EWA Provides Narrowbanding Applications List                

EWA notified the FCC on January 3 that more than 1500 applications for narrowbanding had been received late December 2012 and would be processed expeditiously for certification to the FCC. The official notification complied with a Land Mobile Communications Council requested process approved by both the Wireless Telecommunications and Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureaus December 7, 2012. The process, according to the FCC, would recognize "licensees that have completed narrowbanding, or will complete narrowbanding by the January 1, 2013, deadline, but have not yet had their applications coordinated and will not have had their applications coordinated and submitted to the Commission by the deadline" and therefore being in compliance of the deadline.  MORE

EWA Coordinating Vacated Spectrum Requests

T-Band Waivers Denied  

The FCC recently denied two requests for waivers for new T-Band stations.  Both applicants had requested waivers of TV station protection criteria, but seemingly because the FCC was relying on outdated information regarding the locations of the TV stations entitled to protection.  MORE 

And Another T-Band Waiver Denial  

The FCC in December 2012 denied a waiver request from Offshore Marine Towing for a new 470 -512 MHz (T-Band) private land mobile radio (PLMR) station in Miami, Florida. Offshore requested the waiver because it proposed to operate a mobile relay station in the vicinity of protected co-channel television station WSEC-TV. However, because of the FCC's suspension of certain T-band applications, due to the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, it denied Offshore's request.  MORE 

The End of Rebanding in Sight   

In its January monthly report to the FCC, Sprint Nextel advised the Commission that 99.83% of 1-120 rebanding was complete and that nationally, with the exception of the Mexican Border region, 99% of NPSPAC incumbents had signed Frequency Reconfiguration Agreements.  MORE 

More Narrowbanding Waivers    

Not surprisingly, a substantial number of narrowbanding waiver requests were filed in December 2012, primarily by public safety entities. It is reported that some waiver requests by the FCC are still pending, including ones filed earlier in 2012.  The FCC's Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau did grant extensions to the Cities of New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago on December 26.  MORE 

FCC Commissioner Appointment     

Tentative Agenda Released for FCC Open Meeting     

American Time & Signal     

Commission Upholds $20,000 Enforcement Ruling for Untimely CPNI Filing 

EWA and USMSS Co-Hosting 2013 Wireless Leadership Summit  

The 2013 Wireless Leadership Summit will be held in St. Louis, Missouri at the Four Diamond Union Station Doubletree Hilton Hotel, October 2-4.  Mark your calendar for a great opportunity to network and explore business and technology opportunities with exhibitors, presenters and fellow wireless professionals. The 2012 event this past October had a sell-out exhibit floor featuring exciting technologies and services and there were outstanding reviews of the Keynote, Dr. Ted Rappaport, and the thought-provoking educational sessions. 

Monitoring FCC Licensing Activity Yields Sales Leads

Imagine this - every Monday you receive an emailed report that can potentially increase your sales opportunities for the week ahead.  This report allows you to assist your customers in making informed decisions of specific spectrum activity such as identifying which potential customers are active in your market by reporting new, renewed, modified or terminated licenses. Interested? It's the Market Area FCC Licensing Report, one of EWA's Premier Reporting Services.  

This report may also be customized to suit your preferences, for example, license activity data may be reported frequency band (30- 900 MHz), licensee name and contact information, affected frequencies, FCC application dates, purpose (new, renewal, modification, construction notice) and by pending FCC file number. For detailed data, you may simply click a link that takes you directly to that application in the FCC's Universal Licensing System.

The Market Area Report is just the start.  EWA also offers additional Premier Reporting Services that, for example, identifies potential exclusive use frequencies, identifies non-narrowbanded compliant systems, and identifies new licensed systems that may potentially impact incumbent systems.  EWA can also manage your FCC radio licenses, so you never miss a construction deadline or renewal.  

Visit EWA at www.enterprisewireless.org for more information and to see what we can do for you, or contact Nancy Gruen, Membership Development Director, at nancy.gruen@enterprisewireless.org. 

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