FCC 101.1 Revised as of October 1, 2007
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Sec. 101.1 Scope and authority.
(a) Part 1 of the Commission's rules contains the general rules of practice
and procedure applicable to proceedings before the Commission and for the
filing of applications for radio station licenses in the fixed microwave
services.
(b) The purpose of the rules in this part is to prescribe the manner in
which portions of the radio spectrum may be made available for private
operational, common carrier, 24 GHz Service and Local Multipoint
Distribution Service fixed, microwave operations that require transmitting
facilities on land or in specified offshore coastal areas within the
continental shelf.
(c) The rules in this part are issued pursuant to the authority contained in
Titles I through III of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, which
vest authority in the Federal Communications Commission to regulate common
carriers of interstate and foreign communications, to regulate radio
transmissions and issue licenses for radio stations, and to regulate all
interstate and foreign communications by wire and radio necessary to the
accomplishment of the purposes of the Act.
[ 61 FR 26677 , May 28, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 23163 , Apr. 29, 1997; 63 FR 68981 , Dec. 14, 1998; 65 FR 59357 , Oct. 5, 2000]
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