FCC denies Sprint Nextel request for rebanding delayBy Donny Jackson The FCC yesterday released a letter denying Sprint Nextel’s request for an eight-month delay in the three-year schedule to complete reconfiguration of the 800 MHz band... Motorola releases software for 800 MHz rebandingBy Donny Jackson Motorola announced it has completed the development of subscriber-unit software designed to ease 800 MHz users’ transition to new spectrum via rebanding... TA: Rebanding schedule still intact, unless FCC takes actionBy Donny Jackson While considerable attention in the 800 MHz community has been given to Sprint Nextel’s request last month for an additional eight months to reconfigure the band, affected operators need to remain focus on the Transition Administrator’s existing three-year schedule, a top TA official said today... Public safety to FCC: Don’t delay rebandingBy Donny Jackson FCC commissioners should reject Sprint Nextel’s request to delay the 800 MHz rebanding schedule by at least seven months, a consortium of public-safety agencies said in a letter delivered to the FCC yesterday... Sprint Nextel asks for more rebanding timeBy Donny Jackson Citing Wave 1 complications outside its control, Sprint Nextel yesterday asked the FCC to reset the clock for 800 MHz rebanding, which would delay completion of the monumental engineering endeavor by at least seven months... TA announces new planning-funding resources for 800 MHz rebandingThe Transition Administrator (TA) yesterday announced the release of four documents designed to provide guidance to 800 MHz licensees that want to submit a request for planning funding (RFPF) to secure upfront money from Sprint Nextel in the rebanding process... TA releases rebanding status reportBy Donny Jackson Rebanding of the 800 MHz band is not proceeding as quickly as scheduled, and areas hit by Hurricane Katrina were moved to Wave 3, the Transition Administrator team overseeing the three-year project reported to the FCC this week.... Transition Administrator releases funding policiesBy Donny Jackson The Transition Administrator (TA) team supervising the 800 MHz rebanding effort today released new policies regarding funding for internal labor and distinguishing between “hard” and “transactional” costs associated with reconfiguration of the frequency band... APCO solicits members’ help lobbying Congress on 700 MHzBy Donny Jackson DENVER--Members of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) need to tell their federal lawmakers that legislation establishing a firm date for television broadcasters to clear spectrum at 700 MHz is critical to public safety, speakers said yesterday in a “call to action” session... Broadcasters support hard date for 700 MHz transitionBy Donny Jackson Consensus continues to grow for a Jan. 1, 2009, deadline for television broadcasters to relinquish their analog spectrum in the 700 MHz band, with a National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) representative yesterday testifying before the Senate that his organization supports such a “hard” date.... U.S.-Canada deal paves way for 700 MHz public-safety communicationsBy Donny Jackson It may be some time before U.S. public-safety entities can use much-desired 700 MHz spectrum, but an agreement between the U.S. and Canada announced last week has established the technical parameters for those airwaves to be used along the borders between the countries... FCC: Negotiations on 800 MHz border pacts progressingBy Donny Jackson U.S. officials have begun 800 MHz spectrum-coordination discussions with representatives from Canada and Mexico, border countries with which treaties must be reached before the U.S. can complete its rebanding effort in the 800 MHz band to alleviate interference with public-safety communications... Rebanding gets startedBy Donny Jackson After years of proceedings, the long-awaited 800 MHz rebanding officially begins today with the beginning of the voluntary negotiation period for Wave 1 licensees in the Channel 1-120 range, which must be cleared before other 800 MHz users can be relocated to frequencies... Rebanding guidebook supplement expected in a couple of weeksBy Donny Jackson Licensees affected by the reconfiguration of users in the 800 MHz band later this month can expect further clarification of items addressed in the Transition Administrator (TA) guidebook released in April, a TA official said yesterday... FCC starts the clock on rebandingIn a largely procedural move, the FCC last week approved a public notice that officially designates the beginning of 800 MHz rebanding as July 27 and establishes several key deadlines for the reconfiguration process that is scheduled to be concluded in the summer of 2008... |
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