Washington State Has Until End of Year To Complete 800 MHz Rebanding
The FCC Public Safety Bureau gave the state of Washington until the end of the year to complete rebanding its 800 MHz public safety communications system, working with Sprint. But the bureau also ordered the state to submit detailed progress…
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reports every two weeks beginning May 23 to the FCC, Sprint and the 800 MHz transition administrator. The reports are necessary because the state has fallen “well behind schedule,” the bureau said in the order. “While we are granting Washington until December 31, 2016, to complete rebanding, we urge Washington and Sprint to cooperate in finding ways to complete rebanding prior to that date, including Sprint providing such reasonable funding as may be necessary to accelerate the process.” The rebanding process nationwide was launched in 2004 and is designed to protect public safety communications from harmful interference.