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Rebanding process slower than hoped

Published Thursday, December 01, 2005

Negotiations concerning the rebanding of 800 MHz licensees are behind schedule, prompting the Transition Administrator to issue new guidelines and Sprint Nextel to ask the FCC for more time. Only 30% of Wave 1 licensees operating in the Channel 1-120 frequencies had reached an agreement with Sprint Nextel that had been approved by the TA as of Oct. 28, according to the TA's quarterly report released in November. “It appears at this time that a significant number of Wave 1 licensees will not have completed negotiations with Sprint Nextel and executed a [frequency reconfiguration agreement] as of the ...

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