Sec.  24.229   Frequencies.

   The frequencies available in the Broadband PCS service are listed in this
   section in accordance with the frequency allocations table of  Sec. 2.106 of this
   chapter.

   (a) The following frequency blocks are available for assignment on an MTA
   basis:

   Block A: 1850–1865 MHz paired with 1930–1945 MHz; and

   Block B: 1870–1885 MHz paired with 1950–1965 MHz.

   (b) The following frequency blocks are available for assignment on a BTA
   basis:

   Block C: 1895–1910 MHz paired with 1975–1990 MHz;

   Pursuant to Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Installment
   Payment Financing for Personal Communications Services (PCS) Licensees, WT
   Docket No. 97–82, Sixth Report and Order, FCC 00–313, all 30 MHz Block C
   licenses available for auction in Auction No. 35 or any subsequent auction
   will be reconfigured into three 10 MHz C block licenses as follows:
   1895–1900 MHz paired with 1975–1980 MHz, 1900–1905 MHz paired with 1980–1985
   MHz, 1905–1910 MHz paired with 1985–1990 MHz;

   Block D: 1865–1870 MHz paired with 1945–1950 MHz;

   Block E: 1885–1890 MHz paired with 1965–1970 MHz;

   Block F: 1890–1895 MHz paired with 1970–1975 MHz;

   (c) The paired frequency blocks 1910–1915 MHz and 1990–1995 MHz are
   available for assignment in the 175 Economic Areas defined in  Sec. 90.7 of this
   chapter. The 1910–1915 MHz block shall be used for mobile/portable station
   transmissions while the 1990–1995 MHz block shall be used for base station
   transmissions.

   [ 59 FR 32854 , June 24, 1994, as amended at  60 FR 13917 , Mar. 15, 1995;  60 FR 26375 , May 17, 1995;  61 FR 33868 , July 1, 1996;  62 FR 660 , Jan. 6, 1997;  65 FR 53637 , Sept. 5, 2000;  69 FR 67836 , Nov. 22, 2004]