PCS Partners (PCSP) asked the FCC to reverse...
PCS Partners (PCSP) asked the FCC to reverse a June 10 order terminating docket 06-49, a proceeding the commission created in 2006 to examine new approaches to what it saw as an underused Multilateration Location and Monitoring Service (M-LMS) band.…
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The FCC noted in the June order (http://bit.ly/1pUGy5k) that there has been additional activity since 2006. “Based on the record before us, and on recent developments pertaining to M-LMS operations in the 902-928 MHz band, we conclude that the various proposals for wholesale revisions of the applicable rules do not merit further consideration at this time,” the FCC found. But PCSP said the order is inconsistent with a June 30 public notice (http://bit.ly/1ljzi3t) from the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau seeking comment on whether it should terminate certain dormant proceedings. Prior to release of the order terminating 06-49 “the Bureau did not issue a public notice and did not provide an opportunity for public input,” PCSP said (http://bit.ly/1rokcfB). “The Docket 06-49 Termination Order therefore does not comply with applicable rules.” The FCC should give PSCP “and other affected parties the opportunity for meaningful input that is guaranteed by the rules, including the opportunity to demonstrate why Docket 06-49 should not have been terminated,” it said. PCSP is a wireless licensee that holds various M-LMS licenses, said a lawyer for the partnership.