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The FCC Wireless Bureau approved two waiver requests...

The FCC Wireless Bureau approved two waiver requests from Sprint allowing the carrier to deploy 800 MHz wideband operations in parts of Northern California and Nevada National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) regions before the ongoing 800 MHz band…

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reconfiguration is completed there. Granting the waivers “will permit LTE deployment in most of the counties within the Northern California and Nevada NPSPAC regions, providing Sprint’s subscribers access to these valuable broadband wireless services while protecting the remaining public safety entity from harmful interference,” the bureau said (http://bit.ly/1v2e3BV), saying taking the step is in the public interest. The 800 MHz rebanding is complete in both regions, except for two sites licensed to San Bernardino County in Northern California and one site licensed to the county in Nevada, the bureau said.