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PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU AND WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ANNOUNCE TEMPORARY FILING FREEZE ON THE ACCEPTANCE AND PROCESSING OF CERTAIN PART 90 APPLICATIONS FOR THE 4940-4990 MHZ BAND

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By this Public Notice, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (the Bureaus) announce a temporary freeze, effective September 8, 2020, on the acceptance and processing of certain applications related to Part 90 services in the 4.9 GHz band (4940-4990 MHz). Pursuant to this freeze, applications for new or modified
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REALLOCATION OF 470-512 MHZ (T-BAND) SPECTRUM

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INTRODUCTION 1. For decades, public safety entities and other private land mobile radio service users have relied on spectrum associated with broadcast television channels 14-20 (470-512 MHz or T-Band) to help Federal Communications Commission FCC 20-89 2 meet their internal communications needs in eleven major urbanized areas across the United States. Nonetheless, Section 6103 of
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CHAIRMAN PAI REITERATES CALL FOR REPEAL OF T-BAND AUCTION MANDATE

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WASHINGTON, May 15, 2020—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai today reiterated his call for Congressional repeal of the T-band auction mandate, a requirement of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (the Spectrum Act). Earlier today, he circulated to his fellow Commissioners a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which would take
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Creation of Interstitial 12.5 Kilohertz Channels in the 800 MHz Band Between 809-817/854-862 MHz

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I. INTRODUCTION 1. On October 22, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) released the PLMR Report and Order, which updated our rules to provide new spectrum capacity and eliminate unnecessary restrictions in the private land mobile radio (PLMR) services. Among other things, the order created 318 new “interstitial” channels in the 800 MHz Mid-Band to
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Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band

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I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Report and Order, we accelerate the successful conclusion of the Commission’s 800 MHz rebanding program, following up on our recent Order and Sixth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in this proceeding. In the Sixth Further Notice, we proposed to eliminate certain audit and financial reconciliation requirements that have been part
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