[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR24.203]

[Page 237]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 24--PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart E--Broadband PCS
 
Sec. 24.203  Construction requirements.

    (a) Licensees of 30 MHz blocks must serve with a signal level 
sufficient to provide adequate service to at least one-third of the 
population in their licensed area within five years of being licensed 
and two-thirds of the population in their licensed area within 10 years 
of being licensed. Licensees may choose to define population using the 
1990 census or the 2000 census. Failure by any licensee to meet these 
requirements will result in forfeiture or non-renewal of the license and 
the licensee will be ineligible to regain it.
    (b) Licensees of 10 MHz blocks, including 10 MHz C block licenses 
reconfigured pursuant to Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding 
Installment Payment Financing for Personal Communications Services (PCS) 
Licensees, WT Docket No. 97-82, Sixth Report and Order, FCC 00-313, and 
15 MHz blocks resulting from the disaggregation option as provided in 
the Commission's Rules Regarding Installment payment Financing for 
Personal Communications Services (PCS) Licensees, Second Report and 
Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, WT Docket 97-82, 12 
FCC Rcd 16436 (1997), as modified by Order on Reconsideration of the 
Second Report and Order, WT Docket 97-82, 13 FCC Rcd 8345 (1998), must 
serve with a signal level sufficient to provide adequate service to at 
least one-quarter of the population in their licensed area within five 
years of being licensed, or make a showing of substantial service in 
their licensed area within five years of being licensed. Population is 
defined as the 1990 population census. Licensees may elect to use the 
2000 population census to determine the five-year construction 
requirement. Failure by any licensee to meet these requirements will 
result in forfeiture of the license and the licensee will be ineligible 
to regain it.
    (c) Licensees must file maps and other supporting documents showing 
compliance with the respective construction requirements within the 
appropriate five- and ten-year benchmarks of the date of their initial 
licenses.

[58 FR 59183, Nov. 8, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 26890, May 18, 1999; 65 
FR 53636, Sept. 5, 2000]