Assn. of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) said FCC b...
Assn. of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) said FCC began this month to mail “hundreds of thousands of letters” to license holders for frequencies below 512 MHz. FCC Wireless Bureau said earlier this month it was conducting audit of construction…
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and operational status of private land mobile radio (PLMR) stations below 512 MHz that were subject to frequency coordination. APCO said letters request responses on construction or operational status of licenses, including public safety operations. Letters will be sent out alphabetically over several months, APCO said. Action is designed to update FCC database and potentially free up frequencies now lying fallow. When licensee fails to construct PLMR facilities within required period or station discontinues operations for one year, licenses automatically cancel. APCO said it applauded FCC action, “but warns all public safety agencies of certain unintended results.” APCO said: “Many agencies have not maintained their contact information on their police, fire, ambulance or other radio authorization license with the FCC. In such cases those agencies risk losing their license through automatic cancellation if they fail to respond.” APCO said each licensee had responsibility to maintain such information.