47 C.F.R. § 101.101
Frequency availability.
Cite as 47 C.F.R. § 101.101 (2026)
Frequency
band (MHz)
Radio service
Common
carrier
(Part 101)
Private
radio
(Part 101)
Broadcast
auxiliary
(Part 74)
Other
(parts 15, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 74, 78 & 100)
Notes
928-929
MAS
MAS
PRS
932.0-932.5
MAS
MAS
PRS
932.5-935.0
CC
OFS
(1).
941.0-941.5
MAS
MAS
PRS
941.5-944.0
CC
OFS
Aural BAS
(1).
952-958
OFS/MAS
PRS
958-960
MAS
OFS
1850-1990
OFS
PCS
2110-2130
CC
PET
2130-2150
OFS
PET
2160-2180
CC
ET
2180-2200
OFS
PET
2450-2500
CC
OFS
TV BAS
ISM
F/M/TF
2650-2690
OFS
MDS/ITFS
3700-4200
CC LTTS
OFS
SAT, ET
(2).
5925-6425
CC LTTS
OFS
SAT
6425-6525
LTTS
OFS
TV BAS
CARS
M.
6525-6875
CC
OFS
6875-7125
CC
OFS
TV BAS
CARS
10,550-10,680
CC
OFS DEMS
10,700-11,700
CC
OFS
SAT
12,200-12,700
MVDDS
MVDDS, POFS
DBS, NGSO FSS
12,700-13,250
CC LTTS
OFS
TV BAS
CARS
F/M/TF.
17,700-18,580
CC
OFS
TV BAS
SAT CARS
17,700-18,300
CC
OFS
TV BAS
CARS
18,300-18,580
CC
OFS
TV BAS
CARS SAT
18,580-18,820
CC
OFS
Aural BAS
SAT
18,820-18,920
CC
OFS
SAT
18,920-19,160
CC
OFS
Aural BAS
SAT
19,160-19,260
CC
OFS
SAT
19,260-19,700
CC
OFS
TV BAS
CARS SAT
21,200-23,600
CC LTTS
OFS
TF.
24,250-25,250
CC
OFS
29,100-29,250
LMDS
LMDS
SAT
31,000-31,300
CC LMDS LTTS
OFS LMDS
F/M/TF.
71,000-76,000
CC
OFS
25
F/M/TF
81,000-86,000
CC
OFS
25
F/M/TF
92,000-95,000
CC
OFS
15
F/M/TF.
BAS: Broadcast Auxiliary Service—(Part 74)
CARS: Cable Television Relay Service—(Part 78)
CC: Common Carrier Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave Service—(Part 101, Subparts C & I)
DBS: Direct Broadcast Satellite—(Part 100)
DEMS: Digital Electronic Message Service—(Part 101, Subpart G)
ISM: Industrial, Scientific & Medical—(Part 18)
ITFS: Instructional Television Fixed Service—(Part 74)
LTTS: Local Television Transmission Service—(Part 101, Subpart J)
MAS: Multiple Address System—(Part 101)
MDS: Multipoint Distribution Service—(Part 21)
OFS: Private Operational Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave Service—(Part 101, Subparts C & H)
PCS: Personal Communications Service—(Part 24)
PET: Emerging Technologies (per ET Dkt. No. 92-9, not yet assigned)
PRS: Paging and Radiotelephone Service—(Part 22, Subpart E)
SAT: Fixed Satellite Service—(Part 25)
Notes:
F—Fixed
M—Mobile
TF—Temporary Fixed
(1)—Applications for frequencies in the 932.5-935/941.5-944 MHz bands may be filed initially during a one-week period to be announced by public notice. After these applications have been processed, the Commission will announce by public notice a filing date for remaining frequencies. From this filing date forward, applications will be processed on a daily first-come, first-served basis.
(2) Frequencies in this band are shared with stations in the fixed satellite service outside the contiguous United States. Applications for new permanent or temporary facilities in these bands will not be accepted for locations in the contiguous United States. Licensees, as of April 19, 2018, of existing permanent and temporary point-to-point Fixed Service links in the contiguous United States have until December 5, 2023, to self-relocate their point-to-point links out of the 3,700-4,200 MHz band. Such licensees may seek reimbursement of their reasonable costs based on the “comparable facilities” standard used for the transition of microwave links out of other bands,
see
§ 101.73(d) of this chapter (defining comparable facilities as facilities possessing certain characteristics in terms of throughput, reliability and operating costs) subject to the demonstration requirements and reimbursement administrative provisions administrative provisions in part 27, subpart O, of this chapter.
[61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 23165, Apr. 29, 1997; 62 FR 24582, May 6, 1997; 65 FR 38327, June 20, 2000; 65 FR 54175, Sept. 7, 2000; 65 FR 59357, Oct. 5, 2000; 67 FR 43037, June 28, 2002; 69 FR 3266, Jan. 23, 2004; 69 FR 72047, Dec. 10, 2004; 70 FR 4787, Jan. 31, 2005; 76 FR 59571, Sept. 27, 2011; 81 FR 79944, Nov. 14, 2016; 85 FR 22889, Apr. 23, 2020]
- Cross-references to the CFR
- 101.73