{"data":{"id":"us/47-cfr-101.1017","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"47 CFR 101.1017","heading":"Requesting regulatory status.","body":"(a) Initial applications. An applicant will specify on FCC Form 601 if it is requesting authorization to provide services on a common carrier basis, a non-common carrier basis, or on both a common carrier and non-common carrier basis.\n(b) Amendment of pending applications. (1) Any pending application may be amended to:\n(i) Change the carrier status requested, or\n(ii) Add to the pending request in order to obtain both common carrier and non-common carrier status in a single license.\n(2) Amendments to change, or add to, the carrier status in a pending application are minor amendments pursuant to § 1.927 of this chapter.\n(c) Modification of license. (1) A licensee may modify a license to:\n(i) Change the carrier status authorized, or\n(ii) Add to the status authorized in order to obtain both common carrier and non-common carrier status in a single license.\n(2) Applications to change, or add to, the carrier status in a license are modifications not requiring prior Commission authorization filed under § 1.927 of this chapter. If the change results in the discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of an existing service, the licensee is also governed by § 101.305(b) or (c) and submits the application under § 1.927 of this chapter in conformance with the time frames and requirements of §§ 101.305 (b) or (c).","path":["Title 47—Telecommunication","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER D—SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES","PART 101—FIXED MICROWAVE SERVICES","Subpart L—Local Multipoint Distribution Service"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-47.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:28Z","sha256":"f3390689dcf8376aa074f60026fee10687e101fd510006d0fa6f6bc752f21b5f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/47-cfr-101.1013","next":"us/47-cfr-101.1101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}