WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ANNOUNCES THAT 800 MHZ BAND RECONFIGURATION WILL COMMENCE JUNE 27, 2005

Today, the FCC announced that announce that the 800 MHz band reconfiguration process for non-NPSPAC channels will start June 27, 2005, in the NPSPAC regions assigned to Wave 1. This means that the three month period for voluntary negotiations with FCC will end September 26, 2005. At that time, a manditory negotiation period will commence and end on December 26, 2005.

This is an extremely critical time period for all non-NPSPAC channel licensses assigned to Wave 1. By being properly prepared for negotiations, you can help ensure that you minimize the rebanding risks that RCC has identified in our Rebanding Risks white paper.

The full text of the FCC announcement can be found here.

Please feel free to send an email to rebandingsupport@rcc.com or call 732-404-2400 for more information on preparing for negotiations with Nextel. In addition, more information can be found at www.rcc.com/rebanding .

More 800MHz Rebanding Information

The 800 MHz Transition Administrator has release several more documents that licensees should read. They are as follows:

* Request for Planning Funding - Initial Request (First request for funding form that needs to be completed)

* Request for Planning Funding - Certified Request (This request form must be submitted upon reaching an agreement with Nextel on planning funding.)

* Request for TA to Communicate with Nextel (Form to fill out if you would like the TA to communication with Nextel on your behalf)

* 800 MHz Transition Administrator Interim Status Report ( Interesting reading that will give you view on what the TA has done and what they are planning to do)

These documents are all located on the RCC 800MHz Rebanding website in the resources section. Please feel free to send us an email at rebandingsupport@rcc.com with any questions you may have on any of these documents.