Federal Communications Commission FCC 07-16 
STATEMENT OF
COMMISSIONER JONATHAN S. ADELSTEIN
RE: OP LLC (Crown Castle International Corp.), Licensee of WPYQ831, Petition for Waiver 
of Section 27.50(f)(1) of the Commission’s Rules, File No. 0002271317, Memorandum 
Opinion and Order, FCC 07-16
I am glad that we finally are ruling on the August 2005 request of Crown Castle to 
operate a higher peak Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power (EIRP) limit pursuant to its 
nationwide license in the 1670-1675 MHz band.  This relief should allow Crown Castle greater 
flexibility in deploying its network while still ensuring that a number of important Government-
operated facilities are sufficiently protected.
It is important that we provide Crown Castle with this flexibility as the developing 
mobile video marketplace becomes more and more competitive.  Crown Castle also has 
committed to provide service to the White Mountain Apache Reservation by August 31, 2007, 
and I am glad that my colleagues were supportive of my effort to extend the waiver relief to 
deployment in the tribal area, which well serves the public interest.
Finally, while we rightly do not further delay grant of the Crown Castle waiver request 
pending our review of other proceedings or waivers, I do think it is important that we quickly 
resolve the biennial review proceeding looking at adopting a power spectral density-based 
emission limit to supplement the current broadband PCS and Advanced Wireless Service base 
station EIRP.1 This proposal appears to have wide-spread industry support, and we should 
resolve the issue without further delay if we truly want to provide the regulatory flexibility that is 
so important to promoting the deployment of wireless broadband services.
  
1 Biennial Regulatory Review–Amendment of Parts 1, 22, 24, 27 and 90 to Streamline and Harmonize 
Various Rules Affecting Wireless Radio Services, WT Docket No. 03-264, Report and Order and Further 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 20 FCC Rcd 13900 (2005).