The FCC Public Safety Bureau extended until April...
The FCC Public Safety Bureau extended until April 18 a freeze on the filing of new non-rebanding related 800 MHz applications along the U.S. border with Canada. “This extension of the freeze on non-rebanding applications is needed to preserve vacant…
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channels for licensees re-tuning their systems according to the reconfigured band plan adopted by the Bureau for licensees operating along the U.S.-Canada border,” the bureau said (http://bit.ly/16kYE3R). The bureau first imposed a 30-month freeze in October 2008, which was later extended through Oct. 14. The freeze is tied to the ongoing 800 MHz rebanding, launched by the FCC’s landmark 2004 order, which sought to resolve interference problems in the band between public safety and Nextel, before Nextel merged with Sprint.