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Article: FCC takes first step to overhaul 800 MHz band. (Late News).
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- RCR Wireless News
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- March 18, 2002
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WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday took the first step in what eventually could mean a complete restructuring of the 800 MHz band.
"Most parties who have come in believe redoing the band is necessary," said Thomas J. Sugrue, chief of the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
A restructuring of the 800 MHz band appears necessary because public-safety operations--which are interwoven among other users--are experiencing dead spots because of interference caused by Nextel Communications Inc. and cellular A-block systems, the FCC said.
Cellular A-block licensees Cingular Wireless L.L.C., AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and ...