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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 47 - Telecommunication |
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Chapter I - Federal Communications Commission |
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SubChapter B - Common Carrier Services |
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Part 22 - Public Mobile Services |
Subpart A - Scope and Authority |
§ 22.1 - Basis and purpose. |
§ 22.3 - [Reserved] |
§ 22.5 - Citizenship. |
§ 22.7 - General eligibility. |
§ 22.9 - Operation of certificated signal boosters. |
§ 22.99 - Definitions. |
Subpart B - Licensing Requirements and Procedures |
Applications and Notifications |
§ 22.107 - General application requirements. |
§ 22.131 - Procedures for mutually exclusive applications. |
§ 22.143 - Construction prior to grant of application. |
§ 22.150 - Standard pre-filing technical coordination procedure. |
§ 22.157 - Distance computation. |
§ 22.159 - Computation of average terrain elevation. |
§ 22.161 - Application requirements for ASSB. |
§ 22.165 - Additional transmitters for existing systems. |
§ 22.169 - International coordination. |
Competitive Bidding Procedures |
§ 22.201 - Paging geographic area authorizations are subject to competitive bidding. |
§ 22.203 - Competitive bidding design for paging licensing. |
§ 22.205 - Competitive bidding mechanisms. |
§ 22.207 - Withdrawal, default, and disqualification payments. |
§ 22.209 - Bidding applications (FCC Form 175 and 175-S Short-form). |
§ 22.211 - Submission of upfront payments and down payments. |
§ 22.213 - Filing of long-form applications. |
§ 22.215 - [Reserved] |
§ 22.217 - Bidding credit for small businesses. |
§ 22.221 - Eligibility for partitioned licenses. |
§ 22.223 - Designated entities. |
§ 22.225 - Certifications, disclosures, records maintenance, and definitions. |
§ 22.227 - Petitions to deny and limitations on settlements. |
§ 22.228 - Cellular rural service area licenses subject to competitive bidding. |
§ 22.229 - Designated entities. |
§§ 22.203--22.211 - [Reserved] |
Subpart C - Operational and Technical Requirements |
Operational Requirements |
§ 22.301 - [Reserved] |
§ 22.303 - [Reserved] |
§ 22.305 - Operator and maintenance requirements. |
§ 22.307 - Operation during emergency. |
§ 22.313 - Station identification. |
§ 22.317 - Discontinuance of station operation. |
§ 22.321 - [Reserved] |
§ 22.323 - Incidental communication services. |
§ 22.325 - [Reserved] |
Technical Requirements |
§ 22.351 - Channel assignment policy. |
§ 22.352 - Protection from interference. |
§ 22.353 - Blanketing interference. |
§ 22.355 - Frequency tolerance. |
§ 22.357 - Emission types. |
§ 22.359 - Emission limitations. |
§ 22.361 - Standby facilities. |
§ 22.363 - Directional antennas. |
§ 22.365 - Antenna structures; air navigation safety. |
§ 22.367 - Wave polarization. |
§ 22.371 - Disturbance of AM broadcast station antenna patterns. |
§ 22.373 - Access to transmitters. |
§ 22.377 - Certification of transmitters. |
§ 22.379 - xxx |
§ 22.381 - Auxiliary test transmitters. |
§ 22.383 - In-building radiation systems. |
Subpart D - XXX |
§ 22.401 - Description and purposes of developmental authorizations. |
§ 22.403 - General limitations. |
§ 22.409 - Developmental authorization for a new Public Mobile Service or technology. |
§ 22.411 - Developmental authorization of 43 MHz paging transmitters. |
§ 22.413 - Developmental authorization of 72-76 MHz fixed transmitters. |
§ 22.415 - Developmental authorization of 928-960 MHz fixed transmitters. |
§ 22.417 - Developmental authorization of meteor burst systems. |
Subpart E - Paging and Radiotelephone Service |
§ 22.501 - Scope. |
§ 22.503 - Paging geographic area authorizations. |
§ 22.507 - Number of transmitters per station. |
§ 22.509 - Procedures for mutually exclusive applications in the Paging and Radiotelephone Service. |
§ 22.511 - Construction period for the Paging and Radiotelephone Service. |
§ 22.513 - Partitioning and disaggregation. |
§ 22.515 - Permissible communications paths. |
§ 22.527 - Signal boosters. |
§ 22.529 - Application requirements for the Paging and Radiotelephone Service. |
470-512 Mhz Trunked Mobile Operation |
§ 22.651 - 470-512 MHz channels for trunked mobile operation. |
§ 22.653 - Eligibility. |
§ 22.655 - Channel usage. |
§ 22.657 - Transmitter locations. |
§ 22.659 - Effective radiated power limits. |
One-Way or Two-Way Mobile Operation |
§ 22.561 - Channels for one-way or two-way mobile operation. |
§ 22.563 - Provision of rural radiotelephone service upon request. |
§ 22.565 - Transmitting power limits. |
§ 22.567 - Technical channel assignment criteria. |
§ 22.569 - Additional channel policies. |
§ 22.571 - Responsibility for mobile stations. |
§ 22.573 - Use of base transmitters as repeaters. |
§ 22.575 - Use of mobile channel for remote control of station functions. |
§ 22.577 - Dispatch service. |
§ 22.579 - Operation of mobile transmitters across U.S.-Canada border. |
§ 22.589 - One-way or two-way application requirements. |
Paging Operation |
§ 22.531 - Channels for paging operation. |
§ 22.535 - Effective radiated power limits. |
§ 22.537 - Technical channel assignment criteria. |
§ 22.539 - Additional channel policies. |
§ 22.551 - Nationwide network paging service. |
§ 22.559 - Paging application requirements. |
Point-to-Multipoint Operation |
§ 22.621 - Channels for point-to-multipoint operation. |
§ 22.623 - System configuration. |
§ 22.625 - Transmitter locations. |
§ 22.627 - Effective radiated power limits. |
Point-to-Point Operation |
§ 22.591 - Channels for point-to-point operation. |
§ 22.593 - Effective radiated power limits. |
§ 22.599 - Assignment of 72-76 MHz channels. |
§ 22.601 - Existing microwave stations licensed under this part. |
§ 22.602 - Transition of the 2110-2130 and 2160-2180 MHz channels to emerging technologies. |
§ 22.603 - 488-494 MHz fixed service in Hawaii. |
Subpart F - Rural Radiotelephone Service |
§ 22.701 - Scope. |
§ 22.702 - Eligibility. |
§ 22.703 - Separate rural subscriber station authorization not required. |
§ 22.705 - Rural radiotelephone system configuration. |
§ 22.709 - Rural radiotelephone service application requirements. |
§ 22.711 - Provision of information to applicants. |
§ 22.713 - Construction period for rural radiotelephone stations. |
§ 22.715 - Technical channel assignment criteria for rural radiotelephone stations. |
§ 22.717 - Procedure for mutually exclusive applications in the Rural Radiotelephone Service. |
§ 22.719 - Additional channel policy for rural radiotelephone stations. |
Conventional Rural Radiotelephone Stations |
§ 22.721 - Geographic area authorizations. |
§ 22.723 - Secondary site-by-site authorizations. |
§ 22.725 - Channels for conventional rural radiotelephone stations and basic exchange telephone radio systems. |
§ 22.727 - Power limits for conventional rural radiotelephone transmitters. |
§ 22.729 - Meteor burst propagation modes. |
§ 22.731 - Emission limitations. |
§ 22.733 - Priority of service. |
§ 22.737 - Temporary fixed stations. |
Basic Exchange Telephone Radio Systems |
§ 22.757 - Channels for basic exchange telephone radio systems. |
§ 22.759 - Power limit for BETRS. |
Subpart G - Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service |
§ 22.801 - Scope. |
§ 22.803 - Air-ground application requirements. |
Commercial Aviation Air-Ground Systems |
§ 22.853 - Eligibility to hold interest in licenses limited to 3 MHz of spectrum. |
§ 22.857 - Channel plan for commercial aviation air-ground systems. |
§ 22.859 - Incumbent commercial aviation air-ground systems. |
§ 22.861 - Emission limitations. |
§ 22.863 - Frequency stability. |
§ 22.865 - Automatic channel selection procedures. |
§ 22.867 - Effective radiated power limits. |
§ 22.869 - Assignment of control channels. |
§ 22.871 - Control channel transition period. |
§ 22.873 - Construction requirements for commercial aviation air-ground systems. |
§ 22.875 - Commercial aviation air-ground system application requirements. |
§ 22.877 - Unacceptable interference to part 90 non-cellular 800 MHz licensees from commercial aviation air-ground systems. |
§ 22.878 - Obligation to abate unacceptable interference. |
§ 22.879 - Interference resolution procedures. |
§ 22.880 - Information exchange. |
§ 22.881 - Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service subject to competitive bidding. |
§ 22.882 - Designated entities. |
General Aviation Air-Ground Stations |
§ 22.805 - Channels for general aviation air-ground service. |
§ 22.807 - General aviation air-ground application requirements. |
§ 22.809 - Transmitting power limits. |
§ 22.811 - Idle tone. |
§ 22.813 - Technical channel pair assignment criteria. |
§ 22.815 - Construction period for general aviation ground stations. |
§ 22.817 - Additional channel policies. |
§ 22.819 - AGRAS compatibility requirement. |
Subpart H - Cellular Radiotelephone Service |
§ 22.900 - Scope. |
§ 22.901 - Cellular service requirements and limitations. |
§ 22.905 - Channels for cellular service. |
§ 22.907 - Coordination of channel usage. |
§ 22.909 - Cellular markets. |
§ 22.911 - Cellular geographic service area. |
§ 22.912 - Service area boundary extensions. |
§ 22.913 - Effective radiated power limits. |
§ 22.915 - Modulation requirements. |
§ 22.917 - Emission limitations for cellular equipment. |
§ 22.919 - Electronic serial numbers. |
§ 22.921 - [Reserved] |
§ 22.923 - Cellular system configuration. |
§ 22.925 - Prohibition on airborne operation of cellular telephones. |
§ 22.927 - Responsibility for mobile stations. |
§ 22.929 - [Reserved] |
§ 22.933 - Cellular system compatibility specification. |
§ 22.935 - Procedures for comparative renewal proceedings. |
§ 22.936 - Dismissal of applications in cellular renewal proceedings. |
§ 22.937 - Demonstration of financial qualifications. |
§ 22.939 - Site availability requirements for applications competing with cellular renewal applications. |
§ 22.940 - Criteria for comparative cellular renewal proceedings. |
§ 22.941 - System identification numbers. |
§ 22.942 - Limitations on interests in licensees for both channel blocks in RSAs. |
§ 22.943 - Limitations on transfer of control and assignment for authorizations issued as a result of a comparative renewal proceeding. |
§ 22.945 - Interests in multiple applications. |
§ 22.946 - Construction period for Unserved Area authorizations. |
§ 22.947 - Discontinuance of service. |
§ 22.948 - Geographic partitioning and spectrum disaggregation; spectrum leasing. |
§ 22.949 - Unserved Area licensing; minimum coverage requirements. |
§ 22.950 - Provision of service in the Gulf of Mexico Service Area (GMSA). |
§ 22.951 - [Reserved] |
§ 22.953 - Content and form of applications for Cellular Unserved Area authorizations. |
§ 22.955 - Canadian condition. |
§ 22.957 - Mexican condition. |
§ 22.959 - Rules governing processing of applications for initial systems. |
§ 22.960 - Cellular operations in the Chambers, TX CMA (CMA672-A). |
§ 22.961 - Cellular licenses subject to competitive bidding. |
§ 22.962 - Competitive bidding mechanisms. |
§ 22.963 - Withdrawal, default and disqualification payments. |
§ 22.964 - Bidding application (FCC Form 175). |
§ 22.965 - Submission of upfront payments and down payments. |
§ 22.967 - License grant, denial, default, and disqualification. |
§ 22.969 - Cellular RSA licenses subject to competitive bidding. |
§ 22.970 - Unacceptable interference to part 90 non-cellular 800 MHz licensees from cellular radiotelephone or part 90-800 MHz cellular systems. |
§ 22.971 - Obligation to abate unacceptable interference. |
§ 22.972 - Interference resolution procedures. |
§ 22.973 - Information exchange. |
§ 22.983 - Field strength limit. |
§§ 22.961--22.967 - [Reserved] |
§§ 22.962--22.967 - [Reserved] |
§§ 22.962--22.969 - [Reserved] |
§§ 22.955--22.957 - [Reserved] |
§§ 22.927--22.943 - [Reserved] |
§§ 22.929--22.943 - [Reserved] |
Subpart I - Offshore Radiotelephone Service |
§ 22.1001 - Scope. |
§ 22.1003 - Eligibility. |
§ 22.1005 - Priority of service. |
§ 22.1007 - Channels for offshore radiotelephone systems. |
§ 22.1009 - Transmitter locations. |
§ 22.1011 - Antenna height limitations. |
§ 22.1013 - Effective radiated power limitations. |
§ 22.1015 - Repeater operation. |
§ 22.1025 - Permissible communications. |
§ 22.1031 - Temporary fixed stations. |
§ 22.1035 - Construction period. |
§ 22.1037 - Application requirements for offshore stations. |
Subpart J - Required New Capabilities Pursuant to the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) |
§ 22.1100 - Purpose. |
§ 22.1101 - Scope. |
§ 22.1102 - Definitions. |
§ 22.1103 - Capabilities that must be provided by a cellular telecommunications carrier. |