned 
each of the operations are identified as to account classification.
    (h) The separations procedures described in this part are not to be 
interpreted as indicating what property, revenues, expenses and taxes, 
or what items carried in the income, reserve and retained earnings 
accounts, should or should not be considered in any investigation or 
rate proceeding.



Sec.  36.2  Fundamental principles underlying procedures.

    (a) The following general principles underlie the procedures 
outlined in this part:
    (1) Separations are intended to apportion costs among categories or 
jurisdictions by actual use or by direct assignment.

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    (2) Separations are made on the ``actual use'' basis, which gives 
consideration to relative occupancy and relative time measurements.
    (3) In the development of ``actual use'' measurements, measurements 
of use are (i) determined for telecommunications plant or for work 
performed by operating forces on a unit basis (e.g., conversation-
minute-kilometers per message, weighted standard work seconds per call) 
in studies of traffic handled or work performed during a representative 
period for all traffic and (ii) applied to overall traffic volumes, 
i.e., 24-hour rather than busy-hour volumes.
    (b) Underlying the procedures included in this manual for the 
separation of plant costs is an over-all concept which may be described 
as follows:
    (1) Telecommunications plant, in general, is segregable into two 
broad classifications, namely, (i) interexchange plant, which is plant 
used primarily to furnish toll services, and (ii) exchange plant, which 
is plant used primarily to furnish local services.
    (2) Within the interexchange classification, there are three broad 
types of plant, i.e., operator systems, switching plant, and trunk 
transmission equipment. Within the exchange classification there are 
four board types of plant, i.e., operator systems, switching plant, 
truck equipment and subscriber plant. Subscriber plant comprises lines 
to the subscriber.
    (3) In general, the basis for apportioning telecommunications plant 
used jointly for state and interstate operations are:
    (i) Operator work time expressed in weighted standard work seconds 
is the basis for measuring the use of operator systems.
    (ii) Holding-time-minutes is the basis for measuring the use of 
local and toll switching plant.
    (iii) Conversation-minute-kilometers or conversation minutes is the 
basis for measuring the use of interexchange circuit plant and holding-
time minutes is the basis for measuring the use of exchange trunk plant. 
While the use of holding-time-minute-kilometers is the basic fundamental 
allocation factor for interexchange circuit plant and exchange trunk 
plant, the use of conversation-minute-kilometers or conversation-minutes 
for the allocation of interexchange circuit plant and holding-time 
minutes for the allocation of exchange trunk plant are considered 
practical approximations for separations between state and interstate 
operations when related to the broad types of plant classifications used 
herein.
    (iv) Message telecommunications subscriber plant shall be 
apportioned on the basis of a Gross Allocator which assigns 25 percent 
to the interstate jurisdiction and 75 percent to the state jurisdiction.
    (c) Property rented to affiliates, if not substantial in amount, is 
included as used property of the owning company with the associated 
revenues and expenses treated consistently: Also such property rented 
from affiliates is not included with the used property of the company 
making the separations; the rent paid is included in its expenses. If 
substantial in amount, the following treatment is applied:
    (1) In the case of property rented to affiliates, the property and 
related expenses and rent revenues are excluded from the telephone 
operations of the owning company, and
    (2) In the case of property rented from affiliates, the property and 
related expenses are included with, and the rent expenses are excluded 
from, the telephone operations of the company making the separation.
    (d) Property rented to or from non-affiliates is usually to be 
included as used property of the owning company with the associated 
revenues and expenses treated consistently. In the event the amount is 
substantial, the property involved and the revenues and expenses 
associated therewith may be excluded from or included in the 
telecommunications operations of the company. When required, the cost of 
property rented to or from non-affiliates is determined using procedures 
that are consistent with the procedures for the allocation of costs 
among the operations.
    (e) Costs associated with services or plant billed to another 
company which have once been separated under procedures consistent with 
general principles set forth in this part, and are

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thus identifiable as entirely interstate or State in nature, shall be 
directly assigned to the appropriate operation and jurisdiction.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 58 FR 44905, Aug. 25, 1993; 71 
FR 65745, Nov. 9, 2006]



Sec.  36.3  Freezing of jurisdictional separations category
relationships and/or allocation factors.

    (a) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all local 
exchange carriers subject to part 36 rules shall apportion costs to the 
jurisdictions using their study area and/or exchange specific 
jurisdictional allocation factors calculated during the twelve-month 
period ending December 31, 2000, for each of the categories/sub-
categories as specified herein. Direct assignment of private line 
service costs between jurisdictions shall be updated annually. Other 
direct assignment of investment, expenses, revenues or taxes between 
jurisdictions shall be updated annually. Local exchange carriers that 
invest in telecommunications plant categories during the period July 1, 
2001, through December 31, 2024, for which it had no separations 
allocation factors for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000, 
shall apportion that investment among the jurisdictions in accordance 
with the separations procedures in effect as of December 31, 2000 for 
the duration of the freeze.
    (b) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, local 
exchange carriers subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  
61.41 of this chapter, shall assign costs from the accounts under part 
32 of this chapter (part 32 account(s)) to the separations categories/
sub-categories, as specified herein, based on the percentage 
relationships of the categorized/sub-categorized costs to their 
associated part 32 accounts for the twelve-month period ending December 
31, 2000. If a part 32 account for separations purposes is categorized 
into more than one category, the percentage relationship among the 
categories shall be utilized as well. Local exchange carriers that 
invest in types of telecommunications plant during the period July 1, 
2001, through December 31, 2024, for which it had no separations 
category investment for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 
2000, shall assign such investment to separations categories in 
accordance with the separations procedures in effect as of December 31, 
2000. Local exchange carriers not subject to price cap regulation, 
pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this chapter, may elect to be subject to the 
provisions of this paragraph (b). Such election must be made prior to 
July 1, 2001. Any local exchange carrier that is subject to Sec.  
69.3(e) of this chapter and that elected to be subject to this paragraph 
(b) may withdraw from that election by notifying the Commission by May 
1, 2019, of its intent to withdraw from that election, and that 
withdrawal will be effective as of July 1, 2019. Any local exchange 
carrier that participates in an Association tariff, pursuant to 
Sec. Sec.  69.601 through 69.610 of this chapter, and that elected to be 
subject to this paragraph (b) may withdraw from that election by 
notifying the Association by March 1, 2019, of such intent. Subject to 
these two exceptions, local exchange carriers that previously elected to 
become subject to this paragraph (b) shall not be eligible to withdraw 
from such regulation for the duration of the freeze.
    (c) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, any local 
exchange carrier that sells or otherwise transfers exchanges, or parts 
thereof, to another carrier's study area shall continue to utilize the 
factors and, if applicable, category relationships as specified in 
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.
    (d) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, any local 
exchange carrier that buys or otherwise acquires exchanges or part 
thereof, shall calculate new, composite factors and, if applicable, 
category relationships based on a weighted average of both the seller's 
and purchaser's factors and category relationships calculated pursuant 
to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section. This weighted average should 
be based on the number of access lines currently being served by the 
acquiring carrier and the number of access lines in the acquired 
exchanges.

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    (1) To compute the composite allocation factors and, if applicable, 
the composite category percentage relationships of the acquiring 
company, the acquiring carrier shall first sum its existing (pre-
purchase) access lines (A) with the total access lines acquired from 
selling company (B). Then, multiply its factors and category 
relationship percentages by (A/(A + B)) and those of the selling company 
by (B/(A + B)) and sum the results.
    (2) For carriers subject to a freeze of category relationships, the 
acquiring carrier should remove all categories of investment from the 
selling carrier's list of frozen category relationships where no such 
category investment exists within the sold exchange(s). The seller's 
remaining category relationships must then be increased proportionately 
to total 100 percent. Then, the adjusted seller's category relationships 
must be combined with those of the acquiring carrier as specified in 
Sec.  36.3(d)(1) to determine the category relationships for the 
acquiring carrier's post-transfer study area.
    (e) Any local exchange carrier study area converting from average 
schedule company status, as defined in Sec.  69.605(c) of this chapter, 
to cost company status during the period July 1, 2001, through December 
31, 2024, shall, for the first twelve months subsequent to conversion 
categorize the telecommunications plant and expenses and develop 
separations allocation factors in accordance with the separations 
procedures in effect as of December 31, 2000. Effective July 1, 2001 
through December 31, 2024, such companies shall utilize the separations 
allocation factors and account categorization subject to the 
requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section based on the 
category relationships and allocation factors for the twelve months 
subsequent to the conversion to cost company status.

[66 FR 33204, June 21, 2001, as amended at 79 FR 36235, June 26, 2014; 
84 FR 4360, Feb. 15, 2019]



Sec.  36.4  Streamlining procedures for processing petitions for
waiver of study area boundaries.

    Effective January 1, 2012, local exchange carriers seeking a change 
in study area boundaries shall be subject to the following procedure:
    (a) Public Notice and Review Period. Upon determination by the 
Wireline Competition Bureau that a petitioner has filed a complete 
petition for study area waiver and that the petition is appropriate for 
streamlined treatment, the Wireline Competition Bureau will issue a 
public notice seeking comment on the petition. Unless otherwise notified 
by the Wireline Competition Bureau, the petitioner is permitted to alter 
its study area boundaries on the 60th day after the reply comment due 
date, but only in accordance with the boundary changes proposed in its 
application.
    (b) Comment Cycle. Comments on petitions for waiver may be filed 
during the first 30 days following public notice, and reply comments may 
be filed during the first 45 days following public notice, unless the 
public notice specifies a different pleading cycle. All comments on 
petitions for waiver shall be filed electronically, and shall satisfy 
such other filing requirements as may be specified in the public notice.

[76 FR 73853, Nov. 29, 2011]



                  Subpart B_Telecommunications Property

                                 General



Sec.  36.101  Section arrangement.

    (a) This subpart is arranged in sections as follows:

                                 General

Telecommunications Plant in Service--Account 2001--36.101 and 36.102.
General Support Facilities--Account 2110--36.111 and 36.112.
Central Office Equipment--Accounts 2210, 2220, 2230--36.121 thru 36.126.
Information Origination/Termination Equipment--Account 2310--36.141 and 
36.142.
Cable and Wire Facilities--Account 2410--36.151 thru 36.157.
Amortization Assets--Accounts 2680 and 2690--36.161 and 36.162.
Telecommunications Plant--Other Accounts 2002 thru 2005--36.171.
Rural Telephone Bank Stock--36.172.
Material and Supplies--Accounts 1220, and Cash Working Capital--36.181 
and 36.182.
Equal Access Equipment--36.191.

[60 FR 12138, Mar. 6, 1995]

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Sec.  36.102  General.

    (a) This section contains an outline of the procedures used in the 
assignment of Telecommunications Plant in Service--Account 2001 to 
categories and the apportionment of the cost assigned to each category 
among the operations.
    (b) The treatment of rental plant is outlined in Sec. Sec.  36.2(c) 
through 36.2(e). If the amount of such plant is substantial, the cost 
may be determined by using the general procedures set forth for the 
assignment of the various kinds of property to categories.
    (c) The amount of depreciation deductible from the book cost or 
``value'' is apportioned among the operations in proportion to the 
separation of the cost of the related plant accounts.

                       General Support Facilities



Sec.  36.111  General.

    (a) The costs of the general support facilities are contained in 
Account 2110, Land and Support Assets. This account contains land, 
buildings, motor vehicles, aircraft, special purpose vehicles, garage 
work equipment, other work equipment, furniture, office equipment and 
general purpose computers.



Sec.  36.112  Apportionment procedure.

    (a) The costs of the general support facilities of local exchange 
carriers that had annual revenues from regulated telecommunications 
operations equal to or greater than $157 million for calendar year 2016 
are apportioned among the operations on the basis of either the method 
in paragraph (a)(1) of this section or the method in paragraph (a)(2) of 
this section, at the election of the local exchange carrier:
    (1) The separation of the costs of the combined Big Three Expenses 
which include the following accounts:

                       Table 1 to Paragraph (a)(1)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Plant Specific Expenses
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central Office Switching Expenses..........  Account 6210.
Operators Systems Expenses.................  Account 6220.
Central Office Transmission Expenses.......  Account 6230.
Information Origination/Termination          Account 6310.
 Expenses.
Cable and Wire Facilities Expenses.........  Account 6410.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Plant Non-Specific Expenses
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Network Operations Expenses................  Account 6530.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      Customer Operations Expenses
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marketing..................................  Account 6610.
Services...................................  Account 6620.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) The separation of the costs of Central Office Equipment, 
Information Origination/Termination Equipment, and Cable and Wire 
Facilities, combined.
    (b) The costs of the general support facilities of local exchange 
carriers that had annual revenues from regulated telecommunications 
operations less than $157 million for calendar year 2016 are apportioned 
among the operations on the basis of the separation of the costs of 
Central Office Equipment, Information Origination/Termination Equipment, 
and Cable and Wire Facilities, combined.

[83 FR 63584, Dec. 11, 2018]

                        Central Office Equipment



Sec.  36.121  General.

    (a) The costs of central office equipment are carried in the 
following accounts:

                        Table 1 to Paragraph (a)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central Office Switching.................  Account 2210.
Operator Systems.........................  Account 2220.
Central Office Transmission..............  Account 2230.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Records of the cost of central office equipment are usually 
maintained

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for each study area separately by accounts. However, each account 
frequently includes equipment having more than one use. Also, equipment 
in one account frequently is associated closely with equipment in the 
same building in another account. Therefore, the separations procedures 
for central office equipment have been designed to deal with categories 
of plant rather than with equipment in an account.
    (c) In the separation of the cost of central office equipment among 
the operations, the first step is the assignment of the equipment in 
each study area to categories. The basic method of making this 
assignment is the identification of the equipment assignable to each 
category, and the determination of the cost of the identified equipment 
by analysis of accounting, engineering and other records.
    (1) The cost of common equipment not assigned to a specific 
category, e.g., common power equipment, including emergency power 
equipment, aisle lighting and framework, including distributing frames, 
is distributed among the categories in proportion to the cost of 
equipment, (excluding power equipment not dependent upon common power 
equipment) directly assigned to categories.
    (i) The cost of power equipment used by one category is assigned 
directly to that category, e.g., 130-volt power supply provided for 
circuit equipment. The cost of emergency power equipment protecting only 
power equipment used by one category is also assigned directly to that 
category.
    (ii) Where appropriate, a weighting factor is applied to the cost of 
circuit equipment in distributing the power plant costs not directly 
assigned, in order to reflect the generally greater power use per dollar 
of cost of this equipment.
    (d) The second step is the apportionment of the cost of the 
equipment in each category among the operations through the application 
of appropriate use factors or by direct assignment.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 69 FR 12549, Mar. 17, 2004; 83 
FR 63584, Dec. 11, 2018]



Sec.  36.122  Categories and apportionment procedures.

    (a) The following categories of central office equipment and 
apportionment procedures therefore are set forth in Sec. Sec.  36.123 
through 36.126.

Operator Systems Equipment.............  Category 1.
Tandem Switching Equipment.............  Category 2.
Local Switching Equipment..............  Category 3.
Circuit Equipment......................  Category 4.
 



Sec.  36.123  Operator systems equipment--Category 1.

    (a) Operator systems equipment is contained in Account 2220. It 
includes all types of manual telephone switchboards except tandem 
switchboards and those used solely for recording of calling telephone 
numbers in connection with customer dialed charge traffic. It includes 
all face equipment, terminating relay circuits of trunk and toll line 
circuits, cord circuits, cable turning sections, subscriber line 
equipment, associated toll connecting trunk equipment, number checking 
facilities, ticket distributing systems, calculagraphs, chief operator 
and other desks, operator chairs, and other such equipment.
    (1) Operator systems equipment is generally classified according to 
operating arrangements of which the following are typical:
    (i) Separate toll boards
    (ii) Separate local manual boards
    (iii) Combined local manual and toll boards
    (iv) Combined toll and DSA boards
    (v) Separate DSA and DSB boards
    (vi) Service observing boards
    (vii) Auxiliary service boards
    (viii) Traffic service positions
    (2) If switchboards as set forth in Sec.  36.123(a) are of the key 
pulsing type, the cost of the key pulsing senders, link and trunk finder 
equipment is included with the switchboards.
    (3) DSB boards include the associated DSB dial equipment, such as 
link and sender equipment.
    (4) Traffic service position systems include the common control and 
trunk equipment in addition to the associated groups of positions 
wherever located.
    (5) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to

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price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this chapter, shall 
assign the average balance of Account 2220, Operator Systems, to the 
categories/subcategories, as specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section, based on the relative percentage assignment of the average 
balance of Account 2220 to these categories/subcategories during the 
twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000.
    (6) Effective July 1, 2001 through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall apportion the costs assigned to the categories/
subcategories, as specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, among 
the jurisdictions using the relative use measurements for the twelve-
month period ending December 31, 2000 for each of the categories/
subcategories specified in paragraphs (b) through (e) of this section.
    (b) The cost of the following operator systems equipment is 
apportioned among the operations on the basis of the relative number of 
weighted standard work seconds handled at the switchboards under 
consideration.
    (1) The following types of switchboards at toll centers are 
generally apportioned individually:
    (i) Separate toll boards. These usually include outward, through and 
inward positions in separate lines and associated inward toll 
switchboard positions in line.
    (ii) Switchboards handling both local and toll, either combined or 
having segregated local and toll positions in the same line.
    (iii) Switchboards handling both toll and DSA, either combined or 
having segregated toll and DSA positions in the same line.
    (iv) Traffic service positions, including separately located groups 
of these positions when associated with a common basic control unit.
    (2) The following types of switchboards at toll centers are 
apportioned individually, or by groups of comparable types of boards for 
each exchange:
    (i) Separate local manual boards. This includes the local positions 
of manual boards where inward toll positions are in the same line.
    (ii) Separate DSA boards.
    (iii) Separate DSB boards.
    (3) Tributary boards may be treated individually if warranted or 
they may be treated on a group basis.
    (c) Auxiliary service boards generally handle rate and route, 
information, and intercept service at individual or joint positions. The 
cost of these boards is apportioned as follows:
    (1) The cost of separate directory assistance boards is apportioned 
among the operations on the basis of the relative number of weighted 
standard work seconds handled at the boards under consideration. 
Directory assistance weighted standard work seconds are apportioned 
among the operations on the basis of the classification of these 
weighted standard work seconds as follows:
    (i) Directory assistance weighted standard work seconds first are 
classified between calls received over toll directory assistance trunks 
from operators or customers and all other directory assistance calls.
    (ii) The directory assistance weighted standard work seconds of each 
type further are classified separately among the operations on the basis 
of an analysis of a representative sample of directory assistance calls 
of each type with reference to the locations of the calling and called 
stations for each call.
    (2) The cost of separate intercept boards and automated intercept 
systems in the study area is apportioned among the operations on the 
basis of the relative number of subscriber line minutes of use.
    (3) The cost of separate rate and route boards is generally included 
with the cost of the toll boards served and is apportioned with those 
boards.
    (4) Where more than one auxiliary service is handled at an auxiliary 
board, the cost of the board is apportioned among the auxiliary services 
on the basis of the relative number of weighted standard work seconds 
for each service. The cost of that part of the board allocated to each 
auxiliary service is apportioned among the operations in the same manner 
as for a separate auxiliary board.
    (d) The cost of joint exchange and toll service observing boards is 
first apportioned between exchange and toll use on the basis of the 
relative number

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of exchange and toll service observing units at these boards. The cost 
of separate toll service observing boards and the toll portion of joint 
service observing boards is apportioned between state and interstate 
operations on the basis of the relative number of toll minutes of use 
associated with the toll messages originating in the offices observed.
    (e) Traffic Service Position System (TSPS) investments are 
apportioned as follows:
    (1) Operator position investments are apportioned on the basis of 
the relative weighted standard work seconds for the entire TSPS complex.
    (2) Remote trunk arrangement (RTA) investments are apportioned on 
the basis of the relative processor real time (i.e., actual seconds) 
required to process TSPS traffic originating from the end offices served 
by each RTA.
    (3) The remaining investments at the central control location, such 
as the stored program control and memory, is apportioned on the basis of 
the relative processor real time (i.e., actual seconds) for the entire 
TSPS complex.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 33205, June 21, 2001; 75 
FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 2011; 79 FR 36236, June 26, 
2014]



Sec.  36.124  Tandem switching equipment--Category 2.

    (a) Tandem switching equipment is contained in Account 2210. It 
includes all switching equipment in a tandem central office, including 
any associated tandem switchboard positions and any intertoll switching 
equipment. Intertoll switching equipment includes switching equipment 
used for the interconnection of message toll telephone circuits with 
each other or with local or tandem telephone central office trunks, 
intertoll dial selector equipment, or intertoll trunk equipment in No. 5 
type electronic offices. Equipment, including switchboards used for 
recording of calling telephone numbers and other billing information in 
connection with customer dialed charge traffic is included with Local 
Switching Equipment--Category 3.
    (1) At toll center toll offices, intertoll switching equipment 
comprises equipment in the toll office used in the interconnection of: 
Toll center to toll center circuits; toll center to tributary circuits; 
tributary to tributary circuits; toll center to tandem circuits or in 
the interconnection of the aforementioned types of circuits with trunks 
to local offices in the toll center city, i.e., interconnection with 
toll switching trunks, operator trunks, information trunks, testing 
trunks, etc. Equipment associated with the local office end of such 
trunks is included with local switching equipment or switchboard 
categories as appropriate.
    (2) At tributary offices, this category includes intertoll switching 
equipment similar to that at toll center toll offices if it is used in 
the interconnection of: Tributary to tributary circuits; tributary to 
subtributary circuits; subtributary to subtributary circuits; toll 
center to subtributary circuits; or if it is used jointly in the 
interconnection of any of the aforementioned types of circuits and in 
the interconnection of such toll circuits with trunk circuits for the 
handling of traffic terminating in the tributary office. Where 
comparable equipment has no joint use but is used only for the handling 
of traffic terminating in the tributary office, it is included in the 
local switching equipment category.
    (3) At all switching entities, this category includes intertoll 
switching equipment similar to that at toll center toll offices if it is 
used in the interconnection of switched private line trunks or TWX 
switching plant trunks when these functions are in addition to the 
message telephone switching function. Switching entities wholly 
dedicated to switching of special services are assigned to Category 3--
Local Switching Equipment.
    (b) The costs of central office equipment items assigned this 
category are to be directly assigned when possible. When direct 
assignment is not possible the costs shall be apportioned among the 
operations on the basis of the relative number of study area minutes of 
use of this equipment.
    (c) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the average balance of Account 2210 to Category 2, 
Tandem Switching Equipment

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based on the relative percentage assignment of the average balance of 
Account 2210 (or, if Accounts 2211, 2212, and 2215 were required to be 
maintained at the applicable time, the average balances of Accounts 
2211, 2212, and 2215) to Category 2, Tandem Switching Equipment during 
the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000.
    (d) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall apportion costs in Category 2, Tandem Switching Equipment, 
among the jurisdictions using the relative number of study area minutes 
of use, as specified in paragraph (b) of this section, for the twelve-
month period ending December 31, 2000. Direct assignment of any 
subcategory of Category 2 Tandem Switching Equipment between 
jurisdictions shall be updated annually.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 33205, June 21, 2001; 69 
FR 12549, Mar. 17, 2004; 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 
2011; 79 FR 36236, June 26, 2014; 83 FR 63584, Dec. 11, 2018]



Sec.  36.125  Local switching equipment--Category 3.

    (a) Local switching equipment is included in account 2210. It 
comprises all central office switching equipment not assigned other 
categories. Examples of local switching equipment are basic switching 
train, toll connecting trunk equipment, interlocal trunks, tandem 
trunks, terminating senders used for toll completion, toll completing 
train, call reverting equipment, weather and time of day service 
equipment, and switching equipment at electronic analog or digital 
remote line locations. Equipment used for the identification, recording 
and timing of customer dialed charge traffic, or switched private line 
traffic (e.g., transmitters, recorders, call identity indexers, 
perforators, ticketers, detectors, mastertimes) switchboards used solely 
for recording of calling telephone numbers in connection with customer 
dialed charge traffic, or switched private line traffic (or both) is 
included in this local switching category. Equipment provided and used 
primarily for operator dialed toll or customer dialed charge traffic 
except such equipment included in Category 2 Tandem Switching Equipment 
is also included in this local switching category. This includes such 
items as directors, translators, sender registers, out trunk selectors 
and facilities for toll intercepting and digit absorption. Special 
services switching equipment which primarily performs the switching 
function for special services (e.g., switching equipment, TWX 
concentrators and switchboards) is also included in this local switching 
category.
    (1) Local office, as used in Sec.  36.125, comprises one or more 
local switching entities of the same equipment type (e.g., step-by-step, 
No. 5 Crossbar) in an individual location. A local switching entity 
comprises that local central office equipment of the same type which has 
a common intermediate distributing frame, market group or other 
separately identifiable switching unit serving one or more prefixes (NNX 
codes).
    (2) A host/remote local switching complex is composed of an 
electronic analog or digital host office and all of its remote 
locations. A host/remote local switching complex is treated as one local 
office. The current jurisdictional definition of an exchange will apply.
    (3) Dial equipment minutes of use (DEM) is defined as the minutes of 
holding time of the originating and terminating local switching 
equipment. Holding time is defined in the Glossary.
    (4) The interstate allocation factor is the percentage of local 
switching investment apportioned to the interstate jurisdiction.
    (5) The interstate DEM factor is the ratio of the interstate DEM to 
the total DEM. A weighted interstate DEM factor is the product of 
multiplying a weighting factor, as defined in paragraph (f) of this 
section, to the interstate DEM factor. The state DEM factor is the ratio 
of the state DEM to the total DEM.
    (b) Beginning January 1, 1993, Category 3 investment for study areas 
with 50,000 or more access lines is apportioned to the interstate 
jurisdiction on the basis of the interstate DEM factor. Category 3 
investment for study areas with 50,000 or more access lines is 
apportioned to the state jurisdiction on the basis of the state DEM 
factor.

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    (c)-(e) [Reserved]
    (f) Beginning January 1, 1998, for study areas with fewer than 
50,000 access lines, Category 3 investment is apportioned to the 
interstate jurisdiction by the application of an interstate allocation 
factor that is the lesser of either .85 or the sum of the interstate DEM 
factor specified in paragraph (a)(5) of this section, and the difference 
between the 1996 interstate DEM factor and the 1996 interstate DEM 
factor multiplied by a weighting factor as determined by the table 
below. The Category 3 investment that is not assigned to the interstate 
jurisdiction pursuant to this paragraph is assigned to the state 
jurisdiction.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Weighting
       Number of access lines in service in study area           factor
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0-10,000.....................................................        3.0
10,001-20,000................................................        2.5
20,001-50,000................................................        2.0
50,001-or above..............................................        1.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (g) For purposes of this section, an access line is a line that does 
not include WATS access lines, special access lines or private lines.
    (h) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the average balance of Account 2210 to Category 3, 
Local Switching Equipment, based on the relative percentage assignment 
of the average balance of Account 2210 (or, if Accounts 2211, 2212, and 
2215 were required to be maintained at the applicable time, the average 
balances of Accounts 2211, 2212, and 2215) to Category 3, during the 
twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000.
    (i) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall apportion costs in Category 3, Local Switching Equipment, 
among the jurisdictions using relative dial equipment minutes of use for 
the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000.
    (j) If the number of a study area's access lines increases such 
that, under paragraph (f) of this section, the weighted interstate DEM 
factor for 1997 or any successive year would be reduced, that lowered 
weighted interstate DEM factor shall be applied to the study area's 1996 
unweighted interstate DEM factor to derive a new local switching support 
factor. If the number of a study area's access lines decreases or has 
decreased such that, under paragraph (f) of this section, the weighted 
interstate DEM factor for 2010 or any successive year would be raised, 
that higher weighted interstate DEM factor shall be applied to the study 
area's 1996 unweighted interstate DEM factor to derive a new local 
switching support factor.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 33011, 33012, Aug. 29, 
1988; 62 FR 32946, June 17, 1997; 63 FR 2124, Jan. 13, 1998; 66 FR 
33205, June 21, 2001; 69 FR 12549, Mar. 17, 2004; 71 FR 65745, Nov. 9, 
2006; 75 FR 17874, Apr. 8, 2010; 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, 
May 27, 2011; 79 FR 36236, June 26, 2014; 83 FR 63585, Dec. 11, 2018]



Sec.  36.126  Circuit equipment--Category 4.

    (a) For the purpose of this section, the term ``Circuit Equipment'' 
encompasses the Radio Systems and Circuit Equipment contained in Account 
2230. It includes central office equipment, other than switching 
equipment and automatic message recording equipment, which is used to 
derive communications transmission channels or which is used for the 
amplification, modulation, regeneration, testing, balancing or control 
of signals transmitted over communications transmission channels. 
Examples of circuit equipment in general use include:
    (1) Carrier telephone system terminals.
    (2) Telephone repeaters, termination sets, impedance compensators, 
pulse link repeaters, echo suppressors and other intermediate 
transmission amplification and balancing equipment except that included 
in switchboards.
    (3) Radio transmitters, receivers, repeaters and other radio central 
office equipment except message switching equipment associated with 
radio systems.
    (4) Composite ringers, line signaling and switching pad circuits.
    (5) Concentration equipment.
    (6) Composite sets and repeating coils.
    (7) Program transmission amplifiers, monitoring devices and volume 
indicators.
    (8) Testboards, test desks, repair desks and patch bays, including 
those

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provided for test and control, and for transmission testing.
    (b) For apportionment among the operations, the cost of circuit 
equipment is assigned to the following subsidiary categories:
    (1) Exchange Circuit Equipment--Category 4.1. (i) Wideband Exchange 
Line Circuit Equipment--Category 4.11.
    (ii) Exchange Trunk Circuit Equipment (Wideband and Non-Wideband)--
Category 4.12.
    (iii) Exchange Line Circuit Equipment Excluding Wideband--Category 
4.13.
    (2) Interexchange Circuit Equipment--Category 4.2. (i) Interexchange 
Circuit Equipment Furnished to Another Company for Interstate Use--
Category 4.21.
    (ii) Interexchange Circuit Equipment Used for Wideband Services 
including Satellite and Earth Station Equipment used for Wideband 
Service--Category 4.22.
    (iii) All Other Interexchange Circuit Equipment--Category 4.23.
    (3) Host/Remote Message Circuit Equipment--Category 4.3.
    (4) In addition, for the purpose of identifying and separating 
property associated with special services, circuit equipment included in 
Categories 4.12 (other than wideband equipment) 4.13 and 4.23 is 
identified as either basic circuit equipment, i.e., equipment that 
performs functions necessary to provide and operate channels suitable 
for voice transmission (telephone grade channels), or special circuit 
equipment, i.e., equipment that is peculiar to special service circuits. 
Carrier telephone terminals and carrier telephone repeaters are examples 
of basic circuit equipment in general use, while audio program 
transmission amplifiers, bridges, monitoring devices and volume 
indicators are examples of special circuit equipment in general use. 
Cost of exchange circuit equipment included in Categories 4.12 and 4.13 
and the interexchange circuit equipment in Categories 4.21, 4.22 and 
4.23 are segregated between basic circuit equipment and special circuit 
equipment only at those locations where amounts of interexchange and 
exchange special circuit equipment are significant. Where such 
segregation is not made, the total costs in these categories are 
classified as basic circuit equipment.
    (5) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41, shall assign 
the average balance of Account 2230 to the categories/subcategories as 
specified in Sec.  36.126(b)(1) through (b)(4) based on the relative 
percentage assignment of the average balance of Account 2230 (or, if 
Accounts 2231 and 2232 were required to be maintained at the applicable 
time, the average balances of Accounts 2231 and 2232) costs to these 
categories/subcategories during the twelve-month period ending December 
31, 2000.
    (6) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the average balance of Account 2230 to the 
categories/subcategories as specified in paragraphs (b)(1) through (4) 
of this section based on the relative percentage assignment of the 
average balance of Account 2230 (or, if Accounts 2231 and 2232 were 
required to be maintained at the applicable time, the average balances 
of Accounts 2231 and 2232) costs to these categories/subcategories 
during the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000.
    (c) Apportionment of Exchange Circuit Equipment Among the 
Operations:
    (1) Wideband Exchange Line Circuit Equipment--Category 4.11--The 
cost of exchange circuit equipment in this category is determined 
separately for each wideband facility. The respective costs are 
allocated to the appropriate operation in the same manner as the related 
exchange line cable and wire facilities described in Sec.  36.155.
    (2) Exchange Trunk Circuit Equipment (Wideband and Non-Wideband)--
Category 4.12--The cost of exchange circuit equipment associated with 
this category for the study area is allocated to the appropriate 
operation in the same manner as the related exchange trunk cable and 
wire facilities as described in Sec.  36.155.
    (3) Exchange Line Circuit Equipment Excluding Wideband--Category 
4.13--The cost of Circuit Equipment associated with exchange line plant 
excluding wideband for the study area is assigned to subcategories and 
is allocated

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to the appropriate operation in the same manner as the related exchange 
line cable and wire facilities for non-wideband service as described in 
Sec.  36.154.
    (4) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall apportion costs in the categories/subcategories, as 
specified in paragraphs (b)(1) through (4) of this section, among the 
jurisdictions using the relative use measurements or factors, as 
specified in paragraphs (c)(1) through (3) of this section for the 
twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000. Direct assignment of any 
subcategory of Category 4.1 Exchange Circuit Equipment to the 
jurisdictions shall be updated annually.
    (d) Apportionment of Interexchange Circuit Equipment among the 
Operations: Procedures to be Used by Interexchange Carriers. (1) 
Interexchange Circuit Equipment Furnished to Another Company for 
Interstate Use--Category 4.21--This category comprises that circuit 
equipment provided for the use of another company as an integral part of 
its interexchange circuit facilities used wholly for interstate 
services. This category includes such circuit equipment as telephone 
carrier terminals and microwave systems used wholly for interstate 
services. The total cost of the circuit equipment in this category for 
the study area is assigned to the interstate operation.
    (2) Interexchange Circuit Equipment Used for Wideband Service--
Category 4.22--This category includes the circuit equipment portion of 
interexchange channels used for wideband services. The cost of 
interexchange circuit equipment in this category is determined 
separately for each wideband channel and is segregated between message 
and private line services on the basis of the use of the channels 
provided. The respective costs are allocated to the appropriate 
operation in the same manner as the related interexchange cable and wire 
facilities as described in Sec.  36.156.
    (3) All Other Interexchange Circuit Equipment--Category 4.23--This 
category includes the cost of all interexchange circuit equipment not 
assigned to Categories 4.21 and 4.22. Interexchange carriers shall 
freeze the allocation factors for Category 4.23 investment at levels 
reached on December 31, 1985, derived by using the procedures in effect 
at that time. On January 1, 1988, and thereafter, that frozen allocation 
factor shall be applied to each interexchange carrier's Category 4.23 
investment to derive the interstate allocation. On January 1, 1988, and 
thereafter, the amount of investment allocated to the interstate 
jurisdiction will vary but the relative proportion of the total 
investment that is allocated to the interstate jurisdiction will remain 
frozen at 1985 levels.
    (e) Apportionment of Interexchange Circuit Equipment among the 
Operations: Procedures To Be Used by Exchange Carriers. (1) 
Interexchange Circuit Equipment Furnished to Another Company for 
Interstate Use Category--4.21--This category comprises that circuit 
equipment provided for the use of another company as an integral part of 
its interexchange circuit facilities used wholly for interstate 
services. This category includes such circuit equipment as telephone 
carrier terminals and microwave systems used wholly for interstate 
services. The total cost of the circuit equipment in this category for 
the study area is assigned to the interstate operation.
    (2) Interexchange Circuit Equipment Used for Wideband Service--
Category 4.22--This category includes the circuit equipment portion of 
interexchange channels used for wideband services. The cost of 
interexchange circuit equipment in this category is determined 
separately for each wideband channel and is segregated between message 
and private line services on the basis of the use of the channels 
provided. The respective costs are allocated to the appropriate 
operation in the same manner as the related interexchange cable and wire 
facilities described in Sec.  36.156.
    (3) All Other Interexchange Circuit Equipment--Category 4.23--This 
category includes the cost of all interexchange circuit equipment not 
assigned to Categories 4.21 and 4.22. The cost of interexchange basic 
circuit equipment used for the following classes of circuits is included 
in this category: Jointly used message circuits, i.e., message switching 
plant circuits

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carrying messages from the state and interstate operations; circuits 
used for state private line service; and circuits used for state private 
line services.
    (i) An average interexchange circuit equipment cost per equivalent 
interexchange telephone termination for all circuits is determined and 
applied to the equivalent interexchange telephone termination counts of 
each of the following classes of circuits: Private Line, State Private 
Line, Message. The cost of interstate private line circuits is assigned 
directly to the interstate operation. The cost of state private line 
circuits is assigned directly to the state operation. The cost of 
message circuits is apportioned between the state and interstate 
operations on the basis of the relative number of study area 
conversation-minutes applicable to such facilities.
    (ii) [Reserved]
    (iii) The cost of special circuit equipment is segregated among 
private line services based on an analysis of the use of the equipment 
and in accordance with Sec.  36.126(b)(4). The special circuit equipment 
cost assigned to private line services is directly assigned to the 
appropriate operations.
    (4) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall apportion costs in the categories/subcategories specified in 
paragraphs (e)(1) through (3) of this section among the jurisdictions 
using relative use measurements or factors, as specified in paragraphs 
(e)(1) through (3) for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000. 
Direct assignment of any subcategory of Category 4.2 Interexchange 
Circuit Equipment to the jurisdictions shall be updated annually.
    (f) Apportionment of Host/Remote Message Circuit Equipment Among the 
Operations.
    (1) Host/Remote Message Circuit Equipment--Category 4.3. This 
category includes message host/remote location circuit equipment for 
which a message circuit switching function is performed at the host 
central office associated with cable and wire facilities as described in 
Sec.  36.152(c).
    (i) The category 4.3 cost of host/remote circuit equipment assigned 
to message services for the study area is apportioned among the 
exchange, intrastate toll, and interstate toll operations on the basis 
of the assignment of host/remote message cable and wire facilities as 
described in Sec.  36.157.
    (ii) [Reserved]
    (2) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall apportion costs in the subcategory specified in paragraph 
(f)(1) of this section among the jurisdictions using the allocation 
factor, as specified in paragraph (f)(1)(i) of this section, for this 
subcategory for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000. Direct 
assignment of any Category 4.3 Host/Remote Message Circuit Equipment to 
the jurisdictions shall be updated annually.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 33012 Aug. 29, 1988; 66 
FR 33205, June 21, 2001; 69 FR 12550, Mar. 17, 2004; 71 FR 65745, Nov. 
9, 2006; 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 2011; 79 FR 
36236, June 26, 2014; 82 FR 48776, Oct. 20, 2017; 83 FR 63585, Dec. 11, 
2018; 84 FR 4360, Feb. 15, 2019]

           Information Origination/Termination (IOT) Equipment



Sec.  36.141  General.

    (a) Information Origination/Termination Equipment is maintained in 
Account 2310 and includes station apparatus, embedded customer premises 
wiring, large private branch exchanges, public telephone terminal 
equipment, and other terminal equipment.
    (b) The costs in Account 2310 shall be segregated between Other 
Information Origination/Termination Equipment--Category 1, and New 
Customer Premises Equipment--Category 2 by an analysis of accounting, 
engineering and other records.
    (c) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, local 
exchange carriers subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  
61.41 of this chapter, shall assign the average balance of Account 2310 
to the categories, as specified in paragraph (b) of this section, based 
on the relative percentage assignment of the average balance of Account 
2310 to these categories during the twelve-month period ending December 
31, 2000.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 33206, June 21, 2001; 75 
FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 2011; 79 FR 36237, June 26, 
2014]

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Sec.  36.142  Categories and apportionment procedures.

    (a) Other Information Origination/Termination Equipment--Category 1. 
This category includes the cost of other information origination/
termination equipment not assigned to Category 2. The costs of other 
information origination/termination equipment are allocated pursuant to 
the factor that is used to allocate subcategory 1.3 Exchange Line C&WF.
    (b) Customer Premises Equipment--Category 2. This category includes 
the cost of Customer Premises Equipment that was detariffed pursuant to 
the Second Computer Inquiry decision. It shall be assigned to the state 
operations.
    (c) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall apportion costs in the categories, as specified in Sec.  
36.141(b), among the jurisdictions using the relative use measurements 
or factors, as specified in paragraph (a) of this section, for the 
twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000. Direct assignment of any 
category of Information Origination/Termination Equipment to the 
jurisdictions shall be updated annually.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 33206, June 21, 2001; 71 
FR 65746, Nov. 9, 2006; 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 
2011; 79 FR 36237, June 26, 2014]

                        Cable and Wire Facilities



Sec.  36.151  General.

    (a) Cable and Wire Facilities, Account 2410, includes the following 
types of communications plant in service: Poles and antenna supporting 
structures, aerial cable, underground cable, buried cable, submarine 
cable, deep sea cable, intrabuilding network cable, aerial wire and 
conduit systems.
    (b) For separations purposes, it is necessary to analyze the cable 
and wire facilities classified in subordinate records in order to 
determine their assignment to the categories listed in the following 
paragraphs.
    (c) In the separation of the cost of cable and wire facilities among 
the operations, the first step is the assignment of the facilities to 
certain categories. The basic method of making this assignment is the 
identification of the facilities assignable to each category and the 
determination of the cost of the facilities so identified. Because of 
variations among companies in the character of the facilities and 
operating conditions, and in the accounting and engineering records 
maintained, the detailed methods followed, of necessity, will vary among 
the companies. The general principles to be followed, however, will be 
the same for all companies.
    (d) The second step is the apportionment of the cost of the 
facilities in each category among the operations through the application 
of appropriate factors or by direct assignment.



Sec.  36.152  Categories of Cable and Wire Facilities (C&WF).

    (a) C&WF are basically divided between exchange and interexchange. 
Exchange C&WF consists of the following categories:
    (1) Exchange Line C&WF Excluding Wideband--Category 1--This category 
includes C&W facilities between local central offices and subscriber 
premises used for message telephone, private line, local channels, and 
for circuits between control terminals and radio stations providing very 
high frequency maritime service or urban or highway mobile service.
    (2) Wideband and Exchange Trunk C&WF--Category 2--This category 
includes all wideband, including Exchange Line Wideband and C&WF between 
local central offices and Wideband facilities. It also includes C&WF 
between central offices or other switching points used by any common 
carrier for interlocal trunks wholly within an exchange or metropolitan 
service area, interlocal trunks with one or both terminals outside a 
metropolitan service area carrying some exchange traffic, toll 
connecting trunks, tandem trunks principally carrying exchange traffic, 
the exchange trunk portion of WATS access lines, the exchange trunk 
portion of private line local channels, and the exchange trunk portion 
of circuits between control terminals and radio stations providing very 
high frequency maritime service or urban or highway mobile service.

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    (3) The procedures for apportioning the cost of exchange cable and 
wire facilities among the operations are set forth in Sec. Sec.  36.154 
and 36.155.
    (b) Interexchange C&WF--Category 3--This category includes the C&WF 
used for message toll and toll private line services. It includes cable 
and wire facilities carrying intertoll circuits, tributary circuits, the 
interexchange channel portion of special service circuits, circuits 
between control terminals and radio stations used for overseas or 
coastal harbor service, interlocal trunks between offices in the 
different exchange or metropolitan service areas carrying only message 
toll traffic and certain tandem trunks which carry principally message 
toll traffic.
    (1) The procedures for apportioning the cost of interexchange cable 
and wire facilities among the operations are set forth in Sec.  36.156.
    (c) Host/Remote Message C&WF--Category 4--This category includes the 
cost of message host/remote location C&WF for which a message circuit 
switching function is performed at the host central office. It applies 
to C&WF between host offices and all remote locations. The procedures 
for apportioning the cost of these facilities among the operations are 
set forth in Sec.  36.157.
    (d) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the average balance of Account 2410 to the 
categories/subcategories, as specified in paragraph (a) through (c) of 
this section based on the relative percentage assignment of the average 
balance of Account 2410 to these categories/subcategories during the 
twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 33206, June 21, 2001; 71 
FR 65746, Nov. 9, 2006; 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 
2011; 79 FR 36237, June 26, 2014]



Sec.  36.153  Assignment of Cable and Wire Facilities (C&WF) to categories.

    (a) Cable consists of: Aerial cable, underground cable, buried 
cable, submarine cable, deep sea cable and intrabuilding network cable. 
Where an entire cable or aerial wire is assignable to one category, its 
cost and quantity are, where practicable, directly assigned.
    (1) Cable. (i) There are two basic methods for assigning the cost of 
cable to the various categories. Both of them are on the basis of 
conductor cross section. The methods are as follows:
    (A) By section of cable, uniform as to makeup and relative use by 
categories. From an analysis of cable engineering and assignment 
records, determine in terms of equivalent gauge the number of pairs in 
use or reserved, for each category. The corresponding percentages of 
use, or reservation, are applied to the cost of the section of cable, 
i.e., sheath meters times unit cost per meter, to obtain the cost 
assignable to each category.
    (B) By using equivalent pair kilometers, i.e., pair kilometers 
expressed in terms of equivalent gauge. From an analysis of cable 
engineering and assignment records, determine the equivalent pair 
kilometers in use for each category by type of facility, e.g., quadded, 
paired. The equivalent pair kilometers are then divided by a cable fill 
factor to obtain the equivalent pair kilometers in plant. The total 
equivalent pair kilometers in plant assigned to each category is 
summarized by type of facility, e.g., quadded and paired, and priced at 
appropriate average unit costs per equivalent pair kilometer in plant. 
If desired, this study may be made in terms of circuit kilometers rather 
than physical pair kilometers, with average cost and fill data 
consistent with the basis of the facilities kilometer count.
    (ii) In the assignment of the cost of cable under the two basic 
methods described in Sec.  36.153(a)(1)(i) consideration is given to the 
following:
    (A) Method (A) described in Sec.  36.153(a)(1)(i)(A) will probably 
be found more desirable where there is a relatively small amount of 
cable of variable make-up and use by categories. Conversely, method (B) 
described in Sec.  36.153(a)(1)(i)(B) will probably be more desirable 
where there is a large amount of cable of variable make-up and use by 
categories. However, in some cases a combination of both methods may be 
desirable.

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    (B) It will be desirable in some cases to determine the amount 
assignable to a particular category by deducting from the total the sum 
of the amounts assigned to all other categories.
    (C) For use in the assignment of poles to categories, the equivalent 
sheath kilometers of aerial cable assigned to each category are 
determined. For convenience, these quantities are determined in 
connection with assignment of cable costs.
    (D) Where an entire cable is assignable to one category, its costs 
and quantity are, where practicable, directly assigned.
    (iii) For cables especially arranged for high-frequency transmission 
such as shielded, disc-insulated and coaxial, recognition is given to 
the additional costs which are charged to the high-frequency complement.
    (2) Cable Loading. (i) Methods for assigning the cost of loading 
coils, cases, etc., to categories are comparable with those used in 
assigning the associated cable to categories. Loading associated with 
cable which is directly assigned to a given category is also directly 
assigned. The remaining loading is assigned to categories in either of 
the following bases:
    (A) By an analysis of the use made of the loading facilities where a 
loading coil case includes coils assignable to more than one category, 
e.g., in the case of a single gauge uniformly loaded section, the 
percentage used in the related cable assignment are applicable, or
    (B) By pricing out each category by determining the pair meters of 
loaded pairs assigned to each category and multiplying by the unit cost 
per pair meter of loading by type.
    (3) Other Cable Plant. (i) In view of the small amounts involved, 
the cost of all protected terminals and gas pressure contactor terminals 
in the toll cable subaccounts is assigned to the appropriate 
Interexchange Cable & Wire Facilities categories. The cost of all other 
terminals in the exchange and toll cable subaccounts is assigned to 
Exchange Cable and Wire Facilities.
    (b) Aerial Wire. (1) The cost of wire accounted for as exchange is 
assigned to the appropriate Exchange Cable & Wire Facilities categories. 
The cost of wire accounted for as toll, which is used for exchange, is 
also assigned to the appropriate Exchange Cable & Wire Facilities 
categories. The cost of the remaining wire accounted for as toll is 
assigned to the appropriate Interexchange Cable & Wire Facilities 
categories as described in Sec.  36.156. For companies not maintaining 
exchange and toll subaccounts, it is necessary to review the plant 
records and identify wire plant by use. The cost of wire used for 
providing circuits directly assignable to a category is assigned to that 
category. The cost of wire used for providing circuit facilities jointly 
used for exchange and interexchange lines is assigned to categories on 
the basis of the relative number of circuit kilometers involved.
    (c) Poles and Antenna Supporting Structures. (1) In the assignment 
of these costs, anchors, guys, crossarms, antenna supporting structure, 
and right-of-way are included with the poles.
    (2) Poles. (i) The cost of poles is assigned to categories based on 
the ratio of the cost of poles to the total cost of aerial wire and 
aerial cable.
    (d) Conduit Systems. (1) The cost of conduit systems is assigned to 
categories on the basis of the assignment of the cost of underground 
cable.

[53 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 33012, Aug. 29, 1988; 58 
FR 44905, Aug. 25, 1993]



Sec.  36.154  Exchange Line Cable and Wire Facilities (C&WF)-
-Category 1--apportionment procedures.

    (a) Exchange Line C&WF--Category 1. The first step in apportioning 
the cost of exchange line cable and wire facilities among the operations 
is the determination of an average cost per working loop. This average 
cost per working loop is determined by dividing the total cost of 
exchange line cable and wire Category 1 in the study area by the sum of 
the working loops described in subcategories listed below. The 
subcategories are:
    Subcategory 1.1--State Private Lines and State WATS Lines. This 
subcategory shall include all private lines and WATS lines carrying 
exclusively state traffic as well as private lines and WATS lines 
carrying both state and

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interstate traffic if the interstate traffic on the line involved 
constitutes ten percent or less of the total traffic on the line.
    Subcategory 1.2--Interstate private lines and interstate WATS lines. 
This subcategory shall include all private lines and WATS lines that 
carry exclusively interstate traffic as well as private lines and WATS 
lines carrying both state and interstate traffic if the interstate 
traffic on the line involved constitutes more than ten percent of the 
total traffic on the line.
    Subcategory 1.3--Subscriber or common lines that are jointly used 
for local exchange service and exchange access for state and interstate 
interexchange services.
    (b) The costs assigned to subcategories 1.1 and 1.2 shall be 
directly assigned to the appropriate jurisdiction.
    (c) Effective January 1, 1986, 25 percent of the costs assigned to 
subcategory 1.3 shall be allocated to the interstate jurisdiction.
    (d)-(f) [Reserved]
    (g) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall apportion Subcategory 1.3 Exchange Line C&WF among the 
jurisdictions as specified in paragraph (c) of this section. Direct 
assignment of subcategory Categories 1.1 and 1.2 Exchange Line C&WF to 
the jurisdictions shall be updated annually as specified in paragraph 
(b) of this section.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 33012, Aug. 29, 1988; 54 
FR 31033, July 26, 1989; 66 FR 33206, June 21, 2001; 67 FR 17014, Apr. 
9, 2002; 71 FR 65746, Nov. 9, 2006; 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 
30841, May 27, 2011; 79 FR 36237, June 26, 2014; 83 FR 63585, Dec. 11, 
2018]



Sec.  36.155  Wideband and exchange trunk (C&WF)--Category 2-
-apportionment procedures.

    (a) The cost of C&WF applicable to this category shall be directly 
assigned where feasible. If direct assignment is not feasible, cost 
shall be apportioned between the state and interstate jurisdictions on 
the basis of the relative number of minutes of use.
    (b) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall apportion Category 2 Wideband and exchange trunk C&WF among 
the jurisdictions using the relative number of minutes of use, as 
specified in paragraph (a) of this section, for the twelve-month period 
ending December 31, 2000. Direct assignment of any Category 2 equipment 
to the jurisdictions shall be updated annually.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 33206, June 21, 2001; 75 
FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 2011; 79 FR 36237, June 26, 
2014]



Sec.  36.156  Interexchange Cable and Wire Facilities (C&WF)-
-Category 3--apportionment procedures.

    (a) An average interexchange cable and wire facilities cost per 
equivalent interexchange telephone circuit kilometer for all circuits in 
Category 3 is determined and applied to the equivalent interexchange 
telephone circuit kilometer counts of each of the classes of circuits.
    (b) The cost of C&WF applicable to this category shall be directly 
assigned where feasible. If direct assignment is not feasible, cost 
shall be apportioned between the state and interstate jurisdiction on 
the basis of conversation-minute kilometers as applied to toll message 
circuits, etc.
    (c) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall directly assign Category 3 Interexchange Cable and Wire 
Facilities C&WF where feasible. All study areas shall apportion the non-
directly assigned costs in Category 3 equipment to the jurisdictions 
using the relative use measurements, as specified in paragraph (b) of 
this section, during the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000.

[58 FR 44905, Aug. 25, 1993, as amended at 66 FR 33206, June 21, 2001; 
71 FR 65746, Nov. 9, 2006; 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 
27, 2011; 79 FR 36237, June 26, 2014]



Sec.  36.157  Host/remote message Cable and Wire Facilities (C&WF)-
-Category 4--apportionment procedures.

    (a) Host/Remote Message C&WF--Category 4. The cost of host/remote 
C&WF used for message circuits, i.e., circuits carrying only message 
traffic, is included in this category.

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    (1) The cost of host/remote message C&WF excluding WATS closed end 
access lines for the study area is apportioned on the basis of the 
relative number of study area minutes-of-use kilometers applicable to 
such facilities.
    (2) The cost of host/remote message C&WF used for WATS closed end 
access for the study area is directly assigned to the appropriate 
jurisdiction.
    (b) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall apportion Category 4 Host/Remote message Cable and Wire 
Facilities C&WF among the jurisdictions using the relative number of 
study area minutes-of-use kilometers applicable to such facilities, as 
specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, for the twelve-month 
period ending December 31, 2000. Direct assignment of any Category 4 
equipment to the jurisdictions shall be updated annually.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 58 FR 44905, Aug. 25, 1993; 66 
FR 33206, June 21, 2001; 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 
2011; 79 FR 36237, June 26, 2014]

                           Amortizable Assets



Sec.  36.161  Tangible assets--Account 2680.

    (a) Tangible Assets, Account 2680 includes the costs of property 
acquired under capital leases and the original cost of leasehold 
improvements.
    (b) The costs of capital leases are apportioned among the operations 
based on similar plant owned or by analysis.
    (c) The cost of leasehold improvements are apportioned among the 
operations in direct proportion to the costs of the related primary 
account.



Sec.  36.162  Intangible assets--Account 2690.

    (a) Intangible Assets, Account 2690 includes the costs of organizing 
and incorporating the company, franchises, patent rights, and other 
intangible property having a life of more than one year.
    (b) The amount included in this account is apportioned among the 
operations on the basis of the separation of the cost of 
Telecommunications Plant In Service, Account 2001, excluding the 
Intangible Assets, Account 2690.

                     Telecommunications Plant--Other



Sec.  36.171  Property held for future telecommunications use-
-Account 2002; Telecommunications plant under construction-
-Account 2003; and Telecommunications plant adjustment--Account 2005.

    The amounts carried in Accounts 2002, 2003, and 2005 are apportioned 
among the operations on the basis of the apportionment of Account 2001, 
Telecommunications Plant in Service.

[60 FR 12138, Mar. 6, 1995]

                       Rural Telephone Bank Stock



Sec.  36.172  Other noncurrent assets--Account 1410.

    (a) The amounts carried in this account shall be separated into 
subsidiary record categories:
    (1) Class B RTB Stock and
    (2) All other.
    (b) The amounts contained in category (2) all other of Sec.  
36.172(a)(2), shall be excluded from part 36 jurisdictional separations.
    (c) The amounts contained in category (1) Class B RTB stock of Sec.  
36.172(a)(1), shall be allocated based on the relative separations of 
Account 2001, Telephone Plant in Service.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 33012, Aug. 29, 1988]

             Material and Supplies and Cash Working Capital



Sec.  36.181  Material and supplies--Account 1220.

    (a) The amount included in Account 1220 is apportioned among the 
operations on the basis of the apportionment of the cost of cable and 
wire facilities in service. Any amounts included in Account 1220 
associated with the Customer Premises portion of Account 2310 equipment, 
shall be excluded from the amounts which are allocated to the interstate 
operation.



Sec.  36.182  Cash working capital.

    (a) The amount for cash working capital, if not determined directly 
for a particular operation, is apportioned among the operations on the 
basis of total expenses less non-cash expense items.

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                         Equal Access Equipment



Sec.  36.191  Equal access equipment.

    (a) Equal access investment includes only initial incremental 
expenditures for hardware and other equipment related directly to the 
provision of equal access which would not be required to upgrade the 
capabilities of the office involved absent the provision of equal 
access. Equal access investment is limited to such expenditures for 
converting central offices which serve competitive interexchange 
carriers or where there has been a bona fide request for conversion to 
equal access.
    (b) Equal access investment is first segregated from all other 
amounts in the primary accounts.
    (c) The equal access investment determined in this manner is 
allocated between the jurisdictions on the basis of relative state and 
interstate equal access traffic including interstate interLATA equal 
access traffic, intrastate interLATA equal access traffic, and BOC 
interstate corridor toll traffic as well as AT&T and OCC intraLATA equal 
access usage. Local exchange traffic and BOC intraLATA toll traffic is 
excluded. In the case of independent telephone companies, intrastate 
toll service provided by the independent local exchange company is 
excluded in determining intrastate usage, but intrastate toll service 
provided by long distance carriers affiliated with the local exchange 
company is included.
    (d) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall apportion Equal Access Equipment, as specified in paragraph 
(a) of this section, among the jurisdictions using the relative state 
and interstate equal access traffic, as specified in paragraph (c) of 
this section, for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 33012, Aug. 29, 1988; 66 
FR 33206, June 21, 2001; 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 
2011; 79 FR 36237, June 26, 2014]



        Subpart C_Operating Revenues and Certain Income Accounts

                                 General



Sec.  36.201  Section arrangement.

    This subpart is arranged in sections as follows:

General......................................................     36.202
Operating Revenues...........................................     36.211
    Basic local services revenue--Account 5000...............     36.212
    Network Access Revenues--Accounts 5081 thru 5083.........     36.213
    Long Distance Message Revenue--Account 5100..............     36.214
    Miscellaneous Revenue--Account 5200......................     36.215
    Uncollectible Revenue--Account 5300......................     36.216
Certain Income Accounts:
    Other Operating Income and Expenses--Account 7100........     36.221
    Nonoperating Income and Expenses--Account 7300...........     36.222
    Interest and Related Items--Account 7500.................     36.223
    Extraordinary Items--Account 7600........................     36.224
    Income Effect of Jurisdictional Ratemaking Differences--      36.225
     Account 7910............................................
 


[69 FR 12550, Mar. 17, 2004, as amended at 83 FR 63585, Dec. 11, 2018]



Sec.  36.202  General.

    (a) This section sets forth procedures for the apportionment among 
the operations of operating revenues and certain income and expense 
accounts.
    (b) Except for the Network Access Revenues, subsidiary record 
categories are maintained for all revenue accounts in accordance with 
the requirements of part 32. These subsidiary records identify services 
for the appropriate jurisdiction and will be used in conjunction with 
apportionment procedures stated in this manual.

[52 FR 17299, May 6, 1987, as amended at 69 FR 12550, Mar. 17, 2004]

                           Operating Revenues



Sec.  36.211  General.

    Operating revenues are included in the following accounts:

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------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Account
                        Account title                             No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Basic Local Service Revenue..................................       5000
Network Access Revenues:
    End User Revenue.........................................       5081
    Switched Access Revenue..................................       5082
    Special Access Revenue...................................       5083
    Long Distance Message Revenue............................       5100
    Miscellaneous Revenue....................................       5200
    Uncollectible Revenue....................................       5300
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[69 FR 12550, Mar. 17, 2004, as amended at 83 FR 63585, Dec. 11, 2018]



Sec.  36.212  Basic local services revenue--Account 5000.

    (a) Local private line revenues from broadcast program transmission 
audio services and broadcast program transmission video services are 
assigned to the interstate operation.
    (b) Revenues that are attributable to the origination or termination 
of interstate FX or CCSA like services shall be assigned to the 
interstate jurisdiction.
    (c) Wideband Message Service revenues from monthly and miscellaneous 
charges, service connections, move and change charges, are apportioned 
between state and interstate operations on the basis of the relative 
number of minutes-of-use in the study area. Effective July 1, 2001, 
through December 31, 2024, all study areas shall apportion Wideband 
Message Service revenues among the jurisdictions using the relative 
number of minutes of use for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 
2000.
    (d) All other revenues in this account are assigned to the exchange 
operation based on their subsidiary record categories or on the basis of 
analysis and studies.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 33206, June 21, 2001; 71 
FR 65746, Nov. 9, 2006; 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 
2011; 79 FR 36237, June 26, 2014]



Sec.  36.213  Network access services revenues.

    (a) End User Revenue--Account 5081. Revenues in this account are 
directly assigned on the basis of analysis and studies.
    (b) Switched Access Revenue--Account 5082. Revenues in this account 
are directly assigned on the basis of analysis and studies.
    (c) Special Access Revenue--Account 5083. Revenues in this account 
are directly assigned on the basis of analysis and studies.

[52 FR 17299, May 6, 1987, as amended at 69 FR 12550, Mar. 17, 2004]



Sec.  36.214  Long distance message revenue--Account 5100.

    (a) Wideband message service revenues from monthly and miscellaneous 
charges, service connections, move and change charges, are apportioned 
between state and interstate operations on the basis of the relative 
number of minutes-of-use in the study area. Effective July 1, 2001, 
through December 31, 2024, all study areas shall apportion Wideband 
Message Service revenues among the jurisdictions using the relative 
number of minutes of use for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 
2000.
    (b) Long Distance private line service revenues from broadcast 
program transmission audio services and broadcast program transmission 
video services are assigned to the interstate operation.
    (c) All other revenues in this account are directly assigned based 
on their subsidiary record categories or on the basis of analysis and 
studies.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 33206, June 21, 2001; 71 
FR 65746, Nov. 9, 2006; 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 
2011; 79 FR 36237, June 26, 2014]



Sec.  36.215  Miscellaneous revenue--Account 5200.

    (a) Directory revenues are assigned to the exchange operation.
    (b) Billing and collection revenues are assigned on the basis of 
services being provided.
    (c) All other revenues are apportioned on the basis of analysis.



Sec.  36.216  Uncollectible revenue--Account 5300.

    The amounts in this account are apportioned among the operations on 
the basis of analysis during a representative period of the portion of 
Account 1171, Allowance for doubtful accounts, related to 
telecommunications billing.

[69 FR 12551, Mar. 17, 2004]

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                         Certain Income Accounts



Sec.  36.221  Other operating income and expenses--Account 7100.

    (a) Amounts relating to translation in foreign exchange 
differentials are assigned to the interstate operations.
    (b) All other amounts are apportioned based on Telecommunications 
Plant in Service, Account 2001, if plant related, or on the nature of 
the item reflected in the account, if not plant related.



Sec.  36.222  Nonoperating income and expenses--Account 7300.

    (a) Only allowance for funds used during construction, and 
charitable, social and community welfare contributions are considered in 
this account for separations purposes.
    (b) Subsidiary record categories should be maintained for this 
account that include identification of amounts made to the account for 
(1) credits representing allowance for funds used during construction 
and (2) contributions for charitable, social or community welfare 
purposes, employee activities, membership dues and fees in service 
clubs, community welfare association and similar organizations.
    (c) The portion reflecting allowance for funds used during 
construction is apportioned on the basis of the cost of 
Telecommunications Plant Under Construction--Account 2003. The portion 
reflecting costs for social and community welfare contributions and fees 
is apportioned on the basis of the apportionment of corporate operations 
expenses.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 60 FR 12138, Mar. 6, 1995]



Sec.  36.223  Interest and related items--Account 7500.

    (a) Only interest paid relating to capital leases is considered in 
this account for separations purposes. Subsidiary Record Categories 
should be maintained for this account that include details relating to 
interest expense on capital leases. Such interest expense is apportioned 
on a basis consistent with the associated capital leases in Account 
2680.



Sec.  36.224  Extraordinary items--Account 7600.

    (a) Amounts in this account of an operating nature are apportioned 
on a basis consistent with the nature of these items.



Sec.  36.225  Income effect of jurisdictional ratemaking 
differences--Account 7910.

    (a) Amounts in this account are directly assigned to the appropriate 
jurisdiction.



                 Subpart D_Operating Expenses and Taxes

                                 General



Sec.  36.301  Section arrangement.

    This subpart is arranged in sections as follows:

General.....................................  36.301 and
                                              36.302.
Plant Specific Operations Expenses:
    General.................................  36.310.
    Network Support/General Support           36.311.
     Expenses--Accounts 6110 and 6120.
    Central Office Expenses--Accounts 6210,   36.321.
     6220, 6230.
    Information Origination/Termination       36.331.
     Expenses--Account 6310.
    Cable and Wire Facilities Expenses--      36.341.
     Account 6410.
Plant Nonspecific Operations Expenses:
    General.................................  36.351.
    Other Property Plant and Equipment        36.352.
     Expenses--Account 6510.
    Network Operations Expenses--Account      36.353.
     6530.
    Access Expenses--Account 6540...........  36.354.
    Depreciation and Amortization Expenses--  36.361.
     Account 6560.
Customer Operations Expenses:
    General.................................  36.371.
    Marketing--Account 6610.................  36.372.
    Services--Account 6620..................  36.373.
    Telephone Operator Services.............  36.374.
    Published Directory Listing.............  36.375.
    All Other...............................  36.376.
    Category 1--Local Bus. Office Expense...  36.377.

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    Category 2--Customer Services (Revenue    36.378.
     Accounting).
    Message Processing Expense..............  36.379.
    Other Billing and Collecting Expense....  36.380.
    Carrier Access Charge Billing and         36.381.
     Collecting Expense.
    Category 3--All other Customer Service    36.382.
     Expense.
Corporate Operations Expenses:
    General.................................  36.391.
    General and Administrative Expenses--     36.392.
     Account 6720.
    Operating Taxes--Account 7200...........  36.411 and 36.412.
    Equal Access Expenses...................  36.421.
 


[69 FR 12551, Mar. 17, 2004, as amended at 83 FR 63585, Dec. 11, 2018]



Sec.  36.302  General.

    (a) This section sets forth procedures for the apportionment among 
the operations of operating expenses and operating taxes.
    (b) As covered in Sec.  36.2 (c) and (d), the treatment of expenses 
relating to plant furnished to and obtained from others under rental 
arrangements is consistent with the treatment of such plant.
    (c) In accordance with requirements in part 32 Sec.  32.5999 (f) 
expenses recorded in the expense accounts are segregated in the 
accounting process among the following subsidiary record categories as 
appropriate to each account:

Salaries and Wages
Benefits
Rents
Other Expenses
Clearances

    (1) Subsidiary Record Categories (SRCs) for Salaries and Wages, 
Benefits and Other Expenses are applicable to all of the expense 
accounts except for:
    (i) SRCs for access expenses are maintained to identify interstate 
and state access expense and billing and collection expense for 
carrier's carrier.
    (ii) Depreciation and Amortization Expense SRCs identify the 
character of the items contained in the account.
    (2) SRCs for Rents and Clearance are only applicable to the Plant 
Specific Operating Expense accounts 6110 thru 6410.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 83 FR 63586, Dec. 11, 2018]

                   Plant Specific Operations Expenses



Sec.  36.310  General.

    (a) Plant specific operations expenses include the following 
accounts:

                        Table 1 to Paragraph (a)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Network Support Expenses...................  Account 6110.
General Support Expenses...................  Account 6120.
Central Office Switching Expenses..........  Account 6210.
Operator System Expenses...................  Account 6220.
Central Office Transmission Expenses.......  Account 6230.
Information Origination/Termination          Account 6310.
 Expenses.
Cable and Wire Facilities Expenses.........  Account 6410.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) These accounts are used to record costs related to specific 
kinds of telecommunications plant and predominantly mirror the 
telecommunications plant in service detail accounts. Accordingly, these 
expense accounts will generally be apportioned in the same manner as the 
related plant accounts.
    (c) Except where property obtained from or furnished to other 
companies is treated as owned property by the company making the 
separation, and the related operating rents are excluded from the 
separation studies as set forth in Sec.  36.2 (c) and (d), amounts are 
apportioned among the operations on bases generally consistent with the 
treatment prescribed for similar plant costs and consistent with the 
relative magnitude of the items involved.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 33012, Aug. 29, 1988; 69 
FR 12551, Mar. 17, 2004; 83 FR 63586, Dec. 11, 2018]

[[Page 504]]

                Network Support/General Support Expenses



Sec.  36.311  Network Support/General Support Expenses-
-Accounts 6110 and 6120.

    (a) Network Support Expenses are expenses associated with motor 
vehicles, aircraft, special purpose vehicles, garage work equipment, and 
other work equipment. General Support Expenses are expenses associated 
with land and buildings, furniture and artworks, office equipment, and 
general purpose computers.
    (b) The expenses in these account are apportioned among the 
operations on the basis of the separation of account 2110, Land and 
Support Assets.

                         Central Office Expenses



Sec.  36.321  Central office expenses--Accounts 6210, 6220, and 6230.

    (a) The expenses related to central office equipment are summarized 
in the following accounts:

                        Table 1 to Paragraph (a)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central Office Switching Expense...........  Account 6210.
Operator Systems Expense...................  Account 6220.
Central Office Transmission Expense........  Account 6230.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) The expenses in these accounts are apportioned among the 
operations on the basis of the separation of the investments in central 
office equipment--Accounts 2210, 2220 and 2230, combined.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 69 FR 12552, Mar. 17, 2004; 83 
FR 63586, Dec. 11, 2018]

              Information Origination/Termination Expenses



Sec.  36.331  Information origination/termination expenses-
-Account 6310.

    (a) The expenses in this account are classified as follows:
    (1) Other Information Origination/Termination Equipment Expenses; 
Customer Premises Equipment Expenses
    (2) For some companies, these classifications are available from 
accounting records; for others, they are obtained by means of analyses 
of plant, accounting or other records for a representative period.
    (b) Other Information Origination/Termination Equipment Expenses 
include all expenses not associated with Customer Premises Equipment 
expenses. These expenses shall be apportioned between state and 
interstate operations in accordance with the apportionment of the 
related investment as per Sec.  36.142(a).
    (c) Expenses related to Customer Premises Equipment shall be 
assigned to the state operations.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 33012, Aug. 29, 1988]

                   Cable and Wire Facilities Expenses



Sec.  36.341  Cable and wire facilities expenses--Account 6410.

    (a) This account includes the expenses for poles, antenna supporting 
structures, aerial cable, underground cable, buried cable, submarine 
cable, deep sea cable, intrabuilding network cable, aerial wire, and 
conduit systems.
    (b) The general method of separating cable and wire facilities 
expenses amoung the operations is to assign them on the basis of Account 
2410--Cable and Wire Facilities.

                  Plant Nonspecific Operations Expenses



Sec.  36.351  General.

    Plant nonspecific operations expenses include the following 
accounts:

                        Table 1 to Sec.   36.351
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other Property Plant and Equipment         Account 6510.
 Expenses.
Network Operations Expenses..............  Account 6530.
Access Expenses..........................  Account 6540.
Depreciation and Amortization Expenses...  Account 6560.
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[83 FR 63586, Dec. 11, 2018]

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                          Plant Expenses--Other



Sec.  36.352  Other property plant and equipment expenses-
-Account 6510.

    (a) This account is used to record the expenses associated with (1) 
property held for future telecommunications use and (2) the provisioning 
of material and supplies.
    (b) The expenses in this account are apportioned among the 
operations based on the separation of Account 2001--Telecommunications 
Plant in Service.

                       Network Operations Expenses



Sec.  36.353  Network operations expenses--Account 6530.

    (a) This account includes the expenses associated with the 
provisions of power, network administration, testing, plant operations 
administration, and engineering.
    (b) The expenses in this account are apportioned among the 
operations based on the separations of Account 2210, Central Office 
Switching, Account 2220 Operator Systems, Account 2230 Central Office 
Transmission, Account 2310, Information Origination/Termination and 
Account 2410, Cable and Wire Facilities, Combined.



Sec.  36.354  Access expenses--Account 6540.

    (a) This account includes access charges paid to exchange carriers 
for exchange access service. These are directly assigned to the 
appropriate jurisdiction based on subsidiary record categories or on 
analysis and study.

                 Depreciation and Amortization Expenses



Sec.  36.361  Depreciation and amortization expenses--Account 6560.

    (a) This account includes the depreciation expenses for 
telecommunications plant in service and for property held for future 
telecommunications use. It also includes the amortization expense for 
tangible and intangible asserts.
    (b) Expenses recorded in this account shall be separated on the 
basis of the separation of the associated primary Plant Accounts or 
related categories.

                      Customer Operations Expenses



Sec.  36.371  General.

    Customer Operations Expenses are included in the following accounts:

Marketing.................................  Account 6610.
Services..................................  Account 6620.
 


[69 FR 12552, Mar. 17, 2004, as amended at 83 FR 63587, Dec. 11, 2018]



Sec.  36.372  Marketing--Account 6610.

    The expenses in this account are apportioned among the operations on 
the basis of an analysis of current billing for a representative period, 
excluding current billing on behalf of others and billing in connection 
with intercompany settlements. Effective July 1, 2001, through December 
31, 2024, all study areas shall apportion expenses in this account among 
the jurisdictions using the analysis during the twelve-month period 
ending December 31, 2000.

[79 FR 36238, June 26, 2014]



Sec.  36.373  Services--Account 6620.

    (a) For apportionment purposes, the expenses in this account are 
first segregated on the basis of an analysis of job functions into the 
following classifications: Telephone operator services: publishing 
directory listing; and all other.
    (1) Expenses may be apportioned among the operations for groups of 
exchanges. A group of exchanges may include all exchanges in the study 
area.



Sec.  36.374  Telephone operator services.

    (a) Expenses in this classification include costs incurred for 
operators in call completion service and number services. This includes 
intercept, quoting rates, directory information, time charges, and all 
other operator functions performed in the central office, private branch 
exchange, teletypewriter exchange, and at public telephone stations.
    (b) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the balance of Account 6620-Services to the 
Telephone operator expense classification based on the relative 
percentage assignment of the balance of Account 6620 to this 
classification during the

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twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000.
    (c) Expenses in this classification are apportioned among the 
operations on the basis of the relative number of weighted standard work 
seconds as determined by analysis and study for a representative period.
    (d) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall apportion Telephone operator expenses among the 
jurisdictions using the relative number of weighted standard work 
seconds, as specified in paragraph (c) of this section, during the 
twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 33207, June 21, 2001; 75 
FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 2011; 79 FR 36238, June 26, 
2014]



Sec.  36.375  Published directory listing.

    (a) This classification includes expenses for preparing or 
purchasing, compiling and disseminating directory listings.
    (b) Published directory expense is assigned as follows:
    (1) Classified directory expense and all expense of soliciting 
advertising is assigned to the exchange operation.
    (2) The expense of alphabetical and street address directories and 
traffic information records is apportioned among the operations on the 
basis of the relative number of study area subscriber line minutes-of-
use applicable to each operation.
    (3) The expense associated with directories and traffic information 
records prepared for one locality and used in another locality is known 
as ``foreign directories expense.'' Such expense is assigned to the 
appropriate operation on the basis of the location of the point where 
used with respect to the locality for which the directories and records 
were prepared.
    (4) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the balance of Account 6620-Services to the 
classifications, as specified in paragraphs (b)(1) through (3) of this 
section, based on the relative percentage assignment of the balance of 
Account 6620 to these classifications during the twelve-month period 
ending December 31, 2000.
    (5) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall apportion Published directory listing expenses using the 
underlying relative use measurements, as specified in paragraphs (b)(1) 
through (3) of this section, during the twelve-month period ending 
December 31, 2000. Direct assignment of any Publishing directory listing 
expense to the jurisdictions shall be updated annually.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 33207, June 21, 2001; 71 
FR 65746, Nov. 9, 2006; 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 
2011; 79 FR 36238, June 26, 2014; 83 FR 63587, Dec. 11, 2018]



Sec.  36.376  All other.

    (a) For apportionment purposes this classification must be divided 
into three categories:
    (1) Category 1--Local Business Office Expense.
    (2) Category 2--Customer Services Expense.
    (3) Category 3--All Other Customer Services Expense.



Sec.  36.377  Category 1--Local business office expense.

    (a) The expense in this category for the area under study is first 
segregated on the basis of an analysis of job functions into the 
following subcategories: End user service order processing; end user 
payment and collection; end user billing inquiry; interexchange carrier 
service order processing; interexchange carrier payment and collection; 
interexchange carrier billing inquiry; and coin collection and 
administration. Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study 
areas subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the balance of Account 6620-Services to the 
subcategories, as specified in this paragraph (a), based on the relative 
percentage assignment of the balance of Account 6620 to these 
categories/subcategories during the twelve-month period ending December 
31, 2000.
    (1) End-user service order processing includes expenses related to 
the receipt and processing of end users' orders for service and 
inquiries concerning service. This subcategory does not include

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any service order processing expenses for services provided to the 
interexchange carriers. End user service order processing expenses are 
first segregated into the following subcategories based on the relative 
number of actual contacts which are weighted, if appropriate, to reflect 
differences in the average work time per contact: Local service order 
processing; presubscription; directory advertising; State private line 
and special access; interstate private line and special access; other 
State message toll including WATS; other interstate message toll 
including WATS.
    (i) Local service order processing expense (primarily local 
telephone service orders) is assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (ii) Presubscription service order processing expense is assigned to 
the interstate jurisdiction.
    (iii) Directory advertising service order processing expense is 
assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (iv) State private line and special access service order processing 
expense is assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (v) Interstate private line and special access service order 
processing expense is assigned to the interstate jurisdiction.
    (vi) Other State message toll including WATS service order 
processing expense is assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (vii) Other Interstate message toll including WATS service order 
processing expense is assigned to the interstate jurisdiction.
    (viii) [Reserved]
    (ix) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the balance of Account 6620-Services to the 
categories/subcategories, as specified in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) through 
(viii) of this section, based on the relative percentage assignment of 
the balance of Account 6620 to these categories/subcategories during the 
twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000. Effective July 1, 2001, 
through December 31, 2024, all study areas shall apportion TWX service 
order processing expense, as specified in paragraph (a)(1)(viii) of this 
section among the jurisdictions using relative billed TWX revenues for 
the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000. All other 
subcategories of End-user service order processing expense, as specified 
in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) through (viii) shall be directly assigned.
    (2) End user payment and collection includes expenses incurred in 
relation to the payment and collection of amounts billed to end users. 
It also includes commissions paid to payment agencies (which receive 
payment on customer accounts) and collection agencies. This category 
does not include any payment or collection expenses for services 
provided to interexchange carriers. End user payment and collection 
expenses are first segregated into the following subcategories based on 
relative total state and interstate billed revenues (excluding revenues 
billed to interexchange carriers and/or revenues deposited in coin 
boxes) for services for which end user payment and collection is 
provided: State private line and special access; interstate private line 
and special access; State message toll including WATS; interstate 
message toll including WATS, and interstate subscriber line charge; 
local, including directory advertising.
    (i) State private line and special access payment and collection 
expense is assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (ii) Interstate private line and special access payment and 
collection expense is assigned to the interstate jurisdiction.
    (iii) State message toll including WATS payment and collection 
expense is assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (iv) Interstate message toll including WATS and interstate 
subscriber line charge payment and collection expense is assigned to the 
interstate jurisdiction.
    (v) Local, including directory advertising payment and collection 
expense is assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (vi) [Reserved]
    (vii) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the balance of Account 6620-Services to the

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subcategories, as specified in paragraphs (a)(2)(i) through (vi) of this 
section, based on the relative percentage assignment of the balance of 
Account 6620 to these categories/subcategories during the twelve-month 
period ending December 31, 2000. All other subcategories of End User 
payment and collection expense, as specified in paragraphs (a)(2)(i) 
through (v) of this section, shall be directly assigned.
    (3) End user billing inquiry includes expenses related to handling 
end users' inquiries concerning their bills. This category does not 
include expenses related to the inquiries of interexchange carriers 
concerning their bills. End user billing inquiry costs are first 
segregated into the following subcategories based on the relative number 
of actual contracts, weighted if appropriate, to reflect differences in 
the average work time per contact: State private line and special 
access; interstate private line and special access; State message toll 
including WATS, interstate message toll including WATS, interstate 
subscriber line charge; and other.
    (i) State private line and special access billing inquiry expense is 
directly assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (ii) Interstate private line and special access billing inquiry 
expense is directly assigned to the interstate jurisdiction.
    (iii) State message toll including WATS billing inquiry expense is 
directly assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (iv) Interstate message toll including WATS, and interstate 
subscriber line charge billing inquiry expense is directly assigned to 
the interstate jurisdiction.
    (v) [Reserved]
    (vi) Other billing inquiry expense (primarily related to local bills 
but also including directory advertising) is directly assigned to the 
State jurisdiction.
    (vii) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the balance of Account 6620-Services to the 
subcategories, as specified in paragraphs (a)(3)(i) through (vi) of this 
section, based on the relative percentage assignment of the balance of 
Account 6620 to these subcategories during the twelve-month period 
ending December 31, 2000. All other subcategories of End user billing 
inquiry expense, as specified in paragraphs (a)(2)(i) through (vi) shall 
be directly assigned.
    (4) Interexchange carrier service order processing includes expenses 
associated with the receipt and processing of interexchange carrier 
orders for service and inquiries about service. Interexchange carrier 
service order processing expenses are assigned to the following 
subcategories based on the relative number of actual contacts which are 
weighted, if appropriate, to reflect differences in the average work 
time per contact: State special access and private line; interstate 
special access and private line; State switched access and message toll 
including WATS; interstate switched access and message toll including 
WATS; State billing and collection; and interstate billing and 
collection.
    (i) State special access and private line service order processing 
expense is directly assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (ii) Interstate special access and private line service order 
processing expense is directly assigned to the interstate jurisdiction.
    (iii) State switched access and message toll including WATS service 
order processing expense is directly assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (iv) Interstate switched access and message toll including WATS 
service order processing expense is directly assigned to the interstate 
jurisdiction.
    (v) State billing and collection service order processing expense is 
directly assigned to the state jurisdiction.
    (vi) Interstate billing and collection service order processing 
expense is directly assigned to the interstate jurisdiction.
    (vii) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the balance of Account 6620-Services to the 
subcategories, as specified in paragraphs (a)(4)(i) through (vi) of this 
section, based on the relative percentage assignment of the balance of 
Account 6620 to these subcategories during the

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twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000. All subcategories of 
Interexchange carrier service order processing expense, as specified in 
paragraphs (a)(2)(i) through (vi), shall be directly assigned.
    (5) Interexchange carrier payment and collection includes expenses 
associated with the payment and collection of interexchange carrier 
billings, including commissions paid to payment and collection agents. 
Interexchange carrier payment and collection expenses are assigned to 
the following subcategories based on relative total State and interstate 
revenues billed to the interexchange carriers: State special access and 
private line; interstate special access and private line; State switched 
access and message toll including WATS; interstate switched access and 
message toll including WATS; State billing and collection; and 
interstate billing and collection.
    (i) State special access and private line payment and collection 
expense is directly assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (ii) Interstate special access and private line payment and 
collection expense is directly assigned to the interstate jurisdiction.
    (iii) State switched access and message toll including WATS payment 
and collection expense is directly assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (iv) Interstate switched access and message toll including WATS 
payment and collection expense is directly assigned to the interstate 
jurisdiction.
    (v) State billing and collection payment and collection expense is 
directly assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (vi) Interstate billing and collection payment and collection 
expense is directly assigned to the interstate jurisdiction.
    (vii) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the balance of Account 6620-Services to the 
subcategories, as specified in paragraphs (a)(5)(i) through (vi) of this 
section, based on the relative percentage assignment of the balance of 
Account 6620 to these subcategories during the twelve-month period 
ending December 31, 2000. All subcategories of Interexchange carrier 
payment expense, as specified in paragraphs (a)(2)(i) through (vi) shall 
be directly assigned.
    (6) Interexchange carrier billing inquiry includes expenses related 
to the handling of interexchange carrier billing inquiries. 
Interexchange carrier billing inquiry expenses are assigned to the 
following subcategories based on the relative number of actual contacts, 
weighted if appropriate, to reflect differences in the average work time 
per contact: State special access and private line; interstate special 
access and private line; State switched access and message toll 
including WATS; interstate switched access and message toll including 
WATS; State billing and collection; and interstate billing and 
collection.
    (i) State special access and private line billing inquiry expenses 
is directly assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (ii) Interstate special access and private line billing inquiry 
expense is directly assigned to the interstate jurisdiction.
    (iii) State switched access and message toll including WATS billing 
inquiry expense is directly assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (iv) Interstate switched access and message toll including WATS 
billing inquiry expense is directly assigned to the interstate 
jurisdiction.
    (v) State billing and collection billing inquiry expense is directly 
assigned to the State jurisdiction.
    (vi) Interstate Billing and Collection billing inquiry expense is 
directly assigned to the interstate jurisdiction.
    (vii) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the balance of Account 6620-Services to the 
subcategories, as specified in paragraphs (a)(6)(i) through (vi) of this 
section, based on the relative percentage assignment of the balance of 
Account 6620 to these subcategories during the twelve-month period 
ending December 31, 2000. All subcategories of Interexchange carrier 
billing inquiry expense, as specified in paragraphs (a)(2)(i) through 
(vi), shall be directly assigned.
    (7) [Reserved]

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    (b) [Reserved]

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 33207, June 21, 2001; 71 
FR 65746, Nov. 9, 2006; 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 
2011; 79 FR 36238, June 26, 2014; 83 FR 63587, Dec. 11, 2018]



Sec.  36.378  Category 2--Customer services (revenue accounting).

    (a) The Revenue Accounting proportion of Account 6620 expenses 
comprise the salaries and other expenses in Account 6620 directly 
assignable or allocable to the billing of customers and the accounting 
for revenues, including the supervision of such work.
    (b) Revenue Accounting expenses for the study area are separated on 
the basis of a Job Function analysis into three main classifications: 
Message processing expense, other billing and collecting expense, and 
carrier access charge billing and collecting expense.
    (1) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the balance of Account 6620-Services to the 
classifications, as specified in paragraph (b) of this section, based on 
the relative percentage assignment of the balance of Account 6620 to 
those classifications during the twelve-month period ending December 31, 
2000.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (c) The term ``ticket'' denotes either a ticket prepared manually by 
an operator or the mechanized equivalent of such a ticket processed by 
the revenue accounting office.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 33208, June 21, 2001; 75 
FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 2011; 79 FR 36239, June 26, 
2014]



Sec.  36.379  Message processing expense.

    (a) This classification includes the salary and machine expense of 
data processing equipment, including supervision, general accounting 
administrative and miscellaneous expense associated with the processing 
of individual toll tickets and local message tickets.
    (b) The expense assigned to this classification is divided into the 
subcategories Toll Ticket Processing Expense and Local Message 
Processing Expense on the basis of the relative number of messages. Toll 
Ticket Processing Expense is allocated between the State and interstate 
jurisdiction on the basis of the relative number of toll messages. Local 
Message Processing Expense is assigned to the exchange operation.
    (1) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the balance of Account 6620-Services to the 
subcategories, as specified in this paragraph (b), based on the relative 
percentage assignment of the balance of Account 6620 to those 
subcategories during the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000.
    (2) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall apportion Toll Ticketing Processing Expense among the 
jurisdictions using the relative number of toll messages for the twelve-
month period ending December 31, 2000. Local Message Process Expense is 
assigned to the state jurisdiction.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 33208, June 21, 2001; 75 
FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 2011; 79 FR 36239, June 26, 
2014]



Sec.  36.380  Other billing and collecting expense.

    (a) This classification includes the salary expense, including 
supervision, general accounting administrative, and miscellaneous 
expense, associated with the preparation of customer bills other than 
carrier access charge bills and with other revenue accounting functions 
not covered in Sec.  36.379. Included in this classification are the 
expenses incurred in the preparation of monthly bills, initial and final 
bills, the application of service orders to billing records 
(establishing, changing, or discontinuing customers' accounts), station 
statistical work, controlling record work and the preparation of revenue 
reports.
    (b) Local exchange carriers that bill or collect from end users on 
behalf of interexchange carriers shall allocate one third of the 
expenses assigned this classification to the interstate jurisdiction, 
and two thirds of the expenses assigned this classification to the state 
jurisdiction.

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    (c) Local exchange carriers that do not bill or collect from end 
users on behalf of interexchange carriers shall allocate five percent of 
the expenses assigned this classification to the interstate 
jurisdiction, and ninety-five percent of the expenses assigned this 
classification to the state jurisdiction.
    (d) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the balance of Account 6620-Services to the Other 
billing and collecting expense classification based on the relative 
percentage assignment of the balance of Account 6620 to those 
subcategory during the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2000.
    (e) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall apportion Other billing and collecting expense among the 
jurisdictions using the allocation factor utilized, pursuant to 
paragraph (b) or (c) of this section, for the twelve-month period ending 
December 31, 2000.

[53 FR 33011, Aug. 29, 1988, as amended at 62 FR 15416, Apr. 1, 1997; 66 
FR 33208, June 21, 2001; 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 
2011; 79 FR 36239, June 26, 2014]



Sec.  36.381  Carrier access charge billing and collecting expense.

    (a) This classification includes the revenue accounting functions 
associated with the billing and collecting of access charges to 
interexchange carriers.
    (b) Of access charges other than end user common line access charges 
are assessed for the origination or termination of intrastate services 
in a particular state, one-half of such expense shall be apportioned to 
interstate operations. If no such access charges are assessed in a 
particular state, all such expense shall be assigned to interstate 
operations.
    (c) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the balance of Account 6620-Services to the 
Carrier access charge billing and collecting expense classification 
based on the relative percentage assignment of the balance of Account 
6620 to that classification during the twelve-month period ending 
December 31, 2000.
    (d) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, all study 
areas shall apportion Carrier access charge billing and collecting 
expense among the jurisdictions using the allocation factor, pursuant to 
paragraph (b) of this section, for the twelve-month period ending 
December 31, 2000.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 33208, June 21, 2001; 75 
FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 FR 30841, May 27, 2011; 79 FR 36239, June 26, 
2014]



Sec.  36.382  Category 3--All other customer services expense.

    (a) Effective July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2024, study areas 
subject to price cap regulation, pursuant to Sec.  61.41 of this 
chapter, shall assign the balance of Account 6620-Services to this 
category based on the relative percentage assignment of the balance of 
Account 6620 to this category during the twelve-month period ending 
December 31, 2000.
    (b) Category 3 is apportioned on the basis of Categories 1 and 2.

[66 FR 33208, June 21, 2001, as amended at 75 FR 30301, June 1, 2010; 76 
FR 30841, May 27, 2011; 79 FR 36239, June 26, 2014]

                      Corporate Operations Expense



Sec.  36.391  General.

    Corporate Operations Expenses are included in the following account:

General and Administrative        Account 6720.
 


[69 FR 12552, Mar. 17, 2004]



Sec.  36.392  General and administrative--Account 6720.

    (a) These expenses are divided into two categories:
    (1) Extended Area Services (EAS).
    (2) All other.
    (b) Extended Area Services (EAS) settlements are directly assigned 
to the exchange operation.
    (c) The expenses in this account are apportioned among the 
operations on the basis of the separation of the cost of the combined 
Big Three Expenses which include the following accounts:

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                        Table 1 to Paragraph (c)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Plant Specific Expenses
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central Office Switching Expenses........  Account 6210.
Operators Systems Expenses...............  Account 6220.
Central Office Transmission Expenses.....  Account 6230.
Information Origination/Termination        Account 6310.
 Expenses.
Cable and Wire Facilities Expense........  Account 6410.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Plant Non-Specific Expenses
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Network Operations Expenses..............  Account 6530.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      Customer Operations Expenses
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marketing................................  Account 6610.
Services.................................  Account 6620.
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 69 FR 12552, Mar. 17, 2004; 83 
FR 63587, Dec. 11, 2018]

                             Operating Taxes



Sec.  36.411  Operating taxes--Account 7200.

    This account includes the taxes arising from the operations of the 
company, i.e.:
    (a) Operating Investment Tax Credits.
    (b) Operating Federal Income Taxes.
    (c) Operating State and Local Income Taxes.
    (d) Operating Other Taxes.
    (e) Provision for Deferred Operating Income Taxes.

[83 FR 63587, Dec. 11, 2018]



Sec.  36.412  Apportionment procedures.

    (a) For apportionment purposes, the expenses in this account are 
segregated into two groups as follows: (1) Operating Federal, State and 
local income taxes and (2) all other operating taxes.
    (b) Operating Federal, State and local income taxes are apportioned 
among the operations on the basis of the approximate net taxable income 
(positive or negative) applicable to each of the operations. The 
approximate net taxable income from each of the operations is the 
summation of the following amounts apportioned to each operation by 
means of the procedures set forth in this Manual:
    (1) Operating revenues,
    (2) Less operating expenses,
    (3) Less operating taxes except the net income tax being apportioned 
and except any other tax not treated as a deductible item in the 
determination of taxable net income for this purpose.
    (4) Less operating fixed charges.
    (i) The amount of fixed charges attributable to the operations is 
obtained by subtracting the tax component (positive or negative) 
attributable to other than the operating fixed charges, i.e., fixed 
charges on non-operating investments are that proportion of total fixed 
charges which non-operating net investments are of total operating and 
non-operating net investments.
    (ii) Operating fixed charges including interest on Rural Telephone 
Bank Stock are apportioned among the operations on the basis of the 
separation of the cost of telephone plant less appropriate reserves.
    (c) Other operating taxes should be directly assigned to the 
appropriate jurisdiction where possible, e.g., Local Gross Receipts may 
be directly identified as applicable to one jurisdiction. Where direct 
assignment is not feasible, these expenses should be apportioned among 
the operations on the basis of the separation of the cost of 
Telecommunications Plant in Service--Account 2001.

                          Equal Access Expenses



Sec.  36.421  Equal access expenses.

    (a) Equal access expenses include only initial incremental pre-
subscription costs and other initial incremental expenditures related 
directly to the provision of equal access, that would not be required to 
upgrade the capabilities of the office involved absent the provision of 
equal access. Equal access expenses are limited to such expenditures for 
converting central offices that serve competitive interexchange carriers 
or where there has been a bona fide request for conversion to equal 
access.

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    (b) Equal access expenses are apportioned between the jurisdictions 
by first segregating them from all other expenses in the primary 
accounts and then allocating them on the same basis as equal access 
investment.



                    Subpart E_Reserves and Deferrals



Sec.  36.501  General.

    For separations purposes, reserves and deferrals include the 
following accounts:

Other Jurisdictional Assets--Net..........  Account 1500.
Accumulated Depreciation..................  Account 3100.
Accumulated Depreciation--Property Held     Account 3200.
 for Future Telecommunications Use.
Accumulated Amortization--Capital Leases..  Account 3400.
Net Current Deferred Operating Income       Account 4100.
 Taxes.
Net Noncurrent Deferred Operating Income    Account 4340.
 Taxes.
Other Jurisdictional Liabilities and        Account 4370.
 Deferred Credits--Net.
 


[69 FR 12553, Mar. 17, 2004, as amended at 83 FR 63587, Dec. 11, 2018]



Sec.  36.502  Other jurisdictional assets--Net--Account 1500.

    (a) Amounts in this account are separated based upon analysis of the 
specific items involved.



Sec.  36.503  Accumulated depreciation--Account 3100.

    (a) Amounts recorded in this account shall be separated on the basis 
of the separation of the associated primary Plant Accounts or related 
categories, excluding amortizable assets.



Sec.  36.504  Accumulated depreciation--Property held for future 
telecommunications use--Account 3200.

    (a) Amounts in this account are apportioned among the operations on 
the basis of the separation of the costs of the related items carried in 
Account 2002--Property Held for Future Telecommunications Use.



Sec.  36.505  Accumulated amortization--Tangible--Account 3400.

    Amounts in these accounts are apportioned among the operations on 
the basis of the separation of the related accounts.

[52 FR 17229, May 6, 1987, as amended at 83 FR 63587, Dec. 11, 2018]



Sec.  36.506  Net current deferred operating income taxes-
-Account 4100, Net noncurrent deferred operating income taxes-
-Account 4340.

    (a) Amounts in these accounts are maintained by plant account and 
are apportioned among the operations on the basis of the separations of 
the related plant accounts.



Sec.  36.507  Other jurisdictional liabilities and deferred
credits--Net--Account 4370.

    (a) Amounts in this account are separated based upon an analysis of 
the specific items involved.

Subparts F-G [Reserved]



                   Sec. Appendix to Part 36--Glossary

    The descriptions of terms in this glossary are broad and have been 
prepared to assist in understanding the use of such terms in the 
separation procedures. Terms which are defined in the text of this part 
are not included in this glossary.

                               Access Line

    A communications facility extending from a customer's premises to a 
serving central office comprising a subscriber line and, if necessary, a 
trunk facility, e.g., a WATS access line.

                                Book Cost

    The cost of property as recorded on the books of a company.

                            Cable Fill Factor

    The ratio of cable conductor or cable pair kilometers in use to 
total cable conductor or cable pair kilometers available in the plant, 
e.g., the ratio of revenue producing cable pair kilometers in use to 
total cable pair kilometers in plant.

                                Category

    A grouping of items of property or expense to facilitate the 
apportionment of their costs among the operations and to which, 
ordinarily, a common measure of use is applicable.

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                             Central Office

    A switching unit, in a telephone system which provides service to 
the general public, having the necessary equipment and operations 
arrangements for terminating and interconnecting subscriber lines and 
trunks or trunks only. There may be more than one central office in a 
building.

                                 Channel

    An electrical path suitable for the transmission of communications 
between two or more points, ordinarily between two or more stations or 
between channel terminations in Telecommunication Company central 
offices. A channel may be furnished by wire, fiberoptics, radio or a 
combination thereof.

                                 Circuit

    A fully operative communications path established in the normal 
circuit layout and currently used for message, WATS access, or private 
line services.

                           Circuit Kilometers

    The route kilometers or revenue producing circuits in service, 
determined by measuring the length in terms of kilometers, of the actual 
path followed by the transmission medium.

                    Common Channel Network Signaling

    Channels between switching offices used to transmit signaling 
information independent of the subscribers' communication paths or 
transmission channels.

                          Complement (of cable)

    A group of conductors of the same general type (e.g., quadded, 
paired) within a single cable sheath.

                                 Complex

    All groups of operator positions, wherever located, associated with 
the same call distribution and/or stored program control unit.

                         Concentration Equipment

    Central office equipment whose function is to concentrate traffic 
from subscriber lines onto a lesser number of circuits between the 
remotely located concentration equipment and the serving central office 
concentration equipment. This concentration equipment is connected to 
the serving central office line equipment.

                           Connection--Minute

    The product of (a) the number of messages and, (b) the average 
minutes of connection per message.

                          Conversation--Minute

    The product of (a) the number of messages and, (b) the average 
minutes of conversation per message.

                    Conversation--Minute--Kilometers

    The product of (a) the number of messages, (b) the average minutes 
of conversation per message and (c) the average route kilometers of 
circuits involved.

                                  Cost

    The cost of property owned by the Telephone Company whose property 
is to be apportioned among the operations. This term applies either to 
property costs recorded on the books of the company or property costs 
determined by other evaluation methods.

                             Current Billing

    The combined amount of charges billed, excluding arrears.

                     Customer Dialed Charge Traffic

    Traffic which is both (a) handled to completion through pulses 
generated by the customer and (b) for which either a message unit 
change, bulk charge or message toll charge is except for that traffic 
recorded by means of message registers.

                       Customer Premises Equipment

    Items of telecommunications terminal equipment in Accounts 2310 
referred to as CPE in Sec.  64.702 of the Federal Communication 
Commission's Rules adopted in the Second Computer Inquiry such as 
telephone instruments, data sets, dialers and other supplemental 
equipment, and PBX's which are provided by common carriers and located 
on customer premises and inventory included in these accounts to be used 
for such purposes. Excluded from this classification are similar items 
of equipment located on telephone company premises and used by the 
company in the normal course of business as well as over voltage 
protection equipment, customer premises wiring, coin operated public or 
pay telephones, multiplexing equipment to deliver multiple channels to 
the customer, mobile radio equipment and transmit earth stations.

                         Customer Premises Wire

    The segment of wiring from the customer's side of the protector to 
the customer premises equipment.

                                DSA Board

    A local dial office switchboard at which are handled assistance 
calls, intercepted calls and calls from miscellaneous lines and trunks. 
It may also be employed for handling certain toll calls.

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                                DSB Board

    A switchboard of a dial system for completing incoming calls 
received from manual offices.

                        Data Processing Equipment

    Office equipment such as that using punched cards, punched tape, 
magnetic or other comparable storage media as an operating vehicle for 
recording and processing information. Includes machines for transcribing 
raw data into punched cards, etc., but does not include such items as 
key-operated, manually or electrically driven adding, calculating, 
bookkeeping or billing machines, typewriters or similar equipment.

                        Dial Switching Equipment

    Switching equipment actuated by electrical impulses generated by a 
dial or key pulsing arrangement.

                           Equal Access Costs

    Include only initial incremental presubscription costs and initial 
incremental expenditures for hardware and software related directly to 
the provision of equal access which would not be required to upgrade the 
switching capabilities of the office involved absent the provisions of 
equal access.

                            Equivalent Gauge

    A standard cross section of cable conductors for use in equating the 
metallic content of cable conductors of all gauge to a common base.

                    Equivalent Kilometers of 104 Wire

    The basic units employed in the allocation of pole lines costs for 
determining the relative use made of poles by aerial cables and by 
aerial wire conductors of various sizes. This unit reflects the relative 
loads of such cable and wire carried on poles.

                       Equivalent Pair Kilometers

    The product of sheath Kilometers and the number of equivalent gauge 
pairs of conductors in a cable.

                      Equivalent Sheath Kilometers

    The product of (a) the length of a section of cable in kilometers 
(sheath kilometers) and (b) the ratio of the metallic content applicable 
to a particular group of conductors in the cable (e.g., conductors 
assigned to a category) to the metallic content of all conductors in the 
cable.

                       Exchange Transmission Plant

    This is a combination of (a) exchange cable and wire facilities (b) 
exchange central office circuit equipment, including associated land and 
buildings and (c) information origination/termination equipment which 
forms a complete channel.

                              Holding Time

    The time in which an item of telephone plant is in actual use either 
by a customer or an operator. For example, on a completed telephone 
call, holding time includes conversation time as well as other time in 
use. At local dial offices any measured minutes which result from other 
than customer attempts to place calls (as evidenced by the dialing of at 
least one digit) are not treated as holding time.

                           Host Central Office

    An electronic analog or digital base switching unit containing the 
central call processing functions which service the host office and its 
remote locations.

              Information Origination/Termination Equipment

    Equipment used to input into or receive output from the 
telecommunications network.

                          Interexchange Channel

    A circuit which is included in the interexchange transmission 
equipment.

                  Interexchange Transmission Equipment

    The combination of (a) interexchange cable and wire facilities, (b) 
interexchange circuit equipment and, (c) associated land and buildings.

                            Interlocal Trunk

    A circuit between two local central office units, either manual or 
dial. Interlocal trunks may be used for either exchange or toll traffic 
or both.

                           Intertoll Circuits

    Circuits between toll centers and circuits between a toll center and 
a tandem system in a different toll center area.

                              Local Channel

    The portion of a private line circuit which is included in the 
exchange transmission plant. However, common usage of this term usually 
excludes information origination/termination equipment.

                              Local Office

    A central office serving primarily as a place of termination for 
subscriber lines and for providing telephone service to the subscribers 
on these lines.

                                  Loop

    A pair of wires, or its equivalent, between a customer's station and 
the central office from which the station is served.

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                                 Message

    A completed call, i.e., a communication in which a conversation or 
exchange of information took place between the calling and called 
parties.

                 Message Service or Message Toll Service

    Switched service furnished to the general public (as distinguished 
from private line service). Except as otherwise provided, this includes 
exchange switched services and all switched services provided by 
interexchange carriers and completed by a local telephone company's 
access services, e.g., MTS, WATS, Execunet, open-end FX and CCSA/ONALs.

                              Message Units

    Unit of measurement used for charging for measured message telephone 
exchange traffic within a specified area.

                        Metropolitan Service Area

    The area around and including a relatively large city and in which 
substantially all of the message telephone traffic between the city and 
the suburban points within the area is classified as exchange in one or 
both directions.

                             Minutes-of-Use

    A unit of measurement expressed as either holding time or 
conversation time.

                        Minutes-of-Use-Kilometers

    The product of (a) the number of minutes-of-use and (b) the average 
route kilometers of circuits involved.

                          Multi-Center Exchange

    An exchange area in which are located two or more local central 
office buildings or wire centers.

                               Operations

    The term denoting the general classifications of services rendered 
to the public for which separate tariffs are filed, namely exchange, 
state toll and interstate toll.

                             Operator Trunks

    A general term, ordinarily applied to trunks between manually 
operated switchboard positions and local dial central offices in the 
same wire center.

                          Private Line Service

    A service for communications between specified locations for a 
continuous period or for regularly recurring periods at stated hours.

                           Remote Access Line

    An access line (e.g., for WATS service) between a subscriber's 
premises in one toll rate center and a serving central office located in 
a different toll rate center.

                          Remote Line Location

    A remotely located subscriber line access unit which is normally 
dependent upon the central processor of the host office for call 
processing functions.

                     Remote Trunk Arrangement (RTA)

    Arrangement that permits the extension of TSPS functions to remote 
locations.

                               Reservation

    That amount or quantity of property kept or set apart for a specific 
use.

                                Reserved

    Kept or set apart for a specific use.

                               Separations

    The process by which telecommunication property costs, revenues, 
expenses, taxes and reserves are apportioned among the operations.

                         Service Observing Unit

    A unit of work measurement which is used as the common denominator 
to express the relative time required for handling the various work 
functions at service observing boards.

                            Sheath Kilometers

    The actual length of cable in route kilometers.

                            Special Services

    All services other than message telephones, e.g., private line 
services.

                        Station-to-Station Basis

    The term applied to the basis of toll rate making which contemplates 
that the message toll service charge (telephone) covers the use made of 
all facilities between the originating station and the terminating 
station, including the stations, and the services rendered in connection 
therewith.

                               Study Area

    Study area boundaries shall be frozen as they are on November 15, 
1984.

                    Subscriber Line or Exchange Line

    A communication channel between a telephone station or PBX station 
and the central office which serves it.

                           Subtributary Office

    A class of tributary office which does not have direct access to its 
toll center, but which is connected to its toll center office by means 
of circuits which are switched

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through to the toll center at another tributary office.

                               Tandem Area

    The general areas served by the local offices having direct trunks 
to or from the tandem office. This area may consist of one or more 
communities or may include only a portion of a relatively large city.

                         Tandem Circuit or Trunk

    A general classification of circuits or trunks between a tandem 
central office unit and any other central office or switchboard.

                            Tandem Connection

    A call switched at a tandem office.

                              Tandem Office

    A central office unit used primarily as an intermediate switching 
point for traffic between local central offices within the tandem area. 
Where qualified by a modifying expression, or other explanation, this 
term may be applied to an office employed for both the interconnection 
of local central offices within the tandem area and for the 
interconnection of these local offices with other central offices, e.g., 
long haul tandem office.

                               Toll Center

    An office (or group of offices) within a city which generally 
handles the originating and incoming toll traffic for that city to or 
from other toll center areas and which handles through switched traffic. 
The toll center normally handles the inward toll traffic for its 
tributary exchanges and, in general, either handles the outward traffic 
originating at its tributaries or serves as the outlet to interexchange 
circuits for outward traffic ticketed and timed at its tributaries. Toll 
centers are listed as such in the Toll Rate and Route Guide.

                            Toll Center Area

    The areas served by a toll center, including the toll center city 
and the communities served by tributaries of the toll center.

                         Toll Center Toll Office

    A toll office (as contrasted to a local office) in a toll center 
city.

                              Toll Circuit

    A general term applied to interexchange trunks used primarily for 
toll traffic.

                          Toll Connecting Trunk

    A general classification of trunks carrying toll traffic and 
ordinarily extending between a local office and a toll office, except 
trunks classified as tributary circuits. Examples of toll connecting 
trunks include toll switching trunks, recording trunks and recording-
completing trunks.

                               Toll Office

    A central office used primarily for supervising and switching toll 
traffic.

                        Traffic Over First Routes

    A term applied to the routing of traffic and denoting routing via 
principal route for traffic between any two points as distinguished from 
alternate routes for such traffic.

                             Operator System

    A stored program electronic system associated with one or more toll 
switching systems which provides centralized traffic service position 
functions for several local offices at one location.

                            Tributary Circuit

    A circuit between a tributary office and a toll switchboard or 
intertoll dialing equipment in a toll center city.

                            Tributary Office

    A local office which is located outside the exchange in which a toll 
center is located, which has a different rate center from its toll 
center and which usually tickets and times only a part of its 
originating toll traffic, but which may ticket or time all or none, of 
such traffic. The toll center handles all outward traffic not ticketed 
and timed at the tributary and normally switches all inward toll traffic 
from outside the tributary's toll center to the tributary. Tributary 
offices are indicated as such in the Toll Rate and Route Guide.

                                 Trunks

    Circuit between switchboards or other switching equipment, as 
distinguished from circuits which extend between central office 
switching equipment and information origination/termination equipment.

                              TSPS Complex

    All groups of operator positions, wherever located, associated with 
the same TSPS stored program control units.

                      Weighted Standard Work Second

    A measurement of traffic operating work which is used to express the 
relative time required to handle the various kinds of calls or work 
functions, and which is weighted to reflect appropriate degrees of 
waiting to serve time.

                    Wide Area Telephone Service WATS

    A toll service offering for customer dial type telecommunications 
between a given customer station and stations within specified 
geographic rate areas employing a single

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access line between the customer location and the serving central 
office. Each access line may be arranged for either outward (OUT-WATS) 
or inward (IN-WATS) service or both.

                            Wideband Channel

    A communication channel of a bandwidth equivalent to twelve or more 
voice grade channels.

                              Working Loop

    A revenue producing pair of wires, or its equivalent, between a 
customer's station and the central office from which the station is 
served.

[71 FR 65747, Nov. 9, 2006]

                         PARTS 37	39 [RESERVED]

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                              FINDING AIDS




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  A list of CFR titles, subtitles, chapters, subchapters and parts and 
an alphabetical list of agencies publishing in the CFR are included in 
the CFR Index and Finding Aids volume to the Code of Federal Regulations 
which is published separately and revised annually.

  Table of CFR Titles and Chapters
  Alphabetical List of Agencies Appearing in the CFR
  Table of OMB Control Numbers
  List of CFR Sections Affected

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                    Table of CFR Titles and Chapters




                     (Revised as of October 1, 2019)

                      Title 1--General Provisions

         I  Administrative Committee of the Federal Register 
                (Parts 1--49)
        II  Office of the Federal Register (Parts 50--299)
       III  Administrative Conference of the United States (Parts 
                300--399)
        IV  Miscellaneous Agencies (Parts 400--599)
        VI  National Capital Planning Commission (Parts 600--699)

                    Title 2--Grants and Agreements

            Subtitle A--Office of Management and Budget Guidance 
                for Grants and Agreements
         I  Office of Management and Budget Governmentwide 
                Guidance for Grants and Agreements (Parts 2--199)
        II  Office of Management and Budget Guidance (Parts 200--
                299)
            Subtitle B--Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and 
                Agreements
       III  Department of Health and Human Services (Parts 300--
                399)
        IV  Department of Agriculture (Parts 400--499)
        VI  Department of State (Parts 600--699)
       VII  Agency for International Development (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Department of Veterans Affairs (Parts 800--899)
        IX  Department of Energy (Parts 900--999)
         X  Department of the Treasury (Parts 1000--1099)
        XI  Department of Defense (Parts 1100--1199)
       XII  Department of Transportation (Parts 1200--1299)
      XIII  Department of Commerce (Parts 1300--1399)
       XIV  Department of the Interior (Parts 1400--1499)
        XV  Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 1500--1599)
     XVIII  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Parts 
                1800--1899)
        XX  United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Parts 
                2000--2099)
      XXII  Corporation for National and Community Service (Parts 
                2200--2299)
     XXIII  Social Security Administration (Parts 2300--2399)
      XXIV  Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 
                2400--2499)
       XXV  National Science Foundation (Parts 2500--2599)
      XXVI  National Archives and Records Administration (Parts 
                2600--2699)

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     XXVII  Small Business Administration (Parts 2700--2799)
    XXVIII  Department of Justice (Parts 2800--2899)
      XXIX  Department of Labor (Parts 2900--2999)
       XXX  Department of Homeland Security (Parts 3000--3099)
      XXXI  Institute of Museum and Library Services (Parts 3100--
                3199)
     XXXII  National Endowment for the Arts (Parts 3200--3299)
    XXXIII  National Endowment for the Humanities (Parts 3300--
                3399)
     XXXIV  Department of Education (Parts 3400--3499)
      XXXV  Export-Import Bank of the United States (Parts 3500--
                3599)
     XXXVI  Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive 
                Office of the President (Parts 3600--3699)
    XXXVII  Peace Corps (Parts 3700--3799)
     LVIII  Election Assistance Commission (Parts 5800--5899)
       LIX  Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Parts 5900--
                5999)

                        Title 3--The President

         I  Executive Office of the President (Parts 100--199)

                           Title 4--Accounts

         I  Government Accountability Office (Parts 1--199)

                   Title 5--Administrative Personnel

         I  Office of Personnel Management (Parts 1--1199)
        II  Merit Systems Protection Board (Parts 1200--1299)
       III  Office of Management and Budget (Parts 1300--1399)
        IV  Office of Personnel Management and Office of the 
                Director of National Intelligence (Parts 1400--
                1499)
         V  The International Organizations Employees Loyalty 
                Board (Parts 1500--1599)
        VI  Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Parts 
                1600--1699)
      VIII  Office of Special Counsel (Parts 1800--1899)
        IX  Appalachian Regional Commission (Parts 1900--1999)
        XI  Armed Forces Retirement Home (Parts 2100--2199)
       XIV  Federal Labor Relations Authority, General Counsel of 
                the Federal Labor Relations Authority and Federal 
                Service Impasses Panel (Parts 2400--2499)
       XVI  Office of Government Ethics (Parts 2600--2699)
       XXI  Department of the Treasury (Parts 3100--3199)
      XXII  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Parts 3200--
                3299)
     XXIII  Department of Energy (Parts 3300--3399)
      XXIV  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Parts 3400--
                3499)
       XXV  Department of the Interior (Parts 3500--3599)
      XXVI  Department of Defense (Parts 3600--3699)

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    XXVIII  Department of Justice (Parts 3800--3899)
      XXIX  Federal Communications Commission (Parts 3900--3999)
       XXX  Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (Parts 4000--
                4099)
      XXXI  Farm Credit Administration (Parts 4100--4199)
    XXXIII  U.S. International Development Finance Corporation 
                (Parts 4300--4399)
     XXXIV  Securities and Exchange Commission (Parts 4400--4499)
      XXXV  Office of Personnel Management (Parts 4500--4599)
     XXXVI  Department of Homeland Security (Parts 4600--4699)
    XXXVII  Federal Election Commission (Parts 4700--4799)
        XL  Interstate Commerce Commission (Parts 5000--5099)
       XLI  Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Parts 5100--
                5199)
      XLII  Department of Labor (Parts 5200--5299)
     XLIII  National Science Foundation (Parts 5300--5399)
       XLV  Department of Health and Human Services (Parts 5500--
                5599)
      XLVI  Postal Rate Commission (Parts 5600--5699)
     XLVII  Federal Trade Commission (Parts 5700--5799)
    XLVIII  Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Parts 5800--5899)
      XLIX  Federal Labor Relations Authority (Parts 5900--5999)
         L  Department of Transportation (Parts 6000--6099)
       LII  Export-Import Bank of the United States (Parts 6200--
                6299)
      LIII  Department of Education (Parts 6300--6399)
       LIV  Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 6400--6499)
        LV  National Endowment for the Arts (Parts 6500--6599)
       LVI  National Endowment for the Humanities (Parts 6600--
                6699)
      LVII  General Services Administration (Parts 6700--6799)
     LVIII  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
                (Parts 6800--6899)
       LIX  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Parts 
                6900--6999)
        LX  United States Postal Service (Parts 7000--7099)
       LXI  National Labor Relations Board (Parts 7100--7199)
      LXII  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Parts 7200--
                7299)
     LXIII  Inter-American Foundation (Parts 7300--7399)
      LXIV  Merit Systems Protection Board (Parts 7400--7499)
       LXV  Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 
                7500--7599)
      LXVI  National Archives and Records Administration (Parts 
                7600--7699)
     LXVII  Institute of Museum and Library Services (Parts 7700--
                7799)
    LXVIII  Commission on Civil Rights (Parts 7800--7899)
      LXIX  Tennessee Valley Authority (Parts 7900--7999)
       LXX  Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the 
                District of Columbia (Parts 8000--8099)
      LXXI  Consumer Product Safety Commission (Parts 8100--8199)
    LXXIII  Department of Agriculture (Parts 8300--8399)

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     LXXIV  Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission 
                (Parts 8400--8499)
     LXXVI  Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Parts 
                8600--8699)
    LXXVII  Office of Management and Budget (Parts 8700--8799)
      LXXX  Federal Housing Finance Agency (Parts 9000--9099)
   LXXXIII  Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 
                Reconstruction (Parts 9300--9399)
    LXXXIV  Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Parts 9400--
                9499)
    LXXXVI  National Credit Union Administration (Parts 9600--
                9699)
     XCVII  Department of Homeland Security Human Resources 
                Management System (Department of Homeland 
                Security--Office of Personnel Management) (Parts 
                9700--9799)
    XCVIII  Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 
                Efficiency (Parts 9800--9899)
      XCIX  Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization 
                Commission (Parts 9900--9999)
         C  National Council on Disability (Parts 10000--10049)
        CI  National Mediation Board (Part 10101)

                      Title 6--Domestic Security

         I  Department of Homeland Security, Office of the 
                Secretary (Parts 1--199)
         X  Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (Parts 
                1000--1099)

                         Title 7--Agriculture

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Agriculture 
                (Parts 0--26)
            Subtitle B--Regulations of the Department of 
                Agriculture
         I  Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards, 
                Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 27--209)
        II  Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 210--299)
       III  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 400--499)
         V  Agricultural Research Service, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 600--699)
       VII  Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture (Parts 
                700--799)
      VIII  Agricultural Marketing Service (Federal Grain 
                Inspection Service, Fair Trade Practices Program), 
                Department of Agriculture (Parts 800--899)

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        IX  Agricultural Marketing Service (Marketing Agreements 
                and Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 900--999)
         X  Agricultural Marketing Service (Marketing Agreements 
                and Orders; Milk), Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 1000--1199)
        XI  Agricultural Marketing Service (Marketing Agreements 
                and Orders; Miscellaneous Commodities), Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 1200--1299)
       XIV  Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 1400--1499)
        XV  Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 1500--1599)
       XVI  Rural Telephone Bank, Department of Agriculture (Parts 
                1600--1699)
      XVII  Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 1700--1799)
     XVIII  Rural Housing Service, Rural Business-Cooperative 
                Service, Rural Utilities Service, and Farm Service 
                Agency, Department of Agriculture (Parts 1800--
                2099)
        XX  Local Television Loan Guarantee Board (Parts 2200--
                2299)
       XXV  Office of Advocacy and Outreach, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 2500--2599)
      XXVI  Office of Inspector General, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 2600--2699)
     XXVII  Office of Information Resources Management, Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 2700--2799)
    XXVIII  Office of Operations, Department of Agriculture (Parts 
                2800--2899)
      XXIX  Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 2900--2999)
       XXX  Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 3000--3099)
      XXXI  Office of Environmental Quality, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 3100--3199)
     XXXII  Office of Procurement and Property Management, 
                Department of Agriculture (Parts 3200--3299)
    XXXIII  Office of Transportation, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 3300--3399)
     XXXIV  National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Parts 
                3400--3499)
      XXXV  Rural Housing Service, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 3500--3599)
     XXXVI  National Agricultural Statistics Service, Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 3600--3699)
    XXXVII  Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture 
                (Parts 3700--3799)
   XXXVIII  World Agricultural Outlook Board, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 3800--3899)
       XLI  [Reserved]
      XLII  Rural Business-Cooperative Service and Rural Utilities 
                Service, Department of Agriculture (Parts 4200--
                4299)

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                    Title 8--Aliens and Nationality

         I  Department of Homeland Security (Parts 1--499)
         V  Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of 
                Justice (Parts 1000--1399)

                 Title 9--Animals and Animal Products

         I  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department 
                of Agriculture (Parts 1--199)
        II  Agricultural Marketing Service (Federal Grain 
                Inspection Service, Fair Trade Practices Program), 
                Department of Agriculture (Parts 200--299)
       III  Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of 
                Agriculture (Parts 300--599)

                           Title 10--Energy

         I  Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Parts 0--199)
        II  Department of Energy (Parts 200--699)
       III  Department of Energy (Parts 700--999)
         X  Department of Energy (General Provisions) (Parts 
                1000--1099)
      XIII  Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Parts 1300--
                1399)
      XVII  Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Parts 1700--
                1799)
     XVIII  Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
                Commission (Parts 1800--1899)

                      Title 11--Federal Elections

         I  Federal Election Commission (Parts 1--9099)
        II  Election Assistance Commission (Parts 9400--9499)

                      Title 12--Banks and Banking

         I  Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the 
                Treasury (Parts 1--199)
        II  Federal Reserve System (Parts 200--299)
       III  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Export-Import Bank of the United States (Parts 400--
                499)
         V  (Parts 600--699) [Reserved]
        VI  Farm Credit Administration (Parts 600--699)
       VII  National Credit Union Administration (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Federal Financing Bank (Parts 800--899)
        IX  Federal Housing Finance Board (Parts 900--999)
         X  Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Parts 1000--
                1099)
        XI  Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council 
                (Parts 1100--1199)
       XII  Federal Housing Finance Agency (Parts 1200--1299)
      XIII  Financial Stability Oversight Council (Parts 1300--
                1399)

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       XIV  Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (Parts 1400--
                1499)
        XV  Department of the Treasury (Parts 1500--1599)
       XVI  Office of Financial Research (Parts 1600--1699)
      XVII  Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, 
                Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 
                1700--1799)
     XVIII  Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, 
                Department of the Treasury (Parts 1800--1899)

               Title 13--Business Credit and Assistance

         I  Small Business Administration (Parts 1--199)
       III  Economic Development Administration, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Board (Parts 400--499)
         V  Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Board (Parts 
                500--599)

                    Title 14--Aeronautics and Space

         I  Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 1--199)
        II  Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation 
                (Aviation Proceedings) (Parts 200--399)
       III  Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation 
                Administration, Department of Transportation 
                (Parts 400--1199)
         V  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Parts 
                1200--1299)
        VI  Air Transportation System Stabilization (Parts 1300--
                1399)

                 Title 15--Commerce and Foreign Trade

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Commerce (Parts 
                0--29)
            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Commerce and 
                Foreign Trade
         I  Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce (Parts 
                30--199)
        II  National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
                Department of Commerce (Parts 200--299)
       III  International Trade Administration, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Department of Commerce 
                (Parts 400--499)
       VII  Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce 
                (Parts 800--899)
        IX  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
                Department of Commerce (Parts 900--999)
        XI  National Technical Information Service, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 1100--1199)

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      XIII  East-West Foreign Trade Board (Parts 1300--1399)
       XIV  Minority Business Development Agency (Parts 1400--
                1499)
            Subtitle C--Regulations Relating to Foreign Trade 
                Agreements
        XX  Office of the United States Trade Representative 
                (Parts 2000--2099)
            Subtitle D--Regulations Relating to Telecommunications 
                and Information
     XXIII  National Telecommunications and Information 
                Administration, Department of Commerce (Parts 
                2300--2399) [Reserved]

                    Title 16--Commercial Practices

         I  Federal Trade Commission (Parts 0--999)
        II  Consumer Product Safety Commission (Parts 1000--1799)

             Title 17--Commodity and Securities Exchanges

         I  Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Parts 1--199)
        II  Securities and Exchange Commission (Parts 200--399)
        IV  Department of the Treasury (Parts 400--499)

          Title 18--Conservation of Power and Water Resources

         I  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of 
                Energy (Parts 1--399)
       III  Delaware River Basin Commission (Parts 400--499)
        VI  Water Resources Council (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Susquehanna River Basin Commission (Parts 800--899)
      XIII  Tennessee Valley Authority (Parts 1300--1399)

                       Title 19--Customs Duties

         I  U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of 
                Homeland Security; Department of the Treasury 
                (Parts 0--199)
        II  United States International Trade Commission (Parts 
                200--299)
       III  International Trade Administration, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 300--399)
        IV  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department 
                of Homeland Security (Parts 400--599) [Reserved]

                     Title 20--Employees' Benefits

         I  Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department 
                of Labor (Parts 1--199)
        II  Railroad Retirement Board (Parts 200--399)
       III  Social Security Administration (Parts 400--499)

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        IV  Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 500--599)
         V  Employment and Training Administration, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 600--699)
        VI  Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department 
                of Labor (Parts 700--799)
       VII  Benefits Review Board, Department of Labor (Parts 
                800--899)
      VIII  Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries (Parts 
                900--999)
        IX  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' 
                Employment and Training Service, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 1000--1099)

                       Title 21--Food and Drugs

         I  Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and 
                Human Services (Parts 1--1299)
        II  Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice 
                (Parts 1300--1399)
       III  Office of National Drug Control Policy (Parts 1400--
                1499)

                      Title 22--Foreign Relations

         I  Department of State (Parts 1--199)
        II  Agency for International Development (Parts 200--299)
       III  Peace Corps (Parts 300--399)
        IV  International Joint Commission, United States and 
                Canada (Parts 400--499)
         V  Broadcasting Board of Governors (Parts 500--599)
       VII  Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Parts 700--
                799)
        IX  Foreign Service Grievance Board (Parts 900--999)
         X  Inter-American Foundation (Parts 1000--1099)
        XI  International Boundary and Water Commission, United 
                States and Mexico, United States Section (Parts 
                1100--1199)
       XII  United States International Development Cooperation 
                Agency (Parts 1200--1299)
      XIII  Millennium Challenge Corporation (Parts 1300--1399)
       XIV  Foreign Service Labor Relations Board; Federal Labor 
                Relations Authority; General Counsel of the 
                Federal Labor Relations Authority; and the Foreign 
                Service Impasse Disputes Panel (Parts 1400--1499)
        XV  African Development Foundation (Parts 1500--1599)
       XVI  Japan-United States Friendship Commission (Parts 
                1600--1699)
      XVII  United States Institute of Peace (Parts 1700--1799)

                          Title 23--Highways

         I  Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 1--999)

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        II  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and 
                Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 1200--1299)
       III  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 1300--1399)

                Title 24--Housing and Urban Development

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary, Department of 
                Housing and Urban Development (Parts 0--99)
            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Housing and Urban 
                Development
         I  Office of Assistant Secretary for Equal Opportunity, 
                Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 
                100--199)
        II  Office of Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal 
                Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Parts 200--299)
       III  Government National Mortgage Association, Department 
                of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Office of Housing and Office of Multifamily Housing 
                Assistance Restructuring, Department of Housing 
                and Urban Development (Parts 400--499)
         V  Office of Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 
                and Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
                Development (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Office of Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 
                and Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
                Development (Parts 600--699) [Reserved]
       VII  Office of the Secretary, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Housing Assistance Programs and 
                Public and Indian Housing Programs) (Parts 700--
                799)
      VIII  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal 
                Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Section 8 Housing Assistance 
                Programs, Section 202 Direct Loan Program, Section 
                202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program and 
                Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons With 
                Disabilities Program) (Parts 800--899)
        IX  Office of Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
                Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
                Development (Parts 900--1699)
       XII  Office of Inspector General, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Parts 2000--2099)
        XV  Emergency Mortgage Insurance and Loan Programs, 
                Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 
                2700--2799) [Reserved]
        XX  Office of Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal 
                Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (Parts 3200--3899)
      XXIV  Board of Directors of the HOPE for Homeowners Program 
                (Parts 4000--4099) [Reserved]
       XXV  Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (Parts 4100--
                4199)

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                           Title 25--Indians

         I  Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior 
                (Parts 1--299)
        II  Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the 
                Interior (Parts 300--399)
       III  National Indian Gaming Commission, Department of the 
                Interior (Parts 500--599)
        IV  Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (Parts 
                700--899)
         V  Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 
                and Indian Health Service, Department of Health 
                and Human Services (Part 900--999)
        VI  Office of the Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, 
                Department of the Interior (Parts 1000--1199)
       VII  Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, 
                Department of the Interior (Parts 1200--1299)

                      Title 26--Internal Revenue

         I  Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury 
                (Parts 1--End)

           Title 27--Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms

         I  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department 
                of the Treasury (Parts 1--399)
        II  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 
                Department of Justice (Parts 400--699)

                   Title 28--Judicial Administration

         I  Department of Justice (Parts 0--299)
       III  Federal Prison Industries, Inc., Department of Justice 
                (Parts 300--399)
         V  Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice (Parts 500--
                599)
        VI  Offices of Independent Counsel, Department of Justice 
                (Parts 600--699)
       VII  Office of Independent Counsel (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the 
                District of Columbia (Parts 800--899)
        IX  National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council 
                (Parts 900--999)
        XI  Department of Justice and Department of State (Parts 
                1100--1199)

                            Title 29--Labor

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Labor (Parts 
                0--99)
            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Labor
         I  National Labor Relations Board (Parts 100--199)

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        II  Office of Labor-Management Standards, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 200--299)
       III  National Railroad Adjustment Board (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Office of Labor-Management Standards, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 400--499)
         V  Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor (Parts 
                500--899)
        IX  Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission 
                (Parts 900--999)
         X  National Mediation Board (Parts 1200--1299)
       XII  Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (Parts 
                1400--1499)
       XIV  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Parts 1600--
                1699)
      XVII  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 
                Department of Labor (Parts 1900--1999)
        XX  Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission 
                (Parts 2200--2499)
       XXV  Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department 
                of Labor (Parts 2500--2599)
     XXVII  Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission 
                (Parts 2700--2799)
        XL  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (Parts 4000--
                4999)

                      Title 30--Mineral Resources

         I  Mine Safety and Health Administration, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 1--199)
        II  Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, 
                Department of the Interior (Parts 200--299)
        IV  Geological Survey, Department of the Interior (Parts 
                400--499)
         V  Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the 
                Interior (Parts 500--599)
       VII  Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 
                Department of the Interior (Parts 700--999)
       XII  Office of Natural Resources Revenue, Department of the 
                Interior (Parts 1200--1299)

                 Title 31--Money and Finance: Treasury

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of the Treasury 
                (Parts 0--50)
            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Money and Finance
         I  Monetary Offices, Department of the Treasury (Parts 
                51--199)
        II  Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury (Parts 
                200--399)
        IV  Secret Service, Department of the Treasury (Parts 
                400--499)
         V  Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the 
                Treasury (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Department of the 
                Treasury (Parts 600--699)
       VII  Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Department of 
                the Treasury (Parts 700--799)

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      VIII  Office of Investment Security, Department of the 
                Treasury (Parts 800--899)
        IX  Federal Claims Collection Standards (Department of the 
                Treasury--Department of Justice) (Parts 900--999)
         X  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of 
                the Treasury (Parts 1000--1099)

                      Title 32--National Defense

            Subtitle A--Department of Defense
         I  Office of the Secretary of Defense (Parts 1--399)
         V  Department of the Army (Parts 400--699)
        VI  Department of the Navy (Parts 700--799)
       VII  Department of the Air Force (Parts 800--1099)
            Subtitle B--Other Regulations Relating to National 
                Defense
       XII  Defense Logistics Agency (Parts 1200--1299)
       XVI  Selective Service System (Parts 1600--1699)
      XVII  Office of the Director of National Intelligence (Parts 
                1700--1799)
     XVIII  National Counterintelligence Center (Parts 1800--1899)
       XIX  Central Intelligence Agency (Parts 1900--1999)
        XX  Information Security Oversight Office, National 
                Archives and Records Administration (Parts 2000--
                2099)
       XXI  National Security Council (Parts 2100--2199)
      XXIV  Office of Science and Technology Policy (Parts 2400--
                2499)
     XXVII  Office for Micronesian Status Negotiations (Parts 
                2700--2799)
    XXVIII  Office of the Vice President of the United States 
                (Parts 2800--2899)

               Title 33--Navigation and Navigable Waters

         I  Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (Parts 
                1--199)
        II  Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, Department 
                of Defense (Parts 200--399)
        IV  Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 400--499)

                          Title 34--Education

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary, Department of 
                Education (Parts 1--99)
            Subtitle B--Regulations of the Offices of the 
                Department of Education
         I  Office for Civil Rights, Department of Education 
                (Parts 100--199)
        II  Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, 
                Department of Education (Parts 200--299)
       III  Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative 
                Services, Department of Education (Parts 300--399)

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        IV  Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education, 
                Department of Education (Parts 400--499)
         V  Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages 
                Affairs, Department of Education (Parts 500--599) 
                [Reserved]
        VI  Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of 
                Education (Parts 600--699)
       VII  Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 
                Department of Education (Parts 700--799) 
                [Reserved]
            Subtitle C--Regulations Relating to Education
        XI  (Parts 1100--1199) [Reserved]
       XII  National Council on Disability (Parts 1200--1299)

                          Title 35 [Reserved]

             Title 36--Parks, Forests, and Public Property

         I  National Park Service, Department of the Interior 
                (Parts 1--199)
        II  Forest Service, Department of Agriculture (Parts 200--
                299)
       III  Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army (Parts 
                300--399)
        IV  American Battle Monuments Commission (Parts 400--499)
         V  Smithsonian Institution (Parts 500--599)
        VI  [Reserved]
       VII  Library of Congress (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (Parts 800--
                899)
        IX  Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (Parts 
                900--999)
         X  Presidio Trust (Parts 1000--1099)
        XI  Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance 
                Board (Parts 1100--1199)
       XII  National Archives and Records Administration (Parts 
                1200--1299)
        XV  Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust (Parts 1500--
                1599)
       XVI  Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
                Environmental Policy Foundation (Parts 1600--1699)

             Title 37--Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights

         I  United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department 
                of Commerce (Parts 1--199)
        II  U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress (Parts 
                200--299)
       III  Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress (Parts 
                300--399)
        IV  National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
                Department of Commerce (Parts 400--599)

           Title 38--Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief

         I  Department of Veterans Affairs (Parts 0--199)
        II  Armed Forces Retirement Home (Parts 200--299)

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                       Title 39--Postal Service

         I  United States Postal Service (Parts 1--999)
       III  Postal Regulatory Commission (Parts 3000--3099)

                  Title 40--Protection of Environment

         I  Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 1--1099)
        IV  Environmental Protection Agency and Department of 
                Justice (Parts 1400--1499)
         V  Council on Environmental Quality (Parts 1500--1599)
        VI  Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Parts 
                1600--1699)
       VII  Environmental Protection Agency and Department of 
                Defense; Uniform National Discharge Standards for 
                Vessels of the Armed Forces (Parts 1700--1799)
      VIII  Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Parts 1800--
                1899)

          Title 41--Public Contracts and Property Management

            Subtitle A--Federal Procurement Regulations System 
                [Note]
            Subtitle B--Other Provisions Relating to Public 
                Contracts
        50  Public Contracts, Department of Labor (Parts 50-1--50-
                999)
        51  Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or 
                Severely Disabled (Parts 51-1--51-99)
        60  Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Equal 
                Employment Opportunity, Department of Labor (Parts 
                60-1--60-999)
        61  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' 
                Employment and Training Service, Department of 
                Labor (Parts 61-1--61-999)
   62--100  [Reserved]
            Subtitle C--Federal Property Management Regulations 
                System
       101  Federal Property Management Regulations (Parts 101-1--
                101-99)
       102  Federal Management Regulation (Parts 102-1--102-299)
  103--104  [Reserved]
       105  General Services Administration (Parts 105-1--105-999)
       109  Department of Energy Property Management Regulations 
                (Parts 109-1--109-99)
       114  Department of the Interior (Parts 114-1--114-99)
       115  Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 115-1--115-99)
       128  Department of Justice (Parts 128-1--128-99)
  129--200  [Reserved]
            Subtitle D--Other Provisions Relating to Property 
                Management [Reserved]
            Subtitle E--Federal Information Resources Management 
                Regulations System [Reserved]
            Subtitle F--Federal Travel Regulation System
       300  General (Parts 300-1--300-99)
       301  Temporary Duty (TDY) Travel Allowances (Parts 301-1--
                301-99)

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       302  Relocation Allowances (Parts 302-1--302-99)
       303  Payment of Expenses Connected with the Death of 
                Certain Employees (Part 303-1--303-99)
       304  Payment of Travel Expenses from a Non-Federal Source 
                (Parts 304-1--304-99)

                        Title 42--Public Health

         I  Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human 
                Services (Parts 1--199)
        IV  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department 
                of Health and Human Services (Parts 400--699)
         V  Office of Inspector General-Health Care, Department of 
                Health and Human Services (Parts 1000--1099)

                   Title 43--Public Lands: Interior

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of the Interior 
                (Parts 1--199)
            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Public Lands
         I  Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior 
                (Parts 400--999)
        II  Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior 
                (Parts 1000--9999)
       III  Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 
                Commission (Parts 10000--10099)

             Title 44--Emergency Management and Assistance

         I  Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
                Homeland Security (Parts 0--399)
        IV  Department of Commerce and Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 400--499)

                       Title 45--Public Welfare

            Subtitle A--Department of Health and Human Services 
                (Parts 1--199)
            Subtitle B--Regulations Relating to Public Welfare
        II  Office of Family Assistance (Assistance Programs), 
                Administration for Children and Families, 
                Department of Health and Human Services (Parts 
                200--299)
       III  Office of Child Support Enforcement (Child Support 
                Enforcement Program), Administration for Children 
                and Families, Department of Health and Human 
                Services (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for 
                Children and Families, Department of Health and 
                Human Services (Parts 400--499)
         V  Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United 
                States, Department of Justice (Parts 500--599)

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        VI  National Science Foundation (Parts 600--699)
       VII  Commission on Civil Rights (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  Office of Personnel Management (Parts 800--899)
        IX  Denali Commission (Parts 900--999)
         X  Office of Community Services, Administration for 
                Children and Families, Department of Health and 
                Human Services (Parts 1000--1099)
        XI  National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 
                (Parts 1100--1199)
       XII  Corporation for National and Community Service (Parts 
                1200--1299)
      XIII  Administration for Children and Families, Department 
                of Health and Human Services (Parts 1300--1399)
       XVI  Legal Services Corporation (Parts 1600--1699)
      XVII  National Commission on Libraries and Information 
                Science (Parts 1700--1799)
     XVIII  Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation (Parts 1800--
                1899)
       XXI  Commission of Fine Arts (Parts 2100--2199)
     XXIII  Arctic Research Commission (Parts 2300--2399)
      XXIV  James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation (Parts 
                2400--2499)
       XXV  Corporation for National and Community Service (Parts 
                2500--2599)

                          Title 46--Shipping

         I  Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (Parts 
                1--199)
        II  Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation 
                (Parts 200--399)
       III  Coast Guard (Great Lakes Pilotage), Department of 
                Homeland Security (Parts 400--499)
        IV  Federal Maritime Commission (Parts 500--599)

                      Title 47--Telecommunication

         I  Federal Communications Commission (Parts 0--199)
        II  Office of Science and Technology Policy and National 
                Security Council (Parts 200--299)
       III  National Telecommunications and Information 
                Administration, Department of Commerce (Parts 
                300--399)
        IV  National Telecommunications and Information 
                Administration, Department of Commerce, and 
                National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 400--499)
         V  The First Responder Network Authority (Parts 500--599)

           Title 48--Federal Acquisition Regulations System

         1  Federal Acquisition Regulation (Parts 1--99)

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         2  Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of 
                Defense (Parts 200--299)
         3  Department of Health and Human Services (Parts 300--
                399)
         4  Department of Agriculture (Parts 400--499)
         5  General Services Administration (Parts 500--599)
         6  Department of State (Parts 600--699)
         7  Agency for International Development (Parts 700--799)
         8  Department of Veterans Affairs (Parts 800--899)
         9  Department of Energy (Parts 900--999)
        10  Department of the Treasury (Parts 1000--1099)
        12  Department of Transportation (Parts 1200--1299)
        13  Department of Commerce (Parts 1300--1399)
        14  Department of the Interior (Parts 1400--1499)
        15  Environmental Protection Agency (Parts 1500--1599)
        16  Office of Personnel Management, Federal Employees 
                Health Benefits Acquisition Regulation (Parts 
                1600--1699)
        17  Office of Personnel Management (Parts 1700--1799)
        18  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Parts 
                1800--1899)
        19  Broadcasting Board of Governors (Parts 1900--1999)
        20  Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Parts 2000--2099)
        21  Office of Personnel Management, Federal Employees 
                Group Life Insurance Federal Acquisition 
                Regulation (Parts 2100--2199)
        23  Social Security Administration (Parts 2300--2399)
        24  Department of Housing and Urban Development (Parts 
                2400--2499)
        25  National Science Foundation (Parts 2500--2599)
        28  Department of Justice (Parts 2800--2899)
        29  Department of Labor (Parts 2900--2999)
        30  Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security 
                Acquisition Regulation (HSAR) (Parts 3000--3099)
        34  Department of Education Acquisition Regulation (Parts 
                3400--3499)
        51  Department of the Army Acquisition Regulations (Parts 
                5100--5199) [Reserved]
        52  Department of the Navy Acquisition Regulations (Parts 
                5200--5299)
        53  Department of the Air Force Federal Acquisition 
                Regulation Supplement (Parts 5300--5399) 
                [Reserved]
        54  Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Defense (Parts 
                5400--5499)
        57  African Development Foundation (Parts 5700--5799)
        61  Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, General Services 
                Administration (Parts 6100--6199)
        99  Cost Accounting Standards Board, Office of Federal 
                Procurement Policy, Office of Management and 
                Budget (Parts 9900--9999)

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                       Title 49--Transportation

            Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation 
                (Parts 1--99)
            Subtitle B--Other Regulations Relating to 
                Transportation
         I  Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
                Administration, Department of Transportation 
                (Parts 100--199)
        II  Federal Railroad Administration, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 200--299)
       III  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 300--399)
        IV  Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security (Parts 
                400--499)
         V  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Federal Transit Administration, Department of 
                Transportation (Parts 600--699)
       VII  National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK) 
                (Parts 700--799)
      VIII  National Transportation Safety Board (Parts 800--999)
         X  Surface Transportation Board (Parts 1000--1399)
        XI  Research and Innovative Technology Administration, 
                Department of Transportation (Parts 1400--1499) 
                [Reserved]
       XII  Transportation Security Administration, Department of 
                Homeland Security (Parts 1500--1699)

                   Title 50--Wildlife and Fisheries

         I  United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of 
                the Interior (Parts 1--199)
        II  National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic 
                and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 200--299)
       III  International Fishing and Related Activities (Parts 
                300--399)
        IV  Joint Regulations (United States Fish and Wildlife 
                Service, Department of the Interior and National 
                Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and 
                Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
                Commerce); Endangered Species Committee 
                Regulations (Parts 400--499)
         V  Marine Mammal Commission (Parts 500--599)
        VI  Fishery Conservation and Management, National Oceanic 
                and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
                Commerce (Parts 600--699)

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           Alphabetical List of Agencies Appearing in the CFR




                     (Revised as of October 1, 2019)

                                                  CFR Title, Subtitle or 
                     Agency                               Chapter

Administrative Conference of the United States    1, III
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation         36, VIII
Advocacy and Outreach, Office of                  7, XXV
Afghanistan Reconstruction, Special Inspector     5, LXXXIII
     General for
African Development Foundation                    22, XV
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 57
Agency for International Development              2, VII; 22, II
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 7
Agricultural Marketing Service                    7, I, VIII, IX, X, XI; 9, 
                                                  II
Agricultural Research Service                     7, V
Agriculture, Department of                        2, IV; 5, LXXIII
  Advocacy and Outreach, Office of                7, XXV
  Agricultural Marketing Service                  7, I, VIII, IX, X, XI; 9, 
                                                  II
  Agricultural Research Service                   7, V
  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service      7, III; 9, I
  Chief Financial Officer, Office of              7, XXX
  Commodity Credit Corporation                    7, XIV
  Economic Research Service                       7, XXXVII
  Energy Policy and New Uses, Office of           2, IX; 7, XXIX
  Environmental Quality, Office of                7, XXXI
  Farm Service Agency                             7, VII, XVIII
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 4
  Federal Crop Insurance Corporation              7, IV
  Food and Nutrition Service                      7, II
  Food Safety and Inspection Service              9, III
  Foreign Agricultural Service                    7, XV
  Forest Service                                  36, II
  Information Resources Management, Office of     7, XXVII
  Inspector General, Office of                    7, XXVI
  National Agricultural Library                   7, XLI
  National Agricultural Statistics Service        7, XXXVI
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture      7, XXXIV
  Natural Resources Conservation Service          7, VI
  Operations, Office of                           7, XXVIII
  Procurement and Property Management, Office of  7, XXXII
  Rural Business-Cooperative Service              7, XVIII, XLII
  Rural Development Administration                7, XLII
  Rural Housing Service                           7, XVIII, XXXV
  Rural Telephone Bank                            7, XVI
  Rural Utilities Service                         7, XVII, XVIII, XLII
  Secretary of Agriculture, Office of             7, Subtitle A
  Transportation, Office of                       7, XXXIII
  World Agricultural Outlook Board                7, XXXVIII
Air Force, Department of                          32, VII
  Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement       48, 53
Air Transportation Stabilization Board            14, VI
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau          27, I
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,       27, II
     Bureau of
AMTRAK                                            49, VII
American Battle Monuments Commission              36, IV
American Indians, Office of the Special Trustee   25, VII
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service        7, III; 9, I
Appalachian Regional Commission                   5, IX

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Architectural and Transportation Barriers         36, XI
     Compliance Board
Arctic Research Commission                        45, XXIII
Armed Forces Retirement Home                      5, XI; 38, II
Army, Department of                               32, V
  Engineers, Corps of                             33, II; 36, III
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 51
Bilingual Education and Minority Languages        34, V
     Affairs, Office of
Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for         41, 51
     Purchase from People Who Are
Broadcasting Board of Governors                   22, V
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 19
Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Office    34, IV
     of
Census Bureau                                     15, I
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services          42, IV
Central Intelligence Agency                       32, XIX
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board    40, VI
Chief Financial Officer, Office of                7, XXX
Child Support Enforcement, Office of              45, III
Children and Families, Administration for         45, II, III, IV, X, XIII
Civil Rights, Commission on                       5, LXVIII; 45, VII
Civil Rights, Office for                          34, I
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity    5, XCVIII
     and Efficiency
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency    5, LXX
     for the District of Columbia
Coast Guard                                       33, I; 46, I; 49, IV
Coast Guard (Great Lakes Pilotage)                46, III
Commerce, Department of                           2, XIII; 44, IV; 50, VI
  Census Bureau                                   15, I
  Economic Analysis, Bureau of                    15, VIII
  Economic Development Administration             13, III
  Emergency Management and Assistance             44, IV
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 13
  Foreign-Trade Zones Board                       15, IV
  Industry and Security, Bureau of                15, VII
  International Trade Administration              15, III; 19, III
  National Institute of Standards and Technology  15, II; 37, IV
  National Marine Fisheries Service               50, II, IV
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric                15, IX; 50, II, III, IV, 
       Administration                             VI
  National Technical Information Service          15, XI
  National Telecommunications and Information     15, XXIII; 47, III, IV
       Administration
  National Weather Service                        15, IX
  Patent and Trademark Office, United States      37, I
  Secretary of Commerce, Office of                15, Subtitle A
Commercial Space Transportation                   14, III
Commodity Credit Corporation                      7, XIV
Commodity Futures Trading Commission              5, XLI; 17, I
Community Planning and Development, Office of     24, V, VI
     Assistant Secretary for
Community Services, Office of                     45, X
Comptroller of the Currency                       12, I
Construction Industry Collective Bargaining       29, IX
     Commission
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau              5, LXXXIV; 12, X
Consumer Product Safety Commission                5, LXXI; 16, II
Copyright Royalty Board                           37, III
Corporation for National and Community Service    2, XXII; 45, XII, XXV
Cost Accounting Standards Board                   48, 99
Council on Environmental Quality                  40, V
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency    5, LXX; 28, VIII
     for the District of Columbia
Customs and Border Protection                     19, I
Defense Contract Audit Agency                     32, I
Defense, Department of                            2, XI; 5, XXVI; 32, 
                                                  Subtitle A; 40, VII
  Advanced Research Projects Agency               32, I
  Air Force Department                            32, VII
  Army Department                                 32, V; 33, II; 36, III; 
                                                  48, 51

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  Defense Acquisition Regulations System          48, 2
  Defense Intelligence Agency                     32, I
  Defense Logistics Agency                        32, I, XII; 48, 54
  Engineers, Corps of                             33, II; 36, III
  National Imagery and Mapping Agency             32, I
  Navy Department                                 32, VI; 48, 52
  Secretary of Defense, Office of                 2, XI; 32, I
Defense Contract Audit Agency                     32, I
Defense Intelligence Agency                       32, I
Defense Logistics Agency                          32, XII; 48, 54
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board           10, XVII
Delaware River Basin Commission                   18, III
Denali Commission                                 45, IX
Disability, National Council on                   5, C; 34, XII
District of Columbia, Court Services and          5, LXX; 28, VIII
     Offender Supervision Agency for the
Drug Enforcement Administration                   21, II
East-West Foreign Trade Board                     15, XIII
Economic Analysis, Bureau of                      15, VIII
Economic Development Administration               13, III
Economic Research Service                         7, XXXVII
Education, Department of                          2, XXXIV; 5, LIII
  Bilingual Education and Minority Languages      34, V
       Affairs, Office of
  Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Office  34, IV
       of
  Civil Rights, Office for                        34, I
  Educational Research and Improvement, Office    34, VII
       of
  Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of   34, II
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 34
  Postsecondary Education, Office of              34, VI
  Secretary of Education, Office of               34, Subtitle A
  Special Education and Rehabilitative Services,  34, III
       Office of
Educational Research and Improvement, Office of   34, VII
Election Assistance Commission                    2, LVIII; 11, II
Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of     34, II
Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Board       13, V
Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Board              13, IV
Employee Benefits Security Administration         29, XXV
Employees' Compensation Appeals Board             20, IV
Employees Loyalty Board                           5, V
Employment and Training Administration            20, V
Employment Policy, National Commission for        1, IV
Employment Standards Administration               20, VI
Endangered Species Committee                      50, IV
Energy, Department of                             2, IX; 5, XXIII; 10, II, 
                                                  III, X
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 9
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission            5, XXIV; 18, I
  Property Management Regulations                 41, 109
Energy, Office of                                 7, XXIX
Engineers, Corps of                               33, II; 36, III
Engraving and Printing, Bureau of                 31, VI
Environmental Protection Agency                   2, XV; 5, LIV; 40, I, IV, 
                                                  VII
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 15
  Property Management Regulations                 41, 115
Environmental Quality, Office of                  7, XXXI
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission           5, LXII; 29, XIV
Equal Opportunity, Office of Assistant Secretary  24, I
     for
Executive Office of the President                 3, I
  Environmental Quality, Council on               40, V
  Management and Budget, Office of                2, Subtitle A; 5, III, 
                                                  LXXVII; 14, VI; 48, 99
  National Drug Control Policy, Office of         2, XXXVI; 21, III
  National Security Council                       32, XXI; 47, 2
  Presidential Documents                          3
  Science and Technology Policy, Office of        32, XXIV; 47, II

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  Trade Representative, Office of the United      15, XX
       States
Export-Import Bank of the United States           2, XXXV; 5, LII; 12, IV
Family Assistance, Office of                      45, II
Farm Credit Administration                        5, XXXI; 12, VI
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation          5, XXX; 12, XIV
Farm Service Agency                               7, VII, XVIII
Federal Acquisition Regulation                    48, 1
Federal Aviation Administration                   14, I
  Commercial Space Transportation                 14, III
Federal Claims Collection Standards               31, IX
Federal Communications Commission                 5, XXIX; 47, I
Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Office of   41, 60
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation                7, IV
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation             5, XXII; 12, III
Federal Election Commission                       5, XXXVII; 11, I
Federal Emergency Management Agency               44, I
Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Federal    48, 21
     Acquisition Regulation
Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition     48, 16
     Regulation
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission              5, XXIV; 18, I
Federal Financial Institutions Examination        12, XI
     Council
Federal Financing Bank                            12, VIII
Federal Highway Administration                    23, I, II
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation            1, IV
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office       12, XVII
Federal Housing Finance Agency                    5, LXXX; 12, XII
Federal Housing Finance Board                     12, IX
Federal Labor Relations Authority                 5, XIV, XLIX; 22, XIV
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center           31, VII
Federal Management Regulation                     41, 102
Federal Maritime Commission                       46, IV
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service        29, XII
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission  5, LXXIV; 29, XXVII
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration       49, III
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.                   28, III
Federal Procurement Policy Office                 48, 99
Federal Property Management Regulations           41, 101
Federal Railroad Administration                   49, II
Federal Register, Administrative Committee of     1, I
Federal Register, Office of                       1, II
Federal Reserve System                            12, II
  Board of Governors                              5, LVIII
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board        5, VI, LXXVI
Federal Service Impasses Panel                    5, XIV
Federal Trade Commission                          5, XLVII; 16, I
Federal Transit Administration                    49, VI
Federal Travel Regulation System                  41, Subtitle F
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network              31, X
Financial Research Office                         12, XVI
Financial Stability Oversight Council             12, XIII
Fine Arts, Commission of                          45, XXI
Fiscal Service                                    31, II
Fish and Wildlife Service, United States          50, I, IV
Food and Drug Administration                      21, I
Food and Nutrition Service                        7, II
Food Safety and Inspection Service                9, III
Foreign Agricultural Service                      7, XV
Foreign Assets Control, Office of                 31, V
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the       45, V
     United States
Foreign Service Grievance Board                   22, IX
Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel            22, XIV
Foreign Service Labor Relations Board             22, XIV
Foreign-Trade Zones Board                         15, IV
Forest Service                                    36, II
General Services Administration                   5, LVII; 41, 105
  Contract Appeals, Board of                      48, 61
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 5

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  Federal Management Regulation                   41, 102
  Federal Property Management Regulations         41, 101
  Federal Travel Regulation System                41, Subtitle F
  General                                         41, 300
  Payment From a Non-Federal Source for Travel    41, 304
       Expenses
  Payment of Expenses Connected With the Death    41, 303
       of Certain Employees
  Relocation Allowances                           41, 302
  Temporary Duty (TDY) Travel Allowances          41, 301
Geological Survey                                 30, IV
Government Accountability Office                  4, I
Government Ethics, Office of                      5, XVI
Government National Mortgage Association          24, III
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards          7, VIII; 9, II
     Administration
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council          2, LIX; 40, VIII
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation            45, XVIII
Health and Human Services, Department of          2, III; 5, XLV; 45, 
                                                  Subtitle A
  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services        42, IV
  Child Support Enforcement, Office of            45, III
  Children and Families, Administration for       45, II, III, IV, X, XIII
  Community Services, Office of                   45, X
  Family Assistance, Office of                    45, II
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 3
  Food and Drug Administration                    21, I
  Indian Health Service                           25, V
  Inspector General (Health Care), Office of      42, V
  Public Health Service                           42, I
  Refugee Resettlement, Office of                 45, IV
Homeland Security, Department of                  2, XXX; 5, XXXVI; 6, I; 8, 
                                                  I
  Coast Guard                                     33, I; 46, I; 49, IV
  Coast Guard (Great Lakes Pilotage)              46, III
  Customs and Border Protection                   19, I
  Federal Emergency Management Agency             44, I
  Human Resources Management and Labor Relations  5, XCVII
       Systems
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau      19, IV
  Transportation Security Administration          49, XII
HOPE for Homeowners Program, Board of Directors   24, XXIV
     of
Housing and Urban Development, Department of      2, XXIV; 5, LXV; 24, 
                                                  Subtitle B
  Community Planning and Development, Office of   24, V, VI
       Assistant Secretary for
  Equal Opportunity, Office of Assistant          24, I
       Secretary for
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 24
  Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Office    12, XVII
       of
  Government National Mortgage Association        24, III
  Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, Office   24, II, VIII, X, XX
       of Assistant Secretary for
  Housing, Office of, and Multifamily Housing     24, IV
       Assistance Restructuring, Office of
  Inspector General, Office of                    24, XII
  Public and Indian Housing, Office of Assistant  24, IX
       Secretary for
  Secretary, Office of                            24, Subtitle A, VII
Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, Office of  24, II, VIII, X, XX
     Assistant Secretary for
Housing, Office of, and Multifamily Housing       24, IV
     Assistance Restructuring, Office of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau        19, IV
Immigration Review, Executive Office for          8, V
Independent Counsel, Office of                    28, VII
Independent Counsel, Offices of                   28, VI
Indian Affairs, Bureau of                         25, I, V
Indian Affairs, Office of the Assistant           25, VI
     Secretary
Indian Arts and Crafts Board                      25, II
Indian Health Service                             25, V

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Industry and Security, Bureau of                  15, VII
Information Resources Management, Office of       7, XXVII
Information Security Oversight Office, National   32, XX
     Archives and Records Administration
Inspector General
  Agriculture Department                          7, XXVI
  Health and Human Services Department            42, V
  Housing and Urban Development Department        24, XII, XV
Institute of Peace, United States                 22, XVII
Inter-American Foundation                         5, LXIII; 22, X
Interior, Department of                           2, XIV
  American Indians, Office of the Special         25, VII
       Trustee
  Endangered Species Committee                    50, IV
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 14
  Federal Property Management Regulations System  41, 114
  Fish and Wildlife Service, United States        50, I, IV
  Geological Survey                               30, IV
  Indian Affairs, Bureau of                       25, I, V
  Indian Affairs, Office of the Assistant         25, VI
       Secretary
  Indian Arts and Crafts Board                    25, II
  Land Management, Bureau of                      43, II
  National Indian Gaming Commission               25, III
  National Park Service                           36, I
  Natural Resource Revenue, Office of             30, XII
  Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of              30, V
  Reclamation, Bureau of                          43, I
  Safety and Enforcement Bureau, Bureau of        30, II
  Secretary of the Interior, Office of            2, XIV; 43, Subtitle A
  Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,     30, VII
       Office of
Internal Revenue Service                          26, I
International Boundary and Water Commission,      22, XI
     United States and Mexico, United States 
     Section
International Development, United States Agency   22, II
     for
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 7
International Development Cooperation Agency,     22, XII
     United States
International Development Finance Corporation,    5, XXXIII; 22, VII
     U.S.
International Joint Commission, United States     22, IV
     and Canada
International Organizations Employees Loyalty     5, V
     Board
International Trade Administration                15, III; 19, III
International Trade Commission, United States     19, II
Interstate Commerce Commission                    5, XL
Investment Security, Office of                    31, VIII
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation      45, XXIV
Japan-United States Friendship Commission         22, XVI
Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries       20, VIII
Justice, Department of                            2, XXVIII; 5, XXVIII; 28, 
                                                  I, XI; 40, IV
  Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,     27, II
       Bureau of
  Drug Enforcement Administration                 21, II
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 28
  Federal Claims Collection Standards             31, IX
  Federal Prison Industries, Inc.                 28, III
  Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the     45, V
       United States
  Immigration Review, Executive Office for        8, V
  Independent Counsel, Offices of                 28, VI
  Prisons, Bureau of                              28, V
  Property Management Regulations                 41, 128
Labor, Department of                              2, XXIX; 5, XLII
  Employee Benefits Security Administration       29, XXV
  Employees' Compensation Appeals Board           20, IV
  Employment and Training Administration          20, V
  Employment Standards Administration             20, VI
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 29
  Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Office    41, 60
       of
  Federal Procurement Regulations System          41, 50

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  Labor-Management Standards, Office of           29, II, IV
  Mine Safety and Health Administration           30, I
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration   29, XVII
  Public Contracts                                41, 50
  Secretary of Labor, Office of                   29, Subtitle A
  Veterans' Employment and Training Service,      41, 61; 20, IX
       Office of the Assistant Secretary for
  Wage and Hour Division                          29, V
  Workers' Compensation Programs, Office of       20, I, VII
Labor-Management Standards, Office of             29, II, IV
Land Management, Bureau of                        43, II
Legal Services Corporation                        45, XVI
Libraries and Information Science, National       45, XVII
     Commission on
Library of Congress                               36, VII
  Copyright Royalty Board                         37, III
  U.S. Copyright Office                           37, II
Local Television Loan Guarantee Board             7, XX
Management and Budget, Office of                  5, III, LXXVII; 14, VI; 
                                                  48, 99
Marine Mammal Commission                          50, V
Maritime Administration                           46, II
Merit Systems Protection Board                    5, II, LXIV
Micronesian Status Negotiations, Office for       32, XXVII
Military Compensation and Retirement              5, XCIX
     Modernization Commission
Millennium Challenge Corporation                  22, XIII
Mine Safety and Health Administration             30, I
Minority Business Development Agency              15, XIV
Miscellaneous Agencies                            1, IV
Monetary Offices                                  31, I
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in     36, XVI
     National Environmental Policy Foundation
Museum and Library Services, Institute of         2, XXXI
National Aeronautics and Space Administration     2, XVIII; 5, LIX; 14, V
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 18
National Agricultural Library                     7, XLI
National Agricultural Statistics Service          7, XXXVI
National and Community Service, Corporation for   2, XXII; 45, XII, XXV
National Archives and Records Administration      2, XXVI; 5, LXVI; 36, XII
  Information Security Oversight Office           32, XX
National Capital Planning Commission              1, IV, VI
National Counterintelligence Center               32, XVIII
National Credit Union Administration              5, LXXXVI; 12, VII
National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact     28, IX
     Council
National Drug Control Policy, Office of           2, XXXVI; 21, III
National Endowment for the Arts                   2, XXXII
National Endowment for the Humanities             2, XXXIII
National Foundation on the Arts and the           45, XI
     Humanities
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency           32, I
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration    23, II, III; 47, VI; 49, V
National Imagery and Mapping Agency               32, I
National Indian Gaming Commission                 25, III
National Institute of Food and Agriculture        7, XXXIV
National Institute of Standards and Technology    15, II; 37, IV
National Intelligence, Office of Director of      5, IV; 32, XVII
National Labor Relations Board                    5, LXI; 29, I
National Marine Fisheries Service                 50, II, IV
National Mediation Board                          5, CI; 29, X
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   15, IX; 50, II, III, IV, 
                                                  VI
National Park Service                             36, I
National Railroad Adjustment Board                29, III
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)  49, VII
National Science Foundation                       2, XXV; 5, XLIII; 45, VI
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 25
National Security Council                         32, XXI
National Security Council and Office of Science   47, II
   and Technology Policy
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National Technical Information Service            15, XI
National Telecommunications and Information       15, XXIII; 47, III, IV, V
     Administration
National Transportation Safety Board              49, VIII
Natural Resources Conservation Service            7, VI
Natural Resource Revenue, Office of               30, XII
Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, Office of      25, IV
Navy, Department of                               32, VI
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 52
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation             24, XXV
Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste  10, XVIII
     Commission
Nuclear Regulatory Commission                     2, XX; 5, XLVIII; 10, I
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 20
Occupational Safety and Health Administration     29, XVII
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission  29, XX
Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of                30, V
Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust             36, XV
Operations Office                                 7, XXVIII
Patent and Trademark Office, United States        37, I
Payment From a Non-Federal Source for Travel      41, 304
     Expenses
Payment of Expenses Connected With the Death of   41, 303
     Certain Employees
Peace Corps                                       2, XXXVII; 22, III
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation       36, IX
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation              29, XL
Personnel Management, Office of                   5, I, XXXV; 5, IV; 45, 
                                                  VIII
  Human Resources Management and Labor Relations  5, XCVII
       Systems, Department of Homeland Security
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 17
  Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Federal  48, 21
       Acquisition Regulation
  Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition   48, 16
       Regulation
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety           49, I
     Administration
Postal Regulatory Commission                      5, XLVI; 39, III
Postal Service, United States                     5, LX; 39, I
Postsecondary Education, Office of                34, VI
President's Commission on White House             1, IV
     Fellowships
Presidential Documents                            3
Presidio Trust                                    36, X
Prisons, Bureau of                                28, V
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board       6, X
Procurement and Property Management, Office of    7, XXXII
Public Contracts, Department of Labor             41, 50
Public and Indian Housing, Office of Assistant    24, IX
     Secretary for
Public Health Service                             42, I
Railroad Retirement Board                         20, II
Reclamation, Bureau of                            43, I
Refugee Resettlement, Office of                   45, IV
Relocation Allowances                             41, 302
Research and Innovative Technology                49, XI
     Administration
Rural Business-Cooperative Service                7, XVIII, XLII
Rural Development Administration                  7, XLII
Rural Housing Service                             7, XVIII, XXXV
Rural Telephone Bank                              7, XVI
Rural Utilities Service                           7, XVII, XVIII, XLII
Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Bureau of   30, II
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation     33, IV
Science and Technology Policy, Office of          32, XXIV
Science and Technology Policy, Office of, and     47, II
     National Security Council
Secret Service                                    31, IV
Securities and Exchange Commission                5, XXXIV; 17, II
Selective Service System                          32, XVI
Small Business Administration                     2, XXVII; 13, I
Smithsonian Institution                           36, V

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Social Security Administration                    2, XXIII; 20, III; 48, 23
Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, United States        5, XI
Special Counsel, Office of                        5, VIII
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services,    34, III
     Office of
State, Department of                              2, VI; 22, I; 28, XI
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 6
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,       30, VII
     Office of
Surface Transportation Board                      49, X
Susquehanna River Basin Commission                18, VIII
Tennessee Valley Authority                        5, LXIX; 18, XIII
Trade Representative, United States, Office of    15, XX
Transportation, Department of                     2, XII; 5, L
  Commercial Space Transportation                 14, III
  Emergency Management and Assistance             44, IV
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 12
  Federal Aviation Administration                 14, I
  Federal Highway Administration                  23, I, II
  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration     49, III
  Federal Railroad Administration                 49, II
  Federal Transit Administration                  49, VI
  Maritime Administration                         46, II
  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration  23, II, III; 47, IV; 49, V
  Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety         49, I
       Administration
  Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation   33, IV
  Secretary of Transportation, Office of          14, II; 49, Subtitle A
  Transportation Statistics Bureau                49, XI
Transportation, Office of                         7, XXXIII
Transportation Security Administration            49, XII
Transportation Statistics Bureau                  49, XI
Travel Allowances, Temporary Duty (TDY)           41, 301
Treasury, Department of the                       2, X;5, XXI; 12, XV; 17, 
                                                  IV; 31, IX
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau        27, I
  Community Development Financial Institutions    12, XVIII
       Fund
  Comptroller of the Currency                     12, I
  Customs and Border Protection                   19, I
  Engraving and Printing, Bureau of               31, VI
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 10
  Federal Claims Collection Standards             31, IX
  Federal Law Enforcement Training Center         31, VII
  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network            31, X
  Fiscal Service                                  31, II
  Foreign Assets Control, Office of               31, V
  Internal Revenue Service                        26, I
  Investment Security, Office of                  31, VIII
  Monetary Offices                                31, I
  Secret Service                                  31, IV
  Secretary of the Treasury, Office of            31, Subtitle A
Truman, Harry S. Scholarship Foundation           45, XVIII
United States and Canada, International Joint     22, IV
     Commission
United States and Mexico, International Boundary  22, XI
     and Water Commission, United States Section
U.S. Copyright Office                             37, II
Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation      43, III
     Commission
Veterans Affairs, Department of                   2, VIII; 38, I
  Federal Acquisition Regulation                  48, 8
Veterans' Employment and Training Service,        41, 61; 20, IX
     Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Vice President of the United States, Office of    32, XXVIII
Wage and Hour Division                            29, V
Water Resources Council                           18, VI
Workers' Compensation Programs, Office of         20, I, VII
World Agricultural Outlook Board                  7, XXXVIII

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                      Table of OMB Control Numbers



The OMB control numbers for chapter I of title 47 are consolidated into 
Sec.  0.408. For the convenience of the user, Sec.  0.408 is reprinted 
below.



Sec.  0.408  OMB control numbers and expiration dates assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

    (a) Purpose. This section displays the OMB control numbers and 
expiration dates for the Commission information collection requirements 
assigned by the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') pursuant to 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. The Commission 
intends that this section comply with the requirement that agencies 
``display'' current OMB control numbers and expiration dates assigned by 
the Director, OMB, for each approved information collection requirement. 
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall be subject 
to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a 
currently valid OMB control number. The expiration dates shown in this 
section are accurate as of January 31, 2017. New, revised, or extended 
information collections approved by OMB after that date can be found at 
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Questions concerning the OMB 
control numbers and expiration dates should be directed to the Associate 
Managing Director--Performance Evaluation and Records Management, 
(PERM), Office of Managing Director, Federal Communications Commission, 
Washington, DC 20554 by sending an email to [email protected].
    (b) Display.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              FCC form no. or 47 CFR section or part,
             OMB control no.                    docket no., or title identifying the        OMB expiration date
                                                             collection
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3060-0004................................  Secs. 1.1307 and 1.1311......................  07/31/17
3060-0009................................  FCC 316......................................  12/31/18
3060-0010................................  FCC 323......................................  11/30/19
3060-0016................................  FCC 2100, Schedule C.........................  07/31/19
3060-0017................................  FCC 2100, Schedule D.........................  03/31/19
3060-0027................................  FCC 301 and FCC 2100, Schedule A.............  03/31/19
3060-0029................................  FCC 340......................................  08/31/17
3060-0031................................  FCC 314 and FCC 315..........................  09/30/18
3060-0053................................  FCC 702 and FCC 703..........................  05/31/17
3060-0055................................  FCC 327......................................  11/30/17
3060-0056................................  Part 68--Connection of Terminal Equipment to   05/31/17
                                            the Telephone Network.
3060-0057................................  FCC 731......................................  04/30/17
3060-0059................................  FCC 740......................................  04/30/19
3060-0065................................  FCC 442......................................  12/31/18
3060-0075................................  FCC 345......................................  04/30/19
3060-0076................................  FCC 395......................................  06/30/19
3060-0084................................  FCC 323-E....................................  11/30/19
3060-0093................................  FCC 405......................................  09/30/17
3060-0095................................  FCC 395-A....................................  05/31/17
3060-0110................................  FCC 303-S....................................  12/31/19
3060-0113................................  FCC 396......................................  11/30/18
3060-0120................................  FCC 396-A....................................  06/30/18
3060-0126................................  Sec. 73.1820.................................  08/31/17
3060-0132................................  FCC 1068A....................................  01/31/18
3060-0139................................  FCC 854......................................  11/30/18
3060-0149................................  Part 63--Application and Supplemental          12/31/18
                                            Information Requirements.
3060-0157................................  Sec. 73.99...................................  05/31/17
3060-0161................................  Sec. 73.61...................................  12/31/17
3060-0166................................  Part 42, Secs. 42.5, 42.6 and 42.7...........  06/30/19
3060-0168................................  Sec. 43.43...................................  09/30/18
3060-0169................................  Sec. 43.51...................................  10/31/17
3060-0170................................  Sec. 73.1030.................................  02/28/19
3060-0171................................  Sec. 73.1125.................................  02/28/19

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3060-0174................................  Secs. 73.1212, 76.1615, and 76.1715..........  07/31/18
3060-0175................................  Sec. 73.1250.................................  10/31/19
3060-0176................................  Sec. 73.1510.................................  05/31/17
3060-0178................................  Sec. 73.1560.................................  01/31/20
3060-0179................................  Sec. 73.1590.................................  07/31/19
3060-0180................................  Sec. 73.1610.................................  01/31/19
3060-0182................................  Sec. 73.1620.................................  08/31/18
3060-0185................................  Sec. 73.3613.................................  10/31/17
3060-0188................................  Call Sign Reservation and Authorization        02/28/19
                                            System.
3060-0190................................  Sec. 73.3544.................................  04/30/18
3060-0192................................  Sec. 87.103..................................  09/30/19
3060-0204................................  Sec. 90.20(a)(2)(v) and 90.20(a)(2)(xi)......  09/30/17
3060-0207................................  Part 11--Emergency Alert System (EAS)........  10/31/19
3060-0208................................  Sec. 73.1870.................................  01/31/18
3060-0213................................  Sec. 73.3525.................................  11/30/17
3060-0214................................  Secs. 73.3526, 73.3527, 73.1212, 76.1701, and  05/31/19
                                            73.1943.
3060-0216................................  Secs. 73.3538 and 73.1690(e).................  05/31/19
3060-0221................................  Sec. 90.155..................................  10/31/19
3060-0222................................  Sec. 97.213..................................  02/28/18
3060-0228................................  Sec. 80.59 and FCC 806, 824, 827 and 829.....  08/31/18
3060-0233................................  Part 54--High Cost Loop Support Reporting....  10/31/18
3060-0248................................  Sec. 74.751..................................  05/31/19
3060-0249................................  Secs. 74.781, 74.1281, and 78.69.............  03/31/18
3060-0250................................  Secs. 73.1207, 74.784 and 74.1284............  04/30/17
3060-0259................................  Sec. 90.263..................................  04/30/18
3060-0261................................  Sec. 90.215..................................  05/31/19
3060-0262................................  Sec. 90.179..................................  03/31/17
3060-0264................................  Sec. 80.413..................................  05/31/18
3060-0265................................  Sec. 80.868..................................  04/30/19
3060-0270................................  Sec. 90.443..................................  02/28/19
3060-0281................................  Sec. 90.651..................................  02/28/19
3060-0286................................  Sec. 80.302..................................  12/31/18
3060-0288................................  Sec. 78.33...................................  05/31/17
3060-0289................................  Secs. 76.601, 76.1704, 76.1705, and 76.1717..  04/30/17
3060-0291................................  Sec. 90.477(a), (b)(2), (d)(2) and (d)(3)....  05/31/17
3060-0292................................  Part 69 and Sec. 69.605......................  06/30/19
3060-0295................................  Sec. 90.607..................................  01/31/19
3060-0297................................  Sec. 80.503..................................  06/30/18
3060-0298................................  Part 61, Tariffs (Other than Tariff Review     09/30/19
                                            Plan).
3060-0310................................  FCC 322......................................  11/30/17
3060-0311................................  Sec. 76.54...................................  03/31/17
3060-0316................................  Secs. 76.1700, 76.1702, 76.1703, 76.1707, and  05/31/19
                                            76.1711.
3060-0320................................  Sec. 73.1350.................................  05/31/18
3060-0325................................  Sec. 80.605..................................  06/30/17
3060-0329................................  Sec. 2.955...................................  01/31/18
3060-0331................................  FCC 321......................................  10/31/17
3060-0332................................  Secs. 76.614 and 76.1706.....................  04/30/19
3060-0340................................  Sec. 73.51...................................  04/30/18
3060-0341................................  Sec. 73.1680.................................  10/31/17
3060-0346................................  Sec. 78.27...................................  04/30/18
3060-0347................................  Sec. 97.311..................................  07/31/17
3060-0349................................  Secs. 73.2080, 76.73, 76.75, 76.79, and        12/31/18
                                            76.1702.
3060-0355................................  FCC 492 and FCC 492A.........................  02/28/19
3060-0357................................  Sec. 63.701..................................  11/30/18
3060-0360................................  Sec. 80.409..................................  01/31/20
3060-0370................................  Part 32--Uniform System of Accounts for        08/31/17
                                            Telecommunications Companies.
3060-0384................................  Secs. 64.901, 64.904 and 64.905..............  06/30/19
3060-0386................................  Secs. 1.5, 73.1615, 73.1635, 73.1740,          03/31/19
                                            73.3598, 74.788, and FCC 337.
3060-0387................................  Secs. 15.201(d), 15.209, 15.211, 15.213 and    03/31/18
                                            15.221.
3060-0390................................  FCC 395-B....................................  08/31/17
3060-0391................................  Parts 54 and 36--Program to Monitor the        06/30/17
                                            Impacts of the Universal Service Support
                                            Mechanisms.
3060-0392................................  Part 1, Subpart J--Pole Attachment Complaint   03/31/19
                                            Procedures.
3060-0394................................  Sec. 1.420...................................  11/30/19
3060-0398................................  Secs. 2.948, 2.949, and 15.117(g)(2).........  09/30/19
3060-0400................................  Tariff Review Plan (TRP).....................  09/30/19
3060-0404................................  FCC 350......................................  05/31/19
3060-0405................................  FCC 349......................................  12/31/18
3060-0411................................  FCC 485......................................  11/30/17
3060-0414................................  Terrain Shielding Policy.....................  04/30/18
3060-0419................................  Secs. 76.94, 76.95, 76.105, 76.106, 76.107,    02/28/19
                                            and 76.1609.
3060-0422................................  Sec. 68.5....................................  03/31/19
3060-0423................................  Sec. 73.3588.................................  11/30/19
3060-0430................................  Sec. 1.1206..................................  01/31/18

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3060-0433................................  FCC 320......................................  04/30/17
3060-0439................................  Sec. 64.201..................................  06/30/19
3060-0441................................  Secs. 90.621 and 90.693......................  06/30/18
3060-0463................................  Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-  06/30/17
                                            to-Speech Services for Individuals with
                                            Hearing and Speech Disabilities.
3060-0466................................  Secs. 73.1201, 74.783 and 74.1283............  09/30/19
3060-0470................................  Secs. 64.901 and 64.903, and RAO Letters 19    08/31/17
                                            and 26.
3060-0473................................  Sec. 74.1251.................................  11/30/19
3060-0474................................  Sec. 74.1263.................................  06/30/17
3060-0484................................  Secs. 4.9....................................  01/31/20
3060-0489................................  Sec. 73.37...................................  04/30/18
3060-0496................................  FCC Report 43-08.............................  04/30/19
3060-0500................................  Sec. 76.1713.................................  07/31/19
3060-0501................................  Secs. 73.1942, 76.206 and 76.1611............  09/30/17
3060-0506................................  FCC 302-FM...................................  09/30/17
3060-0508................................  Part 1 and Part 22 Reporting and               04/30/18
                                            Recordkeeping Requirements.
3060-0512................................  FCC Report 43-01.............................  02/28/18
3060-0519................................  Rules and Regulations Implementing the         09/30/18
                                            Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of
                                            1991.
3060-0526................................  Sec. 69.123..................................  04/30/17
3060-0531................................  Secs. 101.1011, 101.1325(b), 101.1327(a),      06/30/18
                                            101.527, 101.529, and 101.103.
3060-0532................................  Secs. 2.1033 and 15.121......................  06/30/17
3060-0537................................  Secs. 13.9(c), 13.13(c), 13.17(b), 13.211(e),  06/30/19
                                            and 13.217.
3060-0546................................  Sec. 76.59...................................  02/28/19
3060-0548................................  Secs. 76.1708, 76.1709, 76.1620, 76.56 and     06/30/17
                                            76.1614.
3060-0550................................  FCC 328......................................  08/31/18
3060-0560................................  Sec. 76.911..................................  08/31/18
3060-0562................................  Sec. 76.916..................................  01/31/19
3060-0565................................  Sec. 76.944..................................  01/31/18
3060-0568................................  Secs. 76.970, 76.971 and 76.975..............  03/31/18
3060-0569................................  Sec. 76.975..................................  10/31/17
3060-0573................................  FCC 394......................................  03/31/18
3060-0580................................  Sec. 76.1710.................................  07/31/18
3060-0584................................  FCC 44 and FCC 45............................  02/28/18
3060-0589................................  FCC 159, FCC 159-B, FCC 159-C, FCC 159-E and   05/31/17
                                            159-W.
3060-0594................................  FCC 1220.....................................  12/31/18
3060-0599................................  Secs. 90.187, 90.425 and 90.627..............  09/30/19
3060-0600................................  FCC 175......................................  06/30/19
3060-0601................................  FCC 1200.....................................  12/31/18
3060-0607................................  Sec. 76.922..................................  11/30/17
3060-0609................................  Sec. 76.934(e)...............................  12/31/18
3060-0625................................  Sec. 24.103..................................  02/28/19
3060-0626................................  Sec. 90.483..................................  11/30/19
3060-0627................................  FCC 302-AM...................................  09/30/17
3060-0633................................  Secs. 74.165, 74.432, and 74.832.............  04/30/18
3060-0634................................  Sec. 73.691..................................  05/31/18
3060-0636................................  Secs. 2.906, 2.909, 2.1071, 2.1075, 2.1076,    05/31/18
                                            2.1077 and 15.37.
3060-0645................................  Secs. 17.4, 17.48 and 17.49..................  05/31/18
3060-0647................................  FCC 333......................................  09/30/18
3060-0649................................  Secs. 76.1601, 76.1617, 76.1697 and 76.1708..  03/31/19
3060-0652................................  Secs. 76.309, 76.1602, 76.1603 and 76.1619...  07/31/17
3060-0653................................  Sec. 64.703(b) and (c).......................  01/31/20
3060-0655................................  Requests for Waivers of Regulatory and         11/30/19
                                            Application Fees.
3060-0665................................  Sec. 64.707..................................  06/30/19
3060-0667................................  Secs. 76.630, 76.1621 and 76.1622............  01/31/20
3060-0668................................  Sec. 76.936..................................  03/31/19
3060-0669................................  Sec. 76.946..................................  05/31/19
3060-0674................................  Sec. 76.1618.................................  05/31/17
3060-0678................................  Part 25--Licensing of, and Spectrum Usage by,  08/31/19
                                            Commercial Earth Stations and Space Stations.
3060-0685................................  FCC 1210 and FCC 1240........................  12/31/17
3060-0686................................  FCC 214, FCC 412FCN, FCC 214TC and FCC 214STA  02/28/18
3060-0687................................  Access to Telecommunications Equipment and     04/30/18
                                            Services by Persons with Disabilities.
3060-0688................................  FCC 1235.....................................  02/28/19
3060-0690................................  Sec. 101.17..................................  01/31/18
3060-0691................................  Sec. 90.665..................................  04/30/19
3060-0692................................  Secs. 76.613, 76.802 and 76.804..............  02/28/19
3060-0695................................  Sec. 87.219..................................  07/31/17
3060-0698................................  Secs. 25.203(i) and 73.1030(a)(2)............  01/31/20
3060-0700................................  FCC 1275.....................................  05/31/19
3060-0703................................  FCC 1205.....................................  12/31/17
3060-0704................................  Secs. 42.10, 42.11 and 64.1900 and Section     09/30/17
                                            254(g).
3060-0706................................  Secs. 76.952 and 76.990......................  01/31/20
3060-0707................................  Over-the Air Reception Devices (OTARD).......  10/31/19
3060-0710................................  Parts 1 and 51--Implementation of Local        09/30/19
                                            Competition Provisions in the
                                            Telecommunications Act of 1996.

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3060-0713................................  Alternative Broadcast Inspection Program       02/28/17
                                            (ABIP) Compliance Notification.
3060-0715................................  Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network  09/30/17
                                            Information and Other Customer Information.
3060-0716................................  Secs. 73.88, 73.718, 73.685 and 73.1630......  04/30/18
3060-0717................................  Secs. 64.703(a), 64.709 and 64.710...........  06/30/17
3060-0718................................  Part 101--Terrestrial Microwave Fixed Radio    02/28/19
                                            Service.
3060-0719................................  Quarterly Report of IntraLATA Carriers         06/30/19
                                            Listing Payphone Automatic Number
                                            Identifications.
3060-0723................................  Sec. 276--Public Disclosure of Network         07/31/18
                                            Information by Bell Operating Companies
                                            (BOCs).
3060-0725................................  Quarterly Filing of Nondiscrimination Reports  06/30/18
                                            by Bell Operating Companies (BOCs).
3060-0727................................  Sec. 73.213..................................  04/30/18
3060-0737................................  Disclosure Requirements for Information        10/31/17
                                            Services Provided Under a Presubscription or
                                            Comparable Arrangement.
3060-0740................................  Sec. 95.1015.................................  07/31/17
3060-0741................................  Technology Transitions.......................  01/31/20
3060-0742................................  Secs. 52.21 through 52.36....................  09/30/19
3060-0743................................  Pay Telephone Reclassification and             06/30/19
                                            Compensation Provisions of the
                                            Telecommunications Act of 1996.
3060-0745................................  Local Exchange Carrier Tariff Streamlining     07/31/18
                                            Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of
                                            1996.
3060-0748................................  Secs. 64.1504, 64.1509 and 64.1510...........  02/28/19
3060-0750................................  Secs. 73.671 and 73.673......................  07/31/17
3060-0751................................  Sec. 43.51...................................  09/30/19
3060-0754................................  FCC 2100, Schedule H.........................  04/30/18
3060-0755................................  Secs. 59.1 through 59.4......................  01/31/18
3060-0760................................  272 Sunset Order and Access Charge Reform....  10/31/17
3060-0761................................  Sec. 79.1....................................  12/31/17
3060-0767................................  Secs. 1.2110, 1.2111 and 1.2112..............  04/30/17
3060-0768................................  28 GHz Band..................................  02/28/18
3060-0770................................  Sec. 61.49...................................  11/30/17
3060-0773................................  Sec. 2.803...................................  06/30/17
3060-0775................................  Sec. 64.1903.................................  07/31/19
3060-0779................................  Secs. 90.20(a)(1)(iii), 90.769, 90.767,        01/31/20
                                            90.763(b)(l)(i)(a), 90.763(b)(l)(i)(B),
                                            90.771(b) and 90.743.
3060-0783................................  Sec. 90.176..................................  12/31/17
3060-0787................................  Subscriber Carrier Selection Changes           07/31/17
                                            Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of
                                            1996--Unauthorized Changes of Consumers'
                                            Long Distance Carriers.
3060-0788................................  DTV Showings/Interference Agreements.........  04/30/19
3060-0790................................  Sec. 68.110(c)...............................  05/31/18
3060-0791................................  Sec. 32.7300.................................  05/31/18
3060-0795................................  FCC 606......................................  08/31/17
3060-0798................................  FCC 601......................................  06/30/19
3060-0799................................  FCC 602......................................  10/31/19
3060-0800................................  FCC 603......................................  03/31/18
3060-0804................................  FCC 460, FCC 461, FCC 462, FCC 463, FCC 465,   09/30/19
                                            FCC 466, and FCC 467.
3060-0805................................  Secs. 90.523, 90.527, 90.545 and 90.1211.....  07/31/17
3060-0806................................  FCC 470 and FCC 471..........................  12/31/18
3060-0807................................  Sec. 51.803 and Supplemental Procedures for    05/31/19
                                            Petitions to Sec. 252(e)(5).
3060-0809................................  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement  12/31/19
                                            Act.
3060-0812................................  Exemption from Payment of Regulatory Fees      02/28/18
                                            When Claiming Non-Profit Status.
3060-0813................................  Sec. 20.18...................................  02/28/18
3060-0816................................  FCC 477......................................  06/30/17
3060-0817................................  BOC Provision of Enhanced Services (ONA        06/30/18
                                            Requirements).
3060-0819................................  FCC 481, FCC 497, and FCC 555................  09/30/19
3060-0823................................  Part 64, Pay Telephone Reclassification......  05/31/17
3060-0824................................  FCC 498......................................  11/30/18
3060-0837................................  FCC 2100, Schedule B.........................  03/31/19
3060-0844................................  Cable Carriage of Television Broadcast         03/31/19
                                            Stations.
3060-0848................................  Deployment of Wireline Services Offering       03/31/18
                                            Advanced Telecommunications Capability.
3060-0849................................  Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices  07/31/17
3060-0850................................  FCC 605......................................  05/31/17
3060-0853................................  FCC 479, FCC 486 and FCC 500.................  12/31/19
3060-0854................................  Sec. 64.2401.................................  09/30/18
3060-0855................................  FCC 499-A and FCC 499-Q......................  12/31/17
3060-0856................................  FCC 472, FCC 473 and FCC 474.................  06/30/19
3060-0859................................  Suggested Guidelines for Petitions for Ruling  03/31/18
                                            under Sec. 253.
3060-0862................................  Handling Confidential Information............  07/31/17
3060-0863................................  Satellite Delivery of Network Signals to       05/31/17
                                            Unserved Households.
3060-0865................................  Universal Licensing System Recordkeeping and   02/28/17
                                            Third-Party Disclosure Requirements.
3060-0874................................  Consumer Complaint Portal....................  07/31/19
3060-0876................................  Sec. 54.703 and Secs. 54.719 through 54.725..  10/31/18
3060-0881................................  Sec. 95.861..................................  05/31/17
3060-0882................................  Sec. 95.833..................................  07/31/17
3060-0888................................  Secs. 76.7, 76.9, 76.61, 76.914, 76.1001,      01/31/18
                                            76.1003, 76.1302 and 76.1513.
3060-0895................................  FCC 502......................................  07/31/19
3060-0896................................  Broadcast Auction Form Exhibits..............  09/30/17
3060-0905................................  Sec. 18.213..................................  06/30/17

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3060-0906................................  FCC 2100, Schedule G.........................  10/31/17
3060-0910................................  Ensure Compatibility with Enhanced 911         05/31/18
                                            Emergency Calling Systems.
3060-0912................................  Secs. 76.501, 76.503 and 76.504..............  01/31/18
3060-0917................................  FCC 160......................................  02/28/17
3060-0918................................  FCC 161......................................  02/28/17
3060-0920................................  FCC 318......................................  03/31/19
3060-0922................................  FCC 397......................................  11/30/18
3060-0927................................  Auditor's Annual Independence and Objectivity  01/31/18
                                            Certification.
3060-0928................................  FCC 2100, Schedule F and Sec. 73.3572(h),      03/31/19
                                            73.3700(b)(3) and 73.3700(h)(2).
3060-0931................................  Sec. 80.103..................................  08/31/18
3060-0932................................  FCC 2100, Schedule E and Secs.                 03/31/19
                                            73.3700(b)(1)(i)-(v) and (vii), (b)(2)(i)
                                            and (ii), and 74.793(d).
3060-0936................................  Secs. 95.1215, 95.1217, 95.1223, and 95.1225.  10/31/19
3060-0937................................  Establishment of a Class A Television Service  05/31/19
3060-0938................................  FCC 319......................................  12/31/17
3060-0942................................  Access Charge Reform, Price Cap Performance    05/31/19
                                            Review for Local Exchange Carriers, Low-
                                            Volume Long Distance Users, Federal-State
                                            Joint Board on Universal Service.
3060-0944................................  Secs. 1.767 and 1.768, FCC 220, and Executive  02/28/18
                                            Order 10530.
3060-0950................................  Bidding Credits for Tribal Lands.............  04/30/19
3060-0951................................  Sec. 1.1204(b) Note, and Sec. 1.1206(a) Note   08/31/19
                                            1.
3060-0952................................  Proposed Demographic Information and           02/28/19
                                            Notifications,.
3060-0953................................  Secs. 95.1111 and 95.1113....................  08/31/19
3060-0960................................  Secs. 76.122, 76.123, 76.124 and 76.127......  01/31/20
3060-0967................................  Sec. 79.2, 79.105, and 79.106................  04/30/17
3060-0971................................  Sec. 52.15...................................  05/31/17
3060-0972................................  Part 69 Filing Requirements for Regulation of  06/30/17
                                            Interstate Services of Non-Price Cap
                                            Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers and
                                            Interexchange Carriers.
3060-0973................................  Sec. 64.1120(e)..............................  06/30/19
3060-0975................................  Secs. 68.105 and 1.4000......................  08/31/19
3060-0979................................  License Audit Letter.........................  11/30/18
3060-0980................................  Sec. 76.66...................................  02/28/19
3060-0984................................  Secs. 90.35(b)(2) and 90.175(b)(1)...........  09/30/19
3060-0986................................  FCC 481, FCC 507, FCC 508, FCC 509, and FCC    03/31/17
                                            525.
3060-0987................................  Sec. 20.18(l)(1)(i)-(iii) and 20.18(l)(2)(i)-  08/31/17
                                            (iii).
3060-0989................................  Secs. 63.01, 63.03 and 63.04.................  04/30/17
3060-0991................................  AM Measurement Data..........................  01/31/18
3060-0994................................  Flexibility for Delivery of Communications by  10/31/18
                                            Mobile Satellite Service Providers in the 2
                                            GHz Band, the L-Band, and the 1.6/2.4 GHz
                                            Band.
3060-0995................................  Sec. 1.2105(c) and 1.2205....................  06/30/19
3060-0996................................  AM Auction Section 307(b) Submissions........  05/31/17
3060-0997................................  Sec. 52.15(k)................................  07/31/17
3060-0998................................  Sec. 87.109..................................  04/30/19
3060-0999................................  Sec. 20.19, Hearing Aid Compatibility Status   11/30/18
                                            Report, FCC 655.
3060-1000................................  Sec. 87.147..................................  08/31/19
3060-1003................................  Communications Disaster Information Reporting  07/31/18
                                            System.
3060-1004................................  Commission Rules to Ensure Compatibility with  06/30/18
                                            Enhanced 911 Emergency Calling Systems.
3060-1005................................  Numbering Resource Optimization--Phase 3.....  04/30/17
3060-1008................................  Secs. 27.50 and 27.602.......................  08/31/17
3060-1013................................  Mitigation of Orbital Debris.................  02/28/18
3060-1015................................  Part 15--Ultra Wideband Transmission Systems.  11/30/17
3060-1021................................  Sec. 25.139..................................  11/30/19
3060-1022................................  Secs. 101.1403, 101.103(f), 101.1413,          05/31/17
                                            101.1440 and 101.1417.
3060-1028................................  International Signaling Point Code (ISPC)....  11/30/18
3060-1029................................  Data Network Identification Code (DNIC)......  11/30/18
3060-1030................................  Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services   01/31/18
                                            (AWS) in the 1.7 GHz and 2.1 GHz Bands.
3060-1031................................  Commission's Initiative to Implement Enhanced  01/31/19
                                            911 (E911) Emergency Services.
3060-1033................................  FCC 396-C....................................  10/31/18
3060-1034................................  FCC 335-AM and FCC 335-FM....................  02/28/19
3060-1035................................  FCC 309, FCC 310 and FCC 311.................  01/31/20
3060-1039................................  FCC 620 and FCC 621..........................  10/31/17
3060-1042................................  Request for Technical Support--Help Request    03/31/19
                                            Form.
3060-1044................................  Review of the Section 251 Unbundling           05/31/19
                                            Obligations of Incumbent Local Exchange
                                            Carriers.
3060-1045................................  FCC 324 and Sec. 76.1610.....................  12/31/17
3060-1046................................  Part 64, Pay Telephone Reclassification and    08/31/17
                                            Compensation Provisions of the
                                            Telecommunications Act of 1996.
3060-1047................................  Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-  10/31/17
                                            to-Speech Services for Individuals with
                                            Hearing and Speech Disabilities, FCC 03-112.
3060-1048................................  Sec. 1.929(c)(1).............................  11/30/18
3060-1050................................  Sec. 97.303..................................  04/30/19
3060-1053................................  Two-Line Captioned Telephone Order and IP      03/31/18
                                            Captioned Telephone Service Declaratory
                                            Ruling, and Internet Protocol Captioned
                                            Telephone Service Reform Order.
3060-1054................................  FCC 422-IB...................................  09/30/18
3060-1056................................  FCC 421-IB...................................  07/31/18
3060-1057................................  FCC 420-IB...................................  07/31/18

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3060-1058................................  FCC 608......................................  04/30/18
3060-1060................................  Wireless E911 Coordination Initiative Letter   12/31/19
                                            to State 911 Coordinators.
3060-1063................................  Global Mobile Personal Communications by       09/30/18
                                            Satellite (GMPCS) Authorization, Marketing
                                            and Importation Rules.
3060-1064................................  Regulatory Fee Assessment True-Ups...........  07/31/17
3060-1065................................  Sec. 25.701..................................  11/30/18
3060-1070................................  Allocation and Service Rules for the 71-76     10/31/17
                                            GHz, 81-86 GHz and 92-95 GHz Bands.
3060-1078................................  Rules and Regulations Implementing the         09/30/19
                                            Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited
                                            Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-
                                            SPAM Act), CG Docket 04-53.
3060-1079................................  Sec. 15.240..................................  12/31/19
3060-1080................................  Improving Public Safety Communications in the  10/31/17
                                            800 MHz Band; TA-13.1 and TA-14.1.
3060-1081................................  Secs. 54.202, 54.209, 54.307, 54.313, 54.314   09/30/17
                                            and 54.809.
3060-1084................................  Rules and Regulations Implementing Minimum     05/31/19
                                            Customer Account Record Obligations on All
                                            Local and Interexchange Carriers, CG Docket
                                            No. 02-386.
3060-1085................................  Sec. 9.5.....................................  07/31/18
3060-1086................................  Secs. 74.787, 74.790, 74.794, 74.796 and       03/31/19
                                            74.798.
3060-1087................................  Sec. 15.615..................................  04/30/17
3060-1088................................  Rules and Regulations Implementing the         05/31/19
                                            Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of
                                            1991.
3060-1089................................  Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-  08/31/17
                                            to-Speech Services for Individuals with
                                            Hearing and Speech Disabilities, E911
                                            Requirements for IP-Enabled Service
                                            Providers.
3060-1092................................  FCC 609-T and FCC 611-T......................  01/31/20
3060-1094................................  Licensing, Operation, and Transition of the    03/31/17
                                            2500-2690 MHz Band.
3060-1095................................  Surrenders of Authorizations for               01/31/18
                                            International Carrier, Space Station and
                                            Earth Station Licensees.
3060-1096................................  Prepaid Calling Card Service Provider          07/31/19
                                            Certification.
3060-1101................................  Children's Television Requests for Preemption  12/31/18
                                            Flexibility.
3060-1103................................  Sec. 76.41...................................  01/31/19
3060-1104................................  Sec. 73.682(d)...............................  02/28/17
3060-1108................................  Consummations of Assignments and Transfers of  02/28/18
                                            Control of Authorization.
3060-1113................................  Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS)........  07/31/17
3060-1116................................  Submarine Cable Reporting....................  01/31/18
3060-1120................................  Service Quality Measurement Plan for           09/30/17
                                            Interstate Special Access and Monthly Usage
                                            Reporting Requirements.
3060-1121................................  Secs. 1.30002, 1.30003, 1.30004, 73.875,       02/28/17
                                            73.1657 and 73.1690.
3060-1122................................  Preparation of Annual Reports to Congress for  03/31/18
                                            the Collection & Expenditure of Fees or
                                            Charges for Enhanced 911 (E911) Services
                                            under the NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008.
3060-1124................................  Sec. 80.231..................................  12/31/17
3060-1126................................  Sec. 10.350..................................  04/30/18
3060-1127................................  First Responder Emergency Contact Information  03/31/19
                                            in the Universal Licensing System (ULS).
3060-1129................................  Broadband Speed Test and Unavailability        04/30/19
                                            Registry.
3060-1131................................  Implementation of the NET 911 Improvement Act  06/30/19
                                            of 2008: Location Information from Owners
                                            and Controllers of 911 and E911 Capabilities.
3060-1133................................  FCC 308 and Secs. 73.3545 and 73.3580........  07/31/18
3060-1138................................  Secs. 1.49 and 1.54..........................  06/30/19
3060-1139................................  Consumer Broadband Services Testing and        05/31/17
                                            Measurement.
3060-1142................................  Electronic Tariff Filing System (ETFS).......  11/30/19
3060-1145................................  Structure and Practices of the Video Relay     08/31/17
                                            Service Program.
3060-1146................................  Implementation of the 21st Century             06/30/18
                                            Communications and Video Accessibility Act
                                            of 2010, Section 105, Relay Services for
                                            Deaf-Blind Individuals, CG Docket No. 10-210.
3060-1147................................  Wireless E911 Phase II Location Accuracy       05/31/18
                                            Requirements.
3060-1148................................  Sec. 79.3....................................  01/31/20
3060-1149................................  Generic Clearance for the Collection of        06/30/17
                                            Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
                                            Delivery.
3060-1150................................  Structure and Practices of the Video Relay     05/31/18
                                            Service Program, Second Report and Order, CG
                                            Docket No. 10-51.
3060-1151................................  Secs. 1.1420, 1.1422, and 1.1424.............  03/31/18
3060-1154................................  Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation   06/30/18
                                            (``CALM'') Act; Financial Hardship and
                                            General Waiver Requests.
3060-1155................................  Secs. 15.713, 15.714, 15.715, 15.717 and       05/31/19
                                            27.1320.
3060-1156................................  Sec. 43.62...................................  02/28/18
3060-1157................................  Formal Complaint Procedures, Preserving the    09/30/17
                                            Open Internet and Broadband Industry
                                            Practices.
3060-1158................................  Disclosure of Network Management Practices,    12/31/19
                                            Preserving the Open Internet and Broadband
                                            Industry Practices.
3060-1159................................  Part 25--Satellite Communications; and Part    10/31/19
                                            27--Miscellaneous Wireless Communications
                                            Services in the 2.3 GHz Band.
3060-1161................................  Sec. 27.14(g)-(l)............................  10/31/17
3060-1162................................  Closed Captioning of Video Programming         09/30/18
                                            Delivered Using Internet Protocol, and
                                            Apparatus Closed Captioning Requirements.
3060-1163................................  Regulations Applicable to Common Carrier and   10/31/18
                                            Aeronautical Radio Licensees.
3060-1165................................  Sec. 74.605..................................  12/31/17
3060-1166................................  FCC 180......................................  01/31/18
3060-1167................................  Accessible Telecommunications and Advanced     01/31/20
                                            Communications Services and Equipment.
3060-1168................................  FCC 680......................................  01/31/18
3060-1169................................  Part 11--Emergency Alert System (EAS), FCC 12- 08/31/18
                                            7.
3060-1170................................  Sec. 90.209..................................  04/30/18

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3060-1171................................  Secs. 73.682(e) and 76.607(a)................  06/30/18
3060-1174................................  Secs. 73.503, 73.621 and 73.3527.............  07/31/18
3060-1177................................  Sec. 74.800..................................  06/30/19
3060-1178................................  FCC 2100, Schedule 399; and Sec. 73.3700(e)..  03/31/19
3060-1180................................  Expanding the Economic and Innovation          08/31/18
                                            Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive
                                            Auctions.
3060-1181................................  Study Area Boundary Data Reporting in Esri     06/30/19
                                            Shapefile Format.
3060-1183................................  Establishment of a Public Safety Answering     02/28/19
                                            Point Do-Not-Call Registry, CG Docket 12-129.
3060-1184................................  Secs. 1.946(d), 27.10(d), 27.12, 27.14 and     07/31/19
                                            27.17.
3060-1185................................  FCC 690 and Record Retention Requirements....  05/31/19
3060-1186................................  FCC 480......................................  01/31/18
3060-1189................................  Secs. 1.1307(b)(1), 20.3, 20.21(a)(2),         06/30/18
                                            20.21(a)(5), 20.21(e)(2), 20.21(e)(8)(i)(G),
                                            20.21(e)(9)(i)(H), 20.21(f), 20.21(h), 22.9,
                                            24.9, 27.9, 90.203, 90.219(b)(l)(i).
3060-1190................................  Sec. 87.287(b)...............................  06/30/19
3060-1192................................  Survey for Urban Rates for Fixed Voice and     08/31/19
                                            Fixed Broadband Residential Services.
3060-1194................................  FCC 338......................................  01/31/19
3060-1195................................  US Telecom Forbearance FCC 13-69 Conditions..  06/30/17
3060-1196................................  Inmate Calling Services Data Collection......  06/30/17
3060-1197................................  Comprehensive Market Data Collection for       08/31/17
                                            Interstate Special Access Services.
3060-1198................................  Secs. 90.525, 90.529 and 90.531..............  04/30/18
3060-1199................................  Sec. 15.407(j)...............................  08/31/17
3060-1200................................  FCC 5610 and FCC 5620........................  09/30/18
3060-1201................................  Structure and Practices of the Video Relay     09/30/17
                                            Service Program; Telecommunications Relay
                                            Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for
                                            Individuals with Hearing and Speech
                                            Disabilities.
3060-1202................................  Improving 911 Reliability and Continuity of    10/31/17
                                            Communications Including Networks, Broadband
                                            Technologies.
3060-1203................................  Secs. 79.107, 79.108 and 79.110..............  08/31/19
3060-1204................................  Deployment of Text-to-911....................  04/30/18
3060-1205................................  Sec. 74.802..................................  03/31/18
3060-1206................................  FCC 2100, Schedule 381.......................  03/31/18
3060-1207................................  Secs. 25.701 and 25.702......................  05/31/19
3060-1208................................  Acceleration of Broadband Deployment by        05/31/18
                                            Improving Wireless Facilities Siting
                                            Policies.
3060-1209................................  Sec. 73.1216.................................  02/28/19
3060-1210................................  Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements.  07/31/18
3060-1211................................  Secs. 96.17, 96.21, 96.23, 96.33, 96.35,       04/30/17
                                            96.39, 96.41, 96.43, 96.45, 96.51, 96.57,
                                            96.59, 96.61, 96.63, 96.67.
3060-1212................................  SDARS Political Broadcasting Requirements....  11/30/18
3060-1213................................  FCC 177......................................  06/30/19
3060-1214................................  Direct Access to Numbers Order, FCC 15-70,     07/31/19
                                            Conditions.
3060-1215................................  Use of Spectrum Bands Above 24 GHz for Mobile  01/31/20
                                            Radio Services.
3060-1216................................  Sections 73.3700(b)(4)(i)-(ii), (c), (d),      03/31/19
                                            (h)(5)-(6), (g)(4).
3060-1217................................  Ensuring Continuity of 911 Communications....  03/31/19
3060-1218................................  Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast       05/31/19
                                            Signals.
3060-1219................................  Connect America Fund-Alternative Connect       09/30/19
                                            America Cost Model Support.
3060-1220................................  Transparency Rule Disclosures, FCC 15-24,      12/31/18
                                            Mobile Broadband Disclosures.
3060-1221................................  Inmate Calling Services, One-Time Data         01/31/20
                                            Collection.
3060-1222................................  Inmate Calling Services, Annual Reporting,     01/31/20
                                            Certification and Consumer Disclosure.
3060-1223................................  Payment Instructions from the Eligible Entity  07/31/17
                                            Seeking Reimbursement from the TV
                                            Broadcaster Relocation Fund.
3060-1224................................  Reverse Auction (Auction 1001) Incentive       07/31/17
                                            Payment Instructions from Reverse Auction
                                            Winning Bidder.
3060-1225................................  National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution     01/31/20
                                            Program.
3060-1226................................  Receiving Written Consent for Communication    01/31/20
                                            with Base Stations in Canada.
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[82 FR 13260, Mar. 10, 2017, as amended at 83 FR 61335, Nov. 29, 2018; 
84 FR 2757, Feb. 8, 2019]

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List of CFR Sections Affected



All changes in this volume of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that 
were made by documents published in the Federal Register since January 
1, 2014 are enumerated in the following list. Entries indicate the 
nature of the changes effected. Page numbers refer to Federal Register 
pages. The user should consult the entries for chapters, parts and 
subparts as well as sections for revisions.
For changes to this volume of the CFR prior to this listing, consult the 
annual edition of the monthly List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA). The 
LSA is available at www.govinfo.gov. For changes to this volume of the 
CFR prior to 2001, see the ``List of CFR Sections Affected, 1949-1963, 
1964-1972, 1973-1985, and 1986-2000'' published in 11 separate volumes. 
The ``List of CFR Sections Affected 1986-2000'' is available at 
www.govinfo.gov.

                                  2014

47 CFR
                                                                   79 FR
                                                                    Page
Chapter I
20 Actions on petitions............................................43956
    Authority citation revised; eff. 10-16-14......................55381
    Order..........................................................59444
20.18 (n)(9), (10) and (11) added; eff. 10-16-14 (OMB number 
        pending in part)...........................................55381
    Regulation at 79 FR 55381 confirmed in part....................68132
20.21 (e)(8)(i)(A)(1), (H), (9)(i)(A)(2), (C)(2), (H) and (f)(1) 
        revised (OMB number pending in part).......................70795
20.22 Added........................................................40002
22.99 Amended......................................................72150
22.131 (c)(3)(iii) and (d)(2)(iv) revised..........................72150
22.143 (a) revised.................................................72151
22.165 (e) revised (OMB number pending)............................72151
22.228 Removed.....................................................72151
22.355 Table C-1 corrected; CFR correction.........................35290
22.901 Revised.....................................................72151
22.909 Introductory text revised...................................72151
22.911 (a) introductory text, (d) and (e) revised; (c) removed.....72151
22.912 Revised.....................................................72151
22.929 Removed.....................................................72151
22.946 Revised.....................................................72151
22.947 Removed.....................................................72151
22.948 Revised (OMB number pending)................................72152
22.949 Revised.....................................................72152
22.950 (c) and (d) revised.........................................72152
22.951 Removed.....................................................72152
22.953 Revised (OMB number pending)................................72152
22.960 Revised.....................................................72153
22.961 Added.......................................................72153
22.969 Removed.....................................................72153
22.983 Added.......................................................72153
25 Authority citation revised................................8311, 51264
25.103 Revised (OMB number pending).................................8311
    Amended........................................................26868
    Regulation at 79 FR 8311 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.111 Heading and (b) revised; (d) added (OMB number pending)......8314
    Regulation at 79 FR 8314 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.112 (a)(4) added (OMB number pending)............................8314
    Regulation at 79 FR 8314 eff. date confirmed...................52224

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25.113 Heading, (a), (f) and (h) revised; (b) added; (c), (d) and 
        (e) removed (OMB number pending)............................8314
    (b) corrected (OMB number pending).............................27503
    Regulation at 79 FR 8314 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.114 (a), (c)(4) through (8), (10), (11), (13), (d)(1), (7), 
        (10), (11), (12) and (13) revised; (c)(9), (12), (d)(2) 
        through (5) and (e) removed; (d)(14)(v) added; (d)(14)(iv) 
        amended (OMB number pending)................................8314
    Regulation at 79 FR 8314 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.115 (a)(2), (3) and (d) revised; (j) and (k) added (OMB number 
        pending)....................................................8316
    Regulation at 79 FR 8316 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.118 (a)(2)(i), (e) heading, (5) and (8) revised; (f) added (OMB 
        number pending).............................................8317
    Regulation at 79 FR 8317 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.119 (f) amended.................................................51264
25.121 (d) revised (OMB number pending).............................8317
    Regulation at 79 FR 8317 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.129 (c) revised (OMB number pending).............................8317
    Regulation at 79 FR 8317 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.130 (e) removed; (g) added (OMB number pending)..................8317
    Regulation at 79 FR 8317 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.131 Heading, (a), (b), (d) and (j)(2) revised (OMB number 
        pending)....................................................8318
    Regulation at 79 FR 8318 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.132 (a), (b)(1), (3) and (d) introductory text revised (OMB 
        number pending).............................................8318
    Regulation at 79 FR 8318 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.133 (a)(1) and (2) amended; (b)(1) introductory text and (v) 
        revised (OMB number pending)................................8318
    Regulation at 79 FR 8318 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.134 (a)(1) removed; (b), (e), (f), (g) and (h) revised (OMB 
        number pending).............................................8318
    Regulation at 79 FR 8318 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.135 Heading and (c) revised; (b) and (d) removed (OMB number 
        pending)....................................................8319
    Regulation at 79 FR 8319 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.136 Removed (OMB number pending).................................8319
    Regulation at 79 FR 8319 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.138 Heading, (a) introductory text, (b), (d), (e), (f) and (g) 
        revised; (a)(5) removed (OMB number pending)................8319
    Regulation at 79 FR 8319 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.140 Heading revised; (a) added; (b)(1) and (2) removed; (b)(3), 
        (4)(i), (ii), (iii) and (5) amended (OMB number pending) 
                                                                    8319
    (b) introductory text correctly revised; (b)(1) and (2) 
correctly removed (OMB number pending).............................44312
    Regulation at 79 FR 8319 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.142 (c) and (e) removed (OMB number pending).....................8320
    Regulation at 79 FR 8320 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.143 (b)(1) revised; (d), (e), (i), (j) and (k) removed (OMB 
        number pending).............................................8320
    Regulation at 79 FR 8320 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.144 (a)(3)(iii) and (c) removed (OMB number pending).............8320
    Regulation at 79 FR 8320 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.145 (a), (f)(1) and (i) removed; (g) revised (OMB number 
        pending)....................................................8320
    Regulation at 79 FR 8320 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.146 Heading revised; (c), (k), (l) and (n) removed (OMB number 
        pending)....................................................8320
    Regulation at 79 FR 8320 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.149 Heading and (a)(1) introductory text correctly revised......27502

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25.153 (a) revised (OMB number pending).............................8320
    Regulation at 79 FR 8320 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.154 (d) and (e) revised (OMB number pending).....................8320
    Regulation at 79 FR 8320 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.161 (b) revised (OMB number pending).............................8320
    Regulation at 79 FR 8320 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.164 (a)(4), (b)(4) and (c) through (g) revised; (h) added (OMB 
        number pending).............................................8320
    Regulation at 79 FR 8320 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.170 Undesignated center heading and section added (OMB number 
        pending)....................................................8321
    Regulation at 79 FR 8321 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.171 Added (OMB number pending)...................................8321
    Regulation at 79 FR 8321 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.172 Added (OMB number pending)...................................8321
    Regulation at 79 FR 8321 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.173 Added (OMB number pending)...................................8321
    Regulation at 79 FR 8321 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.201 Removed (OMB number pending).................................8321
    Regulation at 79 FR 8321 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.202 Heading revised; (c) removed; (g) amended (OMB number 
        pending)....................................................8321
    Regulation at 79 FR 8321 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.203 (f), (i) introductory text and (1) amended (OMB number 
        pending)....................................................8321
    Regulation at 79 FR 8321 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.204 Heading, (e) and (f) revised; (g) removed (OMB number 
        pending)....................................................8322
    Regulation at 79 FR 8322 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.206 Revised (OMB number pending).................................8322
    Regulation at 79 FR 8322 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.208 (w) introductory text revised; (w) note added (OMB number 
        pending)....................................................8322
    Regulation at 79 FR 8322 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.209 (a) introductory text, (b) introductory text and (h)(1) 
        revised; (a)(1) through (4) and (f) amended; (d) and (g) 
        removed (OMB number pending)................................8322
    Regulation at 79 FR 8322 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.210 (b), (k) and (l) removed; (c) revised; (f) amended (OMB 
        number pending).............................................8323
    Regulation at 79 FR 8323 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.211 (d) and (e) revised; (f) removed (OMB number pending)........8323
    Regulation at 79 FR 8323 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.212 (c), (d) and (e) revised (OMB number pending)................8323
    Regulation at 79 FR 8323 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.214 (a) removed; (c)(1) revised (OMB number pending).............8323
    Regulation at 79 FR 8323 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.215 Removed (OMB number pending).................................8323
    Regulation at 79 FR 8323 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.217 (b)(1) and (c)(1) revised; (b)(3) amended (OMB number 
        pending)....................................................8323
    Regulation at 79 FR 8323 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.218 Heading, (a) and (b) revised; (c)(1), (d)(1), (e)(1), 
        (f)(1), (g)(1) and (h)(1) amended (OMB number pending)......8324
    Regulation at 79 FR 8324 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.220 (a)(1) revised (OMB number pending)..........................8324
    Regulation at 79 FR 8324 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.221 Heading revised; (a)(12), (b)(1)(i) introductory text, 
        (b)(1)(i)(A), (B), (C) and (b)(7) amended (OMB number 
        pending)....................................................8324

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    Regulation at 79 FR 8324 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.222 (b)(1)(i) introductory text, (A), (B) and (C) amended (OMB 
        number pending).............................................8324
    Regulation at 79 FR 8324 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.223 Heading, (a) and (c) revised; (e) removed (OMB number 
        pending)....................................................8324
    Regulation at 79 FR 8324 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.226 (b)(1)(i) introductory text, (A), (B), (C) and (b)(9) 
        amended (OMB number pending)................................8324
    Regulation at 79 FR 8324 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.227 (a)(12) amended (OMB number pending).........................8324
    (a)(14), (b)(1)(iii)(A) and (2)(i) revised; (b)(3)(i) amended 
                                                                   26868
    Regulation at 79 FR 8324 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.259 (b) revised (OMB number pending).............................8324
    Regulation at 79 FR 8324 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.260 (b) revised (OMB number pending).............................8325
    Regulation at 79 FR 8325 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.271 (f) added (OMB number pending)...............................8325
    Regulation at 79 FR 8325 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.272 (b) removed (OMB number pending).............................8325
    Regulation at 79 FR 8325 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.276 Revised (OMB number pending).................................8325
    Regulation at 79 FR 8325 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.281 Revised (OMB number pending).................................8325
    Regulation at 79 FR 8325 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.285 Added (OMB number pending)...................................8325
    (a)(2) corrected...............................................44140
    Regulation at 79 FR 8325 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.286 Added (OMB number pending)...................................8326
    Regulation at 79 FR 8326 eff. date confirmed...................52224
25.287 Added (OMB number pending)...................................8326
    Regulation at 79 FR 8326 eff. date confirmed...................52224
27 Technical correction.............................................9427
    Authority citation revised; eff. 10-14-14......................48536
    Technical correction...........................................76902
27.1 (b)(11), (12) and (13) added..................................32410
    (b)(14) added; eff. 10-14-14...................................48536
27.4 Amended; eff. 10-14-14........................................48536
27.5 (h) revised...................................................32410
    (l) added; eff. 10-14-14.......................................48536
27.6 (b) introductory text revised; (b)(3) removed...................597
    (k) added......................................................32410
    (l) added; eff. 10-14-14.......................................48536
27.10 Regulation at 78 FR 50254 eff. date confirmed.................3133
    Regulation at 79 FR 3133 eff. date confirmed....................7587
27.11 (c) introductory text revised; (c)(4) removed..................597
    (j) added......................................................32410
    (k) added; eff. 10-14-14.......................................48536
27.12 Regulation at 78 FR 50254 eff. date confirmed.................3133
    Regulation at 79 FR 3133 eff. date confirmed....................7587
27.13 (b) amended....................................................597
    (k) added......................................................32410
    (l) added; eff. 10-14-14.......................................48536
27.14 (a) and (e) amended; (m) and (n) removed.......................597
    (a), (f), (k), (r)(1), (4) and (6)(i) revised; (q)(7) and (s) 
added (OMB number pending in part).................................32411
    (a), (f) and (k) amended; (t) added; eff. 10-14-14 (OMB number 
pending in part)...................................................48536
27.15 (d)(1)(i) and (2)(i) amended...................................597
    (d)(1)(i) and (2)(i) amended; (d)(1)(iii) and (2)(iii) revised
                                                                   32412
    (d)(1)(i) and (2)(i) amended; (d)(1)(iii) and (2)(iii) 
revised; eff. 10-14-14.............................................48537
27.17 Regulation at 78 FR 50256 eff. date confirmed.................3133
    Regulation at 79 FR 3133 eff. date confirmed....................7587
    Revised (OMB number pending in part)...........................32412

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    Heading, (a) introductory text, (1), (b) and (c) revised; eff. 
10-14-14 (OMB number pending in part)..............................48538
27.19 Added; eff. 10-14-14 (OMB number pending in part)............48538
27.20 (a) revised....................................................597
27.50 (b) introductory text, (2) through (6), (7) introductory 
        text, (i), (8), (9), (10), (12) and (c)(5)(i) revised; 
        table 1 and 4 amended........................................597
    (d)(1)(A), (B), (2)(A) and (B) correctly reinstated; CFR 
correction.........................................................17911
    (d) revised (OMB number pending in part).......................32413
    (c) introductory text, (5) introductory text, (9), (10), Table 
1 heading, Table 2 heading, Table 3 heading and Table 4 heading 
revised; eff. 10-14-14.............................................48538
    (d)(5) through (10) correctly added............................59138
27.53 (d) removed; (e) through (n) redesignated as (d) through 
        (m); new (d) introductory text, new (1), new (2) and new 
        (e) revised..................................................598
    (d) through (m) redesignated as (e) through (n); new (h)(1) 
revised............................................................32413
    (e)(6) tables amended..........................................39338
    (m)(4) and (6) revised.........................................41453
    (g) revised; eff. 10-14-14.....................................48539
27.55 (c) revised....................................................599
    (a)(1) revised.................................................32413
    (a)(2) revised; eff. 10-14-14..................................48539
27.57 (b) revised....................................................599
    (c) revised....................................................32413
    (b) revised; eff. 10-14-14.....................................48539
27.60 Introductory text, (a)(1)(iii), (b)(2)(ii) introductory 
        text, (A) and (C) revised; (b) introductory text and 
        (2)(i) amended...............................................599
27.70 (a) introductory text, (b)(1) and (2) amended..................599
27.75 Added........................................................32413
    (a)(2) added; eff. 10-14-14....................................48539
27.77 Added........................................................32413
27.303 (a) introductory text revised.................................599
27.501 Revised.......................................................600
27.1101--27.1190 (Subpart L) Heading revised.......................32413
27.1105 Added......................................................32413
27.1106 Added......................................................32413
27.1111 Revised....................................................32414
27.1131 Revised (OMB number pending)...............................32414
27.1132 Revised (OMB number pending)...............................32414
27.1134 (c) revised; (f) added (OMB number pending)................32414
27.1300--27.1301 (Subpart N) Added; eff. 10-14-14..................48539
36.3 (a), (b), (c), (d) introductory text and (e) revised..........36235
36.123 (a)(5) and (6) revised......................................36236
36.124 (c) and (d) revised.........................................36236
36.125 (h), (i) and (j) revised....................................36236
36.126 (b)(6) added; (c)(4), (e)(4) and (f)(2) revised.............36236
36.141 (c) revised.................................................36237
36.142 (c) revised.................................................36237
36.152 (d) revised.................................................36237
36.154 (g) revised.................................................36237
36.155 (b) revised.................................................36237
36.156 (c) revised.................................................36237
36.157 (b) revised.................................................36237
36.191 (d) revised.................................................36237
36.212 (c) revised.................................................36237
36.214 (a) revised.................................................36237
36.372 Revised.....................................................36238
36.374 (b) and (d) revised.........................................36238
36.375 (b)(4) and (5) revised......................................36238
36.377 (a) introductory text, (1)(ix), (2)(vii), (3)(vii), 
        (4)(vii), (5)(vii) and (6)(vii) revised....................36238
36.378 (b)(1) revised..............................................36239
36.379 (b)(1) and (2) revised......................................36239
36.380 (d) and (e) revised.........................................36239
36.381 (c) and (d) revised.........................................36239
36.382 (a) revised.................................................36239
36.601--36.631 (Subpart F) Removed.................................39188

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20 Authority citation revised......................................11838
    Policy statement...............................................66429
20.3 Amended.......................................................19850
20.18 (i) through (n) redesignated as (l) through (q); new (i), 
        (j) and (k) added; (h)(3) and new (m)(1) revised (OMB 
        number pending in part)....................................11838
    Regulation at 80 FR 11838 confirmed in part....................45897

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20.21 Regulation at 79 FR 70795 confirmed in part..................38653
20.22 (b)(4)(vii) removed; (b)(5) added............................61970
22.165 Regulation at 79 FR 72151 confirmed.........................23452
22.948 Regulation at 79 FR 72152 confirmed.........................23452
22.953 Regulation at 79 FR 72152 confirmed.........................23452
25.202 (f) introductory text revised; (i) and (j) added............38908
27 Policy statement................................................66429
27.14 Regulation at 79 FR 32411 confirmed in part...................4515
    Regulation at 79 FR 48536 confirmed in part....................55795
27.17 Regulation at 79 FR 32412 confirmed in part...................4515
    Regulation at 79 FR 48538 confirmed in part....................55795
27.19 Regulation at 79 FR 48538 confirmed in part..................55795
27.50 Regulation at 79 FR 32413 confirmed in part...................4515
27.53 (j) revised..................................................38908
27.803 (b)(4) revised..............................................38908
27.1002 (a) revised; eff. 11-17-15.................................56816
27.1104 (a) revised; eff. 11-17-15.................................56816
27.1106 (a) revised; eff. 11-17-15.................................56816
27.1131 Regulation at 79 FR 32414 confirmed.........................4515
27.1132 Regulation at 79 FR 32414 confirmed.........................4515
27.1134 Regulation at 79 FR 32414 confirmed.........................4515
27.1301 Revised; eff. 11-17-15.....................................56817
27.1310 Undesignated center heading and section added (OMB number 
        pending)...................................................71743
27.1320 Added (OMB number pending).................................73085

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20 Authority citation revised........................................183
20.3 Regulation at 80 FR 19850 confirmed...........................93638
20.19 (a)(1), (2), (3)(iv) and (b)(3)(i) revised.....................183
    (c)(1)(i)(C), (D), (2)(iii), (3)(iii), (iv), (d)(1)(ii)(D), 
(E), (2)(iii), (3)(iii), (iv) and (e)(3) added; eff. 10-3-16.......60633
25 Authority citation revised...............................55324, 86613
25.103 Amended.....................................................55324
25.105 Revised (OMB number pending)................................86613
25.108 Added.......................................................55324
25.110 (b) and (f) revised.........................................55325
25.111 Heading and (d) revised; (e) added..........................55325
25.112 Heading and (c) revised; (b) introductory text amended; (d) 
        added......................................................55326
25.113 Heading, (f), (g) and (h) revised; (i) added................55326
25.114 (a), (b), (c)(4)(vi)(D), (13), (d)(10), (15)(i), (iii) and 
        (iv) revised...............................................55326
25.115 Heading, (a)(2) introductory text, (iii) through (vii), 
        (c)(1), (2) introductory text, (i) introductory text, (e), 
        (g) introductory text, (1), (2), (i) and (k) revised; 
        (a)(2)(viii), (ix) and (h) removed; (c)(3) added; (c) and 
        (f) amended................................................55327
25.117 (h) added...................................................55328
25.118 (a), (b) and (e) revised....................................55329
25.119 (a) revised; (h), (i) and (j) added.........................55329
25.129 (c) revised.................................................55330
25.130 (b), (g) introductory text and note revised.................55330
25.131 (b) and (j)(2) revised......................................55330
25.132 Heading, (a) and (b) revised................................55330
25.133 (a)(2), (b)(1)(v), (vi) and (2) revised; (c) removed........55330
25.134 Removed.....................................................55331
25.136 Added (OMB number pending)..................................79937
25.137 Heading, (a) introductory text, (d) introductory text, (4), 
        (5), (e) and (f) revised...................................55331
    (g) revised....................................................75344
25.138 Heading, (a) introductory text, (1) through (4) and (b) 
        revised; (a)(5) added; (c), (d), (e) and (g) removed.......55331
25.140 Heading, (a) and (b)(3) revised; (d) added..................55332
25.142 (a)(5) removed..............................................55333
25.143 (a) and (b)(2) introductory text revised; (b)(3), (c), (e) 
        and (g) removed; (f) and (h) redesignated as new (c) and 
        (d)........................................................55333

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25.145 Heading and (e) revised; (f), (g) and (h) removed...........55333
25.146 Heading and (a)(2) heading revised; (a)(1)(i) amended; (m) 
        removed....................................................55333
25.147 Removed.....................................................55333
25.151 Heading, (a)(1), (7) and (8) revised; (a)(9), (10) and (11) 
        added......................................................55333
25.152 Removed.....................................................55333
25.155 (a) amended; (b) and (c) revised............................55333
25.156 (b) removed; (d)(1) through (5) revised.....................55333
25.157 Heading, (a), (b), (c) introductory text and (g)(1) 
        revised; (g)(2) amended....................................55334
    (e) revised; (g)(3) removed....................................75344
25.158 Heading, (a), (b) introductory text, (2), (c) and (d) 
        introductory text revised..................................55334
25.159 (a) removed.................................................55334
25.163 (a)(3) revised..............................................55334
25.164 (a), (b), (f) and (g) revised; (c), (d) and (e) removed.....55334
25.165 Heading, (a)(1), (2), (3), (c) and (e) revised; (a) 
        introductory text amended; (d) removed; (f) and (g) added 
                                                                   55335
25.202 (a)(1) table and footnotes and (g) revised..................55335
    (a)(1) table footnotes 1 and 7 revised.........................79937
25.203 (c)(6) added; (f) amended; (g)(1) and (j) revised...........55336
25.204 (e)(1) amended..............................................55336
25.205 Revised.....................................................55336
25.209 (a), (b), (c), (e), (f) and (h) revised.....................55336
25.210 (a) removed; (i) revised....................................55338
25.211 Heading, (b), (d)(2), (3) and (e) revised; (a) removed......55338
25.212 Heading, (c), (d) and (e) revised; (g) and (h) added........55338
25.218 Revised.....................................................55339
25.220 Heading, (a), (b) and (d)(2) revised; (d)(1)(i) removed.....55341
25.221 Heading, (a)(1)(i), (2), (3), (b) introductory text, (1) 
        introductory text, (2) and (3) revised; (b)(1)(i) and (ii) 
        removed....................................................55342
25.222 Heading, (a)(1)(i), (2), (3), (b) introductory text, (1) 
        introductory text, (2) and (3) revised; (b)(1)(i) and (ii) 
        removed....................................................55343
25.223 (b), (c) and (d) revised....................................55344
25.226 Heading, (a)(1)(i), (2), (3), (b) introductory text, (1) 
        introductory text, (2) and (3) revised; (b)(1)(i) and (ii) 
        removed....................................................55345
25.227 Heading, (a)(1)(i), (2), (3), (b) introductory text, (1) 
        introductory text, (2) and (3) revised; (b)(1)(i) and (ii) 
        removed....................................................55347
25.257 Heading revised; (e) amended................................55348
25.258 Heading revised; (b) amended................................55348
25.264 Heading, (a) introductory text, (5), (b) introductory text, 
        (2)(ii) and (d) introductory text revised; (a)(6) and 
        (b)(4) added; (b)(1), (3), (c) and (d)(1)(ii) amended......55348
25.271 (c)(5) revised; (g) added...................................55349
25.275 (e) added...................................................55349
25.281 (b) introductory text corrected.............................33601
25.283 (c) revised.................................................55349
25.288 Added.......................................................55349
25.301 (Subpart E) Added...........................................90745
25.601 Amended.....................................................10122
25.701 Heading, (d) introductory text, (2), (e)(3) and (f)(6) 
        revised; (d)(3) removed (OMB number pending)...............10122
    Regulation at 81 FR 10122 eff. date confirmed..................33140
25.702 Added (OMB number pending)..................................10122
    Regulation at 81 FR 10122 eff. date confirmed..................33140
27.4 Amended........................................................4975
27.19 Redesignated as 27.1321.......................................4975
27.1300 Undesignated center heading added...........................4975
27.1320 Undesignated center heading added...........................4975
    Regulation at 80 FR 73085 confirmed............................38965
27.1321 Redesignated from 27.19.....................................4975
30 Added...........................................................79937
30.8 OMB number pending............................................79937

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20.18 (c) revised...................................................7707
    (a) revised; (r) added (OMB number pending in part)............22760
    Regulation at 82 FR 7707 confirmed.............................60562
20.23 Added........................................................22761
    Regulation at 82 FR 22761 eff. date confirmed..................48773
22.99 Amended......................................................17581
22.131 (b)(1), (c)(3)(i) and (4)(i) removed; (b)(2), (3), (4), 
        (c)(3)(ii), (iii), (4)(ii), (iii) and (iv) redesignated as 
        (b)(1), (2), (3), (c)(3)(i), (ii), (4)(i), (ii) and (iii); 
        eff. 10-2-17...............................................41547
22.169 Revised.....................................................17582
22.317 Amended (OMB number pending)................................17582
    Removed (OMB number pending)...................................41547
    Regulation at 82 FR 17582 confirmed............................55766
22.513 (f) and (g) removed; eff. 10-2-17...........................41547
22.907 Introductory text revised...................................17582
22.911 Introductory text, (a) heading, introductory text, (b) 
        heading, (1) and (d); (c) added; (e) removed (OMB number 
        pending in part)...........................................17582
    Regulation at 82 FR 17582 confirmed in part....................55766
22.913 Revised (OMB number pending in part)........................17582
    Regulation at 82 FR 17582 confirmed in part....................55766
22.917 (b) revised.................................................17583
22.935 Removed.....................................................17583
22.936 Removed.....................................................17583
22.939 Removed.....................................................17583
22.940 Removed.....................................................17583
22.943 Removed.....................................................17583
22.947 Added (OMB number pending)..................................17583
    Removed (OMB number pending)...................................41547
    Regulation at 82 FR 17583 confirmed............................55766
22.953 (c) revised (OMB number pending)............................17584
    Regulation at 82 FR 17584 confirmed............................55766
22.955 Removed.....................................................17584
22.957 Removed.....................................................17584
24.16 Removed; eff. 10-2-17........................................41547
24.104 (f) and (g) removed; eff. 10-2-17...........................41547
24.714 (e) removed; eff. 10-2-17...................................41547
25 Actions on petitions............................................32260
    Authority citation revised..............................37029, 59984
25.105 Regulation at 81 FR 86613 eff. date confirmed...............18580
25.108 (b)(2) through (5) redesignated as (b)(3) through (6); new 
        (b)(2) added...............................................37029
    (b) redesignated as (c); new (b) added.........................40494
    (c)(6) removed; (c)(2) through (5) redesignated as (c)(4) 
through (7); new (c)(2), new (3), (8), and (9) added; (a) revised 
                                                                   59984
25.114 (c)(8) and (d)(12) revised (OMB number pending).............59984
25.115 (c)(1) introductory text, (e), and (f) revised (OMB number 
        pending)...................................................59984
25.136 Regulation at 81 FR 79937 eff. date confirmed...............25205
25.142 (d) removed.................................................59985
25.143 (d) removed.................................................59985
25.145 Removed.....................................................59985
25.146 Revised (OMB number pending)................................59985
25.149 (g) redesignated as (h); (a)(1), note, (c)(3) and (e) 
        revised; (c)(4) and new (g) added (OMB number pending)......8818
    Regulation at 82 FR 8818 eff. date confirmed...................58759
25.151 (b)(10) and (11) amended; (a)(12) added.....................59985
25.156 (d)(5) removed..............................................59985
25.157 (b) revised.................................................59985
25.161 (a) revised; (d) added......................................59985
25.164 (a), (b), and (g) revised (OMB number pending)..............59985
25.165 (c) revised; (d) added......................................59986
25.202 (a)(12) added...............................................27213
    (a)(1) revised.................................................59986
25.203 (m) added...................................................37029
25.208 Heading and (c) introductory text revised; (e) and (g) 
        through (m) removed........................................59986
25.217 (b)(1) and (c)(1) revised...................................59986
25.254 (e) added....................................................8819
25.261 Revised.....................................................59986
25.271 (e) removed.................................................59986

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25.281 (b) introductory text and (1) revised; (b) Note 1 added.....40494
25.289 Added.......................................................59986
27.1 (b)(14) amended...............................................47160
27.5 (l) revised...................................................47160
27.6 (l) revised...................................................47160
27.11 (k) revised..................................................47160
27.14 Heading revised; (b) through (f), (q)(7), (r)(6), (s)(6) and 
        (t)(6) removed (OMB number pending in part)................41548
27.15 (d) removed; eff. 10-2-17....................................41548
27.17 Removed (OMB number pending).................................41548
30.105 (d) removed; eff. 10-2-17...................................41548
30.106 Removed (OMB number pending)................................41548
32 Authority citation revised; eff. 1-1-18.........................20840
32.1 Revised (OMB number pending)..................................20840
    Regulation at 82 FR 20840 eff. date confirmed..................59971
32.3 Removed; eff. 1-1-18..........................................20840
32.11 Heading and (a) revised; (b) through (f) removed; (g) added; 
        eff. 1-1-18................................................20840
32.26 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.........................................20840
32.101 (c) revised; eff. 1-1-18....................................20840
32.103 Revised; eff. 1-1-18........................................20840
32.2000 (a)(4) removed; (b)(1), (2)(iii), (c)(2)(x), (f)(2)(iii) 
        and (j) revised; (e)(8) added; eff. 1-1-18.................20840
32.2110 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20841
32.2210 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20841
32.2230 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20841
32.2310 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20841
32.2410 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20841
32.2680 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20841
32.2682 (c) amended; eff. 1-1-18...................................20841
32.2690 (b) removed; eff. 1-1-18...................................20841
32.3000 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20841
32.3400 (a) introductory text revised; eff. 1-1-18.................20842
32.3999 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20842
32.4999 (f) and (n) revised; eff. 1-1-18...........................20842
32.5000 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20842
32.5200 Introductory text revised; eff. 1-1-18.....................20842
32.5999 (g) revised; eff. 1-1-18...................................20842
32.6110 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20842
32.6120 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20842
32.6230 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20842
32.6310 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20842
32.6410 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20842
32.6510 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20842
32.6530 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20843
32.6560 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20843
32.6610 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20843
32.6620 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20843
32.6999 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20843
32.7200 Revised; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20843
32.9000 Amended; eff. 1-1-18.......................................20843
36.3 (a), (b), (c), (d) introductory text and (e) amended..........25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.123 (a)(5) and (6) amended......................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.124 (c) and (d) amended.........................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.125 (h) and (i) amended.........................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.126 (b)(6), (c)(4), (e)(4) and (f)(2) amended...................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
    (a)(1), (2), (8), (d)(1), (e)(1), and (3)(iii) revised; (b)(4) 
amended............................................................48776
36.141 (c) amended.................................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.142 (c) amended.................................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.152 (d) amended.................................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.154 (g) amended.................................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.155 (b) amended.................................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.156 (c) amended.................................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.157 (b) amended.................................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.191 (d) amended.................................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.212 (c) amended.................................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.214 (a) amended.................................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.372 Amended.....................................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.374 (b) and (d) amended.........................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.375 (b)(4) and (5) amended......................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.377 (a) introductory text, (1)(ix), (2)(vii), (3)(vii), 
        (4)(vii), (5)(vii) and (6)(vii) amended....................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.378 (b)(1) amended..............................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489

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36.379 (b)(1) and (2) amended......................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.380 (d) and (e) amended.........................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.381 (c) and (d) amended.........................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489
36.382 (a) amended.................................................25538
    Correctly amended..............................................32489

                                  2018

47 CFR
                                                                   83 FR
                                                                    Page
Chapter I
20.3 Amended.................................................7401, 17090
20.3 Amended (OMB number pending)...................................7922
20.3 Regulation at 83 FR 7922 eff. 6-11-18.........................21927
20.7 Removed........................................................7401
20.9 Removed........................................................7401
20.18 (m)(4)(vii) revised; eff. 10-4-18............................44843
20.18 Regulation at 68 FR 2918 eff. 11-2-18........................55106
20.19 (b)(1), (2), (e)(1)(iii)(B), (C), (f)(1), (k)(2), and (l) 
        revised; (e)(1)(iii)(D) added...............................8631
20.19 (c)(4)(ii), (d)(4)(ii), (e)(1)(i), (h), (i)(1), (3), and (4) 
        revised; (m) added.........................................63105
20.21 (a) introductory text and (g) revised; (a)(5) and (6) 
        amended; (a)(7) added......................................17090
22.3 Removed.......................................................37763
22.301 Removed.....................................................37763
22.303 Removed.....................................................37763
22.303 Regulation at 83 FR 37763 eff. date confirmed...............66145
22.321 Removed.....................................................37763
22.325 Removed.....................................................37763
22.927 Removed.....................................................37763
25 Policy statement..................................40155, 42043, 44416
25.103 Amended.....................................................34489
25.114 Regulation at 82 FR 59984 eff. date confirmed...............22391
    (d)(7) revised; (d)(17) removed................................34489
25.115 Regulation at 82 FR 59984 eff. date confirmed...............22391
    (e)(1) and (g)(1)(vii) revised.................................34489
25.130 (b) and (g) note revised.......................................63
25.136 Heading, (a) introductory text, (4), (c), and (d) revised; 
        (e) and (f) added (OMB number pending)........................63
    (g) added (OMB number pending).................................34489
25.138 Heading, (a) introductory text, and (6) revised.............34490
25.140 (a)(2), (3) introductory text, (iv), (b) introductory text, 
        (3), (4), (5), and (d) introductory text revised; 
        (a)(3)(vi) added; (b)(6) and (c) removed...................34490
25.146 Regulation at 82 FR 59985 eff. date confirmed...............22391
25.164 Regulation at 82 FR 59985 eff. date confirmed...............22391
25.203 (l) removed.................................................34491
25.204 (e) introductory text, (1), and (3) revised; (e)(4) removed
                                                                   34491
25.209 (f) revised.................................................34491
25.210 (i) revised.................................................34491
25.220 Amended; CFR correction.....................................11146
    (a) revised....................................................34491
25.223 Removed.....................................................34491
25.262 Revised.....................................................34491
27.20 Removed.......................................................5544
27.1310 Regulation at 80 FR 71743 eff. 10-22-18....................53190
30 Policy statement................................................44416
30.4 (a), (b), and (c) redesignated as (b), (c), and (d); new (a) 
        and (e) added.................................................65
30.6 (b) revised......................................................65
30.8 Removed..........................................................65
30.104 (a) revised....................................................65
    (b) through (e) redesignated as (c) through (f); new (b) 
added; heading, new (c), new (e), and new (f) revised..............34492
30.208 Revised.....................................................34492
32.1 Revised.......................................................67121
32.11 (g) revised..................................................67121
36 Authority citation revised......................................63584
36.3 (a), (b), (c), (d) introductory text, and (e) amended..........4153
36.3 (a) and (b) amended...........................................63587
36.112 Revised.....................................................63584
36.121 (a) table revised; (c)(1)(i) amended........................63584
36.123 (a)(5) and (6) amended................................4153, 63587
36.124 (c) and (d) amended..........................................4153
36.124 (a) amended; (c) revised....................................63584
36.124 (d) amended.................................................63587
36.125 (h) and (i) amended...................................4153, 63587
36.125 (a) introductory text and (h) amended.......................63585
36.126 (b)(6), (c)(4), (e)(4), and (f)(2) amended...................4153

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36.126 (a) introductory text, (b) introductory text, (5), and (6) 
        amended....................................................63585
36.126 (b)(5), (6), (c)(4), (e)(4), and (f)(2) amended.............63587
36.141 (c) amended...........................................4153, 63587
36.142 (c) amended...........................................4153, 63587
36.152 (d) amended...........................................4153, 63587
36.154 (g) amended..................................................4153
36.154 (b) amended.................................................63585
36.155 (b) amended..................................................4153
36.156 (c) amended..................................................4153
36.157 (b) amended...........................................4153, 63587
36.191 (d) amended...........................................4153, 63587
36.201 (a) redesignated as undesignated introductory text; new 
        introductory text amended..................................63585
36.211 (a) redesignated as undesignated introductory text; new 
        introductory text table amended............................63585
36.212 (c) amended..................................................4153
36.212 Heading revised.............................................63585
36.214 (a) amended..................................................4153
36.301 (a) redesignated as undesignated introductory text; new 
        introductory text amended..................................63585
36.302 (c)(1) introductory text and (i) revised....................63586
36.310 (a) table revised...........................................63586
36.311 Heading revised.............................................63586
36.321 Heading, (a) table, (b) revised.............................63586
36.331 Heading revised.............................................63586
36.341 Heading revised.............................................63586
36.351 Revised.....................................................63586
36.352 Heading revised.............................................63587
36.353 Heading revised.............................................63587
36.371 Table amended...............................................63587
36.372 Amended......................................................4153
36.372 Heading revised.............................................63587
36.374 (b) and (d) amended..........................................4153
36.374 (b) amended.................................................63587
36.375 (b)(4) and (5) amended................................4153, 63587
36.377 (a) introductory text, (1)(ix), (2)(vii), (3)(vii), 
        (4)(vii), (5)(vii), and (6)(vii) amended.............4153, 63587
36.378 (b)(1) amended........................................4153, 63587
36.379 (b)(1) and (2) amended.......................................4153
36.379 (b)(1) amended..............................................63587
36.380 (d) and (e) amended...................................4153, 63587
36.381 (c) and (d) amended..........................................4153
36.381 (c) amended.................................................63587
36.382 (a) amended...........................................4153, 63587
36.392 (c) revised.................................................63587
36.411 Revised.....................................................63587
36.501 Table amended...............................................63587
36.505 Heading revised; (a) redesignated as undesignated text......63587

                                  2019

  (Regulations published from January 1, 2019, through October 1, 2019)

47 CFR
                                                                   84 FR
                                                                    Page
Chapter I
20.19 (m) removed..................................................37592
25 Regulation 83 FR 42043 eff. date confirmed......................13141
25 Notification....................................................22733
25.130 (b)(4) revised..............................................20819
25.136 Regulation at 83 FR 63 eff. date confirmed...................2462
25.136 Regulation at 83 FR 34489 eff. date confirmed................2462
25.136 Heading, (e), (f), and (g) revised; (c)(2) and (d)(4)(ii) 
        amended; (h) added.........................................20819
25.136 (h) removed.................................................47147
25.701 (f)(6)(i)(D) added; eff. 10-29-19...........................45668
27 Policy statement.................................................8443
27 Actions on petitions............................................26363
27.53 (j)(1) and (k) revised.......................................23499
30 Authority citation revised......................................20820
30 Policy statement................................................43046
30.4 (b), (c), (d), and (e) redesignated as (c), (d), (f), and 
        (g); new (d)(1), new (f), and new (g) revised...............1631
30.205 (a) Table 2 and Table 3 amended.............................18405
30.205 (b) table designated as (b) table 4; new (b) table 4 
        amended; (c) added.........................................20820
32.1410 (l) and (m) added; eff. 1-1-20..............................4729
32.2680 Revised; eff. 1-1-20........................................4729
32.2681 Heading, (a), and (c) revised; eff. 1-1-20..................4729
32.2682 (a) revised; eff. 1-1-20....................................4730
32.3400 (a)(1) and (b) revised; eff. 1-1-20.........................4730
32.3410 Heading, (a), and (b) revised; eff. 1-1-20..................4730
32.4130 (c) revised; eff. 1-1-20....................................4730
32.4200 (a)(5) revised; (a)(9) added; eff. 1-1-20...................4730
32.4300 (c) added; eff. 1-1-20......................................4730

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32.7500 (e) revised; eff. 1-1-20....................................4730
36.3 (b) revised; (a), (c), (d) introductory text, and (e) 
        amended; eff. date delayed in part..........................4360
36.3 Regulation at 84 FR 4360 eff. 3-1-19...........................6977
36.123 (a)(5) and (6) amended.......................................4360
36.124 (c) and (d) amended..........................................4360
36.125 (h) and (i) amended..........................................4360
36.126 (b)(6), (c)(4), (e)(4), and (f)(2) amended...................4360
36.141 (c) amended..................................................4360
36.142 (c) amended..................................................4360
36.152 (d) amended..................................................4360
36.154 (g) amended..................................................4360
36.155 (b) amended..................................................4360
36.156 (c) amended..................................................4360
36.157 (b) amended..................................................4360
36.191 (d) amended..................................................4360
36.212 (c) amended..................................................4360
36.214 (a) amended..................................................4360
36.372 Amended......................................................4360
36.374 (b) and (d) amended..........................................4360
36.375 (b)(4) and (5) amended.......................................4360
36.377 (a) introductory text, (1)(ix), (2)(vii), (3)(vii), 
        (4)(vii), (5)(vii), and (6)(vii) amended....................4360
36.378 (b)(1) amended...............................................4360
36.379 (b)(1) and (2) amended.......................................4360
36.380 (d) and (e) amended..........................................4360
36.381 (c) and (d) amended..........................................4360
36.382 (a) amended..................................................4360


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