FCC moves to speed 800 MHz rebandingBy Donny Jackson FCC commissioners this week approved an order and a public notice establishing new benchmarks that are expected to accelerate completion of the behind-schedule reconfiguration process in the 800 MHz spectrum band... E911 location, 800 MHz rebanding on FCC agendaBy Donny Jackson FCC commissioners will consider new rules for E911 location accuracy and 800 MHz rebanding—issues critical to public safety—during their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, according to the agenda released by the agency this week... APCO: Five NPSPAC licensees complete rebandingBy Donny Jackson BALTIMORE--Amid considerable frustration regarding the pace of 800 MHz rebanding, a Transition Administrator (TA) official yesterday offered some of the most encouraging news on the project since NPSPAC licensees began negotiating with Sprint Nextel last year... APCO: FCC ‘turning up the heat’ on rebanding, panelist saysBy Donny Jackson BALTIMORE--Licensees still struggling to reach 800 MHz rebanding agreements with Sprint Nextel should get some help soon from the FCC, but it won’t be in the form of an extension of time beyond the June 2009 deadline to complete the process, an FCC official said yesterday during a panel at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference... TA releases quarterly reportBy Donny Jackson Rebanding negotiations between 800 MHz NPSPAC licensees and Sprint Nextel have been difficult, but actually executing the work associated with the reconfiguration process could be tougher, according to the Transition Administrator (TA) quarterly report released last week... FCC says licensees will have to pay for rebanding appealsBy Donny Jackson NPSPAC licensees operating in the 800 MHz band that don’t sign a rebanding agreement with Sprint Nextel will have to pay their own legal costs if the matter is appealed beyond mandatory mediation, the FCC confirmed in an order released this week... FCC clarifies rebanding cost standardsBy Donny Jackson Sprint Nextel is not obligated to demand that 800 MHz licensees agree to reband their networks at the absolute lowest cost, but has some flexibility to accept higher costs to move the process forward, according to an FCC order released last Friday... FCC to consider Frontline, 700 MHz rules without widebandBy Donny Jackson FCC commissioners yesterday tentatively concluded that public safety spectrum in the 700 MHz band should not be used for wideband applications and opened a proceeding that will include consideration of a public-private partnership proposal from Frontline Wireless... Key FCC rebanding contact reassignedBy Donny Jackson One of the key FCC contacts in the 800 MHz rebanding process has been reassigned to the commission’s Media bureau from his previous post in the Public Safety and Homeland Security (PSHS) bureau... Sprint Nextel: We will not delay NPSPAC rebandingBy Donny Jackson Sprint Nextel’s spectrum-capacity issues will not be the cause of 800 MHz public-safety licensees rebanding, although it is clear that a “blueprint” for implementing the frequency exchanges is needed, a top official for the company said... IWCE: Rebanding contentions still exist between administrators, licenseesBy Mary Rose Roberts LAS VEGAS--Tensions ran high yesterday at the 800 MHz rebanding general session at IWCE, where panelists fielded questions about the delays stalling the effort and their effect on public-safety organizations and vendors over the next 15 months... IWCE: Frontline seeks flexibility in public-safety partnershipBy Donny Jackson LAS VEGAS--A commercial wholesale provider and a national public-safety licensee should be given as much flexibility as possible to reach a mutually beneficial arrangement when establishing a partnership to build a nationwide broadband network in the 700 MHz band, a Frontline Wireless official said... IWCE: Genesis sees Commander market expandBy Donny Jackson LAS VEGAS--Motorola has decided that the Genesis Group’s GenWatch3 Commander network-management software portfolio can be used for purposes other than aiding 800 MHz rebanding licensees, the Genesis Group announced here at IWCE... Consultant: 700 MHz proposal beyond FCC authorityBy Donny Jackson An FCC proposal calling for a public-private partnership on 700 MHz spectrum already earmarked for public-safety use exceeds the commission’s legal authority, RCC Consultants stated in comments recently filed with the FCC... FCC removes key barrier from rebanding negotiationsBy Donny Jackson Public-safety licensees participating in 800 MHz rebanding negotiations will be allowed to share cost estimates and relocation procedures with each other while ignoring nondisclosure agreement (NDA) language advocated by Sprint Nextel during the process, the FCC said in an order released yesterday... |
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