{"abstract":"This document revises and streamlines the Commission rules to modernize the Experimental Radio Service (ERS). The rules adopted in the Report and Order updates the ERS to a more flexible framework to keep pace with the speed of modern technological change while continuing to provide an environment where creativity can thrive. To accomplish this transition, the Commission created three new types of ERS licenses--the program license, the medical testing license, and the compliance testing license--to benefit the development of new technologies, expedite their introduction to the marketplace, and unleash the full power of innovators to keep the United States at the forefront of the communications industry. The Commission's actions also modify the market trial rules to eliminate confusion and more clearly articulate its policies with respect to marketing products prior to equipment certification. The Commission believes that these actions will remove regulatory barriers to experimentation, thereby permitting institutions to move from concept to experimentation to finished product more rapidly and to more quickly implement creative problem- solving methodologies.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2013/04/29/2013-08528.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":0,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":2,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":5,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":22,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":73,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":74,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":80,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":87,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":90,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":101,"title":47}],"citation":"78 FR 25138","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective May 29, 2013, except Sec. Sec. 2.803(c)(2), 5.59, 5.61, 5.63, 5.64, 5.65, 5.73, 5.79, 5.81, 5.107, 5.115, 5.121, 5.123, 5.205, 5.207, 5.217(b), 5.307, 5.308, 5.309, 5.311, 5.404, 5.405, 5.406, 5.504, and 5.602. These rules contain new or modified information collection requirements that require approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), and will become effective after the Commission publishes a document in the Federal Register announcing the approval and effective date.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["ET Docket No. 10-236 and 06-155","FCC 13-15"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2013-08528","effective_on":"2013-05-29","end_page":25176,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2013/04/29/2013-08528.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/04/29/2013-08528/radio-experimentation-and-market-trials-streamlining-rules","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2013-08528?publication_date=2013-04-29","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2013-04-29/2013-08528/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":39,"page_views":{"count":925,"last_updated":"2026-07-27 04:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-04-29/pdf/2013-08528.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2013-08528.pdf?1366981712","publication_date":"2013-04-29","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2013/04/29/2013-08528.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[],"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=FCC-2013-0167","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"FCC-2013-0167","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Radio Experimentation and Market Trials: Streamlining Rules","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2013-05-19T06:00:08Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":25138,"subtype":null,"title":"Radio Experimentation and Market Trials-Streamlining Rules","toc_doc":"Streamlining Rules","toc_subject":"Radio Experimentation and Market Trials:","topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Communications equipment","Organization and functions (Government agencies)","Radio","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements"],"type":"Rule","volume":78}