Wireless Bureau Denies 800 MHz Waivers for Las Vegas
The FCC Wireless Bureau denied waivers to three parties seeking a way around the 800 MHz application freeze in Las Vegas. Regions along the U.S.-Mexico border are frozen to preserve vacant channels for licensees retuning their systems as part of…
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the ongoing 800 MHz rebanding. Kirk O’Brian Asset Management, Sierra Capital Management and Wireless Acquisitions Group sought waiver for a total of 15 channels in the 806-824/851-869 MHz band for three new specialized mobile radio (SMR) stations at a Las Vegas location. They planned “to use their SMR systems to support communication needs of various service industries in the rapidly developing Las Vegas metropolitan area,” the bureau said. Applicants argued the freeze was unnecessary there since Las Vegas is about 300 miles from the border and the rebanding process there is complete, the bureau said. The bureau dispatched the application in two sentences. “We conclude that the Applicants have not demonstrated that waivers are warranted under the circumstances presented. We deny the waiver requests.” The bureau denied a similar request by Kenneth Erikson and Vantage seeking a total of five channels in the 800 MHz band for two new SMR stations at Keokuk, Iowa, location. “Waiver is needed because the proposed service area overlaps a region where 800 MHz Expansion Band and Guard Band channels are not yet available for assignment,” the bureau said.