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FCC 90.713
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 90.713 Entry criteria.
(a) As set forth in § 90.717, four 5-channel blocks are available for
nationwide, commercial use to non-Government, Phase I applicants. Applicants
for these nationwide channel blocks must comply with paragraphs (b), (c),
and (d) of this section.
(b)(1) An applicant must include certification that, within ten years of
receiving a license, it will construct a minimum of one base station in at
least 70 different geographic areas designated in the application; that base
stations will be located in a minimum of 28 of the 100 urban areas listed in
§ 90.741; and that each base station will have all five assigned nationwide
channels constructed and placed in operation (regularly interacting with
mobile and/or portable units).
(2) An applicant must include certification that it will meet the
construction requirements set forth in § 90.725.
(3) An applicant must include a ten-year schedule detailing plans for
construction of the proposed system.
(4) An applicant must include an itemized estimate of the cost of
constructing 40 percent of the system and operating the system during the
first four years of the license term.
(5) An applicant must include proof that the applicant has sufficient
financial resources to construct 40 percent of the system and operate the
proposed land mobile system for the first four years of the license term;
i.e., that the applicant has net current assets sufficient to cover
estimated costs or a firm financial commitment sufficient to cover estimated
costs.
(c) An applicant relying on personal or internal resources for the showing
required in paragraph (b) of this section must submit independently audited
financial statements certified within one year of the date of the
application showing net current assets sufficient to meet estimated
construction and operating costs. An applicant must also submit an unaudited
balance sheet, current within 60 days of the date of submission, that
clearly shows the continued availability of sufficient net current assets to
construct and operate the proposed system, and a certification by the
applicant or an officer of the applicant organization attesting to the
validity of the balance sheet.
(d) An applicant submitting evidence of a firm financial commitment for the
showing required in paragraph (b) of this section must obtain the commitment
from a bona fide commercially acceptable source, e.g., a state or federally
chartered bank or savings and loan institution, other recognized financial
institution, the financial arm of a capital equipment supplier, or an
investment banking house. If the lender is not a state or federally
chartered bank or savings and loan institution, other recognized financial
institution, the financial arm of a capital equipment supplier, or an
investment banking house, the lender must also demonstrate that it has funds
available to cover the total commitments it has made. The lender's
commitment shall contain a statement that the lender:
(1) Has examined the financial condition of the applicant including an
audited financial statement, and has determined that the applicant is
creditworthy;
(2) Has examined the financial viability of the proposed system for which
the applicant intends to use the commitment; and
(3) Is willing, if the applicant is seeking a Phase I, commercial nationwide
license, to provide a sum to the applicant sufficient to cover the realistic
and prudent estimated costs of construction of 40 percent of the system and
operation of the system for the first four years of the license term.
(e) A Phase II applicant for authorization in a geographic area for Channels
166 through 170 in the public safety/mutual aid category may not have any
interest in another pending application in the same geographic area for
Channels 166 through 170 in the public safety/mutual aid category, and a
Phase II applicant for authorization in a geographic area for channels in
the emergency medical category may not have any interest in another pending
application in the same geographic area for channels in the emergency
medical category.
[ 62 FR 15994 , Apr. 3, 1997, as amended at 62 FR 18935 , Apr. 17, 1997]
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Goto Section: 90.711 | 90.715
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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