Before the Federal Communications Commission

1.Introduction

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   This Order adopts rules to implement certain radio frequency allocation decisions from the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2012) (WRC12) and conforms our rules to the WRC-12 Final Acts. These decisions will collectively promote the advancement of new and expanded services and provide significant benefits to the American public. The following are the major actions we take to support nonFederal spectrum requirements:
   

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  Allocate the 472-479 kHz band to the amateur service on a secondary basis and amend Part 97 to provide for amateur service use of this band and of the 135.7-137.8 kHz band.
  
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  Amend Part 80 to authorize radio buoy operations in the 1900-2000 kHz band under a ship station license.
  
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  Allocate eight frequency bands in the 4 to 44 MHz range to the radiolocation service for Federal and non-Federal use, limited to oceanographic radars. We also amend Part 90 to provide for licensing of oceanographic radars, and require those radars currently operating under an experimental license to conform their operations to the adopted rules within five years of the effective date of this Order.
  
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  Reallocate the 156.7625-156.7875 MHz and 156.8125-156.8375 MHz bands to the mobile-satellite service (MSS) (Earth-to-space) on a primary basis for Federal and non-Federal use, limited to the reception of Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) broadcast messages from ships. We also amend Part 80 to permit ships to transmit AIS broadcast messages in these bands, and amend Part 25 to permit MSS satellites to receive in these bands and in the existing AIS bands.
  
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  Allocate the 5000-5091 MHz band to the aeronautical mobile (route) service (AM(R)S) on a primary basis for Federal and non-Federal use. AM(R)S use of the 5000-5030 MHz band extends the tuning range for the recently-established Aeronautical Mobile Airport Communications System (AeroMACS) that will support surface applications at airports. AM(R)S use of the 5030-5091 MHz band will support unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
  

2.background

3.The Commission’s Allocation Table, contained in Section 2.106 of the rules, sets forth the allocation of radio frequencies both domestically and internationally.¹ Except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.102 of the rules, the assignment, licensing and use of frequencies between 9 kHz and 275 GHz must be in accordance with the Allocation Table in Section 2.106.

4.The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) allocates frequency bands to various radio services on either a worldwide or Regional basis and enters these radio services in its Table of Frequency Allocations as part of the Radio Regulations.¹ The ITU revises its Table of Frequency Allocations (shown in Section 2.106 of our rules as the “International Table”) and other provisions in its Radio Regulations at periodic World Radiocommunication Conferences (WRCs). In preparation for the WRC-12 the Commission and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) jointly transmitted their allocation proposals to the U.S. Department of State (U.S. Proposals for WRC12).² The ITU convened the World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC12) from January 23 - February 17, 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland, and adopted allocation changes that affect both Federal and nonFederal entities. These international allocation decisions are known as the WRC-12 Final Acts. Following WRC-12, the ITU revised its Radio Regulations to incorporate the WRC-12 Final Acts.³

5.On April 23, 2015, the Commission adopted the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in this proceeding (WRC-12 NPRM), which made several proposals to implement international allocation decisions from the WRC12 Final Acts by amending the U.S. Table and the corresponding service rules.¹ In response to the WRC-12 NPRM, 33 parties filed comments and 17 parties filed reply comments.²

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