Sec.  101.1   Scope and authority.

   (a) Part 1 of the Commission's rules contains the general rules of practice
   and procedure applicable to proceedings before the Commission and for the
   filing of applications for radio station licenses in the fixed microwave
   services.

   (b) The purpose of the rules in this part is to prescribe the manner in
   which portions of the radio spectrum may be made available for private
   operational,  common  carrier,  24  GHz  Service  and Local Multipoint
   Distribution Service fixed, microwave operations that require transmitting
   facilities  on  land or in specified offshore coastal areas within the
   continental shelf.

   (c) The rules in this part are issued pursuant to the authority contained in
   Titles I through III of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, which
   vest authority in the Federal Communications Commission to regulate common
   carriers  of  interstate and foreign communications, to regulate radio
   transmissions and issue licenses for radio stations, and to regulate all
   interstate and foreign communications by wire and radio necessary to the
   accomplishment of the purposes of the Act.

   [ 61 FR 26677 , May 28, 1996, as amended at  62 FR 23163 , Apr. 29, 1997;  63 FR 68981 , Dec. 14, 1998;  65 FR 59357 , Oct. 5, 2000]