§ 27.2   Permissible communications.

   (a) Miscellaneous wireless communications services. Except as provided in
   paragraph (b) or (d) of this section and subject to technical and other
   rules contained in this part, a licensee in the frequency bands specified in
   § 27.5 may provide any services for which its frequency bands are allocated,
   as  set  forth  in  the  non-Federal Government column of the Table of
   Allocations in § 2.106 of this chapter (column 5).

   (b) 775-776 MHz and 805-806 MHz bands. Operators in the 775-776 MHz and
   805-806 MHz bands may not employ a cellular system architecture. A cellular
   system architecture is defined, for purposes of this part, as one that
   consists of many small areas or cells (segmented from a larger geographic
   service  area),  each  of  which  uses its own base station, to enable
   frequencies to be reused at relatively short distances.

   (c) Satellite DARS. Satellite digital audio radio service (DARS) may be
   provided using the 2310-2320 and 2345-2360 MHz bands. Satellite DARS service
   shall be provided in a manner consistent with part 25 of this chapter.

   (d) 2000-2020 MHz and 2180-2200 MHz bands. Operators in the 2000-2020 MHz
   and 2180-2200 MHz bands may not provide the mobile-satellite service under
   the provisions of this part; rather, mobile-satellite service shall be
   provided in a manner consistent with part 25 of this chapter.

   (e)  716-722  MHz  and  722-728 MHz bands. The 716-722 and 722-728 MHz
   frequencies may not be used for uplink transmission and must be used only
   for downlink transmissions.

   [ 65 FR 3144 , Jan. 20, 2000, as amended at  65 FR 17601 , Apr. 4, 2000;  72 FR 48843 , Aug. 24, 2007;  78 FR 8267 , Feb. 5, 2013;  78 FR 66316 , Nov. 5, 2013]

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