---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 22.853"
title: "47"
number: "22.853"
heading: "Eligibility to hold interest in licenses limited to 3 MHz of spectrum."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/22.853"
---

# §22.853. Eligibility to hold interest in licenses limited to 3 MHz of spectrum.


No individual or entity may hold, directly or indirectly, a controlling interest in licenses authorizing the use of more than three megahertz of spectrum (either shared or exclusive) in the 800 MHz commercial aviation Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service frequency bands (see [§ 22.857](/cfr/47/22.857.md)). Individuals and entities with either de jure or de facto control of a licensee in these bands will be considered to have a controlling interest in its license(s). For purposes of this rule, the definitions of “controlling interests” and “affiliate” set forth in paragraphs [(c)(2)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=c-2) and [(c)(5)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=c-5) of § 1.2110 of this chapter shall apply.


## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 19310, Apr. 13, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 222, 303, 309, and 332.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 59507, Nov. 17, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[70 FR 19310, Apr. 13, 2005]