The 30-month reconfiguration period for public safety agencies...
The 30-month reconfiguration period for public safety agencies in the 800 MHz band along the Mexican border gets underway Aug. 23, said the FCC Public Safety Bureau in a Friday public notice (http://bit.ly/1cKCsYM). It ends Feb. 16, 2016. The start…
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date was the one proposed by the 800 MHz Transition Administrator on Aug. 7 (http://bit.ly/1bcQT3w). The U.S. and Mexico agreed last year ago to an amended protocol, which takes into account the FCC’s watershed 2004 800 MHz rebanding order (CD June 7/12 p7). The FCC froze applications along the border until reconfiguration is complete. “The freeze applies only to applications for new facilities or modification applications that involve a change of frequency or expand a station’s existing coverage area,” the notice said. “Applications that do not affect frequency or coverage (e.g., administrative updates, assignments/transfers, and renewal-only applications) are not subject to the freeze."