Sec. 26.4  Terms and definitions.

    Assigned frequency. The center of the frequency band assigned to a 
station.
    Authorized bandwidth. The maximum width of the band of frequencies 
permitted to be used by a station. This is normally considered to be the 
necessary or occupied bandwidth, whichever is greater.
    Average terrain. The average elevation of terrain between 3 and 16 
kilometers from the antenna site.
    Effective radiated power (e.r.p.) (in a given direction). The 
product of the power supplied to the antenna and its gain relative to a 
half-wave dipole in a given direction.
    Equivalent isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.). The product of 
the power supplied to the antenna and the antenna gain in a given 
direction relative to an isotropic antenna.
    Fixed service. A radio communication service between specified fixed 
points.
    Fixed station. A station in the fixed service.
    Gross revenues. Gross revenues shall mean all income received by an 
entity, whether earned or passive, before any deductions are made for 
costs of doing business (e.g. cost of goods sold), as evidenced by 
audited financial statements for the relevant number of calendar years 
preceding January 1, 1994, or, if audited financial statements were not 
prepared on a calendar-year basis, for the most recently completed 
fiscal years preceding the filing of the applicant's short-form 
application (Form 175). For applications filed after December 31, 1995, 
gross revenues shall be evidenced by audited financial statements for 
the preceding relevant number of calendar or fiscal years. If an entity 
was not in existence for all or part of the relevant period, gross 
revenues shall be evidenced by the audited financial statements of the 
entity's predecessor-in-interest or, if there is no identifiable 
predecessor-in-interest, unaudited financial statements certified by the 
applicant as accurate.
    Land mobile service. A mobile service between base stations and land 
mobile stations, or between land mobile stations.
    Land mobile station. A mobile station in the land mobile service 
capable of surface movement within the geographic limits of a country or 
continent.
    Land station. A station in the mobile service not intended to be 
used while in motion.
    Mobile service. A radio communication service between mobile and 
land stations, or between mobile stations.
    Mobile station. A station in the mobile service intended to be used 
while in motion or during halts at unspecified points.
    National Geodetic Reference System (NGRS): The name given to all 
geodetic control data contained in the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) 
data base. (Source: National Geodetic Survey, U.S. Department of 
Commerce)

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    Rural telephone company. A rural telephone company is a local 
exchange carrier having 100,000 or fewer access lines, including all 
affiliates.
    Small business: consortium of small businesses.
    (1) A small business is an entity that, together with its affiliates 
and persons or entities that hold interest in such entity and their 
affiliates, has average annual gross revenues that are not more than $40 
million for the preceding three years.
    (2) A small business consortium is a conglomerate organization 
formed as a joint venture between or among mutually-independent business 
firms, each of which individually satisfies the definition of a small 
business.
    Total assets. Total assets shall mean the book value (except where 
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) require market 
valuation) of all property owned by an entity, whether real or personal, 
tangible or intangible, as evidenced by the most recent audited 
financial statements.

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