[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR22.401]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 22_PUBLIC MOBILE SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart D_Developmental Authorizations

 

Sec. 22.401  Description and purposes of developmental authorizations.





    Eligible entities (see Sec. 22.7) may apply for, and the FCC may 

grant, authority to construct and operate one or more transmitters 

subject to the rules in this subpart and other limitations, waivers and/

or conditions that may be prescribed. Authorizations granted on this 

basis are developmental authorizations. In general, the FCC grants 

developmental authorizations in situations and circumstances where it 

cannot reasonably be determined in advance whether a particular 

transmitter can be operated or a particular service can be provided 

without causing interference to the service of existing stations. For 

example, the FCC may grant developmental authorizations for:

    (a) Field strength surveys to evaluate the technical suitability of 

antenna locations for stations in the Public Mobile Services;

    (b) Experimentation leading to the potential development of a new 

Public Mobile Service or technology; or,

    (c) Stations transmitting on channels in certain frequency ranges, 

to provide a trial period during which it can be individually determined 

whether such stations can operate without causing excessive interference 

to existing services.



[59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at 70 FR 19309, Apr. 13, 2005]