Sec.  22.953   Content and form of applications.

   Applications for authority to operate a cellular system in an unserved area
   must comply with the specifications in this section.

   (a) Applications for authority to operate a cellular system in an unserved
   area must include the following information in addition to the requirements
   specified in  Sec.  Sec. 1.919, 1.923 and 1.924. The following exhibits must be set
   off by tabs and numbered as follows:

   (1) Exhibit I—full-size map. The scale of the full-size map must be
   1:500,000, regardless of whether any different scale is used for the reduced
   map required in Exhibit II. The map must have a legend, a distance scale and
   correctly labeled latitude and longitude lines. The map must be clear and
   legible. The map must accurately show the cell sites (transmitting antenna
   locations), the entire CGSA, any extension of the composite service area
   boundary beyond the CGSA (see  Sec. 22.911) and the relevant portions of the
   cellular market boundary.

   (2) Exhibit II—reduced map. This map must be a proportional reduction, to 8
   1/2 × 11 inches, of the full-size map required for Exhibit I, unless it
   proves to be impractical to depict the entire cellular market by reducing
   the full-size map. In such instance, an 8 1/2×11 inch map of a different
   scale may be substituted, provided that the required features of the
   full-size map are clearly depicted and labeled.

   (3) Exhibit III—engineering. This exhibit must contain the data and
   methodology used to calculate the CGSA and service area boundary.

   (4) Exhibit IV—channel plan. This exhibit must show which specific channels
   (or groups) are to be used at each cell site. Any necessary table for
   converting channel numbers to center frequencies must be provided.

   (5) [Reserved]

   (6) Exhibit VI—service proposal. This exhibit must describe the services
   proposed for subscribers and roamers, including the proposed method for
   handling complaints.

   (7) Exhibit VII—cellular design. This exhibit must show that the proposed
   system design complies with cellular system design concepts, and must
   describe the method proposed to expand the system in a coordinated fashion
   as necessary to address changing demand for cellular service.

   (8) Exhibit VIII—blocking level. This exhibit must disclose the blocking
   probability or other criteria to be used to determine whether it is
   necessary to take measures to increase system capacity to maintain service
   quality.

   (9) Exhibit IX—start-up expenses. This exhibit must disclose in detail the
   projected cost of construction and other initial expenses of the proposed
   system, and how the applicant intends to meet these expenses and the costs
   of operation for the first year.

   (10) Exhibit X—interconnection arrangements. This exhibit is required for
   applicants that provide public landline message telephone service in any
   portion of the proposed CGSA. This exhibit must describe exactly how the
   proposed system would interconnect with the landline network. The
   description must be of sufficient detail to enable a competitor to connect
   with the landline system in exactly the same manner, if the competitor so
   chooses.

   (b) Existing systems—major modifications. Licensees making major
   modifications pursuant to  Sec. 1.929(a) and (b) of this chapter, must file FCC
   Form 601 and need only contain the exhibits required by paragraphs (a)(1)
   through (a)(3) of this section.

   (c) Existing systems—minor modifications. Licensees making minor
   modifications pursuant to  Sec. 1.929(k) of this chapter—in which the
   modification causes a change in the CGSA boundary (including the removal of
   a transmitter or transmitters)—must notify the FCC (using FCC Form 601) and
   include full-sized maps, reduced maps, and supporting engineering exhibits
   as described in paragraphs (a)(1) through (3) of this section. If the
   modification involves a contract SAB extension, it must include a statement
   as to whether the five-year build-out for the system on the relevant channel
   block in the market into which the SAB extends has elapsed, and as to
   whether the SAB extends into any unserved area in that market.

   [ 59 FR 59507 , Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at  59 FR 59954 , Nov. 21, 1994;  63 FR 68951 , Dec. 14, 1998;  64 FR 53241 , Oct. 1, 1999;  70 FR 61059 , Oct. 20, 2005]