Sprint Nextel Submits Comments on the 800 MHz TA Quarterly Report
On December 1st (and updated on December 12th), Sprint Nextel submitted comments on the 800 MHz TA Quarterly report discussed in a previous post. For a copy of the submission, click here.
This letter provides the reader with Sprint Nextels view on the status of the 800 MHz Rebanding. Notably, Sprint Nextel states
" Sprint Nextel is doing everything within its control to make 800 MHz band reconfiuration progress as quickly and as efficiently as possible. At the same time, however, there are a number of outside factors which impact Sprint Nextel's ability to unilaterally control band reconfiguration and perform this unprecedented undertaking within the time periods established by the TA"
The document also details some of the progress made by Sprint Nextel so far including:
This letter provides the reader with Sprint Nextels view on the status of the 800 MHz Rebanding. Notably, Sprint Nextel states
" Sprint Nextel is doing everything within its control to make 800 MHz band reconfiuration progress as quickly and as efficiently as possible. At the same time, however, there are a number of outside factors which impact Sprint Nextel's ability to unilaterally control band reconfiguration and perform this unprecedented undertaking within the time periods established by the TA"
The document also details some of the progress made by Sprint Nextel so far including:
- "More than 1/3 of all Phase I (Channels 1-120) 800 MHz incumbant licensees .... have entered into signed FRAs with Sprint Nextel"
- "Forty-three percent of all Wave 1 licensees have entered into signed FRAs with Sprint Nextel..."
- "Approximately 60 percent of the ...B/ILT and ... SMR Wave 1 incumbents have signed FRAs with Sprint Nextel...."
In addition, Sprint Nextel also comments that their "projections indicate that as many as 74 incumbents - both private and public safety licensses - may not reach definitive FRAs by December 26, 2005."
Like the TA Quarterly Report, the Sprint Nextel comments contain a great deal of information that should be of interest to anyone involved in the 800 MHz Rebanding process.
