EWA filed comments in response to NTIA's Notice of Inquiry seeking information regarding a proposed 10-market monitoring study intended to identify Federal government spectrum that might be available for shared use by non-Federal entities. EWA noted that FCC efforts to rely on monitoring for purposes of identifying usable spectrum have proven less than effective over the years. EWA suggested that the first step toward this objective would be to create a reliable database of Federal government spectrum utilization against which any monitoring data could be compared. In other comments, Microsoft was optimistic but T-Mobile was less than enthusiastic about the potential benefits of a monitoring program designed to facilitate wireless carrier use of Federal spectrum on a shared basis. Of note, neither Verizon nor AT&T participated in this opportunity to file comments.

The LMCC Board of Directors is reviewing an updated version of a proposed Memorandum of Agreement that will introduce frequency coordination processes designed to address and resolve mutually exclusive applications in the 800 MHz Expansion and Guard bands. Consensus approval for these processes from participating frequency advisory committees will be necessary prior to implementation.