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FCC Offers Clarity on Rules for Public Safety Licensees Remaining in 800 MHz Expansion Band

The FCC Public Safety Bureau released a public notice offering what it said was further clarity on the process by which it will accept applications for expanded coverage or additional channels from public safety licensees that decide to remain in…

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the 800 MHz Expansion Band, at 815-816/860-861 MHz. The applications will be “subject to pre-coordination” and will be accepted only on or after a filing date established by the Public Safety Bureau and the Wireless Bureau, upon completion of band reconfiguration in each National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee region, the bureau said.