Virginia Gets FCC's OK to Clear 700 MHz Band to Be Used by FirstNet
The FCC Public Safety Bureau authorized the state of Virginia to proceed with relocating existing 700 MHz narrowband operations to state-licensed channels, and also granted a conditional waiver of the requirement the state coordinate operations on these channels with Kentucky.…
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Virginia operates one of the systems that must be cleared from Band 14 (758-769/788-799 MHz) by mid-summer 2017 so it can be used by FirstNet (see 1510220032). “To facilitate Virginia’s relocation from FirstNet’s spectrum, we find good cause to permit Virginia to select 48 state channels for licensed use at the Virginia-Kentucky border and to exceed 40 dBuV/m field strength at the border with Kentucky on these channels when it retunes its system,” the bureau said in a Friday order. “Therefore, to ensure certainty and prompt action on the part of all parties involved, consistent with the Commission’s relocation determination and with the mandate of the Spectrum Act to facilitate the transition of the broadband spectrum to FirstNet, we waive the 40 dBuV/m field strength requirement along Virginia’s border with Kentucky because there are no state license operations to protect in Kentucky.”