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 REGULATORY  FEES  FACT  SHEET  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W. 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554  August  2006 


 WHAT  YOU  OWE  –  COMMERCIAL  WIRELESS  SERVICES  FOR  FY  2006 
 This  Fact  Sheet  pertains  to  holders  of  licenses  in  the  following  commercial  wireless  services:  Broadband  Radio  Service  (BRS)  (formerly  known  as  multipoint  distribution  service  (MDS)  and 
 multichannel  multipoint  distribution  service  (MMDS)),  local  multipoint  distribution  service  (LMDS),  and  commercial  mobile  radio  service  (CMRS). 


 CMRS  licensees  include:  specialized  mobile  radio  services  (Part  90);  public  coast  stations  (Part  80);  public  mobile  radio,  cellular,  800  MHz  air-  ground  radiotelephone,  and  offshore  radio  services  (Part 
 22);  and  PCS  broadband  services  (Part  24).  The  CMRS  messaging  services  category  includes  all  one-  way  (Parts  22  and  90),  two-  way  paging,  qualifying  interconnected  business  radio  services,  220- 
 222  MHz  land  mobile  systems  (Part  90),  PCS  narrowband  services  (Part  24)  (e.  g.  one-  way  and  two-way  paging),  and  all  SMR  systems  authorized  for  operation  with  less  than  10  MHz  bandwidth  (Part 
 90).  All  other  private  wireless  regulatory  fees  that  are  not  noted  here  are  paid  in  advance  for  the  full  license  term  and  are  submitted  along  with  the  appropriate  application  fee. 


 CMRS  Service  Providers 
 Who  Must  Pay:  CMRS  cellular  providers,  CMRS  mobile  service  licensees,  and  CMRS  messaging  licensees  (category  includes  all  one-  way  (Parts  22  and  90),  two-  way  paging,  qualifying 
 interconnected  business  radio  services,  220-  222  MHz  land  mobile  systems  (Part  90),  PCS  narrowband  services  (e.  g.  one-  way  and  two-  way  paging),  and  all  SMR  systems  authorized  for 
 operation  with  less  than  10  MHz  bandwidth)  as  detailed  at  the  beginning  of  this  Attachment.  The  assessed  CMRS  regulatory  fee  is  based  upon  the  nature  of  authorization  (e.  g.  license)  held  as  of 
 October  1,  2005.  CMRS  licensees  who  did  not  begin  providing  services  prior  to  October  1,  2005  are  not  required  to  pay  regulatory  fees  this  year.  However,  in  instances  where  a  service  license 
 or  authorization  is  transferred  or  assigned  after  October  1,  2005,  the  fee  must  be  paid  by  the  party  that  is  the  licensee  or  holder  of  the  authorization  on  the  date  that  the  fee  payment  is  due. 


 Fee  Requirement:  CMRS  fees  are  assessed  on  the  number  of  telephone  numbers  or  unit  counts,  as  stated  in  the  table  below.  If  you  received  a  letter  from  the  FCC  regarding  your  CMRS  cellular 
 or  mobile  telephone  number  count,  you  should  use  the  telephone  number  count  identified  on  the  second  or  final  letter.  All  other  CMRS  cellular  and  mobile  licensees  who  did  not  receive  a  letter 
 from  the  FCC  should  use  the  number  of  telephone  numbers  or  units  as  of  December  31,  2005.  CMRS  Messaging  (Paging)  licensees  were  not  sent  a  letter  from  the  FCC,  and  should  therefore 
 use  the  number  of  telephone  numbers  or  units  as  of  December  31,  2005  for  their  subscriber  count. 
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