Telecom consultant Raymond Grimes, a former senior engineer on Motorola’s...
Telecom consultant Raymond Grimes, a former senior engineer on Motorola’s iDEN team, raised some questions about the recently signed agreement between the U.S. and Mexico on 800 MHz issues along the border between the two nations. Grimes asked who will…
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be on a joint U.S.-Mexico task force. “Will these participants be Sprint, [Nextel International], and government officials from both countries, and will U.S. public safety interests have any representation and input?” Grimes asked in a filing at the commission (http://xrl.us/bnro3e): “What is the (expedient) remedy for a U.S. incumbent should a Mexican licensee only relocate some of its spectrum at one time instead of all of their spectrum as required by international agreement? The impact to a U.S. public safety incumbent could be that reprogramming of their 800 MHz radio fleet may have to be accomplished several times, at considerable disruption to operations and at additional re-negotiated cost to Sprint.”