Sprint asks FCC for delay in vacating spectrum

Sprint Nextel said on Wednesday it was asking the Federal Communications Commission to extend the deadline for it to stop using a key piece of airwaves close to the networks of public-safety agencies. The company is asking the FCC to push back a June 26 deadline for Sprint to vacate some of the 800 megahertz spectrum that it currently uses. Sprint is required to vacate the spectrum as part of a larger FCC plan to swap spectrum with public-safety agencies in the 800 megahertz band, a move aimed at minimizing interference between wireless service and public-safety users. Sprint's request, filed late on Tuesday, came shortly after the FCC granted requests from many public-safety agencies to delay relinquishing their spectrum under the swap until July 1, 2009.
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