§  90.528   Public safety broadband license.

   (a) The 763-768/793-798 MHz bands are allocated on a nationwide basis
   for public safety broadband operations and licensed to a single Public
   Safety Broadband Licensee. The 768-769/798-799 MHz bands also are
   licensed to the Public Safety Broadband Licensees as guard bands. The
   license area of the Public Safety Broadband License consists of the
   contiguous 48 states, Alaska, Hawaii, Gulf of Mexico, and the U.S.
   territories.

   (b) The Public Safety Broadband License authorizes construction and
   operation of base stations anywhere within the area authorized by the
   license, except as follows:

   (1) A station is required to be individually licensed if:

   (i) International agreements require coordination;

   (ii) Submission of an environmental assessment is required under
   §  1.1307 of this chapter; or

   (iii) The station would affect areas identified in §  1.924 of this
   chapter.

   (2) Any antenna structure that requires notification to the Federal
   Aviation Administration (FAA) must be registered with the Commission
   prior to construction under §  17.4 of this chapter.

   (c) Mobile and portable devices may operate without individual license
   under the authority of the Public Safety Broadband License.

   (d) The term of the Public Safety Broadband License shall not exceed
   ten years from June 13, 2009. The Public Safety Broadband Licensee is
   entitled to a renewal expectancy barring violations of law, rules or
   policy warranting denial of renewal.

   (e) The Public Safety Broadband License may not be partitioned or
   disaggregated.

   (f) The Public Safety Broadband Licensee may not voluntarily assign or
   transfer control of the Public Safety Broadband License.

   (g) Quarterly reporting of financial and operational information. The
   Public Safety Broadband Licensee shall submit, on a quarterly basis, a
   full financial accounting to the Commission, in a format to be set
   forth in the Network Sharing Agreement, and as approved by the
   Commission. Such quarterly financial reports shall be filed with the
   Commission, with a copy to the Chiefs of the Wireless
   Telecommunications and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureaus.

   [ 72 FR 48860 , Aug. 24, 2007, as amended at  74 FR 8879 , Feb. 27, 2009]

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