FCC: Wireless Services: BRS & EBS Radio Services: Licensing

Licensing

As of July 11, 2005 the Universal Licensing System (ULS) has been changed to accommodate geographic licensing of these services. See Public Notice DA 05-1818 (pdf) for a detailed description of the changes.

Geographic licenses are listed on ULS under the radio service code BR for Broadband Radio Service licenses and ED for Educational Broadband Radio Service licenses.

The licenses for Geographic Service Areas (GSA) on ULS for BRS and EBS radio services are designated as either a P35 or BTA service area:

The GSA of a P35 license generally consists of the station’s 35 mile radius around the protected service area coordinates. In those instances where two GSA stations have overlapping protected, service areas, the GSA of each license may be reduced due to the “splitting the football” approach used to divide the overlap area between the licensees (see Section 27.1206). ULS does not reflect any GSA modifications that are based on service area overlap.
The GSA of a BRS BTA license consists of those portions of the BTA that are not occupied by the GSA’s of other stations. The BTA license do not indicate what, if any, portions of the BTA are occupied by the GSA’s of other stations.

Historical site-based licenses with the MD and VX radio service codes can be viewed using the ULS Archive Search.

Licensing data from the historic Broadband Licensing System (BLS) remains available.

All applications, except for requests for Special Temporary Authority, are in the Commission’s Universal Licensing System (ULS) and are available for query and download.

Forms

ULS
Applicants are required to file their applications electronically via ULS except that applications for Special Temporary Authority, applications and notifications of sublease arrangements, and notifications of private commons arrangements must be filed manually. Any applications filed manually, other than the three exceptions above, will be dismissed.

The following ULS forms apply to BRS and EBS for all purposes:

FCC Form 601, Application for Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Radio Service
FCC Form 602, FCC Ownership Disclosure Information for the Wireless Telecommunications
FCC Form 603, FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Application for Assignments of Authorization and Transfers of Control
FCC Form 608, FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Application or Notification for Spectrum Leasing Arrangement or Private Commons Arrangements.

Applications for Special Temporary Authority must be filed manually using the most current version of FCC Form 601. Applications and Notifications for sublease arrangements and notifications of private commons agreements must be filed manually using the most current version of FCC Form 608.

Universal Licensing System
Online Filing
License Search
Application Search
Radio Service Codes
BR - Broadband Radio Service
ED - Educational Broadband Service (EBS)

Auctions and Winning Bidders
#6: MDS 11/13/1995 - 3/28/1996 493 Licenses Won

Instructions

Fee and Mailing Instructions (pdf)

Search Historical Licensing Data

Historical licensing data for MDS/MMDS and ITFS

Historic BLS Database

ULS Archive Search