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FCC 21.5
Revised as of May 5, 2005
Goto Year:2004 | 2006
Sec.  22.5   Citizenship.

   

   The  rules in this section implement section 310 of the Communications
   Act of 1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. Sec. 310), in regard to the citizenship
   of licensees in the Public Mobile Services.

   (a)  Foreign  governments.  The FCC will not grant an authorization in
   the   Public   Mobile  Services  to  any  foreign  government  or  any
   representative thereof.

   (b)   Alien   ownership   or  control.  The  FCC  will  not  grant  an
   authorization in the Public Mobile Services to:

   (1) Any alien or the representative of any alien;

   (2)   Any   corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of  any  foreign
   government;

   (3)  Any corporation of which more than one-fifth of the capital stock
   is owned of record or voted by aliens or their representatives or by a
   foreign  government  or  representative thereof, or by any corporation
   organized under the laws of a foreign country;

   (4)  Any  corporation  directly  or indirectly controlled by any other
   corporation  of  which  more  than  one-fourth of the capital stock is
   owned  of  record  or  voted by aliens, their representatives, or by a
   foreign  government  or  representative thereof, or by any corporation
   organized  under  the laws of a foreign country, if the FCC finds that
   the  public  interest  will  be served by the refusal or revocation of
   such license.

   [ 59 FR 59507 , Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at  61 FR 55580 , Oct. 28, 1996]


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