A federal appeals court sided with the FCC and mandated that Sprint
Nextel clear certain wireless channels by June 26. The decision
upholds a request from the FCC made in September 2007 that requires
Sprint to vacate specific channels that will be used by public safety
agencies. In return for clearing the channels, Sprint was initially
supposed to receive an equivalent set of channels in return. The
public safety agencies in question are not all ready for the
transition yet. This means those channels will be unavailable to
Sprint, and Sprint's network may not have enough spectrum. Sprint said
if the deadline is enforced, its network will be crippled.
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