TA releases rebanding handbookBy: By Donny Jackson The Transition Administrator (TA) team overseeing the 800 MHz rebanding process yesterday released a reconfiguration handbook to provide relocating licensees guidance about their responsibilities and the steps they must take to be paid for their efforts... IWCE: Transition Administrator establishes rebanding “to-do” listBy: By Donny Jackson LAS VEGAS--Members of the Transition Administrator (TA) team this week answered some questions about licensees’ responsibilities during the 800 MHz rebanding process while promising more detail in the near future.... Nextel accepts 800 MHz rebanding orderAs expected, Nextel Communications today announced that it has accepted the terms of the FCC’s 800 MHz order, which calls for the wireless carrier to pay for interference-alleviating reconfiguration of the band in exchange for contiguous spectrum at 800 MHz and 1.9 GHz... FCC agenda includes items on multicasting, 900 MHzThe Federal Communications Commission yesterday released the agenda for its monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 10, which includes a vote on the controversial item of cable companies’ obligations to carry multiple digital channels supplied by commercial broadcasters, also known as multicasting... Rebanding schedule released by Transition AdministratorBy: By Donny Jackson ORLANDO—Officials for the Transition Administrator team responsible for supervising the rebanding effort to mitigate interference at 800 MHz yesterday unveiled an aggressive schedule to complete the complex three-year project at APCO’s Winter Summit... FCC creates web site for 800 MHz usersThe Federal Communications Commission will launch a web site dedicated to keeping 800 MHz users updated on the status of the rebanding effort designed to mitigate interference in the band, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Chief John Muleta said today... 800 MHz Transition Administrator wants feedback by Jan. 12House passes 700 MHz resolution with intelligence legislationBy: By Donny Jackson The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday voted 336-75 to approve sweeping intelligence-reform legislation... GAO gives OK to FCC rebanding order for 800 MHzBy: By Donny Jackson The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) this afternoon declared the FCC’s 800 MHz rebanding order to be unprecedented but legal, clearing the final major legal hurdle for Nextel Communications to pay for the rebanding process and receive 10 MHz of 1.9 GHz spectrum... FCC wireless bureau signs off on 800 MHz transition administratorThe FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau has approved a team to act as transition administrator (TA) for the rebanding of 800 MHz airwaves... Verizon Wireless drops opposition to 800 MHz rebandingBy: By Glenn Bischoff Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications today jointly announced that the two companies have agreed to dismiss their respective lawsuits against each other. ... FCC seeks comment on possible changes to 800 MHz orderThe FCC has asked interested parties to comment on the abundant number of ex partes filed in the 800 MHz rebanding order, including Nextel Communications’ request to alter the amount of money it would pay in the rebanding process... FCC commissioner favors new vote on 800 MHz, if Nextel payment is changedBy: By Donny Jackson If the FCC decides to alter the amount of money Nextel Communications would pay to reband 800 MHz spectrum as the wireless carrier has requested, Commissioner...
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