The FCC Wireless Bureau said it gave the...
The FCC Wireless Bureau said it gave the Enterprise Wireless Association and Sprint Nextel the clarity they sought in a 2008 petition asking for a tweak to the agency’s 900 MHz Business and Industrial/Land Transportation (B/ILT) license application freeze. The…
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bureau modified the freeze to allow qualified entities to file an application for a new authorization in any National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) region before Sprint’s 800 MHz rebanding efforts are complete in that region. “Our action today will allow qualified applicants to gain access to 900 MHz B/ILT spectrum without unnecessary delay, thereby promoting spectrum efficiency by allowing access to spectrum that may otherwise be unused during the 800 MHz rebanding process,” the bureau said (http://bit.ly/1aKYrv2). “The pending Petition filed by EWA and Sprint Nextel asserts that the conditions for lifting the freeze are unnecessary to protect Sprint Nextel’s rebanding activities and its ability to use 900 MHz B/ILT spectrum pursuant to an STA [special temporary authority]. Petitioners note, for example, that in some NPSPAC regions Sprint Nextel does not need additional 900 MHz B/ILT spectrum to meet its 800 MHz rebanding obligations (e.g., Alaska, Idaho, North Dakota), and that in other regions Sprint Nextel needs 900 MHz spectrum only in a limited geographic area within a typical statewide NPSPAC region (e.g., Atlanta, but not all of Georgia; and Louisville, but not all of Kentucky).” The freeze has been in place since 2004.