§  27.2   Permissible communications.

   (a) Miscellaneous wireless communications services. Except as provided
   in paragraph (b) or (d) of this section and subject to technical and
   other rules contained in this part, a licensee in the frequency bands
   specified in § 27.5 may provide any services for which its frequency
   bands are allocated, as set forth in the non-Federal Government column
   of the Table of Allocations in § 2.106 of this chapter (column 5).

   (b) 775-776 MHz and 805-806 MHz bands. Operators in the 775-776 MHz and
   805-806 MHz bands may not employ a cellular system architecture. A
   cellular system architecture is defined, for purposes of this part, as
   one that consists of many small areas or cells (segmented from a larger
   geographic service area), each of which uses its own base station, to
   enable frequencies to be reused at relatively short distances.

   (c) Satellite DARS. Satellite digital audio radio service (DARS) may be
   provided using the 2310-2320 and 2345-2360 MHz bands. Satellite DARS
   service shall be provided in a manner consistent with part 25 of this
   chapter.

   (d) 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands. Operators in the 2000-2020
   MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands may not provide the mobile-satellite
   service under the provisions of this part; rather, mobile-satellite
   service shall be provided in a manner consistent with part 25 of this
   chapter.

   (e) 716-722 MHz and 722-728 MHz bands. The 716-722 and 722-728 MHz
   frequencies may not be used for uplink transmission and must be used
   only for downlink transmissions.

   [ 65 FR 3144 , Jan. 20, 2000, as amended at  65 FR 17601 , Apr. 4, 2000;  72 FR 48843 , Aug. 24, 2007;  78 FR 8267 , Feb. 5, 2013;  78 FR 66316 , Nov. 5,
   2013]