47 CFR § 22.653 - Eligibility.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s22.653"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 22.653 - Eligibility."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "22.653"
section_name: "Eligibility."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "COMMON CARRIER SERVICES"
part_number: "22"
part_name: "PUBLIC MOBILE SERVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "47 U.S.C. 154, 222, 303, 309, and 332."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "22"
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# 22.653 Eligibility.

Only licensees already authorized to provide trunked mobile service or their successors in interest are eligible to apply for additional use of these channels for trunked mobile service, and then only in the urban areas already authorized.