§ 90.490   One-way paging operations in the private services.

   (a)  Subject to specific prohibition or restriction by rule provisions
   governing  the  radio  service  in  which a licensee's radio system is
   authorized, paging operations are permitted:

   (1) Where the signals and messages are transmitted by a control operator of
   the licensee stationed at a licensed control point in the licensee's system
   of communication.

   (2)  Where  the signals and messages are transmitted from an operating
   position within an internal system of communication which meets the tests of
   § § 90.471 through 90.475.

   (3) Where the signals and messages are transmitted from a dispatch point
   within the licensee's system of communication, as defined as § 90.7.

   (b) Systems employing dial-up circuits (§ 90.461(c)) may be used in one-way
   paging operations, but only where the paging signals are transmitted as
   provided at paragraph (a)(1) of this section.

   (c) Paging may be initiated directly from telephone positions in the public
   switched telephone network. When land stations are multiple licensed or
   otherwise shared by authorized users, arrangements for the telephone service
   must be made with a duly authorized carrier by users, licensees, or their
   authorized agents on a non-profit, cost-shared basis. When telephone service
   costs are shared, at least one licensee participating in the cost sharing
   arrangements  must maintain cost sharing records and the costs must be
   distributed at least once a year. Licensees, users, or their authorized
   agents may also make joint use arrangements with a duly authorized carrier
   and arrange that each licensee or user pay the carrier directly for the
   licensee's or user's share of the joint use of the shared telephone service.
   A report of the cost distribution must be placed in the licensee's station
   records and made available to participants in the sharing arrangement and
   the  Commission upon request. In all cases, arrangements with the duly
   authorized carrier must disclose the number of licensees and users and the
   nature of the use.

   [ 47 FR 39509 , Sept. 8, 1982, as amended at  48 FR 56231 , Dec. 20, 1983;  52 FR 15501 , Apr. 29, 1987]

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