[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 47CFR101.79]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 101_FIXED MICROWAVE SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart B_Applications and Licenses

 

Sec.  101.79  Sunset provisions for licensees in the 1850-1990 MHz, 

2110-2150 MHz, and 2160-2200 MHz bands.



    (a) FMS licensees will maintain primary status in the 1850-1990 MHz, 

2110-2150 MHz, and 2160-2200 MHz bands unless and until an ET licensee 

(including MSS/ATC operator) requires use of the spectrum. ET licensees 

are not required to pay relocation costs after the relocation rules 

sunset. Once the relocation rules sunset, an ET licensee may require the 

incumbent to cease operations, provided that the ET licensee intends to 

turn on a system within interference range of the incumbent, as 

determined by TIA TSB 10-F (for terrestrial-to-terrestrial situations) 

or TIA TSB 86 (for MSS satellite-to-terrestrial situations) or any 

standard successor. ET licensee notification to the affected FMS 

licensee must be in writing and must provide the incumbent with no less 

than six months to vacate the spectrum. After the six-month notice 

period has expired, the FMS licensee must turn its license back into the 

Commission, unless the parties have entered into an agreement which 

allows the FMS licensee to continue to operate on a mutually agreed upon 

basis. The date that the relocation rules sunset is determined as 

follows:

    (1) For the 2110-2150 MHz and 2160-2175 MHz and 2175-2180 MHz bands, 

ten years after the first ET license is issued in the respective band; 

and

    (2) For the 2180-2200 MHz band, December 8, 2013 (i.e., ten years 

after the mandatory negotiation period begins for MSS/ATC operators in 

the service).

    (b) If the parties cannot agree on a schedule or an alternative 

arrangement, requests for extension will be accepted and reviewed on a 

case-by-case basis. The Commission will grant such extensions only if 

the incumbent can demonstrate that:

    (1) It cannot relocate within the six-month period (e.g., because no 

alternative spectrum or other reasonable option is available), and;

    (2) The public interest would be harmed if the incumbent is forced 

to terminate operations (e.g., if public safety communications services 

would be disrupted).



[61 FR 29695, June 12, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 12758, Mar. 18, 1997; 

68 FR 68254, Dec. 8, 2003; 71 FR 29842, May 24, 2006]