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 1  PUBLIC  NOTICE 
 Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W. 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
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 DA  05-  1157  May  3,  2005 
 WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  CERTIFIES  AN  ADDITIONAL  FREQUENCY  COORDINATOR  FOR  THE  800  MHz  SMR  POOL 
 WT  Docket  No.  02-  55 
 On  December  22,  2004,  the  Commission  released  a  Supplemental  Order  and  Order  on  Reconsideration  in  WT  Docket  No.  02-  55.  1  The  800  MHz  Supplemental  Order  noted,  among  other 
 things,  that  in  the  former  800  MHz  Specialized  Mobile  Radio  (SMR)  Pool  there  was  no  frequency  coordination  requirement  and  hence  no  recognized  frequency  coordinators.  Because  coordination  will  be 
 required  for  certain  stations  operating  on  frequencies  in  the  new  SMR  Pool  2  ,  the  Commission  stated  that  it  would  need  to  certify  frequency  coordinators  to  coordinate  spectrum  in  the  new  SMR  Pool.  3  The 
 Commission  concluded  that  current  800  MHz  General  Category  coordinators  are  qualified  to  coordinate  spectrum  use  in  this  pool.  It  stated  that  any  of  these  coordinators  interested  in  coordinating  frequencies  in 
 the  new  SMR  Pool  must  notify  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  of  their  intention  to  coordinate  these  frequencies  within  forty-  five  days  of  release  of  the  800  MHz  Supplemental  Order  (February  7, 
 2005).  4 
 On  December  29,  2004,  Forest  Industries  Communications  (FIT),  a  current  FCC-  certified  800  MHz  frequency  coordinator,  5  filed  a  request  to  serve  as  a  frequency  coordinator  for  frequencies  in  the 


 new  SMR  Pool.  6  We  have  reviewed  its  filing  and  hereby  certify  FIT  to  coordinate  800  MHz  SMR  Pool  frequencies.  7 


 Action  by  the  Chief,  Public  Safety  and  Critical  Infrastructure  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau. 
 –  FCC  – 
 1  See  Improving  Public  Safety  Communications  in  the  800  MHz  Band,  Supplemental  Order  and  Order  on 
 Reconsideration,  WT  Docket  No.  02-  55,  19  FCC  Rcd  25120  (2004)  (800  MHz  Supplemental  Order).  2 
 See  id.  at  25149  ¶  68. 
 3  See  Section  90.  617(  d)  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  90.  617(  d). 


 4  The  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  has  delegated  authority  to  select  frequency  coordinators  in  the  services 
 it  administers.  See  800  MHz  Supplemental  Order,  19  FCC  Rcd  at  25149  n.  155.  5 
 See  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  Announces  that  Forest  Industries  Telecommunications  Is  Certified  as  a  Frequency  Coordinator  for  800/  900  MHz  Business  and  Industrial/  Land  Transportation  Frequencies,  Public  Notice, 


 16  FCC  Rcd  12666  (WTB  PSPWD  2001). 
 6  See  letter  filed  December  29,  2004  from  Paul  J.  Feldman,  Esq.,  Counsel  to  FIT,  to  Marlene  H.  Dortch,  Secretary, 
 Federal  Communications  Commission.  7 


 See  also  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  Certifies  Frequency  Coordinators  for  the  800  MHz  SMR  Pool,  Public  Notice,  20  FCC  Rcd  5134  (WTB  PSCID  2005). 
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