In an ex parte letter filed July 21, 2017, the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) urged the FCC to include Public Safety in its category of licensees subject to the proposed rules on license renewal and discontinuance of operations. As written, the Second Report and Order (Order) excludes Public Safety licensees from the rule’s obligations, holding this license pool to a different standard, and does not take into consideration a…

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Herndon, VA – On November 4, the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for clarification regarding the intent of Rule Section 90.187(d)(ii)(1)(D), which states that licensees that are not narrowband compliant need not be considered affected parties during analyses conducted by frequency advisory committees (FACs) seeking exclusive-use channels for use within trunked radio systems. Having not heard from the FCC, on December 17 the LMCC…

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Herndon, VA – On December 17, the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) filed a letter opposing PCIA’s request to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) “to eliminate special privileges for incumbent users” in forthcoming Expansion and Guard band spectrum releases following rebanding. The LMCC reminded the FCC that the LMCC Petition proposing to allow incumbents a six-month window in which to file for these channels before applications would be accepted from…

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On November 4, the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) asked the Wireless Telecommunications and Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureaus of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to confirm the intent of FCC Rule Section 90.187(d)(ii)(1)(D). Today, Business/Industrial Land Transportation (B/ILT) and Public Safety frequency advisory committees routinely process requests for exclusive-use channels (FB8/MO8) without regard to licenses that identify only a non-compliant, wideband emission designator. Justification for this frequency coordination…

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