LMR FCC Part 90 VHF/UHF Narrowbanding

For details on how these changes will impact you and to learn how to effectively plan for 800 MHz rebanding, we strongly urge you to visit all of the following sites:

The 800 MHz Transition Administrator (TA) site;
APCO's 800 MHz Rebanding Alert page;
Shulman, Rogers 800 MHz Rebanding Resource site;
Motorola, Inc. Rebanding Information site;
M/A-COM's Rebanding Information site,
the EWA (Enterprise Wireless Alliance) site,
and finally, the FCC's 800 MHz Reconfiguration site.

History

09/11/07 - UPDATED FCC Order Establishes New Benchmarks and Procedures to Expidite Rebanding Process

03/07/05 - FCC Letter to all 800 MHz Licensees

12/22/04 - Supplemental Order & Order to clarify and revise portions of the 800 MHz R&O

08/06/04 - Full Text of 800 MHz Interference Rebanding Order

07/08/04 - FCC Orders Reconfiguration of 800 MHz Band to Eliminate Nextel/CMRS Interference to Public Safety & Business & Industrial Private Radio System Licensees

For background information and industry comments on this issue, visit the FCC's on-line Proceedings and Comments site. (Be sure to enter 02-55 in the 'Proceedings' field; click on 'Retrieve Documents List' at bottom of page) or, listen to the FCC's audio/video presentation of the 800 MHz issue.

Regulatory ALERT for all 800 MHz LMR/SMR Licensees

The resolution of the Nextel/CMRS interference to 800 MHz Public Safety and Business Radio licensees require major technical and operational changes (re-banding) be made
to these systems.

Regulatory "Narrow-banding" ALERT for all VHF / UHF Part 90
Business, Industrial, and Public Safety Two Way Radio Licensees

03/27/07 UPDATE - FCC Statement on 6.25 KHz Narrowband Migration

FCC 12.5 / 6.25 KHz Analog / Digital "Narrowband" Rules and
required migration dates as of 12/23/2004 - effective in 2013

Learn more by following these links:

Is your company or organization 'narrowband' ready?

Navigating the FCC's "Narrowbanding" Mandate

LMR Narrowbanding information & discussion group

Contact us today for more details and assistance in planning your "narrowband" migration path -- 2013 is NOT that far away.