WASHINGTON-The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday denied Small Business in Telecommunications’ often-quixotic attempt to turn back the clock and overturn the specialized mobile radio rules created by the Federal Communications Commission that helped create Nextel Communications Inc.
SBT has been fighting the changes in the SMR rules that led to Nextel winning the bulk of the SMR market at auction and eventually relocating existing SMR licensees.