FCC Tells Sprint To Clear Airwaves

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posted May 2, 2008, 1:22 PM   by Eric M. Zeman

A federal appeals court sided with the FCC and mandated that Sprint Nextel clear certain wireless channels by June 26. The decision upholds a request from the FCC made in September 2007 that requires Sprint to vacate specific channels that will be used by public safety agencies. In return for clearing the channels, Sprint was initially supposed to receive an equivalent set of channels in return. The public safety agencies in question are not all ready for the transition yet. This means those channels will be unavailable to Sprint for a certain time, and Sprint's network may not have enough spectrum. Sprint said if the deadline is enforced, its network will be crippled.

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