Public Safety Groups Call for Implementation of Agreement on 800 MHz Rebanding Along Mexican Border
Public safety groups urged the FCC and Department of State to “intensify” efforts to implement a 2012 agreement with Mexico on the 800 MHz transition along the border. The 800 MHz rebanding is “essentially complete” everywhere else, but the border…
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region has lagged behind, the groups said Monday. Mexican officials haven't directed Mexican 800 MHz operators in the border area to retune their radios, the groups said. Public safety operations along the border still face the “risk of harmful interference” due to the delay, the groups said. APCO signed the letter, as did the International Association of Chiefs of Police, International Association of Fire Chiefs, National Association of State EMS Officials and National Sheriffs’ Association.