The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council said the 30-month period...
The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council said the 30-month period proposed by the FCC for rebanding 800 MHz licensees along the U.S.-Mexico border is unrealistically short, allowing only seven to eight months for “planning, negotiation and mediation” between licensees and…
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Sprint Nextel. The revised bandplan follows an amended protocol agreement signed by the U.S. and Mexico June 8 modifying the international allocation of 800 MHz spectrum in the U.S.-Mexico border region. NPSTC said it consulted with licensees along the border. The city of San Diego, for one, told NPSTC the “proposed planning and negotiating timeframe is unrealistic and contradicts the actual experience of the 800 MHz reconfiguration in other areas,” said the NPSTC filing (http://xrl.us/bn7b78). “There is already a wealth of experience from multiple regions that indicates more time is often needed,” NPSTC said. “Overall, 800 MHz rebanding is now 7 years into what was originally planned as a 3 year process. Further, NPSTC agrees that implementation in the U.S./Mexican border area will be complex ... given the many factors involved.” The FCC Public Safety Bureau proposed a timetable for the rebanding in August (http://xrl.us/bn7b8e).