[Sprint responds to FCC ruling to vacate its 800MHz airwaves by June 26.]

Overland Park, Kan. -- Sprint is disappointed with the court's decision. Sprint has been and continues to be committed to working with public safety to eliminate the risk of interference for public-safety communications. However, more than 500 public-safety agencies have requested more time -- in many cases, years -- to complete their retuning activities. Sprint has agreed to provide spectrum to public-safety licensees within 60 days of when they are ready to retune. In addition, we have requested waivers to remain on these channels pending these retunes.

We remain hopeful that we will be able to resolve this issue in a manner that balances the 800 MHz reconfiguration with the needs of our customers -- especially the 3 million public-safety customers who rely on our iDEN network.

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