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Federal Communications Commission Pt. 101

monetary purchase price, but also anyfuture, contingent, in-kind, or otherconsideration.

PART 101—FIXED MICROWAVESERVICES

Subpart A—General

Sec.101.1 Scope and authority.101.3 Definitions.

Subpart B—Applications and Licenses

GENERAL FILING REQUIREMENTS

101.4 Transition plan.101.5 Station authorization required.101.7 Eligibility for station license.101.9 Formal and informal applications.101.11 Filing of applications, fees, and num-

ber of copies.101.13 Application forms and requirements

for private operational fixed stations.101.15 Application forms for common carrier

fixed stations.101.17 [Reserved]101.19 General application requirements.101.21 Technical content of applications.101.23 Waiver of rules.101.25 Inconsistent or conflicting applica-

tions.101.27 Repetitious applications.101.29 Amendment of pending applications.101.31 Special temporary, temporary, and

conditional authorizations.101.33 Who may sign applications.

PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS

101.35 Preliminary processing of applica-tions.

101.37 Public notice period.101.39 Dismissal and return of applications.101.41 Ownership changes and agreements to

amend or dismiss applications or plead-ings.

101.43 Opposition to applications.101.45 Mutually exclusive applications.101.47 Consideration of applications.101.51 Comparative evaluation of mutually

exclusive applications.

LICENSE TRANSFERS, MODIFICATIONS,CONDITIONS AND FORFEITURES

101.53 Assignment or transfer of station au-thorization.

101.55 Considerations involving transfer orassignment applications.

101.57 Modification of station license.101.59 Processing of applications for facility

minor modifications.101.61 Certain modifications not requiring

prior authorization.101.63 Period of construction; certification

of completion of construction.

101.65 Forfeiture and termination of stationauthorizations.

101.67 License period.

POLICIES GOVERNING MICROWAVE RELOCATIONFROM THE 1850–1990 AND 2110–2200 MHZ BANDS

101.69 Transition of the 1850–1990 MHz, 2110–2150 MHz, and 2160–2200 MHz bands fromthe fixed microwave services to personalcommunications services and emergingtechnologies.

101.71 Voluntary negotiations.101.73 Mandatory negotiations.101.75 Involuntary relocation procedures.101.77 Public safety licensees in the 1850–

1990 MHz, 2110–2150 MHz, and 2160–2200MHz bands.

101.79 Sunset provisions for licensees in the1850–1990 MHz, 2110–2150 MHz, and 2150–2160 MHz bands.

101.81 Future licensing in the 1850–1990 MHz,2110–2150 MHz, and 2160–2200 MHz bands.

Subpart C—Technical Standards

101.101 Frequency availability.101.103 Frequency coordination procedures.101.105 Interference protection criteria.101.107 Frequency tolerance.101.109 Bandwidth.101.111 Emission limitations.101.113 Transmitter power limitations.101.115 Directional antennas.101.117 Antenna polarization.101.119 Simultaneous use of common an-

tenna structures.101.121 Marking of antenna structures.101.123 Quiet zones.101.125 Temporary fixed antenna height re-

strictions.101.127 Topographical data.101.129 Transmitter location.101.131 Transmitter construction and instal-

lation.101.133 Limitations on use of transmitters.101.135 Shared use of radio stations and the

offering of private carrier service.101.137 Interconnection of private oper-

ational fixed point-to-point microwavestations.

101.139 Authorization of transmitters.101.141 Microwave modulation.101.143 Minimum path length requirements.101.145 Interference to geostationary-sat-

ellites.101.147 Frequency assignments.101.149 Special requirements for operation

in the band 38,600–40,000 MHz.101.151 Use of signal boosters.

Subpart D—Operational Requirements

101.201 Station inspection.101.203 Communications concerning safety

of life and property.101.205 Operation during emergency.101.207 Suspension of transmission.

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101.209 Operation of stations at temporaryfixed locations for communication be-tween the United States and Canada orMexico.

101.211 Operator requirements.101.213 Station identification.101.215 Posting of station authorization and

transmitter identification cards, plates,or signs.

101.217 Station records.

Subpart E—Miscellaneous Common CarrierProvisions

101.301 National defense; free service.101.303 Answers to notices of violation.101.305 Discontinuance, reduction or impair-

ment of service.101.307 Tariffs, reports, and other material

required to be submitted to the Commis-sion.

101.309 Requirement that licensees respondto official communications.

101.311 Equal employment opportunities.

Subpart F—Developmental Authorizations

101.401 Eligibility.101.403 Scope of service.101.405 Adherence to program of research

and development.101.407 Special procedure for the develop-

ment of a new service or for the use offrequencies not in accordance with theprovisions of the rules in this part.

101.409 Terms of grant; general limitations.101.411 Supplementary showing required.101.413 Developmental report required.

Subpart G—Digital Electronic MessageService

101.501 Eligibility.101.503 Digital Electronic Message Service

Nodal Stations.101.505 Frequencies.101.507 Frequency stability.101.509 Interference protection criteria.101.511 Purpose and permissible service.101.513 Transmitter power.101.515 Emissions and bandwidth.101.517 Antennas.101.519 Interconnection.101.521 Spectrum utilization.

Subpart H—Private Operational FixedPoint-to-Point Microwave Service

101.601 Eligibility.101.603 Permissible communications.

Subpart I—Common Carrier Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave Service

101.701 Eligibility.101.703 Permissible communications.101.705 Renewal of station licenses.

Subpart J—Local Television TransmissionService

101.801 Eligibility.101.803 Frequencies.101.805 Assignment of frequencies to mobile

stations.101.807 Transmitter power.101.809 Bandwidth and emission limitations.101.811 Modulation requirements.101.813 Remote control operation of mobile

television pickup stations.101.815 Stations at temporary fixed loca-

tions.101.817 Notification of station operation at

temporary locations.101.819 Stations affected by coordination

contour procedures.

Subpart K [Reserved]

Subpart L—Local Multipoint DistributionService

101.1001 Eligibility.101.1003 LMDS eligibility restrictions for in-

cumbent LECs and cable companies.101.1005 Frequencies available.101.1007 Geographic service areas and num-

ber of licenses.101.1009 System operations.101.1011 Construction requirements and cri-

teria for renewal expectancy.101.1013 Permissible communications serv-

ices.101.1015 Application form and contents.101.1017 Requesting regulatory status.

Subpart M—Competitive BiddingProcedures for LMDS

101.1101 LMDS service subject to competi-tive bidding.

101.1102 Competitive bidding design forLMDS.

101.1103 Competitive bidding mechanisms.101.1104 Bidding application (FCC Forms 175

and 175–S).101.1105 Submission of payments.101.1106 Long-form application (FCC Form

600).101.1107 Bidding credits for very small busi-

nesses, small businesses and entre-preneurs; unjust enrichment.

101.1108 Installment payments for licenseswon by small businesses and entitieswith average gross revenues of not morethan $75 million.

101.1109 Certifications, disclosures, recordsmaintenance and audits.

101.1110 Petitions to deny.101.1111 Procedures for partitioned licenses.101.1112 Definitions.

AUTHORITY: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303.

SOURCE: 61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, unlessotherwise noted.


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Federal Communications Commission § 101.3

Subpart A—General

§ 101.1 Scope and authority.(a) The purpose of the rules in this

part is to prescribe the manner inwhich portions of the radio spectrummay be made available for privateoperational, common carrier, andLocal Multipoint Distribution Servicefixed, microwave operations that re-quire transmitting facilities on land orin specified offshore coastal areas with-in the continental shelf.

(b) The rules in this part are issuedpursuant to the authority contained inTitles I through III of the Communica-tions Act of 1934, as amended, whichvest authority in the Federal Commu-nications Commission to regulate com-mon carriers of interstate and foreigncommunications, to regulate radiotransmissions and issue licenses forradio stations, and to regulate allinterstate and foreign communicationsby wire and radio necessary to the ac-complishment of the purposes of theAct.

[61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, as amended at 62FR 23163, Apr. 29, 1997]

§ 101.3 Definitions.As used in this part:Antenna power gain. The ratio of the

maximum radiation intensity to thatof an isotropic (omnidirectional) radi-ator in the far field of its main (for-ward direction) lobe.

Antenna power input. The radio fre-quency peak or RMS power, as the casemay be, supplied to the antenna fromthe antenna transmission line and itsassociated impedance matching net-work.

Antenna structure. The antenna, itssupporting structure and anything at-tached to it.

Assigned frequency. The center of thefrequency band assigned to a station.

Assigned frequency bandwidth. Thefrequency band within which the emis-sion of a station is authorized; thewidth of the band equals the necessarybandwidth plus twice the absolutevalue of the frequency tolerance.

Authorized bandwidth. The maximumbandwidth authorized to be used by astation as specified in the station li-cense. (See § 2.202 of this chapter)

Authorized frequency. The frequency,or frequency range, assigned to a sta-tion by the Commission and specifiedin the instrument of authorization.

Authorized power. The maximumpower a station is permitted to use.This power is specified by the Commis-sion in the station’s authorization.

Automatic Transmitter Power Control(ATPC). ATPC is a feature of a digitalmicrowave radio system that adjuststhe transmitter output power. ATPCallows the transmitter to operate atless than maximum power for most ofthe time. In a radio employing ATPC,the transmit power is reduced duringnormal operation conditions. When thereceiver detects a reduction in signallevel, a control signal is sent to the farend transmitter, instructing it to in-crease the power output to compensatefor the signal reduction. The poweroutput is limited to the licensed (maxi-mum) transmit power. Guidelines foruse of ATPC are set forth in the TIATelecommunications Systems BulletinTSB 10, ‘‘Interference Criteria forMicrowave Systems (TSB 10).’’

Bandwidth occupied by an emission.The band of frequencies comprising 99percent of the total radiated power ex-tended to include any discrete fre-quency on which the power is at least0.25 percent of the total radiatedpower.

Bit rate. The rate of transmission ofinformation in binary (two state) formin bits per unit time.

Carrier. In a frequency stabilized sys-tem, the sinusoidal component of amodulated wave whose frequency isindependent of the modulating wave; orthe output of a transmitter when themodulating wave is made zero; or awave generated at a point in the trans-mitting system and subsequently mod-ulated by the signal; or a wave gen-erated locally at the receiving termi-nal which when combined with the sidebands in a suitable detector, producesthe modulating wave.

Carrier frequency. The output of atransmitter when the modulating waveis made zero.

Central office. A landline terminationcenter used for switching and inter-connection of public message commu-nication circuits.


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Common carrier fixed point-to-pointmicrowave service. A common carrierpublic radio service rendered on micro-wave frequencies by fixed and tem-porary fixed stations between pointsthat lie within the United States or be-tween points to its possessions or topoints in Canada or Mexico.

Communication common carrier. Anyperson engaged in rendering commu-nication service for hire to the public.

Control point. An operating positionat which an operator responsible forthe operation of the transmitter is sta-tioned and which is under the controland supervision of the licensee.

Control station. A fixed station, thetransmissions of which are used to con-trol automatically the emissions or op-erations of a radio station, or a remotebase station transmitter.

Coordination area. The area associ-ated with a station outside of whichanother station sharing the same oradjacent frequency band neither causesnor is subject to interfering emissionsgreater than a permissible level.

Coordination contour. The line enclos-ing the coordination area.

Coordination distance. The distance ona given azimuth from a station beyondwhich another station neither causesnor is subject to interfering emissionsgreater than a permissible level.

Digital Electronic Message Nodal Sta-tion. A fixed point-to-multipoint radiostation in a Digital Electronic MessageService providing two-way communica-tion with Digital Electronic MessageUser Stations.

Digital Electronic Message Service. Atwo-way end-to-end fixed radio serviceutilizing digital termination systemsfor the exchange of digital informa-tion. This service may also make use ofpoint-to-point microwave facilities,satellite facilities or other communica-tions media to interconnect digital ter-mination systems to comprise a net-work.

Digital Electronic Message User Station.Any one of the fixed microwave radiostations located at users’ premises,lying within the coverage area of aDigital Electronic Message Nodal Sta-tion, and providing two-way digitalcommunications with the Digital Elec-tronic Message Nodal Station.

Digital modulation. The process bywhich some characteristic (frequency,phase, amplitude or combinationsthereof) of a carrier frequency is variedin accordance with a digital signal,e.g., one consisting of coded pulses orstates.

Drop point. A term used in the point-to-point microwave radio service todesignate a terminal point where serv-ice is rendered to a subscriber.

Earth station. A station located eitheron the Earth’s surface or within themajor portion of Earth’s atmosphereand intended for communication:

(1) With one or more space stations;or

(2) With one or more stations of thesame kind by means of one or more re-flecting satellites or other objects inspace.

Effective Radiated Power (ERP). Theproduct of the power supplied to theantenna and its gain relative to a half-wave dipole in a given direction.

Equivalent Isotropically RadiatedPower (EIRP). The product of the powersupplied to the antenna and the an-tenna gain in a given direction relativeto an isotropic antenna.

Exchange. A unit of a communicationcompany or companies for the adminis-tration of communication service in aspecified area, which usually embracesa city, town, or village and its envi-rons, and consisting of one or morecentral offices, together with the asso-ciated plant, used in furnishing com-munication service in that area.

Exchange area. The geographic areaincluded within the boundaries of anexchange.

Fixed satellite earth station. An earthstation intended to be used at a speci-fied fixed point.

Fixed relay station. A fixed station as-sociated with one or more stations, es-tablished to receive radio signals di-rected to it and to retransmit themautomatically on a fixed service fre-quency.

Fixed service. A radio communica-tions service between specified fixedpoints.

Fixed station. A station in the fixedservice.

Frequency tolerance. The maximumpermissible departure by the center


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frequency of the frequency band occu-pied by an emission from the assignedfrequency or, by the characteristic fre-quency of an emission from the ref-erence frequency.

NOTE: The frequency tolerance is expressedas a percentage or in Hertzs.

General communication. Two-wayvoice communication, through a basestation, between:

(1) A common carrier land mobile orairborne station and a landline tele-phone station connected to a publicmessage landline telephone system;

(2) Two common carrier land mobilestations;

(3) Two common carrier airborne sta-tions;

(4) A common carrier land mobilestation and a common carrier airbornestation.

Harmful interference. Interferencethat endangers the functioning of aradionavigation service or of othersafety services or seriously degrades,obstructs or repeatedly interrupts aradiocommunication service operatingin accordance with these regulations.

Internodal link. A point-to-point com-munications link used to provide com-munications between nodal stations orto interconnect nodal stations to othercommunications media.

Landing area. A landing area meansany locality, either of land or water,including airports and intermediatelanding fields, which is used, or ap-proved for use for the landing and take-off of aircraft, whether or not facilitiesare provided for the shelter, servicing,or repair of aircraft, or for receiving ordischarging passengers or cargo.

Local Multipoint Distribution ServiceBackbone Link. A point-to-point radioservice link in a Local Multipoint Dis-tribution Service System that is usedto interconnect Local Multipoint Dis-tribution Service Hub Stations witheach other or with the public switchedtelephone network.

Local Multipoint Distribution ServiceHub Station. A fixed point-to-point orpoint-to-multipoint radio station in aLocal Multipoint Distribution ServiceSystem that provides one-way or two-way communication with LocalMultipoint Distribution Service Sub-scriber Stations.

Local Multipoint Distribution ServiceSubscriber Station. Any one of the fixedmicrowave radio stations located atusers’ premises, lying within the cov-erage area of a Local Multipoint Dis-tribution Service Hub Station, capableof receiving one-way communicationsfrom or providing two-way communica-tions with the Local Multipoint Dis-tribution Service Hub Station.

Local Multipoint Distribution ServiceSystem. A fixed point-to-point or point-to-multipoint radio system consistingof Local Multipoint Distribution Serv-ice Hub Stations and their associatedLocal Multipoint Distribution ServiceSubscriber Stations.

Local television transmission service. Apublic radio communication service forthe transmission of television materialand related communications.

Long haul system. A microwave sys-tem licensed under this part in whichthe longest radio circuit of tandemradio paths exceeds 402 kilometers.

Master station. A station in a multipleaddress radio system that controls, ac-tivates or interrogates four or more re-mote stations. Master stations per-forming such functions may also re-ceive transmissions from remote sta-tions.

Message center. The point at whichmessages from members of the publicare accepted by the carrier for trans-mission to the addressee.

Microwave frequencies. As used in thispart, this term refers to frequencies of890 MHz and above.

Microwave link. A link is defined as asimplex communications circuit be-tween two points utilizing a single fre-quency/polarization assignment. A du-plex communications circuit would re-quire two links, one link in each direc-tion.

Miscellaneous common carriers. Com-munications common carriers that arenot engaged in the business of provid-ing either a public landline messagetelephone service or public messagetelegraph service.

Mobile earth station. An earth stationintended to be used while in motion orduring halts at unspecified points.

Mobile service. A radio communica-tion service between mobile and landstations or between mobile stations.


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Mobile station. A station in the mo-bile service intended to be used whilein motion or during halts at unspec-ified points.

Multiple address system (MAS). Apoint-to-multipoint radio communica-tions system, either one-way or two-way, utilizing frequencies in accord-ance with § 101.147 and serving a mini-mum of four unique remote stations.Each master station must serve atleast its own four remotes. The remotestations must be scattered over theservice area in such a way that two ormore point-to-point systems would beneeded to serve those remotes.

National Spatial Reference System. TheNational Spatial Reference System(NSRS) is the name given to all Geo-detic Control information contained inthe National Geodetic Survey (NGS)Data Base. This includes: A, B, First,Second, and Third Order horizontal andvertical control observed by NGS aswell as data submitted by other agen-cies (i.e., USGS, BLM, States, Coun-ties, Cities, and private surveying orga-nizations).

Necessary bandwidth. For a givenclass of emission, the width of the fre-quency band that is just sufficient toensure the transmission of informationat the rate and with the quality re-quired under specified conditions. Thenecessary bandwidth may be calculatedusing the formulas in § 2.202 of thischapter.

Nodal station. The central or control-ling station in a radio system operat-ing on point-to-multipoint frequenciesin the 2.5, 10.6, or 18 GHz bands.

Occupied bandwidth. The width of afrequency bandwidth such that, belowthe lower and above the upper fre-quency limits, the mean powers emit-ted are each equal to a specified per-centage, B/2 of the total mean power ofa given emission. Unless otherwisespecified by the CCIR for the appro-priate class of emission, the value of B/2 should be taken as 0.5%.

NOTE: The percentage of the total poweroutside the occupied bandwidth is rep-resented by B.

Operational fixed station. A privatefixed station not open to public cor-respondence.

Passive repeater. A re-radiation deviceassociated with a transmitting/receiv-

ing antenna system that re-directsintercepted radiofrequency energy. Forexample, it may consist of reflector(s)or back-to-back parabolic or horn an-tennas.

Path length. The total distance of apath from the transmit to the receiveantenna, inclusive of all passive re-peaters, if any.

Periscope antenna system. An antennasystem which involves the use of a pas-sive reflector to deflect radiation fromor to a directional transmitting or re-ceiving antenna which is oriented ver-tically or near vertically.

Prior coordination. A bilateral processconducted prior to filing applicationswhich includes the distribution of thetechnical parameters of a proposedradio system to potentially affectedparties for their evaluation and timelyresponse.

Private carrier. An entity licensed inthe private service and authorized toprovide communications service toother private service eligibles on acommercial basis.

Private line service. A service wherebyfacilities for communication betweentwo or more designated points are setaside for the exclusive use or availabil-ity for use of a particular customer andauthorized users during stated periodsof time.

Private operational fixed point-to-pointmicrowave service. A private line radioservice rendered on microwave fre-quencies by fixed and temporary fixedstations between points that lie withinthe United States or between points toits possessions or to points in Canadaor Mexico.

Public correspondence. Any tele-communication which the offices andstations must, by reason of their beingat the disposal of the public, accept fortransmission.

Public message service. A servicewhereby facilities are offered to thepublic for communication between allpoints served by a carrier or by inter-connected carriers on a non-exclusivemessage by message basis, contemplat-ing a separate connection for each oc-casion of use.

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accessory equipment required for car-rying on a radiocommunication serv-ice.

Radiocommunication. Telecommuni-cation by means of radio waves.

Rated power output. The maximumradio frequency power output capabil-ity (peak or average power) of a trans-mitter, under optimum conditions ofadjustment and operation, specified byits manufacturer.

Record communication. Any trans-mission of intelligence which is re-duced to visual record form at thepoint of reception.

Reference frequency. A frequency hav-ing a fixed and specified position withrespect to the assigned frequency. Thedisplacement of this frequency with re-spect to the assigned frequency has thesame absolute value and sign that thedisplacement of the characteristic fre-quency has with respect to the centreof the frequency band occupied by theemission.

Relay station. A fixed station used forthe reception and retransmission of thesignals of another station or stations.

Remote station. A fixed station in amultiple address radio system thattransmits one-way to one or morecentral receive sites, controls a masterstation, or is controlled, activated orinterrogated by, and may respond to, amaster station.

Repeater station. A fixed station es-tablished for the automatic retrans-mission of radiocommunications re-ceived from one or more mobile sta-tions and directed to a specified loca-tion; for public mobile radio oper-ations, a fixed station that automati-cally retransmits the mobile commu-nications and/or transmitter informa-tion about the base station, along afixed point-to-point link between thebase station and the central station.

Secondary operations. Radio commu-nications which may not cause inter-ference to operations authorized on aprimary basis and which are not pro-tected from interference from theseprimary operations.

Short haul system. A microwave sys-tem licensed under this part in whichthe longest radio circuit of tandemradio paths does not exceed 402 kilo-meters.

Signal booster. A device at a fixed lo-cation which automatically receives,amplifies, and retransmits on a one-way or two-way basis, the signals re-ceived from base, fixed, mobile, andportable stations, with no change infrequency or authorized bandwidth. Asignal booster may be eithernarrowband (Class A), in which casethe booster amplifies only those dis-crete frequencies intended to be re-transmitted, or broadband (Class B), inwhich case all signals within thepassband of the signal booster filter areamplified.

Signaling communication. One-waycommunications from a base station toa mobile or fixed receiver, or to multi-point mobile or fixed receivers by audi-ble or subaudible means, for the pur-pose of actuating a signaling device inthe receiver(s) or communicating infor-mation to the receiver(s), whether ornot the information is to be retained inrecord form.

Standby transmitter. A transmitter in-stalled and maintained for use in lieuof the main transmitter only duringperiods when the main transmitter isout of service for maintenance or re-pair.

Symbol rate. Modulation rate inbauds. This rate may be higher thanthe transmitted bit rate as in the caseof coded pulses or lower as in the caseof multilevel transmission.

Telegraphy. A form of telecommuni-cation which is concerned in any proc-ess providing transmission and repro-duction at a distance of documentarymatter, such as written or printed mat-ter or fixed images, or the reproductionat a distance of any kind of informa-tion in such a form. Unless otherwisespecified, telegraphy means a form oftelecommunication for the trans-mission of written matter by the use ofsignal code.

Telemetering. The use of tele-communication for automatic indicat-ing or recording measurements at adistance from the measuring instru-ment.

Telephony. A form of telecommuni-cation set up for the transmission ofspeech, or in some cases, other sounds.

Television. A form of telecommuni-cation for transmission of transientimages of fixed or moving objects.


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Temporary fixed station. A station es-tablished in a non-permanent mode(temporary) at a specified location fora short period of time, ranging up toone year. Temporary-fixed operationsare itinerant in nature, and are not tobe confused with mobile-type oper-ations.

Video entertainment material. Thetransmission of a video signal (e.g.United States Standard Monochromeor National Television Systems Com-mittee 525-line television) and an asso-ciated audio signal which is designedprimarily to amuse or entertain, suchas movies and games.

[61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, as amended at 61FR 29693, June 12, 1996; 61 FR 31052, June 19,1996; 61 FR 44181, Aug. 28, 1996; 62 FR 23163,Apr. 29, 1997]

Subpart B—Applications andLicenses

GENERAL FILING REQUIREMENTS

§ 101.4 Transition plan.

(a) All systems subject to parts 21and 94 of this chapter in effect as ofJuly 31, 1996, which are licensed orwhich are proposed in an applicationon file, as of July 31, 1996, are subjectto the requirements under part 21 orpart 94 of this chapter as contained inthe CFR edition revised as of October 1,1995 and amended in the FEDERAL REG-ISTER through July 31, 1996, as applica-ble.

(b) For purposes of this section, a‘‘system’’ shall include:

(1) The originally licensed system;(2) Any modification to the original

system involving a change in antennaazimuth, antenna beam width, channelloading, emission, station location, an-tenna height, authorized power, or au-thorized frequencies;

(3) Additional links constructed tocomplete an integrated communica-tions network; or

(4) Operationally connecting new fa-cilities and/or frequencies.

(c) All radio frequency devices au-thorized pursuant to part 2 of thischapter as being in compliance withapplicable part 21 or part 94 of thischapter in effect as of July 31, 1996, re-quirements can be used indefinitely

with systems licensed under this part101.

§ 101.5 Station authorization required.

(a) No radio transmitter shall be op-erated in this service except under andin accordance with a proper station au-thorization granted by the FederalCommunications Commission. Exceptas provided in paragraph (d) of this sec-tion, no construction, modification oroperation of a station may be com-menced without an authorization fromthe Commission.

(b) A separate application form mustbe filed for each Digital ElectronicMessage Service Nodal Station. No li-cense is required for a Digital Elec-tronic Message User Station. Author-ity for a Digital Electronic MessageNodal Station licensee to serve a spe-cific number of user stations to be li-censed in the name of the carrier mustbe requested on FCC Form 494 filed forthe Digital Electronic Message NodalStation.

(c) If construction and or operationmay have a significant environmentalimpact as defined by § 1.1307 of thischapter, the requisite environmentalassessment as prescribed in § 1.1311 ofthis chapter must be filed with the ap-plication and Commission environ-mental review must be completed be-fore construction of the station is initi-ated. See § 1.1312 of this chapter.

(d) For stations authorized undersubpart H (Private Operational FixedPoint-to-Point Microwave Service),subpart I (Common Carrier FixedPoint-to-Point Microwave Service),and subpart L of this part (LocalMultipoint Distribution Service), con-struction of new or modified stationsmay be initiated prior to grant of anauthorization. As a condition to com-mencing construction under this para-graph (d), the Commission may, at anytime and without hearing or notice,prohibit such construction for any rea-son. Any construction conducted underthis paragraph is at the applicant’ssole risk.



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§ 101.7 Eligibility for station license.

(a) A station license may not begranted to or held by a foreign govern-ment or by a representative of a for-eign government.

(b) In the Common Carrier service, astation license may not be granted orheld by:

(1) Any alien or the representative ofany alien;

(2) Any corporation organized underthe laws of any foreign government;

(3) Any corporation of which morethan one-fifth of the capital stock isowned of record or voted by: Aliens ortheir representatives; a foreign govern-ment or representatives thereof; or anycorporation organized under the lawsof a foreign country; or

(4) Any corporation directly or indi-rectly controlled by any other corpora-tion of which more than one-fourth ofthe capital stock is owned of record orvoted by aliens or their representa-tives, or by a foreign government orrepresentative thereof, or by any cor-poration organized under the laws of aforeign government, if the Commissionfinds that the public interest will beserved by the refusal or revocation ofsuch license.

[61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, as amended at 61FR 55581, Oct. 28, 1996]

§ 101.9 Formal and informal applica-tions.

(a) Except for an authorization underany of the proviso clauses of section308(a) of the Communications Act of1934 (47 U.S.C. 308(a)), the Commissionwill grant the following authorizationsonly upon written application: Stationlicenses; modifications of station li-censes; renewals of station licenses; ex-tensions of time to construct; transfersand assignments of station licenses orof any rights thereunder.

(b) Except as may be otherwise per-mitted by this part, a separate writtenapplication must be filed for each in-strument of authorization requested.Applications may be:

(1) ‘‘Formal applications’’ where theCommission has prescribed in this parta standard form; or

(2) ‘‘Informal applications’’ (nor-mally in letter form) where the Com-

mission has not prescribed a standardform.

(c) An informal application will beaccepted for filing only if:

(1) A standard form is not prescribedor clearly applicable to the authoriza-tion requested;

(2) It is a document submitted, in du-plicate, with a caption which indicatesclearly the nature of the request, radioservice involved, location of the sta-tion, and the application file number(if known); and

(3) It contains all the technical de-tails and informational showings re-quired by the rules and states clearlyand completely the facts involved andauthorization desired.

§ 101.11 Filing of applications, fees,and number of copies.

(a) Part 1 of this chapter contains in-formation on application filing proce-dures and requirements for all servicesauthorized under this part. All filings,unless they are filed electronically,must include the original applicationplus one copy. Instructions for elec-tronic filing will be provided by publicnotice.

(b) Applications or filings requiringfees as set forth at part 1, subpart G ofthis chapter must be filed in accord-ance with § 0.401(b) of this chapter. Ap-plications or filings not requiring feesmust be submitted to: Federal Commu-nications Commission, Common Car-rier Radio Services, 1270 FairfieldRoad, Gettysburg, PA 17325.

(c) All correspondence or amend-ments concerning a submitted applica-tion must clearly identify the radioservice, the name of the applicant, sta-tion location, and the Commission filenumber (if known) or station call signof the application involved.

(d) Except as otherwise specified, allapplications, amendments, and cor-respondence must be signed as pre-scribed by part 1 of this chapter.


§ 101.13 Application forms and re-quirements for private operationalfixed stations.

(a) A separate application must besubmitted on FCC Form 402 for the fol-lowing:


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(1) New station authorization for pri-vate operational fixed microwave sta-tion;

(2) New authorization to operate oneor more fixed stations at temporary lo-cations in this service;

(3) Modification of station license;(4) New station authorization or

modification of license for each masterstation of a system consisting of amaster station and its associated re-mote stations;

(5) The Commission’s consent to thecomplete or partial assignment of anauthorization to another person or en-tity, or the transfer of control of an en-tity holding an authorization. In addi-tion, the application must be accom-panied by a signed letter from proposedassignor/transferor stating the desireto assign all or part of its right, title,and interest in and to such authoriza-tion, or to transfer control over the en-tity holding the authorization, statingthe call sign and location of the sta-tion, and that, if applicable, the as-signor will submit its current stationauthorization for cancellation uponcompletion of the assignment. Form1046 may be used in lieu of this letter.Licensees who fail to consummatemust modify their licenses to conformthem to their initial state within 30days of a failure to consummate; or

(6) Amendment of any application.(b) An application for authority to

operate a fixed station at temporarylocations must specify the precise geo-graphic area within which the oper-ation will be confined. The area speci-fied must be defined as a radius of oper-ation about a given state or states,latitude/longitude, or as a rectangulararea bounded by upper and lower linesof latitude and longitude. Exception tothis specific requirement may be madefor exceptionally large areas, such asthe continental United States. Suffi-cient data must be submitted to showthe need for the proposed area of oper-ation. If an operational-fixed station isauthorized to be operated at temporarylocations and actually remains, or is toremain, at the same location for a pe-riod of over a year, application for apermanent authorization specifyingthe fixed location must be made assoon as possible but not later than 30

days after the expiration of the one-year period.

(c) A separate Form 402 for point-to-multipoint frequencies in the 10.6, 18GHz and 24 GHz bands must be filed foreach Nodal Station except for oper-ations consistent with § 101.147. EachNodal Station application must specifythe service area that will be served bythe station in terms of a distance ra-dius or other geographical specifica-tion, and, if applicable, the StandardMetropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA)being served.

(d) Application for renewal of stationlicenses must be submitted on suchform as the Commission may designateby public notice. Applications for re-newal must be made during the licenseterm and should be filed within 90 days,but not later than 30 days, prior to theend of the license term. When a li-censee submits a timely application forrenewal of a station license, the exist-ing license for that station will con-tinue as a valid authorization until theCommission has made a final decisionon the application. Whenever a groupof station licenses in the same radioservice are to be renewed simulta-neously, a single ‘‘blanket’’ applicationmay be filed to cover the entire groupif the application identifies each sta-tion by call sign and station location.Applicants should note also any specialrenewal requirements under the rulesfor such radio station(s).

(e) A separate application must befiled for each fixed master station in aMultiple Address System (MAS). Appli-cations may include any number of re-mote stations in a single application,but must specify the geographic servicearea in which these remote stationswill be located. Applications for mobileoperations or for systems employingonly remote stations must designate areference point (set of coordinates) ator near the center of the area beingserved.

(f) Cancellation of a license can bemade by letter.

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§ 101.15 Application forms for commoncarrier fixed stations.

(a) New or modified facilities. Exceptfor Local Multipoint Distribution Serv-ice in subpart L of this part, FCC Form415 must be submitted and a licensegranted for each station. FCC Form 415also must be submitted to amend anylicense application, to modify any li-cense pursuant to §§ 101.57(a) and 101.59,and to notify the Commission of modi-fications made pursuant to § 101.61.Cancellation of a license may be madeby letter.

(b) Additional time to construct. FCCForm 701 (‘‘Application for AdditionalTime to Construct Radio Station’’)must be filed prior to the expiration ofthe time for construction noted in aconditional license to modify the li-cense by extending the period of con-struction.

(c) Renewal of station license. Exceptfor renewal of special temporary au-thorizations, FCC Form 405 (‘‘Applica-tion for Renewal of Station License’’)must be filed by the licensee betweenthirty (30) and sixty (60) days prior tothe expiration date of the licensesought to be renewed. Whenever agroup of station licenses in the sameradio service are to be renewed simul-taneously, a single ‘‘blanket’’ applica-tion may be filed to cover the entiregroup if the application identifies eachstation by call sign and station loca-tion. Applicants should note also anyspecial renewal requirements under therules for each radio service. When a li-censees submits a timely applicationfor renewal of a station license, the ex-isting license continues in effect untilthe Commission has rendered a deci-sion on the renewal application.

(d) Assignment of license. FCC Form702 (‘‘Application for Consent to As-signment of Radio Station Construc-tion Authorization or License for Sta-tions in Services Other than Broad-cast’’) must be submitted to assign vol-untarily (as by, for example, contractor other agreement) or involuntarily(as by, for example, death, bankruptcy,or legal disability) the station author-ization. In the case of involuntary as-signment (or transfer of control) theapplication must be filed within 10days of the event causing the assign-ment (or transfer of control). FCC

Form 702 must also be used for non-substantial (pro forma) assignments.Whenever a group of station licenses inthe same radio services are to be as-signed to a single assignee, a single‘‘blanket’’ application may be filed tocover the entire group, if the applica-tion identifies each station by call signand station location. Licensees whofail to consummate must modify theirlicenses to conform them to their ini-tial state within 30 days of a failure toconsummate.

(e) Partial assignment of license. Au-thorization for assignment from onecompany to another of only a part orportions of the facilities (transmitters)authorized under an existing license (asdistinguished from an assignment ofthe facilities in their entirety) may begranted upon application:

(1) By the assignor on FCC Form 494for deletion of the assigned facilities(no fee required); and

(2) By the assignee on FCC Form 494with a request for recertification in thename of the assignee for frequencieseliminated from assignor’s license (feerequired). In the event that consumma-tion does not occur, FCC Form 494must be submitted to return the as-signor’s license to its original condi-tion.

(f) Transfer of control of corporationholding a conditional license or license.FCC Form 704 (‘‘Application for Con-sent to Transfer of Control’’) must besubmitted in order to voluntarily or in-voluntarily transfer control (de jure orde facto) of a corporation holding anyconditional licenses or licenses. FCCForm 704 must also be used for non-substantial (pro forma) transfers ofcontrol. Licensees who fail to consum-mate must modify their licenses toconform them to their initial statewithin 30 days of a failure to consum-mate.


§ 101.17 [Reserved]

§ 101.19 General application require-ments.

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(1) Disclose fully the real party (orparties) in interest, including (as re-quired) a complete disclosure of theidentity and relationship of those per-sons or entities directly or indirectlyowning or controlling (or both) the ap-plicant;

(2) Demonstrate the applicant’s legal,technical, and other qualifications tobe a licensee;

(3) Submit the information requiredby the Commission’s rules, requests,and application forms;

(4) Be maintained by the applicantsubstantially accurate and complete inall significant respects in accordancewith the provisions of § 1.65 of thischapter; and

(5) Show compliance with the specialrequirements applicable to each radioservice and make all special showingsthat may be applicable (e.g., those re-quired by §§ 101.103(d), 101.701, and101.1001 through 101.1015).

(b) In addition to the general applica-tion requirements of §§ 101.19 and 101.21,applicants must submit any additionaldocuments, exhibits, or signed writtenstatements of fact:

(1) As may be required by the otherparts of the Commission’s rules, andthe other subparts of this part (par-ticularly subpart C and those subpartsapplicable to the specific radio serviceinvolved); and

(2) As the Commission, at any timeafter the filing of an application andduring the term of any authorization,may require from any applicant, per-mittee, or licensee to enable it to de-termine whether a radio authorizationshould be granted, denied, or revoked.

(c) All applicants are required to in-dicate at the time their application isfiled whether an authorization of thefacilities is categorically excluded asdefined by § 1.1306 of this chapter. If an-swered affirmatively, an Environ-mental Assessment as described by§ 1.1311 of this chapter, need not be filedwith the application.


§ 101.21 Technical content of applica-tions.

Applications, except FCC Form 175,must contain all technical informationrequired by the application form and

any additional information necessaryto fully describe the proposed facilitiesand to demonstrate compliance withall technical requirements of the rulesgoverning the radio service involved(see subparts C, F, G, I, J, and L of thispart, as appropriate). The followingparagraphs describe a number of tech-nical requirements.

(a) Each application proposing a newor modified antenna structure for astation (including a receive-only orpassive repeater) must indicate wheth-er the owner has registered the struc-ture with the Commission. Completeinformation as to rules concerning theregistration, construction, markingand lighting of antenna structures iscontained in part 17 of this chapter.See also § 101.121 if the structure is usedby more than one station.

(b) Each application for constructionpermit for a developmental authoriza-tion must be accompanied by pertinentsupplemental information as requiredby § 101.411 in addition to such informa-tion as may be specifically required bythis section.

(c) An applicant proposing construc-tion of one or more new stations ormodification of existing stations mustsubmit the location and telephonenumber (if known) of the maintenancecenter for a fixed microwave system. Inlieu of providing the location and tele-phone number of the maintenance cen-ter(s) on a case by case basis, a licenseemay file a complete list for all oper-ational stations with the Commissionand the Engineer-In-Charge of the ap-propriate radio district on an annualbasis or at more frequent intervals asnecessary to keep the information cur-rent.

(d) Each application in the PrivateOperational Fixed Point-to-PointMicrowave, Common Carrier FixedPoint-to-Point Microwave, Local Tele-vision Transmission, and Digital Elec-tronic Message Services (excludinguser stations) proposing a new or re-placement antenna (excludingomnidirectional antennas) must in-clude an antenna radiation patternshowing the antenna power gain dis-tribution in the horizontal plane ex-pressed in decibels, unless such patternis known to be on file with the Com-mission in which case the applicant


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may reference in its application theFCC–ID number that indicates that thepattern is on file with the Commission.

(e) Each application in the PrivateOperational Fixed Point-to-PointMicrowave Service and the CommonCarrier Fixed Point-to-Point Micro-wave Service must include the follow-ing information:

Applicant’s name and address.Transmitting station name.Transmitting station coordinates.Frequencies and polarizations to be added,

changed or deleted.Transmitting equipment type, its stability,

actual output power, emission designator,and type of modulation (loading).

Transmitting antenna type(s), model, gain,and, if required, a radiation pattern pro-vided or certified by the manufacturer.

Transmitting antenna center line height(s)above ground level and ground elevationabove mean sea level.

Receiving station name.Receiving station coordinates.Receiving antenna type(s), model, gain, and,

if required, a radiation pattern provided orcertified by the manufacturer.

Receiving antenna center line height(s)above ground level and ground elevationabove mean sea level.

Path azimuth and distance.Estimated transmitter transmission line loss

expressed in dB.Estimated receiver transmission line loss ex-

pressed in dB.

NOTE: The position location of antennasites shall be determined to an accuracy ofno less than ±1 second in the horizontal di-mensions (latitude and longitude) and ±1meter in the vertical dimension (ground ele-vation) with respect to the National SpacialReference System.

(f) All applicants for regular author-ization must, before filing an applica-tion, amendments to a pending applica-tion, or modifications to a license,prior coordinate the proposed fre-quency usage with existing users in thearea and other applicants with pre-viously filed applications in accordancewith the procedures in § 101.103. Inthose frequency bands shared with thecommunication-satellite service, anapplicant for a new station, for newpoints of communication, for the ini-tial frequency assignment in a sharedband for which coordination has notbeen previously effected, or for author-ity to modify the emission or radiationcharacteristics of an existing station ina manner that may increase the likeli-

hood of harmful interference, must as-certain in advance whether the sta-tion(s) involved lie within the greatcircle coordination distance contoursof an existing Earth station or one forwhich an application has been acceptedfor filing, and must coordinate his pro-posal with each such Earth station op-erator or applicant. For each potentialinterference path, the applicant mustperform the computations required todetermine that the expected level of in-terference to or from the terrestrialstation does not exceed the maximumpermissible interference power level inaccordance with the technical stand-ards and requirements of §§ 25.251–25.256of this chapter. The Commission may,in the course of examining any applica-tion, require the submission of addi-tional showings, complete with perti-nent data and calculations in accord-ance with part 25 of this chapter, show-ing that harmful interference will notlikely result from the proposed oper-ation. (Technical characteristics of theEarth stations on file and coordinationcontour maps for those Earth stationswill be kept on file for public inspec-tion in the offices of the Commission’sInternational Bureau in Washington,DC)

(g) Each application in the LocalMultipoint Distribution Service mustcontain all technical information re-quired by FCC Form 600 and any otherapplicable form or associated PublicNotices and by any applicable rules inthis part.


§ 101.23 Waiver of rules.

Waivers of these rules may be grant-ed upon application or on the Commis-sion’s own motion. A request for waiv-er shall contain a statement of reasonssufficient to justify a waiver. A waiverwill not be granted except upon an af-firmative showing that:

(a) The underlying purpose of therule will not be served, or would befrustrated, by its application in theparticular case, and that grant of thewaiver is otherwise in the public inter-est; or

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application of the rule inequitable, un-duly burdensome or otherwise contraryto the public interest. Applicants mustalso show the lack of a reasonable al-ternative.

§ 101.25 Inconsistent or conflicting ap-plications.

While an application is pending andundecided, no subsequent inconsistentor conflicting application may be filedby the same applicant, the applicant’ssuccessor or assignee, or on behalf orfor the benefit of the same applicant,the applicant’s successor or assignee.

§ 101.27 Repetitious applications.

(a) Where an applicant has been af-forded an opportunity for a hearingwith respect to a particular applicationfor a new station, or for an extensionor enlargement of a service or facili-ties, and the Commission has, afterhearing or default, denied the applica-tion or dismissed it with prejudice, theCommission will not consider a like ap-plication involving service of the samekind to the same area by the same ap-plicant, or by the applicant’s successoror assignee, or on behalf of or for thebenefit of the original parties in inter-est, until after the lapse of 12 monthsfrom the effective date of the Commis-sion’s order. The Commission may, forgood cause shown, waive the require-ments of this section.

(b) Where an appeal has been takenfrom the action of the Commission de-nying a particular application, anotherapplication for the same class of sta-tion and for the same area, in whole orin part, filed by the same applicant orby the applicant’s successor or as-signee, or on behalf or for the benefit ofthe original parties in interest, will notbe considered until the final disposi-tion of such appeal.

§ 101.29 Amendment of pending appli-cations.

(a) Any pending application may beamended as a matter of right if the ap-plication has not been designated forhearing, or for comparative evaluationpursuant to § 101.51, or for the randomselection process, or is not subject tothe competitive bidding process, pro-vided, however, that the amendments

must comply with the provisions of§ 101.41 as appropriate.

(b) Requests to amend an applicationdesignated for hearing or for compara-tive evaluation, or tentatively selectedby the random selection process maybe granted only if a written petitiondemonstrating good cause is submittedand properly served upon the parties ofrecord.

(c) The Commission will classifyamendments on a case-by-case basis.Whenever previous amendments havebeen filed, the most recent amendmentwill be classified by reference to howthe information in question stood as ofthe latest Public Notice issued whichconcerned the application. An amend-ment will be deemed to be a majoramendment subject to § 101.37 and§ 101.45 under any of the following cir-cumstances:

(1) If the amendment results in a sub-stantial modification of the engineer-ing proposal such as (but not nec-essarily limited to):

(i) A change in, or an addition of aradio frequency channel;

(ii) A change in polarization of thetransmitted signal;

(iii) An increase in the equivalentisotropically radiated power of three(3) dB or more;

(iv) A change in type of transmitteremission or an increase in emissionbandwidth of more than ten (10) per-cent;

(v) A change in the geographic co-ordinates of a station’s transmittingantenna of more than five (5) secondsof latitude or longitude, or both;

(vi) A change of more than one (1) de-gree in the azimuth of the center of themain lobe of radiation of a point-to-point station’s transmitting antenna(including any deflections by repeatingdevices);

(vii) Any change which increases theantenna center line height by 3.0 me-ters (ten (10) feet) or more;

(viii) Any changes or combination ofchanges which would cause harmfulelectrical interference to an authorizedfacility or result in a mutually exclu-sive conflict with another pending ap-plication; or

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one-half (1.5) dB in the Digital Elec-tronic Message Service.

(2) If the amendment would convert aproposal, such that it may have a sig-nificant impact upon the environmentunder § 1.1307 of this chapter, whichwould require the submission of an en-vironmental assessment, see § 1.1311 ofthis chapter, and Commission environ-mental review, see §§ 1.1308 and 1.1312 ofthis chapter.

(3) If the amendment results in a sub-stantial and material alteration of theproposed service.

(4) If the amendment specifies a sub-stantial change in beneficial ownershipor control (de jure or de facto) of an ap-plicant such that the change would re-quire, in the case of an authorized sta-tion, the filing of a prior assignment ortransfer of control application undersection 310(d) of the CommunicationsAct of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 310(d)). Such achange would not be considered majorwhere the assignment or transfer ofcontrol is for legitimate business pur-poses other than the acquisition of ap-plications.

(5) If the amendment, or the cumu-lative effect of the amendment, is de-termined by the Commission otherwiseto be substantial pursuant to section309 of the Communications Act of 1934.

(d) A pending application may beamended by a major amendment to re-flect the relocation of a proposed sta-tion site and a new application will notbe required if:

(1) The geographic coordinates of thenew station site are within 32.2 kilo-meters of the coordinates of the origi-nal site; and

(2) The relocated station would serveessentially the same purpose in thesystem as originally proposed.

(e) The applicant must serve copies ofany amendments or other written com-munications upon the following par-ties:

(1) Any applicant whose applicationappears on its face to be mutually ex-clusive with the application beingamended, including those applicantsoriginally served under § 101.509;

(2) Any applicant whose applicationhas been found by the Commission, aspublished in a public notice, to be mu-tually exclusive with the applicationbeing amended; and

(3) Any party who has filed a petitionto deny the application or other formalobjection, when that petition or formalobjection has not been resolved by theCommission.

(f) The Commission may waive theservice requirements of paragraph (e)of this section and prescribe such alter-native procedures as may be appro-priate under the circumstances to pro-tect petitioners’ interests and to avoidundue delay in a proceeding, if an ap-plicant submits a request for waiverwhich demonstrates that the servicerequirement is unreasonably burden-some. Requests for waiver must beserved on petitioners. Oppositions tothe petition may be filed within five (5)days after the petition is filed andmust be served on the applicant. Re-plies to oppositions will not be enter-tained.

(g) Any amendment to an applicationmust be signed and must be submittedin the same manner, and with the samenumber of copies, as was the originalapplication. Amendments may be madein letter form if they comply in allother respects with the requirements ofthis chapter.


§ 101.31 Special temporary, temporary,and conditional authorizations.

(a) Special temporary authorization. (1)In circumstances requiring immediateor temporary use of facilities, licenseessubject to this part may request spe-cial temporary authority to installand/or operate new or modified equip-ment. Any such request may be sub-mitted as an informal application inthe manner set forth in § 101.9 and mustcontain full particulars as to the pro-posed operation including all facts suf-ficient to justify the temporary au-thority sought and the public interesttherein. No such request will be consid-ered unless the request is received bythe Commission at least 10 days priorto the date of proposed construction oroperation or, where an extension issought, expiration date of the existingtemporary authorization.

(2) Special temporary authorizationmay be granted upon written requestin the following circumstances:

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(ii) To permit restoration or reloca-tion of existing facilities to continuecommunication service;

(iii) To conduct tests to determinenecessary data for the preparation ofan application for regular authoriza-tion;

(iv) For a temporary, non-recurringservice where a regular authorizationis not appropriate;

(v) In other situations involving cir-cumstances which are of such extraor-dinary nature that delay in the institu-tion of temporary operation would seri-ously prejudice the public interest.

(3) The Commission may grant re-quests for special temporary authoritywithout issuing the public notice pro-vided for in § 101.37 for periods not ex-ceeding 180 days, if there are extraor-dinary circumstances supporting therequest and where delay in commenc-ing temporary operation would seri-ously prejudice the public interest. Re-quests for special temporary authoriza-tion not involving extraordinary cir-cumstances may be granted withoutpublic notice for a period of 30 dayswhere an application for regular oper-ation is not contemplated or for 60days pending or after the filing of anapplication for regular operation. Re-quests for special temporary authorityare issued on a strictly secondary, non-interfering basis, and do not in anyway affect the final disposition of anyapplication or action pending beforethe Commission.

(4) Extension of a special temporaryauthorization for a period of 180 daysmay be granted, but the renewing ap-plicant bears a heavy burden to showthat extraordinary circumstances war-rant such an extension.

(5) Request for special temporary au-thorization must contain the followinginformation:

(i) Name, address, and citizenshipstatus of the applicant;

(ii) Need for special action, includinga description of any emergency or dam-age to equipment;

(iii) Type of operation to be con-ducted;

(iv) Purpose of operation;(v) Time and date of operation de-

sired;(vi) Class of station and nature of

service;

(vii) Location of station and pointswith which station will communicate;

(viii) Equipment to be used, specify-ing manufacturer, model number, andnumber of units;

(ix) Frequency(s) desired;(x) Azimuth and beamwidth of major

lobe of transmitting antenna and ERP;(xi) Type of emission;(xii) Description of antenna to be

used, including height; and(xiii) Certification that prior coordi-

nation is complete.(6) In cases of emergency found by

the Commission, involving danger tolife or property or due to damage ofequipment, or during a national emer-gency proclaimed by the President ordeclared by the Congress or during thecontinuance of any war in which theUnited States is engaged and whensuch action is necessary for the na-tional defense or safety or otherwise infurtherance of the war effort, or incases of emergency where the Commis-sion finds that it would not be feasibleto secure renewal applications from ex-isting licensees or otherwise to follownormal licensing procedure, the Com-mission will grant construction per-mits and station licenses, or modifica-tions or renewals thereof, during theemergency found by the Commission orduring the continuance of any such na-tional emergency or war, as specialtemporary licenses, only for the periodof emergency or war, requiring such ac-tion, without the filing of formal appli-cations.

(b) Temporary authorizations. (1) Au-thorizations may be issued upon properapplication for rendition of temporaryservice to subscribers under the follow-ing conditions:

(i) When a fixed station, authorizedto operate at temporary locations, is toremain at a single location for morethan 6 months, an application (FCCForm 402 or 494, as appropriate) for astation authorization designating thatsingle location as the permanent loca-tion shall be filed at least 90 days priorto the expiration of the 6-month pe-riod;

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(iii) The antenna structure heightemployed at any location shall not ex-ceed the criteria set forth in § 17.7 ofthis chapter unless, in each instance,authorization for use of a specific max-imum antenna structure height foreach location has been obtained fromthe Commission prior to erection of theantenna. See § 101.125.

(2) Applications for authorizations tooperate stations at temporary loca-tions under the provisions of this sec-tion shall be made upon FCC Form 402or 494, as appropriate. Blanket applica-tions may be submitted for the re-quired number of transmitters.

(3) The licensee of stations which areauthorized pursuant to the provisionsof paragraph (b) of this section shallnotify the Commission at least five (5)days prior to installation of the facili-ties, stating:

(i) The call sign, manufacturer’sname, type or model number, outputpower and specific location of thetransmitter(s);

(ii) The maintenance location for thetransmitter;

(iii) The location of the transmittingor receiving station with which it willcommunicate and the identity of thecorrespondent operating such facili-ties;

(iv) The exact frequency or fre-quencies to be used;

(v) The public interest, convenienceand necessity to be served by operationof the proposed installation;

(vi) The commencement and antici-pated termination dates of operationfrom each location. In the event the ac-tual termination date differs from theprevious notification, written noticethereof promptly shall be given to theCommission;

(vii) A notification shall includecompliance with the provisions of§ 101.21(e) when operations are to beconducted in the area of other terres-trial microwave stations and with theprovisions of § 101.21(e) when operationsare to be conducted within the coordi-nation distance contours of a fixedearth station; and

(viii) Where the notification con-templates initially a service which isto be rendered for a period longer than90 days, the notification shall contain a

showing as to why application shouldnot be made for regular authorization.

(4) Less than 5 days advance noticemay be given when circumstances re-quire shorter notice provided such no-tice is promptly given and the reasonsin support of such shorter notice arestated.

(5) A copy of the notification shall bekept with the station license.

(c) Prior coordination. Stations au-thorized under this section may com-plete the prior coordination processorally and the period allowed for re-sponse to a coordination notificationmay be less than 30 days if the partiesagree. The requirements under§ 101.103(d)(2)(i) for written documenta-tion shall apply to such oral notice.

(d) Certification. Any applicant underthis section must submit a certifi-cation that neither the applicant norany party to the applicant is subject toa denial of Federal benefits pursuant tosection 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Actof 1988, as required by § 1.2002 of thischapter.

(e) Conditional authorization. (1) Anapplicant for a new point-to-pointmicrowave radio station(s) or a modi-fication of an existing station(s) in the3,700–4,200; 5,925–6,425; 6,525–6,875; 10,550–10,680; 10,700–11,700; 11,700–12,200; 12,200–12,700; 12,700–13,200; 13,200–13,250; 17,700–19,700; and 21,200–23,600 MHz bands (see§ 101.147 for specific service usage) mayoperate the proposed station(s) duringthe pendency of its applications(s)upon the filing of a properly completedformal application(s) that complieswith subpart B of part 101 if the appli-cant certifies that the following condi-tions are satisfied:

(i) The frequency coordination proce-dures of § 101.103 have been successfullycompleted;

(ii) The antenna structure(s) has beenpreviously studied by the Federal Avia-tion Administration and determined topose no hazard to aviation safety as re-quired by subpart B of part 17 of thischapter; or the antenna or tower struc-ture does not exceed 6.1 meters aboveground level or above an existing man-made structure (other than an antennastructure), if the antenna or tower hasnot been previously studied by the Fed-eral Aviation Administration andcleared by the FCC;


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(iii) The grant of the application(s)does not require a waiver of the Com-mission’s rules:

(iv) The applicant has determinedthat the facility(ies) will not signifi-cantly affect the environment as de-fined in § 1.1307 of this chapter;

(v) The station site(s) does not liewithin 56.3 kilometers of any inter-national border or within a radio‘‘Quiet Zone’’ identified in § 101.123, orif operated on frequencies in the 17,700–19,700 MHz band, the station site(s)does not lie within the states of Colo-rado, Maryland and Virginia and theDistrict of Columbia;

(vi) The filed application(s) does notpropose to operate in the 10.6–10.68 GHzband, or in the 21.2–23.6 GHz band withan E.R.P. greater than 55 dBm pursu-ant to § 101.147(s); and

(vii) The filed application(s) is con-sistent with the proposal that was co-ordinated pursuant to § 101.103.

(2) Conditional authority ceases im-mediately if the application(s) is re-turned by the Commission because it isnot acceptable for filing.

(3) A conditional authorization pur-suant to paragraphs (e)(1) and (e)(2) ofthis section is evidenced by retainingthe original executed conditional li-censing Certification Form with thestation records. Conditional authoriza-tion does not prejudice any action theCommission may take on the subjectapplication(s). Conditional authority isaccepted with the express understand-ing that such authority may be modi-fied or cancelled by the Commission atany time without hearing if, in theCommission’s discretion, the need forsuch action arises. An applicant oper-ating pursuant to this conditional au-thority assumes all risks associatedwith such operation, the terminationor modification of the conditional au-thority, or the subsequent dismissal ordenial of its application(s).

(4) The Certification Form, or a copythereof, must be posted at each stationoperating pursuant to this section con-sistent with § 101.215.

§ 101.33 Who may sign applications.

See part 1 of this chapter (§§ 1.743 and1.913), for practices and procedures gov-erning signatures on applications,

amendments and related statements offact.

PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS

§ 101.35 Preliminary processing of ap-plications.

(a) Applications received for filingare given a file number. The assign-ment of a file number to an applicationis for administrative convenience anddoes not indicate the acceptance of theapplication for filing and processingand does not preclude the subsequentreturn of the application.

(b) Applications that are incompletewith respect to answers, supple-mentary statements, execution, orother matters of a formal characterwill be considered defective and may bereturned to the applicant with a briefstatement as to such defects. If an ap-plicant is requested by the Commissionto file any additional documents or in-formation not included in the pre-scribed application form, failure tocomply with such request will bedeemed to render the application defec-tive, and such application may be dis-missed. Applications will also bedeemed to be defective and may be re-turned to the applicant in the follow-ing cases:

(1) Statutory disqualification of ap-plicant;

(2) Proposed use or purpose of stationwould be unlawful;

(3) Requested frequency is not allo-cated for assignment for the serviceproposed;

(4) The submitted filing fee (if re-quired) is insufficient;

(5) The application does not dem-onstrate compliance with the specialrequirements applicable to the radioservice involved;

(6) The applications does not includeall necessary exhibits; or

(7) The application fails to meet anyother Commission requirements.

(c) Any application that has been re-turned to the applicant for correctionwill be processed in original order ofreceipt when resubmitted if it is re-ceived within 60 days from the date onwhich it was returned to the applicantand the change does not involve amajor amendment. If the application isnot resubmitted within the prescribed


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time, it will be treated as a new appli-cation and considered at the time otherapplications received on the same dateare considered.

(d) Applications considered defectiveunder paragraph (b) of this section maybe accepted for filing if:

(1) The application is accompanied bya request which sets forth the reasonsin support of a waiver of (or an excep-tion to), in whole or in part, any spe-cific rule, regulation, or requirementwith which the application is in con-flict; or

(2) The Commission, upon its ownmotion, waives (or allows an exceptionto), in whole or in part, any rule, regu-lation or requirement.

(e) Competitive bidding applicationswill be processed pursuant to part 1,subpart Q, of this chapter and subpartM of this part.


§ 101.37 Public notice period.(a) At regular intervals, the Commis-

sion will issue a public notice listing:(1) The acceptance for filing of com-

mon carrier applications, LocalMultipoint Distribution Service appli-cations, and major amendments there-to;

(2) Significant Commission actionsconcerning these applications;

(3) The receipt of common carrier ap-plications and Local Multipoint Dis-tribution Service applications forminor modifications made pursuant to§ 101.59;

(4) Information which the Commis-sion in its discretion believes of publicsignificance; and

(5) Special environmental consider-ations as required by part 1 of thischapter.

(b) A public notice will not normallybe issued for any of the following appli-cations:

(1) For authorization of a minor tech-nical change in the facilities of a pro-posed or authorized station where sucha change would not be classified as amajor amendment to a pending appli-cation, as defined by § 101.29, or as aminor modification to a license pursu-ant to § 101.59;

(2) For temporary authorization pur-suant to § 101.31;

(3) For an authorization under any ofthe proviso clauses of section 308(a) ofthe Communications Act of 1934 (47U.S.C. 308(a));

(4) For consent to an involuntary as-signment or transfer of control of aradio authorization; or

(5) For consent to a voluntary assign-ment or transfer of control of a radioauthorization, where the assignment ortransfer does not involve a substantialchange in ownership or control.

(c) Except as otherwise provided inthis part (e.g., § 101.59), no applicationthat has appeared on public notice willbe granted until the expiration of a pe-riod of thirty days following the issu-ance of the public notice listing the ap-plication, or any major amendmentthereto, or until the expiration of a pe-riod of thirty days following the issu-ance of a public notice identifying thetentative selectee of a random selec-tion process, whichever is later.

(d) The listing of an application onpublic notice as accepted for filing doesnot indicate that the application hasbeen found by the Commission to be ac-ceptable for filing and does not pre-clude the subsequent return of the ap-plication.

(e) Paragraphs (a) through (c) of thissection shall not apply to FCC Form175.


§ 101.39 Dismissal and return of appli-cations.

(a) Except as provided under para-graph (c) of this section and under§ 101.41, any application may, uponwritten request, be dismissed withoutprejudice as a matter of right prior tothe adoption date of any final Commis-sion action or the application’s des-ignation for hearing or comparativeevaluation.

(b) A request to dismiss an applica-tion without prejudice will be consid-ered after designation for hearing,after selection through the compara-tive evaluation procedure of § 101.51, orafter selection as a tentative selecteein a random selection proceeding, onlyif:

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comparative evaluation, is properlyserved upon all parties of record;

(2) The petition is submitted beforethe issuance date of a public notice ofCommission action denying the appli-cation; and

(3) The petition complies with theprovision of § 101.41 (whenever applica-ble) and demonstrates good cause.

(c) Except as provided under § 101.41,an application designated for inclusionin the random selection process may bedismissed without prejudice as a mat-ter of right if the applicant requests itsdismissal at least 2 days prior to a ran-dom selection proceeding.

(d) Dismissal for failure to prosecuteor for failure to respond to official cor-respondence or requests for additionalinformation within a specified time pe-riod will be without prejudice prior toits designation for hearing, or ten-tative selection by the random selec-tion process. Dismissal may be withprejudice after selection of the com-parative evaluation process, or afterselection as a tentative selectee in arandom selection proceeding.

§ 101.41 Ownership changes and agree-ments to amend or dismiss applica-tions or pleadings.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph(b) of this section, applicants or anyother parties in interest to pending ap-plications must comply with the provi-sions of this section whenever:

(1) They participate in any agree-ment (or understanding) which in-volves any consideration promised orreceived, directly or indirectly, includ-ing any agreement (or understanding)for merger of interests or the recip-rocal withdrawal of applications; and

(2) The agreement (or understanding)may result in either:

(i) A proposed substantial change inbeneficial ownership or control (dejureor de facto) of an applicant such thatthe change would require, in the caseof an authorized station, the filing of aprior assignment or transfer of controlapplication under section 310(d) of theCommunications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.310(d)), or

(ii) Proposed withdrawal, amendmentor dismissal of any application(s),amendment(s), petition(s), pleading(s),or any combination thereof, which

would thereby permit the grant with-out hearing, comparative evaluationunder § 101.51, or random selection of anapplication previously in contestedstatus.

(b) The provisions of this section willnot be applicable to any engineeringagreement (or understanding) that:

(1) Resolves frequency conflicts withauthorized stations or other pendingapplications without the creation ofnew or increased frequency conflicts;and

(2) Does not involve any consider-ation promised or received, directly orindirectly (including any merger of in-terests or reciprocal withdrawal of ap-plications), other than the mutual ben-efit of resolving the engineering con-flict.

(c) For any agreement subject to thissection, the applicant of an applicationwhich would remain pending pursuantto such an agreement will be consid-ered responsible for the compliance byall parties with the procedures of thissection. Failure of the parties to com-ply with the procedures of this sectionwill constitute a defect in those appli-cations which are involved in theagreement and remain in a pendingstatus.

(d) The principals to any agreementor understanding subject to this sec-tion must comply with the standards ofparagraph (e) of this section in accord-ance with the following procedure:

(1) Within ten (10) days after enteringinto the agreement, the parties theretomust jointly notify the Commission inwriting of the existence and generalterms of such agreement, the identityof all of the participants and the appli-cations involved;

(2) Within thirty (30) days after en-tering into the agreement, the partiesthereto must file any proposed applica-tion amendments, motions, or requeststogether with a copy of the agreementwhich clearly sets forth all terms andprovisions, and such other facts and in-formation as necessary to satisfy thestandards of paragraph (e) of this sec-tion. Such submission must be accom-panied by the certification by affidavitof each principal to the agreement de-claring that the statements made aretrue, complete, and correct to the best


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of their knowledge and belief, and aremade in good faith; and

(3) The Commission may request anyfurther information which in its judg-ment it believes is necessary for a de-termination under paragraph (e) of thissection.

(e) The Commission will grant an ap-plication (or applications) involved inthe agreement (or understanding) onlyif it finds upon examination of the in-formation submitted, and upon consid-eration of such other matters as maybe officially noticed, that the agree-ment is consistent with the public in-terest, and the amount of any mone-tary consideration and the cash valueof any other consideration promised orreceived is not in excess of those legiti-mate and prudent costs directly assign-able to the engineering, preparation,filing and advocacy of the withdrawn,dismissed, or amended application(s),amendment(s), petition(s), pleading(s),or any combination thereof. Wheresuch costs represent the applicant’s in-house efforts, these costs may includeonly directly assignable costs and mustexclude general overhead expenses.(The treatment to be accorded suchconsideration for interstate rate mak-ing purposes will be determined at suchtime as the question may arise in anappropriate rate proceeding.) An item-ized accounting must be submitted tosupport the amount of considerationinvolved except where such consider-ation (including the fair market valueof any non-cash consideration) prom-ised or received does not exceed onethousand dollars ($1,000.00). Where con-sideration involves a sale of facilitiesor merger of interests, the accountingmust clearly identify that portion ofthe consideration allocated for such fa-cilities or interests and a detailed de-scription thereof, including estimatedfair market value. The Commissionwill not presume an agreement (or un-derstanding) to be prima facie contraryto the public interest solely because itincorporates a mutual agreement towithdraw pending application(s),amendment(s), petition(s), pleading(s),or any combination thereof.

§ 101.43 Opposition to applications.(a) Any party in interest may file

with the Commission a petition to

deny any application for which publicnotice is required. All such petitionsmust:

(1) Identify the application or appli-cations including applicant’s name,station location, Commission file num-bers and radio service involved withwhich it is concerned;

(2) Be filed in accordance with thepleading limitations, filing periods,and other applicable provisions of thispart and part 1 of this chapter;

(3) Contain specific allegations offact (except for those of which officialnotice may be taken), supported by af-fidavit of a person or persons with per-sonal knowledge thereof and be suffi-cient to make a prima facie showingthat the petitioner is a party in inter-est and that a grant of the applicationwould be inconsistent with the publicinterest, convenience and necessity;

(4) Be filed within thirty (30) daysafter the date of public notice announc-ing the acceptance for filing of such ap-plications or major amendments there-to, or, identifying the tentative se-lectee of a random selection proceeding(unless the Commission otherwise ex-tends the deadline); and

(5) Contain a certificate of serviceshowing that the applicant has beenmailed a copy of the petition no laterthan the date on which the petition isfiled with the Commission.

(b) The applicant may file an opposi-tion to any petition to deny and the pe-titioner may file a reply thereto inwhich allegations of fact or denialsthereof must be supported by an affida-vit of a person or persons with personalknowledge thereof and be clearly iden-tified. The applicant must serve a copyof the opposition on the petitioner, andthe petitioner must serve a copy of itsreply on the applicant. The time for fil-ing such oppositions and replies areprovided in § 1.45 of this chapter.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions ofparagraph (a) of this section, beforeCommission action on any applicationfor an instrument of authorization, anyperson may file informal objections tothe grant. The Commission will con-sider informal objections, but not nec-essarily discuss them in a written opin-ion, if the objection is filed at least oneday prior to action on the application


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and the objection is signed by the sub-mitting person with a disclosure ofthat person’s interest. Such objectionsmay be submitted in letter form. Thelimitation on pleadings and time forfiling pleadings provided for in § 1.45 ofthis chapter will not be applicable toany objections duly filed pursuant tothis paragraph.

(d) Petitions to deny not filed in ac-cordance with paragraph (a) of this sec-tion will be treated as informal objec-tions.

§ 101.45 Mutually exclusive applica-tions.

(a) The Commission will consider ap-plications to be mutually exclusive iftheir conflicts are such that the grantof one application would effectivelypreclude by reason of harmful elec-trical interference, or other practicalreason, the grant of one or more of theother applications. The Commissionwill presume ‘‘harmful electrical inter-ference’’ exists when the levels of§ 101.105 are exceeded, or when there isa material impairment to service ren-dered to the public despite full co-operation in good faith by all appli-cants or parties to achieve reasonabletechnical adjustments which wouldavoid electrical conflict.

(b) A common carrier application, ex-cept in the Local Multipoint Distribu-tion Service, will be entitled to be in-cluded in a random selection process orto comparative consideration with oneor more conflicting applications onlyif:

(1) The application is mutually exclu-sive with the other application; and

(2) The application is received by theCommission in a condition acceptablefor filing by whichever ‘‘cut-off’’ dateis earlier:

(i) Sixty (60) days after the date ofthe public notice listing the first of theconflicting applications as accepted forfiling; or

(ii) One (1) business day preceding theday on which the Commission takesfinal action on the previously filed ap-plication (should the Commission actupon such application in the intervalbetween thirty (30) and sixty (60) daysafter the date of its public notice).

(c) Whenever three or more applica-tions are mutually exclusive, but not

uniformly so, the earliest filed applica-tion established the date prescribed inparagraph (b)(2) of this section, regard-less of whether or not subsequentlyfiled applications are directly mutuallyexclusive with the first filed applica-tion. (For example, applications A, B,and C are filed in that order. A and Bare directly mutually exclusive, B andC are directly mutually exclusive. Inorder to be considered comparativelywith B, C must be filed within the‘‘cut-off’’ period established by A eventhough C is not directly mutually ex-clusive with A.)

(d) Private operational fixed point-to-point microwave applications forauthorization under this part will beentitled to be included in a random se-lection process or to comparative con-sideration with one or more conflictingapplications in accordance with theprovisions of § 1.227(b)(4) of this chap-ter.

(e) An application otherwise mutu-ally exclusive with one or more pre-viously filed applications, but filedafter the appropriate date prescribed inparagraphs (b) or (d) of this section,will be returned without prejudice andwill be eligible for refiling only afterfinal action is taken by the Commis-sion with respect to the previouslyfiled application (or applications).

(f) For the purposes of this section,any application (whether mutually ex-clusive or not) will be considered to bea newly filed application if it is amend-ed by a major amendment (as definedby § 101.29), except under any of the fol-lowing circumstances:

(1) The application has been des-ignated for comparative hearing, or forcomparative evaluation (pursuant to§ 101.51), and the Commission or thepresiding officer accepts the amend-ment pursuant to § 101.29(b);

(2) The amendment resolves fre-quency conflicts with authorized sta-tions or other pending applicationswhich would otherwise require resolu-tion by hearing, by comparative eval-uation pursuant to § 101.51, or by ran-dom selection pursuant to § 101.49 pro-vided that the amendment does notcreate new or additional frequency con-flicts;

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by the Commission to be in the publicinterest, and for which a requested ex-emption from the ‘‘cut-off’’ require-ments of this section is granted;

(4) The amendment reflects only achange in ownership or control whichresults from an agreement under§ 101.41 whereby two or more applicantsentitled to comparative considerationof their applications join in one (ormore) of the existing applications andrequest dismissal of their other appli-cation (or applications) to avoid thedelay and cost of comparative consid-eration;

(5) The amendment corrects typo-graphical, transcription, or similarclerical errors which are clearly dem-onstrated to be mistakes by referenceto other parts of the application, andwhose discovery does not create new orincreased frequency conflicts; or

(6) The amendment does not createnew or increased frequency conflicts,and is demonstrably necessitated byevents which the applicant could nothave reasonably foreseen at the time offiling, such as, for example:

(i) The loss of a transmitter or re-ceiver site by condemnation, naturalcauses, or loss of lease or option;

(ii) Obstruction of a proposed trans-mission path caused by the erection ofa new building or other structure; or

(iii) The discontinuance or substan-tial technological obsolescence of spec-ified equipment, whenever the applica-tion has been pending before the Com-mission for two or more years from thedate of its filing.

(g) Applicants for the 932.5–935/941.5–944 MHz bands shall select a frequencypair. Applicants for these bands mayselect an unpaired frequency only upona showing that spectrum efficiency willnot be impaired and that unpairedspectrum is not available in otherbands. During the initial filing window,frequency coordination is not required,except that an application for a fre-quency in the 942–944 MHz band mustbe coordinated to ensure that it doesnot affect an existing broadcast auxil-iary service licensee. After the initialfiling window, an applicant must sub-mit evidence that frequency coordina-tion has been performed with all licens-ees affected by the application. All fre-quency coordination must be per-

formed in accordance with § 101.103. Inthe event of mutually exclusive appli-cations occurring during the initial fil-ing window for the 932.5–935/941.5–944MHz bands, applicants shall be giventhe opportunity to resolve these situa-tions by applying for an alternativefrequency pair, if one is available. Tothe extent that there are no otheravailable frequencies or to the extentthat mutually exclusive applicationsremain after this process is concluded,lotteries shall be conducted for eachfrequency pair among all remainingmutually exclusive applications, as-suming appropriate coordination withexisting broadcast auxiliary stationscan be concluded, where necessary. Inthe event of mutually exclusive appli-cations being received for these bandson the same day after the initial filingwindow has closed and a subsequent fil-ing window opened, lotteries shall beconducted for each frequency pairamong all mutually exclusive applica-tions.

(h) Renewal applications will not beincluded in a random selection process.

[61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, as amended at 62FR 23164, Apr. 29, 1997; 62 FR 24582, May 6,1997]

§ 101.47 Consideration of applications.(a) Applications for an instrument of

authorization will be granted if, uponexamination of the application andupon consideration of such other mat-ters as it may officially notice, theCommission finds that the grant willserve the public interest, convenience,and necessity.

(b) The grant will be without a for-mal hearing if, upon consideration ofthe application, any pleadings of objec-tions filed, or other matters which maybe officially noticed, the Commissionfinds that:

(1) The application is acceptable forfiling, and is in accordance with theCommission’s rules, regulations, andother requirements;

(2) The application is not subject tocomparative consideration (pursuantto § 101.45) with another application (orapplications), except where the com-peting applicants have chosen the com-parative evaluation procedure of§ 101.51 and a grant is appropriate underthat procedure;


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(3) A grant of the application wouldnot cause harmful electrical inter-ference to an authorized station;

(4) There are no substantial and ma-terial questions of fact presented; and

(5) The applicant is legally, tech-nically, financially and otherwisequalified, and a grant of the applica-tion would serve the public interest.

(c) Whenever the Commission, with-out a formal hearing, grants any appli-cation in part, or subject to any termsor conditions other than those nor-mally applied to applications of thesame type, it will inform the applicantof the reasons therefor, and the grantwill be considered final unless theCommission revises its action (eitherby granting the application as origi-nally requested, or by designating theapplication for a formal evidentiaryhearing) in response to a petition forreconsideration that:

(1) Is filed by the applicant withinthirty (30) days from the date of theletter or order giving the reasons forthe partial or conditioned grant;

(2) Rejects the grant as made and ex-plains the reasons why the applicationshould be granted as originally re-quested; and

(3) Returns the instrument of author-ization.

(d) The Commission will designate anapplication for a formal hearing, speci-fying with particularity the mattersand things in issue, if, upon consider-ation of the application, any pleadingsor objections filed, or other matterswhich may be officially noticed, theCommission determines that:

(1) A substantial and material ques-tion of fact is presented;

(2) The Commission is unable for anyreason to make the findings specifiedin paragraph (a) of this section and theapplication is acceptable for filing,complete, and in accordance with theCommission’s rules, regulations, andother requirements;

(3) The application is entitled tocomparative consideration (under§ 101.45) with another application (orapplications); or

(4) The application is entitled tocomparative consideration (pursuantto § 101.45) and the applicants have cho-sen the comparative evaluation proce-dure of § 101.51 but the Commission

deems such procedure to be inappropri-ate.

(e) The Commission may grant, deny,or take other action with respect to anapplication designated for a formalhearing pursuant to paragraph (d) ofthis section or part 1 of this chapter.

(f) Except with respect to applica-tions subject to subpart L of this part,whenever the public interest would beserved thereby, the Commission maygrant one or more mutually exclusiveapplications expressly conditionedupon final action on the applications,and then either conduct a random se-lection process (in specified servicesunder this part), designate all of themutually exclusive applications for aformal evidentiary hearing or (when-ever so requested) follow the compara-tive evaluation procedures of § 101.51, asappropriate, if it appears:

(1) That some or all of the applica-tions were not filed in good faith, butwere filed for the purpose of delayingor hindering the grant of another appli-cation;

(2) That the public interest requiresthe prompt establishment of radioservice in a particular community orarea;

(3) That a delay in making a grant toany applicant until after the conclu-sion of a hearing or a random selectionproceeding on all applications mightjeopardize the rights of the UnitedStates under the provision of an inter-national agreement to the use of thefrequency in question; or

(4) That a grant of one applicationwould be in the public interest in thatit appears from an examination of theremaining applications that they can-not be granted because they are in vio-lation of provisions of the Communica-tions Act, other statutes, or of the pro-visions of this chapter.

(g) Reconsideration or review of anyfinal action taken by the Commissionwill be in accordance with subpart A ofpart 1 of this chapter.


§ 101.51 Comparative evaluation ofmutually exclusive applications.

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random selection process does notapply, the applicants may request theCommission to consider their applica-tions without a formal hearing in ac-cordance with the summary procedureoutlined in paragraph (b) in this sec-tion if:

(1) The applications are entitled tocomparative consideration pursuant to§ 101.45;

(2) The applications have not beendesignated for formal evidentiary hear-ing; and

(3) The Commission determines, ini-tially or at any time during the proce-dure outlined in paragraph (b) of thissection, that such procedure is appro-priate, and that, from the informationsubmitted and consideration of suchother matters as may be officially no-ticed, there are no substantial and ma-terial questions of fact presented(other than those relating to the com-parative merits of the applications)which would preclude a grant underparagraphs (a) and (b) of § 101.47.

(b) Provided that the conditions ofparagraph (a) of this section are satis-fied, applicants may request the Com-mission to act upon their mutually ex-clusive applications without a formalhearing pursuant to the summary pro-cedure outlined below:

(1) To initiate the procedure, each ap-plicant will submit to the Commissiona written statement containing:

(i) A waiver of the applicant’s rightto a formal hearing;

(ii) A request and agreement that, inorder to avoid the delay and expense ofa comparative formal hearing, theCommission should exercise its judg-ment to select from among the mutu-ally exclusive applications that pro-posal (or proposals) which would bestserve the public interest; and

(iii) The signature of a principal (andthe principal’s attorney if represented).

(2) After receipt of the written re-quests of all of the applicants the Com-mission (if it deems this procedure ap-propriate) will issue a notice designat-ing the comparative criteria uponwhich the applications are to be evalu-ated and will request each applicant tosubmit, within a specified period oftime, additional information concern-ing the applicant’s proposal relative tothe comparative criteria.

(3) Within thirty (30) days followingthe due date for filing this information,the Commission will accept conciseand factual argument on the competingproposals from the rival applicants, po-tential customers, and other knowl-edgeable parties in interest.

(4) Within fifteen (15) days followingthe due date for the filing of com-ments, the Commission will acceptconcise and factual replies from therival applicants.

(5) From time to time during thecourse of this procedure the Commis-sion may request additional informa-tion from the applicants and hold in-formal conferences at which all com-peting applicants will have the right tobe represented.

(6) Upon evaluation of the applica-tions, the information submitted, andsuch other matters as may be officiallynoticed the Commission will issue a de-cision granting one (or more) of theproposals which it concludes wouldbest serve the public interest, conven-ience and necessity. The decision willreport briefly and concisely the reasonsfor the Commission’s selection and willdeny the other application(s). This de-cision will be considered final.

LICENSE TRANSFERS, MODIFICATIONS,CONDITIONS AND FORFEITURES

§ 101.53 Assignment or transfer of sta-tion authorization.

(a) No station license, or any rightsthereunder, may be transferred, as-signed, or disposed of in any manner,voluntarily or involuntarily, directlyor indirectly, or by transfer of controlof any corporation or any other entityholding any such license, to any personexcept upon application to the Com-mission and upon finding by the Com-mission that the public interest, con-venience and necessity will be servedthereby.

(b) For purposes of this section,transfers of control requiring Commis-sion approval must include any and alltransactions that:

(1) Change the party controlling theaffairs of the licensee; or

(2) Affect any change in a controllinginterest in the ownership of the li-censee, including changes in legal orequitable ownership.


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(c) Requests for transfer of control orassignment authority must be submit-ted on the application form prescribedby § 101.13 or § 101.15, and must be ac-companied by the applicable showingsrequired by §§ 101.19, 101.21, and 101.55.

(d) The Commission must be prompt-ly notified in writing when a licensee isvoluntarily or involuntarily placed inbankruptcy or receivership and whenan individual licensee, a member of apartnership which is a licensee, or aperson directly or indirectly in controlof a corporation which is a licensee,dies or becomes legally disabled. With-in thirty days after the occurrence ofsuch bankruptcy, receivership, deathor legal disability, an application of in-voluntary assignment of such license,or involuntary transfer of control ofsuch corporation, must be filed withthe Commission, requesting assign-ment or transfer to a successor legallyqualified under the laws of the placehaving jurisdiction over the assets in-volved.

(e) The assignor of a station licensedunder this part may retain no right ofreversion or reassignment of the li-cense and may not reserve the right touse the facilities of the station for anyperiod whatsoever. No assignment of li-cense will be granted or authorized ifthere is a contract or understanding,express or implied, pursuant to which aright of reversion or reassignment ofthe license or right to use the facilitiesare retained as partial or full consider-ation for the assignment or transfer.

(f) No special temporary authority,or any rights thereunder, may be as-signed or otherwise disposed of, di-rectly or indirectly, voluntarily or in-voluntarily, without prior Commissionapproval.

§ 101.55 Considerations involvingtransfer or assignment applications.

(a) Licenses may not be assigned ortransferred prior to the completion ofconstruction of the facility. However,consent to the assignment or transferof control of such a license may begiven prior to the completion of con-struction where:

(1) The assignment or transfer doesnot involve a substantial change in orownership or control of the authorizedfacilities; or

(2) The assignment or transfer of con-trol is involuntary due to the licensee’sbankruptcy, death, or legal disability.

(b) The Commission will review aproposed transaction to determine ifthe circumstances indicate ‘‘traffick-ing’’ in licenses whenever applications(except those involving pro forma as-signment or transfer of control) forconsent to assignment of a license, orfor transfer of control of a licensee, in-volve facilities:

(1) Authorized following a compara-tive hearing and have been operatedless than one year;

(2) Involve facilities that have notbeen constructed; or

(3) Involve facilities that were au-thorized following a random selectionproceeding in which the successful ap-plicant received preference and thathave been operated for less than oneyear.

(c) At its discretion, the Commissionmay require the submission of an af-firmative, factual showing (supportedby affidavits of a person or personswith personal knowledge thereof) todemonstrate that the proposed as-signor or transferor has not acquiredan authorization or operated a stationfor the principal purpose of profitablesale rather than public service. Thisshowing may include, for example, ademonstration that the proposed as-signment or transfer is due to changedcircumstances (described in detail) af-fecting the licensee subsequent to theacquisition of the license, or that theproposed transfer of radio facilities isincidental to a sale of other facilitiesor merger of interests.

(d) If a proposed transfer of radio fa-cilities is incidental to a sale or otherfacilities or merger of interests, anyshowing requested under paragraph (a)of this section must include an addi-tional exhibit that:

(1) Discloses complete details as tothe sale of facilities or merger of inter-ests;

(2) Segregates clearly by an itemizedaccounting, the amount of consider-ation involved in the sale of facilitiesor merger of interests; and


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(3) Demonstrates that the amount ofconsideration assignable to the facili-ties or business interests involved rep-resents their fair market value at thetime of the transaction.

(e) For the purposes of this section,the one year period is calculated usingthe following dates (as appropriate):

(1) The initial date of grant of the li-cense, excluding subsequent modifica-tions;

(2) The date of consummation of anassignment or transfer, if the station isacquired as the result of an assignmentof license, or transfer of control of cor-porate licensee; or

(3) The median date of the applicablecommencement dates (determined pur-suant to paragraphs (d)(1) and (2) ofthis section) if the transaction involvesa system (such as a Private Oper-ational Fixed Point-to-Point Micro-wave system) of two or more stations.(The median date is that date so se-lected such that fifty percent of thecommencement dates of the total num-ber of stations, when arranged inchronological order, lie below it andfifty percent lie above it. When thenumber of stations is an even number,the median date will be a value halfway between the two dates closest tothe theoretical median).

§ 101.57 Modification of station license.(a)(1) Except as provided in § 101.59,

and except in the case of licenses au-thorized for operation in the 31,000–31,300 MHz band prior to March 11, 1997,and except in the Local Multipoint Dis-tribution Service as provided in§ 101.61(c)(10), no modification of a li-cense issued pursuant to this part (orthe facilities described thereunder)may be made except upon applicationto the Commission.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions ofsubparagraph (1) of this paragraph, li-censees (other than licensees in theLocal Television Transmission Service)authorized to operate in the 31,000–31,300 MHz band prior to March 11, 1997,may submit applications to the Com-mission for modification of such li-censes not later than the end of the 15-day period following June 30, 1997.

(b) No application for modification toextend a license construction periodwill be granted for delays caused by

lack of financing or for lack of siteavailability. Applications for time ex-tensions for other reasons must includea verified statement from the applicantshowing that the licensee has madediligent efforts to construct the facili-ties and:

(1) That additional time is requireddue to circumstances beyond the appli-cant’s control, in which case the appli-cant must describe such circumstancesand must set forth with specificity andjustify the precise extension period re-quested; or

(2) That there are unique and over-riding public interest concerns thatjustify such an extension, in whichcase the applicant must identify suchinterests and must set forth and justifya precise extension period.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions ofparagraph (b) of this section, when astation license has been assigned ortransferred pursuant to § 101.53, any ex-tension of time will be limited so thatthe time left to construct after Com-mission grant of the transfer or assign-ment will be no more than the time re-maining for construction at the date ofthe filing of the application for trans-fer or assignment.

(d) Modification of license is requiredfor the following changes in authorizedstations:

(1) Any change in frequencies used;(2) Any change in antenna azimuth;(3) Any change in antenna beam-

width;(4) Any change in antenna or passive

repeater location greater than 1 secondor which involves a requirement forspecial aeronautical study;

(5) Any change in antenna polariza-tion;

(6) Any change in antenna height;(7) Any change in the size of passive

reflectors or repeaters associated withthe facilities of an authorized station;

(8) Any increase in emission band-width beyond that authorized;

(9) Any change in the type of emis-sion;

(10) Any change in authorized equiva-lent isotropically radiated power in ex-cess of 3 dB (a 2-to-1 ratio); or

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(e) When the name of the licensee ischanged (without changes in the own-ership, control, or corporate structure),or when the mailing address is changed(without changing the authorized loca-tion of the fixed station) a formal ap-plication for modification of license isnot required. However, the licenseemust notify the Commission withinthirty days of the effective date ofthese changes. The notice, which maybe in letter form, must contain thename and address of the licensee asthey appear in the Commission’srecords, the new name or address, thecall signs and classes of all radio sta-tions authorized to the licensee underthis part and the radio service in whicheach station is authorized. The noticemust be sent to the Federal Commu-nications Commission, Gettysburg, PA17325 and a copy must be maintainedwith the license of each station until anew license is issued.


§ 101.59 Processing of applications forfacility minor modifications.

(a) Except in the Local MultipointDistribution Service as provided in§ 101.61(c)(10), unless an applicant is no-tified to the contrary by the Commis-sion, as of the twenty-first day follow-ing the date of public notice, any appli-cation that meets the requirements ofparagraph (b) of this section and pro-poses only the change specified in para-graph (c) of this section will be deemedto have been authorized by the Com-mission.

(b) An application may be consideredunder the procedures of this sectiononly if:

(1) It is in the Private OperationalFixed Point-to-Point Microwave, Com-mon Carrier Fixed Point-to-PointMicrowave, Local Television Trans-mission, Digital Electronic MessageServices, and Local Multipoint Dis-tribution Services;

(2) The cumulative effect of all suchapplications made within any 60 dayperiod does not exceed the appropriatevalues prescribed by paragraph (c) ofthis section;

(3) The facilities to be modified arenot located within 56.3 kilometers (35

miles) of the Canadian or Mexican bor-der;

(4) It is acceptable for filing, is con-sistent with all of the Commission’srules, and does not involve a waiver re-quest;

(5) It specifically requests consider-ation pursuant to this section; and

(6) Written notice of such filing hasbeen provided to all parties otherwiserequired to be provided a prior coordi-nation notice in accordance with§ 101.103(d) or, in the Digital ElectronicMessage Services, a copy of the appli-cation has been served on those whoalso were served under § 101.509.

(c) The modifications that may beauthorized under the procedures of thissection are:

(1) Changes in a transmitter and ex-isting transmitter operating character-istics, or protective configuration oftransmitter, provided that:

(i) Any increase in equivalentisotropically radiated power is lessthan 3 dB over the previously author-ized output power;

(ii) The necessary bandwidth is notincreased beyond the previously au-thorized bandwidth;

(2) Changes in the center line heightof an antenna, provided that:

(i) Any increase in antenna height isless than 3.0 meters (10 feet) above thepreviously authorized height;

(ii) The overall height of the antennastructure is not increased as a result ofthe antenna extending above theheight of the previously authorizedstructure, except when the new heightof the antenna structure is 6.1 meters(20 feet) or less (above ground or man-made structure, as appropriate) afterthe change is made.

(3) Change in the geographical co-ordinates of a transmit station, receivestation or passive facility by five (5)seconds or less of latitude, longitude orboth, provided that when notice to theFAA of proposed construction is re-quired by part 17 of this chapter for an-tenna structure at the previously au-thorized coordinates (or will be re-quired at the new location) the appli-cant must comply with the provisionsof § 101.21(a).

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the applicant must keep a completecopy of the application (including thefiling date) with the station license ifconstruction begins prior to receipt ofthe authorization.

[61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, as amended at 62FR 23165, Apr. 29, 1997; 62 FR 24582, May 6,1997]

§ 101.61 Certain modifications not re-quiring prior authorization.

(a) Equipment in an authorized radiostation may be replaced without priorauthorization or notification if the re-placement equipment is equivalent tothe replaced equipment.

(b) Licensees of fixed stations in thePrivate Operational Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave, Common CarrierFixed Point-to-Point Microwave, LocalTelevision Transmission, Digital Elec-tronic Message Services, and LocalMultipoint Distribution Services maymake the facility changes listed inparagraph (c) of this section withoutobtaining prior Commission authoriza-tion, if:

(1) Frequency coordination proce-dures, as necessary, are complied within accordance with § 101.103(d) or, in theDigital Electronic Message Services, acopy of the notification described inparagraph (b)(3) of this section isserved on those who were served under§ 101.509; and

(2) The cumulative effect of all facil-ity changes made within any 60 day pe-riod does not exceed the appropriatevalues prescribed by paragraph (c) ofthis section; and

(3) The Commission is notified ofchanges made to facilities by the sub-mission of a completed FCC Form 415within 30 days after the changes aremade, except that licensees in theLocal Multipoint Distribution Servicemust notify the Commission by thesubmission of a completed FCC Form600 within 30 days or, if the change issubject to § 101.305(b) or 101.305(c), with-in the time periods required in thosesections.

(c) Modifications that may be madewithout prior authorization underparagraph (b) of this section are:

(1) Change or modification of a trans-mitter, when:

(i) The replacement or modifiedtransmitter is type-accepted (or type-

notified) for use under this part and isinstalled without modification fromthe type-accepted (or type notified)configuration;

(ii) The type of modulation is notchanged;

(iii) The frequency stability is equalto or better than the previously au-thorized frequency stability; and

(iv) The necessary bandwidth and theoutput power do not exceed the pre-viously authorized values.

(2) Addition or deletion of a trans-mitter for protection without changingthe authorized power output (e.g. hotstandby transmitters);

(3) Change to an antenna (other thanany change involving a periscope an-tenna system), when:

(i) For the Private Operational FixedPoint-to-Point Microwave, CommonCarrier Fixed Point-to-Point Micro-wave, and Local Television Trans-mission Services, the new antenna con-forms to the requirements of § 101.115and has essentially the same or betterradiation characteristics than the pre-viously authorized antenna;

(ii) For the Digital Electronic Mes-sage Service, the new antenna con-forms with § 101.517 and the gain of thenew antenna does not exceed that ofthe previously authorized antenna bymore than one dB in any direction.

(4) Any technical changes that woulddecrease the effective radiated power.

(5) Change to the height of an an-tenna system, when:

(i) The new center line height (meas-ured at the center-of-radiation) is with-in ±1.5 meters of the previously author-ized height; and

(ii) The overall height of the antennastructure is not increased as a result ofthe antenna extending above theheight of the previously authorizedstructure, except when the new heightof the antenna structure is 6.1 metersor less (above ground or man-madestructure, as appropriate) after thechange is made.

(6) Decreases in the overall height ofan antenna structure, provided that,when notice to the FAA of proposedconstruction was required by part 17 ofthis chapter for the antenna structureat the previously authorized height,the applicant must comply with theprovisions of § 101.21(a).


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(7) Changes in the azimuth of thecenter of the main lobe of radiation ofa point-to-point station’s antenna by amaximum of one degree.

(8) Changes to the transmission lineand other devices between the trans-mitter and the antenna when the effec-tive radiated power of the station isnot increased by more than one dB.

(9) In the Local Multipoint Distribu-tion Service, changes in regulatory sta-tus from common carrier to non-com-mon carrier status or non-common car-rier to common carrier status, or fromthe addition of common carrier or non-common carrier status to an existinglicense in order to be authorized to pro-vide both common carrier and non-common carrier services; except thatchanges that result in the discontinu-ance, reduction, or impairment of theexisting service are subject to the re-quirements of § 101.305 (b) and (c).

(10) In the Local Multipoint Distribu-tion Service, the addition, removal, orrelocation of facilities within the areaauthorized by the license, except asprovided in § 101.1009.

(d) Licensees may notify the Com-mission of permissible changes or cor-rect erroneous information on a licensenot involving a major change (i.e., achange that would be classified as amajor amendment as defined by§ 101.29) without obtaining prior com-mission approval by filing FCC Form415, except in Local Multipoint Dis-tribution Service by filing FCC Form600.


§ 101.63 Period of construction; certifi-cation of completion of construc-tion.

(a) Each station, except in the LocalMultipoint Distribution Services, au-thorized under this part must be in op-eration within 18 months from the ini-tial date of grant. Modification of anoperational station must be completedwithin 18 months of the date of grantof the applicable modification request.

(b) Failure to timely begin operationmeans the authorization cancels auto-matically and must be returned to theCommission.

(c) The frequencies associated withall point-to-multipoint authorizations

which have cancelled automatically orotherwise been recovered by the Com-mission will again be made availablefor reassignment on a date and underterms set forth by Public Notice.

(d) Requests for extension of time tobe in operation may be granted upon ashowing of good cause, setting forth indetail the applicant’s reasons for fail-ure to have the facility operating inthe prescribed period. Such requestsmust be submitted no later than 30days prior to the end of the prescribedperiod to the Federal CommunicationsCommission, Gettysburg, PA 17325–7245.

(e) Construction of any station mustbe completed by the date specified inthe license as the termination date ofthe construction period. Licensees whofail to complete construction must re-turn their authorization for cancella-tion within 5 days after the expirationof the construction period specified onthe license.


§ 101.65 Forfeiture and termination ofstation authorizations.

(a) A license will be automaticallyforfeited in whole or in part withoutfurther notice to the licensee upon:

(1) The expiration of the constructionperiod specified therein, or after suchadditional time as may be authorizedby the Commission;

(2) The expiration of the license pe-riod specified therein, unless priorthereto an application for renewal ofsuch license has been filed with theCommission; or

(3) The voluntary removal or alter-ation of the facilities, so as to renderthe station not operational for a periodof 30 days or more.

(b) A license forfeited in whole or inpart under the provisions of paragraph(a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section may be re-instated if the Commission, in its dis-cretion, determines that reinstatementwould best serve the public interest,convenience and necessity. Petitionsfor reinstatement filed pursuant to thissubsection will be considered only if:

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(2) The petition explains the failureto timely file such notification or ap-plication as would have preventedautomatic forfeiture; and

(3) The petition sets forth with speci-ficity the procedures which have beenestablished to insure timely filings inthe future.

(c) A special temporary authorizationwill automatically terminate upon theexpiration date specified therein, orupon failure to comply with any spe-cial terms or conditions set forththerein. Operation may be extended be-yond such termination date only afterapplication and upon specific author-ization by the Commission.

(d) If a station licensed under thispart discontinues operation on a per-manent basis, the licensee must for-ward the station license to the FederalCommunications Commission, Gettys-burg, Pennsylvania 17325, for cancella-tion. For purposes of this section, anystation which has not operated for oneyear or more is considered to have beenpermanently discontinued. See § 101.305for additional rules regarding tem-porary and permanent discontinuationof service.

§ 101.67 License period.Licenses for stations authorized

under this part will be issued for a pe-riod not to exceed 10 years. Unless oth-erwise specified by the Commission,the expiration of regular licenses shallbe on the date (month and day) se-lected by licensees in the year of expi-ration.

POLICIES GOVERNING MICROWAVE RELO-CATION FROM THE 1850–1990 AND 2110–2200 MHZ BANDS

§ 101.69 Transition of the 1850–1990MHz, 2110–2150 MHz, and 2160–2200MHz bands from the fixed micro-wave services to personal commu-nications services and emergingtechnologies.

Fixed Microwave Services (FMS) fre-quencies in the 1850–1990 MHz, 2110–2150MHz, and 2160–2200 MHz bands listed in§§ 101.147(c), (d) and (e) have been allo-cated for use by emerging technology(ET) services, including Personal Com-munications Services (PCS). The rulesin this section provide for a transitionperiod during which ET licensees may

relocate existing FMS licensees usingthese frequencies to other media orother fixed channels, including those inother microwave bands.

(a) ET licensees may negotiate withFMS licensees authorized to use fre-quencies in the 1850–1990 MHz, 2110–2150MHz, and 2160–2200 MHz bands, for thepurpose of agreeing to terms underwhich the FMS licensees would:

(1) Relocate their operations to otherfixed microwave bands or other media;or alternatively

(2) Accept a sharing arrangementwith the ET licensee that may result inan otherwise impermissible level of in-terference to the FMS operations.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph(c) of this section, FMS operations inthe 1850–1990 MHz, 2110–2150 MHz, and2160–2200 MHz bands, with the excep-tion of public safety facilities definedin § 101.77, will continue to be co-pri-mary with other users of this spectrumuntil two years after the FCC com-mences acceptance of applications forET services (voluntary negotiation pe-riod), and until one year after an ET li-censee initiates negotiations for relo-cation of the fixed microwave licens-ee’s operations (mandatory negotiationperiod). In the 1910–1930 MHz band allo-cated for unlicensed PCS, FMS oper-ations will continue to be co-primaryuntil one year after UTAM, Inc. initi-ates negotiations for relocation of thefixed microwave licensee’s operations.Except as provided in paragraph (c) ofthis section, public safety facilities de-fined in § 101.77 will continue to be co-primary in these bands until threeyears after the Commission commencesacceptance of applications for anemerging technology service (vol-untary negotiation period), and untiltwo years after an emerging tech-nology service licensee or an emergingtechnology unlicensed equipment sup-plier or representative initiates nego-tiations for relocation of the fixedmicrowave licensee’s operations (man-datory negotiation period). If no agree-ment is reached during either the vol-untary or mandatory negotiation peri-ods, an ET licensee may initiate invol-untary relocation procedures. Underinvoluntary relocation, the incumbentis required to relocate, provided that


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the ET licensee meets the conditions of§ 101.75.

(c) Voluntary and mandatory nego-tiation periods for PCS C, D, E, and Fblocks are defined as follows:

(1) Non-public safety incumbents willhave a one-year voluntary negotiationperiod and a one-year mandatory nego-tiation period; and

(2) Public safety incumbents willhave a three-year voluntary negotia-tion period and a two-year mandatorynegotiation period.

[62 FR 12758, Mar. 18, 1997]

§ 101.71 Voluntary negotiations.

During the voluntary negotiation pe-riod, negotiations are strictly vol-untary and are not defined by any pa-rameters. However, if the parties havenot reached an agreement within oneyear after the commencement of thevoluntary period for non-public safetyentities, or within three years after thecommencement of the voluntary periodfor public safety entities, the FMS li-censee must allow the ET licensee if itso chooses to gain access to the exist-ing facilities to be relocated so that anindependent third party can examinethe FMS licensee’s 2 GHz system andprepare an estimate of the cost and thetime needed to relocate the FMS li-censee to comparable facilities. The ETlicensee must pay for any such esti-mate.

[62 FR 12758, Mar. 18, 1997]

§ 101.73 Mandatory negotiations.

(a) If a relocation agreement is notreached during the voluntary period,the ET licensee may initiate a manda-tory negotiation period. This manda-tory period is triggered at the option ofthe ET licensee, but ET licensees maynot invoke their right to mandatorynegotiation until the voluntary nego-tiation period has expired.

(b) Once mandatory negotiationshave begun, an FMS licensee may notrefuse to negotiate and all parties arerequired to negotiate in good faith.Good faith requires each party to pro-vide information to the other that isreasonably necessary to facilitate therelocation process. In evaluatingclaims that a party has not negotiated

in good faith, the FCC will consider,inter alia, the following factors:

(1) Whether the ET licensee has madea bona fide offer to relocate the FMS li-censee to comparable facilities in ac-cordance with Section 101.75(b);

(2) If the FMS licensee has demandeda premium, the type of premium re-quested (e.g., whether the premium isdirectly related to relocation, such assystem-wide relocations and analog-to-digital conversions, versus other typesof premiums), and whether the value ofthe premium as compared to the costof providing comparable facilities isdisproportionate (i.e., whether there isa lack of proportion or relation be-tween the two);

(3) What steps the parties have takento determine the actual cost of reloca-tion to comparable facilities;

(4) Whether either party has withheldinformation requested by the otherparty that is necessary to estimate re-location costs or to facilitate the relo-cation process.

(c) Any party alleging a violation ofour good faith requirement must at-tach an independent estimate of the re-location costs in question to any docu-mentation filed with the Commissionin support of its claim. An independentcost estimate must include a specifica-tion for the comparable facility and astatement of the costs associated withproviding that facility to the incum-bent licensee.

[61 FR 29694, June 12, 1996, as amended at 62FR 12758, Mar. 18, 1997]

§ 101.75 Involuntary relocation proce-dures.

(a) If no agreement is reached duringeither the voluntary or mandatory ne-gotiation period, an ET licensee mayinitiate involuntary relocation proce-dures under the Commission’s rules.ET licensees are obligated to pay to re-locate only the specific microwavelinks to which their systems pose aninterference problem. Under involun-tary relocation, the FMS licensee is re-quired to relocate, provided that theET licensee:

(1) Guarantees payment of relocationcosts, including all engineering, equip-ment, site and FCC fees, as well as anylegitimate and prudent transaction ex-penses incurred by the FMS licensee


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that are directly attributable to an in-voluntary relocation, subject to a capof two percent of the hard costs in-volved. Hard costs are defined as theactual costs associated with providinga replacement system, such as equip-ment and engineering expenses. ET li-censees are not required to pay FMS li-censees for internal resources devotedto the relocation process. ET licenseesare not required to pay for transactioncosts incurred by FMS licensees duringthe voluntary or mandatory periodsonce the involuntary period is initi-ated, or for fees that cannot be legiti-mately tied to the provision of com-parable facilities;

(2) Completes all activities necessaryfor implementing the replacement fa-cilities, including engineering and costanalysis of the relocation procedureand, if radio facilities are used, identi-fying and obtaining, on the incum-bents’ behalf, new microwave fre-quencies and frequency coordination;and

(3) Builds the replacement systemand tests it for comparability with theexisting 2 GHz system.

(b) Comparable facilities. The replace-ment system provided to an incumbentduring an involuntary relocation mustbe at least equivalent to the existingFMS system with respect to the follow-ing three factors:

(1) Throughput. Communicationsthroughput is the amount of informa-tion transferred within a system in agiven amount of time. If analog facili-ties are being replaced with analog, theET licensee is required to provide theFMS licensee with an equivalent num-ber of 4 kHz voice channels. If digitalfacilities are being replaced with digi-tal, the ET licensee must provide theFMS licensee with equivalent dataloading bits per second (bps). ET li-censees must provide FMS licenseeswith enough throughput to satisfy theFMS licensee’s system use at the timeof relocation, not match the total ca-pacity of the FMS system.

(2) Reliability. System reliability isthe degree to which information istransferred accurately within a sys-tem. ET licensees must provide FMS li-censees with reliability equal to theoverall reliability of their system. Fordigital data systems, reliability is

measured by the percent of time thebit error rate (BER) exceeds a desiredvalue, and for analog or digital voicetransmissions, it is measured by thepercent of time that audio signal qual-ity meets an established threshold. Ifan analog voice system is replaced witha digital voice system, only the result-ing frequency response, harmonic dis-tortion, signal-to-noise ratio and its re-liability will be considered in deter-mining comparable reliability.

(3) Operating costs. Operating costsare the cost to operate and maintainthe FMS system. ET licensees mustcompensate FMS licensees for any in-creased recurring costs associated withthe replacement facilities (e.g., addi-tional rental payments, increased util-ity fees) for five years after relocation.ET licensees may satisfy this obliga-tion by making a lump-sum paymentbased on present value using currentinterest rates. Additionally, the main-tenance costs to the FMS licenseemust be equivalent to the 2 GHz sys-tem in order for the replacement sys-tem to be considered comparable.

(c) The FMS licensee is not requiredto relocate until the alternative facili-ties are available to it for a reasonabletime to make adjustments, determinecomparability, and ensure a seamlesshandoff.

(d) Twelve-month trial period. If, with-in one year after the relocation to newfacilities, the FMS licensee dem-onstrates that the new facilities arenot comparable to the former facili-ties, the ET licensee must remedy thedefects or pay to relocate the micro-wave licensee to one of the following:its former or equivalent 2 GHz chan-nels, another comparable frequencyband, a land-line system, or any otherfacility that satisfies the requirementsspecified in paragraph (b) of this sec-tion. This trial period commences onthe date that the FMS licensee beginsfull operation of the replacement link.If the FMS licensee has retained its 2GHz authorization during the trial pe-riod, it must return the license to theCommission at the end of the twelvemonths.

[61 FR 29694, June 12, 1996]


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§ 101.77 Public safety licensees in the1850–1990 MHz, 2110–2150 MHz, and2160–2200 MHz bands.

(a) Public safety facilities are subjectto the three-year voluntary and two-year mandatory negotiation period, ex-cept as otherwise defined in paragraph101.69(c). In order for public safety li-censees to qualify for extended nego-tiation periods, the department headresponsible for system oversight mustcertify to the ET licensee requestingrelocation that:

(1) The agency is a Police licensee, aFire Licensee, or an Emergency Medi-cal Licensee as defined in § 90.7 of thischapter, or meets the eligibility re-quirements of § 90.20(a)(2) of this chap-ter, except for § 90.20(a)(2)(ii) of thischapter, or that it is a licensee of otherpart 101 facilities licensed on a primarybasis under the eligibility require-ments of part 90, subpart B of thischapter; and

(2) The majority of communicationscarried on the facilities at issue in-volve safety of life and property.

(b) A public safety licensee must pro-vide certification within thirty (30)days of a request from a ET licensee, orthe ET licensee may presume that spe-cial treatment is inapplicable. If a pub-lic safety licensee falsely certifies toan ET licensee that it qualifies for theextended time periods, this licenseewill be in violation of the Commis-sion’s rules and will subject to appro-priate penalties, as well as imme-diately subject to the non-public safetytime periods.

[61 FR 29695, June 12, 1996, as amended at 62FR 12758, Mar. 18, 1997; 62 FR 18936, Apr. 17,1997]

EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: At 62 FR 18936, Apr.17, 1997, in § 101.77, paragraph (a)(1) was re-vised, effective Oct. 17, 1997. For the conven-ience of the user, the superseded text is setforth as follows:

§ 101.77 Public safety licensees in the 1850–1990 MHz, 2110–2150 MHz, and 2160–2200MHz bands.

(a) * * *(1) The agency is a licensee in the Police

Radio, Fire Radio, Emergency Medical, Spe-cial Emergency Radio Services, or that it isa licensee of other part 101 facilities licensed

on a primary basis under the eligibility re-quirements of part 90, subparts B and C; and

* * * * *

§ 101.79 Sunset provisions for licenseesin the 1850–1990 MHz, 2110–2150MHz, and 2150–2160 MHz bands.

(a) FMS licensees will maintain pri-mary status in the 1850–1990 MHz, 2110–2150 MHz, and 2160–2200 MHz bands un-less and until an ET licensee requiresuse of the spectrum. ET licensees arenot required to pay relocation costsafter the relocation rules sunset (i.e.ten years after the voluntary period be-gins for the first ET licensees in theservice). Once the relocation rules sun-set, an ET licensee may require the in-cumbent to cease operations, providedthat the ET licensee intends to turn ona system within interference range ofthe incumbent, as determined by TIABulletin 10-F of any standard succes-sor. ET licensee notification to the af-fected FMS licensee must be in writingand must provide the incumbent withno less than six months to vacate thespectrum. After the six-month noticeperiod has expired, the FMS licenseemust turn its license back into theCommission, unless the parties haveentered into an agreement which al-lows the FMS licensee to continue tooperate on a mutually agreed uponbasis.

(b) If the parties cannot agree on aschedule or an alternative arrange-ment, requests for extension will be ac-cepted and reviewed on a case-by-casebasis. The Commission will grant suchextensions only if the incumbent candemonstrate that:

(1) It cannot relocate within the six-month period (e.g., because no alter-native spectrum or other reasonableoption is available), and;

(2) The public interest would beharmed if the incumbent is forced toterminate operations (e.g., if publicsafety communications services wouldbe disrupted).



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§ 101.81 Future licensing in the 1850–1990 MHz, 2110–2150 MHz, and2160–2200 MHz bands.

After April 25, 1996, all major modi-fications and extensions to existingFMS systems in the 1850–1990 MHz,2110–2150 MHz, and 2160–2200 MHz bandswill be authorized on a secondary basisto ET systems. All other modificationswill render the modified FMS licensesecondary to ET operations, unless theincumbent affirmatively justifies pri-mary status and the incumbent FMSlicensee establishes that the modifica-tion would add to the relocation costsof ET licensees. Incumbent FMS licens-ees will maintain primary status forthe following technical changes:

(a) Decreases in power;(b) Minor changes (increases or de-

creases) in antenna height;

(c) Minor location changes (up to twoseconds);

(d) Any data correction which doesnot involve a change in the location ofan existing facility;

(e) Reductions in authorized band-width;

(f) Minor changes (increases or de-creases) in structure height;

(g) Changes (increases or decreases)in ground elevation that do not affectcenterline height;

(h) Minor equipment changes.


Subpart C—Technical Standards

§ 101.101 Frequency availability.

Frequency band (MHz)

Radio service

Common car-rier (Part 101)

Private radio(Part 101)

Broadcast aux-iliary (Part 74)

Other (Parts15, 21, 24, 25,74, 78 & 100)

Notes

928–929 ........................................................... MAS932.0–932.5 ..................................................... MAS MAS (1)932.5–935.0 ..................................................... CC OFS (1)941.0–941.5 ..................................................... MAS MAS (1)941.5–944.0 ..................................................... CC OFS Aural BAS (1)952–960 ........................................................... OFS/MAS1850–1990 ....................................................... OFS PCS2110–2130 ....................................................... CC PET2130–2150 ....................................................... OFS PET2150–2160 ....................................................... OFS MDS2160–2180 ....................................................... CC ET2180–2200 ....................................................... OFS PET2450–2500 ....................................................... LTTS OFS TV BAS ISM F/M/TF2650–2690 ....................................................... OFS MDS/ITFS3700–4200 ....................................................... CC LTTS OFS SAT5925–6425 ....................................................... CC LTTS OFS SAT6425–6525 ....................................................... LTTS OFS TV BAS CARS M6525–6875 ....................................................... CC OFS F/TF10,550–10,680 ................................................. CC DEMS OFS, DEMS10,700–11,700 ................................................. CC LTTS OFS SAT11,700–12,200 ................................................. LTTS SAT12,200–12,700 ................................................. OFS DBS12,700–13,250 ................................................. CC LTTS OFS TV BAS CARS F/M/TF14,200–14,400 ................................................. LTTS SAT17,700–18,580 ................................................. CC OFS TV BAS SAT CARS18,580–18,820 ................................................. CC OFS Aural BAS SAT18,820–18,920 ................................................. DEMS OFS DEMS SAT18,920–19,160 ................................................. CC OFS Aural BAS SAT19,160–19,260 ................................................. DEMS OFS DEMS SAT19,260–19,700 ................................................. CC OFS TV BAS CARS SAT21,200–23,600 ................................................. CC LTTS OFS TF24,250–25,250 ................................................. DEMS DEMS27,500–28,350 ................................................. LMDS29,100–29,250 ................................................. LMDS SAT31,000–31,300 ................................................. CC–LMDS OFS F/M/TF

LTTS38,600–40,000 ................................................. CC OFS TV BAS F/M/TF

BAS: Broadcast Auxiliary Service—(Part 74).CARS: Cable Television Relay Service —(Part 78).CC: Common Carrier Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave Service—(Part 101, Subparts C & I).DBS: Direct Broadcast Satellite—(Part 100).DEMS: Digital Electronic Message Service—(Part 101, Subpart G).ET: Emerging Technologies (per ET Dkt. No. 92–9, not yet assigned).


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ISM: Industrial, Scientific & Medical—(Part 18).ITFS: Instructional Television Fixed Service—(Part 74).LMDS: Local Multipoint Distribution Service (including non-common carrier and common carrier services)—(Part 101, Subpart

L).LTTS: Local Television Transmission Service—(Part 101, Subpart J).MAS: Multipoint Address System—(Part 101).7MDS: Multipoint Distribution Service—(Part 21).7OFS: Private Operational Fixed

Point-to-Point Microwave Service—(Part 101, Subparts C & H).PCS: Personal Communications Service—(Part 24).SAT: Fixed Satellite Service—(Part 25).Notes:F—Fixed. M—Mobile. TF—Temporary Fixed.(1)—Applications for frequencies in the 932.5–935/941.5–944 MHz bands may be filed initially during a one-week period to be

announced by public notice. After these applications have been processed, the Commission will announce by public notice a fil-ing date for remaining frequencies. From this filing date forward, applications will be processed on a daily first-come, first-servedbasis.

[61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 23165, Apr. 29, 1997; 62 FR 24582, May 6, 1997]

§ 101.103 Frequency coordination pro-cedures.

(a) Assignment of frequencies will bemade only in such a manner as to fa-cilitate the rendition of communica-tion service on an interference-freebasis in each service area. Unless oth-erwise indicated, each frequency avail-able for use by stations in these serv-ices will be assigned exclusively to asingle applicant in any service area.All applicants for, and licensees of, sta-tions in these services must cooperatein the selection and use of the fre-quencies assigned in order to minimizeinterference and thereby obtain themost effective use of the authorized fa-cilities. In the event harmful inter-ference occurs or appears likely tooccur between two or more radio sys-tems and such interference cannot beresolved between the licensees thereof,the Commission may specify a timesharing arrangement for the stationsinvolved or may, after notice and op-portunity for hearing, require the li-censees to make such changes in oper-ating techniques or equipment as itmay deem necessary to avoid such in-terference.

(b)(1) Operations in the bands 31,000–31,075 MHz and 31,225–31,300 MHz li-censed prior to March 11, 1997, were li-censed on an unprotected basis and aresubject to harmful interference fromsimilarly licensed operations in thatband.

(i) Operations licensed in the LocalMulitpoint Distribution Service andthose operations licensed prior toMarch 11, 1997, except in the Local Tel-evision Transmission Service, operat-ing in these bands are equally pro-tected against harmful interferencefrom each other.

(ii) In the case of operations licensedprior to March 11, 1997, except in theLocal Television Transmission Service,that are licensed on a point-to-radiusbasis, LMDS licensees shall be subjectto the protection requirement estab-lished in this section in the case of ex-isting links operated by such licensees,and in the case of links added by suchlicensees in the future in accordancewith the terms of their point-to-radiuslicenses.

(iii) An LMDS licensee may not initi-ate operations within the point-to-ra-dius area licensed to an operator (otherthan an operator in the Local Tele-vision Transmission Service) prior toMarch 11, 1997, even if such operatorhas not initiated operations to the full-est extent of the license. An LMDS li-censee, however, may initiate oper-ations at the border of such operator’slicense area without prior coordinationif the LMDS licensee’s operationswould not cause harmful interferenceto the other operator’s existing oper-ations.

(iv) An operator (other than an oper-ator in the Local Television Trans-mission Service) licensed on a point-to-radius basis prior to March 11, 1997,may add additional stations within itslicense area. Such operator shall co-ordinate with any affected LMDS li-censee if its new operations mightcause harmful interference to the ex-isting operations of such LMDS li-censee.

(v) Operations licensed prior toMarch 11, 1997, on a point-to-pointbasis may not be extended or otherwisemodified through the addition of point-to-point links. Such operations shall belimited to the use of frequency pairs li-censed as of March 11, 1997. Operations


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licensed in the Local Television Trans-mission Service as of March 11, 1997,may continue to operate, but such op-erators may not expand existing oper-ations nor initiate new operations.

(2) Operations in the 31,075–31,225 MHzband licensed prior to March 11, 1997,shall receive no protection againstharmful interference from authorizedoperations in the Local Multipoint Dis-tribution Service in that band.

(c) Frequency diversity transmissionwill not be authorized in these servicesin the absence of a factual showingthat the required communications can-not practically be achieved by othermeans. Where frequency diversity isdeemed to be justified on a protectionchannel basis, it will be limited to oneprotection channel for the bands 3,700–4,200, 5925–6425, and 6525–6875 MHz, anda ratio of one protection channel forthree working channels for the bands10,550–10,680 and 10,700–11,700 MHz. Inthe bands 3,700–4,200, 5,925–6,425, and6525–6875 MHz, no frequency diversityprotection channel will be authorizedunless there is a minimum of threeworking channels, except that where asubstantial showing is made that atotal of three working channels will berequired within three years, a protec-tion channel may be authorized simul-taneously with the first working chan-nel. A protection channel authorizedunder such exception will be subject totermination if applications for thethird working channel are not filedwithin three years of the grant date ofthe applications for the first workingchannel. Where equipment employingdigital modulation techniques withcross-polarized operation on the samefrequency is used, the protection chan-nel authorized under the above condi-tions may be considered to consist ofboth polarizations of the protectionfrequency where such is shown to benecessary.

(d) Frequency coordination. For eachfrequency authorized under this part,the following frequency usage coordi-nation procedures will apply:

(1) General requirements. Proposed fre-quency usage must be prior coordi-nated with existing licensees, permit-tees and applicants in the area, andother applicants with previously filedapplications, whose facilities could af-

fect or be affected by the new proposalin terms of frequency interference onactive channels, applied-for channels,or channels coordinated for futuregrowth. Coordination must be com-pleted prior to filing an application forregular authorization, or an amend-ment to a pending application, or anymajor modification to a license. In co-ordinating frequency usage with sta-tions in the fixed satellite service, ap-plicants must also comply with the re-quirements of § 101.21(f). In engineeringa system or modification thereto, theapplicant must, by appropriate studiesand analyses, select sites, transmit-ters, antennas and frequencies thatwill avoid interference in excess of per-missible levels to other users. All ap-plicants and licensees must cooperatefully and make reasonable efforts to re-solve technical problems and conflictsthat may inhibit the most effective andefficient use of the radio spectrum;however, the party being coordinatedwith is not obligated to suggestchanges or re-engineer a proposal incases involving conflicts. Applicantsshould make every reasonable effort toavoid blocking the growth of systemsas prior coordinated. The applicantmust identify in the application all en-tities with which the technical pro-posal was coordinated. In the eventthat technical problems are not re-solved, an explanation must be submit-ted with the application. Where tech-nical problems are resolved by anagreement or operating arrangementbetween the parties that would requirespecial procedures be taken to reducethe likelihood of interference in excessof permissible levels (such as the use ofartificial site shielding) or would resultin a reduction of quality or capacity ofeither system, the details thereof maybe contained in the application.

(2) Coordination procedure guidelinesare as follows:

(i) Coordination involves two sepa-rate elements: notification and re-sponse. Both or either may be oral orin written form. To be acceptable forfiling, all applications and major tech-nical amendments must certify thatcoordination, including response, hasbeen completed. The names of the li-censees, permittees and applicantswith coordinated proposals, applicants,


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permittees, and licensees with whichcoordination was accomplished must bespecified. If such notice and/or responseis oral, the party providing such noticeor response must supply written docu-mentation of the communication uponrequest;

(ii) Notification must include rel-evant technical details of the proposal.At minimum, this should include, asapplicable, the following:

Applicant’s name and address.Transmitting station name.Transmitting station coordinates.Frequencies and polarizations to be added,

changed or deleted.Transmitting equipment type, its stability,

actual output power, emission designator,and type of modulation (loading).

Transmitting antenna type(s), model, gainand, if required, a radiation pattern pro-vided or certified by the manufacturer.

Transmitting antenna center line height(s)above ground level and ground elevationabove mean sea level.

Receiving station name.Receiving station coordinates.Receiving antenna type(s), model, gain, and,

if required, a radiation pattern provided orcertified by the manufacturer.

Receiving antenna center line height(s)above ground level and ground elevationabove mean sea level.

Path azimuth and distance.Estimated transmitter transmission line loss

expressed in dB.Estimated receiver transmission line loss ex-

pressed in dB.

NOTE: The position location of antennasites shall be determined to an accuracy ofno less than ±1 second in the horizontal di-mensions (latitude and longitude) and ±1meter in the vertical dimension (ground ele-vation) with respect to the National SpacialReference System.

(iii) For transmitters employing digi-tal modulation techniques, the notifi-cation should clearly identify the typeof modulation. Upon request, addi-tional details of the operating charac-teristics of the equipment must also befurnished;

(iv) Response to notification shouldbe made as quickly as possible, even ifno technical problems are anticipated.Any response to notification indicatingpotential interference must specify thetechnical details and must be providedto the applicant, in writing, within the30-day notification period. Every rea-sonable effort should be made by allapplicants, permittees and licensees to

eliminate all problems and conflicts. Ifno response to notification is receivedwithin 30 days, the applicant will bedeemed to have made reasonable ef-forts to coordinate and may file its ap-plication without a response;

(v) The 30-day notification period iscalculated from the date of receipt bythe applicant, permittee, or licenseebeing notified. If notification is bymail, this date may be ascertained by:

(A) The return receipt on certifiedmail;

(B) The enclosure of a card to bedated and returned by the recipient; or

(C) A conservative estimate of thetime required for the mail to reach itsdestination. In the last case, the esti-mated date when the 30-day periodwould expire should be stated in thenotification.

(vi) An expedited prior coordinationperiod (less than 30 days) may be re-quested when deemed necessary by anotifying party. The coordination no-tice should be identified as ‘‘expedited’’and the requested response date shouldbe clearly indicated. However, cir-cumstances preventing a timely re-sponse from the receiving party shouldbe accommodated accordingly. It is theresponsibility of the notifying party toreceive written concurrence (or verbal,with written to follow) from affectedparties or their coordination represent-atives.

(vii) All technical problems thatcome to light during coordination mustbe resolved unless a statement is in-cluded with the application to the ef-fect that the applicant is unable or un-willing to resolve the conflict andbriefly the reason therefor;

(viii) Where a number of technicalchanges become necessary for a systemduring the course of coordination, anattempt should be made to minimizethe number of separate notificationsfor these changes. Where the changesare incorporated into a completely re-vised notice, the items that werechanged from the previous noticeshould be identified. When changes arenot numerous or complex, the party re-ceiving the changed notification shouldmake an effort to respond in less than30 days. When the notifying party be-lieves a shorter response time is rea-sonable and appropriate, it may be


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helpful for that party to so indicate inthe notice and perhaps suggest a re-sponse date;

(ix) If, after coordination is success-fully completed, it is determined that asubsequent change could have no im-pact on some parties receiving theoriginal notification, these partiesmust be notified of the change and ofthe coordinator’s opinion that no re-sponse is required;

(x) Applicants, permittees and licens-ees should supply to all other appli-cants, permittees and licensees withintheir areas of operations, the name, ad-dress and telephone number of their co-ordination representatives. Upon re-quest from coordinating applicants,permittees and licensees, data and in-formation concerning existing or pro-posed facilities and future growth plansin the area of interest should be fur-nished unless such request is unreason-able or would impose a significant bur-den in compilation;

(xi) Parties should keep other partieswith whom they are coordinating ad-vised of changes in plans for facilitiespreviously coordinated. If applicationshave not been filed 6 months after co-ordination was initiated, parties mayassume that such frequency use is nolonger desired unless a second notifica-tion has been received within 10 days ofthe end of the 6 month period. Renewalnotifications are to be sent to all origi-nally notified parties, even if coordina-tion has not been successfully com-pleted with those parties; and

(xii) Any frequency reserved by a li-censee for future use in the bands sub-ject to this part must be released foruse by another licensee, permittee orapplicant upon a showing by the latterthat it requires an additional fre-quency and cannot coordinate one thatis not reserved for future use.

(e) Where frequency conflicts arisebetween co-pending applications in thePrivate Operational Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave, Common CarrierFixed Point-to-Point Microwave andLocal Television Transmission Serv-ices, it is the obligation of the later fil-ing applicant to amend his applicationto remove the conflict, unless it canmake a showing that the conflict can-not be reasonably eliminated. Where afrequency conflict is not resolved and

no showing is submitted as to why theconflict cannot be resolved, the Com-mission may grant the first filed appli-cation and dismiss the later filed appli-cation(s) after giving the later filingapplicant(s) 30 days to respond to theproposed action.

(f) When the proposed facilities are tobe operated in the band 12,500–12,700MHz, applications must also follow theprocedures in § 101.21 and the technicalstandards and requirements of part 25of this chapter as regards licensees inthe Communication-Satellite Service.

(g) Licensees operating in Basic Trad-ing Areas authorized in the LocalMultipoint Distribution Service. (1) Whenthe transmitting facilities in a BasicTrading Area (BTA) are to be operatedin the bands 27,500–28,350 MHz; 29,100–29,250 MHz; and 31,000–31,300 MHz andthe facilities are located within 20 kilo-meters of the boundaries of a BTA,each licensee must complete the fre-quency coordination process of para-graph (d)(2) of this section with respectto neighboring BTA licensees that maybe affected by its operations prior toinitiating service. In addition, all li-censed transmitting facilities operat-ing in the bands 31,000–31,075 MHz and31,225–31,300 MHz and located within 20kilometers of neighboring facilitiesmust complete the frequency coordina-tion process of paragraph (d)(2) of thissection with respect to such authorizedoperations before initiating service.

(2) Response to notification should bemade as quickly as possible, even if notechnical problems are anticipated.Any response to notification indicatingpotential interference must specify thetechnical details and must be providedto the applicant, either electronicallyor in writing, within the 30-day notifi-cation period. Every reasonable effortshould be made by all licensees toeliminate all problems and conflicts. Ifno response to notification is receivedwithin 30 days, the licensee will bedeemed to have made reasonable ef-forts to coordinate and commence op-eration without a response. The begin-ning of the 30-day period is determinedpursuant to paragraph (d)(2)(v) of thissection.

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(LMDS) receive stations operating onfrequencies in the 29,100–29,250 MHzband within a radius of 75 nauticalmiles of the geographic coordinatesprovided by a non-GSO–MSS licenseepursuant to § 101.113(c)(2) or (c)(3)(i)(the ‘‘feeder link earth station complexprotection zone’’) shall accept any in-terference caused to them by suchearth station complexes and shall notclaim protection from such earth sta-tion complexes.

(ii) LMDS licensees operating on fre-quencies in the 29,100–29,250 MHz bandoutside a feeder link earth stationcomplex protection zone shall cooper-ate fully and make reasonable effortsto resolve technical problems with thenon-GSO MSS licensee to the extentthat transmissions from the non-GSOMSS operator’s feeder link earth sta-tion complex interfere with an LMDSreceive station.

(2) No more than 15 days after the re-lease of a public notice announcing thecommencement of LMDS auctions,feeder link earth station complexes tobe licensed pursuant to § 25.257 of thischapter shall be specified by a set ofgeographic coordinates in accordancewith the following requirements: nofeeder link earth station complex maybe located in the top eight (8) metro-politan statistical areas (MSAs),ranked by population, as defined by theOffice of Management and Budget as ofJune 1993, using estimated populationsas of December 1992; two (2) complexesmay be located in MSAs 9 through 25,one of which must be Phoenix, AZ (fora complex at Chandler, AZ); two (2)complexes may be located in MSAs 26to 50; three (3) complexes may be lo-cated in MSAs 51 to 100, one of whichmust be Honolulu, Hawaii (for a com-plex at Waimea); and the three (3) re-maining complexes must be located atleast 75 nautical miles from the bordersof the 100 largest MSAs or in any MSAnot included in the 100 largest MSAs.Any location allotted for one range ofMSAs may be taken from an MSAbelow that range.

(3)(i) Any non-GSO MSS licensee mayat any time specify sets of geographiccoordinates for feeder link earth sta-tion complexes with each earth stationcontained therein to be located at least

75 nautical miles from the border of the100 largest MSAs.

(ii) For purposes of paragraph(h)(3)(i) of this section, non-GSO MSSfeeder link earth station complexesshall be entitled to accommodationonly if the affected non-GSO MSS li-censee preapplies to the Commissionfor a feeder link earth station complexor certifies to the Commission withinsixty days of receiving a copy of anLMDS application that it intends tofile an application for a feeder linkearth station complex within sixmonths of the date of receipt of theLMDS application.

(iii) If said non-GSO MSS licensee ap-plication is filed later than six monthsafter certification of the Commission,the LMDS and non-GSO MSS entitiesshall still cooperate fully and makereasonable efforts to resolve technicalproblems, but the LMDS licensee shallnot be obligated to re-engineer its pro-posal or make changes to its system.

(4) LMDS licensees or applicants pro-posing to operate hub stations on fre-quencies in the 29,100–29,250 MHz bandat locations outside of the 100 largestMSAs or within a distance of 150 nau-tical miles from a set of geographic co-ordinates specified under paragraphs(h)(2) or (h)(3)(i) of this section shallserve copies of their applications on allnon-GSO MSS applicants, permitteesor licensees meeting the criteria speci-fied in § 25.257(a). Non-GSO MSS licens-ees or applicants shall serve copies oftheir feeder link earth station applica-tions, after the LMDS auction, on anyLMDS applicant or licensee within adistance of 150 nautical miles from thegeographic coordinates that it speci-fied under § 101.113(c)(2) or (c)(3)(i). Anynecessary coordination shall com-mence upon notification by the partyreceiving an application to the partywho filed the application. The resultsof any such coordination shall be re-ported to the Commission within sixtydays. The non-GSO MSS earth stationlicensee shall also provide all suchLMDS licensees with a copy of itschannel plan.



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§ 101.105 Interference protection cri-teria.

(a) The interference protection cri-teria for fixed stations subject to thispart are as follows:

(1) To long-haul analog systems, em-ploying frequency modulated radio andfrequency division multiplexing to pro-vide multiple voice channels, the al-lowable interference level per exposure:

(i) Due to co-channel sideband-to-sideband interference must not exceed5 pwpO (Picowatts of absolute noisepower psophometrically weighted(pwpO), appearing in an equivalentvoice band channel of 300–3400 Hz); or

(ii) Due to co-channel carrier-beat in-terference must not exceed 50 pwpO.

(2) To short-haul analog systems em-ploying frequency modulated radio andfrequency division multiplexing to pro-vide multiple voice channels, the al-lowable interference level per exposure:

(i) Due to co-channel sideband-to-sideband interference must not exceed25 pwpO except in the 952–960 MHz bandinterference into single link fixed relayand control stations must not exceed250 pwpO per exposure; or

(ii) Due to co-channel carrier-beat in-terference must not exceed 50 pwpO ex-cept in the 952–960 MHz band inter-ference into single link fixed relay andcontrol stations must not exceed 1000pwpO per exposure.

(3) FM–TV. In analog systems em-ploying frequency modulated radiothat is modulated by a standard, tele-vision (visual) signal, the allowable in-terference level per exposure may notexceed the levels which would apply tolong-haul or short-haul FM–FDM sys-tems, as outlined in paragraphs (b) (1)and (2) of this section, having a 600–1200voice channel capacity.

(b) In addition to the requirements ofparagraph (a) of this section the adja-cent channel interference protectioncriteria to be afforded, regardless ofsystem length, or type of modulation,multiplexing, or frequency band, mustbe such that the interfering signal doesnot produce more than 1.0 dB degrada-tion of the practical threshold of theprotected receiver. The ‘‘practicalthreshold’’ of the protected receivercan be based upon the definition inTSB 10, referenced in paragraph (c) ofthis section, or upon alternative gen-

erally acceptable good engineeringstandards.

(c) Applying the criteria. (1) Guidelinesfor applying the interference protec-tion criteria for fixed stations subjectto this part are specified in the Tele-communications Industry Associa-tion’s Telecommunications SystemsBulletin TSB 10, ‘‘Interference Criteriafor Microwave Systems’’ (TSB 10).Other procedures that follow generallyacceptable good engineering practicesare also acceptable to the Commission.

(2) If TSB 10 guidelines cannot beused, the following interference protec-tion criteria may be used by calculat-ing the ratio in dB between the desired(carrier signal) and the undesired(interfering) signal (C/I ratio) appear-ing at the input to the receiver underinvestigation (victim receiver): Exceptas provided in § 101.147 where the appli-cants proposed facilities are of a typenot included in paragraphs (a) and (b)of this section or where the develop-ment of the carrier-to-interference (C/I) ratio is not covered by generally ac-ceptable procedures, or where the ap-plicant does not wish to develop thecarrier-to-interference ratio, the appli-cant must, in the absence of criteria ora developed C/I ratio, employ the fol-lowing C/I protection ratios:

(i) Co-channel interference. Both side-band and carrier-beat, applicable to allbands; the existing or previously au-thorized system must be afforded a car-rier to interfering signal protectionratio of at least 90 dB except in the 952–960 MHz band where it must be 75 dB;or

(ii) Adjacent channel interference. Ap-plicable to all bands; the existing orpreviously authorized system must beafforded a carrier to interfering signalprotection ratio of at least 56 dB.

(3) Applicants for frequencies listedin § 101.147(b)(1) must make the follow-ing showings that protection criteriahave been met over the entire servicearea of existing systems. Suchshowings may be made by the appli-cant or may be satisfied by a state-ment from a frequency coordinator.


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(i) For multiple address stations inthe 928–929/952–960 MHz bands, a state-ment that the proposed system com-plies with the following co-channel sep-arations from all existing stations andpending applications:

Fixed-to-fixed—145 km;Fixed-to-mobile—113 km:Mobile-to-mobile 81 km

NOTE TO (3)(i): Multiple address systemsemploying only remote stations will betreated as mobile for the purposes of deter-mining the appropriate separation. For mo-bile operation, the mileage is measured fromthe reference point specified on the licenseapplication. For fixed operation on subfre-quencies in accordance with § 101.147 themileage also is measured from the referencepoint specified on the license application;

(ii) For multiple address stations inthe 932–932.5/941–941.5 MHz bands, astatement that the proposed systemcomplies with the following co-channelseparation from all existing stationsand pending applications:

Fixed-to-fixed—113 Km

(iii) In cases where the geographicseparation standard in paragraphs(c)(3)(i) and (c)(3)(ii) of this section arenot followed, an engineering analysismust be submitted to show the coordi-nation of the proposed assignment withexisting systems located closer thanthose standards. The engineering anal-yses will include:

(A) Specification of the interferencecriteria and system parameters used inthe interference study;

(B) Nominal service areas of eachsystem included in the interferenceanalysis.;

(C) Modified service areas resultingfrom the proposed system. The propa-gation models used to establish theservice boundary limits must be speci-fied and any special terrain featuresconsidered in computing the inter-ference impact should be described; and

(D) A statement that all parties af-fected have agreed to the engineeringanalysis and will accept the calculatedlevels of interference.

(4) Multiple address systems operat-ing on subfrequencies in accordancewith § 101.147 that propose to operatemaster stations at unspecified loca-tions must define the operating area bya radius about a geographical coordi-

nate and describe how interference toco-channel users will be controlled.

(5) Multiple address frequencies inthe 956 MHz band may be assigned foruse by mobile master stations on a pri-mary basis. Multiple address fre-quencies in the 952 MHz band may beassigned for use by mobile master sta-tions on a case-by-case basis. Mobileoperation in the 952 MHz band will beon a secondary basis to fixed oper-ations.

(6) Each application for new or modi-fied nodal station on channels num-bered 4A, 4B, 7, 9, and 19/20 in the 10.6GHz band and all point-to-multipointchannels in the 18 GHz band must dem-onstrate that all existing co-channelstations are at least 56 kilometers fromthe proposed nodal station site. Appli-cants for these channels must certifythat all licensees and applicants forstations on the adjacent channels with-in 56 kilometers of the proposed nodalstation have been notified of the pro-posed station and do not object. Alter-natively, or if one of the affected adja-cent channel interests does object, theapplicant may show that all affectedadjacent channel parties are provided aC/I protection ratio of 0 dB. An appli-cant proposing to operate at an AATgreater than 91 meters must reduce itsEIRP in accordance with the followingtable; however, in no case may EIRPexceed 70 dBm on the 10.6 GHz chan-nels.

AAT (meters) EIRPdBm

Above 300 ............................................................. +38251 to 300 ............................................................. 41201 to 250 ............................................................. 43151 to 200 ............................................................. 49101 to 150 ............................................................. 55100 and below ....................................................... 85

(7) Each application for new or modi-fied nodal station on channels num-bered 21, 22, 23, and 24 in the 10.6 GHzband must include an analysis of thepotential for harmful interference toall other licensed and previously ap-plied for co-channel and adjacent chan-nel station located within 80 kilo-meters of the location of the proposedstation. The criteria contained in§ 101.103(d)(2) must be used in this anal-ysis. Applicants must certify that cop-ies of this analysis have been served onall parties which might reasonably be


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expected to receive interference abovethe levels set out in § 101.103(d)(2) with-in 5 days of the date the subject appli-cation is filed with the Commission.

(8) If the potential interference willexceed the prescribed limits, a state-ment shall be submitted with the appli-cation for new or modified stations tothe effect that all parties have agreedto accept the higher level of inter-ference.

(d) Effective August 1, 1985, when afixed station that conforms to thetechnical standards of this subpart (or,in the case of the 12,200–12,700 MHzband, a direct broadcast satellite sta-tion) receives or will receive inter-ference in excess of the levels specifiedin this section as a result of an existinglicensee’s use of non-conforming equip-ment authorized between July 20, 1961and July 1, 1976, and the interferencewould not result if the interfering sta-tion’s equipment complied with thecurrent technical standards, the li-censee of the non-conforming stationmust take whatever steps are nec-essary to correct the situation up tothe point of installing equipmentwhich fully conforms to the technicalstandards of this subpart. In suchcases, if the engineering analysis dem-onstrates that:

(1) The conforming station would re-ceive interference from a non-conform-ing station in excess of the levels speci-fied in this section; and

(2) The interference would be elimi-nated if the non-conforming equipmentwere replaced with equipment whichcomplies with the standards of thissubpart, the licensee (or prospective li-censee) of the station which would re-ceive interference must provide writ-ten notice of the potential interferenceto both the non-conforming licenseeand the Commission’s office in Gettys-burg, PA. The non-conforming licenseemust make all required equipmentchanges within 180 days from the dateof official Commission notice inform-ing the licensee that it must upgradeits equipment, unless an alternative so-lution has been agreed to by all partiesinvolved in the interference situation.If a non-conforming licensee fails tomake all required changes within thespecified period of time, the Commis-sion may require the licensee to sus-

pend operation until the changes arecompleted.

(e) Interference dispute resolution pro-cedures. Should a licensee licensedunder this part receive harmful inter-ference from another licensee licensedunder this chapter, the parties involvedshall comply with the dispute resolu-tion procedures set forth herein:

(1) The licensee experiencing theharmful interference shall notify thelicensee believed to be causing theharmful interference and shall supplyinformation describing its problem andsupporting its claim;

(2) Upon receipt of the harmful inter-ference notice, the licensee alleged tobe causing the harmful interferenceshall respond immediately and makeevery reasonable effort to identify andresolve the conflict; and

(3) Licensees are encouraged to re-solve the harmful interference prior tocontacting the Commission.

§ 101.107 Frequency tolerance.(a) The carrier frequency of each

transmitter authorized in these serv-ices must be maintained within the fol-lowing percentage of the reference fre-quency except as otherwise provided inparagraph (b) of this section or in theapplicable subpart of this part (unlessotherwise specified in the instrumentof station authorization the referencefrequency will be deemed to be the as-signed frequency):

Frequency (MHz)

Frequency Tolerance (percent)

All fixedand basestations

Mobile sta-tions over

3 watts

Mobile sta-tions 3watts or

less

928 to 929 2, 5 ........... 0.0005 .................. ..................932 to 932.5 2 .......... 0.00015 .................. ..................932.5 to 935 2 .......... 0.00025 .................. ..................941 to 941.5 ............ 0.00015 .................. ..................941.5 to 944 ............ 0.00025 .................. ..................952 to 960 7 ............. .................. .................. ..................944.0 to 1,000 ......... 0.0005 0.0005 0.00051,850 to 1,990 ......... 0.002 .................. ..................2,110 to 2,200 ......... 0.001 .................. ..................2,200 to 12,200 1, 3 ... 0.005 0.005 0.0052,450 to 2,500 ......... 0.001 .................. ..................3,700 to 4,200 ......... 0.005 .................. ..................5,925 to 6,875 ......... 0.005 .................. ..................10,550 to 11,700 ..... 0.005 .................. ..................12,200 to 13,250 6 ... 0.005 .................. ..................12,200 to 17,700 ..... 0.03 0.03 0.0317,700 to 18,820 4, 5 0.003 .................. ..................18,820 to 18,920 4, 5 0.001 .................. ..................18,920 to 19,700 4, 5 0.003 .................. ..................19,700 to 27,500 6 ... 0.03 .................. ..................27,500 to 28,350 ..... 0.001 .................. ..................


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Frequency (MHz)

Frequency Tolerance (percent)

All fixedand basestations

Mobile sta-tions over

3 watts

Mobile sta-tions 3watts or

less

29,100 to 29,250 ..... 0.001 .................. ..................31,000 to 31,075 8 ... 0.001 .................. ..................31,075 to 31,225 8 ... 0.001 .................. ..................31,225 to 31,300 8 ... 0.001 .................. ..................31,300 to 40,000 6 ... 0.03 .................. ..................

1 Applicable only to common carrier LTTS stations. Begin-ning Aug. 9, 1975, this tolerance will govern the marketing ofLTTS equipment and the issuance of all such authorizationsfor new radio equipment. Until that date new equipment maybe authorized with a frequency tolerance of .03 percent in thefrequency range 2,200 to 10,500 MHz and .05 percent in therange 10,500 MHz to 12,200 MHz, and equipment so author-ized may continue to be used for its life provided that it doesnot cause interference to the operation of any other licensee.

2 Equipment authorized to be operated on frequencies be-tween 890 and 940 MHz as of Oct. 15, 1956, must maintain afrequency tolerance within 0.03 percent subject to the condi-tion that no harmful interference is caused to any other radiostation.

3 See subpart G of this part for the stability requirements fortransmitters used in the Digital Electronic Message Service.

4 Existing type accepted equipment with a frequency toler-ance of ±0.03% may be marketed until December 1, 1988.Equipment installed and operated prior to December 1, 1988may continue to operate after that date with a minimum fre-quency tolerance of ±0.03%. However, the replacement ofequipment requires that the ±0.003% tolerance be met.

5 For remote stations with 12.5 KHz bandwidth, the toler-ance is ±0.00015%.

6 Applicable to private operational fixed point-to-point micro-wave only. For exceptions see § 101.147.

7 For private operational fixed point-to-point microwave sys-tems, with a channel greater than or equal to 50 KHz band-width, ±0.0005%; for multiple address master stations, regard-less of bandwidth, ±0.00015%; for multiple address remotestations with 12.5 KHz bandwidths, ±0.00015%; for multipleaddress remote stations with channels greater than 12.5 KHzbandwidth, ±0.0005%.

8 For stations authorized prior to March 11, 1997, transmit-ter frequency tolerance shall not exceed 0.03 percent.

(b) Heterodyne microwave radio sys-tems may be authorized at a somewhatless restrictive frequency tolerance (upto .01 percent) to compensate for fre-quency shift caused by numerous re-peaters between base band signal inser-tion. Where such relaxation is sought,applicant must provide all calculationsand indicate the desired tolerance overeach path. In such instances the radiotransmitters and receivers used mustindividually be capable of complyingwith the tolerance specified in para-graph (a) of this section. Heterodyneoperation is restricted to channel band-width of 10 MHz or greater.

(c) As an additional requirement inany band where the Commission makesassignments according to a specifiedchannel plan, provisions must be madeto prevent the emission included with-in the occupied bandwidth from radiat-ing outside the assigned channel at a

level greater than that specified in§ 101.111.


§ 101.109 Bandwidth.(a) Each authorization issued pursu-

ant to these rules will show, as theemission designator, a symbol rep-resenting the class of emission whichmust be prefixed by a number specify-ing the necessary bandwidth. This fig-ure does not necessarily indicate thebandwidth actually occupied by theemission at any instant. In those caseswhere part 2 of this chapter does notprovide a formula for the computationof the necessary bandwidth, the occu-pied bandwidth may be used in theemission designator.

(b) Stations in this service will be au-thorized any type of emission, methodof modulation, and transmission char-acteristic, consistent with efficient useof the spectrum and good engineeringpractice, except that Type B, damped-wave emission will not be authorized.

(c) The maximum bandwidth whichwill be authorized per frequency as-signed is set out in the table that fol-lows. Regardless of the maximum au-thorized bandwidth specified for eachfrequency band, the Commission re-serves the right to issue a license forless than the maximum bandwidth if itappears that a lesser bandwidth wouldbe sufficient to support an applicant’sintended communications.

Frequency band (MHz) Maximum authorized band-width

928 to 929 ............................. 25 KHz 1, 6

932 to 932.5, 941 to 941.5 .... 12.5 KHz 1

932.5 to 935, 941.5 to 944 .... 200 KHz 1

952 to 960 ............................. 200 KHz 1, 5

1,850 to 1,990 ....................... 10 MHz 1

2,110 to 2,130 ....................... 3.5 MHz2,130 to 2,150 ....................... 800 or 1600 KHz 1

2,150 to 2,160 ....................... 10 MHz2,160 to 2,180 ....................... 3.5 MHz2,180 to 2,200 ....................... 800 or 1600 KHz 1

2,450 to 2,483.5 .................... 625 KHz 2

2,483.5 to 2,500 .................... 800 KHz3,700 to 4,200 ....................... 20 MHz5,925 to 6,425 ....................... 30 MHz 1

6,425 to 6,525 ....................... 25 MHz6,525 to 6,875 ....................... 10 MHz 1

10,550 to 10,680 ................... 5 MHz 1

10,700 to 11,700 ................... 40 MHz 1

12,200 to 12,700 ................... 20 MHz 1

13,200 to 13,250 ................... 25 MHz17,700 to 18,140 ................... 220 MHz 1

18,140 to 18,142 ................... 2 MHz18,142 to 18,580 ................... 6 MHz


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Frequency band (MHz) Maximum authorized band-width

18,580 to 18,820 ................... 20 MHz 1

18,820 to 18,920 ................... 10 MHz18,920 to 19,160 ................... 20 MHz 1

19,160 to 19,260 ................... 10 MHz19,260 to 19,700 ................... 220 MHz 1

21,200 to 23,600 ................... 100 MHz 4

24,250 to 25,250 ................... 40 MHz27,500 to 28,350 ................... 850 MHz29,100 to 29,250 ................... 150 MHz31,000 to 31,075 ................... 75 MHz31,075 to 31,225 ................... 150 MHz31,225 to 31,300 ................... 75 MHz38,600 to 40,000 ................... 50 MHz Bands above

40,000 3

1 The maximum bandwidth that will be authorized for eachparticular frequency in this band is detailed in the appropriatefrequency table in § 101.147.

2 1250 KHz, 1875 KHz, or 2500 KHz on a case-by-casebasis.

3 To be specified in authorization.4 For exceptions, see § 101.147(t).5 A 12.5 KHz bandwidth applies only to frequencies listed in

§ 101.147(b)(1).6 For frequencies listed in § 101.147(b)(1), consideration will

be given on a case-by-case basis to authorizing bandwidthsup to 50 KHz.

[61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, as amended at 61FR 44181, Aug. 28, 1996; 62 FR 23167, Apr. 29,1997; 62 FR 24582, May 6, 1997]

§ 101.111 Emission limitations.(a) The mean power of emissions

must be attenuated below the meanoutput power of the transmitter in ac-cordance with the following schedule:

(1) When using transmissions otherthan those employing digital modula-tion techniques:

(i) On any frequency removed fromthe assigned frequency by more than 50percent up to and including 100 percentof the authorized bandwidth: At least25 decibels;

(ii) On any frequency removed fromthe assigned frequency by more than100 percent up to and including 250 per-cent of the authorized bandwidth: Atleast 35 decibels;

(iii) On any frequency removed fromthe assigned frequency by more than250 percent of the authorized band-width: At least 43+10 Log10 (mean out-put power in watts) decibels, or 80 deci-bels, whichever is the lesser attenu-ation.

(2) When using transmissions employ-ing digital modulation techniques (see§ 101.141(b)) in situations not covered inthis section:

(i) For operating frequencies below 15GHz, in any 4 KHz band, the center fre-quency of which is removed from theassigned frequency by more than 50

percent up to and including 250 percentof the authorized bandwidth: As speci-fied by the following equation but in noevent less than 50 decibels:

A = 35 + 0.8(P ¥ 50) + 10 Log10 B. (At-tenuation greater than 80 decibels isnot required.)

where:

A = Attenuation (in decibels) below the meanoutput power level.

P = Percent removed from the carrier fre-quency.

B = Authorized bandwidth in MHz.

(ii) For operating frequencies above15 GHz, in any 1 MHz band, the centerfrequency of which is removed from theassigned frequency by more than 50percent up to and including 250 percentof the authorized bandwidth: As speci-fied by the following equation but in noevent less than 11 decibels:

A = 11 + 0.4(P ¥ 50) + 10 Log10 B. (At-tenuation greater than 56 decibels isnot required.)

(iii) In any 4 KHz band, the centerfrequency of which is removed from theassigned frequency by more than 250percent of the authorized bandwidth:At least 43+10 Log10 (mean outputpower in watts) decibels, or 80 decibels,whichever is the lesser attenuation.

(3) For Digital Termination Systemchannels used in the Digital ElectronicMessage Service (DEMS) operating inthe 10,550–10,680 MHz band:

(i) In any 4 KHz band, the center fre-quency of which is removed from theedge of the DEMS channel by up to andincluding 1.125 times the DEMS sub-channel bandwidth: As specified by thefollowing equation may in no event beless than 50+10 log10 N decibels:

A = 50 + 0.0333(F ¥ 0.5B) + 10 log10 Ndecibels

Where:

A = Attenuation (in decibels) below meansoutput power level contained within theDEMS channel for a given polarization.

B = Bandwidth of DEMS channel (in KHz).F = Absolute value of the difference between

the center frequency of the 4 KHz bandmeasured and the center frequency of theDEMS channel (in KHz).

N = Number of active subchannels of thegiven polarization within the DEMS chan-nel.


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(ii) In any 4 KHz band within the au-thorized DEMS band the center fre-quency of which is removed from thecenter frequency of the DEMS channelby more than the sum of 50% of theDEMS channel bandwidth plus 1.125times the subchannel bandwidth: Asspecified by the following equation butin no event less than 80 decibels:

A = 80 + 10 log10 N decibels

(iii) In any 4 KHz band the center fre-quency of which is outside the author-ized DEMS band: At least 43+10 log10

(mean output power in watts) decibels.(4) For Digital Termination System

channels used in the Digital ElectronicMessage Service (DEMS) operating inthe 17,700–19,700 and 24,250–25,250 MHzbands:

(i) In any 4 KHz band, the center fre-quency of which is removed from thefrequency of the center of the DEMSchannel by more than 50 percent of theDEMS channel bandwidth up to and in-cluding 50 percent plus 500 KHz: Asspecified by the following equation butin no event be less than 50+10 log10 Ndecibels:

A = 50 + 0.06(F ¥0.5B) + 10 log10 N deci-bels

Where:A = Attenuation (in decibels) below means

output power level contained within theDEMS channel for a given polarization.

B = Bandwidth of DEMS channel (in KHz).F = Absolute value of the difference between

the center frequency of the 4 KHz bandmeasured and the center frequency of theDEMS channel (in KHz).

N = Number of active subchannels of thegiven polarization within the DEMS chan-nel.

(ii) In any 4 KHz band within the au-thorized DEMS band, the center fre-quency of which is removed from thecenter frequency of the DEMS channelby more than the sum of 50 percent ofthe channel bandwidth plus 500 KHz: Asspecified by the following equation butin no event less than 80 decibels:A=80+10 log10 N decibels

(iii) In any 4 KHz band the center fre-quency of which is outside the author-ized Digital Message Service band: Atleast 43+10 log10 (mean output power inwatts) decibels.

(5) When using transmissions employ-ing digital modulation techniques on

the 900 MHz multiple address fre-quencies with a 12.5 KHz bandwidth,the power of any emission must be at-tenuated below the unmodulated car-rier power of the transmitter (P) in ac-cordance with the following schedule:

(i) On any frequency removed fromthe center of the authorized bandwidthby a displacement frequency (fd inKHz) of more than 2.5 KHz up to and in-cluding 6.25 KHz: At least 53 log10 (fd/2.5) decibels;

(ii) On any frequency removed fromthe center of the authorized bandwidthby a displacement frequency (fd inKHz) of more than 6.25 KHz up to andincluding 9.5 KHz: At least 103 log10 (fd/3.9) decibels;

(iii) On any frequency removed fromthe center of the authorized bandwidthby a displacement frequency (fd inKHz) of more than 9.5 KHz up to and in-cluding 15 KHz: At least 157 log10 (fd/5.3)decibels; and

(iv) On any frequency removed fromthe center of the authorized bandwidthby a displacement frequency greaterthan 15 KHz: At least 50 plus 10 log10(P)or 70 decibels, whichever is the lesserattenuation.

(6) When using transmissions employ-ing digital modulation techniques onthe 900 MHz multiple address fre-quencies with a bandwidth greaterthan 12.5 KHz, the power of any emis-sion must be attenuated below theunmodulated carrier power of thetransmitter (P) in accordance with thefollowing schedule:

(i) On any frequency removed fromthe center of the authorized bandwidthby a displacement frequency (fd inKHz) of more than 5 KHz up to and in-cluding 10 KHz: At least 83 log10 (fd/5)decibels;

(ii) On any frequency removed fromthe center of the authorized bandwidthby a displacement frequency (fd inKHz) of more than 10 KHz up to and in-cluding 250 percent of the authorizedbandwidth: At least 116 log10 (fd/6.1)decibels or 50 plus 10 log10 (P) or 70decibels, whichever is the lesser at-tenuation; and

(iii) On any frequency removed fromthe center of the authorized bandwidthby more that 250 percent of the author-ized bandwidth: At least 43 plus 10 log10

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decibels, whichever is the lesser at-tenuation.

(b) When an emission outside of theauthorized bandwidth causes harmfulinterference, the Commission may, atits discretion, require greater attenu-ation than specified in paragraph (a) ofthis section.

(c) The emission of an unmodulatedcarrier is prohibited except for testpurposes as required for proper stationand system maintenance.


§ 101.113 Transmitter power limita-tions.

(a) On any authorized frequency, theaverage power delivered to an antennain this service must be the minimumamount of power necessary to carryout the communications desired. Appli-cation of this principle includes, but isnot to be limited to, requiring a li-censee who replaces one or more of itsantennas with larger antennas to re-duce its antenna input power by anamount appropriate to compensate forthe increased primary lobe gain of thereplacement antenna(s). In no eventshall the average equivalentisotropically radiated power (EIRP), asreferenced to an isotropic radiator, ex-ceed the values specified below. Incases of harmful interference, the Com-mission may, after notice and oppor-tunity for hearing, order a change inthe effective radiated power of this sta-tion. Further, the output power of atransmitter on any authorized fre-quency in this service may not exceedthe following:

Frequency Band (MHz)

Maximum allowableEIRP 1 2

Fixed(dBW)

Mobile(dBW)

928.0 to 929.0 ................................... +17 ................932.0 to 932.5 ................................... +17 ................932.5 to 935.0 ................................... +40 ................941.0 to 941.5 ................................... +30 ................941.5 to 944.0 ................................... +40 ................952.0 to 960.0 2 ................................. +40 ................1,850 to 1,990 ................................... +45 ................2,110 to 2,130 ................................... +45 ................2,130 to 2,150 ................................... +45 ................2,150 to 2,160 3 ................................. +45 ................2,160 to 2,180 3 ................................. +45 ................2,180 to 2,200 ................................... +45 ................2,450 to 2,500 ................................... +45 ................2,500 to 2,686 4 ................................. ................ ................2,686 to 2,690 4 ................................. +45 ................3,700 to 4,200 ................................... +55 ................

Frequency Band (MHz)

Maximum allowableEIRP 1 2

Fixed(dBW)

Mobile(dBW)

5,925 to 6,425 4 ................................. +55 ................6,425 to 6,525 4 ................................. ................ +356,525 to 6,875 4 ................................. +55 ................10,550 to 10,680 5 ............................. +55 ................10,700 to 11,700 ............................... +55 ................12,200 to 12,700 ............................... +50 ................12,700 to 13,250 4 ............................. +50 ................17,700 to 18,600 ............................... +55 ................18,600 to 18,800 6 ............................. +35 ................18,800 to 19,700 ............................... +55 ................21,200 to 23,600 7 ............................. 5 +55 ................24,250 to 25,250 ............................... +55 ................27,500 to 28,350 9 ............................. 55 ................29,100 to 29,250 ............................... (7) ................31,000 to 31,075 8, 9 .......................... 30 3031,075 to 31,225 8, 9 .......................... 30 3031,225 to 31,300 8, 9 .......................... 30 3038,600 to 40,000 ............................... +55 ................

1 Per polarization.2 For multiple address operations, see § 101.147. Remote

alarm units that are part of a multiple address central stationprotection system are authorized a maximum of 2 watts.

3 When an omnidirectional antenna is authorized in the2150–2160 MHz band, the maximum power shall be 60 dBm.

4 Also, see § 101.145.5 The output power of a DEMS System nodal transmitter

shall not exceed 0.5 watts per 250 KHz. The output power ofa DEMS System user transmitter shall not exceed 0.04 wattsper 250 KHz. The transmitter power in terms of the wattsspecified is the peak envelope power of the emission meas-ured at the associated antenna input port. The operatingpower shall not exceed the authorized power by more than 10percent of the authorized power in watts at any time.

6 Maximum power delivered to the antenna shall not ex-ceed ¥3 dBW.

7 See § 101.113(c).8 For stations authorized prior to March 11, 1997, transmit-

ter output power shall not exceed 0.05 watt.9 For subscriber transceivers authorized in these bands, the

EIRP shall not exceed 55dBW or 42 dBW/MHz.

(b) The power of transmitters thatuse Automatic Transmitter Power Con-trol shall not exceed the power input oroutput specified in the instrument ofstation authorization. The power ofnon-ATPC transmitters shall be main-tained as near as practicable to thepower input or output specified in theinstrument of station authorization.

(c)(1) Transmitter power limitations.Point-to-point stations in the 29.1–29.25GHz band for the LMDS backbone be-tween LMDS hubs shall be limited to amaximum allowable e.i.r.p. density percarrier of 23 dBW/MHz in any onemegahertz in clear air, and may exceedthis limit by employment of adaptivepower control in cases where link prop-agation attenuation exceeds the clearair value due to precipitation and onlyto the extent that the link is impaired.

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demonstrate that, under clear air oper-ating conditions, the maximum aggre-gate of LMDS transmitting hub sta-tions in a Basic Trading Area in the29.1–29.25 GHz band will not transmit aco-frequency hub-to-subscriber e.i.r.p.spectral area density in any azimuthaldirection in excess of X dBW/(MHz–km 2) when averaged over any 4.375MHz band, where X is defined in Table1. Individual hub stations may exceedtheir clear air e.i.r.p.s by employmentof adaptive power control in caseswhere link propagation attenuation ex-ceeds the clear air value and only tothe extent that the link is impaired.

(i) The e.i.r.p. aggregate spectral areadensity is calculated as follows:

10 101

log 1/A /MHz-km2pigi dBWi

N

=∑

where:N = number of co-frequency hubs in BTA.A = Area of BTA in km2.pi = spectral power density into antenna of i-

th hub (in W/MHz).gi = gain of i-th hub antenna at zero degree

elevation angle.Each pi and gi are in the same 1 MHz withinthe designated frequency band.

(ii) The climate zones in Table 1 aredefined for different geographic loca-tions within the US as shown in Appen-dix 28 of the ITU Radio Regulations.

TABLE 1 1

Climate zone e.i.r.p. Spectral Density(Clear Air) (dBW/MHz–km 2) 2

1 ¥232 ¥25

3,4,5 ¥26

1 LMDS system licensees in two or more BTAs may individ-ually or collectively deviate from the spectral area densitycomputed above by averaging the power over any 200 km by400 km area, provided that the aggregate interference to thesatellite receiver is no greater than if the spectral area densitywere as specified in Table 1. A showing to the Commissioncomparing both methods of computation is required and cop-ies shall be served on any affected non-GSO 20/30 GHz MSSproviders.

2 See § 21.1007(c)(i) for the population density of the BTA.

(3) Hub transmitter e.i.r.p. spectral areadensity limit at elevation angles above thehorizon. LMDS applicants shall dem-onstrate that, under clear air operatingconditions, the maximum aggregate ofLMDS transmitting hub stations in aBasic Trading Area in the 29.1–29.25GHz band will not transmit a co-fre-quency hub-to-subscriber e.i.r.p. spec-tral area density in any azimuthal di-

rection in excess of X dBW/(MHz-km2)when averaged over any 4.375 MHz bandwhere X is defined in Table 2. Individ-ual hub stations may exceed their clearair e.i.r.p.s by employment of adaptivepower control in cases where link prop-agation attenuation exceeds the clearair value and only to the extent thatthe link is impaired.

(i) The e.i.r.p. aggregate spectral areadensity is calculated as follows:

10 1101

log . . . .( ) /A dBW/MHz-km2e i r p aii

N

=∑

where:N = number of co-frequency hubs in BTA.A = Area of BTA in km2.e.i.r.p. (ai) = equivalent isotropic radiated

spectral power density of the i-th hub (inW/MHz) at elevation angle a where a is theangle in degrees of elevation above hori-zon. e.i.r.p.(0°) is the hub e.i.r.p. area den-sity at the horizon used in Section101.113c(2). The nominal antenna patternwill be used for elevation angles between 0°and 8°, and average levels will be used forangles beyond 8°, where average levels willbe calculated by sampling the antenna pat-terns in each 1° interval between 8° and9015, dividing by 83.

TABLE 2

Elevation angle (a) Relative e.i.r.p. density (dBW/MHz-km 2)

0° ≤ a ≤ 4.0° ........................... e.i.r.p.(a) = e.i.r.p.(0°) + 20log (sinΠ x)(1/Π x) where x= (a + 1)/7.5°.

4.0° < a ≤ 7.7° ....................... e.i.r.p.(a) = e.i.r.p.(0°) - 3.85a+ 7.7.

a > 7.7° .................................. e.i.r.p.(a) = e.i.r.p.(0°) - 22.

(ii) LMDS system licensees in two ormore BTAs may individually or collec-tively deviate from the spectral areadensity computed above by averagingthe power over any 200 km by 400 kmarea, provided that the aggregate in-terference to the satellite receiver isno greater than if the spectral areadensity were as specified in Table 1. Ashowing to the Commission comparingboth methods of computation is re-quired and copies shall be served onany affected non-GSO MSS providers.

(4) Power reduction techniques. LMDShub transmitters shall employ methodsto reduce average power levels receivedby non-geostationary mobile satellitereceivers, to the extent necessary tocomply with paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2)


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of this section, by employing the meth-ods set forth below:

(i) Alternate polarizations. LMDS hubtransmitters in the LMDS service areamay employ both vertical and hori-zontal linear polarizations such that 50percent (plus or minus 10 percent) ofthe hub transmitters shall employ ver-tical polarization and 50 percent (plusor minus 10 percent) shall employ hori-zontal polarization.

(ii) Frequency interleaving. LMDS hubtransmitters in the LMDS service areamay employ frequency interleavingsuch that 50 percent (plus or minus 10percent) of the hub transmitters shallemploy channel center frequencieswhich are different by one-half thechannel bandwidth of the other 50 per-cent (plus or minus 10 percent) of thehub transmitters.

(iii) Alternative methods. As alter-natives to paragraphs (c)(4)(i) and(c)(4)(ii) of this section, LMDS opera-tors may employ such other methodsas may be shown to achieve equivalentreductions in average power density re-ceived by non-GSO MSS satellite re-ceivers.

[61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, as amended at 61FR 44182, Aug. 28, 1996; 62 FR 23167, Apr. 29,1997; 62 FR 24582, May 6, 1997]

§ 101.115 Directional antennas.(a) Unless otherwise authorized upon

specific request by the applicant, eachstation authorized under the rules ofthis part must employ a directional an-tenna adjusted with the center of themajor lobe of radiation in the hori-zontal plane directed toward the re-ceiving station with which it commu-nicates: provided, however, where a sta-tion communicates with more than one

point, a multi- or omni-directional an-tenna may be authorized if necessary.New Periscope antenna systems willnot, under ordinary circumstances, beauthorized.

(b) Stations operating below 932.5MHz that are required to use direc-tional antennas must employ antennasmeeting the standards indicated below.(Maximum beamwidth is for the majorlobe of radiation at the half powerpoints. Suppression is the minimum at-tenuation required for any secondarylobe signal and is referenced to themaximum signal in the main lobe.)

Frequency range

Maximumbeam-

width (de-grees)

Suppres-sion (dB)

512 to 932.5 MHz .............................. 20 13

(c) Fixed stations (other than tem-porary fixed stations and DEMS nodalstations) operating at 932.5 MHz orhigher must employ transmitting andreceiving antennas (excluding secondreceiving antennas for operations suchas space diversity) meeting the appro-priate performance Standard A indi-cated below, except that in areas notsubject to frequency congestion, anten-nas meeting performance Standard Bmay be used, subject to the require-ments set forth in paragraph (d) of thissection. Licensees shall comply withthe antenna standards table shown inthis paragraph in the following man-ner:

(1) With either the maximum beam-width to 3 dB points requirement orwith the minimum antenna gain re-quirement; and

(2) With the minimum radiation sup-pression to angle requirement.

ANTENNA STANDARDS

Frequency (MHz) Category

Maxi-mum

beam-width

to 3 dBpoints 1

(in-cludedanglein de-grees)

Mini-muman-

tennagain(dbi)

Minimum radiation suppression to angle in degrees from center-line of main beam in decibels

5°to10°

10° to15°

15° to20°

20° to30°

30° to100°

100° to140°

140° to180°

932.5 to 935 ........................ A 14.0 n/a n/a 6 11 14 17 20 24B 20.0 n/a n/a n/a 6 10 13 15 20

941.5 to 944 ........................ A 14.0 n/a n/a 6 11 14 17 20 24B 20.0 n/a n/a n/a 6 10 13 15 20

952 to 960 2, 3 ...................... A 14.0 n/a n/a 6 11 14 17 20 24


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ANTENNA STANDARDS—Continued

Frequency (MHz) Category

Maxi-mum

beam-width

to 3 dBpoints 1

(in-cludedanglein de-grees)

Mini-muman-

tennagain(dbi)

Minimum radiation suppression to angle in degrees from center-line of main beam in decibels

5°to10°

10° to15°

15° to20°

20° to30°

30° to100°

100° to140°

140° to180°

B 20.0 n/a n/a n/a 6 10 13 15 201,850 to 2,500 4 ................... A 5.0 n/a 12 18 22 25 29 33 39

B 8.0 n/a 5 18 20 20 25 28 363,700 to 4,200 ..................... A 2.7 36 23 29 33 36 42 55 55

B 2.7 36 20 24 28 32 32 32 325,925 to 6,425 5 ................... A 2.2 38 25 29 33 36 42 55 55

B 2.2 38 21 25 29 32 35 39 455,925 to 6,425 6 ................... A 2.2 38 25 29 33 36 42 55 55

B 2.2 38 20 24 28 32 35 36 366,525 to 6,875 5 ................... A 2.2 38 25 29 33 36 42 55 55

B 2.2 38 21 25 29 32 35 39 456,525 to 6,875 6 ................... A 1.5 n/a 26 29 32 34 38 41 49

B 2.0 n/a 21 25 29 32 35 39 4510,550 to 10,680 5, 7 ............ A 2.2 38 25 29 33 36 42 55 55

B 2.2 38 20 24 28 32 35 35 3910,550 to 10,680 6 ............... A 3.4 34 20 24 28 32 35 55 55

B 3.4 34 20 24 28 32 35 35 3910,565 to 10,615 ................. n/a 360 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a10,630 to 10,6808 ............... n/a 3.5 34 20 24 28 32 35 36 3610,700 to 11,700 5 ............... A 2.2 38 25 29 33 36 42 55 55

B 2.2 38 20 24 28 32 35 36 3612,200 to 13,250 9 ............... A 1.0 n/a 23 28 35 39 41 42 50

B 2.0 n/a 20 25 28 30 32 37 4717,700 to 18,820 ................. A 2.2 38 25 29 33 36 42 55 55

B 2.2 38 20 24 28 32 35 36 3618,920 to 19,700 10 ............. A 2.2 38 25 29 33 36 42 55 55

B 2.2 38 20 24 28 32 35 36 3621,200 to 23,600 11 ............. A 2.2 38 25 29 33 36 42 55 55

B 2.2 38 20 24 28 32 35 36 3624,250 to 25,250 10 ............. A 2.2 38 25 29 33 36 42 55 55

B 2.2 38 20 24 28 32 35 36 3631,000 to 31,300 12, 13 ......... n/a 4.0 38 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/aAbove 31,300 ...................... A 2.2 38 25 29 33 36 42 55 55

B 2.2 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 boththe azimuth and the elevation planes.

2 Except for Multiple Address System frequencies listed in §§ 101.147(b)(1) through (b)(4), where omnidirectional antennasmay be used.

3 Antennas used at outlying stations as part of a central protection alarm system need conform to only the following 2 stand-ards:

(i) The minimum on-beam forward gain must be at least 10 dBi, and(ii) The minimum front-to-back ratio must be at least 20 dB.4 Omnidirectional antennas may be authorized in the band 2150–2160 MHz.5 These antenna standards apply to all point-to-point stations authorized after June 1, 1997. Existing licensees and pending

applicants on that date are grandfathered and need not comply with these standards.6 These antenna standards apply to all point-to-point stations authorized on or before June 1, 1997.7 Except for antennas between 140° and 180° authorized or pending on January 1, 1989, in the band 10,550 to 10,565 MHz

for which minimum radiation suppression to angle (in degrees) from centerline of main beam is 36 decibels.8 These antenna standards apply only to DEMS User Stations licensed, in operation, or applied for prior to July 15, 1993.9 Except for temporary-fixed operations in the band 13200–13250 MHz with output powers less than 250 mW and as provided

in § 101.147(q).10 DEMS User Station antennas in this band must meet performance Standard B and have a minimum antenna gain of 34 dBi.

The maximum beamwidth requirement does not apply to DEMS User Stations. DEMS Nodal Stations need not comply with thesestandards.

11 Except as provided in § 101.147(t).Note to footnote 11: Stations must employ an antenna that meets the performance standards for Category A, except that in

areas not subject to frequency congestion, antennas meeting standards for Category B may be employed. Note, however, thatthe Commission may require the use of high performance antennas where interference problems can be resolved by the use ofsuch antennas.

12 The minimum front-to-back ratio shall be 38 dBi.13 Mobile, except aeronautical mobile, stations need not comply with these standards.

(d) The Commission shall require thereplacement of any antenna or peri-

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higher that does not meet performanceStandard A specified in paragraph (c)of this section, at the expense of the li-censee operating such antenna, upon ashowing that said antenna causes or islikely to cause interference to (or re-ceive interference from) any other au-thorized or applied for station whereasa higher performance antenna is notlikely to involve such interference. An-tenna performance is expected to meetthe standards of paragraph (c) of thissection for parallel polarization. Forcases of potential interference, an an-tenna will not be considered to meetStandard A unless the parallel polar-ization performance for the discrimina-tion angle involved meets the require-ments, even if the cross-polarizationperformance controls the interference.

(e) In cases where passive reflectorsare employed in conjunction withtransmitting antenna systems, theforegoing paragraphs of this sectionalso will be applicable. However, insuch instances, the center of the majorlobe of radiation from the antenna nor-mally must be directed at the passivereflector, and the center of the majorlobe of radiation from the passive re-flector directed toward the receivingstation with which it communicates.

(f) Periscope antennas used at anelectric power facility plant area willbe excluded from the requirements ofparagraph (c) of this section on a case-by-case basis where technical consider-ations or safety preclude the use ofother types of antenna systems.

(g) In the event harmful interferenceis caused to the operation of other sta-tions, the Commission may, after no-tice and opportunity for hearing, orderchanges to be made in the height, ori-entation, gain and radiation pattern ofthe antenna system.

[61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, as amended at 62FR 4924, Feb. 3, 1997; 62 FR 24582, May 6, 1997]

§ 101.117 Antenna polarization.Except as set forth herein, stations

operating in the radio services includedin this part are not limited as to thetype of polarization of the radiated sig-nal, provided, however, that in theevent interference in excess of permis-sible levels is caused to the operationof other stations the Commission may,after notice and opportunity for hear-

ing, order the licensee to change thepolarization of the radiated signal. Nochange in polarization may be madewithout prior authorization from theCommission. Unless otherwise allowed,only linear polarization (horizontal orvertical) shall be used.

§ 101.119 Simultaneous use of commonantenna structures.

The simultaneous use of common an-tenna structures by more than oneradio station, or by one of more domes-tic public radio stations and one ormore stations of any other class orservice, may be authorized: provided,however, that each licensee or user ofany such structure is responsible formaintaining the structure, and forpainting and illuminating the struc-ture when obstruction marking is re-quired by the Commission. (See§ 101.21(a).)

§ 101.121 Marking of antenna struc-tures.

The owner of each antenna structurerequired to be painted and/or illumi-nated under the provision of section303(q) of the Communications Act of1934, as amended, shall operate andmaintain the antenna structure paint-ing and lighting in accordance withpart 17 of this chapter. In the event ofdefault by the owner, each licensee orpermittee shall be individually respon-sible for conforming to the require-ments pertaining to antenna structurepainting and lighting. For completeregulations relative to antenna mark-ing requirements, see part 17 of thischapter.

§ 101.123 Quiet zones.Quiet zones are those areas where it

is necessary to restrict radiation so asto minimize possible impact on the op-erations of radio astronomy or otherfacilities that are highly sensitive toradio frequency interference.

(a) In order to minimize possibleharmful interference at the NationalRadio Astronomy Observatory site lo-cated at Green Bank, PocohontasCounty, W. Va., and at the Naval RadioResearch Observatory site at SugarGrove, Pendleton County, W. Va., anyapplicant for a station authorizationother than temporary-fixed seeking a


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station license for a new station or tomodify an existing station in a mannerwhich would change either the fre-quency, power, antenna height or di-rectivity, or location of such a stationwithin the area boarded by 39°15′ N. onthe north, 78°30′ W. on the east, 37°30′ N.on the south, and 80°30′ W. on the westmust at the time of filing such applica-tion with the Commission, simulta-neously notify the Director, NationalRadio Astronomy Observatory, PostOffice Box No. 2, Green Bank, W. Va.24944, in writing, of the technical par-ticulars of the proposed station. Suchnotification must include the geo-graphical coordinates of the antenna,antenna height, antenna directivity ifany, proposed frequency, type of emis-sion and power. In addition, the appli-cant must indicate in his applicationto the Commission the date notifica-tion was made to the Observatory.After receipt of such applications, theCommission will allow a period oftwenty (20) days for comments or ob-jections in response to the notifica-tions indicated. If an objection to theproposed operation is received duringthe 20-day period from the NationalRadio Astronomy Observatory for it-self or on behalf of the Naval Radio Re-search Observatory, the Commissionwill consider all aspects of the problemand take whatever action is deemed ap-propriate.

(b) Protection for Table MountainRadio Receiving Zone, Boulder County,Colorado. Applicants for a station au-thorization to operate in the vicinityof Boulder County, Colorado under thispart are advised to give due consider-ation, prior to filing applications, tothe need to protect the Table MountainRadio Receiving Zone from harmful in-terference. These are the research lab-oratories of the Department of Com-merce, Boulder County, Colorado. Toprevent degradation of the present am-bient radio signal level at the site, theDepartment of Commerce seeks to en-sure that the field strengths of any ra-diated signals (excluding reflected sig-nals) received on this 1800 acre site (inthe vicinity of coordinates 40°07′50′′ N.Latitude, 105°14′40′′ W. Longitude), re-sulting from new assignments or fromthe modification or relocation of exist-ing facilities do not exceed 1 mV/m in

the authorized bandwidth of service. (Afield strength of 1 mV/m is equivalentto a power flux density of 85.8 dBW/M2

assuming a free-space characteristicimpedance of 376.7 ohms.)

(1) Advance consultation is rec-ommended particularly for those appli-cants who have no reliable data whichindicates whether the field strength orpower flux density figures would be ex-ceeded by their proposed radio facili-ties. In such instances, the following isa suggested guide for determiningwhether coordination is recommended:

(i) All stations within 2.4 km;(ii) Stations within 4.8 km with 50

watts or more effective radiated power(ERP) in the primary plane of polariza-tion in the azimuthal direction of theTable Mountain Receiving Zone;

(iii) Stations within 16 km with 1 kWor more ERP in the primary plane ofpolarization in the azimuthal directionof the Table Mountain Receiving Zone;or

(iv) Stations within 80 km with 25 kWor more ERP in the primary plane ofpolarization in the azimuthal directionof the Table Mountain Receiving Zone.

(2) Applicants concerned are urged tocommunicate with the Radio Fre-quency Management Coordinator, De-partment of Commerce, Research Sup-port Services, NOAA/R/E5X2, BoulderLaboratories, Boulder CO 80303; tele-phone (303) 497–6548, in advance of filingtheir applications with the Commis-sion.

(3) The Commission will not screenapplications to determine whether ad-vance consultation has taken place.However, applicants are advised thatsuch consultation can avoid objectionsfrom the Department of Commerce orproceedings to modify any authoriza-tion which may be granted which, infact, delivers a signal at the site in ex-cess of the field strength specifiedherein.

(c) Protection for Federal Commu-nications Commission monitoring sta-tions:

(1) Applicants in the vicinity of anFCC monitoring station for a radio sta-tion authorization to operate newtransmitting facilities or changedtransmitting facilities which would in-crease the field strength produced over


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the monitoring station over that pre-viously authorized are advised to giveconsideration, prior to filing applica-tions, to the possible need to protectthe FCC stations from harmful inter-ference. Geographical coordinates ofthe facilities which require protectionare listed in § 0.121(c) of this chapter.Applications for stations (except mo-bile stations) which will produce onany frequency a direct wave fundamen-tal field strength of greater than 10mV/m in the authorized bandwidth ofservice (¥65.8 dBW/m2 power flux den-sity assuming a free space characteris-tic impedance of 120 ohms) at the ref-erenced coordinates, may be examinedto determine extent of possible inter-ference. Depending on the theoreticalfield strength value and existing root-sum-square or other ambient radiofield signal levels at the indicated co-ordinates, a clause protecting the mon-itoring station may be added to thestation authorization.

(2) In the event that calculated valueof expected field exceeds 10 mV/m(¥65.8 dBW/m2) at the reference coordi-nates, or if there is any questionwhether field strength levels might ex-ceed the threshold value, advance con-sultation with the FCC to discuss anyprotection necessary should be consid-ered. Prospective applicants may com-municate with: Chief, Compliance andInformation Bureau, Federal Commu-nications Commission, Washington, DC20554, Telephone (202) 418–1100.

(3) Advance consultation is suggestedparticularly for those applicants whohave no reliable data which indicateswhether the field strength or powerflux density figure indicated would beexceeded by their proposed radio facili-ties (except mobile stations). In suchinstances, the following is a suggestedguide for determining whether an ap-plicant should coordinate:

(i) All stations within 2.4 kilometers;(ii) Stations within 4.8 kilometers

with 50 watts or more average effectiveradiated power (ERP) in the primaryplane of polarization in the azimuthaldirection of the Monitoring Stations;

(iii) Stations within 16 kilometerswith 1 kW or more average ERP in theprimary plane of polarization in the az-imuthal direction of the MonitoringStation; or

(iv) Stations within 80 kilometerswith 25 kW or more average ERP in theprimary plane of polarization in the az-imuthal direction of the MonitoringStation.

(4) Advance coordination for stationsoperating above 1000 MHz is rec-ommended only where the proposedstation is in the vicinity of a monitor-ing station designated as a satellitemonitoring facility in § 0.121(c) of thischapter and also meets the criteriaoutlined in paragraphs (c)(2) and (c)(3)of this section.

(5) The Commission will not screenapplications to determine whether ad-vance consultation has taken place.However, applicants are advised thatsuch consultation can avoid objectionsfrom the Federal CommunicationsCommission or modification of any au-thorization which will cause harmfulinterference.

§ 101.125 Temporary fixed antennaheight restrictions.

The overall antenna structureheights employed by mobile stations inthe Local Television TransmissionService and by stations authorized tooperate at temporary fixed locationsmay not exceed the height criteria setforth in § 17.7 of this chapter, unless ineach instance, authorization for use ofa specific maximum antenna height(above ground and above mean sealevel) for each location has been ob-tained from the Commission prior toerection of the antenna. Requests forsuch authorization must show the in-clusive dates of the proposed operation.(Complete information as to rules con-cerning the construction, marking andlighting of antenna structures is con-tained in part 17 of this chapter.)

§ 101.127 Topographical data.Determining the location and height

above sea level of the antenna site, theelevation or contour intervals must betaken from United States GeologicalSurvey Topographic Quadrangle Maps,United States Army Corps of Engineersmaps or Tennessee Valley Authoritymaps, whichever is the latest, for allareas for which such maps are avail-able. If such maps are not published forthe area in question, the next besttopographic information should be


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used. Topographic data may sometimesbe obtained from State and municipalagencies. Data from Sectional Aero-nautical Charts (including benchmarks) or railroad depot elevations andhighway elevations from road mapsmay be used where no better informa-tion is available. In cases where lim-ited topographic data is available, usemay be made of an altimeter in a cardriven along roads extending generallyradially from the transmitter site. If itappears necessary, additional data maybe requested. United States GeologicalSurvey Topographic Quadrangle Mapsmay be obtained from the Departmentof the Interior, Geological Survey,Washington, DC 20242. Sectional Aero-nautical Charts are available from theDepartment of Commerce, Coast andGeodetic Survey, Washington, DC20230.

§ 101.129 Transmitter location.(a) The applicant must determine,

prior to filing an application for aradio station authorization, that theantenna site specified therein is ade-quate to render the service proposed. Incases of questionable antenna loca-tions, it is desirable to conduct propa-gation tests to indicate the field inten-sity which may be expected in the prin-cipal areas or at the fixed points ofcommunication to be served, particu-larly where severe shadow problemsmay be expected. In considering appli-cations proposing the use of such loca-tions, the Commission may require sitesurvey tests to be made pursuant to adevelopmental authorization in theparticular service concerned. In suchcases, propagation tests should be con-ducted in accordance with recognizedengineering methods and should bemade with a transmitting antenna sim-ulating, as near as possible, the pro-posed antenna installation. Full dataobtained from such surveys and itsanalysis, including a description of themethods used and the name, addressand qualifications of the engineer mak-ing the survey, must be supplied to theCommission.

(b) Antenna structures should be solocated and constructed as to avoidmaking them hazardous to air naviga-tion. (See part 17 of this chapter forprovisions relating to antenna struc-

tures.) Such installation must be main-tained in good structural condition to-gether with any required painting orlighting.

§ 101.131 Transmitter construction andinstallation.

(a) The equipment at the operatingand transmitting positions must be soinstalled and protected that it is notaccessible to, or capable of being oper-ated by, persons other than those dulyauthorized by the licensee.

(b) In any case where the maximummodulating frequency of a transmitteris prescribed by the Commission, thetransmitter must be equipped with alow-pass or band-pass modulation filterof suitable performance characteris-tics. In those cases where a modulationlimiter is employed, the modulationfilter must be installed between thetransmitter stage in which limiting iseffected and the modulated stage of thetransmitter.

(c) Each transmitter employed inthese services must be equipped withan appropriately labeled pilot lamp ormeter which will provide continuousvisual indication at the transmitterwhen its control circuits have beenplaced in a condition to activate thetransmitter. In addition, facilitiesmust be provided at each transmitterto permit the transmitter to be turnedon and off independently of any remotecontrol circuits associated therewith.

(d) At each transmitter control pointthe following facilities must be in-stalled:

(1) A carrier operated device whichwill provide continuous visual indica-tion when the transmitter is radiating,or, in lieu thereof, a pilot lamp ormeter which will provide continuousvisual indication when the transmittercontrol circuits have been placed in acondition to activate the transmitter;and

(2) Facilities which will permit theoperator to turn transmitter carrier onand off at will.

(e) Transmitter control circuits fromany control point must be so installedthat grounding or shorting any line inthe control circuit will not cause thetransmitter to radiate: provided, how-ever, That this provision will not be


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applicable to control circuits of sta-tions which normally operate with con-tinuous radiation or to control circuitswhich are under the effective oper-ational control of responsible operat-ing personnel 24 hours per day.

§ 101.133 Limitations on use of trans-mitters.

(a) Transmitters licensed for oper-ation in Common Carrier services maybe concurrently licensed or used fornon-common carrier communicationpurposes. Mobile units may be concur-rently licensed or used for non-commoncarrier communication purposes pro-vided that the transmitter is type-ac-cepted for use in each service.

(b) Private operational fixed point-to-point microwave stations authorizedin this service may communicate withassociated operational-fixed stationsand fixed receivers and with units ofassociated stations in the mobile serv-ice licensed under Private Radio Serv-ice rule parts. In addition, inter-communication is permitted with otherlicensed stations and with U.S. Govern-ment stations in those cases which re-quire cooperation or coordination ofactivities or when cooperative use ar-rangements in accordance with § 101.135are contemplated; provided, however,that where communication is desiredwith stations authorized to operateunder the authority of a foreign juris-diction, prior approval of this Commis-sion must be obtained; And providedfurther, That the authority underwhich such other stations operate doesnot prohibit the intercommunication.

(c) Two or more persons or govern-mental entities eligible for privateoperational fixed point-to-point micro-wave licenses may use the same trans-mitting equipment under the followingterms and conditions:

(1) Each licensee complies with thegeneral operating requirements set outin this part;

(2) Each licensee is eligible for thefrequency(ies) on which the facility op-erates; and

(3) Each licensee must have the abil-ity to access the transmitter(s) that itis authorized to operate under the mul-tiple licensing arrangement.

(d) LMDS subscriber transmissions.LMDS licensees shall not operate

transmitters from subscriber locationsin the 29.1–29.25 GHz band.

[61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, as amended at 61FR 44183, Aug. 28, 1996]

§ 101.135 Shared use of radio stationsand the offering of private carrierservice.

Licensees of Private OperationalFixed Point-to-Point Microwave radiostations may share the use of their fa-cilities on a non-profit basis or mayoffer service on a for-profit private car-rier basis, subject to the following con-ditions and limitations:

(a) Persons or governmental entitieslicensed to operate radio systems onany of the private radio frequencies setout in § 101.101 may share such systemswith, or provide private carrier serviceto, any eligible for licensing under thispart, regardless of individual eligibilityrestrictions, provided that the commu-nications being carried are permissibleunder § 101.603. In addition, persons orgovernmental entities licensed to oper-ate low power systems under the provi-sions of § 101.147(r)(10) may share suchsystems with, or provide private car-rier services to, Federal Governmententities, provided the communicationscarried are permissible under § 101.603;

(b) The licensee must maintain ac-cess to and control over all facilitiesauthorized under its license;

(c) All sharing and private carrier ar-rangements must be conducted pursu-ant to a written agreement to be keptas part of the station records; and

(d) The licensee must keep an up-to-date list of system sharers and privatecarrier subscribers and the basis oftheir eligibility under this part. Suchrecords must be kept current and mustbe made available upon request for in-spection by the Commission.

§ 101.137 Interconnection of privateoperational fixed point-to-pointmicrowave stations.

Private operational fixed point-to-point microwave stations may be inter-connected with facilities of commoncarriers subject to applicable tariffs.

§ 101.139 Authorization of transmit-ters.

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point-to-point operation pursuant tosubparts H and I of this part, eachtransmitter must be a type which hasbeen type accepted by the Commissionfor use under the applicable rules ofthis part. Transmitters used in the pri-vate operational fixed and commoncarrier fixed point-to-point microwaveservices under subparts H and I of thispart must be of a type that has been ei-ther notified or type accepted by theCommission (see § 2.904(d) of this chap-ter). Effective March 5, 1984, onlygrants of notification will be issued fortransmitters used exclusively for fixedpoint-to-point operation. Transmittersdesigned for use in the 31.0 to 31.3 GHzband will be authorized under the noti-fication procedure.

(b) Any manufacturer of a transmit-ter to be produced for use under therules of this part may request type ac-ceptance or notification by followingthe applicable procedures set forth inpart 2 of this chapter. Type acceptedand notified transmitters are includedin the Commission’s Radio EquipmentList. Copies of this list are availablefor inspection at the Commission’s of-fice in Washington, DC and at each ofits field offices.

(c) Type acceptance or notificationfor an individual transmitter may alsobe requested by an applicant for a sta-tion authorization, pursuant to theprocedures set forth in part 2 of thischapter. An individual transmitter willnot normally be included in the RadioEquipment List but will be enumeratedon the station authorization.

(d) A transmitter presently shown onan instrument of authorization, whichoperates on an assigned frequency inthe 890–940 MHz band and has not beentype accepted, may continue to be usedby the licensee without type accept-ance provided such transmitter contin-ues otherwise to comply with the appli-cable rules and regulations of the Com-mission.

(e) Type acceptance or notification isnot required for portable transmittersoperating with peak output power notgreater than 250 mW. If operation ofsuch equipment causes harmful inter-ference the FCC may, at its discretion,require the licensee to take such cor-rective action as is necessary to elimi-nate the interference.

(f) After July 15, 1996, the manufac-ture (except for export) or importationof equipment employing digital modu-lation techniques in the 3700–4200, 5925–6425, 6525–6875, 10,550–10,680 and 10,700–11,700 MHz bands must meet the mini-mum payload capacity requirements of§ 101.141.

§ 101.141 Microwave modulation.

(a) Microwave transmitters employ-ing digital modulation techniques andoperating below 19.7 GHz and in the24.25–25.25 GHz band must, with appro-priate multiplex equipment, complywith the following additional require-ments:

(1) The bit rate, in bits per second,must be equal to or greater than thebandwidth specified by the emissiondesignator in Hertz (e.g., to be accept-able, equipment transmitting at a 20Mb/s rate must not require a bandwidthof greater than 20 MHz), except thebandwidth used to calculate the mini-mum rate may not include any author-ized guard band.

NOTE TO (a)(1): Systems authorized prior toDecember 1, 1988, may install equipmentafter that date with no minimum bit rate.

(2) Equipment to be used for voicetransmission placed in service, author-ized, or applied for on or before June 1,1997 in the 2110 to 2130 and 2160 to 2180MHz bands must be capable of satisfac-tory operation within the authorizedbandwidth to encode at least 96 voicechannels. Equipment placed in service,authorized, or applied for on or beforeJune 1, 1997 in the 3700–4200, 5925–6425(30 MHz bandwidth), and 10,700–11,700MHz (30 and 40 MHz bandwidths) bandsmust be capable of satisfactory oper-ation within the authorized bandwidthto encode at least 1152 voice channels.These required loading levels may bereduced by a factor of 1/N provided thatN transmitters may be operated satis-factorily, over the same radio path,within an authorized bandwidth lessthan, or equal to, the maximumauthorizable bandwidth (e.g., the 1152channel requirement may be reduced to576 if two transmitters can be satisfac-torily operated over the same pathwithin the maximum bandwidth).


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Where type accepted equipment is de-signed to operate on the same fre-quency in a cross polarized configura-tion to meet the above capacity re-quirements, the Commission will re-quire, at the time additional transmit-ters are authorized, that both polariza-tions of a frequency be used before anew frequency assignment is made, un-less a single transmitter installationwas found to be justified by the Com-mission at the time it authorized thefirst transmitter.

(3) The following capacity and load-ing requirements must be met forequipment applied for, authorized, andplaced in service after June 1, 1997 inthe 3700–4200 MHz (4 GHz), 5925–6425 and6525–6875 MHz (6 GHz), 10,550–10,680 MHz(10 GHz), and 10,700–11,700 MHz (11 GHz)bands:

Nominal chan-nel bandwidth

(MHz)

Minimumpayloadcapacity

(Mbits/s) 1

Minimumtraffic

loadingpayload(as per-cent ofpayloadcapacity)

Typical utilization 2

0.400 .............. 1.54 N/A 1 DS–10.800 .............. 3.08 N/A 2 DS–11.25 ................ 3.08 N/A 2 DS–11.60 ................ 6.17 N/A 4 DS–12.50 ................ 6.17 N/A 4 DS–13.75 ................ 12.3 N/A 8 DS–15.0 .................. 18.5 N/A 12 DS–110.0 ................ 44.7 3 50 1 DS–3/STS–120.0 ................ 89.4 3 50 2 DS–3/STS–130.0 (11 GHz) 89.4 3 50 2 DS–3/STS–130.0 (6 GHz) .. 134.1 3 50 3 DS–3/STS–140.0 ................ 134.1 3 50 3 DS–3/STS–1

1 Per polarization2 DS and STS refer to the number of voice circuits a chan-

nel can accommodate. 1 DS–1 = 24 voice circuits; 2 DS–1 =48; 4 DS–1 = 96; 8 DS–1 = 192; 12 DS–1 = 288; 1 DS–3/STS–1 = 672; 2 DS–3/STS–1 = 1344; 3 DS–3/STS–1 = 2016.

3 This loading requirement must be met within 30 months oflicensing. If two transmitters simultaneously operate on thesame frequency over the same path, the requirement is re-duced to 25 percent.

(4) If a transmitter is authorized tooperate in a bandwidth that is not list-ed in paragraph (a)(3) of this section, itmust meet the minimum payload ca-pacity and traffic loading requirementsof the next largest channel bandwidthlisted in the table; e.g., if the author-ized bandwidth is 3.5 MHz, the mini-mum payload capacity must be 12.3Mbits/s.

(5) Transmitters carrying digital mo-tion video motion material are exemptfrom the requirements specified inparagraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this sec-tion, provided that at least 50 percent

of the payload is digital video motionmaterial and the minimum bit ratespecified in paragraph (a)(1) of this sec-tion is met. In the 6, 10, and 11 GHzbands, concatenation of multiple con-tiguous channels is permitted for chan-nels of equal bandwidth on center fre-quencies, provided no other channelsare available and the minimum pay-load capacity requirements are met.

(6) Digital systems using bandwidthsof 10 MHz or larger will be considered50 percent loaded when the followingcondition is met: at least 50 percent oftheir total DS–1 capacity is being used.A DS–1 channel is being used when ithas been connected to a DS–0/DS–1multiplexer. For non-DS–0 services,such as, but not limited to, video orbroadband data transmission, the nextlargest DS–1 equivalent will be consid-ered for the computation of a loadingpercentage.

(7) For digital systems, minimumpayload capacities shall be expressed innumbers of DS–1s, DS–3s or STS–1s.The payload capacity required by theCommission shall correspond to com-mercially available equipment.

(b) For purposes of compliance withthe emission limitation requirementsof § 101.111(a)(2) and the requirements ofparagraph (a) of this section, digitalmodulation techniques are consideredas being employed when digital modu-lation occupies 50 percent or more tothe total peak frequency deviation of atransmitted radio frequency carrier.The total peak frequency deviationwill be determined by adding the devi-ation produced by the digital modula-tion signal and the deviation producedby any frequency division multiplex(FDM) modulation used. The deviation(D) produced by the FDM signal mustbe determined in accordance with§ 2.202(f) of this chapter.

(c) Analog Modulation. Except forvideo transmission, an application foran initial working channel for a givenroute will not be accepted for filingwhere the anticipated loading (withinfive years for voice, or other periodsubject to reasonable projection) is lessthan the minimum specified for the fol-lowing frequency bands. Absent ex-traordinary circumstances, applica-tions proposing additional frequenciesover existing routes will not be granted


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unless it is shown that the traffic loadwill shortly exhaust the capacity of theexisting equipment. Where no con-struction of radio facilities is re-quested, licensees must submit thisevidence with their filing of any nec-essary authority required pursuant tosection 214 of the Communications Actand part 63 of this chapter.


Minimumnumber of

voice chan-nels (4 KHzor equiva-

lent)

3700 to 4200 (20 MHz bandwidth) .................... 9005925 to 6425 (10 MHz bandwidth) .................... 3005925 to 6425 (20 MHz bandwidth) .................... 6005925 to 6425 (30 MHz bandwidth) .................... 9006525 to 6875 (10 MHz bandwidth) .................... 30010,700 to 11,700 (10 MHz bandwidth) .............. 30010,700 to 11,700 (20 MHz bandwidth) .............. 60010,700 to 11,700 (30 MHz bandwidth) .............. 90010,700 to 11,700 (40 MHz bandwidth) .............. 900


§ 101.143 Minimum path length re-quirements.

(a) The distance between end pointsof a fixed link in the private oper-ational fixed point-to-point and thecommon carrier fixed point-to-pointmicrowave services must equal or ex-ceed the value set forth in the tablebelow or the EIRP must be reduced inaccordance with the equation set forthbelow:

Frequency band (MHz)Minimum

path length(km)

Below 1,850 ....................................................... N/A1,850 to 7,125 ................................................... 1710,550 to 13,250 ............................................... 5Above 17,700 .................................................... N/A

(b) For paths shorter than those spec-ified in the Table, the EIRP shall notexceed the value derived from the fol-lowing equation:

EIRP = MAX EIRP—40*log(A/B) dBW

Where:EIRP = Equivalent isotropically radiated

power in dBW.A = Minimum path length from the Table for

the frequency band in kilometers.B = The actual path length in kilometers.

NOTE TO PARAGRAPH (B): For transmittersusing Automatic Transmit Power Control,EIRP that corresponds to the maximum

transmitter power must satisfy this require-ment.

(c) Upon an appropriate technicalshowing, applicants and licensees un-able to meet the minimum path lengthrequirement may be granted an excep-tion to these requirements.

NOTE TO PARAGRAPH (C): Links authorizedprior to April 1, 1987, need not comply withthis requirement.

§ 101.145 Interference to geo-stationary-satellites.

These limitations are necessary tominimize the probability of harmful in-terference to reception in the bands2655–2690 MHz, 5925–6875 MHz, and 12.7–12.75 GHz on board geostationary-spacestations in the fixed-satellite service.

(a) Stations authorized prior to July1, 1976 in the band 2655–2690 MHz, whichexceed the power levels in paragraphs(a) and (b) of this section are permittedto operate indefinitely, provided thatthe operations of such stations doesnot result in harmful interference toreception in these band on board geo-stationary space stations.

(b) 2655 to 2690 MHz and 5925 to 6875MHz. No directional transmitting an-tenna utilized by a fixed station oper-ating in these bands may be aimedwithin 2 degrees of the geostationary-satellite orbit, taking into account at-mospheric refraction. However, excep-tion may be made in unusual cir-cumstances upon a showing that thereis no reasonable alternative to thetransmission path proposed. If there isno evidence that such exception wouldcause possible harmful interference toan authorized satellite system, saidtransmission path may be authorizedon waiver basis where the maximumvalue of the equivalent isotropicallyradiated power (EIRP) does not exceed:

(1) +47 dBW for any antenna beam di-rected within 0.5 degrees of the station-ary satellite orbit; or

(2) +47 to +55 dBW, on a linear decibelscale (8 dB per degree) for any antennabeam directed between 0.5 degrees and1.5 degrees of the stationary orbit.

(c) 12.7 to 12.75 GHz. No directionaltransmitting antenna utilized by afixed station operating in this bandmay be aimed within 1.5 degrees of thegeostationary-satellite orbit, takinginto account atmospheric refraction.


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However, exception may be made in un-usual circumstances upon a showingthat there is no reasonable alternativeto the transmission path proposed. Ifthere is no evidence that such excep-tion would cause possible harmful in-terference to an authorized satellitesystem, said transmission path may beauthorized on waiver basis where themaximum value of the equivalentisotropically radiated power (EIRP)does not exceed +45 dBW for any an-tenna beam directed within 1.5 degreesof the stationary satellite orbit.

(d) Methods for calculating the azi-muths to be avoided may be found in:CCIR Report No. 393 (Green Books),New Delhi, 1970; in ‘‘Radio-Relay An-tenna Pointing for controlled Inter-ference With Geostationary-Satellites’’by C. W. Lundgren and A. S. May, BellSystem Technical Journal, Vol. 48, No.10, pp. 3387–3422, December 1969; and in‘‘Geostationary Orbit Avoidance Com-puter Program’’ by Richard G. Gould,Common Carrier Bureau Report CC–7201, FCC, Washington, DC, 1972. Thislatter report is available through theNational Technical Information Serv-ice, U.S. Department of Commerce,Springfield, VA 22151, in printed form(PB–211 500) or source card deck (PB–211 501).

§ 101.147 Frequency assignments.(a) Frequencies in the following

bands are available for assignment forfixed microwave services.

928.0–929.0 MHz (22)932.0–932.5 MHz (27)932.5–935 MHz (17)941.0–941.5 MHz (17) (18)941.5–944 MHz (27)952.0–960.0 MHz (22)1,850–1,990 MHz (20) (22)2,110–2,130 MHz) (1) (3) (7) (20)2,130–2,150 MHz (20) (22)2,150–2,160 MHz (20) (22)2,160–2,180 MHz (1) (2) (20) (21)2,180–2,200 MHz (20) (22)2,450–2,500 MHz (22)2,650–2,690 MHz (22)3,700–4,200 MHz (8) (14) (25)5,925–6,425 MHz (6) (14) (25)6,425–6,525 MHz (24)6,525–6,875 MHz (14)10,550–10,680 MHz (19)10,700–11,700 MHz (8) (9) (19) (25)11,700–12,200 MHz (24)12,200–12,500 MHz (22)12,500–12,700 MHz (22)

12,700–13,200 MHz (22)13,200–13,250 MHz (4) (24) (25)14,200–14,400 MHz (24)17,700–18,820 MHz (5) (10) (15)18,820–18,920 MHz (22)18,920–19,160 MHz (5 (10) (15)19,160–19,260 MHz (22)19,260–19,700 MHz (5) (10) (15)21,200–22,000 MHz (4) (11) (12) (13) (24) (25) (26)22,000–23,600 MHz (4) (11) (12) (24) (25) (26)24,250–25,250 MHz27,500–28,350 MHz (16)29,100–29,250 MHz (5), (16)31,000–31,300 MHz (16)38,600–40,000 MHz (4)Bands Above 40,000 MHz

Notes

(1) Frequencies in this band are sharedwith control and repeater stations in the Do-mestic Public Land Mobile Radio Serviceand with stations in the International FixedPublic Radiocommunication Services lo-cated south of 25° 30′ north latitude in theState of Florida and U. S. possessions in theCaribbean area. Additionally, the band 2160–2162 MHz is shared with stations in theMultipoint Distribution Service.

(2) Except upon showing that no alter-native frequencies are available, no new as-signments will be made in the band 2160–2162MHz for stations located within 80.5 kilo-meters (50 miles) of the coordinates of thecities listed in §) 21.901(c) of this chapter.

(3) Television transmission in this band isnot authorized and radio frequency channelwidths may not exceed 3.5 MHz.

(4) Frequencies in this band are sharedwith fixed and mobile stations licensed inother services.

(5) Frequencies in this band are sharedwith stations in the fixed-satellite service.

(6) These frequencies are not available forassignment to mobile earth stations.

(7) Frequencies in the band 2110–2120 MHzmay be authorized on a case-by-case basis toGovernment or non-Government space re-search earth stations for telecommand pur-poses in connection with deep space re-search.

(8) This frequency band is shared with sta-tion(s) in the Local Television TransmissionService and, in the U.S. Possessions in theCaribbean area, with stations in the Inter-national Fixed Public RadiocommunicationsServices.

(9) The band segments 10.95–11.2 and 11.45–11.7 GHz are shared with space stations(space to earth) in the fixed-satellite service.

(10) This band is co-equally shared withstations in the fixed services under parts 74,78 and 101 of this chapter.

(11) Frequencies in this band are sharedwith Government stations.

(12) Assignments to common carriers inthis band are normally made in the segments


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21.2–21.8 GHz and 22.4–23.8 GHz and to oper-ational fixed users in the segments 21.8–22.4GHz and 23.0–23.6 GHz. Assignments may bemade otherwise only upon a showing that nointerference free frequencies are available inthe appropriate band segments.

(13) Frequencies in this band are sharedwith stations in the earth exploration sat-ellite service (space to earth).

(14) Frequencies in this band are sharedwith stations in the fixed-satellite and pri-vate operational fixed point-to-point micro-wave services.

(15) Stations licensed as of September 9,1983 to use frequencies in the 17.7–19.7 GHzband may, upon proper application, continueto be authorized for such operation.

(16) As of June 30, 1997, frequencies in thesebands are available for assignment only toLMDS radio stations. Stations initially au-thorized prior to that date may continue tooperate within the existing terms of the out-standing licenses.

(17) Frequencies in these bands are sharedwith Government fixed stations and stationsin the Private Operational Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave Service (part 101).

(18) Frequencies in the 942 to 944 MHz bandare also shared with broadcast auxiliary sta-tions.

(19) Frequencies in this band are sharedwith stations in the private-operational fixedpoint-to-point microwave service.

(20) New facilities in these bands will be li-censed only on a secondary basis. Facilitieslicensed or applied for before January 16,1992, are permitted to make modificationsand minor extensions in accordance with§ 101.77 and still retain primary status.

(21) Any authorization of additional sta-tions to use the 2160–2162 MHz band forMultipoint Distribution Service applied forafter January 16, 1992, will be secondary touse of the band for emerging technologyservices.

(22) Frequencies in these bands are for theexclusive use of Private Operational FixedPoint-to-Point Microwave Service (part 101).

(23) Frequencies in these bands are for theexclusive use of Common Carrier FixedPoint-to-Point Microwave Service (part 101).

(24) Frequencies in these bands are avail-able for assignment to television pickup andtelevision non-broadcast pickup stations.The maximum power for the local televisiontransmission service in the 14.2–14.4 GHzband is +45 dBW except that operations arenot permitted within 1.5 degrees of the geo-stationary orbit.

(25) Frequencies in these bands are avail-able for assignment to television STL sta-tions.

(26) Frequency pairs 21.825/23.025 GHz,21.875/23.075 GHz, 21.925/23.125 GHz, and 21.975/23.175 GHz may be authorized for low power,limited coverage, systems subject to the pro-visions of paragraph (s) of this section.

(27) Frequencies in the 932 to 932.5 MHz and941 to 941.5 MHz bands are shared with Gov-ernment fixed point-to-multipoint stationsand point-to-multipoint stations in the Pub-lic Land Mobile Service. Frequencies inthese bands are paired with one another andare available for point-to-multipoint trans-mission of the licensee’s products and infor-mation services, excluding video entertain-ment material, to the licensee’s customers.

(b) Frequencies normally availablefor assignment in this service are setforth with applicable limitations in thefollowing tables: 928–960 MHz Multipleaddress system (MAS) frequencies areavailable for the point-to-multipointtransmission of a licensee’s products orservices, excluding video entertain-ment material, to a licensee’s cus-tomer or for its own internal commu-nications. The paired frequencies listedin this section are used for two-way in-terrogate/response communications be-tween a master station and remote sta-tions. Each master station operatingon these frequencies is required toserve a minimum of four separate ac-tive remote stations. Ancillary one-way communications on paired fre-quencies are permitted on a case-by-case basis. Ancillary communicationsbetween interrelated master stationsare permitted on a secondary basis.The normal channel bandwidth as-signed will be 12.5 kHz. Upon adequatejustification, however, channels withbandwidths up to 50 kHz may be au-thorized. Tables 2, 4, and 6 list fre-quencies with 25 kHz bandwidth chan-nels. When licensed for a larger band-width, the system still is required touse equipment that meets the ±0.00015percent tolerance requirement. (See§ 101.107). Any bandwidth (12.5 kHz, 25kHz or greater) authorized in accord-ance with this section may be sub-divided into narrower bandwidths tocreate additional (or sub) frequencieswithout the need to specify each dis-crete frequency within the specificbandwidth. Equipment that is used tocreate additional frequencies by nar-rowing bandwidth (whether authorizedfor a 12.5 kHz, 25 kHz or greater band-width) will be required to meet, at aminimum, the ±0.00015 percent toler-ance requirement so that all subfre-quencies will be within the emissionmask. When using subfrequencies, li-censees are subject to the construction


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requirement of one master and fourremotes per authorized bandwidth (12.5kHz, 25 kHz or greater. Systems li-censed for frequencies in these MASbands prior to August 1, 1975, may con-tinue to operate as authorized untilJune 11, 1996, at which time they mustcomply with current MAS operationsbased on the 12.5 KHz channelizationset forth in this paragraph. Systems li-censed between August 1, 1975, and Jan-uary 1, 1981, inclusive, are required tocomply with the grandfathered 25 kHzstandard bandwidth and channelizationrequirements set forth in this para-graph. Systems originally licensedafter January 1, 1981, and on or beforeMay 11, 1988, with bandwidths of 25 kHzand above, will be grandfathered indefi-nitely.

(1) General access pool. Frequencieslisted in this paragraph are availableto all persons eligible under this partfor use in multiple address radio sys-tems. Except as noted, however, thefrequencies may be used by power li-censees, as defined in § 90.7 of this chap-ter, only if the frequencies in para-graph (b)(2) of this section are ex-hausted in the particular geographicarea. The frequencies are also availablefor shared use by part 22 Public LandMobile Service users if frequencies list-ed in § 22.50(g) of this chapter are ex-hausted in the particular geographicarea. Applications for use of these fre-quencies under part 22 of this chapterare subject to part 101 requirements.

TABLE 1—PAIRED FREQUENCIES (MHZ)[12.5 kHz bandwidth]

Remote transmit Mastertransmit

928.00625 .......................................................... 952.00625928.01875 .......................................................... 952.01875928.03125 .......................................................... 952.03125928.04375 .......................................................... 952.04375928.05625 .......................................................... 952.05625928.06875 .......................................................... 952.06875928.08125 .......................................................... 952.08125928.09375 .......................................................... 952.09375928.10625 .......................................................... 952.10625928.11875 .......................................................... 952.11875928.13125 .......................................................... 952.13125928.14375 .......................................................... 952.14375928.15625 .......................................................... 952.15625928.16875 .......................................................... 952.16875928.18125 .......................................................... 952.18125928.19375 .......................................................... 952.19375928.20625 .......................................................... 952.20625928.21875 .......................................................... 952.21875928.23125 .......................................................... 952.23125928.24375 .......................................................... 952.24375

TABLE 1—PAIRED FREQUENCIES (MHZ)—Continued

[12.5 kHz bandwidth]


928.25625 .......................................................... 952.25625928.26875 .......................................................... 952.26875928.28125 .......................................................... 952.28125928.29375 .......................................................... 952.29375928.30625 .......................................................... 952.30625928.31875 .......................................................... 952.31875928.33125 .......................................................... 952.33125928.34375 .......................................................... 952.34375

UNPAIRED FREQUENCIES (MHZ) 1


956.25625 956.33125 956.39375956.26875 956.34375 956.40625956.28125 956.35625 956.41875956.29375 956.36875 956.43125956.30625 956.38125 956.44375956.31875

1 Available to power licensees, as defined in § 90.7 of thischapter, regardless of whether frequencies in the power poolare exhausted.

TABLE 2—PAIRED FREQUENCIES (MHZ)[25 kHz bandwidth]


928.0125 ............................................................ 952.0125928.0375 ............................................................ 952.0375928.0625 ............................................................ 952.0625928.0875 ............................................................ 952.0875928.1125 ............................................................ 952.1125928.1375 ............................................................ 952.1375928.1625 ............................................................ 952.1625928.1875 ............................................................ 952.1875928.2125 ............................................................ 952.2125928.2375 ............................................................ 952.2375928.2625 ............................................................ 952.2625928.2875 ............................................................ 952.2875928.3125 ............................................................ 952.3125928.3375 ............................................................ 952.3375

UNPAIRED FREQUENCIES (MHZ) 1

[25 kHz bandwidth]

956.2625 956.3375 956.4125956.2875 956.3625 956.4375956.3125 956.3875

1 Available to power licensees, as defined in § 90.7 of thischapter, regardless of whether frequencies in the power poolare exhausted.

(2) Power pool. Frequencies listed inthis paragraph are available to personsdefined as a Power licensee in § 90.7 ofthis chapter for use in multiple addresssystems. After January 1, 1992, the fre-quencies are also available for use bygeneral access pool users and part 22Public Land Mobile Service users


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(§ 22.501(g) of this chapter) provided fre-quencies listed in their respective poolsare exhausted in the particular geo-graphic area. Applications for use ofthese frequencies under part 22 of thischapter are subject to part 101 require-ments.

TABLE 3.—PAIRED FREQUENCIES (MHZ)[12.5 kHz bandwidth]


928.35625 .......................................................... 952.35625928.36875 .......................................................... 952.36872928.38125 .......................................................... 952.38125928.39375 .......................................................... 952.39375928.40625 .......................................................... 952.40625928.41875 .......................................................... 952.41875928.43125 .......................................................... 952.43125928.44375 .......................................................... 952.44375928.45625 .......................................................... 952.45625928.46875 .......................................................... 952.46875928.48125 .......................................................... 952.48125928.49375 .......................................................... 952.49375928.50625 .......................................................... 952.50625928.51875 .......................................................... 952.51875928.53125 .......................................................... 952.53125928.54375 .......................................................... 952.54375928.55625 .......................................................... 952.55625928.56875 .......................................................... 952.56875928.58125 .......................................................... 952.58125928.59375 .......................................................... 952.59375928.60625 .......................................................... 952.60625928.61875 .......................................................... 952.61875928.63125 .......................................................... 952.63125928.64375 .......................................................... 952.64375928.65625 .......................................................... 952.65625928.66875 .......................................................... 952.66875928.68125 .......................................................... 952.68125928.69375 .......................................................... 952.69375928.70625 .......................................................... 952.70625928.71875 .......................................................... 952.71875928.73125 .......................................................... 952.73125928.74375 .......................................................... 952.74375928.75675 .......................................................... 952.75625928.76875 .......................................................... 952.76875928.78125 .......................................................... 952.78125928.79375 .......................................................... 952.79375928.80625 .......................................................... 952.80625928.81875 .......................................................... 952.81875928.83125 .......................................................... 952.83125928.84375 .......................................................... 952.84375

TABLE 4.—PAIRED FREQUENCIES (MHZ)[25 kHz bandwidth]


928.3625 ............................................................ 952.3625928.3875 ............................................................ 952.3875928.4125 ............................................................ 952.4125928.4375 ............................................................ 952.4375928.4625 ............................................................ 952.4625928.4875 ............................................................ 952.4875928.5125 ............................................................ 952.5125928.5375 ............................................................ 952.5375928.5625 ............................................................ 952.5625928.5875 ............................................................ 952.5875928.6125 ............................................................ 952.6125928.6375 ............................................................ 952.6375

TABLE 4.—PAIRED FREQUENCIES (MHZ)—Continued

[25 kHz bandwidth]


928.6625 ............................................................ 952.6625928.6875 ............................................................ 952.6875928.7125 ............................................................ 952.7125928.7375 ............................................................ 952.7375928.7625 ............................................................ 952.7625928.7875 ............................................................ 952.7875928.8125 ............................................................ 952.8125928.8375 ............................................................ 952.8375

(3) Frequencies listed in this para-graph are available for shared use bygeneral access pool users for multipleaddress operations if frequencies listedin paragraph (b)(1) of this section areexhausted in the particular geographicarea: The frequencies are also availableto eligibles in the power pool providedthere are no other frequencies avail-able for the type of operation con-templated. The frequencies in this poolmay be assigned for paired or unpairedoperation. If paired, the correspondinglower frequency is for remote unit use.Applications for these frequencies aresubject to the conditions outlined in§ 22.27 of this chapter.

TABLE 5.—PUBLIC MOBILE SERVICE CATEGORYFREQUENCIES (MHZ)



928.85625 .......................................................... 959.85625928.86875 .......................................................... 959.86875928.88125 .......................................................... 959.88125928.89375 .......................................................... 959.89375928.90625 .......................................................... 959.90625928.91875 .......................................................... 959.91875928.93125 .......................................................... 959.93125928.94375 .......................................................... 959.94375928.95625 .......................................................... 959.95625928.96875 .......................................................... 959.96875928.98125 .......................................................... 959.98125928.99375 .......................................................... 959.99375

TABLE 6—PUBLIC MOBILE SERVICE CATEGORYFREQUENCIES (MHZ)

[25 kHz bandwidth]


928.8625 ............................................................ 959.8625928.8875 ............................................................ 959.8875928.9125 ............................................................ 959.9125928.9375 ............................................................ 959.9375928.9625 ............................................................ 959.9625928.9875 ............................................................ 959.9875


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(4) Frequencies listed in this para-graph are shared with stations in thePublic Land Mobile Service, part 22 ofthis chapter.

TABLE 7—PAIRED FREQUENCIES[12.5 kHz bandwidth]


932.00625 .......................................................... 941.00625932.01875 .......................................................... 941.01875932.03125 .......................................................... 941.03125932.04375 .......................................................... 941.04375932.05625 .......................................................... 941.05625932.06875 .......................................................... 941.06875932.08125 .......................................................... 941.08125932.09375 .......................................................... 941.09375932.10625 .......................................................... 941.10625932.11875 .......................................................... 941.11875932.13125 .......................................................... 941.13125932.14375 .......................................................... 941.14375932.15625 .......................................................... 941.15625932.16875 .......................................................... 941.16875932.18125 .......................................................... 941.18125932.19375 .......................................................... 941.19375932.20625 .......................................................... 941.20625932.21875 .......................................................... 941.21875932.23125 .......................................................... 941.23125932.24375 .......................................................... 941.24375932.25625 .......................................................... 941.25625932.26875 .......................................................... 941.26875932.28125 .......................................................... 941.28125932.29375 .......................................................... 941.29375932.30625 .......................................................... 941.30625932.31875 .......................................................... 941.31875932.33125 .......................................................... 941.33125932.34375 .......................................................... 941.34375932.35625 .......................................................... 941.35625932.36875 .......................................................... 941.36875932.38125 .......................................................... 941.38125932.39375 .......................................................... 941.39375932.40625 .......................................................... 941.40625932.41875 .......................................................... 941.41875932.43125 .......................................................... 941.43125932.44375 .......................................................... 941.44375932.45625 .......................................................... 941.45625932.46875 .......................................................... 941.46875932.48125 .......................................................... 941.48125932.49375 .......................................................... 941.49375

(5) Equivalent power and antennaheights for multiple address masterstations:

Antenna height (AAT) in meters

Maximum effectiveradiated power

Watts dBm

Above 305 ............................................. 200 53Above 274 to 305 .................................. 250 54Above 244 to 274 .................................. 315 55Above 213 to 244 .................................. 400 56Above 182 to 213 .................................. 500 57Above 152.5 to 182 ............................... 630 58152.5 and below .................................... 1,000 60

For mobile operations the maximumERP is 25 watts (44 dBm).

(6) Fixed point-to-point frequencies.

TABLE 8—PAIRED FREQUENCIES[All frequencies may be used by Common Carrier Fixed Point-

to-Point and Private Operational Fixed Point-to-Point Micro-wave Service licensees; 25 kHz bandwidth]

Transmit (receive) (MHz)Receive

(transmit)(MHz)

932.5125 ............................................................ 941.5125932.5375 ............................................................ 941.5375932.5625 ............................................................ 941.5625932.5875 ............................................................ 941.5875932.6125 ............................................................ 941.6125932.6375 ............................................................ 941.6375932.6625 ............................................................ 941.6625934.8375 ............................................................ 943.8375934.8625 ............................................................ 943.8625934.8875 ............................................................ 943.8875934.9125 ............................................................ 943.9125934.9375 ............................................................ 943.9375934.9625 ............................................................ 943.9625934.9875 ............................................................ 943.9875

TABLE 9—PAIRED FREQUENCIES[Frequencies may be used only by Private Operational Fixed

Point-to-Point Microwave Service licensees, unless other-wise noted; 50 kHz bandwidth]


(transmit)(MHz)

932.70 1 .............................................................. 1 941.70932.75 1 .............................................................. 1 941.75934.80 1 .............................................................. 1 943.80956.65 ................................................................ 953.05956.75 ................................................................ 953.15956.85 ................................................................ 953.25956.95 ................................................................ 953.35957.05 ................................................................ 953.45957.25 ................................................................ 953.65957.35 ................................................................ 953.75957.45 ................................................................ 953.85957.65 ................................................................ 954.05957.75 ................................................................ 954.15957.85 ................................................................ 954.25958.05 ................................................................ 954.45958.15 ................................................................ 954.55958.25 ................................................................ 954.65958.45 ................................................................ 954.85958.55 ................................................................ 954.95958.65 ................................................................ 955.05958.85 ................................................................ 955.25958.95 ................................................................ 955.35959.05 ................................................................ 955.45959.25 ................................................................ 955.65959.35 ................................................................ 955.75959.45 ................................................................ 955.85959.55 ................................................................ 955.95959.65 ................................................................ 956.05

1 These frequencies also may be used by Common CarrierFixed Point-to-Point Microwave licensees.


Point-to-Point Microwave licensees, unless otherwise noted;100 kHz bandwidth]


(transmit)(MHz)

932.8250 1 ........................................................ 1 941.8250932.9250 1 ........................................................ 1 941.9250


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TABLE 10—PAIRED FREQUENCIES—Continued[Frequencies may be used only by Private Operational Fixed



(transmit)(MHz)

933.0250 1 ........................................................ 1 942.0250934.5250 1 ........................................................ 1 943.5250934.6250 1 ........................................................ 1 943.6250934.7250 1 ........................................................ 1 943.7250956.6 ................................................................ 953.0956.7 ................................................................ 953.1956.8 ................................................................ 953.2956.9 ................................................................ 953.3957.0 ................................................................ 953.4957.1 ................................................................ 953.5957.2 ................................................................ 953.6957.3 ................................................................ 953.7957.4 ................................................................ 953.8957.5 ................................................................ 953.9957.6 ................................................................ 954.0957.7 ................................................................ 954.1957.8 ................................................................ 954.2957.9 ................................................................ 954.3958.0 ................................................................ 954.4958.1 ................................................................ 954.5958.2 ................................................................ 954.6958.3 ................................................................ 954.7958.4 ................................................................ 954.8958.5 ................................................................ 954.9958.6 ................................................................ 955.0958.7 ................................................................ 955.1958.8 ................................................................ 955.2958.9 ................................................................ 955.3959.0 ................................................................ 955.4959.1 ................................................................ 955.5959.2 ................................................................ 955.6959.3 ................................................................ 955.7959.4 ................................................................ 955.8959.5 ................................................................ 955.9959.6 ................................................................ 956.0959.7 ................................................................ 956.1





(transmit)(MHz)

933.1750 1 ........................................................ 1 942.1750933.3750 1 ........................................................ 1 942.3750933.5750 1 ........................................................ 1 942.5750933.7750 1 ........................................................ 1 942.7750933.9750 1 ........................................................ 1 942.9750933.1750 1 ........................................................ 1 943.1750933.3750 1 ........................................................ 1 943.3750957.15 .............................................................. 953.55957.55 .............................................................. 953.95957.95 .............................................................. 954.35958.35 .............................................................. 954.75958.75 .............................................................. 955.15959.15 .............................................................. 955.55


(c) 1850–1990 MHz. (1) 10 MHz maxi-mum bandwidth.

PAIRED FREQUENCIES


(transmit)(MHz)

1855 ................................................................... 19351865 ................................................................... 19451875 ................................................................... 19551885 ................................................................... 19651895 ................................................................... 19751905 ................................................................... 1985

UNPAIRED FREQUENCIES

1915 1

1925 1

1 Available for systems employing one-way transmission.

(2) 5 MHz maximum bandwidth.

PAIRED FREQUENCIES


(transmit)(MHz)

1860 ................................................................... 19401870 ................................................................... 19501880 ................................................................... 19601890 ................................................................... 19701900 ................................................................... 1980

(d) 2130–2150 MHz; 2180–2200 MHz. 800kHz maximum bandwidth, unlessnoted.

PAIRED FREQUENCIES

2130–2150 2180–2200


(transmit)(MHz)

2130.8 ................................................................ 2180.82131.6 ................................................................ 1 2181.62132.4 ................................................................ 2182.42133.2 ................................................................ 1 2183.22134.0 ................................................................ 2184.02134.8 ................................................................ 1 2184.82135.6 ................................................................ 2185.62136.4 ................................................................ 1 2186.42137.2 ................................................................ 2187.22138.0 ................................................................ 1 2188.02139.6 ................................................................ 1 2189.62138.8 ................................................................ 2188.82140.4 ................................................................ 2190.42141.2 ................................................................ 1 2191.22142.0 ................................................................ 2192.02142.8 ................................................................ 1 2192.82143.6 ................................................................ 2193.62144.4 ................................................................ 1 2194.42145.2 ................................................................ 2195.22146.0 ................................................................ 1 2196.02146.8 ................................................................ 2196.82147.6 ................................................................ 1 2197.62148.4 ................................................................ 2198.42149.2 ................................................................ 2199.2

1 Consideration will be given on a case-by-case basis to as-signing these frequency pairs to systems employing 1600 KHzbandwidth transmissions.


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(e) 2150–2160 MHz. Specific frequencyof operation to be set forth in author-ization. Omnidirectional transmissiononly may be authorized, subject to pro-viding protection from harmful inter-ference to previously authorized sta-tions in this service and in other serv-ices sharing this band.

(f) 2450–2500 MHz. (1) This band isshared with other communicationsservices and is not subject to protec-tion from interference from industrial,scientific, and medical devices operat-ing on 2450 MHz.

(2) Stations licensed in this bandunder this part prior to March 1, 1996,are grandfathered and may continuetheir authorized operations. Stationslicensed in the 2483.5–2500 MHz portionof the band as of July 25, 1985, or on asubsequent date as a result of submit-ting an application on or before July25, 1985, are grandfathered, and maycontinue operations, subject only to li-cense renewal, on a co-primary basiswith the Radiodetermination SatelliteService.

(3) 625 KHz bandwidth channels. Thenormal bandwidth authorized will be625 KHz. Upon adequate justification,additional contiguous channels may beauthorized to provide up to a 2500 KHzbandwidth.

PAIRED FREQUENCIES


(transmit)(MHz)

2450.3125 .......................................................... 2467.56252450.9375 .......................................................... 2468.18752451.5625 .......................................................... 2468.81252452.1875 .......................................................... 2469.43752452.8125 .......................................................... 2470.06252453.4375 .......................................................... 2470.68752454.0625 .......................................................... 2471.31252454.6875 .......................................................... 2471.93752455.3125 .......................................................... 2472.56252455.9375 .......................................................... 2473.18752456.5625 .......................................................... 2473.81252457.1875 .......................................................... 2474.43752457.8125 .......................................................... 2475.06252458.4375 .......................................................... 2475.68752459.0625 .......................................................... 2476.31252459.6875 .......................................................... 2476.93752460.3125 .......................................................... 2477.56252460.9375 .......................................................... 2478.18752461.5625 .......................................................... 2478.81252462.1875 .......................................................... 2479.43752462.8125 .......................................................... 2480.06252463.4375 .......................................................... 2480.68752464.0625 .......................................................... 2481.31252464.6875 .......................................................... 2481.93752465.3125 .......................................................... 2482.56252465.9375 .......................................................... 2483.1875

(g) 2500–2690 MHz. Operational-fixedstations may be authorized on the fol-lowing frequencies:

FREQUENCIES (MHZ)

2686.93752687.93752688.56252688.68752688.93752689.56252689.6875

NOTE TO (g): Operational-Fixed stations au-thorized in this band as of July 16, 1971,which do not comply with the provisions ofthis part may continue to operate on the fre-quencies assigned on a coequal basis withother stations operating in accordance withthe Table of Frequency allocations. Requestsfor subsequent license renewals or modifica-tions for such stations will be considered.However, expansion of systems comprised ofsuch stations will not be permitted, exceptpursuant to the provisions of this part. Nonew licenses will be issued under this partuntil specific operating parameters are es-tablished for this band.

(h) 3,700 to 4,200 MHz. 20 MHz maxi-mum authorized bandwidth.

20 MHz bandwidth channels:


(transmit)(MHz)

3710 ................................................................... 37503730 ................................................................... 37703790 ................................................................... 38303810 ................................................................... 38503870 ................................................................... 39103890 ................................................................... 39303950 ................................................................... 39903970 ................................................................... 40104030 ................................................................... 40704050 ................................................................... 40904110 ................................................................... 41504130 ................................................................... 4170N/A ..................................................................... 1 4190

1 This frequency may be assigned for unpaired use.

(i) 5,925 to 6,425 MHz. 30 MHz author-ized bandwidth.

(1) 400 kHz bandwidth channels:


(transmit)(MHz)

5925.225 ............................................................ 6177.1005925.625 ............................................................ 6177.5005926.050 ............................................................ 6177.9255926.450 ............................................................ 6178.3255926.875 ............................................................ 6178.7505927.275 ............................................................ 6179.1505927.725 ............................................................ 6179.6005928.125 ............................................................ 6180.0005928.550 ............................................................ 6180.4255928.950 ............................................................ 6180.825


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(transmit)(MHz)

5929.375 ............................................................ 6181.2505929.775 ............................................................ 6181.6506168.350 ............................................................ 6420.2256168.750 ............................................................ 6420.6256169.175 ............................................................ 6421.0506169.575 ............................................................ 6421.4506170.000 ............................................................ 6421.8756170.400 ............................................................ 6422.2756170.850 ............................................................ 6422.7256171.250 ............................................................ 6423.1256171.675 ............................................................ 6423.5506172.075 ............................................................ 6423.9506172.500 ............................................................ 6424.3756172.900 ............................................................ 6424.775



(transmit)(MHz)

5925.425 ............................................................ 6177.3005926.250 ............................................................ 6178.1255927.075 ............................................................ 6178.9505927.925 ............................................................ 6179.8005928.750 ............................................................ 6180.6255929.575 ............................................................ 6181.4506168.550 ............................................................ 6420.4256169.375 ............................................................ 6421.2506170.200 ............................................................ 6422.0756171.050 ............................................................ 6422.9256171.875 ............................................................ 6423.7506172.700 ............................................................ 6424.575

(3) 1.25 MHz bandwidth channels:


(transmit)(MHz)

5925.625 ............................................................ 6177.5005926.875 ............................................................ 6178.7505928.125 ............................................................ 6180.0005929.375 ............................................................ 6181.2506108.893 ............................................................ 6360.9336110.128 ............................................................ 6362.1686111.364 ............................................................ 6363.4046112.599 ............................................................ 6364.6396113.834 ............................................................ 6365.8746115.070 ............................................................ 6367.1106116.305 ............................................................ 6368.3456117.541 ............................................................ 6369.5816118.776 ............................................................ 6370.8166120.011 ............................................................ 6372.0516121.247 ............................................................ 6373.2876122.482 ............................................................ 6374.5226123.718 ............................................................ 6375.7586124.953 ............................................................ 6376.9936126.189 ............................................................ 6378.2296127.424 ............................................................ 6379.4646128.659 ............................................................ 6380.6996129.895 ............................................................ 6381.9356131.130 ............................................................ 6383.1706132.366 ............................................................ 6384.4066133.601 ............................................................ 6385.6416134.836 ............................................................ 6386.8766136.072 ............................................................ 6388.1126137.307 ............................................................ 6389.3476138.543 ............................................................ 6390.5836139.778 ............................................................ 6391.8186141.014 ............................................................ 6393.0546142.249 ............................................................ 6394.289


(transmit)(MHz)

6143.484 ............................................................ 6395.5246144.720 ............................................................ 6396.7606145.955 ............................................................ 6397.9956147.191 ............................................................ 6399.2316148.426 ............................................................ 6400.4666149.661 ............................................................ 6401.7016150.897 ............................................................ 6402.9376152.132 ............................................................ 6404.1726153.368 ............................................................ 6405.4086154.603 ............................................................ 6406.6436155.839 ............................................................ 6407.8796157.074 ............................................................ 6409.1146158.309 ............................................................ 6410.3496159.545 ............................................................ 6411.5856160.780 ............................................................ 6412.8206162.016 ............................................................ 6414.0566163.251 ............................................................ 6415.2916164.486 ............................................................ 6416.5266165.722 ............................................................ 6417.7626166.957 ............................................................ 6418.9976168.750 ............................................................ 6420.6256170.000 ............................................................ 6421.8756171.250 ............................................................ 6423.1256172.500 ............................................................ 6424.3756173.750 1 .......................................................... N/A6175.000 1 .......................................................... N/A6176.250 1 .......................................................... N/A

1 These frequencies may be assigned for unpaired use.



(transmit)(MHz)

5926.250 ............................................................ 6178.1255928.750 ............................................................ 6180.6256109.510 ............................................................ 6361.5506111.981 ............................................................ 6364.0216114.452 ............................................................ 6366.4926116.923 ............................................................ 6368.9636119.394 ............................................................ 6371.4346121.865 ............................................................ 6373.9056124.335 ............................................................ 6376.3756126.806 ............................................................ 6378.8466129.277 ............................................................ 6381.3176131.748 ............................................................ 6383.7886134.219 ............................................................ 6386.2596136.690 ............................................................ 6388.7306139.160 ............................................................ 6391.2006141.631 ............................................................ 6393.6716144.102 ............................................................ 6396.1426146.573 ............................................................ 6398.6136149.044 ............................................................ 6401.0846151.515 ............................................................ 6403.5556153.985 ............................................................ 6406.0256156.456 ............................................................ 6408.4966158.927 ............................................................ 6410.9676161.398 ............................................................ 6413.4386163.869 ............................................................ 6415.9096166.340 ............................................................ 6418.3806169.375 ............................................................ 6421.2506171.875 ............................................................ 6423.7506175.625 1 .......................................................... N/A




(transmit)(MHz)

6111.364 ............................................................ 6363.404


783



(transmit)(MHz)

6116.305 ............................................................ 6368.3456121.247 ............................................................ 6373.2876126.189 ............................................................ 6378.2296131.130 ............................................................ 6383.1706136.072 ............................................................ 6388.1126141.014 ............................................................ 6393.0546145.955 ............................................................ 6397.9956150.897 ............................................................ 6402.9376155.839 ............................................................ 6407.8796160.780 ............................................................ 6412.8206165.722 ............................................................ 6417.7626175.000 1 .......................................................... N/A


(6) 5 MHz bandwidth channels:


(transmit)(MHz)

6110.75 .............................................................. 6362.796115.69 .............................................................. 6367.736120.63 .............................................................. 6372.676125.57 .............................................................. 6377.616130.51 .............................................................. 6382.556135.45 .............................................................. 6387.496140.40 .............................................................. 6392.446145.34 .............................................................. 6397.386150.28 .............................................................. 6402.326155.22 .............................................................. 6407.266160.16 .............................................................. 6412.206165.10 .............................................................. 6417.14



(transmit)(MHz)

5935.32 .............................................................. 6187.365945.20 .............................................................. 6197.245955.08 .............................................................. 6207.125964.97 .............................................................. 6217.015974.85 .............................................................. 6226.895984.73 .............................................................. 6236.775994.62 .............................................................. 6246.666004.50 .............................................................. 6256.546014.38 .............................................................. 6266.426024.27 .............................................................. 6276.316034.15 .............................................................. 6286.196044.03 .............................................................. 6296.076053.92 .............................................................. 6305.966063.80 .............................................................. 6315.846073.68 .............................................................. 6325.726083.57 .............................................................. 6335.616093.45 .............................................................. 6345.496103.33 .............................................................. 6355.376113.22 1 ............................................................ 1 6365.266123.10 1 ............................................................ 1 6375.146132.98 1 ............................................................ 1 6385.026142.87 1 ............................................................ 1 6394.916152.75 1 ............................................................ 1 6404.796162.63 1 ............................................................ 1 6414.67

1 Alternate channels. These channels are set aside for nar-row bandwidth systems and should be used only if all otherchannels are blocked.



(transmit)(MHz)

5945.20 .............................................................. 6197.245974.85 .............................................................. 6226.896004.50 .............................................................. 6256.546034.15 .............................................................. 6286.196063.80 .............................................................. 6315.846093.45 .............................................................. 6345.496123.10 1 ............................................................ 1 6375.146152.75 1 ............................................................ 1 6404.79


(j) 6,425 to 6,525 MHz. Mobile. Pairedand un-paired operations permitted.Use of this spectrum for direct deliveryof video programs to the general publicor multi-channel cable distribution isnot permitted. This band is co-equallyshared with mobile stations licensedpursuant to parts 21, 74, and 78 of thischapter. Stations not intended to beoperated while in motion will be li-censed under the provision of § 101.13(b).The following channel plans apply.

(1) 1 MHz maximum authorized band-width channels:

Transmit (or receive) (MHz)Receive (or

transmit)(MHz)

6425.5 ................................................................ 6475.56450.5 ................................................................ 6500.5



transmit)(MHz)

6430.0 ................................................................ 6480.06438.0 ................................................................ 6488.06446.0 ................................................................ 6596.06455.0 ................................................................ 6505.06463.0 ................................................................ 6513.06471.0 ................................................................ 6521.0

(3) 25 MHz maximum authorizedbandwidth channels:


transmit)(MHz)

6437.5 ................................................................ 6487.56462.5 ................................................................ 6512.5

(k) On the condition that harmful in-terference will not be caused to serv-ices operating in accordance with theTable of Frequency Allocations, per-sons holding valid station authoriza-tions on July 15, 1963, to provide tele-vision nonbroadcast pickup service in


784

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the 6525–6575 MHz band may be author-ized to continue use of the frequenciesspecified in their authorization forsuch operations until July 15, 1968.

(l) 6,525 to 6,875 MHz. 10 MHz author-ized bandwidth.



(transmit)(MHz)

6525.225 ............................................................ 6870.2256525.625 ............................................................ 6870.6256526.050 ............................................................ 6871.0506526.450 ............................................................ 6871.4506526.875 ............................................................ 6871.8756527.275 ............................................................ 6872.2756527.725 ............................................................ 6872.7256528.125 ............................................................ 6873.1256528.550 ............................................................ 6873.5506528.950 ............................................................ 6873.9506529.375 ............................................................ 6874.3756529.775 ............................................................ 6874.775



(transmit)(MHz)

6525.425 ............................................................ 6870.4256526.250 ............................................................ 6871.2506527.075 ............................................................ 6872.0756527.925 ............................................................ 6872.9256528.750 ............................................................ 6873.7506529.575 ............................................................ 6874.575



(transmit)(MHz)

6525.625 ............................................................ 6870.6256526.875 ............................................................ 6871.8756528.125 ............................................................ 6873.1256529.375 ............................................................ 6874.3756540.625 1 .......................................................... 1 6718.1256541.875 1 .......................................................... 1 6719.3756543.125 1 .......................................................... 1 6713.1256544.375 1 .......................................................... 1 6714.3756545.625 1 .......................................................... 1 6715.6256546.875 1 .......................................................... 1 6716.8756548.125 ............................................................ 6728.1256549.375 ............................................................ 6729.3756550.625 ............................................................ 6730.6256551.875 ............................................................ 6731.8756553.125 1 .......................................................... 1 6723.1256554.375 1 .......................................................... 1 6724.3756555.625 1 .......................................................... 1 6725.6256556.875 1 .......................................................... 1 6726.8756558.125 ............................................................ 6738.1256559.375 ............................................................ 6739.3756560.625 ............................................................ 6740.6256561.875 ............................................................ 6741.8756563.125 ............................................................ 6733.1256564.375 ............................................................ 6734.3756565.625 ............................................................ 6735.6256566.875 ............................................................ 6736.8756568.125 1 .......................................................... 1 6720.6256569.375 1 .......................................................... 1 6721.8756580.625 1 .......................................................... 1 6868.1256581.875 1 ......................................................... 1 6869.375


(transmit)(MHz)

6583.125 ........................................................... 6743.1256584.375 ............................................................ 6744.3756585.625 ............................................................ 6745.6256586.875 ............................................................ 6746.8756588.125 ............................................................ 6748.1256589.375 ............................................................ 6749.3756590.625 ............................................................ 6750.6256591.875 ............................................................ 6751.8756593.125 ............................................................ 6753.1256594.375 ............................................................ 6754.3756595.625 ............................................................ 6755.6256596.875 ............................................................ 6756.8756598.125 ............................................................ 6758.1256599.375 ............................................................ 6759.3756600.625 ............................................................ 6760.6256601.875 ............................................................ 6761.8756603.125 ............................................................ 6763.1256604.375 ............................................................ 6764.3756605.625 ............................................................ 6765.6256606.875 ............................................................ 6766.8756608.125 ............................................................ 6768.1256609.375 ............................................................ 6769.3756610.625 ............................................................ 6770.6256611.875 ............................................................ 6771.8756613.125 ............................................................ 6773.1256614.375 ............................................................ 6774.3756615.625 ............................................................ 6775.6256616.875 ............................................................ 6776.8756618.125 ............................................................ 6778.1256619.375 ............................................................ 6779.3756620.625 ............................................................ 6780.6256621.875 ............................................................ 6781.8756623.125 ............................................................ 6783.1256624.375 ............................................................ 6784.3756625.625 ............................................................ 6785.6256626.875 ............................................................ 6786.8756628.125 ............................................................ 6788.1256629.375 ............................................................ 6789.3756630.625 ............................................................ 6790.6256631.875 ............................................................ 6791.8756633.125 ............................................................ 6793.1256634.375 ............................................................ 6794.3756635.625 ............................................................ 6795.6256636.875 ............................................................ 6796.8756638.125 ............................................................ 6798.1256639.375 ............................................................ 6799.3756640.625 ............................................................ 6800.6256641.875 ............................................................ 6801.8756643.125 ............................................................ 6803.1256644.375 ............................................................ 6804.3756645.625 ............................................................ 6805.6256646.875 ............................................................ 6806.8756648.125 ............................................................ 6808.1256649.375 ............................................................ 6809.3756650.625 ............................................................ 6810.6256651.875 ............................................................ 6811.8756653.125 ............................................................ 6813.1256654.375 ............................................................ 6814.3756655.625 ............................................................ 6815.6256656.875 ............................................................ 6816.8756658.125 ............................................................ 6818.1256659.375 ............................................................ 6819.3756660.625 ............................................................ 6820.6256661.875 ............................................................ 6821.8756663.125 ............................................................ 6823.1256664.375 ............................................................ 6824.3756665.625 ............................................................ 6825.6256666.875 ............................................................ 6826.8756668.125 ............................................................ 6828.1256669.375 ............................................................ 6829.3756670.625 ............................................................ 6830.6256671.875 ............................................................ 6831.875


785



(transmit)(MHz)

6673.125 ............................................................ 6833.1256674.375 ............................................................ 6834.3756675.625 ............................................................ 6835.6256676.875 ............................................................ 6836.8756678.125 ............................................................ 6838.1256679.375 ............................................................ 6839.3756680.625 ............................................................ 6840.6256681.875 ............................................................ 6841.8756683.125 ............................................................ 6843.1256684.375 ............................................................ 6844.3756685.625 ............................................................ 6845.6256686.875 ............................................................ 6846.8756688.125 ............................................................ 6848.1256689.375 ............................................................ 6849.3756690.625 ............................................................ 6850.6256691.875 ............................................................ 6851.8756693.125 ............................................................ 6853.1256694.375 ............................................................ 6854.3756695.625 ............................................................ 6855.6256696.875 ............................................................ 6856.8756698.125 ............................................................ 6858.1256699.375 ............................................................ 6859.3756700.625 ............................................................ 6860.6256701.875 ............................................................ 6861.8756703.125 ............................................................ 6863.1256704.375 ............................................................ 6864.3756705.625 ............................................................ 6865.6256706.875 ............................................................ 6866.8756708.125 1 .......................................................... 1 6710.6256709.375 1 .......................................................... 1 6711.875




(transmit)(MHz)

6526.25 .............................................................. 6871.256528.75 ............................................................. 6873.756541.25 1 ............................................................ 1 6718.756543.75 1 ............................................................ 1 6713.756546.25 1 ............................................................ 1 6716.256548.75 ............................................................. 6728.756551.25 ............................................................. 6731.256553.75 1 ............................................................ 1 6723.756556.25 1 ............................................................ 1 6726.256558.75 .............................................................. 6738.756561.25 .............................................................. 6741.256563.75 .............................................................. 6733.756566.25 .............................................................. 6736.256568.75 1 ............................................................ 1 6721.256581.25 1 ............................................................ 1 6868.756583.75 .............................................................. 6743.756586.25 .............................................................. 6746.256588.75 .............................................................. 6748.756591.25 .............................................................. 6751.256593.75 .............................................................. 6753.756596.25 .............................................................. 6756.256598.75 .............................................................. 6758.756601.25 .............................................................. 6761.256603.75 .............................................................. 6763.756606.25 .............................................................. 6766.256608.75 .............................................................. 6768.756611.25 .............................................................. 6771.256613.75 .............................................................. 6773.756616.25 .............................................................. 6776.256618.75 .............................................................. 6778.756621.25 .............................................................. 6781.256623.75 .............................................................. 6783.756626.25 .............................................................. 6786.256628.75 .............................................................. 6788.75


(transmit)(MHz)

6631.25 .............................................................. 6791.256633.75 .............................................................. 6793.756636.25 .............................................................. 6796.256638.75 .............................................................. 6798.756641.25 .............................................................. 6801.256643.75 .............................................................. 6803.756646.25 .............................................................. 6806.256648.75 .............................................................. 6808.756651.25 .............................................................. 6811.256653.75 .............................................................. 6813.756656.25 .............................................................. 6816.256658.75 .............................................................. 6818.756661.25 .............................................................. 6821.256663.75 .............................................................. 6823.756666.25 .............................................................. 6826.256668.75 .............................................................. 6828.756671.25 .............................................................. 6831.256673.75 .............................................................. 6833.756676.25 .............................................................. 6836.256678.75 .............................................................. 6838.756681.25 .............................................................. 6841.256683.75 .............................................................. 6843.756686.25 .............................................................. 6846.256688.75 .............................................................. 6848.756691.25 .............................................................. 6851.256693.75 .............................................................. 6853.756696.25 .............................................................. 6856.256698.75 .............................................................. 6858.756701.25 .............................................................. 6861.256703.75 .............................................................. 6863.756706.25 .............................................................. 6866.256708.75 1 ............................................................ 1 6711.25




(transmit)(MHz)

6545.625 1 .......................................................... 6715.625 1

6550.625 ............................................................ 6730.6256555.625 1 .......................................................... 6725.625 1

6560.625 ............................................................ 6740.6256565.625 ............................................................ 6735.6256585.625 ............................................................ 6745.6256590.625 ............................................................ 6750.6256595.625 ............................................................ 6755.6256600.625 ............................................................ 6760.6256605.625 ............................................................ 6765.6256610.625 ............................................................ 6770.6256615.625 ............................................................ 6775.6256620.625 ............................................................ 6780.6256625.625 ............................................................ 6785.6256630.625 ............................................................ 6790.6256635.625 ............................................................ 6795.6256640.625 ............................................................ 6800.6256645.625 ............................................................ 6805.6256650.625 ............................................................ 6810.6256655.625 ............................................................ 6815.6256660.625 ............................................................ 6820.6256665.625 ............................................................ 6825.6256670.625 ............................................................ 6830.6256675.625 ............................................................ 6835.6256680.625 ............................................................ 6840.6256685.625 ............................................................ 6845.6256690.625 ............................................................ 6850.6256695.625 ............................................................ 6855.6256700.625 ............................................................ 6860.6256705.625 ............................................................ 6865.6256710.625 1 .......................................................... 1 6720.625



786

47 CFR Ch. I (10–1–97 Edition)§ 101.147



(transmit)(MHz)

6545 1 ................................................................. 167156550 ................................................................... 67306555 1 ................................................................. 1 67256560 ................................................................... 67406565 ................................................................... 67356585 ................................................................... 67456590 ................................................................... 67506595 ................................................................... 67556600 ................................................................... 67606605 ................................................................... 67656610 ................................................................... 67706615 ................................................................... 67756620 ................................................................... 67806625 ................................................................... 67856630 ................................................................... 67906635 ................................................................... 67956640 ................................................................... 68006645 ................................................................... 68056650 ................................................................... 68106655 ................................................................... 68156660 ................................................................... 68206665 ................................................................... 68256670 ................................................................... 68306675 ................................................................... 68356680 ................................................................... 68406685 ................................................................... 68456690 ................................................................... 68506695 ................................................................... 68556700 ................................................................... 68606705 ................................................................... 68656710 1 ................................................................. 1 6720




(transmit)(MHz)

6545 1 ................................................................. 1 67156555 1 ................................................................. 1 67256565 ................................................................... 67356585 ................................................................... 67456595 ................................................................... 67556605 ................................................................... 67656615 ................................................................... 67756625 ................................................................... 67856635 ................................................................... 67956645 ................................................................... 68056655 ................................................................... 68156665 ................................................................... 68256675 ................................................................... 68356685 ................................................................... 68456695 ................................................................... 68556705 ................................................................... 68656535 2 ................................................................. 2 6575

1 These frequencies may be assigned for unpaired use.2 Available only for emergency restoration, maintenance by-

pass, or other temporary-fixed purposes. Such uses are au-thorized on a non-interference basis to other frequencies inthis band. Interference analysis required by § 101.105 doesnot apply to this frequency pair.

(m) 10,550 to 10,680 MHz. 5 MHz au-thorized bandwidth.



(transmit)(MHz)

10605.225 .......................................................... 10670.22510605.625 .......................................................... 10670.62510606.050 .......................................................... 10671.05010606.450 .......................................................... 10671.45010606.875 .......................................................... 10671.87510607.275 .......................................................... 10672.27510607.725 .......................................................... 10672.72510608.125 .......................................................... 10673.12510608.550 .......................................................... 10673.55010608.950 .......................................................... 10673.95010609.375 .......................................................... 10674.37510609.775 .......................................................... 10674.77510610.225 .......................................................... 10675.22510610.625 .......................................................... 10675.62510611.050 .......................................................... 10676.05010611.450 .......................................................... 10676.45010611.875 .......................................................... 10676.87510612.275 .......................................................... 10677.27510612.725 .......................................................... 10677.72510613.125 .......................................................... 10678.12510613.550 .......................................................... 10678.55010613.950 .......................................................... 10678.95010614.375 .......................................................... 10679.37510614.775 .......................................................... 10679.775



(transmit)(MHz)

10605.425 .......................................................... 10670.42510606.250 .......................................................... 10671.25010607.075 .......................................................... 10672.07510607.925 .......................................................... 10672.92510608.750 .......................................................... 10673.75010609.575 .......................................................... 10674.57510610.425 .......................................................... 10675.42510611.250 .......................................................... 10676.25010612.075 .......................................................... 10677.07510612.925 .......................................................... 10677.92510613.750 .......................................................... 10678.75010614.575 .......................................................... 10679.575



(transmit)(MHz)

10550.625 .......................................................... 10615.62510551.875 .......................................................... 10616.87510553.125 .......................................................... 10618.12510554.375 .......................................................... 10619.37510555.625 .......................................................... 10620.62510556.875 .......................................................... 10621.87510558.125 .......................................................... 10623.12510559.375 .......................................................... 10624.37510560.625 .......................................................... 10625.62510561.875 .......................................................... 10626.87510563.125 .......................................................... 10628.12510564.375 .......................................................... 10629.37510565.625 .......................................................... 10630.62510566.875 .......................................................... 10631.87510568.125 .......................................................... 10633.12510569.375 .......................................................... 10634.37510570.625 .......................................................... 10635.62510571.875 .......................................................... 10636.87510573.125 .......................................................... 10638.12510574.375 .......................................................... 10639.37510575.625 .......................................................... 10640.62510576.875 .......................................................... 10641.875


787



(transmit)(MHz)

10578.125 .......................................................... 10643.12510579.375 .......................................................... 10644.37510580.625 .......................................................... 10645.62510581.875 .......................................................... 10646.87510583.125 .......................................................... 10648.12510584.375 .......................................................... 10649.37510585.625 .......................................................... 10650.62510586.875 .......................................................... 10651.87510588.125 .......................................................... 10653.12510589.375 .......................................................... 10654.37510590.625 .......................................................... 10655.62510591.875 .......................................................... 10656.87510593.125 .......................................................... 10658.12510594.375 .......................................................... 10659.37510595.625 .......................................................... 10660.62510596.875 .......................................................... 10661.87510598.125 .......................................................... 10663.12510599.375 .......................................................... 10664.37510600.625 .......................................................... 10665.62510601.875 .......................................................... 10666.87510603.125 .......................................................... 10668.12510604.375 .......................................................... 10669.37510605.625 .......................................................... 10670.62510606.875 .......................................................... 10671.87510608.125 .......................................................... 10673.12510609.375 .......................................................... 10674.37510610.625 .......................................................... 10675.62510611.875 .......................................................... 10676.87510613.125 .......................................................... 10678.12510614.375 .......................................................... 10679.375



(transmit)(MHz)

10551.25 ............................................................ 10616.2510553.75 ............................................................ 10618.7510556.25 ............................................................ 10621.2510558.75 ............................................................ 10623.7510561.25 ............................................................ 10626.2510563.75 ............................................................ 10628.7510566.25 ............................................................ 10631.2510568.75 ............................................................ 10633.7510571.25 ............................................................ 10636.2510573.75 ............................................................ 10638.7510576.25 ............................................................ 10641.2510578.75 ............................................................ 10643.7510581.25 1 .......................................................... 1 10646.2510583.75 1 .......................................................... 1 10648.7510586.25 1 .......................................................... 1 10651.2510588.75 1 .......................................................... 1 10653.7510591.25 1 .......................................................... 1 10656.2510593.75 1 .......................................................... 1 10658.7510596.25 1 .......................................................... 1 10661.2510598.75 1 .......................................................... 1 10663.7510601.25 1 .......................................................... 1 10666.2510603.75 1 .......................................................... 1 10668.7510606.25 1 .......................................................... 1 10671.2510608.75 1 .......................................................... 1 10673.7510611.25 1 .......................................................... 1 10676.2510613.75 1 .......................................................... 1 10678.75

1 These frequencies are also available for DEMS stations li-censed, in operation, or applied for prior to July 15, 1993.



(transmit)(MHz)

10553.125 .......................................................... 10618.125


(transmit)(MHz)

10558.125 .......................................................... 10623.12510563.125 .......................................................... 10628.12510568.125 .......................................................... 10633.12510573.125 .......................................................... 10638.12510578.125 .......................................................... 10643.12510583.125 .......................................................... 10648.12510588.125 .......................................................... 10653.12510593.125 .......................................................... 10658.12510598.125 .......................................................... 10663.12510603.125 .......................................................... 10668.125



(transmit)(MHz)

10552.5 .............................................................. 10617.510557.5 .............................................................. 10622.510562.5 .............................................................. 10627.510567.5 1 ............................................................ 1 10632.510572.5 1 ............................................................ 1 10637.510577.5 1 ............................................................ 1 10642.510582.5 1 ............................................................ 1 10647.510587.5 .............................................................. 10652.510592.5 .............................................................. 10657.510597.5 .............................................................. 10662.510602.5 .............................................................. 10667.5

1 These frequencies are also available for DEMS stations li-censed, in operation, or applied for prior to July 15, 1993.

(n) Point-to-multipoint systems li-censed, in operation, or applied for inthe 10,550–10,680 MHz band prior to July15, 1993, are permitted to use the DEMSfrequencies noted above if they priorcoordinate such usage with the nec-essary parties including 10 GHz point-to-point applicants and licensees.DEMS Nodal Stations shall use theband 10,565–10,615 MHz while DEMSUser Stations shall use the band 10,630–10,680 MHz.

(o) 10,700 to 11,700 MHz. 40 MHz au-thorized bandwidth.



(transmit)(MHz)

11130.625 .......................................................... 11620.62511131.875 .......................................................... 11621.87511133.125 .......................................................... 11623.12511134.375 .......................................................... 11624.37511135.625 .......................................................... 11625.62511136.875 .......................................................... 11626.87511138.125 .......................................................... 11628.12511139.375 .......................................................... 11629.37511140.625 .......................................................... 11630.62511141.875 .......................................................... 11631.87511143.125 .......................................................... 11633.12511144.375 .......................................................... 11634.37511145.625 .......................................................... 11635.62511146.875 .......................................................... 11636.87511148.125 .......................................................... 11638.12511149.375 .......................................................... 11639.37511150.625 .......................................................... 11640.625


788

47 CFR Ch. I (10–1–97 Edition)§ 101.147


(transmit)(MHz)

11151.875 .......................................................... 11641.87511153.125 .......................................................... 11643.12511154.375 .......................................................... 11644.37511155.625 .......................................................... 11645.62511156.875 .......................................................... 11646.87511158.125 .......................................................... 11648.12511159.375 .......................................................... 11649.37511160.625 .......................................................... 11650.62511161.875 .......................................................... 11651.87511163.125 .......................................................... 11653.12511164.375 .......................................................... 11654.37511165.625 .......................................................... 11655.62511166.875 .......................................................... 11656.87511168.125 .......................................................... 11658.12511169.375 .......................................................... 11659.37511170.625 .......................................................... 11660.62511171.875 .......................................................... 11661.87511173.125 .......................................................... 11663.12511174.375 .......................................................... 11664.37511175.625 .......................................................... 11665.62511176.875 .......................................................... 11666.87511178.125 .......................................................... 11668.12511179.375 .......................................................... 11669.37511180.625 .......................................................... 11680.62511181.875 .......................................................... 11681.87511183.125 .......................................................... 11683.12511184.375 .......................................................... 11684.37511185.625 .......................................................... 11685.62511186.875 .......................................................... 11686.87511188.125 .......................................................... 11688.12511189.375 .......................................................... 11689.37511190.625 .......................................................... 11690.62511191.875 .......................................................... 11691.87511193.125 .......................................................... 11693.12511194.375 .......................................................... 11694.37511195.625 .......................................................... 11695.62511196.875 .......................................................... 11696.87511198.125 .......................................................... 11698.12511199.375 .......................................................... 11699.375



(transmit)(MHz)

11131.25 ............................................................ 11621.2511133.75 ............................................................ 11623.7511136.25 ............................................................ 11626.2511138.75 ............................................................ 11628.7511141.25 ............................................................ 11631.2511143.75 ............................................................ 11633.7511146.25 ............................................................ 11636.2511148.75 ............................................................ 11638.7511151.25 ............................................................ 11641.2511153.75 ............................................................ 11643.7511156.25 ............................................................ 11646.2511158.75 ............................................................ 11648.7511161.25 ............................................................ 11651.2511163.75 ............................................................ 11653.7511166.25 ............................................................ 11656.2511168.75 ............................................................ 11658.7511171.25 ............................................................ 11661.2511173.75 ............................................................ 11663.7511176.25 ............................................................ 11666.2511178.75 ............................................................ 11668.7511181.25 ............................................................ 11681.2511183.75 ............................................................ 11683.7511186.25 ............................................................ 11686.2511188.75 ............................................................ 11688.7511191.25 ............................................................ 11691.2511193.75 ............................................................ 11693.75


(transmit)(MHz)

11196.25 ............................................................ 11696.2511198.75 ............................................................ 11698.75



(transmit)(MHz)

11133.125 .......................................................... 11623.12511138.125 .......................................................... 11628.12511143.125 .......................................................... 11633.12511148.125 .......................................................... 11638.12511153.125 .......................................................... 11643.12511158.125 .......................................................... 11648.12511163.125 .......................................................... 11653.12511168.125 .......................................................... 11658.12511173.125 .......................................................... 11663.12511178.125 .......................................................... 11668.12511183.125 .......................................................... 11683.12511188.125 .......................................................... 11688.12511193.125 .......................................................... 11693.12511198.125 .......................................................... 11698.125



(transmit)(MHz)

11132.5 .............................................................. 11622.511137.5 .............................................................. 11627.511142.5 .............................................................. 11632.511147.5 .............................................................. 11637.511152.5 .............................................................. 11642.511157.5 .............................................................. 11647.511162.5 .............................................................. 11652.511167.5 .............................................................. 11657.511172.5 .............................................................. 11662.511177.5 .............................................................. 11667.511182.5 .............................................................. 11682.511187.5 .............................................................. 11687.511192.5 .............................................................. 11692.511197.5 .............................................................. 11697.5



(transmit)(MHz)

10705 ................................................................. 1120510715 ................................................................. 1121510725 2 ............................................................... 1 1167510735 ................................................................. 1122510745 ................................................................. 1123510755 ................................................................. 1124510765 ................................................................. 1125510775 ................................................................. 1126510785 ................................................................. 1127510795 ................................................................. 1128510805 ................................................................. 1129510815 ................................................................. 1130510825 ................................................................. 1131510835 ................................................................. 1132510845 ................................................................. 1133510855 ................................................................. 1134510865 ................................................................. 1135510875 ................................................................. 1136510885 ................................................................. 1137510895 ................................................................. 1138510905 ................................................................. 11395


789



(transmit)(MHz)

10915 ................................................................. 1140510925 ................................................................. 1141510935 ................................................................. 1142510945 ................................................................. 1143510955 ................................................................. 1144510965 ................................................................. 1145510975 ................................................................. 1146510985 ................................................................. 1147510995 ................................................................. 1148511005 ................................................................. 1149511015 ................................................................. 1150511025 ................................................................. 1151511035 ................................................................. 1152511045 ................................................................. 1153511055 ................................................................. 1154511065 ................................................................. 1155511075 ................................................................. 1156511085 ................................................................. 1157511095 ................................................................. 1158511105 ................................................................. 1159511115 ................................................................. 1160511125 ................................................................. 1161511135 1 ............................................................... 1 1162511145 1 ............................................................... 1 1163511155 1 ............................................................... 1 1164511165 1 ............................................................... 1 1165511175 1 ............................................................... 1 1166511185 1 ............................................................... 1 1168511195 1 ............................................................... 1 11695





(transmit)(MHz)

10715 ................................................................. 1121510755 ................................................................. 1124510795 ................................................................. 1128510835 ................................................................. 1132510875 ................................................................. 1136510915 ................................................................. 1140510955 ................................................................. 1144510995 ................................................................. 1148511035 ................................................................. 1152511075 ................................................................. 1156511115 ................................................................. 1160511155 1 ............................................................... 1 1164511185 1 ............................................................... 1 11685


(7) 40 MHz bandwidth channels:2


(transmit)(MHz)

10735 ................................................................. 1122510775 ................................................................. 1126510815 ................................................................. 1130510855 ................................................................. 1134510895 ................................................................. 1138510935 ................................................................. 1142510975 ................................................................. 1146511015 ................................................................. 1150511055 ................................................................. 1154511095 ................................................................. 11585


(transmit)(MHz)

11135 1 ............................................................... 1 1162511175 1 ............................................................... 1 11665


2 In congested areas where 40 MHz channels block most30 MHz channels, radios authorized for 30 MHz bandwidthsmay use the 40 MHz channels. In uncongested areas, 30MHz channels should be used.

(p) 12,000–12700 MHz. The Commissionhas allocated the 12.2–12.7 GHz band foruse by the broadcasting-satellite serv-ice. Private operational fixed point-to-point microwave stations authorizedafter September 9, 1983, will be licensedon a noninterference basis and are re-quired to make any and all adjust-ments necessary to prevent inter-ference to operating domestic broad-casting-satellite systems. Notwith-standing any other provisions, no pri-vate operational fixed point-to-pointmicrowave stations are permitted tocause interference to broadcasting-sat-ellite stations of other countries oper-ating in accordance with the Region 2plan for the broadcasting-satelliteservice established at the 1983 WARC.

(q) Special provisions for low power,limited coverage systems in the bandsegments 12.2 12.7 GHz. Notwithstand-ing any contrary provisions in thispart the frequency pairs 12.220/12.460GHz, 12.260/12.500 GHz, 12.300/12.540 GHzand 12.340/12.580 GHz may be authorizedfor low power, limited coverage sys-tems subject to the following provi-sions:

(1) Maximum equivalent isotropicallyradiated power (EIRP) shall be 55 dBm;

(2) The rated transmitter outputpower shall not exceed 0.500 watts;

(3) Frequency tolerance shall bemaintained to within 0.01 percent ofthe assigned frequency;

(4) Maximum beamwidth not to ex-ceed 4 degrees. However, the sidelobesuppression criteria contained in§ 101.115 of this part shall not apply, ex-cept that a minimum front-to-backratio of 38 dB shall apply;

(5) Upon showing of need, a maximumbandwidth of 12 MHz may be authorizedper frequency assigned;

(6) Radio systems authorized underthe provisions of this section shallhave no more than three hops in tan-dem, except upon showing of need, but


790

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in any event the maximum tandemlength shall not exceed 40 km (25miles);

(7) Interfering signals at the receiverantenna terminals of stations author-ized under this section shall not exceed¥90 dBm and ¥70 dBm respectively, forco-channel and adjacent channel inter-fering signals, and

(8) Stations authorized under the pro-visions of this section shall provide theprotection from interference specifiedin § 101.105 to stations operating in ac-cordance with the provisions of thispart.

(r) 17,700 to 19,700 and 24,250 to 25,250MHz. Applicants may use either a two-way link or one frequency of a fre-quency pair for a one-way link andmust coordinate proposed operationspursuant to the procedures required in§ 101.103. (Note, however, that stationsauthorized as of September 9, 1983, touse frequencies in the band 17.7–19.7GHz may, upon proper application, con-tinue to be authorized for such oper-ations.)

(1) 2 MHz maximum authorized band-width channel:


(transmit)(MHz)

18141.0 .............................................................. N/A



(transmit)(MHz)

340 MHz Separation

18762.5 .............................................................. 19102.518767.5 .............................................................. 19107.518772.5 .............................................................. 19112.518777.5 .............................................................. 19117.518782.5 .............................................................. 19122.518787.5 .............................................................. 19127.518792.5 .............................................................. 19132.518797.5 .............................................................. 19137.518802.5 .............................................................. 19142.518807.5 .............................................................. 19147.518812.5 .............................................................. 19152.518817.5 .............................................................. 19157.5



(transmit)(MHz)

216 MHz Separation

18145.0 .............................................................. N/A


(transmit)(MHz)

18151.0 .............................................................. 18367.018157.0 .............................................................. 18373.018163.0 .............................................................. 18379.018169.0 .............................................................. 18385.018175.0 .............................................................. 18391.018181.0 .............................................................. 18397.018187.0 .............................................................. 18403.018193.0 .............................................................. 18409.018199.0 .............................................................. 18415.018205.0 .............................................................. 18421.018211.0 .............................................................. 18427.018217.0 .............................................................. 18433.018223.0 .............................................................. 18439.018229.0 .............................................................. 18445.018235.0 .............................................................. 18451.018241.0 .............................................................. 18457.018247.0 .............................................................. 18463.018253.0 .............................................................. 18469.018259.0 .............................................................. 18475.018265.0 .............................................................. 18481.018271.0 .............................................................. 18487.018277.0 .............................................................. 18493.018283.0 .............................................................. 18499.018289.0 .............................................................. 18505.018295.0 .............................................................. 18511.018301.0 .............................................................. 18517.018307.0 .............................................................. 18523.018313.0 .............................................................. 18529.018319.0 .............................................................. 18535.018325.0 .............................................................. 18541.018331.0 .............................................................. 18547.018337.0 .............................................................. 18533.018343.0 .............................................................. 18559.018349.0 .............................................................. 18565.018355.0 .............................................................. 18571.018361.0 .............................................................. 18577.0



(transmit)(MHz)

1560 MHz Separation

17705.0 .............................................................. 19265.017715.0 .............................................................. 19275.017725.0 .............................................................. 19285.017735.0 .............................................................. 19295.017745.0 .............................................................. 19305.017755.0 .............................................................. 19315.017765.0 .............................................................. 19325.017775.0 .............................................................. 19335.017785.0 .............................................................. 19345.017795.0 .............................................................. 19355.017805.0 .............................................................. 19365.017815.0 .............................................................. 19375.017825.0 .............................................................. 19385.017835.0 .............................................................. 19395.017845.0 .............................................................. 19405.017855.0 .............................................................. 19415.017865.0 .............................................................. 19425.017875.0 .............................................................. 19435.017885.0 .............................................................. 19445.017895.0 .............................................................. 19455.017905.0 .............................................................. 19465.017915.0 .............................................................. 19475.017925.0 .............................................................. 19485.017935.0 .............................................................. 19495.017945.0 .............................................................. 19505.017955.0 .............................................................. 19515.0


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(transmit)(MHz)

17965.0 .............................................................. 19525.017975.0 .............................................................. 19535.017985.0 .............................................................. 19545.017995.0 .............................................................. 19555.018005.0 .............................................................. 18565.018015.0 .............................................................. 19575.018025.0 .............................................................. 19585.018035.0 .............................................................. 19595.018045.0 .............................................................. 19605.018055.0 .............................................................. 19615.018065.0 .............................................................. 19625.018075.0 .............................................................. 19635.018085.0 .............................................................. 19645.018095.0 .............................................................. 19655.018105.0 .............................................................. 19665.018115.0 .............................................................. 19675.018125.0 .............................................................. 19685.018135.0 .............................................................. 19695.0

340 MHz Separation

18585.0 .............................................................. 18925.018595.0 .............................................................. 18935.018605.0 .............................................................. 18945.018615.0 .............................................................. 18955.018625.0 .............................................................. 18965.018635.0 .............................................................. 18975.018645.0 .............................................................. 18985.018655.0 .............................................................. 18995.018665.0 .............................................................. 19005.018675.0 .............................................................. 19015.018685.0 .............................................................. 19025.018695.0 .............................................................. 19035.018705.0 .............................................................. 19045.018715.0 .............................................................. 19055.018725.0 .............................................................. 19065.018735.0 .............................................................. 19075.018745.0 .............................................................. 19085.018755.0 .............................................................. 19095.018765.0 .............................................................. 19105.018775.0 .............................................................. 19115.018785.0 .............................................................. 19125.018795.0 .............................................................. 19135.018805.0 .............................................................. 19145.018815.0 .............................................................. 19155.0



(transmit)(MHz)

1560 MHz Separation

17710.0 .............................................................. 19270.017730.0 .............................................................. 19290.017750.0 .............................................................. 19310.017770.0 .............................................................. 19330.017790.0 .............................................................. 19350.017810.0 .............................................................. 19370.017830.0 .............................................................. 19390.017850.0 .............................................................. 19410.017870.0 .............................................................. 19430.017890.0 .............................................................. 19450.017910.0 .............................................................. 19470.017930.0 .............................................................. 19490.017950.0 .............................................................. 19510.017970.0 .............................................................. 19530.017990.0 .............................................................. 19550.018010.0 .............................................................. 19570.018030.0 .............................................................. 19590.0


(transmit)(MHz)

18050.0 .............................................................. 19610.018070.0 .............................................................. 19630.018090.0 .............................................................. 19650.018110.0 .............................................................. 19670.018130.0 .............................................................. 19690.018590.0 .............................................................. 18930.0

340 MHz Separation

18610.0 .............................................................. 18950.018630.0 .............................................................. 18970.018650.0 .............................................................. 18990.018670.0 .............................................................. 19010.018690.0 .............................................................. 19030.018710.0 .............................................................. 19050.018730.0 .............................................................. 19070.018750.0 .............................................................. 19090.018770.0 .............................................................. 19110.018790.0 .............................................................. 19130.018810.0 .............................................................. 19150.0



(transmit)(MHz)

1560 MHz Separation

17720.0 .............................................................. 19280.017760.0 .............................................................. 19320.017800.0 .............................................................. 19360.017840.0 .............................................................. 19400.017880.0 .............................................................. 19440.017920.0 .............................................................. 19480.017960.0 .............................................................. 19520.018000.0 .............................................................. 19560.018040.0 .............................................................. 19600.018080.0 .............................................................. 19640.018120.0 .............................................................. 19680.0



(transmit)(MHz)

1560 MHz Separation

17740.0 .............................................................. 19300.017820.0 .............................................................. 19380.017900.0 .............................................................. 19460.017980.0 .............................................................. 19540.018060.0 .............................................................. 19620.0



(transmit)(MHz)

17810.0 .............................................................. 18470.018030.0 .............................................................. 19370.018250.0 .............................................................. 19590.0

(9) The following frequencies areavailable for point-to-multipoint


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DEMS Systems, except that channels35–39 are available only to existing 18GHz DEMS licensees as of March 14,1997. Systems operating on Channels25–34 must cease operations as of Janu-ary 1, 2001, except that those stationson these channels within 150 km of thecoordinates 38°48′ N/76°52′ W (Washing-ton, DC, area) and 39°43′ N/104°46′ W(Denver, Colorado, area) must cease op-erations as of June 5, 1997:

Channel No.Nodal station

frequency band(MHz) limits

User station fre-quency band(MHz) limits

25 ................................... 18,820–18,830 19,160–19,17026 ................................... 18,830–18,840 19,170–19,18027 ................................... 18,840–18,850 19,180–19,19028 ................................... 18,850–18,860 19,190–19,20029 ................................... 18,860–18,870 19,200–19,21030 ................................... 18,870–18,880 19,210–19,22031 ................................... 18,880–18,890 19,220–19,23032 ................................... 18,890–18,900 19,230–19,24033 ................................... 18,900–18,910 19,240–19,25034 ................................... 18,910–18,920 19,250–19,26035 ................................... 24,250–24,290 25,050–25,09036 ................................... 24,290–24,330 25,090–25,13037 ................................... 24,330–24,370 25,130–25,17038 ................................... 24,370–24,410 25,170–25,21039 ................................... 24,410–24,450 25,210–25,250

(i) Each station will be limited to onefrequency pair per SMSA. Additionalchannel pairs may be assigned upon ashowing that the service to be providedwill fully utilize the spectrum re-quested. A channel pair may be sub-divided as desired by the licensee.

(ii) A frequency pair may be assignedto more than one licensee in the sameSMSA or service area so long as the in-terference protection criteria of§ 101.105 are met.

(10) Special provision for low powersystems in the 17,700–19,700 MHz band:Notwithstanding other provisions inthis rule part and except for specifiedareas around Washington, DC, and Den-ver, Colorado, licensees of point-to-multipoint channel pairs 25–29 identi-fied in paragraph (r)(9) of this sectionmay operate multiple low power trans-mitting devices within a defined serv-ice area. New operations are prohibitedwithin 55 km when used outdoor andwithin 20 km when used indoor of thecoordinates 38°48′ N/76°52′ W and 39°43′N/104°46′ W. The service area will be a28 kilometer omnidirectional radiusoriginating from specified center ref-erence coordinates. The specified cen-ter coordinates must be no closer than56 kilometers from any co-channel

nodal station or the specified centercoordinates of another co-channel sys-tem. Applicants/licensees do not needto specify the location of each individ-ual transmitting device operatingwithin their defined service areas. Suchoperations are subject to the followingrequirements on the low power trans-mitting devices:

(i) Power must not exceed one wattEIRP and 100 milliwatts transmitteroutput power,

(ii) A frequency tolerance of 0.001%must be maintained; and

(iii) The mean power of emissionsshall be attenuated in accordance withthe following schedule:

(A) In any 4 kHz band, the center fre-quency of which is removed from thecenter frequency of the assigned chan-nel by more than 50 percent of thechannel bandwidth and is within thebands 18,820–18870 MHz or 19,19160–19,210MHz:

A=35+.003(F–0.5B) dB

or,

80 dB (whichever is the lesser attenu-ation).

WhereA = Attenuation (in decibels) below output

power level contained within the channelfor a given polarization.

B = Bandwidth of channel in kHz.F = Absolute value of the difference between

the center frequency of the 4 kHz bandmeasured at the center frequency of thechannel in kHz.

(B) In any 4 kHz band the center fre-quency of which is outside the bands18.820–18.870 GHz: At least43+10log10(mean output power in watts)decibels.

(s) Special provisions for low power,limited coverage systems in the bandsegments 21.8–22.0 GHz and 23.0–23.2GHz. Notwithstanding any contraryprovisions in this part the frequencypairs 21.825/23.025 GHz, 21.875/23.075 GHz,21.925/23.125 GHz and 21.975/23.175 GHzmay be authorized for low power, lim-ited coverage systems subject to thefollowing provisions:

(1) Maximum effective radiatedpower (ERP) shall be 55 dBm;

(2) The rated transmitter outputpower shall not exceed 0.100 watts;


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(3) Frequency tolerance shall bemaintained to within 0.05 percent ofthe assigned frequency;

(4) Maximum beamwidth not to ex-ceed 4 degrees. However, the sidelobesuppression criteria contained in§ 101.115 shall not apply, except that aminimum front-to-back ratio of 38 dBshall apply;

(5) Upon showing of need, a maximumbandwidth of 50 MHz may be authorizedper frequency assigned;

(6) Radio systems authorized underthe provisions of this section shallhave no more than five hops in tandem,except upon showing of need, but inany event the maximum tandem lengthshall not exceed 40 km (25 miles);

(7) Interfering signals at the antennaterminals of stations authorized underthis section shall not exceed ¥90 dBmand ¥70 dBm respectively, for co-chan-nel and adjacent channel interferingsignals; and

(8) Stations authorized under the pro-visions of this section shall provide theprotection from interference specifiedin § 101.105 to stations operating in ac-cordance with the provisions of thispart.

(t) 27,500–28,350; 29,100–29,250; 31,000–31,300 MHz. These frequencies are avail-able for LMDS systems. Each assign-ment will be made on a BTA servicearea basis, and the assigned spectrum

may be subdivided as desired by the li-censee.

(u) 31,000–31,300 MHz. Stations li-censed in this band prior to March 11,1997, may continue their authorized op-erations, subject to license renewal, onthe condition that harmful inter-ference will not be caused to LMDS op-erations licensed in this band afterJune 30, 1997. In the sub-bands 31,000–31,075 and 31,225–31,300 MHz, stationsinitially licensed prior to March 11,1997, except in LTTS, and LMDS oper-ations authorized after June 30, 1997,are equally protected against harmfulinterference from each other in accord-ance with the provisions of § 101.103(b).For stations, except in LTTS, per-mitted to relocate to these sub-bands,the following paired frequencies areavailable:


(transmit)(MHz)

(1) 25 MHz Authorized Bandwidth Channels

31,012.5 ............................................................. 31,237.531,037.5 ............................................................. 31,262.531,062.5 ............................................................. 31,287.5

(2) 75 MHz Authorized Bandwidth Channel

31,037.5 ............................................................. 31,275.0

(v) Assignments in the band 38,600–40,000 MHz must be according to thefollowing frequency plan:

Channel group A Channel group B

Channel No. Frequencyband limits MHz Channel No.

FrequencyBand limits

MHz

1–A ................................................................ 38,600–38,650 1–B ................................................................ 39,300–39,3502–A ................................................................ 38,650–38,700 1–B ................................................................ 39,350–39,4003–A ................................................................ 38,700–38,750 3–B ................................................................ 39,400–39,4504–A ................................................................ 38,750–38,800 4–B ................................................................ 39,450–39,5005–A ................................................................ 38,800–38,850 5–B ................................................................ 39,500–39,5506–A ................................................................ 38,850–38,900 6–B ................................................................ 39,550–39,6007–A ................................................................ 38,900–38,950 7–B ................................................................ 39,600–39,6508–A ................................................................ 38,950–39,000 8–B ................................................................ 39,650–39,7009–A ................................................................ 39,000–39,050 9–B ................................................................ 39,700–39,75010–A .............................................................. 39,050–39,100 10–B .............................................................. 39,750–39,80011–A .............................................................. 39,100–39,150 11–B .............................................................. 39,800–39,85012–A .............................................................. 39,150–39,200 12–B .............................................................. 39,850–39,90013–A .............................................................. 39,200–39,250 13–B .............................................................. 39,900–39,95014–A .............................................................. 39,250–39,300 14–B .............................................................. 39,950–40,000

NOTE TO (u): These channels are assignedfor use within a rectangular service area tobe described in the application by the maxi-mum and minimum latitudes and longitudes.Such service area must be as small as prac-tical consistent with the local service re-quirements of the carrier. These frequency

plans may be subdivided as desired by the li-censee and used within the service area asdesired without further authorization sub-ject to the terms and conditions set forth in§ 101.149. These frequencies may be assignedonly where it is shown that the applicantwill have reasonable projected requirements


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for a multiplicity of service points or trans-mission paths within the area.

(w) Fixed systems licensed, in oper-ation, or applied for in the 3,700–4,200,5925–6425, 6,525–6,875, 10,550–10,680, and10,700–11,700 MHz bands prior to July 15,1993, are permitted to use channelplans in effect prior to that date, in-cluding adding channels under thoseplans.

(x) Operations on other than the list-ed frequencies may be authorizedwhere it is shown that the objectives orrequirements of the interference cri-teria prescribed in § 101.105 could nototherwise be met to resolve the inter-ference problems.

(y) Special requirements for operationsin the band 29.1–29.25 GHz. (1)(i) LMDSreceive stations operating on fre-quencies in the 29.1–29.25 GHz bandwithin a radius of 75 nautical miles ofthe geographic coordinates provided bya non-GSO MSS licensee pursuant toparagraphs (c)(2) or (c)(3)(i) of this sec-tion (the ‘‘feeder link earth stationcomplex protection zone’’) shall acceptany interference caused to them bysuch earth station complexes and shallnot claim protection from such earthstation complexes.

(ii) LMDS licensees operating on fre-quencies in the 29.1–29.25 GHz band out-side a feeder link earth station com-plex protection zone shall cooperatefully and make reasonable efforts to re-solve technical problems with the non-GSO MSS licensee to the extent thattransmissions from the non-GSO MSSoperator’s feeder link earth stationcomplex interfere with an LMDS re-ceive station.

(2) No more than 15 days after the re-lease of a public notice announcing thecommencement of LMDS auctions,feeder link earth station complexes tobe licensed pursuant to Section 25.257shall be specified by a set of geographiccoordinates in accordance with the fol-lowing requirements: no feeder linkearth station complex may be locatedin the top eight (8) metropolitan statis-tical areas (‘‘MSAs’’), ranked by popu-lation, as defined by the Office of Man-agement and Budget as of June 1993,using estimated populations as of De-cember 1992; two (2) complexes may belocated in MSAs 9 through 25, one ofwhich must be Phoenix, AZ (for a com-

plex at Chandler, AZ); two (2) com-plexes may be located in MSAs 26 to 50;three (3) complexes may be located inMSAs 51 to 100, one of which must beHonolulu, Hawaii (for a complex atWaimea); and the three (3) remainingcomplexes must be located at least 75nautical miles from the borders of the100 largest MSAs or in any MSA not in-cluded in the 100 largest MSAs. Any lo-cation allotted for one range of MSAsmay be taken from an MSA below thatrange.

(3)(i) Any non-GSO MSS licensee mayat any time specify sets of geographiccoordinates for feeder link earth sta-tion complexes with each earth stationcontained therein to be located at least75 nautical miles from the borders ofthe 100 largest MSAs.

(ii) For purposes of paragraph (c)(3)(i)of this section, non-GSO MSS feederlink earth station complexes shall beentitled to accommodation only if theaffected non-GSO MSS licenseepreapplies to the Commission for afeeder link earth station complex orcertifies to the Commission withinsixty days of receiving a copy of anLMDS application that it intends tofile an application for a feeder linkearth station complex within sixmonths of the date of receipt of theLMDS application.

(iii) If said non-GSO MSS licensee ap-plication is filed later than six monthsafter certification to the Commission,the LMDS and non-GSO MSS entitiesshall still cooperate fully and makereasonable efforts to resolve technicalproblems, but the LMDS licensee shallnot be obligated to re-engineer its pro-posal or make changes to its system.

(4) LMDS licensees or applicants pro-posing to operate hub stations on fre-quencies in the 29.1–29.25 GHz band atlocations outside of the 100 largestMSAs or within a distance of 150 nau-tical miles from a set of geographic co-ordinates specified under paragraph(c)(2) or (c)(3)(i) of this section shallserve copies of their applications on allnon-GSO MSS applicants, permitees orlicensees meeting the criteria specifiedin § 25.257(a). Non-GSO MSS licenseesor applicants shall serve copies of theirfeeder link earth station applications,after the LMDS auction, on any LMDSapplicant or licensee within a distance


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of 150 nautical miles from the geo-graphic coordinates that it specifiedunder paragraph (c)(2) or (c)(3)(i) ofthis section. Any necessary coordina-tion shall commence upon notificationby the party receiving an applicationto the party who filed the application.The results of any such coordinationshall be reported to the Commissionwithin sixty days. The non-GSO MSSearth station licensee shall also pro-vide all such LMDS licensees with acopy of its channel plan.

[61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, as amended at 61FR 29695, June 12, 1996; 61 FR 44183, Aug. 28,1996; 62 FR 18936, Apr. 17, 1997; 62 FR 23168,Apr. 29, 1997; 62 FR 24583, May 6, 1997]

EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: At 62 FR 18936, Apr.17, 1997, § 101.147 was amended by revising thesecond sentence, footnote 1 of Table 1, andfootnote 1 of Table 2 in paragraph (b)(1) andby revising the first sentence of paragraph(b)(2), effective Oct. 17, 1997. For the conven-ience of the user, the superseded text is setforth as follows:

§ 101.147 Frequency assignments.

* * * * *

(b) * * *(1) * * * Except as noted, however, the fre-

quencies may be used by eligibles in thePower Radio Service only if the frequenciesin paragraph (b)(2) of this section are ex-hausted in the particular geographic area.* * *

* * * * *1 Available to power eligibles regardless of

whether frequencies in the power pool are ex-hausted.

* * * * *1 Available to power eligibles regardless of

whether frequencies in the power pool are ex-hausted.

* * * * *

(2) * * * Frequencies listed in this para-graph are available to persons eligible under§ 90.63 of this chapter for licensing in thePower Radio Service for use in multiple ad-dress radio systems. * * *

* * * * *

§ 101.149 Special requirements for op-eration in the band 38,600–40,000MHz

Assigned frequency channels in theband 38,600–40,000 MHz may be sub-divided and used anywhere in the au-thorized service area, subject to thefollowing terms and conditions:

(a) No interference may be caused toa previously existing station operatingin another authorized service area;

(b) Each operating station must haveposted a copy of the service area au-thorization; and

(c) The antenna structure height em-ployed at any location may not exceedthe criteria set forth in § 17.7 of thischapter unless, in each instance, au-thorization for use of a specific maxi-mum antenna structure for each loca-tion has been obtained from the FAAprior to the erection of the antenna.

§ 101.151 Use of signal boosters.

Private operational-fixed licenseesauthorized to operate multiple addresssystems in the 928–929/952–960 MHz and932–932.5/941–941.5 MHz bands may em-ploy signal boosters at fixed locationsin accordance with the following cri-teria:

(a) The amplified signal is re-transmitted only on the exact fre-quency(ies) of the originating base,fixed, mobile, or portable station(s).The booster will fill in only weak sig-nal areas and cannot extend the sys-tem’s normal signal coverage area.

(b) Class A narrowband signal boost-ers must be equipped with automaticgain control circuitry which will limitthe total effective radiated power(ERP) of the unit to a maximum of 5watts under all conditions. Class Bbroadband signal boosters are limitedto 5 watts ERP for each authorized fre-quency that the booster is designed toamplify.

(c) Class A narrowband boosters mustmeet the out-of-band emission limits of§ 101.111 for each narrowband channelthat the booster is designed to amplify.Class B broadband signal boosters mustmeet the emission limits of § 101.111 forfrequencies outside of the booster’s de-sign passband.


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(d) Class B broadband signal boostersare permitted to be used only in con-fined or indoor areas such as buildings,tunnels, underground areas, etc., or re-mote areas, i.e., areas where there islittle or no risk of interference to otherusers.

(e) The licensee is given authority tooperate signal boosters without sepa-rate authorization from the Commis-sion. Type-accepted equipment must beemployed and the licensee must ensurethat all applicable rule requirementsare met.

(f) Licensees employing either ClassA narrowband or Class B broadbandsignal boosters as defined in § 101.3 areresponsible for correcting any harmfulinterference that the equipment maycause to other systems.

[61 FR 31052, June 19, 1996]

Subpart D—OperationalRequirements

§ 101.201 Station inspection.The licensee of each station author-

ized in the radio services included inthis part must make the station avail-able for inspection by representativesof the Commission at any reasonablehour.

§ 101.203 Communications concerningsafety of life and property.

(a) Handling and transmission ofmessages concerning the safety of lifeor property which is in imminent dan-ger must be afforded priority overother messages.

(b) No person may knowingly causeto be transmitted any false or fraudu-lent message concerning the safety oflife or property, or refuse upon demandimmediately to relinquish the use of aradio circuit to enable the trans-mission of messages concerning thesafety of life or property which is inimminent danger, or knowingly inter-fere or otherwise obstruct the trans-mission of such messages.

§ 101.205 Operation during emergency.The licensee of any station in these

services may, during a period of emer-gency in which normal communicationfacilities are disrupted as a result ofhurricane, flood, earthquake, or simi-

lar disaster, utilize such station foremergency communication service in amanner other than that specified in theinstrument of authorization: Provided:

(a) That as soon as possible after thebeginning of such emergency use, no-tice be sent to the Commission atWashington, DC stating the nature ofthe emergency and the use to whichthe station is being put;

(b) That the emergency use of thestation must be discontinued as soonas substantially normal communica-tion facilities are again available;

(c) That the Commission at Washing-ton, DC must be notified immediatelywhen such special use of the station isterminated;

(d) That, in no event, will any stationengage in emergency transmission onfrequencies other than, or with powerin excess of, that specified in the in-strument of authorization or as other-wise expressly provided by the Com-mission, or by law; and

(e) That the Commission may, at anytime, order the discontinuance of anysuch emergency communication.

§ 101.207 Suspension of transmission.Transmission must be suspended im-

mediately upon detection by the sta-tion or operator licensee or upon noti-fication by the Commission of a devi-ation from the technical requirementsof the station authorization and mustremain suspended until such deviationis corrected, except for transmissionconcerning the immediate safety of lifeor property, in which case transmissionmust be suspended immediately afterthe emergency is terminated.

§ 101.209 Operation of stations at tem-porary fixed locations for commu-nication between the United Statesand Canada or Mexico.

Stations authorized to operate attemporary fixed locations may not beused for transmissions between theUnited States and Canada, or the Unit-ed States and Mexico, without priorspecific notification to, and authoriza-tion from, the Commission. Notifica-tion of such intended usage of the fa-cilities should include a detailed show-ing of the operation proposed, includ-ing the parties involved, the nature ofthe communications to be handled, the


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terms and conditions of such oper-ations, the time and place of operation,such other matters as the applicantdeems relevant, and a showing as tohow the public interest, convenienceand necessity would be served by theproposed operation. Such notificationshould be given sufficiently in advanceof the proposed date of operation topermit any appropriate correlationwith the respective foreign governmentinvolved (see §§ 101.31, 101.811, 101.813,and 101.815).

§ 101.211 Operator requirements.(a) Any person, with the consent or

authorization of the licensee, may em-ploy stations in this service for thepurpose of telecommunications in ac-cordance with the conditions and limi-tations set forth in § 101.135.

(b) The station licensee is responsiblefor the proper operation of the stationat all times and is expected to providefor observations, servicing and mainte-nance as often as may be necessary toensure proper operation.

(c) The provisions of paragraph (a) ofthis section may not be construed tochange or diminish in any respect theresponsibility of station licensees tohave and to maintain control over thestations licensed to them (including alltransmitter units thereof), or for theproper functioning and operation ofthose stations (including all transmit-ter units thereof) in accordance withthe terms of the licenses of those sta-tions.

§ 101.213 Station identification.Stations in these services are exempt

from the requirement to identify trans-missions by call sign or any other sta-tion identifier.

§ 101.215 Posting of station authoriza-tion and transmitter identificationcards, plates, or signs.

(a) Each licensee shall post at thestation the name, address and tele-phone number of the custodian of thestation license or other authorizationif such license or authorization is notmaintained at the station.

(b) The requirements in paragraph (a)of this section do not apply to remotestations using frequencies listed in§ 101.147(b).

§ 101.217 Station records.Each licensee of a station subject to

this part shall maintain records in ac-cordance with the following:

(a) For all stations, the results anddates of transmitter measurements andthe name of the person or persons mak-ing the measurements;

(b) For all stations, when service ormaintenance duties are performed,which may affect their proper oper-ation, the responsible operator shallsign and date an entry in the stationrecord concerned, giving:

(1) Pertinent details of all transmit-ter adjustments performed by him orunder his supervision; and

(2) His name and address, providedthat this information, so long as it re-mains unchanged, is not required to berepeated in the case of a person who isregularly employed as operator on afull-time basis at the station.

(c) The records shall be kept in an or-derly manner, and in such detail thatthe data required are readily available.Key letters or abbreviations may beused if proper meaning or explanationis set forth in the record.

(d) Each entry in the records of eachstation shall be signed by a personqualified to do so, having actual knowl-edge of the facts to be recorded.

(e) No record or portion thereof shallbe erased, obliterated, or willfully de-stroyed within the required retentionperiod. Any necessary correction maybe made only by the person originatingthe entry, who shall strike out the er-roneous portion, initial the correctionmade and indicate the date of correc-tion.

(f) Records required by this part shallbe retained by the licensee for a periodof at least one year.

Subpart E—MiscellaneousCommon Carrier Provisions

§ 101.301 National defense; free serv-ice.

Any common carrier authorizedunder the rules of this part may renderto any agency of the United StatesGovernment free service in connectionwith the preparation for the nationaldefense. Every such carrier renderingany such free service must make and


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file, in duplicate, with the Commission,on or before the 31st of July and on orbefore the 31st day of January in eachyear, reports covering the periods of 6months ending on the 30th of June andthe 31st of December, respectively,next prior to said dates. These reportsmust show the names of the agenciesto which free service was rendered pur-suant to this rule, the general char-acter of the communications handledfor each agency, and the charges in dol-lars which would have accrued to thecarrier for such service rendered toeach agency if charges for such com-munications had been collected at thepublished tariff rates.

§ 101.303 Answers to notices of viola-tion.

Any person receiving official noticeof a violation of the terms of the Com-munications Act of 1934, as amended,any other Federal statute or ExecutiveOrder pertaining to radio or wire com-munications or any international radioor wire communications treaty or con-vention, or regulations annexed there-to to which the United States is aparty, or the rules and regulations ofthe Federal Communications Commis-sion, must, within 10 days from suchreceipt, send a written answer to theoffice of the Commission originatingthe official notice. If an answer cannotbe sent or an acknowledgment madewithin such 10-day period by reason ofillness or other unavoidable cir-cumstances, acknowledgment and an-swer must be made at the earliest prac-ticable date with a satisfactory expla-nation of the delay. The answer to eachnotice must be complete in itself andmay not be abbreviated by reference toother communications or answers toother notices. If the notice relates tosome violation that may be due to thephysical or electrical characteristics oftransmitting apparatus, the answermust state fully what steps have beentaken to prevent future violations,and, if any new apparatus is to be in-stalled, the date such apparatus wasordered, the name of the manufacturer,and promised date of delivery. If the in-stallation of such apparatus requires aconstruction permit, the file number ofthe application must be given or, if afile number has not been assigned by

the Commission, such identification aswill permit ready reference thereto. Ifthe notice of violation relates to inad-equate maintenance resulting in im-proper operation of the transmitter,the name and license number of the op-erator performing the maintenancemust be given. If the notice of viola-tion relates to some lack of attentionto, or improper operation of, the trans-mitter by other employees, the replymust enumerate the steps taken to pre-vent a recurrence of such lack of atten-tion or improper operation.

§ 101.305 Discontinuance, reduction orimpairment of service.

(a) If the public communication serv-ice provided by a station in the Com-mon Carrier Radio Services and theLocal Multipoint Distribution Serviceis involuntarily discontinued, reducedor impaired for a period exceeding 48hours, the station licensee mustpromptly notify the Commission, inwriting, at Federal CommunicationsCommission, Common Carrier RadioServices, 1270 Fairfield Road, Gettys-burg, Pennsylvania 17325. In every suchcase, the licensee must furnish full par-ticulars as to the reasons for such dis-continuance, reduction or impairmentof service, including a statement as towhen normal service is expected to beresumed. When normal service is re-sumed, prompt notification thereofmust be given in writing to the FederalCommunications Commission, Com-mon Carrier Radio Services, 1270 Fair-field Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,17325.

(b) No station licensee subject totitle II of the Communications Act of1934, as amended, may voluntarily dis-continue, reduce or impair public com-munication service to a community orpart of a community without obtainingprior authorization from the Commis-sion pursuant to the procedures setforth in part 63 of this chapter. In theevent that permanent discontinuanceof service is authorized by the Commis-sion, the station licensee must prompt-ly send the station license to the Fed-eral Communications Commission,Common Carrier Radio Services, 1270Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylva-nia 17325 for cancellation; except thatstation licensees in the Local


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Multipoint Distribution Service neednot surrender the license for cancella-tion if the discontinuance is a result ofa change of status by the licensee fromcommon carrier to non-common car-rier pursuant to § 101.61.

(c) Any licensee not subject to title IIof the Communications Act of 1934, asamended, who voluntarily discon-tinues, reduces or impairs public com-munication service to a community ora part of a community must give writ-ten notification to the Commissionwithin 7 days thereof. In the event ofpermanent discontinuance of service,the station licensee must promptlysend the station license to the FederalCommunications Commission, Com-mon Carrier Radio Services, 1270 Fair-field Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania17325 for cancellation; except that sta-tion licensees in the Local MultipointDistribution Service need not surren-der the license for cancellation if thediscontinuance is a result of a changeof status by the licensee from non-com-mon carrier to common carrier pursu-ant to § 101.61.

(d) If any common carrier radio fre-quency should not be used to renderany service as authorized during a con-secutive period of twelve months atany time after construction is com-pleted under circumstances that do notfall within the provisions of paragraph(a), (b), or (c) of this section, or, if re-moval of equipment or facilities hasrendered the station not operational,the licensee must, within thirty daysof the end of such period of nonuse:

(1) Submit for cancellation the sta-tion license (or licenses) to the FederalCommunications Commission, Com-mon Carrier Radio Services, 1270 Fair-field Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania17325 for cancellation;

(2) File an application for modifica-tion of the license (or licenses) to de-lete the unused frequency (or fre-quencies); or

(3) Request waiver of this rule anddemonstrate either that the frequencywill be used (as evidenced by appro-priate requests for service, etc.) withinsix months of the end of the initial pe-riod of nonuse, or that the frequencywill be converted to allow rendition ofother authorized public services withinone year of the end of the initial period

of nonuse by the filing of appropriateapplications within six months of theend of the period of nonuse.


§ 101.307 Tariffs, reports, and othermaterial required to be submittedto the Commission.

Sections 1.771 through 1.815 of thischapter contain summaries of certainmaterials and reports, including sched-ule of charges and accounting and fi-nancial reports, which, when applica-ble, must be filed with the Commission.

§ 101.309 Requirement that licenseesrespond to official communications.

All licensees in these services are re-quired to respond to official commu-nications from the Commission withreasonable dispatch and according tothe tenor of such communications.Failure to do so will be given appro-priate consideration in connection withany subsequent applications which theoffending party may file and may re-sult in the designation of such applica-tions for hearing, or in appropriatecases, the institution of proceedingslooking to the modification or revoca-tion of the pertinent authorizations.

§ 101.311 Equal employment opportu-nities.

Equal opportunities in employmentmust be afforded by all common carrierlicensees and all Local Multipoint Dis-tribution Service licensees in accord-ance with the provisions of § 21.307.

[62 FR 23168, Apr. 29, 1997]

Subpart F—DevelopmentalAuthorizations

§ 101.401 Eligibility.

Developmental authorizations forstations in the radio services includedin this part will be issued only to exist-ing and proposed licensees who are le-gally, financially and otherwise quali-fied to conduct experimentation for thedevelopment of engineering or oper-ational data, or techniques, directly re-lated to a proposed radio service or toa regularly established radio serviceregulated by the rules of this part.


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§ 101.403 Scope of service.Developmental authorizations may

be issued for:(a) Field strength surveys relative to

or precedent to the filing of applica-tions for licenses, in connection withthe selection of suitable locations forstations proposed to be established inany of the regularly established radioservices regulated by the rules of thispart; or

(b) The testing of existing or author-ized antennas, wave guides, paths, orother equipment used in a system sub-ject to this part.

§ 101.405 Adherence to program of re-search and development.

The program of research and develop-ment, as stated by an applicant in theapplication for license or stated in theinstrument of station authorization,must be substantially adhered to un-less the licensee is otherwise author-ized by the Commission.

§ 101.407 Special procedure for the de-velopment of a new service or forthe use of frequencies not in ac-cordance with the provisions of therules in this part.

(a) An authorization for the develop-ment of a new service not in accord-ance with the provisions of the rules inthis part may be granted for a limitedtime, but only after the Commissionhas made a preliminary determinationwith respect to the factors set forth inthis paragraph, as each case may re-quire. This procedure also applies toany application that involves use of afrequency which is not in accordancewith the provisions of the rules in thispart, although in accordance with theTable of Frequency Allocations con-tained in part 2 of this chapter. (An ap-plication which involves use of a fre-quency which is not in accordance withthe Table of Frequency Allocations inpart 2 of this chapter should be filed inaccordance with the provisions of part5 of this chapter, Experimental RadioServices.) The factors with respect towhich the Commission will make a pre-liminary determination before actingon an application filed under this para-graph are as follows:

(1) That the public interest, conven-ience or necessity warrants consider-

ation of the establishment of the pro-posed service or the use of the proposedfrequency;

(2) That the proposed operation ap-pears to warrant consideration to ef-fect a change in the provisions of therules in this part; and/or

(3) That some operational datashould be developed for considerationin any rule making proceeding whichmay be initiated.

(b) Applications for stations that areintended to be used in the developmentof a proposed service must be accom-panied by a petition to amend the Com-mission’s rules with respect to fre-quencies and such other items as maybe necessary to provide for the regularestablishment of the proposed service.

§ 101.409 Terms of grant; general limi-tations.

(a) Developmental authorizationsnormally will be issued for one year, orsuch shorter term as the Commissionmay deem appropriate in any particu-lar case, and will be subject to can-cellation without hearing by the Com-mission at any time upon notice to thelicensee.

(b) Where some phases of the devel-opmental program are not covered bythe general rules of the Commission orby the rules of this part, the Commis-sion may specify supplemental or addi-tional requirements or conditions ineach case as it may deem necessary inthe public interest, convenience or ne-cessity.

(c) Frequencies allocated to the serv-ice toward which such development isdirected will be assigned for devel-opmental operation on the basis thatno interference will be caused to theregular services of stations operatingin accordance with the Commission’sTable of Frequency Allocations (§ 2.106of this chapter).

(d) The rendition of communicationservice for hire is not permitted underany developmental authorizations un-less specifically authorized by theCommission.

(e) The grant of a developmental au-thorization carries with it no assur-ance that the developmental program,if successful, will be authorized on a


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permanent basis either as to the serv-ice involved or the use of the fre-quencies assigned or any other fre-quencies.

§ 101.411 Supplementary showing re-quired.

(a) Authorizations for development ofa proposed radio service in the servicesincluded in this part will be issued onlyupon a showing that the applicant hasa definite program of research and de-velopment, the details of which mustbe set forth, which has reasonablepromise of substantial contribution tothese services within the term of suchauthorization. A specific showingshould be made as to the factors whichqualify the applicant technically toconduct the research and developmentprogram, including a description of thenature and extent of engineering facili-ties that the applicant has availablefor such purposes.

(b) Expiring developmental author-izations may be renewed only upon theapplicant’s compliance with the appli-cable requirements of § 101.413 (a) and(b) relative to the authorization soughtto be renewed and upon a factual show-ing that further progress in the pro-gram of research and development re-quires further radio transmission andthat the public interest, convenience ornecessity would be served by renewal ofsuch authorization.

§ 101.413 Developmental report re-quired.

(a) Upon completion of the programof research and development, or, in anyevent, upon the expiration of the in-strument of station authorizationunder which such investigations werepermitted, or at such times during theterm of the station authorization asthe Commission may deem necessaryto evaluate the progress of the devel-opmental program, the licensee mustsubmit, in duplicate, a comprehensivereport on the following items, in theorder designated:

(1) Report on the various phases ofthe project which were investigated;

(2) Total number of hours of oper-ation on each frequency assigned;

(3) Copies of any publication on theproject;

(4) Detailed analysis of the result ob-tained; and

(5) Any other pertinent information.(b) In addition to the information re-

quired by paragraph (a) of this section,the developmental report of a stationauthorized for the development of aproposed radio service must includecomprehensive information on the fol-lowing items:

(1) Probable public support and meth-ods of its determination;

(2) Practicability of service oper-ations;

(3) Interference encountered;(4) Pertinent information relative to

merits of the proposed service;(5) Propagation characteristics of fre-

quencies used, particularly with re-spect to the service objective;

(6) Frequencies believed to be moresuitable and reasons therefor; and

(7) Type of signals or communica-tions employed in the experimentalwork.

(c) Developmental reports will bemade a part of the Commission’s publicrecords, except upon the applicant’sspecific request for confidentiality andCommission approval in accordancewith § 0.459 of this chapter. Informationdetermined confidential by the Com-mission will not be publicly disclosed.

Subpart G—Digital ElectronicMessage Service

§ 101.501 Eligibility.In that DEMS operations will be

transitioned to the 24 GHz band, appli-cations for new facilities using the 18GHz channels identified in § 101.147(r)(9)are not acceptable for filing as of June5, 1997.

[62 FR 24583, May 6, 1997]

§ 101.503 Digital Electronic MessageService Nodal Stations.

DEMS Nodal Stations may be au-thorized only as a part of an integratedcommunication system wherein DEMSUser Stations associated therewithalso are licensed to the DEMS NodalStation licensee. Applications forDEMS Nodal Station licenses shouldspecify the maximum number of DEMSUser Stations to be served by thatnodal station. Any increase in that


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number must be applied for pursuantto § 101.15.

§ 101.505 Frequencies.Frequencies, and the conditions on

which they are available, for DEMS op-erations are contained in this subpartas well as in § 101.147(r)(9) of subpart Cof this part.

[62 FR 24583, May 6, 1997]

§ 101.507 Frequency stability.The frequency stability in the 17,700–

19,700 and 24,250–25,250 MHz bands mustbe ± 0.001% for each DEMS Nodal Sta-tion transmitter and ± 0.003% for eachDEMS User Station transmitter.

[62 FR 24583, May 6, 1997]

§ 101.509 Interference protection cri-teria.

(a) All harmful interference to otherusers and blocking of adjacent channeluse in the same city and cochannel usein nearby Standard Metropolitan Sta-tistical Areas is prohibited. In areaswhere SMSA’s are in close proximity,careful consideration should be givento minimum power requirements andto the location, height, and radiationpattern of the transmitting antenna.Licensees and applicants are expectedto cooperate fully in attempting to re-solve problems of potential inter-ference before bringing the matter tothe attention of the Commission.

(b) As a condition for use of fre-quencies in this service each carrier isrequired to:

(1) Engineer the system to be reason-ably compatible with adjacent channeloperations in the same city; and

(2) Cooperate fully and in good faithto resolve whatever potential inter-ference and transmission security prob-lems may be present in adjacent chan-nel operation.

(c) The following interference stud-ies, as appropriate, must be included inDEMS Nodal Station applications tothe extent they are provided for in thissubpart:

(1) An analysis of the potential forharmful interference with other sta-tions if the coordinates of any proposedstation are located within 80 kilo-meters (50 miles) of the coordinates ofany authorized, or previously proposed

station(s) that utilizes, or would uti-lize, the same frequency or an adjacentpotentially interfering frequency; and

(2) An analysis concerning possibleadverse impact upon Canadian commu-nications if the station’s transmittingantenna is to be located within 55 kilo-meters (35 miles) of the Canadian bor-der.

(d) In addition a copy of the inter-ference analysis submitted in responseto paragraph (c)(1) of this section mustbe served on all applicants and/orgrantees concerned within 5 days of itssubmission to the Commission.


§ 101.511 Purpose and permissibleservice.

(a) The DEMS is intended to providefor the exchange of digital informationamong and between subscribers usingone or more DEMS Systems.

(b) Unless otherwise directed or con-ditioned in the applicable instrumentof authorization, DEMS may be used toexchange any type of digital informa-tion consistent with the Commission’sRules and the applicable tariff of thecarrier.

(c) The carrier’s tariff must fully de-scribe the parameters of the service tobe provided, including the degree ofcommunications security a subscribercan expect in ordinary service.

§ 101.513 Transmitter power.The transmitter power will be gov-

erned by § 101.113. Further, each appli-cation must contain an analysis dem-onstrating compliance with § 101.113(a).

§ 101.515 Emissions and bandwidth.Different types of emissions may be

authorized if the applicant describesfully the modulation and bandwidth de-sired, and demonstrates that the band-width desired is no wider than neededto provide the intended service. In noevent, however, may the necessary oroccupied bandwidth exceed the speci-fied channel width of the assigned pair.

§ 101.517 Antennas.(a) Transmitting antennas may be

omnidirectional or directional, consist-ent with coverage and interference re-quirements.


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(b) The use of horizontal or verticalplane wave polarization, or right handor left hand rotating elliptical polar-ization must be used to minimizeharmful interference between stations.

(c) Directive antennas must be usedat all DEMS User Stations and may beelevated no higher than necessary toassure adequate service. Antennastructures requiring FAA notificationunder part 17 of this chapter must beregistered with the Commission. Thestructure owner is responsible for reg-istering, painting, and lighting thestructure if applicable. Requests forsuch authorization must show the in-clusive dates of the proposed operation.

§ 101.519 Interconnection.(a) All DEMS licensees must make

available to the public all informationnecessary to allow the manufacture ofuser equipment that will be compatiblewith the licensee’s network.

(b) All DEMS licensees must makeavailable to the public all informationnecessary to allow interconnection ofDEMS networks.

§ 101.521 Spectrum utilization.All applicants for DEMS frequencies

must submit as part of the original ap-plication a detailed plan indicatinghow the bandwidth requested will beutilized. In particular the applicationmust contain detailed descriptions ofthe modulation method, the channeltime sharing method, any error detect-ing and/or correcting codes, any spatialfrequency reuse system and the totaldata throughput capacity in each ofthe links in the system. Further, theapplication must include a separateanalysis of the spectral efficiency in-cluding both information bits per unitbandwidth and the total bits per unitbandwidth.

Subpart H—Private OperationalFixed Point-to-Point Micro-wave Service

§ 101.601 Eligibility.Any person, or any governmental en-

tity or agency, eligible for licensing ina radio service or pool under part 80, 87,or 90 of this chapter or any person pro-posing to provide communications

service to such persons, governmentalentities or agencies is eligible to hold alicense under this subpart.

[62 FR 18936, Apr. 17, 1997]

EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: At 62 FR 18936, Apr.17, 1997, § 101.601 was revised, effective Oct. 17,1997. For the convenience of the user, the su-perseded text is set forth as follows:

§ 101.601 EligibilityAny person, or any governmental entity or

agency, eligible for licensing in a radio serv-ice under parts 80, 87, or 90 of this chapter orany person proposing to provide communica-tions service to such persons, governmentalentities or agencies is eligible to hold a li-cense under this subpart.

§ 101.603 Permissible communications.(a) Except as provided in paragraph

(b) of this section, stations in thisradio service may transmit commu-nications as follows:

(1) On frequencies below 21,200 MHz,licensees may transmit their own com-munications, including the trans-mission of their products and informa-tion services, to their customers exceptthat the distribution of video enter-tainment material to customers is per-mitted only as indicated in § 101.101 andparagraph (a)(2) of this section.

(2) In the frequency bands 6425–6525MHz, 18,142–18,580 MHz and on fre-quencies above 21,200 MHz, licenseesmay deliver any of their own productsand services to any receiving location;

(3) Licensees may transmit the com-munications of their parent corpora-tion, or of another subsidiary of thesame parent, or their own subsidiarywhere the party to be served is regu-larly engaged in any of the activitiesthat constitute the basis for eligibilityto use the frequencies assigned;

(4) Licensees may transmit the com-munications of other parties in accord-ance with § 101.135;

(5) Licensees may transmit emer-gency communications unrelated totheir activities in accordance with§ 101.205;

(6) Licensees may transmit commu-nications on a commercial basis to eli-gible users, among different premisesof a single eligible user, or from one el-igible user to another as part of trans-missions by Digital Electronic MessageService systems on the frequencies pro-vided for this purpose;


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(7) Licensees may transmit programmaterial from one location to another,provided that the frequencies do notserve as the final RF link in the chainof distribution of the program materialto broadcast stations;

(b) Stations licensed in this radioservice shall not:

(1) Render a common carrier commu-nications service of any kind;

(2) Transmit program material foruse in connection with broadcasting,except as provided in paragraphs (a)(2),and (a)(7)) of this section; and/or

(3) Be used to provide the final RFlink in the chain of transmission ofprogram material to cable televisionsystems, multipoint distribution sys-tems or master antenna TV systems,except in the frequency bands 6425–6525and 18,142–18,580 MHz and on fre-quencies above 21,200 MHz.

Subpart I—Common Carrier FixedPoint-to-Point Microwave Service

§ 101.701 Eligibility.(a) Authorizations for stations in this

service will be issued to existing andproposed common carriers. Applica-tions will be granted only in cases inwhich it is shown that:

(1) The applicant is legally, tech-nically, financially and otherwisequalified to render the proposed serv-ice;

(2) There are frequencies available toenable the applicant to render a satis-factory service; and

(3) The public interest, convenience,and necessity would be served by agrant thereof.

(b) If the content is originated, se-lected, controlled, or otherwise sub-stantively influenced by the applicant,licensee, or a closely affiliated entity,no station or radio frequency in thisservice will be authorized, or may beutilized, to transmit any closed circuittelevision signals or television signalsother than broadcast television signals,unless:

(1) Such service is otherwise per-mitted for a specific length of time bygrant of an acceptable petition forwaiver of this rule; or

(2) Such service is otherwise per-mitted by a condition in the applicableinstrument of authorization; or

(3) Such service is provided pursuantto applicable FCC tariff and is tem-porary and occasional intra-companytelevision communication for manage-ment, network supervision, or other in-ternal carrier functions. For purposesof this paragraph, an entity will beconsidered to be ‘‘closely affiliated’’with an applicant if it is in a parent-subsidiary relationship, or both arecommonly controlled, or they have anycommon officers or management em-ployees.

(c) Applications for stations or fre-quencies that will be used primarily torelay broadcast television signals mustinclude a demonstration (including ap-propriate system diagrams and tables)that at least fifty percent of the cus-tomers (or points of service) on themicrowave system involved, includingthose served through an interconnect-ing carrier(s), receiving applicant’sservice, will not be related or affiliatedin any degree with the applicant, andthat the proposed usage by such cus-tomers, in terms of hours of use andchannels delivered, must constitute atleast fifty percent of the usage of theapplicant’s microwave service. Applica-tions that do not contain these dem-onstrations will be returned as unac-ceptable for filing.

§ 101.703 Permissible communications.Stations in this service are author-

ized to render any kind of communica-tion service provided for in the legallyapplicable tariffs of the carrier, unlessotherwise directed in the applicable in-strument of authorization or limitedby § 101.147 or §§ 101.111 and 101.113.

§ 101.705 Renewal of station licenses.(a) An application for renewal of a

station license in the Common CarrierFixed Point-to-Point Microwave Serv-ice primarily used to relay televisionsignals must contain:

(1) A statement that such use com-plies with § 101.701(b); and

(2) The demonstration required by§ 101.701(c). Applications that do notcontain these items as appropriate willbe returned as unacceptable for filing.

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a statement showing compliance with§ 101.103(c) or the exceptions recognizedin paragraph 141 of the ‘‘First Reportand Order’’ in Docket No. 18920 (29 FCC2d 870). (This document is available at:Federal Communications Commission,Library (Room 639), 1919 M Street, NW.,Washington, DC.) If not in compliance,a complete statement with the reasonstherefor must be submitted.

Subpart J—Local TelevisionTransmission Service

§ 101.801 Eligibility.Authorizations for stations in this

service will be granted to existing andproposed communication common car-riers. Applications will be granted onlyin cases where it is shown that:

(a) The applicant is legally, finan-cially, technically and otherwise quali-fied to render the proposed service;

(b) There are frequencies available toenable the applicant to render a satis-factory service; and

(c) The public interest, convenienceor necessity would be served by a grantthereof.

§ 101.803 Frequencies.(a) Frequencies in the following

bands are available for assignment totelevision pickup and television non-broadcast pickup stations in this serv-ice:

6,425 to 6,525 MHz. (6)11,700 to 12,200 MHz. (3)13,200 to 13,250 MHz. (1)14,200 to 14,400 MHz.21,200 to 22,000 MHz. (1), (2), (4), (5)22,000 to 23,600 MHz. (1), (2), (5)31,000 to 31,300 MHz. (7)

Notes

(1) This frequency band is shared with fixedand mobile stations licensed under this andother parts of the Commission’s Rules.

(2) This frequency band is shared with Gov-ernment stations.

(3) This frequency band is shared, on a sec-ondary basis, with stations in the broadcast-ing-satellite and fixed-satellite services.

(4) This frequency band is shared with sta-tions in the earth-exploration satellite serv-ice.

(5) Assignments to common carriers in thisband are normally made in the segments21,200–21,800 MHz and 22,400–23,800 MHz and tooperational fixed users in the segments

21,800–22,400 MHz and 23,000–23,600 MHz. As-signments may be made otherwise only upona showing that interference free frequenciesare not available in the normally assignedband segments. The maximum power for thelocal television transmission service in the14.2–14.4 GHz band is +45 dBW except that op-erations are not permitted within 1.5 degreesof the geostationary orbit.

(6) This band is co-equally shared with mo-bile stations licensed pursuant to parts 74and 78 of this chapter, and subpart H of thispart.

(7) As of June 30, 1997, frequencies in theseband only are available for assignment toLMDS radio stations. Stations authorizedprior to that date may continue to operatewithin the existing terms of the outstandinglicenses, subject to renewal.

(b) Communications common carriersin the Local Television TransmissionService may be assigned frequencieslisted in §§ 74.602(a), 78.18(a)(7) and78.18(a)(8) of this chapter to provideservice to television broadcast sta-tions, television broadcast network-en-tities, cable system operators and cablenetwork-entities. Frequency availabil-ity is subject to the provisions of§ 74.604 of this chapter and the use ofthe facility is limited to the permis-sible uses described in §§ 74.631 and 78.11of this chapter. Operations on thesefrequencies are subject to the technicalprovisions of part 74, subpart F, andpart 78, subpart D of this chapter.

(c) [Reserved](d) Frequencies in the following

bands are available for assignment totelevision STL stations in this service:

3,700 to 4,200 MHz (1)5,925 to 6,425 MHz (1),(5)10,700 to 11,700 MHz (1),(6)13,200 to 13,250 MHz (2)21,200 to 22,000 MHz (2),(4),(7),(8)22,000 to 23,600 MHz (2),(6),(8)31,000 to 31,300 MHz (9)

Notes

(1) This frequency band is shared with sta-tions in the Point to Point Microwave RadioService and, in United States Possessions inthe Caribbean area, with stations in theInternational Fixed RadiocommunicationsServices.

(2) This frequency band is shared with fixedand mobile stations licensed under this andother parts of the Commission’s rules.

(3) This frequency band is shared withspace stations (space to earth) in the fixed-satellite service.

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(5) This frequency band is shared withearth stations (earth to space) in the fixed-satellite services.

(6) The band segments 10.95–11.2 and 11.45–11.7 GHz are shared with space stations(space to earth) in the fixed-satellite service.

(7) This frequency band is shared withspace stations (space to earth) in the earthexploration satellite service.

(8) Assignments to common carriers in thisband are normally made in the segments21,200–21,800 MHz and 22,400–23,000 MHz and tooperational fixed users in the segments21,800–22,400 MHz and 23,000–23,600 MHz. As-signments may be made otherwise only upona showing that interference free frequenciesare not available in the appropriate bandsegments.

(9) As of June 30, 1997, frequencies in theseband only are available for assignment toLMDS radio stations. Stations authorizedprior to that date may continue to operatewithin the existing terms of the outstandinglicenses, subject to renewal.

(e) On the condition that harmful in-terference will not be caused to serv-ices operating in accordance with theTable of Frequency Allocations, per-sons holding valid station authoriza-tions on July 15, 1963, to provide tele-vision nonbroadcast pickup service inthe 6525–6575 MHz band may be author-ized to continue use of the frequenciesspecified in their authorization forsuch operations until July 15, 1968.

(f) 6425 to 6525 MHz—Mobile Only.Paired and un-paired operations per-mitted. Use of this spectrum for directdelivery of video programs to the gen-eral public or for multi-channel cabledistribution is not permitted. Thisband is co-equally shared with mobilestations licensed pursuant to parts 74and 78 of this chapter. The followingchannel plans apply.

(1) 1 MHz maximum authorized band-width channels.


transmit)(MHz)

6425.5 ................................................................ 6475.56450.5 ................................................................ 6500.5

(2) 8 MHz maximum authorized band-width channels.


transmit)(MHz)

6430.0 ................................................................ 6480.06438.0 ................................................................ 6488.06446.0 ................................................................ 6596.06455.0 ................................................................ 6505.0


transmit)(MHz)

6463.0 ................................................................ 6513.06471.0 ................................................................ 6521.0

(3) 25 MHz maximum authorizedbandwidth channels.


transmit)(MHz)

6437.5 ................................................................ 6487.56462.5 ................................................................ 6512.5

(g) The frequency 27.255 MHz in the27.23–27.28 MHz band is allocated for as-signment to microwave auxiliary sta-tions in this service on a shared basiswith other radio services. Assignmentsto stations on this frequency will notbe protected from such interference asmay be experienced from the emissionsof industrial, scientific and medicalequipment operating on 27.12 MHz inaccordance with § 2.106 of this chapter.


§ 101.805 Assignment of frequencies tomobile stations.

The assignment of frequencies to mo-bile stations in this service will not belimited to a single licensee within anyarea. However, geographical limitswithin which mobile units may operatemay be imposed by the Commission.

§ 101.807 Transmitter power.Stations in this service will not be

authorized to use transmitters havinga rated power output in excess of thelimits set forth in § 101.113(b) and astandby transmitter having a ratedpower output in excess of that of themain transmitter with which it is asso-ciated will not be authorized.

§ 101.809 Bandwidth and emission lim-itations.

(a) Stations in this service operatingon frequencies in the 27.23–27.28 MHzband will be authorized to employ onlyamplitude modulated or frequencymodulated emission forradiotelephony. The authorization touse such emissions will be construed toinclude authority to employunmodulated emission only for tem-porary or short periods necessary for


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equipment testing incident to the con-struction and maintenance of the sta-tion.

(b) Stations in the service operatingon frequencies above 940 MHz may beauthorized to use amplitude modu-lated, frequency modulated or pulsetype of emission for radiotelephonyand television. In addition, the use ofunmodulated emission may be author-ized in appropriate cases.

(c) The maximum bandwidths whichwill normally be authorized for singlechannel operation on frequencies below500 MHz in this service must not exceedthe limits set forth below:

Type of emissionAuthorizedbandwidth

(kHz)

A3E .................................................................... 8F3E or (G3E) ..................................................... 40

(d) Maximum bandwidths in the fol-lowing frequency bands must not ex-ceed the limits set forth below:


Maximumauthorizedbandwidth

(MHz)

3,700 to 4,200 ................................................... 205,925 to 6,425 ................................................... 306,425 to 6,525 ................................................... 2510,700 to 12,200 ............................................... 4013,200 to 13,250 ............................................... 2522,000 to 23,600 ............................................... 100

(e) The bandwidths authorized on fre-quencies above 500 MHz must be appro-priate to the type of operation in anyparticular case. An application re-questing such authorization must fullydescribe the modulation, emission, andbandwidth desired and must specify thebandwidth to be occupied.

§ 101.811 Modulation requirements.(a) The use of modulating frequencies

higher than 3000 hertz for single chan-nel radiotelephony or tone signaling onfrequencies below 500 MHz is not au-thorized.

(b) When amplitude modulation isused, the modulation percentage mustbe sufficient to provide efficient com-munication and must normally bemaintained above 70 percent on posi-tive peaks, but may not exceed 100 per-cent on negative peaks.

(c) When phase or frequency modula-tion is used for single channel

radiotelephony on frequencies below500 MHz, the deviation arising frommodulation may not exceed plus orminus 15 kHz from the unmodulatedcarrier.

(d) Each unmultiplexed radio-telephone transmitter having morethan 3 watts plate power input to thefinal radio frequency stage and ini-tially installed at the station in thisservice after September 4, 1956, must beprovided with a device that will auto-matically prevent modulation in excessof that specified in paragraphs (b) and(c) of this section which may be causedby greater than normal audio level.

§ 101.813 Remote control operation ofmobile television pickup stations.

(a) Mobile television pickup stations(including nonbroadcast) may be oper-ated by remote control from the fixedlocations for periods not to exceed 6months.

(b) The Commission may, upon ade-quate showing by the licensee as towhy the television pickup operationsshould not be conducted under a fixedstation authorization, renew the au-thority granted under the provisions ofparagraph (a) of this section.

(c) Reference should be made to§ 101.125 concerning mobile station an-tenna height restrictions and to para-graphs (c) and (f) of § 101.131 concerningcontrol points.

§ 101.815 Stations at temporary fixedlocations.

(a) Authorizations may be issuedupon proper application for the use offrequencies listed in § 101.803 by sta-tions in the Local Television Trans-mission Service for rendition of tem-porary service to subscribers under thefollowing conditions:

(1) When a fixed station is to remainat a single location for less than 6months, the location is considered tobe temporary. Services that are ini-tially known to be of longer than 6months’ duration may not be providedunder a temporary fixed authorizationbut rendered pursuant to a regular li-cense.

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from such location for more than sixmonths, application FCC Form 494 fora station authorization to specify thepermanent location must be filed atleast thirty days prior to the expira-tion of the six month period.

(3) The station must be used only forrendition of communication service ata remote point where the provision ofwire facilities is not practicable.

(4) The antenna structure height em-ployed at any location may not exceedthe criteria set forth in § 17.7 of thischapter unless, in each instance, au-thorization for use of a specific maxi-mum antenna structure height for eachlocation has been obtained from theCommission prior to erection of the an-tenna. See § 101.125.

(5) Applications for such stationsmust comply with the provisions of§ 101.713.

(b) Applications for authorizations tooperate stations at temporary loca-tions under the provisions of this sec-tion may be made upon FCC Form 494.Blanket applications may be submittedfor the required number of transmit-ters.

(c) Prior coordination of mobile as-signments will be in accordance withthe procedures in § 101.103(d) exceptthat the prior coordination process formobile (temporary fixed) assignmentsmay be completed orally and the pe-riod allowed for response to a coordina-tion notification may be less than 30days if the parties agree.

§ 101.817 Notification of station oper-ation at temporary locations.

(a) The licensee of stations author-ized pursuant to § 101.813 must notifythe Commission prior to each period ofoperation. This notification may beoral or written and must include:

(1) The call sign, manufacturer’sname, type or model number, outputpower and specific location of thetransmitter(s);

(2) The maintenance location for thetransmitter;

(3) The location of the transmittingor receiving station with which it willcommunicate and the identity of thecorrespondent operating such facili-ties;

(4) The exact frequency or fre-quencies to be used;

(5) The public interest, convenienceand necessity to be served by operationof the proposed installation;

(6) The commencement and antici-pated termination dates of operationfrom each location. In the event the ac-tual termination date differs from theprevious notification, written noticethereof promptly must be given to theCommission;

(7) Where the notification con-templates initially a service that is tobe rendered for a period longer than 90days, the notification must contain ashowing as to why application shouldnot be made for regular authorization;and

(8) A notification must include com-pliance with the provisions of§ 101.813(c).

(b) A copy of the notification must bekept with the station license.

§ 101.819 Stations affected by coordi-nation contour procedures.

In frequency bands shared with thecommunication-satellite service, appli-cants must also comply with the re-quirements of § 101.21.

Subpart K [Reserved]

Subpart L—Local MultipointDistribution Service

SOURCE: 62 FR 23168, Apr. 29, 1997, unlessotherwise noted.

§ 101.1001 Eligibility.

Any entity, other than one precludedby § 101.7 and by § 101.1003, is eligible forauthorization to provide LocalMultipoint Distribution Service(LMDS) under this subpart. Authoriza-tion will be granted upon proper appli-cation filed under the rules in thispart.

§ 101.1003 LMDS eligibility restrictionsfor incumbent LECs and cable com-panies.

(a) Eligibility for LMDS license. Exceptas provided in paragraph (b) of this sec-tion, no incumbent LEC or incumbentcable company, as defined in paragraph


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(c) of this section, nor any entity own-ing an attributable interest in an in-cumbent LEC or incumbent cable com-pany, shall have an attributable inter-est in an LMDS license whose geo-graphic service area significantly over-laps such incumbent’s authorized orfranchised service area.

(1) Termination of restriction. This re-striction shall terminate three yearsfollowing June 30, 1997 unless the Com-mission extends its applicability basedon a determination that incumbentLECs or incumbent cable companiescontinue to have substantial marketpower in the provision of local teleph-ony or cable television services.

(2) Waiver of restriction. Upon comple-tion of the initial award of LMDS li-censes, an incumbent LEC or incum-bent cable company may petition for awaiver of the restriction on eligibilitybased upon a showing that the peti-tioner no longer has market power inits authorized or franchised servicearea as the result of the entry of newcompetitors, other than an LMDS li-censee, into such service area.

(b) Exception to eligibility restriction.The restriction set forth in paragraph(a) of this section shall not apply toany license for the 31,000–31,075 mega-hertz and 31,225–31,300 megahertz bandsof LMDS spectrum.

(c) Incumbent LECs and cable compa-nies defined. The terms incumbent LECand incumbent cable company shall bedefined as follows:

(1) Incumbent LEC. The term incum-bent local exchange carrier or incum-bent LEC shall be defined, in accord-ance with section 251(h) of the Commu-nications Act, to mean, with respect toan area, that:

(i) On February 8, 1996, the LEC pro-vided telephone exchange service insuch area and was deemed to be a mem-ber of the exchange carrier associationpursuant to § 69.601(b) of this chapter;or

(ii) Is a person or entity that, on orafter February 8, 1996, became a succes-sor or assign of a member described inparagraph (c)(1)(i) of this section; or

(iii) Is an entity, or a member of aclass or category of entities, that theCommission has determined under sec-tion 251(h)(2) of the Communications

Act to treat as a local exchange car-rier.

(2) Incumbent cable company. Theterm incumbent cable company meansa company that is franchised to pro-vide cable service and is not subject toeffective competition under the follow-ing definition of effective competitionin section 623(l) of the CommunicationsAct:

(i) Fewer than 30 percent of thehouseholds in the franchise area sub-scribe to the cable service of a cablesystem; or

(ii) The franchise area is:(A) Served by at least two unaffili-

ated multichannel video programmingdistributors each of which offers com-parable video programming to at least50 percent of the households in thefranchise area; and

(B) The number of households sub-scribing to programming services of-fered by multichannel video program-ming distributors other than the larg-est multichannel video programmingdistributor exceeds 15 percent of thehouseholds in the franchise area; or

(iii) A multichannel video program-ming distributor operated by the fran-chising authority for that franchisearea offers video programming to atleast 50 percent of the households ofthat franchise area; or

(iv) A local exchange carrier or its af-filiate (or any multichannel video pro-gramming distributor using the facili-ties of such carrier or its affiliate) of-fers video programming services di-rectly to subscribers by any means(other than direct-to-home satelliteservices) in the franchise area of an un-affiliated cable operator which is pro-viding cable service in that franchisearea, but only if the video program-ming services so offered in that areaare comparable to the video program-ming services provided by the unaffili-ated cable operator in that area.

(d) Significant overlap with authorizedor franchised service area. For purposesof paragraph (a) of this section, a sig-nificant overlap of an incumbent LEC’sor incumbent cable company’s author-ized or franchised service area occurswhen at least 10 percent of the popu-lation of the LMDS licensed servicearea, as determined by the 1990 censusfigures for the counties contained in


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such service area, is within the author-ized or franchised service area.

(e) Definition of attributable interest.For purposes of paragraph (a) of thissection, an entity shall be consideredto have an attributable interest in anincumbent LEC, incumbent cable com-pany, or LMDS licensee pursuant tothe following criteria:

(1) A controlling interest shall con-stitute an attributable interest. Con-trolling interest means majority vot-ing equity ownership, any general part-nership interest, or any means of ac-tual working control (including nega-tive control) over the operation of theentity, in whatever manner exercised.

(2) Partnership and similar ownershipinterests and any stock interestamounting to 20 percent or more of theequity, or outstanding stock or out-standing voting stock of an entity.

(3) Stock interests held in trust thatexceed the limit set forth in paragraph(e)(2) of this section shall constitute anattributable interest of any person whoholds or shares the power to vote suchstock, of any person who has the solepower to sell such stock, and, in thecase of stock held in trust, of any per-son who has the right to revoke thetrust at will or to replace the trusteeat will. If the trustee has a familial,personal, or extra-trust business rela-tionship to the grantor or the bene-ficiary, the stock interests held intrust shall constitute an attributableinterest of such grantor or beneficiary,as appropriate.

(4) Non-voting stock shall constitutean attributable interest in the issuingentity if it exceeds the limit set forthin paragraph (e)(2) of this section.

(5) Debt and interests such as war-rants and convertible debentures, op-tions, or other interests (except non-voting stock) with rights of conversionto voting interests shall not constituteattributable interests unless and untilconversion is effected.

(6) Limited partnership interestsamounting to 20 percent or more, cal-culated according to both the percent-age of equity paid in and the percent-age of distribution of profits and losses,shall constitute an attributable inter-est of each such limited partner.

(7) Officers and directors of an incum-bent LEC or incumbent cable company,

an LMDS licensee, or an entity thatcontrols such incumbent LEC, incum-bent cable company, or LMDS licensee,shall be considered to have an attrib-utable interest in such incumbent LEC,incumbent cable company, or LMDS li-censee.

(8) Ownership interests that are heldindirectly by any party through one ormore intervening corporations or otherentities shall be determined by succes-sive multiplication of the ownershippercentages for each link in the verti-cal ownership chain and application ofthe relevant attribution benchmark tothe resulting product, except that, ifthe ownership for any interest in anylink in the chain exceeds 50 percent orrepresents actual control, it shall betreated as if it were a 100 percent inter-est.

(9) Any person who manages the op-erations of an incumbent LEC or in-cumbent cable company or an LMDS li-censee pursuant to a managementagreement shall be considered to havean attributable interest in such incum-bent LEC, incumbent cable company orLMDS licensee, if such person or its af-filiate has authority to make decisionsor otherwise engage in practices or ac-tivities that determine, or signifi-cantly influence:

(i) The nature or types of services of-fered by such entity;

(ii) The terms upon which such serv-ices are offered; or

(iii) The prices charged for such serv-ices.

(10) Any person or its affiliate whoenters into a joint marketing arrange-ment with an incumbent LEC, an in-cumbent cable company, an LMDS li-censee, or an affiliate of such entity,shall be considered to have an attrib-utable interest in such incumbent LEC,incumbent cable company, LMDS li-censee, or affiliate, if such person or itsaffiliate has authority to make deci-sions or otherwise engage in practicesor activities that determine:

(i) The nature or types of services of-fered by such entity;

(ii) The terms upon which such serv-ices are offered; or

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(f) Divestiture. Any incumbent LEC orincumbent cable company, or any en-tity owning an attributable interest inan incumbent LEC or incumbent cablecompany, that would otherwise bebarred from participating in an LMDSauction by the eligibility restriction inparagraph (a) of this section, may be aparty to an LMDS application (i.e.,have an attributable interest in the ap-plicant), and such applicant will be eli-gible for an LMDS license, pursuant tothe divestiture procedures set forth inparagraphs (f)(1) through (f)(6) of thissection.

(1) Divestiture shall be limited to thefollowing prescribed means:

(i) An LMDS applicant holding an at-tributable interest in an incumbentLEC or incumbent cable company maydivest such interest in the incumbentLEC or cable company.

(ii) Other LMDS applicants disquali-fied under paragraph (a) of this section,will be permitted to:

(A) Partition and divest that portionof the existing authorized or franchisedservice area that causes it to exceedthe overlap restriction in paragraph (d)of this section, subject to applicableregulations of state and local govern-ments; or

(B) Partition and divest that portionof the LMDS geographic service areathat exceeds the overlap restriction inparagraph (d) of this section.

(iii) Divestiture may be to an interimtrustee if a buyer has not been securedin the required period of time, as longas the LMDS applicant has no interestin or control of the trustee and thetrustee may dispose of the license as itsees fit.

(2) The LMDS applicant shall certifyas an exhibit to its short form applica-tion that it and all parties to the appli-cation will come into compliance withparagraph (a) of this section.

(3) If such LMDS applicant is a suc-cessful bidder in an auction, it mustsubmit with its long-form application asigned statement describing its effortsto date and future plans to come intocompliance with the eligibility restric-tions in paragraph (a) of this section.

(4) If such an LMDS applicant is oth-erwise qualified, its application will begranted subject to a condition that theapplicant shall come into compliance

with the eligibility restrictions inparagraph (a) of this section, withinninety (90) days of final grant of suchLMDS license.

(5) An LMDS applicant will be con-sidered to have come into compliancewith paragraph (a) of this section if:

(i) In the case of the divestiture of aportion of an LMDS license, it has sub-mitted to the Commission an applica-tion for license assignment or transferof control of the requisite portion ofthe LMDS geographic service area.

(ii) In all other cases, it has submit-ted to the Commission a signed certifi-cation that it has come into compli-ance with paragraph (a) of this sectionby the following means, identified insuch certification:

(A) By divestiture of a disqualifyinginterest in an incumbent LEC or in-cumbent cable company, identified interms of the interest owned, the ownerof such interest (and, if such owner isnot the applicant itself, the relation-ship of the owner to the applicant), thename of the party to whom such inter-est has been divested, and the datesuch divestiture was executed; or

(B) By divestiture of the requisiteportion of the incumbent LEC’s or in-cumbent cable company’s existing au-thorized or franchised service area,identified in terms of the name of theparty to whom such interest has beendivested, the date such divestiture wasexecuted, the name of any regulatoryagency that must approve such divesti-ture, and the date on which an applica-tion was filed for this purpose with theregulatory agency.

(6) If no such certification or applica-tion is tendered to the Commissionwithin ninety (90) days of final grant ofthe initial license, the Commissionmay consider the short form certifi-cation and the long form divestiturestatement to be material, bad faithmisrepresentations and shall invokethe condition on the initial license,cancelling or rescinding it automati-cally, shall retain all monies paid tothe Commission, and, based on thefacts presented, shall take any otheraction it may deem appropriate.

NOTE TO § 101.1003: Waivers of § 101.1003(e)may be granted upon an affirmative showing:

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there is an unaffiliated single holder of a 50percent or greater voting interest;

2. That the interest holder is not likely toaffect the local market in an anticompeti-tive manner;

3. That the interest holder is not involvedin the operations of the licensee and does nothave the ability to influence the licensee ona regular basis; and

4. That grant of a waiver is in the publicinterest because the benefits to the public ofcommon ownership outweigh any potentialanticompetitive harm to the market.

§ 101.1005 Frequencies available.

(a) The following frequencies areavailable for assignment to LMDS intwo license blocks:

Block A of 1,150 MHz

27,500–28,350 MHz29,100–29,250 MHz31,075–31,225 MHz

Block B of 150 MHz

31,000–31,075 MHz31,225–31,300 MHz

(b) In Block A licenses, the fre-quencies are authorized as follows:

(1) 27,500–28,350 MHz is authorized ona primary protected basis and is sharedwith Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) sys-tems.

(2) 29,100–29,250 MHz is shared on a co-primary basis with feeder links fornon-geostationary orbit Mobile Sat-ellite Service (NGSO/MSS) systems inthe band and is limited to LMDS hub-to-subscriber transmissions, as pro-vided in § 25.257 and § 101.103(h).

(3) 31,075–31,225 MHz is authorized ona primary protected basis and is sharedwith private microwave point-to-pointsystems licensed prior to March 11,1997, as provided in § 101.103(b).

(c) In Block B licenses, the fre-quencies are authorized as follows:

(1) On a primary protected basis ifLMDS shares the frequencies with sys-tems licensed as Local TelevisionTransmission Service (LTTS) licensedprior to March 11, 1997, as provided in§ 101.103(b).

(2) On a co-equal basis with systemsnot licensed as LTTS prior to March 11,1997, as provided in § 101.103(g).

§ 101.1007 Geographic service areasand number of licenses.

LMDS service areas are Basic Trad-ing Areas (BTAs) as defined in theRand McNally 1992 Commercial Atlas &Marketing Guide, 123rd Edition, atpages 38–39, that identifies 487 BTAsbased on the 50 States and as defined toinclude the BTA-like areas of the Unit-ed States Virgin Islands, AmericanSamoa, Guam, Mayaguez/Aguadilla-Ponce, Puerto Rico, San Juan, PuertoRico, and the Commonwealth of North-ern Marinas, for a total of 493 BTAs.

§ 101.1009 System operations.

(a) The licensee may construct andoperate any number of fixed stationsanywhere within the area authorizedby the license without prior authoriza-tion, except as follows:

(1) A station would be required to beindividually licensed if:

(i) International agreements requirecoordination;

(ii) Submission of an EnvironmentalAssessment is required under § 1.1307 ofthis chapter.

(iii) The station would affect theradio quiet zones under § 101.123.

(2) Any antenna structure that re-quires notification to the Federal Avia-tion Administration (FAA) must beregistered with the Commission priorto construction under § 17.4 of thischapter.

(b) Whenever a licensee constructs ormakes system changes as described inparagraph (a) of this section, the li-censee is required to notify the Com-mission within 30 days of the changeunder § 101.61 and include a statementof the technical parameters of thechanged station.

§ 101.1011 Construction requirementsand criteria for renewal expect-ancy.

(a) LMDS licensees must make ashowing of ‘‘substantial service’’ intheir license area within ten years ofbeing licensed. ‘‘Substantial’’ service isdefined as service which is sound, fa-vorable, and substantially above a levelof mediocre service which might mini-mally warrant renewal. Failure by anylicensee to meet this requirement willresult in forfeiture of the license and


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the licensee will be ineligible to regainit.

(b) A renewal applicant involved in acomparative renewal proceeding shallreceive a preference, commonly re-ferred to as a renewal expectancy, thatis the most important comparative fac-tor to be considered in the proceedingas long as the applicant’s past recordfor the relevant license period dem-onstrates that:

(1) The renewal applicant has pro-vided ‘‘substantial’’ service during itspast license term; and

(2) The renewal applicant has sub-stantially complied with applicableFCC rules, policies, and the Commu-nications Act of 1934, as amended.

(c) In order to establish its right to arenewal expectancy, an LMDS renewalapplicant involved in a comparative re-newal proceeding must submit a show-ing explaining why it should receive arenewal expectancy. At a minimum,this showing must include:

(1) A description of its current serv-ice in terms of geographic coverage andpopulation served:

(2) An explanation of its record of ex-pansion, including a timetable of newconstruction to meet changes in de-mand for service:

(3) A description of its investments inits LMDS system; and

(4) Copies of all FCC orders findingthe licensee to have violated the Com-munications Act or any FCC rule orpolicy; and a list of any pending pro-ceedings that relate to any matter de-scribed in this paragraph.

(d) In making its showing of entitle-ment to a renewal expectancy, a re-newal applicant may claim credit forany system modification applicationsthat were pending on the date it filedits renewal application. Such creditwill not be allowed if the modificationapplication is dismissed or denied.

§ 101.1013 Permissible communica-tions services.

(a) Authorizations for stations in theLocal Multipoint Distribution Servicewill be granted to provide services on acommon carrier basis or a non-commoncarrier basis or on both a common car-rier and non-common carrier basis in asingle authorization.

(b) Stations may render any kind ofcommunications service consistentwith the Commission’s rules and theregulatory status of the station to pro-vide services on a common carrier ornon-common carrier basis.

(c) An applicant or licensee may sub-mit a petition at any time requestingclarification of the regulatory statusrequired to provide a specific commu-nications service.

§ 101.1015 Application form and con-tents.

(a) Applications for initial authoriza-tion are filed on FCC Form 175 in ac-cordance with Subpart M of this part,and part 1 of this chapter, subpart Q.FCC Form 600 is submitted subse-quently either by the winning bidder, ifan auction is held to decide among twoor more mutually exclusive applica-tions, or, in cases of no mutual exclu-sivity, by the sole applicant. Applica-tions to amend pending applicationsand to modify licenses are filed on FCCForm 600.

(b) Foreign ownership information. AllLMDS applicants will provide the in-formation requested on FCC Form 600to address all of the eligibility require-ments in § 101.7. All licensees will keepthe information updated.

§ 101.1017 Requesting regulatory sta-tus.

(a) Initial applications. An applicantwill specify on FCC Form 600 if it is re-questing authorization to provide serv-ices on a common carrier basis, a non-common carrier basis, or on both acommon carrier and non-common car-rier basis.

(b) Amendment of pending applications.(1) Any pending application may beamended to:

(i) Change the carrier status re-quested, or

(ii) Add to the pending request inorder to obtain both common carrierand non-common carrier status in asingle license.

(2) Amendments to change, or add to,the carrier status in a pending applica-tion are minor amendments filed under§ 101.29.

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(i) Change the carrier status author-ized, or

(ii) Add to the status authorized inorder to obtain both common carrierand non-common carrier status in asingle license.

(2) Applications to change, or add to,the carrier status in a license are modi-fications not requiring prior Commis-sion authorization filed under § 101.61.If the change results in the discontinu-ance, reduction, or impairment of anexisting service, the licensee is alsogoverned by § 101.305(b) or (c) and sub-mits the application under § 101.61 inconformance with the time frames andrequirements of § 101.305(b) or (c).

Subpart M—Competitive BiddingProcedures for LMDS

SOURCE: 62 FR 23172, Apr. 29, 1997, unlessotherwise noted.

§ 101.1101 LMDS service subject tocompetitive bidding.

Mutually exclusive initial applica-tions for LMDS licenses are subject tocompetitive bidding procedures. Theprocedures set forth in part 1, subpartQ, of this chapter will apply unless oth-erwise provided in this part.

§ 101.1102 Competitive bidding designfor LMDS.

The Commission will employ a simul-taneous multiple round auction designwhen choosing from among mutuallyexclusive initial applications to pro-vide LMDS, unless otherwise specifiedby the Wireless TelecommunicationsBureau before the auction.

§ 101.1103 Competitive bidding mecha-nisms.

(a) Sequencing. The Commission willestablish and may vary the sequence inwhich LMDS licenses are auctioned.

(b) Grouping. The Commission willdetermine which licenses will be auc-tioned simultaneously or in combina-tion based on interdependency and ad-ministrative circumstances.

(c) Minimum bid increments. The Com-mission may, by public announcementbefore or during an auction, requireminimum bid increments in dollar orpercentage terms.

(d) Stopping rules. The Commissionmay establish stopping rules before orduring an auction in order to termi-nate the auction within a reasonabletime.

(e) Activity rules. The Commissionmay establish activity rules which re-quire a minimum amount of biddingactivity. In the event that the Commis-sion establishes an activity rule in con-nection with a simultaneous multipleround auction, each bidder may requestwaivers of such rule during the auc-tion. The Commission may, by publicannouncement either before or duringthe auction, specify or vary the num-ber of waivers available to each bidder.

(f) Bid withdrawal, default and dis-qualification payments. The Commissionwill impose payments on bidders whowithdraw high bids during the courseof an auction, who default on paymentsdue after an auction terminates, orwho are disqualified. Payments will becalculated as set forth in §§ 1.2104(g)and 1.2109 of this chapter. When theamount of such a payment cannot bedetermined, a deposit of up to 20 per-cent of the amount bid on the licensewill be required.

(g) Tie bids. Where a tie bid occurs,the high bidder will be determined bythe order in which the bids were re-ceived by the Commission.

§ 101.1104 Bidding application (FCCForms 175 and 175–S).

Each applicant to participate in com-petitive bidding for LMDS licensesmust submit an application (FCCForms 175 and 175–S) pursuant to theprovisions of § 1.2105 of this chapter.

§ 101.1105 Submission of payments.(a) Each applicant to participate in

an LMDS auction will be required tosubmit an upfront payment in accord-ance with § 1.2106 of this chapter as an-nounced by the Wireless Telecommuni-cations Bureau by Public Notice.

(b) Winning bidders in LMDS auc-tions must submit a down payment tothe Commission in an amount suffi-cient to bring their total deposits up to20 percent of their winning bids withinten business days following the releaseof a Public Notice announcing the closeof the auction. Winning bidders mustpay the full balance of their winning


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bids within ten business days followingthe release of a Public Notice that theCommission is prepared to award thelicenses.

[62 FR 48794, Sept. 17, 1997]

EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: At 62 FR 48794,Sept. 17, 1997, § 101.1105 was revised, effectiveNov. 17, 1997. For the convenience of theuser, the superseded text is set forth as fol-lows:

§ 101.1105 Submission of payments.(a) Each applicant to participate in an

LMDS auction will be required to submit anupfront payment in accordance with § 1.2106of this chapter as announced by the WirelessTelecommunications Bureau by Public No-tice.

(b) Winning bidders in LMDS auctions, ex-cept those businesses meeting the definitionof small business or qualifying as a businesswith average gross revenues for the preced-ing three years of not more than $75 millionunder § 101.1112, must submit a down pay-ment to the Commission in an amount suffi-cient to bring their total deposits up to 20percent of their winning bids within tenbusiness days following the release of a Pub-lic Notice announcing the close of the auc-tion. Winning bidders, except those qualify-ing for installment payments, must pay thefull balance of their winning bids within tenbusiness days following the release of a Pub-lic Notice that the Commission is preparedto award the licenses.

(c) Winning bidders in LMDS auctions thatmeet the definition of small business or busi-nesses with average gross revenues for thepreceding three years of not more than $75million under § 101.1112 must submit a downpayment to the Commission in an amountsufficient to bring their total deposits up to10 percent of their winning bids within tenbusiness days following the release of a Pub-lic Notice announcing the close of the auc-tion, and up to 20 percent of their winningbids within ten business days of the releaseof a Public Notice that the Commission isprepared to award the licenses. The remain-ing 80 percent of the purchase price will thenbe subject to the installment financing pro-visions of § 101.1108.

§ 101.1106 Long-form application (FCCForm 600).

Each successful bidder for an LMDSlicense must submit a long-form appli-cation (FCC Form 600) within ten busi-ness days after being notified by PublicNotice that it is the winning bidder.Applications for LMDS on FCC Form600 must be submitted in accordancewith § 1.2107 of this chapter, all applica-ble procedures set forth in the rules in

this part, and any applicable PublicNotices that the Commission may issuein connection with an auction. After anauction, the Commission will not ac-cept long-form applications for LMDSlicenses from anyone other than theauction winners and parties seekingpartitioned licenses pursuant to agree-ments with auction winners under§ 101.1111 of this chapter.

§ 101.1107 Bidding credits for verysmall businesses, small businessesand entrepreneurs; unjust enrich-ment.

(a) A winning bidder that qualifies asa very small business or a consortiumof very small businesses pursuant to§ 101.1112 may use a bidding credit of 45percent to lower the cost of its winningbid.

(b) A winning bidder that qualifies asa small business or a consortium ofsmall businesses pursuant to § 101.1112may use a bidding credit of 35 percentto lower the cost of its winning bid.

(c) A winning bidder that qualifies asan entrepreneur or a consortium of en-trepreneurs pursuant to § 101.1112 mayuse a bidding credit of 25 percent tolower the cost of its winning bid.

(d) The bidding credits referenced inparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this sec-tion are not cumulative.

(e) Unjust enrichment. (1) A licenseethat utilizes a bidding credit, and thatduring the initial license term seeks toassign or transfer control of a licenseto an entity that does not meet the eli-gibility criteria for a bidding credit,will be required to reimburse the U.S.Government for the amount of the bid-ding credit, plus interest based on therate for ten year U.S. Treasury obliga-tions applicable on the date the licenseis granted, as a condition of Commis-sion approval of the assignment ortransfer. If, within the initial term ofthe license, a licensee that utilizes abidding credit seeks to assign or trans-fer control of a license to an entitythat is eligible for a lower biddingcredit, the difference between the bid-ding credit obtained by the assigningparty and the bidding credit for whichthe acquiring party would qualify, plusinterest based on the rate for ten yearU.S. Treasury obligations applicable onthe date the license is granted, must be


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paid to the U.S. Government as a con-dition of Commission approval of theassignment or transfer. If, within theinitial license term, a licensee that uti-lizes a bidding credit seeks to makeany ownership change that would re-sult in the licensee losing eligibilityfor a bidding credit (or qualifying for alower bidding credit), the amount ofthe bidding credit (or the difference be-tween the bidding credit originally ob-tained and the bidding credit for whichthe restructured licensee would qual-ify), plus interest based on the rate forten year U.S. Treasury obligations ap-plicable on the date the license isgranted, must be paid to the U.S. Gov-ernment as a condition of Commissionapproval of the ownership change.

(2) The amount of payments madepursuant to paragraph (e)(1) of this sec-tion will be reduced over time as fol-lows:

(i) A transfer in the first two years ofthe license term will result in a forfeit-ure of 100 percent of the value of thebidding credit (or the difference be-tween the bidding credit obtained bythe original licensee and the biddingcredit for which the post-transfer li-censee is eligible);

(ii) In year three of the license termthe payment will be 75 percent;

(iii) In year four of the license termthe payment will be 50 percent; and

(iv) In year five of the license termthe payment will be 25 percent, afterwhich there will be no required pay-ment.

[62 FR 48794, Sept. 17, 1997]


§ 101.1107 Bidding credits for small busi-nesses and entities with average grossrevenues of not more than $75 million.

(a) A winning bidder that qualifies as asmall business pursuant to § 101.1112 may usea bidding credit of 25 percent to lower thecost of its winning bid.

(b) A winning bidder that has average grossrevenues for the preceding three years ofmore than $40 million but not more than $75million pursuant to § 101.1112 may use a bid-ding credit of 15 percent to lower the cost ofits winning bid.

(c) The bidding credits referenced in para-graphs (a) and (b) of this section are not cu-mulative.

(d) Unjust enrichment. (1) A licensee thatutilizes a bidding credit, and that during theinitial license term seeks to assign or trans-fer control of a license to an entity that doesnot meet the eligibility criteria for a biddingcredit, will be required to reimburse the U.Sgovernment for the amount of the biddingcredit plus interest at the rate imposed forinstallment financing at the time the licensewas awarded, as a condition of Commissionapproval of the assignment or transfer. If,within the initial term of the license, a li-censee that utilizes a bidding credit seeks toassign or transfer control of a license to anentity that is eligible for a lower biddingcredit, the difference between the biddingcredit obtained by the assigning party andthe bidding credit for which the acquiringparty would qualify, plus interest at the rateimposed for installment financing at thetime the license was awarded, must be paidto the U.S. government as a condition ofCommission approval of the assignment ortransfer. If, within the initial license term, alicensee that utilizes a bidding credit seeksto make any ownership change that wouldresult in the licensee losing eligibility for abidding credit (or qualifying for a lower bid-ding credit), the amount of the bidding cred-it (or the difference between the biddingcredit originally obtained and the biddingcredit for which the restructured licenseewould qualify), plus interest at the rate im-posed for installment financing at the timethe license was awarded, must be paid to theU.S. government as a condition of Commis-sion approval of the ownership change.

(2) The amount of payments made pursu-ant to paragraph (d)(1) of this section will bereduced over time as follows:

(i) A transfer in the first two years of thelicense term will result in a forfeiture of 100percent of the value of the bidding credit (or,in the case of small businesses transferringto businesses having average gross revenuesof more than $40 million but not more than$75 million, 100 percent of the difference be-tween the bidding credit received by theformer and the bidding credit for which thelatter is eligible);

(ii) In year three of the license term thepayment will be 75 percent;

(iii) In year four the payment will be 50percent; and

(iv) In year five the payment will be 25 per-cent, after which there will be no requiredpayment.


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§ 101.1108 Installment payments for li-censes won by small businesses andentities with average gross reve-nues of not more than $75 million.

(a) A winning bidder that qualifies asa small business pursuant to § 101.1112must submit to the Commission a downpayment of 20 percent of the net auc-tion price for the license pursuant to§ 101.1105(c) and may pay the remaining80 percent of the net auction price forthe license in installment paymentsover the term of the license. Interestshall be imposed based on the rate forten-year U.S. Treasury obligations ap-plicable on the date the license isgranted, plus 2.5 percent. Paymentsshall include interest only for the firsttwo years and payments of interest andprincipal amortized over the remainingeight years of the license term.

(b) A winning bidder that has averagegross revenues for the three precedingyears of more than $40 million but notmore than $75 million pursuant to§ 101.1112 must submit to the Commis-sion a down payment of 20 percent ofthe net auction price for the licensepursuant to § 101.1105(c) and may paythe remaining 80 percent of the netauction price for the license in install-ment payments. Interest shall be im-posed based on the rate for ten-yearU.S. Treasury obligations applicable onthe date the license is granted, plus 2.5percent. Payment of interest and prin-cipal shall be amortized over the tenyears of the license term.

(c) Unjust enrichment. A licensee thatutilizes installment financing and thatseeks to assign or transfer control of alicense to an entity not meeting theeligibility standards for installmentpayments must pay not only unpaidprincipal but also any unpaid interestaccrued through the date of assign-ment or transfer as a condition of Com-mission approval. If a licensee that uti-lizes installment financing seeks to as-sign or transfer control of a license toan entity qualifying for a less favorableinstallment plan, its payment plan willbe adjusted to reflect the assignee’s ortransferee’s eligibility status as a con-dition of Commission approval of theassignment or transfer. If a licenseethat utilizes installment financingseeks to change its ownership struc-ture in such a way that would result in

a loss of eligibility for installment pay-ments, it must pay the unpaid prin-cipal and accrued interest as a condi-tion of Commission approval of thechange. If such a change in ownershipwould result in the licensee qualifyingfor a less favorable installment plan, itmust adjust its payment plan to reflectits new eligibility status as a conditionof Commission approval. A licenseemay not change its payment plan to amore favorable plan.

(d) Late installment payment. Any li-censee that submits a scheduled in-stallment payment more than fifteendays late will be charged a late pay-ment fee equal to five percent of theamount of the past due payment.

(e) Payments will be applied in thefollowing order: late charges, interestcharges, principal payments.

EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: At 62 FR 48795,Sept. 17, 1997, § 101.1108 was removed, effec-tive Nov. 17, 1997.

§ 101.1109 Certifications, disclosures,records maintenance and audits.

(a) Short-form applications: Certifi-cations and disclosure. In addition tocertifications and disclosures requiredin part 1, subpart Q, of this chapter,each applicant for an LMDS licensewhich qualifies as a very small busi-ness, small business or entrepreneurspursuant to § 101.1112 shall append thefollowing information as an exhibit toits short-form applications (FCC Form175):

(1) The identities of the applicant’saffiliates and controlling principals;and

(2) The applicant’s gross revenues,computed in accordance with § 101.1112.

(b) Long-form applications: Certifi-cations and disclosure. In addition to therequirements in § 1.2107 of this chapter,each applicant submitting a long-formapplication for an LMDS license andqualifying as a very small business,small business or entrepreneur pursu-ant to § 101.1112 shall, in an exhibit toits long-form application:

(1) Disclose separately and in the ag-gregate the gross revenues, computedin accordance with § 101.1112, for eachof the following: the applicant, the ap-plicant’s affiliates, the applicant’s con-trolling principals, and, if a consortium


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of very small businesses, small busi-nesses or entrepreneurs, the membersof the consortium;

(2) List and summarize all agree-ments or other instruments (with ap-propriate references to specific provi-sions in the text of such agreementsand instruments) that support the ap-plicant’s eligibility as a very smallbusiness, small business or entre-preneur, including the establishment ofde facto and de jure control; suchagreements and instruments include,but are not limited to, articles of in-corporation and bylaws, shareholderagreements, voting or other trustagreements, franchise agreements, andany other relevant agreements includ-ing letters of intent, oral or written;and

(3) List and summarize any investorprotection agreements, includingrights of first refusal, supermajorityclauses, options, veto rights, and rightsto hire and fire employees and to ap-point members to boards of directors ormanagement committees.

(c) Records maintenance. All winningbidders qualifying as very small busi-nesses, small businesses or entre-preneurs shall maintain at their prin-cipal place of business an updated fileof ownership, revenue, and asset infor-mation, including any document nec-essary to establish eligibility as a verysmall business, small business or entre-preneur. Licensees (and their succes-sors-in-interest) shall maintain suchfiles for the term of the license. Appli-cants that do not obtain the license(s)for which they applied shall maintainsuch files until the grant of such li-cense(s) is final, or one year from thedate of the filing of their short-formapplication (FCC Form 175), whicheveris earlier.

(d) Audits. (1) Applicants and licens-ees claiming eligibility as a very smallbusiness, small business or entre-preneur pursuant to § 101.1112 shall besubject to audits by the Commission.Selection for audit may be random, oninformation, or on the basis of otherfactors.

(2) Consent to such audits is part ofthe certification included in the short-form application (FCC Form 175). Suchconsent shall include consent to theaudit of the applicant’s or licensee’s

books, documents and other material(including accounting procedures andpractices) regardless of form or type,sufficient to confirm that such appli-cant’s or licensee’s representations are,and remain, accurate. Such consentshall include inspection at all reason-able times of the facilities, or partsthereof, engaged in providing andtransacting business, or keepingrecords regarding licensed LMDS serv-ice, and shall also include consent tothe interview of principals, employees,customers and suppliers of the appli-cant or licensee.

[62 FR 48795, Sept. 17, 1997]


§ 101.1109 Certifications, disclosures, recordsmaintenance and audits.

(a) Short-form applications: certifications anddisclosure. In addition to certifications anddisclosures required in part 1, subpart Q, ofthis chapter, each applicant for an LMDS li-cense which qualifies as a small business ora business with average gross revenues forthe three preceding years of more than $40million but not more than $75 million shallappend the following information as an ex-hibit to its FCC Form 175:

(1) The identity of the applicant’s affiliatesand controlling principals; and

(2) The applicant’s gross revenues, com-puted in accordance with § 101.1112.

(b) Long-form applications: certifications anddisclosure. In addition to the requirements in§ 1.2107 of this chapter, each applicant sub-mitting a long-form application for anLMDS license and qualifying as a small busi-ness or a business with average gross reve-nues for the three preceding years of morethan $40 million but not more than $75 mil-lion shall, in an exhibit to its long-form ap-plication:

(1) Disclose separately and in the aggre-gate the gross revenues, computed in accord-ance with § 101.1112, for each of the following:the applicant, the applicant’s affiliates, theapplicant’s controlling principals, and, if aconsortium of small businesses or businesseswith average gross revenues for the threepreceding years of more than $40 million butnot more than $75 million, the members ofthe joint venture;

(2) List and summarize all agreements orother instruments (with appropriate ref-erences to specific provisions in the text ofsuch agreements and instruments) that sup-port the applicant’s eligibility as a smallbusiness or a business with average gross


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revenues for the three preceding years ofmore than $40 million but not more than $75million, including the establishment of defacto and de jure control; such agreementsand instruments include, but are not limitedto, articles of incorporation and bylaws,shareholder agreements, voting or othertrust agreements, franchise agreements, andany other relevant agreements including let-ters of intent, oral or written; and

(3) List and summarize any investor pro-tection agreements, including rights of firstrefusal, supermajority clauses, options, vetorights, and rights to hire and fire employeesand to appoint members to boards of direc-tors or management committees.

(c) Records maintenance. All winning bid-ders qualifying as small businesses or busi-nesses with average gross revenues for thethree preceding years of more than $40 mil-lion but not more than $75 million shallmaintain at their principal place of businessan updated file of ownership, revenue, andasset information, including any documentnecessary to establish eligibility as a smallbusiness or business with average gross reve-nues for the three preceding years of morethan $40 million but not more than $75 mil-lion. Licensees (and their successors-in-in-terest) shall maintain such files for the termof the license. Applicants that do not obtainthe license(s) for which they applied shallmaintain such files until the grant of such li-cense(s) is final, or one year from the date ofthe filing of their short-form application(FCC Form 175), whichever is earlier.

(d) Audits. (1) Applicants and licenseesclaiming eligibility as a small business orbusiness with average gross revenues for thethree preceding years of more than $40 mil-lion but not more than $75 million shall besubject to audits by the Commission. Selec-tion for audit may be random, on informa-tion, or on the basis of other factors.

(2) Consent to such audits is part of thecertification included in the short-form ap-plication (FCC Form 175). Such consent shallinclude consent to the audit of the appli-cant’s or licensee’s books, documents andother material (including accounting proce-dures and practices) regardless of form ortype, sufficient to confirm that such appli-cant’s or licensee’s representations are, andremain, accurate. Such consent shall includeinspection at all reasonable times of the fa-cilities, or parts thereof, engaged in provid-ing and transacting business, or keepingrecords regarding licensed LMDS service,and shall also include consent to the inter-view of principals, employees, customers andsuppliers of the applicant or licensee.

§ 101.1110 Petitions to deny.

Procedures regarding petitions todeny long-form applications in the

LMDS service will be governed by§ 1.2108 (b) through (d) of this chapter.

§ 101.1111 Procedures for partitionedlicenses.

(a) LMDS licensees may apply to par-tition their licensed geographic servicearea or disaggregate their licensedspectrum.

(b) If partitioned licenses ordisaggregated licenses are being ap-plied for in conjunction with a li-cense(s) to be awarded through com-petitive bidding procedures—

(1) The applicable procedures for fil-ing short-form applications and forsubmitting upfront payments and downpayments contained in this chaptershall be followed by the applicant,which must disclose as part of itsshort-form application all parties toagreement(s) with or among entities topartition or disaggregate the licensepursuant to this section, if won at auc-tion. See § 1.2105(a)(2)(viii).

(2) Each entity that is a party to anagreement to partition the licenseshall file a long-form application forits respective, mutually agreed-upongeographic area or spectrum togetherwith the application for the remainderof the BTA or spectrum filed by theauction winner.

(c) If the partitioned or disaggregatedlicense is being applied for as a partialassignment of the license followinggrant of the initial license, request forauthorization for partial assignment ofa license shall be made pursuant to§ 101.115(f).

§ 101.1112 Definitions.

(a) Scope. The definitions in this sec-tion apply to §§ 101.1101 through101.1112, unless otherwise specified inthose sections.

(b) Very small business. A very smallbusiness is an entity that, togetherwith its affiliates and controlling prin-cipals, has average gross revenues forthe three preceding years of not morethan $15 million.

(c) Small business. A small business isan entity that, together with its affili-ates and controlling principals, has av-erage gross revenues for the three pre-ceding years of more than $15 millionbut not more than $40 million.


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(d) Entrepreneur. An entrepreneur isan entity that, together with its affili-ates and controlling principals, has av-erage gross revenues for the three pre-ceding years of more than $40 millionbut not more than $75 million.

(e) For purposes of determiningwhether an entity meets the definitionof very small business, small businessor entrepreneur, the gross revenues ofthe applicant, its affiliates and con-trolling principals shall be consideredon a cumulative basis and aggregated.

(f) Consortium. A consortium of verysmall businesses, small businesses orentrepreneurs is a conglomerate orga-nization formed as a joint venture be-tween or among mutually independentbusiness firms, each of which individ-ually satisfies the definition of a verysmall business, small business or entre-preneur. Each individual member mustestablish its eligibility as a very smallbusiness, small business or entre-preneur. Where an applicant (or li-censee) is a consortium of very smallbusinesses, small businesses or entre-preneurs, the gross revenues of eachbusiness shall not be aggregated.

(g) Gross revenues. Gross revenuesshall mean all income received by anentity, whether earned or passive, be-fore any deductions are made for costsof doing business (e.g., cost of goodssold), as evidenced by audited financialstatements for the relevant number ofmost recently completed calendaryears, or, if audited financial state-ments were not prepared on a calendar-year basis, for the most recently com-pleted fiscal years preceding the filingof the applicant’s short-form applica-tion (FCC Form 175). If an entity wasnot in existence for all or part of therelevant period, gross revenues shall beevidenced by the audited financialstatements of the entity’s predecessor-in-interest or, if there is no identifiablepredecessor-in-interest, unaudited fi-nancial statements certified by the ap-plicant as accurate. When an applicantdoes not otherwise use audited finan-cial statements, its gross revenues maybe certified by its chief financial offi-cer or its equivalent.

(h) Affiliate—(1) Basis for affiliation.An individual or entity is an affiliateof an applicant if such individual or en-tity:

(i) Directly or indirectly controls orhas the power to control the applicant;

(ii) Is directly or indirectly con-trolled by the applicant;

(iii) Is directly or indirectly con-trolled by a third party or parties whoalso control or have the power to con-trol the applicant; or

(iv) Has an ‘‘identity of interest’’with the applicant.

(2) Nature of control in determining af-filiation. (i) Every business concern isconsidered to have one or more partieswho directly or indirectly control orhave the power to control it. Controlmay be affirmative or negative and itis immaterial whether it is exercised solong as the power to control exists.

Example for paragraph (h)(2)(i). An appli-cant owning 50 percent of the voting stock ofanother concern would have negative powerto control such concern since such party canblock any action of the other stockholders.Also, the bylaws of a corporation may per-mit a stockholder with less than 50 percentof the voting stock to block any actionstaken by the other stockholders in the otherentity. Affiliation exists when the applicanthas the power to control a concern while atthe same time another person, or persons,are in control of the concern at the will ofthe party or parties with the power of con-trol.

(ii) Control can arise through stockownership; occupancy of director, offi-cer, or key employee positions; con-tractual or other business relations; orcombinations of these and other fac-tors. A key employee is an employeewho, because of her position in the con-cern, has a critical influence in or sub-stantive control over the operations ormanagement of the concern.

(iii) Control can arise through man-agement positions if the voting stockis so widely distributed that no effec-tive control can be established.

Example for paragraph (h)(2)(iii). In a cor-poration where the officers and directorsown various size blocks of stock totaling 40percent of the corporation’s voting stock,but no officer or director has a block suffi-cient to give him control or the power tocontrol and the remaining 60 percent is wide-ly distributed with no individual stockholderhaving a stock interest greater than 10 per-cent, management has the power to control.If persons with such management control ofthe other entity are controlling principals ofthe applicant, the other entity will bedeemed an affiliate of the applicant.


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(3) Identity of interest between andamong persons. Affiliation can arise be-tween or among two or more personswith an identity of interest, such asmembers of the same family or personswith common investments. In deter-mining if the applicant controls or iscontrolled by a concern, persons withan identity of interest will be treatedas though they were one person.

(i) Spousal affiliation. Both spousesare deemed to own or control or havethe power to control interests owned orcontrolled by either of them, unlessthey are subject to a legal separationrecognized by a court of competent ju-risdiction in the United States.

(ii) Kinship affiliation. Immediatefamily members will be presumed toown or control or have the power tocontrol interests owned or controlledby other immediate family members.In this context ‘‘immediate familymember’’ means father, mother, hus-band, wife, son, daughter, brother, sis-ter, father-or mother-in-law, son-ordaughter-in-law, brother-or sister-in-law, step-father or -mother, step-broth-er or -sister, step-son or -daughter, andhalf-brother or -sister. This presump-tion may be rebutted by showing that:

(A) The family members are es-tranged;

(B) The family ties are remote; or(C) The family members are not

closely involved with each other inbusiness matters.

Example for paragraph (h)(3)(ii). A owns acontrolling interest in Corporation X. A’ssister-in-law, B, has a controlling interest inan LMDS license application. Because A andB have a presumptive kinship affiliation, A’sinterest in Corporation X is attributable toB, and thus to the applicant, unless B rebutsthe presumption with the necessary showing.

(4) Affiliation through stock ownership.(i) An applicant is presumed to controlor have the power to control a concernif she owns or controls or has the powerto control 50 percent or more of its vot-ing stock.

(ii) An applicant is presumed to con-trol or have the power to control a con-cern even though he owns, controls, orhas the power to control less than 50percent of the concern’s voting stock,if the block of stock she owns, con-trols, or has the power to control islarge as compared with any other out-standing block of stock.

(iii) If two or more persons eachowns, controls or has the power to con-trol less than 50 percent of the votingstock of a concern, such minority hold-ings are equal or approximately equalin size, and the aggregate of these mi-nority holdings is large as comparedwith any other stock holding, the pre-sumption arises that each one of thesepersons individually controls or hasthe power to control the concern; how-ever, such presumption may be rebut-ted by a showing that such control orpower to control, in fact, does notexist.

(5) Affiliation arising under stock op-tions, convertible debentures, and agree-ments to merge. Stock options, convert-ible debentures, and agreements tomerge (including agreements in prin-ciple) are generally considered to havea present effect on the power to controlthe concern. Therefore, in making asize determination, such options, de-bentures, and agreements will gen-erally be treated as though the rightsheld thereunder had been exercised.However, neither an affiliate nor an ap-plicant can use such options and deben-tures to appear to terminate its con-trol over another concern before it ac-tually does so.

Example 1 for paragraph (h)(5). If companyB holds an option to purchase a controllinginterest in company A, which holds a con-trolling interest in an LMDS applicant, thesituation is treated as though company Bhad exercised its rights and had becomeowner of a controlling interest in companyA. The gross revenues of company B must betaken into account in determining the size ofthe applicant.

Example 2 for paragraph (h)(5). If a largecompany, BigCo, holds 70 percent (70 of 100outstanding shares) of the voting stock ofcompany A, who holds a controlling interestin an LMDS license applicant, and gives athird party, SmallCo, an option to purchase50 of the 70 shares owned by BigCo, BigCowill be deemed to be an affiliate of companyA, and thus the applicant, until SmallCo ac-tually exercises its options to purchase suchshares. In order to prevent BigCo from cir-cumventing the intent of the rule, which re-quires such options to be considered on afully diluted basis, the option is not consid-ered to have present effect in this case.

Example 3 for paragraph (h)(5). If companyA has entered into an agreement to mergewith company B in the future, the situationis treated as though the merger has takenplace.


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(6) Affiliation under voting trusts. (i)Stock interests held in trust shall bedeemed controlled by any person whoholds or shares the power to vote suchstock, to any person who has the solepower to sell such stock, and to anyperson who has the right to revoke thetrust at will or to replace the trusteeat will.

(ii) If a trustee has a familial, per-sonal or extra-trust business relation-ship to the grantor or the beneficiary,the stock interests held in trust will bedeemed controlled by the grantor orbeneficiary, as appropriate.

(iii) If the primary purpose of a vot-ing trust, or similar agreement, is toseparate voting power from beneficialownership of voting stock for the pur-pose of shifting control of or the powerto control a concern in order that suchconcern or another concern may meetthe Commission’s size standards, suchvoting trust shall not be consideredvalid for this purpose regardless ofwhether it is or is not recognized with-in the appropriate jurisdiction.

(7) Affiliation through common manage-ment. Affiliation generally arises whereofficers, directors, or key employeesserve as the majority or otherwise asthe controlling element of the board ofdirectors or the management (or both)of another entity.

(8) Affiliation through common facili-ties. Affiliation generally arises whereone concern shares office space, em-ployees, or other facilities (or any com-bination of the foregoing) with anotherconcern, particularly where such con-cerns are in the same or related indus-try or field of operations, or wheresuch concerns were formerly affiliated,and through these sharing arrange-ments one concern has control, or po-tential control, of the other concern.

(9) Affiliation through contractual rela-tionships. Affiliation generally ariseswhere one concern is dependent uponanother concern for contracts and busi-ness to such a degree that one concernhas control, or potential control.

(10) Affiliation under joint venture ar-rangements. A joint venture for size de-termination purposes is an associationof concerns or individuals (or both),with interests in any degree or propor-tion, formed by contract, express orimplied, to engage in and carry out a

single, specific business venture forjoint profit for which purpose theycombine their efforts, property, money,skill and knowledge, but not on a con-tinuing or permanent basis for con-ducting business generally. The deter-mination whether an entity is a jointventure is based upon the facts of thebusiness operation, regardless of howthe business operation may be des-ignated by the parties involved. Anagreement to share profits/losses pro-portionate to each party’s contributionto the business operation is a signifi-cant factor in determining whether thebusiness operation is a joint venture.

(11) Exclusion from affiliation coverage.For purposes of this section, Indiantribes or Alaska Regional or VillageCorporations organized pursuant to theAlaska Native Claims Settlement Act(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), or entities ownedand controlled by such tribes or cor-porations, are not considered affiliatesof an applicant (or licensee) that isowned and controlled by such tribes,corporations or entities, and that oth-erwise complies with the requirementsof this section, except that gross reve-nues derived from gaming activitiesconducted by affiliated entities pursu-ant to the Indian Gaming RegulatoryAct (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) will be count-ed in determining such applicant’s (orlicensee’s) compliance with the finan-cial requirements of this section, un-less such applicant establishes that itwill not receive a substantial unfaircompetitive advantage because signifi-cant legal constraints restrict the ap-plicant’s ability to access such grossrevenues.

[62 FR 48795, Sept. 17, 1997]


§ 101.1112 Definitions.(a) Scope. The definitions in this section

apply to §§ 101.1101 through 101.1112, unlessotherwise specified in those sections.

(b) Small business; consortium. (1) A smallbusiness is an entity that, together with itsaffiliates and controlling principals, has av-erage gross revenues for the three precedingyears of not more than $40 million.

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or qualifies as a business with average grossrevenues for the three preceding years ofmore than $40 million but not more than $75million, the gross revenues of the applicant,its affiliates and controlling principals shallbe considered on a cumulative basis and ag-gregated.

(3) Consortium. A consortium of small busi-nesses, or a consortium of businesses withaverage gross revenues for the three preced-ing years of more than $40 million but notmore than $75 million, is a conglomerate or-ganization formed as a joint venture betweenor among mutually independent businessfirms, each of which individually satisfiesthe definition of a small business or businesswith average gross revenues for the threepreceding years of more than $40 million butnot more than $75 million. Each individualmember must establish its eligibility as asmall business or business with averagegross revenues for the three preceding yearsof more than $40 million but not more than$75 million. Where an applicant (or licensee)is a consortium of small businesses or a con-sortium of businesses with average gross rev-enues for the three preceding years of morethan $40 million but not more than $75 mil-lion, the gross revenues of each businessshall not be aggregated.

(c) Gross revenues. Gross revenues shallmean all income received by an entity,whether earned or passive, before any deduc-tions are made for costs of doing business(e.g., cost of goods sold), as evidenced by au-dited financial statements for the relevantnumber of most recently completed calendaryears, or, if audited financial statementswere not prepared on a calendar-year basis,for the most recently completed fiscal yearspreceding the filing of the applicant’s short-form application (FCC Form 175). If an entitywas not in existence for all or part of the rel-evant period, gross revenues shall be evi-denced by the audited financial statementsof the entity’s predecessor-in-interest or, ifthere is no identifiable predecessor-in-inter-est, unaudited financial statements certifiedby the applicant as accurate. When an appli-cant does not otherwise use audited financialstatements, its gross revenues may be cer-tified by its chief financial officer or itsequivalent.

(d) Affiliate—(1) Basis for affiliation. An in-dividual or entity is an affiliate of an appli-cant if such individual or entity:

(i) Directly or indirectly controls or hasthe power to control the applicant, or

(ii) Is directly or indirectly controlled bythe applicant, or

(iii) Is directly or indirectly controlled bya third party or parties who also control orhave the power to control the applicant, or

(iv) Has an ‘‘identity of interest’’ with theapplicant.

(2) Nature of control in determining affili-ation. (i) Every business concern is consid-

ered to have one or more parties who di-rectly or indirectly control or have thepower to control it. Control may be affirma-tive or negative and it is immaterial whetherit is exercised so long as the power to controlexists.

Example for paragraph (d)(2)(i). An appli-cant owning 50 percent of the voting stock ofanother concern would have negative powerto control such concern since such party canblock any action of the other stockholders.Also, the bylaws of a corporation may per-mit a stockholder with less than 50 percentof the voting stock to block any actionstaken by the other stockholders in the otherentity. Affiliation exists when the applicanthas the power to control a concern while atthe same time another person, or persons,are in control of the concern at the will ofthe party or parties with the power of con-trol.

(ii) Control can arise through stock owner-ship; occupancy of director, officer, or keyemployee positions; contractual or otherbusiness relations; or combinations of theseand other factors. A key employee is an em-ployee who, because of her position in theconcern, has a critical influence in or sub-stantive control over the operations or man-agement of the concern.

(iii) Control can arise through manage-ment positions if the voting stock is so wide-ly distributed that no effective control canbe established.

Example for paragraph (d)(2)(iii). In a cor-poration where the officers and directorsown various size blocks of stock totaling 40percent of the corporation’s voting stock,but no officer or director has a block suffi-cient to give him control or the power tocontrol and the remaining 60 percent is wide-ly distributed with no individual stockholderhaving a stock interest greater than 10 per-cent, management has the power to control.If persons with such management control ofthe other entity are controlling principals ofthe applicant, the other entity will bedeemed an affiliate of the applicant.

(3) Identity of interest between and amongpersons. Affiliation can arise between oramong two or more persons with an identityof interest, such as members of the samefamily or persons with common investments.In determining if the applicant controls or iscontrolled by a concern, persons with anidentity of interest will be treated as thoughthey were one person.

(i) Spousal affiliation. Both spouses aredeemed to own or control or have the powerto control interests owned or controlled byeither of them, unless they are subject to alegal separation recognized by a court ofcompetent jurisdiction in the United States.

(ii) Kinship affiliation. Immediate familymembers will be presumed to own or controlor have the power to control interests ownedor controlled by other immediate family


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members. In this context ‘‘immediate familymember’’ means father, mother, husband,wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, father-ormother-in-law, son-or daughter-in-law,brother-or sister-in-law, step-father or -moth-er, step-brother or -sister, step-son or -daugh-ter, half-brother or -sister. This presumptionmay be rebutted by showing that:

(A) The family members are estranged,(B) The family ties are remote, or(C) The family members are not closely in-

volved with each other in business matters.Example for paragraph (d)(3)(ii). A owns a

controlling interest in Corporation X. A’ssister-in-law, B, has a controlling interest inan LMDS license application. Because A andB have a presumptive kinship affiliation, A’sinterest in Corporation X is attributable toB, and thus to the applicant, unless B rebutsthe presumption with the necessary showing.

(4) Affiliation through stock ownership. (i) Anapplicant is presumed to control or have thepower to control a concern if she owns orcontrols or has the power to control 50 per-cent or more of its voting stock.

(ii) An applicant is presumed to control orhave the power to control a concern eventhough he owns, controls, or has the powerto control less than 50 percent of the con-cern’s voting stock, if the block of stock sheowns, controls, or has the power to control islarge as compared with any other outstand-ing block of stock.

(iii) If two or more persons each owns, con-trols or has the power to control less than 50percent of the voting stock of a concern,such minority holdings are equal or approxi-mately equal in size, and the aggregate ofthese minority holdings is large as comparedwith any other stock holding, the presump-tion arises that each one of these persons in-dividually controls or has the power to con-trol the concern; however, such presumptionmay be rebutted by a showing that such con-trol or power to control, in fact, does notexist.

(5) Affiliation arising under stock options,convertible debentures, and agreements tomerge. Stock options, convertible debentures,and agreements to merge (including agree-ments in principle) are generally consideredto have a present effect on the power to con-trol the concern. Therefore, in making a sizedetermination, such options, debentures, andagreements will generally be treated asthough the rights held thereunder had beenexercised. However, neither an affiliate noran applicant can use such options and deben-tures to appear to terminate its control overanother concern before it actually does so.

Example 1 for paragraph (d)(5). If company Bholds an option to purchase a controlling in-terest in company A, who holds a controllinginterest in an LMDS application, the situa-tion is treated as though company B had ex-ercised its rights and had become owner of acontrolling interest in company A. The gross

revenues of company B must be taken intoaccount in determining the size of the appli-cant.

Example 2 for paragraph (d)(5). If a largecompany, BigCo, holds 70 percent (70 of 100outstanding shares) of the voting stock ofcompany A, who holds a controlling interestin an LMDS license application, and gives athird party, SmallCo, an option to purchase50 of the 70 shares owned by BigCo, BigCowill be deemed to be an affiliate of companyA, and thus the applicant, until SmallCo ac-tually exercises its options to purchase suchshares. In order to prevent BigCo from cir-cumventing the intent of the rule, which re-quires such options to be considered on afully diluted basis, the option is not consid-ered to have present effect in this case.

Example 3 for paragraph (d)(5). If companyA has entered into an agreement to mergewith company B in the future, the situationis treated as though the merger has takenplace.

(6) Affiliation under voting trusts. (i) Stockinterests held in trust shall be deemed con-trolled by any person who holds or shares thepower to vote such stock, to any person whohas the sole power to sell such stock, and toany person who has the right to revoke thetrust at will or to replace the trustee at will.

(ii) If a trustee has a familial, personal orextra-trust business relationship to thegrantor or the beneficiary, the stock inter-ests held in trust will be deemed controlledby the grantor or beneficiary, as appropriate.

(iii) If the primary purpose of a votingtrust, or similar agreement, is to separatevoting power from beneficial ownership ofvoting stock for the purpose of shifting con-trol of or the power to control a concern inorder that such concern or another concernmay meet the Commission’s size standards,such voting trust shall not be consideredvalid for this purpose regardless of whetherit is or is not recognized within the appro-priate jurisdiction.

(7) Affiliation through common management.Affiliation generally arises where officers,directors, or key employees serve as the ma-jority or otherwise as the controlling ele-ment of the board of directors or the man-agement (or both) of another entity.

(8) Affiliation through common facilities. Af-filiation generally arises where one concernshares office space, employees, or other fa-cilities (or any combination of the foregoing)with another concern, particularly wheresuch concerns are in the same or related in-dustry or field of operations, or where suchconcerns were formerly affiliated, andthrough these sharing arrangements oneconcern has control, or potential control, ofthe other concern.

(9) Affiliation through contractual relation-ships. Affiliation generally arises where oneconcern is dependent upon another concernfor contracts and business to such a degree


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that one concern has control, or potentialcontrol, of the other concern.

(10) Affiliation under joint venture arrange-ments. (i) A joint venture for size determina-tion purposes is an association of concerns orindividuals (or both), with interests in anydegree or proportion, formed by contract, ex-press or implied, to engage in and carry outa single, specific business venture for jointprofit for which purpose they combine theirefforts, property, money, skill and knowl-edge, but not on a continuing or permanentbasis for conducting business generally. Thedetermination whether an entity is a jointventure is based upon the facts of the busi-ness operation, regardless of how the busi-ness operation may be designated by the par-ties involved. An agreement to share profits/losses proportionate to each party’s con-tribution to the business operation is a sig-nificant factor in determining whether thebusiness operation is a joint venture.

(ii) The parties to a joint venture are con-sidered to be affiliated with each other.

(11) Exclusion from affiliation coverage. Forpurposes of paragraphs (b) and (d) of this sec-

tion, Indian tribes or Alaska Regional or Vil-lage Corporations organized pursuant to theAlaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), or entities owned andcontrolled by such tribes or corporations, arenot considered affiliates of an applicant (orlicensee) that is owned and controlled bysuch tribes, corporations or entities, andthat otherwise complies with the require-ments of paragraphs (b), except that grossrevenues derived from gaming activities con-ducted by affiliated entities pursuant to theIndian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C.2701 et seq.) will be counted in determiningsuch applicant’s (or licensee’s) compliancewith the financial requirements of paragraph(b) of this section, unless such applicant es-tablishes that it will not receive a substan-tial unfair competitive advantage becausesignificant legal constraints restrict the ap-plicant’s ability to access such gross reve-nues.

[62 FR 23172, Apr. 29, 1997, as amended at 62FR 28375, May 23, 1997]


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