FCC Database Search Tips
Mobile carriers usually hold multiple licenses in a given area. To view all of the mobile telephone service providers within a state or county: - Go to the FCC's online license search database
- Click on "Advanced License Search"
- Under "Service Group," leave the selection on "All."
- Under "Match only the following radio service(s)," hold down the Ctrl key on your PC keyboard (command key on a Mac) and click all of the following categories under which cell phone operators fall:
- CL - Cellular
- CW - PCS Broadband
- CY - 1910-1915/1990-1995 MHz Bands, Market Area
- GX - SMR, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Conventional
- WS - Wireless Communications Service
- YC - SMR, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Auctioned
- YH - SMR, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Auctioned (Rebanded YC license)
- YX - SMR, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Trunked
- Under "Customize Your Results," select "100" next to "Results Display"
- Leave the other fields alone and click the GEOSEARCH button near the bottom of the page
- Under "State/County," select the state and county for the license area you want to view (or you can view an entire state by not selecting a particular county)
- Click on the Call Sign/Lease ID to view the detail for a particular license in the resulting list
- Click on the "Admin" tab, and under "Applications" click on "All Applications"
- The resulting list of applications shows you when the license originally began, times when the operating company might have changed hands and when other changes have occurred.
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