Weekly Spectrum Transactions Summary - January 29, 2021

In this week's FCC transactions we see a series of assignments from Sirius XM Radio to acquire AT&T's WCS C and D channels.  These channels act as a guardband to AT&T's LTE service in the WCS A and B channels.  Below I have included an image of the WCS band plan.  All of these applications were filed back in September 2020 with a waiver prior to AT&T's initial service requirement on 4 of the 6 REAG licenses for the WCS C and D Blocks.  They had abandoned a LTE smart grid development project because of two different spectrum market actions.  The first was the availability of CBRS Spectrum that utilities could own, and the second was the reconfiguration of the 900MHz spectrum that PdvWireless (Anterix) significantly controls.  Since SirrusXM's applications to acquire this spectrum have shown up on public notice, I would imagine that the waiver is either approved or will be approved soon.  SirrusXM is proposing to expand their Satellite Radio service into the C and D blocks, coordinating with AT&T to not affect AT&T's LTE service in the A and B Blocks.  SirrusXM plans to offer a service to public safety organizations like FEMA and Homeland Security where WCS SiriusXM devices are placed in advance of emergencies to provide one-way communications to those received devices in cases where the communication infrastructure is significantly impacted.  No mention was made of whether any hardware or software changes would need to be completed on SiriusXM satellites to support wider operations into the WCS bands.

Beyond these WCS applications, T-Mobile filed an assignment application for an EBS license in Tennessee that they already lease and T-Mobile filed 11 new re-lease applications for EBS licenses in Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Arkansas.  Rhino Communications also re-leased an EBS license in Texas.  The final application is a new lease of 700MHz spectrum from ATNI to Nevada Gold Mines directly covering their mining operation.

Purpose	Assignee	Assignor	CallSign	Map	RadioService	Market	Channel
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	KNLB270		WCS	REA007 - Alaska	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	KNLB271		WCS	REA007 - Alaska	D
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	KNLB272		WCS	REA008 - Hawaii	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WPQL633		WCS	REA003 - Great Lakes	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WQND998		WCS	REA006 - West	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WQND999		WCS	REA006 - West	D
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	KNLB238		WCS	REA002 - Southeast	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	KNLB239		WCS	REA002 - Southeast	D
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	KNLB240		WCS	REA004 - Mississippi Valley	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	KNLB241		WCS	REA004 - Mississippi Valley	D
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	KNLB297		WCS	REA001 - Northeast	D
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	KNLB298		WCS	REA005 - Central	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	KNLB299		WCS	REA005 - Central	D
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	KNLB300		WCS	REA006 - West	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	KNLB301		WCS	REA006 - West	D
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	KNLB325		WCS	REA003 - Great Lakes	D
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WPQL631		WCS	REA001 - Northeast	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WPQL632		WCS	REA003 - Great Lakes	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WPQL634		WCS	REA001 - Northeast	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WPQL635		WCS	REA003 - Great Lakes	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WPQL636		WCS	REA001 - Northeast	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WPQL707		WCS	REA001 - Northeast	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WPQL708		WCS	REA003 - Great Lakes	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WPQL709		WCS	REA003 - Great Lakes	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WPQL710		WCS	REA003 - Great Lakes	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WPQL711		WCS	REA003 - Great Lakes	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WPQL712		WCS	REA003 - Great Lakes	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WPQL713		WCS	REA003 - Great Lakes	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WPQL714		WCS	REA003 - Great Lakes	C
Assignment	Sirius XM Radio	AT&T	WQDM396		WCS	REA003 - Great Lakes	D
Assignment	T-Mobile	Johnson University	WLX221	Map	EBS	P00970 - P35 GSA,36-0-10.3 N,83-56-39.7 W	B
New Lease	Nevada Gold Mines	ATNI	WQJQ811	Map	700MHz	CMA544 - Nevada 2 - Lander	B
New Lease	Rhino Communications	Clarendon Foundation	WLX689	Map	EBS	P02525 - P35 GSA,33-35-5.3 N,101-50-55.6 W	C
New Lease	T-Mobile	Eutaw High School	WLX846	Map	EBS	P02536 - P35 GSA,33-3-15.4 N,87-32-57 W	A
New Lease	T-Mobile	Louisiana Educational Television	WNC779	Map	EBS	P02575 - P35 GSA,30-11-50.7 N,93-13-12.6 W	G
New Lease	T-Mobile	Louisiana Educational Television	WND357	Map	EBS	P03222 - P35 GSA,30-36-32.7 N,90-6-26.3 W	G
New Lease	T-Mobile	Louisiana Educational Television	WND503	Map	EBS	P00696 - P35 GSA,31-33-56.6 N,92-32-50.5 W	A
New Lease	T-Mobile	Louisiana Educational Television	WND554	Map	EBS	P02090 - P35 GSA,31-47-56.6 N,93-28-54.6 W	G
New Lease	T-Mobile	Louisiana Educational Television	WQCI659	Map	EBS	P03765 - P35 GSA,32-26-38.5 N,92-42-42.5 W	A
New Lease	T-Mobile	Louisiana Educational Television	WQCK961	Map	EBS	P03770 - P35 GSA,31-47-16.6 N,93-8-38.6 W	A
New Lease	T-Mobile	Louisiana Educational Television	WQCL444	Map	EBS	P03774 - P35 GSA,32-40-41.5 N,93-55-35.7 W	A
New Lease	T-Mobile	Sumter County Board of Education	WNC332	Map	EBS	P02190 - P35 GSA,32-22-1.5 N,87-52-3 W	G
New Lease	T-Mobile	Cherokee County School District	WLX766	Map	EBS	P02861 - P35 GSA,34-27-32.3 N,84-53-4.7 W	C
New Lease	T-Mobile	ROSE BUD SCHOOL DISTRICT	WND587	Map	EBS	P00221 - P35 GSA,35-18-17.3 N,91-44-50.5 W	G

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