MMDS definition

MMDS means, collectively, Multipoint Distribution Service and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service, in each case a domestic transmission service licensed by the FCC pursuant to Part 21 of the FCC Rules.

MMDS means the means of delivering video programming by direct broadcast to single family or multi-tenant dwellings by use of microwave frequencies, including only those frequencies classified by the Federal Communications Commission or its successor (“FCC”) as Local Multipoint Distribution Service, Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service, Multipoint Distribution Service, Instructional Television Fixed Service and Operational Fixed Service.

MMDS means Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service, a domestic transmission service licensed by the FCC pursuant to Part 21 of the FCC Rules using the frequency of 2596 to 2644 MHZ, rendered on microwave frequencies and used primarily for the distribution of commercial visual and audio programming.

Examples of MMDS in a sentence

• As defined by the FCC, any provider of multiple channel video service to the home, including but not limited to, Cable Television Service, direct broadcast satellite service ("DBS"), multi-channel multi-point distribution service ("MMDS"), and Open Video Service ("OVS").

• For purposes of this item, MDS includes both the single channel Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) and the Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS).

• Information available to us indicates that no MMDS facility generates revenue in excess of $11 million annually.

• For multichannel video distribution, likely sources of competition include open video systems (OVS), MMDS [Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service], DBS [Direct Broadcast Satellite], FSS [Fixed Satellite Service] program distributors, and satellite master an- tenna television systems.

• Broadband Radio Service systems, previously referred to as Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS) systems, and ‘‘wireless cable,’’ transmit video programming to subscribers and provide two-way high speed data operations using the microwave frequencies of the Broadband Radio Service (BRS) and Educational Broadband Service (EBS) (previously referred to as the Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS)).

More Definitions of MMDS

MMDS means multichannel multipoint distribution service.

MMDS means multi-channel, multi-point distribution services (also known as “wireless cable”).

MMDS has the meaning set forth in Section 9.07.

MMDS means multi-channel multi-point distribution service to transmit audio-visual signals through wireless devices, to multiple subscribers, after receiving such signals from other channels of communication16;

MMDS means Multi-channel Multi-distribution Service to transmit audio-video signals through satellite or other wireless telecommunication devices;

MMDS. ’ means a Multipoint Microwave Distribution System;

MMDS has the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble.