FCC Extends 800 MHz Freeze in Washington State
The FCC Public Safety Bureau extended until Oct. 18 the freeze on filing new nonrebanding related 800 MHz applications in Washington state. The freeze had expired Saturday. The extension is necessary “to preserve vacant channels for licensees re-tuning their systems…
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according to the reconfigured band plan adopted by the Bureau for incumbents operating along the U.S.-Canada border,” the bureau said in a Friday order. Some border region licensees in the state haven't completed system re-tunes, the bureau said. “Accordingly, to preserve currently vacant channels for use by these licensees and avoid potential licensing conflicts that could delay rebanding, we have determined that temporarily extending the freeze … is in the public interest.” The latest development is part of the rebanding of the 800 MHz band required by a 2004 FCC order.