South Carolina Code 58-11-470. Commission shall not grant certificate for operation or extension into established service area unless necessary for public convenience and necessity
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 58-11-470
- commission: means the Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 58-11-10
- public: means the public generally, or any limited portion of the public, including a person or corporation. See South Carolina Code 58-11-10
- radio common carrier: includes persons and corporations, their lessees, assignees, trustees, receivers, or other successors in interest now or hereafter owning or operating in this State equipment or facilities for the transmission of intelligence by a modulated radio frequency signal, for compensation to the public, including all things incident thereto and related to the operation of radio transmission, but shall not include telephone utilities or services regulated by Articles 1 through 13 of Chapter 9 of Title 58 of the 1976 Code. See South Carolina Code 58-11-10
- service area: shall include that geographical area covered by a radio common carrier system by county unless otherwise specified by the Public Service Commission. See South Carolina Code 58-11-10
The Commission shall not grant a certificate for a proposed radio common carrier operation or extension thereof into an established service area of another certified radio common carrier unless after hearing it shall be shown by the applicant that public convenience and necessity will be best met by the radio common carrier being granted authority to serve such area.