800 MHz Transition Administrator Reports Mexican Border Progress
The 800 MHz transition administrator reported progress on Mexico border retuning, the part that has taken longest to complete. All 127 frequency reconfiguration agreements anticipated for Mexican border licensees have been negotiated and submitted to the TA, said the report…
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posted Friday in docket 02-55: Border licensees “retuned, reflashed, or replaced approximately 5,200 radios (first touches)" in Q3, raising the total complete to approximately 250,000 radios. All licensees in Arizona have retuned. The 800 MHz rebanding has been underway since the FCC approved its landmark 800 MHz rebanding order in 2004, aimed at addressing interference to public safety radios in the band by Nextel, which later merged with Sprint.