FCC: Rebanding should be done in 2009 1st September 2008 Public-safety agencies expecting the FCC to grant them additional time beyond July 1, 2009, to complete 800 MHz rebanding should think again
FCC looks for public safety to push rebanding to completion 6th August 2008 Already more than one month beyond the scheduled completion date for 800 MHz rebanding, public-safety licensees operating in the band are expected to drive the monumental engineering project to substantial completion during the next year
FCC weighs Sprint Nextel, public-safety input 1st August 2008 Sprint Nextel and public-safety groups have agreed that the carrier should be allowed continued use of 800 MHz interleaved channels for at least another
D Block reauction may be pushed into 2009 17th July 2008 An additional layer of comments regarding rulemaking for the 700 MHz D Block will make it difficult for the FCC to auction the spectrum this year as proposed
Public safety responds to Sprint Nextel waiver request 24th June 2008 Three key public-safety organizations today filed a joint letter with the FCC indicating that they would agree with a portion of Sprint Nextel’s proposal to vacate its interleaved channels in the 800 MHz band in stages.
Sprint Nextel gets one rebanding waiver, seeks another 20th June 2008 Wireless carrier Sprint Nextel this week received notice from the FCC that it has received an expected waiver from completing rebanding as originally scheduled next week and asked the agency to provide it relief from a deadline regarding other 800 MHz frequencies that a federal court recently upheld.
FCC approves rebanding waivers 18th June 2008 As expected, the FCC yesterday granted more than 500 waivers to NPSPAC licensees seeking relief from the commission’s original June 26 deadline for the completion of 800 MHz rebanding.
Court upholds FCC rebanding order 1st June 2008 In a decision that could cost Sprint Nextel must vacate its 800 MHz interleaved channels by June 26
Rebanding turns a significant corner 1st June 2008 Two recent regulatory decisions will greatly affect two aspects of 800 MHz rebanding and are of vital interest to the user community. First, the FCC has
Sprint Nextel seeks license update for rebanding 30th May 2008 Sprint Nextel this week asked the FCC to update its spectrum licenses to complete channel swaps with NPSPAC licensees in several areas of the country as part of the 800 MHz rebanding process
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