The FCC Wireless Bureau granted the Enterprise Wireless...
The FCC Wireless Bureau granted the Enterprise Wireless Alliance’s request for a waiver to allow applicants for new or modified stations in the 470-512 MHz, 806-824/851-866 MHz, and 896-901/935-940 MHz bands to operate while applications are pending before the commission.…
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The Thursday order said the rules treat private land mobile radio applicants differently and operators of stations below 470 MHz are permitted to operate the proposed station during the application’s pendency for up to 180 days, beginning 10 days after the application is submitted to the commission. “Based on the record before us, we conclude that EWA has presented sufficient facts to meet the standard for grant of a waiver,” the order said (http://bit.ly/19546ru). “We agree with EWA that the large number of narrowbanding-related applications and the attendant temporary increase in processing time for all ... applications is a unique or unusual factual circumstance for which waiver relief is appropriate."