---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 22.882"
title: "47"
number: "22.882"
heading: "Designated entities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/22.882"
---

# §22.882. Designated entities.

- (a) **Eligibility for small business provisions in the commercial Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service.**
  - (1) A small business is an entity that, together with its affiliates, its controlling interests and the affiliates of its controlling interests, has average gross revenues that are not more than $40 million for the preceding three years.
  - (2) A very small business is an entity that, together with its affiliates, its controlling interests and the affiliates of its controlling interests, has average gross revenues that are not more than $15 million for the preceding three years.
- (b) **Bidding credits in the commercial Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service.**
  - (1) A winning bidder that qualifies as a small business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of small businesses may use a bidding credit of 15 percent, as specified in [§ 1.2110(f)(2)(iii)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=f-2-iii) of this chapter, to lower the cost of its winning bid on a commercial Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service license.
  - (2) A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of very small businesses may use a bidding credit of 25 percent, as specified in [§ 1.2110(f)(2)(ii)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=f-2-ii) of this chapter, to lower the cost of its winning bid on a commercial Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service license.

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 76417, Dec. 27, 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 76417, Dec. 27, 2005]