# Cellular Service, Including Changes in Licensing of Unserved Area
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2014-12-05 · Effective 2015-01-05 · 79 FR 72143
## Document
- **Document number:** 2014-28151
- **Category:** spectrum-allocation
- **Federal Register citation:** 79 FR 72143
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2014-12-05
- **Effective date:** 2015-01-05
- **FCC docket:** WT Docket No. 12-40
## Abstract

In this Report and Order ("R&O"), the Federal Communications Commission ("Commission") adopts new and revised rules governing the 800 MHz Cellular ("Cellular") Service, changing the licensing model from site-based to geographic-based and eliminating numerous filing requirements while preserving direct access to area not yet licensed ("Unserved Area"). The Commission also deletes obsolete and unnecessary provisions in the rules and streamlines requirements remaining in place. The resulting modernized scheme gives greater flexibility to Cellular licensees to make improvements to their systems in response to changing market demands.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/12/05/2014-28151/cellular-service-including-changes-in-licensing-of-unserved-area)
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