Active Alerts

Effective Friday, October 15, 2021 from 10:00 PM to Saturday, October 16, 2:00 PM: Universal Licensing System (ULS) System Down for Scheduled Maintenance
Effective: October 15, 2021 10:00 pm - October 16, 2021 2:00 pm
System: Tower Construction Notifications (TCNS)

Universal Licensing System (including Application Search, License Search, License Manager, Tower Construction Notification System, E-106 System, ASR Online Filing, ASR Application Search, ASR Registration Search, TOWAIR and all ULS Specialized Searches) will be down for scheduled maintenance starting at 10:00 PM EDT on Friday, October 15, 2021 until 2:00 PM EDT Saturday, October 16, 2021. 

CORES Paper Mail Disruption
Effective: March 25, 2020
System: Commission Registration System (CORES)

Due to the ongoing health crisis, the FCC will temporarily discontinue its practice of mailing letters to CORES account holders to memorialize the following actions:

  • Registration Confirmation
  • Password Notification
  • Password Reset
  • Password Security Question Reset
  • Registration Update

We apologize for the inconvenience. We will resume this service when the FCC returns to full work capacity.

Report & Order FCC 20-184 – Amendment of Application Fees
System: Universal Licensing System (ULS)

Report & Order FCC 20-184 – Amendment of Application Fees - On December 29, 2020 the Commission released a Report and Order in MD Docket 20-270 “Amendment of the Schedule of Application Fees Set Forth in Sections 1.1102 through 1.1109 of the Commission’s Rules”.  The fee changes outlined in this order will not take effect until the requisite notice has been provided to Congress, the FCC’s information technology systems and internal procedures have been updated, and the Commission publishes notice(s) in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of such rules. Please continue to use the current Wireless Telecommunications Fee Guide for fees related to applications filed in ULS.

Active Warnings

Effective Friday, October 15, 2021 from 10:00 PM to Saturday, October 16, 2:00 PM: Universal Licensing System (ULS) System Down for Scheduled Maintenance
Effective: October 15, 2021 10:00 pm - October 16, 2021 2:00 pm
System: Universal Licensing System (ULS)

Universal Licensing System (including Application Search, License Search, License Manager, Tower Construction Notification System, E-106 System, Antenna Structure Registration Online Filing, ASR Application Search, ASR Registration Search, Application GeoSearch, 800 MHz and Ownership Information Search) will be down for scheduled maintenance starting at 10:00 PM EDT on Friday, October 15, 2021 until 2:00 PM EDT Saturday, October 16, 2021.

Active Notices

NEW PAGE: Instructions on Printing Official License in ULS
System: Universal Licensing System (ULS)

New Instructions Page for downloading your granted ULS Authorization.

Special Conditions Code document updated.
System: Universal Licensing System (ULS)

The Special Conditions Code document for public access files has been updated. Please reference the Public Access Files Documentation