Rural Radiotelephone Service

Rural Radiotelephone Service is a fixed radio service where a wireless technology is used to provide telephone service to subscribers in remote areas. Conventional Rural Radiotelephone stations may employ standard duplex, analog technology similar to that of pre-cellular mobile telephone service.

This service may operate in the paired 152/158 and 454/459 MHz bands. Conventional Rural radiotelephone service is generally considered by state regulators to be a separate service that is interconnected to the public switched telephone network.

Regulation of this service currently resides in Part 1 and 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Subtitle 47, on Telecommunications and may be researched or ordered through the Government Printing Office.

For forms and fee information, see Forms & Fees.

The Commission's rules for BETRS, CFR Title 47, Part 22, in the 152/158 and 454/459 MHz bands, have been amended by the following actions since the October 1, 1996 edition:

02/24/97
SECOND REPORT AND ORDER (FCC 97-59)
WT Docket No. 96-18, Revision of Part 22 and Part 90 of the Commission's Rules to Facilitate Future Development of Paging Systems
Applications received after May 12, 1997, 60 days from the date WT Docket No. 96-18 was published in the Federal Register, will be granted on a secondary basis.
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NTIA Special Publication 95-33 - Survey of Rural Information Infrastructure Technologies has additional information regarding rural telephone provision.

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