47 CFR § 27.1217 - Competitive bidding procedures for the Broadband Radio Service and the Educational Broadband Service.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s27.1217"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 27.1217 - Competitive bidding procedures for the Broadband Radio Service and the Educational Broadband Service."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "27.1217"
section_name: "Competitive bidding procedures for the Broadband Radio Service and the Educational Broadband Service."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "COMMON CARRIER SERVICES"
part_number: "27"
part_name: "MISCELLANEOUS WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302a, 303, 307, 309, 332, 336, 337, 1403, 1404, 1451, and 1452, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "27"
---


# 27.1217 Competitive bidding procedures for the Broadband Radio Service and the Educational Broadband Service.

Mutually exclusive initial applications for BRS and EBS licenses are subject to competitive bidding. For BRS auctions, the designated entity provisions of § 27.1218 apply. For EBS auctions, the designated entity provisions of § 27.1219 apply. The general competitive bidding procedures set forth in part 1, subpart Q, of this chapter apply unless otherwise provided in this subpart.

[84 FR 57366, Oct. 25, 2019]