Several commenters support Sprint Nextel’s request that the FCC determine...
Several commenters support Sprint Nextel’s request that the FCC determine “now rather than upon completion of 800 MHz band reconfiguration” that Sprint has effectively met a requirement of the FCC’s landmark 800 MHz rebanding order and won’t owe the government…
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a windfall payment. The 2004 order required Nextel to pay out the full value of the 10 MHz national spectrum license it got as part of the order in rebanding costs or pay the balance to the government. “As detailed in the Sprint Petition, the Commission has adequate cost and payment information available to make a determination that Sprint’s expenditures exceed the Commission’s anti-windfall payment threshold and therefore Sprint does not and will not owe an ‘anti-windfall’ payment to the U.S. Treasury under the terms and provisions of the Commission’s 800 MHz Reconfiguration Plan,” Sprint said (http://bit.ly/Wl9l4E). It said Dish Network is “the only commenting party that is not an 800 MHz stakeholder impacted by 800 MHz band reconfiguration, [and] is also the only commenter that fails to recognize the value in undertaking the anti-windfall analysis without further delay.” Dish said (http://bit.ly/WG8tdf) “Sprint’s request is not supported by adequate documentation, and further scrutiny of Sprint’s claimed expenditures is needed before the Commission can reasonably determine that no ‘anti-windfall’ payment is required."