spectrum-allocation · Federal Communications Commission · Published 1995-12-20 · Effective 1996-01-19 · 60 FR 65587
Document
Document number
95-30938
Federal Register citation
60 FR 65587
CFR reference
47 CFR 100
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
spectrum-allocation
Publication date
1995-12-20
Effective date
1996-01-19
FCC docket
IB Docket No. 95-168
Abstract
On December 14, 1995, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Report and Order in which it adopted a number of new rules and policies for the Direct Broadcast Satellite (``DBS'') service, including the use of competitive bidding to resolve mutually exclusive applications for DBS resources. As part of its decision in Advanced Communications Corporation, FCC 95-428 (released October 18, 1995), the Commission reclaimed for the public 51 channels of DBS spectrum at two orbital locations (27 channels at 110 deg. W.L. and 24 channels at 148 deg. W.L.) that had previously been assigned to Advanced Communications Corporation (``ACC''). The Commission adopts rules and policies in the DBS service in order to update the current ``interim'' rules and to reassign, through a competitive bidding process, channels at orbital locations previously assigned to ACC.