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Sprint Nextel wins FCC reprieve on 800 MHz rebanding.
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RCR Wireless News
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June 30, 2008
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Byline: JEFFREY SILVA
Sprint Nextel wins FCC reprieve on 800 MHz rebanding
The Federal Communications Commission extended by a month the looming June 26 deadline for Sprint Nextel Corp. to vacate 800 MHz interleaved channels involved in a rebanding initiative to eliminate interference to public-safety communications.
The new 800 MHz deadline governing interleaved channels is July 26.
"This will provide the commission with more time to consider the issues raised by the Sprint petition on this matter,'' the FCC stated.
A federal appeals court on May 2 affirmed the FCC's June 26 deadline for Sprint Nextel to move off the 800 MHz interleaved channels.
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