FCC ASKED TO LOOSEN LIMITS ON PUBLIC-SERVICE TRUST FUNDING

摘要

Cyren Call warned the FCC in a filing that it can't stay on as adviser to the 700 MHz Public Safety Trust unless the commission decides how the company will be paid. The FCC has proposed to adopt limits on funding sources and hasn't indicated how it intends to help the trust pay what it owes, Cyren Call said. The cap proposed by the FCC on trust financing would leave trust debts unpaid for years. Cyren Call asked the FCC for assurances that the trust can make monthly payments larger than those now made, under commission supervision. Otherwise, the company said, it can't keep raising money for the trust. Cyren Call said it met with FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, Public Safety Bureau Chief Derek Poarch and Angela Giancarlo, adviser to Commissioner Robert McDowell, among others at the commission. The trust, meanwhile, asked the FCC to double a $5 million annual cap on what it's paid to perform its duties. The trust wants a one-time payment of $10 million to cover its current debt. Until auction results make clear how many D-block licensees there will be, the trust is hard-pressed to be specific about its funding needs, it said. The trust said the Commission should take care not to hobble it by setting a funding cap below what the trust may need.