FCC Revokes Licenses for 3 Specialized Mobile Radio Stations
Licenses held by Spectrum 100, Western Spectrum Ventures and Eagle Group are no longer valid, the FCC Wireless Bureau said in a Friday order. The licenses were for trunked 800 MHz specialized mobile radio stations. The FCC investigated the status…
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of the stations after an April “informal request” from Smartcomm, the bureau said. “The request includes a declaration of an employee of a Smartcomm affiliate, who stated that she performed a physical site inspection at both locations and observed no antennas mounted on towers at the authorized location and height, and that no building permits were filed with the county offices for either location.” The companies then confirmed the stations hadn't been operational since November, the bureau said. “Section 90.631(f) of the Commission's rules provides that the license for a trunked SMR station cancels automatically if the station is not placed in permanent operation, in accordance with the licensed parameters, within one year of license grant; or if the facilities have discontinued operation for ninety continuous days,” the bureau said. “The information provided by the Licensees is sufficient evidence that the Stations have not been in operation for ninety continuous days, and that their authorizations canceled automatically.”