Sec. 22.702  Eligibility.

    Existing and proposed communications common carriers are eligible to 
hold authorizations to operate conventional central office, interoffice 
and rural stations in the Rural Radiotelephone Service. Only local 
exchange carriers that have been state certified to provide basic 
exchange telephone service (or others having state approval to provide 
such service) in the pertinent area are eligible to hold authorizations 
for Basic Exchange Telephone Radio Systems (BETRS). Subscribers are also 
eligible to hold authorizations to operate rural subscriber stations in 
the Rural Radiotelephone Service.