FCC Bureau Won't Act on Smartcomm Complaint
The FCC Wireless Bureau said it will take no action on a Smartcomm informal complaint asking for the removal of business/industrial/land transportation (B/ILT) channels from nine 800 MHz specialized mobile radio (SMR) licenses. “Smartcomm has correctly identified B/ILT frequencies that…
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should not have been assigned to the licenses at issue,” the order said. “Due to the procedural posture of this matter, however, we will take no action with respect to these licenses." Three of the licenses were for failure to construct, the bureau said. It dismissed objections to the other six because Smartcomm didn’t seek timely reconsideration of the license grants. Under FCC rules, the bureau said it could act only if doing so were in the public interest. “Smartcomm does not argue that operation on the improperly granted B/ILT channels has caused (or has the potential to cause) interference to, or in any way affect, any B/ILT entity,” the bureau said. “License modification is not necessary to promote the public interest.”