§ 90.1338   Grandfathered operation and transition to Citizens Broadband Radio
Service.

   (a) Fixed and base station registrations filed in ULS on or before April 17,
   2015 that are constructed, in service, and fully compliant with the rules in
   part 90, subpart Z as of April 17, 2016 will be afforded protection from
   harmful interference caused by Citizens Broadband Radio Service users until
   the  end of their license term (with one exception that fixed and base
   stations registered under licenses issued after January 8, 2013 will only be
   afforded  protection  until April 17, 2020), consistent with § 90.1307.
   Protection criteria for such registered base stations are described in
   § 96.21of this chapter. Registrations originally filed after April 17, 2015
   will  only be afforded protection from harmful interference under this
   section within the licensee's Grandfathered Wireless Protection Zone, as
   defined in § § 96.3 and 96.21 of this chapter.

   (b) Existing licensees as of April 17, 2015 may add new mobile or portable
   stations (as defined in § 90.1333) and/or add new subscriber units that
   operate  above  the  power limit defined in § 90.1333, only if they can
   positively receive and decode an enabling signal from a base station. Such
   units  will be afforded protection within the licensee's Grandfathered
   Wireless Protection Zone (as defined in § § 96.3 and 96.21 of this chapter)
   until April 17, 2020 or until the end of their license term, whichever is
   later (with one exception that mobile and portable stations associated with
   licenses issued after January 8, 2013 will only be afforded protection until
   April 17, 2020).

   [ 80 FR 36222 , June 23, 2015]

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