# FCC ULS Wireless Licensing & Spectrum Tracker API (`nexgendata/fcc-uls-wireless-licensing-spectrum-tracker`) Actor Daily FCC Universal Licensing System feed: new licenses, renewals, cancellations, modifications across wireless services with service-class normalization, FRN + licensee + frequency-range + state filters. Daily-refresh and bulk-CSV reconciled — replaces $5K-25K/yr telecom spectrum-intel feeds. - **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgendata/fcc-uls-wireless-licensing-spectrum-tracker.md - **Developed by:** [NexGenData](https://apify.com/nexgendata) (community) - **Categories:** Business - **Stats:** 3 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $80.00 / 1,000 license events This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## FCC ULS Wireless Licensing & Spectrum Tracker API FCC ULS wireless licensing and spectrum public records — licensees, call signs, services and grant dates. > Factual public records — assembled for research and monitoring. ### ⏰ Run this as a monitoring subscription (recommended) Regulatory data is monitoring data. Schedule a weekly sweep (`0 8 * * 1`) and catch new licenses as they post — an always-on official-records feed. ### 📊 What you get Clean JSON, one record per license (full output has 9 fields): - `license_id` — License id - `licensee_name` — Licensee name - `call_sign` — Call sign - `radio_service` — Radio service - `status` — Status - `grant_date` — Grant date - `expiration_date` — Expiration date - `frequency` — Frequency - `state` — State **Pricing:** Pay-Per-Event; see the Pricing tab. ### 🤖 Use with AI agents Point Claude, the OpenAI Agents SDK, an n8n flow or any MCP-aware client at it and pull official records on demand. **Agentic payments (x402):** Supports agentic payment via x402 — agents can call this actor with USDC, no API key required. ### 🔗 Related regulatory actors **US government data & filings:** [Federal Register](https://apify.com/nexgendata/federal-register-rules-scraper) · [Treasury Auctions](https://apify.com/nexgendata/us-treasury-auction-results) · [Treasury Yields](https://apify.com/nexgendata/treasury-yields-bonds) · [FEC Expenditures](https://apify.com/nexgendata/fec-independent-expenditures-scraper) · [FEC Contributions](https://apify.com/nexgendata/fec-campaign-finance-intelligence) · [IRS 990](https://apify.com/nexgendata/irs-990-nonprofit-explorer-scraper) · [Nonprofit 990 Records](https://apify.com/nexgendata/nonprofit-irs-990-intelligence) **Company registries:** [Delaware](https://apify.com/nexgendata/delaware-corporations-search-scraper) · [US State Filings](https://apify.com/nexgendata/business-registration-lookup) · [India MCA](https://apify.com/nexgendata/ogd-india-companies-registry) · [GLEIF LEI](https://apify.com/nexgendata/gleif-lei-entity-resolution) · [UK PSC](https://apify.com/nexgendata/uk-psc-beneficial-ownership) · [HK Registry](https://apify.com/nexgendata/hk-companies-registry) · [Taiwan MOEA](https://apify.com/nexgendata/taiwan-moea-company-registry) *This actor is currently private — treated and ready for review.* --- *Public official records and enforcement data, assembled for research and monitoring.* # Actor input Schema ## `service_code` (type: `string`): FCC ULS service code to filter by. Examples: WS (Wireless Communications), CW (Common Carrier Wireless), CL (Cellular), PG (Paging), CM (Common Microwave), HA (Amateur), MG (Maritime). Leave empty to scan all services. Default 'WS' targets Wireless Communications Service licenses. ## `state_filter` (type: `string`): Two-letter US state code to filter licensee addresses (e.g. 'CA', 'TX', 'NY'). Leave empty for all states. ## `license_class` (type: `string`): License classification family. 'common_carrier' = Part 22/24/27 cellular/PCS/AWS carriers; 'private_radio' = Part 90 land-mobile/business radio; 'broadcast' = Part 73/74 broadcast-related auxiliary services; 'any' = no class filter. ## `event_type` (type: `string`): ULS license-event type filter. 'new_license' = newly granted; 'renewal' = renewed call sign; 'cancellation' = canceled/terminated/expired; 'modification' = license modification (e.g. frequency change, ownership). 'any' = include all event types. ## `days_back` (type: `integer`): Look-back window in days. Events with action_date within (today - days_back) inclusive will be emitted. Default 30 covers typical monthly spectrum-strategy review cycles. ## `max_events` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of license events to emit. Hard ceiling — actor stops scanning after this many records are pushed. Lower this for cost control on large service codes. ## Actor input object example ```json { "service_code": "WS", "license_class": "any", "event_type": "any", "days_back": 30, "max_events": 100 } ```` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "service_code": "WS", "state_filter": "", "days_back": 30, "max_events": 100 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("nexgendata/fcc-uls-wireless-licensing-spectrum-tracker").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "service_code": "WS", "state_filter": "", "days_back": 30, "max_events": 100, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("nexgendata/fcc-uls-wireless-licensing-spectrum-tracker").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "service_code": "WS", "state_filter": "", "days_back": 30, "max_events": 100 }' | apify call nexgendata/fcc-uls-wireless-licensing-spectrum-tracker --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nexgendata/fcc-uls-wireless-licensing-spectrum-tracker", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "FCC ULS Wireless Licensing & Spectrum Tracker API", "description": "Daily FCC Universal Licensing System feed: new licenses, renewals, cancellations, modifications across wireless services with service-class normalization, FRN + licensee + frequency-range + state filters. Daily-refresh and bulk-CSV reconciled — replaces $5K-25K/yr telecom spectrum-intel feeds.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "HkxxdDpbXOlHMDglZ" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/nexgendata~fcc-uls-wireless-licensing-spectrum-tracker/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-nexgendata-fcc-uls-wireless-licensing-spectrum-tracker", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/nexgendata~fcc-uls-wireless-licensing-spectrum-tracker/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-nexgendata-fcc-uls-wireless-licensing-spectrum-tracker", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/nexgendata~fcc-uls-wireless-licensing-spectrum-tracker/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-nexgendata-fcc-uls-wireless-licensing-spectrum-tracker", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "service_code": { "title": "FCC ULS Service Code", "type": "string", "description": "FCC ULS service code to filter by. Examples: WS (Wireless Communications), CW (Common Carrier Wireless), CL (Cellular), PG (Paging), CM (Common Microwave), HA (Amateur), MG (Maritime). Leave empty to scan all services. Default 'WS' targets Wireless Communications Service licenses." }, "state_filter": { "title": "US State Filter (2-letter)", "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter US state code to filter licensee addresses (e.g. 'CA', 'TX', 'NY'). Leave empty for all states." }, "license_class": { "title": "License Class", "enum": [ "common_carrier", "private_radio", "broadcast", "any" ], "type": "string", "description": "License classification family. 'common_carrier' = Part 22/24/27 cellular/PCS/AWS carriers; 'private_radio' = Part 90 land-mobile/business radio; 'broadcast' = Part 73/74 broadcast-related auxiliary services; 'any' = no class filter.", "default": "any" }, "event_type": { "title": "Event Type", "enum": [ "new_license", "renewal", "cancellation", "modification", "any" ], "type": "string", "description": "ULS license-event type filter. 'new_license' = newly granted; 'renewal' = renewed call sign; 'cancellation' = canceled/terminated/expired; 'modification' = license modification (e.g. frequency change, ownership). 'any' = include all event types.", "default": "any" }, "days_back": { "title": "Days back", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 365, "type": "integer", "description": "Look-back window in days. Events with action_date within (today - days_back) inclusive will be emitted. Default 30 covers typical monthly spectrum-strategy review cycles.", "default": 30 }, "max_events": { "title": "Max events", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 2000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of license events to emit. Hard ceiling — actor stops scanning after this many records are pushed. Lower this for cost control on large service codes.", "default": 100 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```