FCC Universal Licensing System Applications and Licenses

The Federal Communications Commission provides data on electronic license applications and authorizations processed through its Universal Licensing System. The system contains records for applications and licenses across various radio services, searchable by criteria like file number, applicant name, and call sign. Data can be downloaded in pipe-delimited format.

Use Cases

• Analyze application filing volumes and processing times by radio service code and application purpose.
• Map the geographic distribution of wireless licenses using location data provided for mapping software integration.
• Search and link license records to entities by call sign, licensee name, or applicant name for regulatory compliance checks.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. telecommunications regulator.
• Includes both application and license data, providing a view of the regulatory lifecycle.
• Supports electronic search and download in a structured, pipe-delimited format for analysis.

Limitations

• Specific data volume, row count, and column schema are not provided in the input, complicating initial assessment.
• Primary access format listed is HTML, which may require parsing to extract structured data for programmatic use.

Provenance

Source

Federal Communications Commission

Collection Method

Electronically filed applications and processed license data from the Universal Licensing System.

Freshness

Data was last updated on December 27, 2023.

Geography

United States