South Carolina Gets Waiver for Public Safety Channels After Missing Deadline
The FCC Public Safety Bureau approved waivers sought by South Carolina of the FCC’s “substantial service” showing requirements for public safety channels the state is utilizing in the public safety narrowband segment of the 700 MHz band. The state missed…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today!
a deadline in June to make its substantial service showing, due to a misunderstanding of the rules, but made the required filing Dec. 12, the bureau said. The state also sought a waiver of the initial June 13 deadline. “We find that granting South Carolina a waiver … would not frustrate the underlying purpose of the rule, because it satisfied the interim benchmark by providing substantial service to more than one-third of its population and it did so prior to the deadline,” the bureau said. The public interest is served by allowing the state to retain its license, the bureau said.