§ 90.115   Foreign government and alien eligibility.

   (a) No station authorization in the radio services governed by this part
   shall be granted to or held by a foreign government or its representative.

   (b) No station authorization in the radio services governed by this part
   shall be granted to or held by an entity providing or seeking to provide
   commercial  mobile  radio  services  (except such entities meeting the
   requirements of § 20.9(c) of this chapter) if such entity is:

   (1) An alien or the representative of any alien;

   (2) A corporation organized under the laws of any foreign government;

   (3) A corporation of which more than one-fifth of the capital stock is owned
   of  record or voted by aliens or their representatives or by a foreign
   government or representative thereof, or by any corporation organized under
   the laws of a foreign country;

   (4) A corporation directly or indirectly controlled by any other corporation
   of which more than one-fourth of the capital stock is owned of record or
   voted  by aliens, their representatives, or by a foreign government or
   representative thereof, or by any corporation organized under the laws of a
   foreign country, if the Commission finds that the public interest will be
   served by the refusal or revocation of such license.

   [ 59 FR 59957 , Nov. 21, 1994, as amended at  61 FR 55581 , Oct. 28, 1996]

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