FCC Web Documents citing 24.129

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  • filed February 10, 2000, by Arch Communications Group, Inc. and Paging Network, Inc. (``Joint Opposition'') at 7-9. See Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Establish New Personal Communications Services, Narrowband PCS, GEN Docket No. 90-314, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 12 FCC Rcd 12,972 (1997) (``Narrowband PCS Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking''). 47 C.F.R. §§ 24.101(a), 24.129. Public Interest Statement at 38-39. Id. Id. at 39-46. Public Interest Statement at 46-48. Applicants note that several parties commenting on the Narrowband PCS Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking advocated elimination of the aggregation cap. Id. at 47-48, n. 78. Mobile Phone Petition at 3-4; Teletouch Petition at 3-4. Mobile Phone Petition at 4-9; Teletouch Petition at 4-9. Mobile Phone
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  • Bay Regional Public Communications Authority, and Paging Systems Inc., Memorandum Opinion and Order, 13 FCC Rcd 23781, 23794 ¶ 30 (1998). (``Paging Systems MO&O''). The exact location of Paging System Inc's transmitters can be found in the Federal Communications Commission's Universal Licensing System under the designated call signs. See Paging Systems MO&O at 23794 ¶ 30. See 47 C.F.R. § 24.129 note 1. Current agreements between the United States and Canada or Mexico may be found on the Commission's website under http://www.fcc.gov/ib/pnd/agree/welcome.html. See Public Notice, ``Canadian Interim Sharing Arrangement for Narrowband PCS,'' DA 94-1183 (rel. Oct. 21, 1994) (Canadian Interim Sharing Arrangement Public Notice). See footnotes nos. 11 and 13. See 47 C.F.R. § 1.2105. See 47 C.F.R. Ch. 1, Subpart
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  • 175 Applications to Participate in the Auction, Public Notice, DA 03-2659 (rel. August 20, 2003). Auction No. 51 Procedures Public Notice at 26. Attachment A of the Auction No. 51 Procedures Public Notice sets forth the minimum opening bids for each license offered in Auction No. 51. 47 C.F.R § 1.65. 47 C.F.R. § 1.2105(b). Id. See 47 C.F.R. § 24.129 note. Current agreements and coordination arrangements between the United States and Canada or Mexico may be found on the Commission's website at http://www.fcc.gov/ib/sand/agree/welcome.html. Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Establish New Personal Communications Services, Narrowband PCS, GEN Docket No. 90-314, ET Docket No. 92-100, Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act - Competitive Bidding, Narrowband PCS, PP Docket No.
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  • Public Notice, 11 FCC Rcd 9645 (1995). 47 C.F.R. § 1.65. The Commission amended Section 1.2105 to require auction applicants to report prohibited communications in writing to the Commission immediately, but in no case later than five business days after the communication occurs. Part 1 Seventh Report and Order, 16 FCC Rcd at 17555, ¶ 17. See 47 C.F.R. § 24.129 note 1. Current agreements between the United States and Canada or Mexico may be found on the Commission's website under http://www.fcc.gov/ib/pnd/agree/welcome.html. See Public Notice, ``Canadian Interim Sharing Arrangement for Narrowband PCS,'' DA 94-1183 (rel. Oct. 21, 1994) (Canadian Interim Sharing Arrangement Public Notice). See supra notes 9 and 11. See 47 C.F.R. § 1.2105. See 47 C.F.R. Ch. 1, Subpart
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  • would be frustrated by application to the instant case, and that a grant of the requested waiver would be in the public interest; or, (ii) in view of the unique or unusual circumstances of the instant case, application of the rule(s) would be inequitable, unduly burdensome or contrary to the public interest, or the applicant has no reasonable alternative. Section 24.129 sets forth the frequencies available for narrowband PCS, including 901.35-901.40 MHz, which encompasses the requested frequency 901.375 MHz. Regarding the first prong of the waiver standard, we conclude that Monroe has failed to show that the underlying purpose of Section 24.129 would not be frustrated by grant of a waiver. Indeed, based on the record before us, we believe that
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  • Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION Magalie Roman Salas Secretary APPENDIX A - FINAL RULES Part 24 of Chapter 1 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows: The authority citation for Part 24 continues to read as follows: Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 309 and 332. Section 24.129 is revised to read as follows: § 24.129 Frequencies. The following frequencies are available for narrowband PCS. (a) Eighteen frequencies are available for assignment on a nationwide basis as follows: (1) Seven 50 kHz channels paired with 50 kHz channels: Channel 1: 940.00-940.05 and 901.00-901.05 MHz; Channel 2: 940.05-940.10 and 901.05-901.10 MHz; Channel 3: 940.10-940.15 and 901.10-901.15 MHz; Channel 4:
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  • Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION Magalie Roman Salas Secretary APPENDIX A - FINAL RULES Part 24 of Chapter 1 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows: The authority citation for Part 24 continues to read as follows: Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 309 and 332. Section 24.129 is revised to read as follows: § 24.129 Frequencies. The following frequencies are available for narrowband PCS. (a) Eighteen frequencies are available for assignment on a nationwide basis as follows: (1) Seven 50 kHz channels paired with 50 kHz channels: Channel 1: 940.00-940.05 and 901.00-901.05 MHz; Channel 2: 940.05-940.10 and 901.05-901.10 MHz; Channel 3: 940.10-940.15 and 901.10-901.15 MHz; Channel 4:
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  • of the day-to-day operations of licensees in these services ``can take on an almost quasi-public safety function.'' See BBA NPRM, 14 FCC Rcd at 5206. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 101.109, 101.147(b). Notice, 12 FCC Rcd at 7992. See, e.g., CellNet Comments at 31-32. In fact, narrowband PCS licenses are also based on paired 50 kHz blocks. See 47 C.F.R. § 24.129. See also Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Establish New Narrowband Personal Communications Services, GEN Docket No. 90-314, First Report and Order, 8 FCC Rcd 7162, 7165 ¶ 20 (1993) (Narrowband PCS Report and Order). See infra at para. 99. See 47 C.F.R. Part 90, Subpart B. Further Notice, 14 FCC Rcd at 10756. See supra at paras. 18-23. See,
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  • (supporting channel aggregation only for nationwide licensees), and Motorola Ex Parte Comments dated March 18, 1996, May 16, 1996, and July 12, 1996. These wider channels are found in the 900 MHz and 800 MHz SMR bands, the Cellular Radio band, and 197 the narrowband PCS band. See Sections 90.613 (800 and 900 MHz bands), 22.905 (Cellular radio band), and 24.129 (Narrowband PCS band) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 90.613, 22.905, and 24.129. variety of technologies to best meet the communications requirements of consumers. ii. Comments 98. Several commenters disagree with our proposal to allow 220 MHz licensees to aggregate their contiguous channels, arguing that there are many other spectrum bands, such as PCS, cellular, 800 MHz SMR, and
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  • (supporting channel aggregation only for nationwide licensees), and Motorola Ex Parte Comments dated March 18, 1996, May 16, 1996, and July 12, 1996. These wider channels are found in the 900 MHz and 800 MHz SMR bands, the Cellular Radio band, and 197 the narrowband PCS band. See Sections 90.613 (800 and 900 MHz bands), 22.905 (Cellular radio band), and 24.129 (Narrowband PCS band) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 90.613, 22.905, and 24.129. PAGE 50 MHz licensees to combine contiguous channels;'' and we tentatively concluded that the 193 flexibility we had sought for licensees in the 900 MHz band also should be available to licensees in the 220 MHz band. Enabling licensees to aggregate their 5 kHz channels, we
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  • Bay Regional Public Communications Authority, and Paging Systems Inc., Memorandum Opinion and Order, 13 FCC Rcd 23781, 23794 ¶ 30 (1998). (``Paging Systems MO&O''). The exact location of Paging System Inc's transmitters can be found in the Federal Communications Commission's Universal Licensing System under the designated call signs. See Paging Systems MO&O at 23794 ¶ 30. See 47 C.F.R. § 24.129 note 1. Current agreements between the United States and Canada or Mexico may be found on the Commission's website under http://www.fcc.gov/ib/pnd/agree/welcome.html. See Public Notice, ``Canadian Interim Sharing Arrangement for Narrowband PCS,'' DA 94-1183 (rel. Oct. 21, 1994) (Canadian Interim Sharing Arrangement Public Notice). See footnotes nos. 11 and 13. See 47 C.F.R. § 1.2105. See 47 C.F.R. Ch. 1, Subpart
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  • certification signed by both parties stating which of the above requirements they select. (3) Disaggregatees must submit supporting documents showing compliance with their coverage requirements as set forth in § 24.103. (4) Parties that accept responsibility for meeting the coverage requirements and later fail to do so will be subject to automatic license cancellation without further Commission action. 6. Section 24.129 is amended by revising the introductory text and paragraph (c), removing paragraph (d), and removing the ``*'' whenever it appears to read as follows: § 24.129 Frequencies. The following frequencies are available for narrowband PCS. * * * * * (c) Nine frequencies are available for assignment on an MTA basis as follows: (1) Two 50 kHz channels paired with
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  • Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION Magalie Roman Salas Secretary APPENDIX A - FINAL RULES Part 24 of Chapter 1 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows: The authority citation for Part 24 continues to read as follows: Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 309 and 332. Section 24.129 is revised to read as follows: § 24.129 Frequencies. The following frequencies are available for narrowband PCS. (a) Eighteen frequencies are available for assignment on a nationwide basis as follows: (1) Seven 50 kHz channels paired with 50 kHz channels: Channel 1: 940.00-940.05 and 901.00-901.05 MHz; Channel 2: 940.05-940.10 and 901.05-901.10 MHz; Channel 3: 940.10-940.15 and 901.10-901.15 MHz; Channel 4:
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  • 9 FCC Rcd 2941, 2945, 10 (1994) (Competitive Bidding Third Report and Order). 3 Infra at 29-32. The eight 12.5 kHz unpaired response channels are currently allocated in the 901-902 MHz bands. Eligibility for these licenses is restricted to incumbent paging licensees authorized under Part 22 or Part 90 of our rules as of June 24, 1993. See 47 C.F.R. 24.129(b). 4 115 S. Ct. 2091 (1995) (Adarand) (overruling aspects of Metro Broadcasting v. FCC, 497 U.S. 547 (1990), and requiring a strict scrutiny standard of review for Congressionally-mandated, race-conscious measures). 5 47 U.S.C. 332(a). See 47 U.S.C. 257 (1996). See also Section 257 Proceeding to Identify and Eliminate Market Entry Barriers for Small Businesses, Notice of Inquiry, GN Docket No.
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  • of the day-to-day operations of licensees in these services ``can take on an almost quasi-public safety function.'' See BBA NPRM, 14 FCC Rcd at 5206. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 101.109, 101.147(b). Notice, 12 FCC Rcd at 7992. See, e.g., CellNet Comments at 31-32. In fact, narrowband PCS licenses are also based on paired 50 kHz blocks. See 47 C.F.R. § 24.129. See also Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Establish New Narrowband Personal Communications Services, GEN Docket No. 90-314, First Report and Order, 8 FCC Rcd 7162, 7165 ¶ 20 (1993) (Narrowband PCS Report and Order). See infra at para. 99. See 47 C.F.R. Part 90, Subpart B. Further Notice, 14 FCC Rcd at 10756. See supra at paras. 18-23. See,
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  • to pay the full amount of their winning bids on any regional, MTA or BTA license in installments over the term of the license pursuant to the terms set forth in § 1.2110(g) of this chapter. (ii) Businesses owned by members of minority groups and women that are winning bidders for the regional licenses indicated by an (**) in § 24.129 may pay the full amount of their winning bids (less the applicable bidding credit and down payment) in installments with (A) Interest imposed based on the rate for ten-year U.S. Treasury obligations applicable on the date the license is granted, plus 2.5 percent; (B) Interest-only payments for the first two years; and (C) Principal and interest payments amortized over the
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  • Making, 10 FCC Rcd 10076 (1995). See 47 C.F.R. § 2.106. See 47 U.S.C. § 301. Certain services are ``licensed by rule'' and are exempt from the general licensing requirement, but operation in these services must still meet the applicable eligibility and technical requirements. See 47 U.S.C. § 307(e). See 47 C.F.R. §§ 22.905 and 90.20. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 24.129, 24.249 and 27.5. See 47 C.F.R. § 24.3 (allowing PCS licensees to provide any mobile communications service and fixed service on a co-primary basis but prohibiting Broadcasting as defined by the Communications Act); see also 47 C.F.R. § 24.229-24.238 (minimal technical standards to prevent interference to other services with no requirements for channelization, bandwidth or transmission format). The spectrum may
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  • filed February 10, 2000, by Arch Communications Group, Inc. and Paging Network, Inc. (``Joint Opposition'') at 7-9. See Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Establish New Personal Communications Services, Narrowband PCS, GEN Docket No. 90-314, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 12 FCC Rcd 12,972 (1997) (``Narrowband PCS Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking''). 47 C.F.R. §§ 24.101(a), 24.129. Public Interest Statement at 38-39. Id. Id. at 39-46. Public Interest Statement at 46-48. Applicants note that several parties commenting on the Narrowband PCS Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking advocated elimination of the aggregation cap. Id. at 47-48, n. 78. Mobile Phone Petition at 3-4; Teletouch Petition at 3-4. Mobile Phone Petition at 4-9; Teletouch Petition at 4-9. Mobile Phone
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  • certification signed by both parties stating which of the above requirements they select. (3) Disaggregatees must submit supporting documents showing compliance with their coverage requirements as set forth in § 24.103. (4) Parties that accept responsibility for meeting the coverage requirements and later fail to do so will be subject to automatic license cancellation without further Commission action. 6. Section 24.129 is amended by revising the introductory text and paragraph (c), removing paragraph (d), and removing the ``*'' whenever it appears to read as follows: § 24.129 Frequencies. The following frequencies are available for narrowband PCS. * * * * * (c) Nine frequencies are available for assignment on an MTA basis as follows: (1) Two 50 kHz channels paired with
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  • of the day-to-day operations of licensees in these services ``can take on an almost quasi-public safety function.'' See BBA NPRM, 14 FCC Rcd at 5206. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 101.109, 101.147(b). Notice, 12 FCC Rcd at 7992. See, e.g., CellNet Comments at 31-32. In fact, narrowband PCS licenses are also based on paired 50 kHz blocks. See 47 C.F.R. § 24.129. See also Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Establish New Narrowband Personal Communications Services, GEN Docket No. 90-314, First Report and Order, 8 FCC Rcd 7162, 7165 ¶ 20 (1993) (Narrowband PCS Report and Order). See infra at para. 99. See 47 C.F.R. Part 90, Subpart B. Further Notice, 14 FCC Rcd at 10756. See supra at paras. 18-23. See,
• http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Digest/1999/dd990601.html
  • Shapiro at (202) 418-2180. Internet URL: [35]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/1999/da991000.wp JAMES CASSELL ET AL. Denied applications for review of decisions made by the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau which rejected petitions for reconsideration of the denial of finder's preference requests by the petitioners. Action by the Commission. Adopted: May 21, 1999. by MO&O. (FCC No. 99-117). WTB Internet URL: [36]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/fcc99117.wp SKYTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Waived section 24.129(a) of the Commission's rules as it applies to SkyTel to allow for the exchange of the 930.50-930.55 MHz band for the 940.75-940.80 MHz band. Action by Chief, Commercial Wireless Division. Adopted: May 28, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-1034). WTB Internet URL: [37]http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da991034.wp [38][icon bar] References 1. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions/ac990601.txt 2. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applications/ap990601.txt 3. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/ITFS_Notices/pnmm9097.html 4. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/1999/da990981.txt 5. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/1999/pnmc9041.wp 6. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da991040.wp 7. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da991042.wp
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  • may be divided to double its capacity. 3. By keeping the transmitter power low in each cell, transmitting frequencies may be repeated in nearby cells, thus increasing spectrum efficiency. Figure 7-6. Cellular Radio System Public Switched Telephone Network PSTN Mobile Telecommunications Switching Office MTSO Cell 5 Cell 4 Cell3 Cell 2 Cell1 Chapter 7 7 FCC Rules and Regulations, Section 24.129, Frequencies. -77- 4. Cellular radio systems tend to be very reliable even under the worst environmental conditions. 5. With the various modulation schemes now being used, every cell phone does not work in every system. However, multimode phones have been developed to solve this problem. Personal Communications Systems (PCS) Because of the need for more frequencies for personal communications and