2017-18500: Amendment of the Commission's Rules To Establish Uniform License Renewal, Discontinuance of Operation, and Geographic Partitioning and Spectrum Disaggregation Rules and Policies for Certain Wireless Radio Services
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In this document, the Federal Communications Commission seeks additional comment on a range of possible actions that may advance the Commission's goal of increasing the number of rural Americans with access to wireless communications services. In order to encourage investment in wireless networks, facilitate access to scarce spectrum resources, and promote the rapid deployment of mobile services to rural Americans, the Commission seeks comment on additional, reasonable construction obligations during renewal terms that are targeted to reach rural areas that lack adequate service.
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What this changes
Amends 10 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
- 47 CFR 1 Practice and Procedure
- 47 CFR 22 Public Mobile Services
- 47 CFR 24 Personal Communications Services
- 47 CFR 27 Miscellaneous Wireless Communications Services
- 47 CFR 30 Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service
- 47 CFR 74 Experimental Radio, Auxiliary, Special Broadcast and Other Program Distributional Services
- 47 CFR 80 Stations in the Maritime Services
- 47 CFR 90 Private Land Mobile Radio Services
- 47 CFR 95 Personal Radio Services
- 47 CFR 101 Fixed Microwave Services
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