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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Utah Communications Agency Network (UCAN) Has Approved Planning Funding Agreement with Nextel

On Feb. 14th, Sprint Nextel announced that the TA has approved the planning funding agreement with UCAN. The TA indicated that this is the first planning funding agreement with a "significant" public safety entity. (That in itself actually says a lot!!)

Click here to read the complete story as reported in MRT.

Interestingly enough, the MRT story indicates that "Contrary to some reports, UCAN did not use the TA template, but rebanding officials agree that other licensees should be encouraged that an agreement could be reached on such a large system. "

(UPDATE: The TA Quarterly report issued on 2/22/06 indicates that Utah utilized "key components of the TA's template for planning funding." I'm not sure what "key components" are. In my view, either they used the TA template or they didn't. If they didn't, why not?)

It's interesting that the first deal with a "significant" public safety entity did not use the official process (TA templates), and that it took until February to approve.

What do you think?

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