§  101.1   Scope and authority.

   (a) Part 1 of the Commission's rules contains the general rules of
   practice and procedure applicable to proceedings before the Commission
   and for the filing of applications for radio station licenses in the
   fixed microwave services.

   (b) The purpose of the rules in this part is to prescribe the manner in
   which portions of the radio spectrum may be made available for private
   operational, common carrier, 24 GHz Service and Local Multipoint
   Distribution Service fixed, microwave operations that require
   transmitting facilities on land or in specified offshore coastal areas
   within the continental shelf.

   (c) The rules in this part are issued pursuant to the authority
   contained in Titles I through III of the Communications Act of 1934, as
   amended, which vest authority in the Federal Communications Commission
   to regulate common carriers of interstate and foreign communications,
   to regulate radio transmissions and issue licenses for radio stations,
   and to regulate all interstate and foreign communications by wire and
   radio necessary to the accomplishment of the purposes of the Act.

   [ 61 FR 26677 , May 28, 1996, as amended at  62 FR 23163 , Apr. 29, 1997;
    63 FR 68981 , Dec. 14, 1998;  65 FR 59357 , Oct. 5, 2000]