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LMCC Asks FCC to Clean Up Record in 800 MHz Band

The Land Mobile Communications Council filed a petition for correction asking the FCC to “recognize and correct” the record on multiple release dates for the same Sprint-vacated 800 MHz spectrum. The LMCC has identified 197 Sprint-vacated channels canceled correctly by…

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Sprint, but for which the FCC issued multiple release dates. “Multiple release dates for the same channels incorrectly trigger an additional five-year period of eligibility limitations,” the council said Tuesday, regarding its filing in docket 02-55. “This inadvertent extension denies access to these channels for critical infrastructure industry and non-public safety eligible applicants for 3 to 5 additional years.”