Sprint Has Paid Out More Than $1.9 Billion for 800 MHz Rebanding, TA Says
Sprint paid out $1.98 billion as part of the 800 MHz rebanding by the end of 2014, the 800 MHz Transition Administrator (TA) said in a report to the FCC. The total includes $1.1 billion in reconfiguration costs, $235 million…
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in other costs incurred by Sprint and $310 million to pay for the TA. Sprint expenditures for 2014 were $242 million, the TA said. The 800 MHz rebanding has been underway for almost 11 years, since the FCC approved its 800 MHz rebanding order, aimed at addressing interference to public safety radios in the band. The order was approved in August 2004. The rebanding was initially slated to be completed in June 2008. “The FCC has granted and continues to grant certain 800 MHz Incumbent Licensees additional time to complete their reconfigurations,” the TA said.