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4F PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission News Media Information 202 14184500
445 12x St., S.W. Internet: http:llwww.fcc.gov
Washington, D.C. 20554 : 18835-53
DA 12-1838
Released: November 27, 2012
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU AND WIRELESS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ANNOUNCE THE COMPLETION OF 800 MHZ BAND
RECONFIGURATION IN CERTAIN NPSPAC REGIONS
WT Docket No. 02-55
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
(Bureaus) announce the completion of 800 MHz Band Reconfiguration in the National Public Safety
Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) regions listed in Attachment A.' Consequently, as of the date
of this Public Notice, the post-rebanding channel plan is in effect in these NPSPAC regions.2
The Bureaus alert relevant stakeholders that, only as to the NPSPAC regions listed in Attachment
A, we hereby: (1) begin full implementation of the interference abatement rules in Sections 22.970(a) and
90.672(a) of the Commission's rules; (2) lift the freeze on new applications for the 900 MHz band; (3)
announce that any remaining channels in the interleaved segment of the band vacated by Sprint Nextel
Corporation (Sprint) are available for licensing to public safety entities and, later, to critical infrastructure
entities and; (4) announce that channels in the Expansion Band and Guard Band are available for
licensing.
Background
In the 800 MHz Report and Order, the Commission ordered 800 MHz rebanding to resolve
interference between commercial and public safety systems in the band.3 The Commission provided for
the rebanding process to be completed on a region by region basis.4 The 800 MHz Transition
Administrator (TA) has certified that band reconfiguration is complete in the NPSPAC regions listed in
Attachment A and all licensees in those regions are now operating on their post-rebanding replacement
' NPSPAC Region 2: Alaska; Region 7: Colorado; Region 11: Hawaii; Region 15: Iowa; Region 22: Minnesota;
Region 26: Nebraska; Region 32: North Dakota; Region 38: South Dakota; Region 41: Utah; Region 45: Wisconsin;
and Region 46: Wyoming.
2 See 47 C.F.R. 90.613-90.617.
3 See Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band, Report and Order, Fifth Report and Order,
Fourth Memorandum Opinion and Order, and Order, 19 FCC Rcd 14969, 14971-73 1-3 (2004) (800 MHz Report
and Order).
4 Id at 15072 195. See also Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Approves the Basic Reconfiguration Schedule
Put Forth in the Transition Administrator's 800 MHz Regional Prioritization Plan, Public Notice, 20 FCC Red 5159
(WTB 2005).14775
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