The FCC denied a Duane Morris, LLP, request for clarification of ...
The FCC denied a Duane Morris, LLP, request for clarification of how resolution of a pending rulemaking could affect permitted use of Automated Maritime Telecom System (AMTS) spectrum. The petitioner, which represents clients interested in the upcoming AMTS Auction…
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61, had said such information would help auction bidders. The rulemaking at issue came in 2004, when the Commission proposed to amend its rules to let AMTS licensees provide private mobile radio and commercial services for units on land. It also proposed changes to other AMTS-related rules that are now pending. Morris sought clarification of how the AMTS rules would apply to a licensee using the spectrum for telemetry, saying potential bidders need “basic information required to participate in the auction.” But the FCC denied that request as premature: “Petitioner asks us to speculate on the effects of rules that have not been adopted and conditions that not occurred. Without knowing what, if any, rule changes will be adopted in the pending proceeding… it would be premature to address the concerns raised by petitioner at this time.”