FCC order released Mon. granted part of request by LMR Systems, w...
FCC order released Mon. granted part of request by LMR Systems, which had challenged Commission decision to dismiss its applications for various 800 and 900 MHz band channels. LMR sought spectrum for proposed Airport Specialized Mobile Radio communications systems.…
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FCC affirmed dismissal of 2 of 10 applications that had been rejected by Wireless Bureau’s Public Safety and Private Wireless Div. But order, which was approved Dec. 31, sent back remaining 8 applications to division for further consideration. In 1996, LMR withdrew previous waiver requests, saying its pending applications could be granted without waivers. LMR told FCC that industrial/land transportation (I/LT) frequencies it sought would be used only within parameters of eligibility criteria for this spectrum. LMR said it should be able to charge eligible end users “reasonable fee” for use of equipment that it installed. But FCC decided it couldn’t grant LMR applications without waiver requests because rules stipulate that private land mobile radio channels above 800 MHz can be shared only on nonprofit basis and LMR intended to charge. FCC said: “While it was reasonable for the division to question whether LMR’s proposal was a not-for-profit, cost- shared system, we will nonetheless afford LMR an opportunity to make a showing that its proposed system is a not-for- profit, cost-shared system.” Commission said it stood by decision to dismiss 2 of LMR’s applications because they lacked frequency coordination.