Trade Law Daily is a service of Warren Communications News.

LMCC Asks FCC to Clean Up Record in 800 MHz Band

The Land Mobile Communications Council filed a petition for correction asking the FCC to “recognize and correct” the record on multiple release dates for the same Sprint-vacated 800 MHz spectrum. The LMCC has identified 197 Sprint-vacated channels canceled correctly by…

Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article

Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.

Sprint, but for which the FCC issued multiple release dates. “Multiple release dates for the same channels incorrectly trigger an additional five-year period of eligibility limitations,” the council said Tuesday, regarding its filing in docket 02-55. “This inadvertent extension denies access to these channels for critical infrastructure industry and non-public safety eligible applicants for 3 to 5 additional years.”