SiriusXM Asks to Operate in WCS Amid License Buy

With consummation of SiriusXM's buy of AT&T's wireless communications service C and D block licenses pending, SiriusXM wants to modify the license of its XM-5 satellite to operate in 2315-2320 MHz -- the C block -- and 2345-2350 MHz -- the D block -- adjacent to the SDARS band. In an FCC International Bureau application Friday, it said XM-5 would use those frequencies to provide one-way point-to-multipoint service to homeland security and public safety organizations, and would be wholly separate from its satellite radio service. It said AT&T consented to XM-5 operating in that spectrum.