Goto Section: 90.476 | 90.483 | Table of Contents
FCC 90.477
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 90.477 Interconnected systems.
(a) Applicants for new land stations to be interconnected with the public
switched telephone network must indicate on their applications (class of
station code) that their stations will be interconnected. Licensees of land
stations that are not interconnected may interconnect their stations with
the public switched telephone network only after modifying their license.
See Sec. 1.929 of this chapter. In all cases a detailed description of how
interconnection is accomplished must be maintained by licensees as part of
their station records. See Sec. 90.433 of this part.
(b) In the frequency ranges 806–824 MHz, 851–869 MHz, 896–901 MHz, and
935–940 MHz, interconnection with the public switched telephone network is
authorized under the following conditions:
(1) Interconnected operation is on a secondary basis to dispatch operation.
This restriction will not apply to trunked systems or on any channel
assigned exclusively to one licensee.
(2) Interconnection may be accomplished at any location through a separate
or shared interconnection device. When land stations subject to this part
are multiple licensed or shared by authorized users, arrangements for
telephone service must be made with a duly authorized carrier by users,
licensees, or their authorized agents on a non-profit cost sharing basis.
When telephone service costs are shared, at least one licensee participating
in the cost sharing arrangement must maintain cost sharing records and the
costs must be distributed at least once a year. Licensees, users, or their
authorized agents may also make joint use arrangements with a duly
authorized carrier and arrange that each licensee or user pay the carrier
directly for the licensee's or user's share of the joint use of the shared
telephone service. A report of the cost distribution must be placed in the
licensee's station records and made available to participants in the sharing
and the Commission upon request. In all cases, arrangements with the duly
authorized carrier must disclose the number of licensees and users and the
nature of the use.
(c) Interconnection of facilities in the Radiolocation Service (subpart F)
will not be permitted.
(d) In the frequency ranges below 800 MHz, interconnection with the public
switched telephone network is authorized under the following conditions:
(1) Interconnected operation is on a secondary basis to dispatch operation.
This restriction will not apply to trunked systems or on any channel
assigned exclusively to one licensee.
(2) Interconnection may be accomplished at any location through a separate
or shared interconnection device. When land stations subject to this part
are multiple licensed or shared by authorized users, arrangements for
telephone service must be made with a duly authorized carrier by users,
licensees, or their authorized agents on a non-profit cost sharing basis.
When telephone service costs are shared, at least one licensee participating
in the cost sharing arrangement must maintain cost sharing records and the
costs must be distributed at least once a year. Licensees, users, or their
authorized agents may also make joint use arrangements with a duly
authorized carrier and arrange that each licensee or user pay the carrier
directly for the licensee's or user's share of the joint use of the shared
telephone service. A report of the cost distribution must be placed in the
licensee's station records and made available to participants in the sharing
and the Commission upon request. In all cases, arrangements with the duly
authorized carrier must disclose the number of licensees and users and the
nature of the use.
(3) For licensees in the Industrial/Business Pool and those licensees who
establish eligibility pursuant to Sec. 90.20(a)(2) of this part, except for
Sec. Sec. 90.20(a)(2)(i) and 90.20(a)(2)(ii) of this part and medical emergency
systems in the 450–470 MHz band, interconnection will be permitted only
where the base station site or sites proposed stations are located 120 km
(75 mi.) or more from the designated centers of the urbanized areas listed
below. If these licensees seek to connect within 120 km (75 mi.) of the 25
cities, they must obtain the consent of all co-channel licensees located
both within 120 km (75 mi.) of the center of the city; and within 120 km (75
mi.) of the interconnected base station transmitter. The consensual
agreements among the co-channel licensees must specifically state the terms
agreed upon and a statement must be submitted to the Commission indicating
that all co-channel licensees have consented to the use of interconnection.
If a licensee has agreed to the use of interconnection on the channel, but
later decides against the use of interconnection, the licensee may request
that the co-channel licensees reconsider the use of interconnection. If the
licensee is unable to reach an agreement with co-channel licensees, the
licensee may request that the Commission consider the matter and assign it
to another channel. If a new licensee is assigned to a frequency where all
the co-channel licensees have agreed to the use of interconnection and the
new licensee does not agree, the new licensee may request that the
co-channel licensees reconsider the use of interconnection. If the new
licensee cannot reach an agreement with co-channel licensees it may request
that the Commission reassign it to another channel.
Note: Coordinates are referenced to North American Datum 1983 (NAD83).
Urban area North
latitude West
longitude
New York, New York-Northeastern New Jersey 40 °45'06.4" 73 °59'37.5"
Los Angeles-Long Beach, California 34 °03'15.0" 118 °14'31.3"
Chicago, Illinois-Northwestern Indiana 41 °52'28.1" 87 °38'22.2"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania/New Jersey 39 °56'58.4" 75 °09'19.6"
Detroit, Michigan 42 °19'48.1" 83 °02'56.7"
San Francisco-Oakland, California 37 °46'38.7" 122 °24'43.9"
Boston, Massachusetts 42 °21'24.4" 71 °03'23.2"
Washington, DC/Maryland/Virginia 38 °53'51.4" 77 °00'31.9"
Cleveland, Ohio 41 °29'51.2" 81 °41'49.5"
St Louis, Missouri/Illinois 38 °37'45.2" 90 °12'22.4"
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 40 °26'19.2" 79 °59'59.2"
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota 44 °58'56.9" 93 °15'43.8"
Houston, Texas 29 °45'26.8" 95 °21'37.8"
Baltimore, Maryland 39 °17'26.4" 76 °36'43.9"
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas 32 °47'09.5" 96 °47'38.0"
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 43 °02'19.0" 87 °54'15.3"
Seattle-Everett, Washington 47 °36'31.4" 122 °20'16.5"
Miami, Florida 25 °46'38.4" 80 °11'31.2"
San Diego, California 32 °42'53.2" 117 °09'24.1"
Atlanta, Georgia 33 °45'10.4" 84 °23'36.7"
Cincinnati, Ohio/Kentucky 39 °06'07.2" 84 °30'34.8"
Kansas City, Missouri/Kansas 39 °04'56.0" 94 °35'20.8"
Buffalo, New York 42 °52'52.2" 78 °52'20.1"
Denver, Colorado 39 °44'58.0" 104 °59'23.9"
San Jose, California 37 °20'15.8" 121 °53'27.8"
(e) Additional frequencies shall not be assigned to enable any licensee to
employ a preferred interconnection capability.
(f) Paging systems operating on frequencies in the bands below 800 MHz are
not subject to the interconnection provisions of Sec. 90.477(d)(3).
[ 47 FR 17520 , Apr. 23, 1982, as amended at 48 FR 29518 , June 27, 1983; 50 FR 15152 , Apr. 17, 1985; 51 FR 14998 , Apr. 22, 1986; 51 FR 37401 , Oct. 22,
1986; 52 FR 15501 , Apr. 29, 1987; 52 FR 29856 , Aug. 12, 1987; 53 FR 1025 ,
Jan. 15, 1988; 58 FR 44961 , Aug. 25, 1993; 61 FR 6576 , Feb. 21, 1996; 62 FR 18934 , Apr. 17, 1997; 63 FR 68966 , Dec. 14, 1998]
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