February 8, 2005

Nextel Communications just handed over its official acceptance of the Federal Communications Commission's plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band, in a press conference/photo opportunity.

Monday was the deadline for Nextel to accept the plan. In addition to accepting the plan, Nextel also must file other documents to ensure the financial stability of the plan including a letter from bankruptcy counsel declaring it will meet its obligations even if the company goes bust.

The FCC in July adopted a plan to solve the interference problem by swapping some spectrum with Nextel and having Nextel pay to move other companies off the spectrum band Nextel would receive.

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The FCC released the text of the plan in early August and made modifications to it in December. Since then, Nextel has agreed to a merger with Sprint Corp.

Late last month, the Transition Administrator released its prioritization plan for the 800 MHz reconfiguration. Some of the nation's most populous areas, including New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, will be the first to begin the process, said the 800 MHz Transition Administrator.

The Transition Administrator has established a four-wave process with the first three waves scheduled to complete the rebanding process by June 27, 2008.

Plans call for formal negotiations for Wave 1 to begin June 27, 2005, and the third-wave formal negotiation process to begin no later than Jan. 3, 2006.

Wave 4 is the border region, and the Transition Administrator expects this area to take longer due to necessary diplomatic negotiations that must take place with Canada and Mexico.

The FCC selected a Transition Administrator to act as an independent third party. Consulting firm BearingPoint, law firm Squire-Sanders-Dempsey L.L.P. and Baseline Telecom Inc. comprise the team.

Source: RCR News

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