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An item on how to fix public safety interference at 800 MHz began...

An item on how to fix public safety interference at 800 MHz began to circulate on the 8th floor at the FCC, according to a research note by Legg Mason and other sources late Tues. Various proposals have been…

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lined up before the agency on how to mitigate public safety interference in this spectrum, including a consensus plan backed by Nextel and others that would entail spectrum reconfigurations at 700, 800 and 900 MHz and 1.9 GHz. “Our understanding is that at least 4 of the 5 offices have, as a preliminary matter, accepted the need to make the 1.9 GHz spectrum available to Nextel, but at a price,” Legg Mason said in a research note. “We do not know whether the draft order actually includes a dollar amount for what the Commission seeks from Nextel to compensate for the greater value of the spectrum it will receive.”