FCC Bureau Says No to California County on T-Band Waiver
The FCC Public Safety Bureau rejected a request by the County of Santa Clara, California, for a waiver so it can operate a T-Band (470-512 MHz) public safety land mobile radio system on frequency pair 482/485.3375 MHz at two locations.…
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The FCC previously suspended processing of requests of the type the county seeks for operations in the T-band. The bureau cited the need to move forward on the repacking after the TV incentive auction. Granting the waiver “would further constrain the repacking process and would impede the Commission’s implementation of the Incentive Auction required by the Spectrum Act,” the bureau said in a Friday order. “We find that enforcement of the suspension in this instance would serve its stated purpose and the public interest.”