EWA To Begin Certification Of Public Safety 800 MHz Applications
You may now submit your Public Safety applications for the newly released Sprint Nextel channels to EWA for coordination. The FCC announced that on January 28, 2009, they will begin accepting Public Safety applications for the 800 MHz Sprint Nextel vacated spectrum. Channel capacity is in the 809-809.5/854-854.5 MHz band (Channels 231-250), and spectrum is available in the majority of the non-border National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) regions.
EWA will begin coordinating these applications on January 14, 2009. Upon receipt of your application, EWA will review the FCC’s Vacated Channel Search Engine and confirm with you the availability of spectrum in the area requested. There is a limit of five channels per fixed site per application. EWA’s coordination fees are $250 per frequency pair per site, and application preparation is $175. There are no FCC filing fees for Public Safety applications. If you want to know if there is Sprint Nextel vacated spectrum available in your area, we can provide that information to you as well for $100 per site.
Submit your applications and requests for vacated spectrum capacity directly to Ms. Ila R. Dudley, Vice President Spectrum Management, at 800.482.8282 or ila.dudley@enterprisewireless.org.
Click HERE to review a copy of the FCC’s 800 MHz Public Safety Public Notice DA 08-2810.
