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The Enterprise Wireless Alliance has a full complement of
services to help you through the 800 MHz Transition. For more
information, please contact André Coté at 703 528 5115.
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To remain compliant with FCC rules, licensees reconfiguring their 800 MHz system must file applications for system modifications with the Commission. In fact, two applications may be required for each incumbent licensee: one adding the appropriate replacement channel(s), and another dropping the former channel(s).
As an FCC-certified frequency advisory committee with over 50 years of experience with the FCC’s licensing processes,
EWA can ensure that your application will be prepared properly and sent electronically to the Commission for fast results.
In addition, EWA can verify the accuracy of your 800 MHz retuning applications before they are sent to the FCC, if you chose to allow Nextel or the Transition Administrator to complete your applications.
We would note that any work required to implement a retuning agreement should be reimbursable by Nextel and its Letter of Credit established to financially support the reconfiguration of the band.
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To protect incumbent licensees during the 800 MHz reconfiguration, the FCC determined that replacement channels offered to incumbent licensees must provide these licensees with “comparable facilities” to existing
authorization(s).
Comparable facilities, according to the Commission, "provide the same level of service as the incumbent's existing facilities, with the transition to the new facilities as transparent as possible to the end user." To make a determination of whether you will obtain comparable facilities, you should consider equivalent channel capacity, signaling capacity, baud rate and access time, coextensive geographic coverage and operational costs.
EWA can, through our licensing database and service contour programs, determine whether the spectrum alternatives offered to you would provide comparable service contours. In addition,
EWA can determine for you whether the spectrum offering would require co-channel sharing with other licensees in your geographic area, and a general consideration for the nature of incumbent operations on these channels. These factors will assist you in determining whether the replacement channels you are offered meet the comparable facilities definition.
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As the wireless industry's leading spectrum manager, EWA is uniquely positioned to keep you fully informed about the new 800 MHz regulatory environment.
To ensure that you and your customers are fully prepared in advance of any negotiations regarding potential system reconfigurations,
EWA will generate a customized "800 MHz Transition Report" that will provide an accurate and impartial assessment of the impact on your license holdings, an inventory of all spectrum assets, a complete analysis of what channels must be retuned, critical information about the negotiation process, and the identification of channel replacement alternatives.
To secure your custom "800 MHz Transition Report" complete a Request
Form, and email or fax it to André Coté at 703 524 1074. If you have further questions, please contact André at 703 528 5115 or via email.
EWA looks forward to the opportunity to assist you and your customers.
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In some cases, you may deem it necessary to acquire the assistance of a local RF professional that can inventory your 800 MHz assets and document coverage characteristics prior to engaging in negotiations with Nextel.
EWA’s affiliation with Motorola Service Stations nationwide, through USMSS, Inc., may be the solution.
In addition to the above, USMSS members – who not only service equipment, but also sell communications solutions – may complete the retuning of your radios during the reconfiguration and optimize your system after reconfiguration.
For more information on local technical assistance, please visit www.usmss.org.
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The reconfiguration of the 800 MHz band requires thousands of licensees to relocate from the former General Category pool into other portions of the 800 MHz band. Thus, there could be significant system changes within your operating area that may affect your system operations due to either the co-location or relocation of transmitters.
EWA would like to assist you in the protection of your system investment during the 800 MHz reconfiguration process. As applications are filed with the FCC, our automated system can determine if an application to modify another system undergoing reconfiguration would encroach your current service area contour. The system immediately notifies
EWA of the overlap potential, and allows us to contact you in short order. This notification would permit you to analyze the change in your environment and take timely action, including disputing the replacement channel offered to the licensee that must be retuned.
For more information on EWA’s incumbent service contour protection program, please contact André Coté at 703 528 5115.
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Support for EWA’s advocacy efforts, including the active lobbying of incumbents’ rights at 800 MHz and tracking developments at the FCC, Congress, and with the Transition Administrator, are generated through member organizations and their financial contributions.
If you are already a member of EWA, we appreciate your continued support and look forward to assisting you through this complex process. If you are not already a member of
EWA, your support is earnestly solicited.
To become a member of EWA, please complete the Application and return it to
Karin Norton via email or fax at 703 524 1074.
We look forward to representing your rights as a wireless system operator!
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As an FCC-certified frequency advisory committee, EWA maintains, and updates daily, a comprehensive database of every entity with an FCC authorization to operate on land mobile radio channels. With this database,
EWA can supply you with a complete listing of licensees in a designated geographic area that will be required to retune to other frequencies in the 800 MHz band.
This report provides you the contact information necessary to assist others with critical
reconfiguration services that will protect their radio system investment.
For more information on EWA’s retuning licensees report, please contact André Coté at 703 528 5115.
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