FCC 1.946 Revised as of October 1, 2006
Goto Year:2005 |
2007
Sec. 1.946 Construction and coverage requirements.
Link to an amendment published at 71 FR 52749 , Sept. 7, 2006.
(a) Construction and commencement of service requirements. For each of the
Wireless Radio Services, requirements for construction and commencement of
service or commencement of operations are set forth in the rule part
governing the specific service. For purposes of this section, the period
between the date of grant of an authorization and the date of required
commencement of service or operations is referred to as the construction
period.
(b) Coverage and substantial service requirements. In certain Wireless Radio
Services, licensees must comply with geographic coverage requirements or
substantial service requirements within a specified time period. These
requirements are set forth in the rule part governing each specific service.
For purposes of this section, the period between the date of grant of an
authorization and the date that a particular degree of coverage or
substantial service is required is referred to as the coverage period.
(c) Termination of authorizations. If a licensee fails to commence service
or operations by the expiration of its construction period or to meet its
coverage or substantial service obligations by the expiration of its
coverage period, its authorization terminates automatically, without
specific Commission action, on the date the construction or coverage period
expires.
(d) Licensee notification of compliance. A licensee who commences service or
operations within the construction period or meets its coverage or
substantial service obligations within the coverage period must notify the
Commission by filing FCC Form 601. The notification must be filed with the
Commission within 15 days of the expiration of the applicable construction
or coverage period. Where the authorization is site-specific, if service or
operations have begun using some, but not all, of the authorized
transmitters, the notification must show to which specific transmitters it
applies. This notification requirement is not applicable to authorizations
subject to post-license registration requirements under the Dedicated
Short-Range Communication Service (DSRCS), subpart M of part 90 of this
chapter.
(e) Requests for extension of time. Licensees may request to extend a
construction period or coverage period by filing FCC Form 601. The request
must be filed before the expiration of the construction or coverage period.
(1) An extension request may be granted if the licensee shows that failure
to meet the construction or coverage deadline is due to involuntary loss of
site or other causes beyond its control.
(2) Extension requests will not be granted for failure to meet a
construction or coverage deadline due to delays caused by a failure to
obtain financing, to obtain an antenna site, or to order equipment in a
timely manner. If the licensee orders equipment within 90 days of its
initial license grant, a presumption of diligence is established.
(3) Extension requests will not be granted for failure to meet a
construction or coverage deadline because the licensee undergoes a transfer
of control or because the licensee intends to assign the authorization. The
Commission will not grant extension requests solely to allow a transferee or
assignee to complete facilities that the transferor or assignor failed to
construct.
(4) The filing of an extension request does not automatically extend the
construction or coverage period unless the request is based on involuntary
loss of site or other circumstances beyond the licensee's control, in which
case the construction period is automatically extended pending disposition
of the extension request.
(5) A request for extension of time to construct a particular transmitter or
other facility does not extend the construction period for other
transmitters and facilities under the same authorization.
[ 63 FR 68933 , Dec. 14, 1998, as amended at 69 FR 46397 , Aug. 3, 2004]
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