Late Request for 800 MHz Stay by LMCC Rejected by Wireless Bureau

The FCC Wireless Bureau rejected a request by the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC), filed Monday, seeking postponement of the pre-coordination and application filing deadlines for 800 MHz band expansion band (815-16/860-61 MHz) and guard band (816-17/861-62 MHz) channels. The LMCC asked for 120-day extensions of both. “In effect,” LMCC seeks a stay of the bureau's decision to permit pre-coordination for the expansion band and guard band channels starting Wednesday and the filing of applications beginning Feb. 10, the bureau said Tuesday. “A stay is grantable if the petitioner can show that (i) it is likely to prevail on the merits; (ii) it will suffer irreparable harm, absent a stay; (iii) other interested parties will not be harmed if the stay is granted; and (iv) the public interest would favor a grant of the stay,” the bureau said. “LMCC fails to meet this standard.”