Nonresponsive 800 MHz Licensees Deemed to Surrender Right to Challenge Reimbursements

In an effort to speed completion of the 800 MHz rebanding, the FCC Public Safety Bureau ruled that a wide number of licensees that never filed timely completion reports are now deemed to have completed the process with no further avenue to challenge cost reimbursement or seek larger payments. The order covers licenses held by companies, states and cities. North Carolina and Colorado hold the largest number of licenses covered by the order. “The rebanding process has taken substantially longer than originally contemplated,” the bureau said Monday in docket 02-55. “Rebanding has substantially alleviated the interference risk to public safety, and the process is now nearing completion.”