---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 27.1601"
title: "47"
number: "27.1601"
heading: "Designated entities in the 3450-3550 MHz band."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/27.1601"
---

# §27.1601. Designated entities in the 3450-3550 MHz band.

- (a) **Eligibility for small business provisions—**
  - (1) **Definitions—**
    - (i) **Small business.** 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 not exceeding $55 million for the preceding five (5) years.
    - (ii) **Very small business.** 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 not exceeding $20 million for the preceding five (5) years.
  - (2) **Bidding credits.** A winning bidder that qualifies as a small business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of small businesses as provided in [§ 1.2110(c)(6)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=c-6) of this chapter, may use the bidding credit of 15 percent, as specified in [§ 1.2110(f)(2)(i)(C)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=f-2-i-C) of this chapter, subject to the cap specified in [§ 1.2110(f)(2)(ii)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=f-2-ii) of this chapter. A winning bidder that qualifies as a very small business, as defined in this section, or a consortium of very small businesses as provided in [§ 1.2110(c)(6)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=c-6) of this chapter, may use the bidding credit of 25 percent, as specified in [§ 1.2110(f)(2)(i)(B)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=f-2-i-B) of this chapter, subject to the cap specified in [§ 1.2110(f)(2)(ii)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=f-2-ii) of this chapter.
- (b) **Eligibility for rural service provider bidding credit.** A rural service provider, as defined in [§ 1.2110(f)(4)(i)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=f-4-i) of this chapter, that has not claimed a small business bidding credit, or a consortium of rural service providers as provided in [§ 1.2110(c)(6)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=c-6) of this chapter, may use the bidding credit of 15 percent specified in [§ 1.2110(f)(4)](/cfr/47/1.2110.md?p=f-4) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 86 FR 17954, Apr. 7, 2021, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302a, 303, 307, 309, 332, 336, 337, 1403, 1404, 1451, and 1452, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997, unless otherwise noted.