Great Lakes MSS Association 2005 Spring Meeting

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Great Lakes MSS Association2005 Spring Meeting
Mark E. Crosby Don CeSar Beach Resort St.
Pete Beach, Florida February 17-18, 2005
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Wireless Regulatory Issues forSpectrum-Based
Enterprises

• 800 MHz Transition
• Reconfiguration Process
• 4 Prioritization Waves
• Two Phases Channels 1-120 Cleared NPSPAC
  Relocates
• Commencement on June 27, 2005
• 3 Month Intervals Between Waves
• ITA Products
• Transition Reports
• Application Preparation and/or Verification
• Comparable Spectrum Determination
• Incumbent Service Contour Protection

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Prioritization Waves
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Wave Commencement Timeline
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Individual Retuning Timeline
The FCC will freeze licensing for channels in a
region excepting modification applications to
implement a retuning agreement, and modifications
that would not change frequency or expand an
existing footprint
Actual start date depends on wave classification
After an agreement is reached and before physical
retuning begins, the licensee must file an
application with the FCC to add the agreed upon
replacement channels
Testing of the reconfigured system
After the system has been sufficiently tested and
meets the satisfaction of the licensee, the
licensee must file an application with the FCC
deleting its old channels, from which it has
been retuned
Physical retuning of the system begins
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Transition Report
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Wireless Regulatory Issues forSpectrum-Based
Enterprises

• 900 MHz Prospects
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
• Auction 19 Blocks of 10 Contiguous Channels
• Auction 1 Block of 9 Contiguous Channels
• Incumbents May Surrender License(s) for Bidding
  Credit
• Interference Protections Considered
• Limited Freeze
• New Applications Require Waiver
• Modifications Normal Licensing Process
• Commercial Conversion Accepted

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Wireless Regulatory Issues forSpectrum-Based
Enterprises

• Refarming
• January 1, 2011
• New Wideband Applications Prohibited
• Wideband Modification Applications Prohibited
• Manufacture and Importation of Wideband Equipment
  Prohibited
• Equivalent Efficiencies Excepted (e.g. 41 on 25
  kHz)
• Paging-Only Licensees Exempted
• January 1, 2013
• Voice Licensees Must Operate at 12.5 kHz
• Data Licensees Must Operate at 4800 bps/6.25 kHz
• Equivalent Efficiencies Excepted
• 6.25 kHz Third Further Notice of Proposed
  Rulemaking

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Wireless Regulatory Issues forSpectrum-Based
Enterprises

• Unlicensed/MTEs
• ITA Petition/FCC Public Notice
• FCC Jurisdiction Over RF Interference
• Over-The-Air Reception Devices (OTARD)
  Applicability
• FCC Restriction on Single Provider in MTEs
• Outstanding Issues
• Landlords Disregard Policy
• Impacts Tenant Benefits