Wireless Bureau Won't Extend Construction Deadlines for Paging Licenses
The FCC Wireless Bureau denied a request by Intelligent Transportation & Monitoring Wireless, Skybridge Spectrum Foundation and V2G to extend the five-year construction deadline for 2,132 paging licenses an additional five years, from Nov. 3, 2015, to Nov. 3, 2020.…
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Most of the licenses are in the 35 and 43 MHz paging bands and were bought in a 2010 auction. “(1) Licensees have not provided actual service in their licensed areas; (2) this failure was not caused by circumstances beyond their control; (3) extensions would not serve the underlying purpose of the construction and coverage requirements and Licensees have not shown unique or unusual circumstances that would warrant waiver of the construction deadlines,” the order said. The bureau also said granting the extensions would undermine FCC rules and Section 309(j) of the Communications Act. The companies are controlled by Warren Havens. The FCC earlier sought comment on the requested waiver. The bureau said then that the Havens-controlled companies were examining a “nationwide multi-cell system based on Meteor Burst propagation technology deployed in the 35-50 megahertz range that could be used for non-profit services in support of Federal and other governmental agency programs.” The Enterprise Wireless Alliance opposed the extension (see 1512210041).