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For Immediate Release
800 MHz Transition Administrator
c/o Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
8000 Towers Crescent Drive, 14th Floor
Tyson’s Corner, VA 22182-2700 |
Contact: Brett Haan
Phone: 1-888-800-8220
E-mail: comments@800TA.org |
800 MHz Transition Administrator Amends Regional Prioritization Plan for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Regions 47 and 48 Moved to Wave 3.
February 3, 2006, Washington, D.C. — 800 MHz Transition Administrator, LLC (TA) today announced that it is amending the Regional Prioritization Plan (RPP) for licensees on Channels 1-120 (located at 806-809 MHz/851-854 MHz) in NPSPAC Regions 47 and 48, which consist of Puerto Rico and the U.S.Virgin Islands, to move those Regions from Wave 2 to Wave 3 of the RPP. Accordingly, the mandatory negotiation period for licensees on Channels 1-120 in Regions 47 and 48 will commence on April 3, 2006 and conclude on July 2, 2006.
The RPP defines four "Waves" or groupings of NPSPAC regions to be reconfigured, with two stages in
each Wave. Channels 1-120 are reconfigured in Stage 1. NPSPAC Regions 47 and 48 began the voluntary negotiation period for licensees on Channels 1-120 on October 3, 2005 with other region in Wave 2, Stage 1 and began the mandatory negotiation period for these licensees on January 2, 2006. The TA has determined that unique and complex spectrum issues in NPSPAC Regions 47 and 48 that were affected by the FCC’s 800 MHz Memorandum Opinion and Order (Improving Public Safety
Communications in the 800 MHz Band, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 20 FCC Rcd 16015 (2005))
require amendment of the RPP to re-schedule the reconfiguration of licensees on Channels 1-120 in
NPSPAC Regions 47 and 48 to Wave 3.
The mandatory negotiation period for Stage 1 in NPSPAC Regions 47 and 48 will now be concurrent with the mandatory negotiation period for Wave 3, Stage 1. NPSPAC Regions 47 and 48 will also be subject to the same timetable as Wave 3, Stage 1 for subsequent events in the Reconfiguration Schedule for Stage 1.
The TA advises affected licensees in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands that they are in the
voluntary negotiation period for Wave 3 and should continue to negotiate their Frequency Reconfiguration Agreements with Sprint Nextel. Current information regarding 800 MHz Reconfiguration is available on the TA’s website (www.800TA.org). Questions about the RPP should be directed to the TA at 1-888-800-8220 or comments@800TA.org.
About the 800 MHz Transition Administrator
800 MHz Transition Administrator, LLC ("TA LLC") is the Transition Administrator ("TA") for the reconfiguration of the 800 MHz band mandated by the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC"). TA LLC has contracted with BearingPoint, Inc., Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., and Baseline Telecom, Inc. to perform the duties of the TA. Among its duties, the TA establishes reconfiguration guidelines, specifies replacement channels, reviews reconfiguration cost estimates, monitors payment of reconfiguration costs, manages the relocation schedule, facilitates issue resolution, and administers the alternative dispute resolution process. TA LLC uses information it receives solely for the purposes of administering the 800 MHz reconfiguration process and may disclose such information to the FCC or other authorized parties pursuant to the requirements of the 800 MHz Order or other applicable laws.
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