Sec. 2.105  United States Table of Frequency Allocations.

    (a) The United States Table of Frequency Allocations (columns 4 
through 7 of Sec. 2.106) is based on the International plan for Region 2 
because the relevant area of jurisdiction is located primarily in Region 
2 1 (i.e., the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the 
Caribbean insular areas 2 and some of the Pacific insular 
areas 3).4 Because there is a need to provide 
radio spectrum for both Federal government and non-Federal government 
operations, the United States Table is divided into the Government Table 
of Frequency Allocation and the Non-Government Table of Frequency 
Allocations. The Government plan, as shown in column 4 of Sec. 2.106, is 
administered by the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration (NTIA) 5, whereas the non-Government plan, as 
shown in column 5 of Sec. 2.106, is administered by the Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC) 6
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    \1\ See Sec. 2.104(a)(1) for definition of Region 2.
    \2\ The Caribbean insular areas are: The Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico; the unincorporated territory of the United States Virgin Islands; 
and Navassa Island, Quita Sueno Bank, Roncador Bank, serrana Bank and 
Serranilla Bank.
    \3\ The Pacific insular areas located in Region 2 are: Johnston 
Island and Midway Island.
    \4\ The operation of stations in the Pacific insular areas located 
in Region 3 are generally governed by the International plan for Region 
3 (i.e., column 3 of Sec. 2.106). The Pacific insular areas located in 
Region 3 are: the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; the 
unincorporated territory of American Samoa; the unincorporated territory 
of Guam; and Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, 
Palmyra Island and Wake Island.
    \5\ Section 305(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; 
Executive Order 12046 (26 March 1978) and Department of Commerce 
Organization Order 10-10 (9 May 1979).
    \6\ The Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
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    (b) In the United States, radio spectrum may be allocated to either 
Government or non-Government use exclusively, or for shared use. In the 
case of shared use, the type of service(s) permitted need not be the 
same [e.g., Government FIXED, non-Government MOBILE]. The terms used to 
designate categories of service 7 in columns 4 and 5 of 
Sec. 2.106, correspond to the terms employed by the International 
Telecommunication Union (ITU) in the international Radio Regulations.
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    \7\ Definitions of the various radio services used are contained in 
Sec. 2.1.
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    (c) Categories of services. (1) Any segment of the radio spectrum 
may be allocated to the Government and/or non-Government sectors either 
on an exclusive or shared basis for use by one or more radio services. 
In the case where an allocation has been made to more than one service, 
such services are listed in the following order:
    (i) Services, the names of which are printed in ``capitals'' 
[example: FIXED]; these are called ``primary'' services;
    (ii) Services, the names of which are printed in capitals between 
oblique strokes [example: /RADIOLOCATION/]; these are called ``permitted 
services'';
    (iii) Services, the names of which are printed in ``normal 
characters'' [example: Mobile]; these are called ``secondary'' services.
    (2) Permitted and primary services have equal rights, except that, 
in the preparation of frequency plans, the primary services, as compared 
with the permitted services, shall have prior choice of frequencies.
    (3) Stations of a secondary service:
    (i) Shall not cause harmful interference to stations of primary or 
permitted services to which frequencies are already assigned or to which 
frequencies may be assigned at a later date.
    (ii) Cannot claim protection from harmful interference from stations 
of a primary or permitted service to which frequencies are already 
assigned or may be assigned at a later date; and
    (iii) Can claim protection, however, from harmful interference from 
stations of the same or other secondary service(s) to which frequencies 
may be assigned at a later date.
    (d) Format of the United States Table. (1) The frequency band 
referred to in each allocation, column 4 for Government and column 5 for 
non-Government, is indicated in the left-hand top corner of the column. 
If there is no service or footnote indicated for a band

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of frequencies in either column 4 or 5, then the Government or the non-
Government sector, respectively, has no access to that band except as 
provided for by Sec. 2.102.
    (2) The Government allocation plan, given in column 4, is included 
for informational purposes only.
    (3) In the case where there is a parenthetical addition to an 
allocation in the United States Table [example: FIXED-SATELLITE (space-
to-earth)], that service allocation is restricted to the type of 
operation so indicated.
    (4) The following symbols are used to designate footnotes in the 
United States Table:
    (i) Any footnote not prefixed by a letter, denotes an international 
footnote. Where such a footnote is applicable, without modification, to 
the United States Table, the symbol appears in the United States Table 
(column 4 or 5) and denotes a stipulation affecting both the Government 
and non-Government plans.
    (ii) Any footnote consisting of the letters US followed by one or 
more digits, e.g., US, denotes a stipulation affecting both the 
Government and non-Government plans.
    (iii) Any footnote consisting of the letters NG followed by one or 
more digits, e.g., NG1, denotes a stipulation applicable only to the 
non-Government plan (column 5).
    (iv) Any footnote consisting of the letter G following by one or 
more digits, e.g., G1, denotes a stipulation applicable only to the 
Government plan (column 4).
    (5) Column 6 provides a reference to indicate which Rule part(s) 
(e.g., Private Land Mobile Radio Services, Domestic Public Land Mobile 
Radio Services, etc.) are given assignments within the allocation plan 
specified in column 5 for any given band of frequencies. The exact use 
that can be made of any given frequency or frequencies (e.g., 
channelling plans, allowable emissions, etc.) is given in the Rule 
part(s) so indicated. The Rule parts in this column are not allocations. 
They are provided for informational purposes only.
    (6) Column 7 is used to denote certain frequencies which have 
national and/or international significance.
[ 49 FR 2373 , Jan. 19, 1984, as amended at  49 FR 44101 , Nov. 2, 1984]

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