FCC Denies Washington DOT Waiver Request
The FCC Public Safety Bureau rejected a bid by the state of Washington Department of Transportation to operate an 800 MHz base station less than the minimum required separation distance from co-channel sites licensed to Sprint. The department wanted to…
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install a base station in Eatonville in a statewide private land mobile radio system. Sprint hasn't canceled its remaining licenses in the region nor has the FCC announced when it will begin accepting applications, said Tuesday's order. “DOT’s waiver request is essentially a request for early access to a Sprint-vacated channel so it can expand its contour footprint on that channel,” the bureau said. “DOT’s waiver request is premature and, if granted, would allow Washington DOT to circumvent the process the Commission established to make Sprint-vacated channels equitably available for licensing.”