[TrunkCom] Congress Wants Answers on the FCC's NPRM

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Congress Wants Answers on the FCC's NPRM

All:

Looks like all those Letters, E-mails, Phone Calls and Late Night
Dinners finally got someone's attention on the Hill. I have been hearing
some rumblings for sometime from various sources but this is the first
action at the Congressional level. Looks like Powell is in the hot
seat.  Congress wants some answers from Federal Communications
Commission Commission Chairman Michael Powell over the agency's proposed
plan to displace licensed 800 MHz carriers, and is giving him until July
26 to provide an answer. Billy is like a "Pit Bull" on these issues he
bites and won't let go until he sees blood.

I received a copy of a letter sent by Reps. Billy Tauzin (R-LA), Fred
Upton (R-MI) and Vito Fossella (R-NY) of
the House subcommittee on telecommunications and the Internet on Monday,
the letter asks for a

"detailed accounting" of 800 MHz band operators and the frequency
allotments each possess.

This is going to draw attention to Nextel since they are one of the
largest Pvt. spectrum holder in the 800 mhz band. Billy T. will have a
field day with Nextel dissecting its spectrum holdings once he finds out
they are also the biggest interferer.

The only down side is ............Now that  Billy is involved the NPRM
will get bogged down like the Nextwave deal. Instead of the NPRM moving
ahead it is sure to get held up in Congressional inquiries, Debates and
other Capital Hill nonsense.

This story should hit the mainstream media tomorrow.

Marcel

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July 8, 2002

The Honorable Michael K. Powell
Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554

Re: WT Docket No. 02-55

Dear Chairman Powell:

As you are well aware, the Federal Communications Commission (the
Commission) has an
important proceeding before it with respect to public safety radio
interference in the 800 MHz
band.

With the increase in commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) and
specialized mobile radio
(SMR) providers and the implementation of new technologies and services,
interference has
become increasingly common in the 800 MHz band. Many of our colleagues
in Congress
believe that the interference presents a very serious problem that needs
to be addressed in a
timely manner.

To assist the House Committee on Energy and Commerce's efforts in
considering solutions to
the interference experienced by public safety radio operations in the
800 MHz band, we are
writing to request that the Commission provide the Committee with a
detailed accounting of the
current licensees in the 800 MHz band and the spectrum allotments
possessed by the
licensees in the band.

We thank you, in advance, for your timely response to our request and
look forward to working
with you on this important issue. Please respond to our request by July
26, 2002.

Sincerely,

W.J. "Billy" Tauzin
Chairman

Fred Upton

Chairman, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet

Vito J. Fossella

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