1. 800 MHz Rebanding Mexican Border
Mexican border band plan remains unresolved
Negotiations extended until April 1, 2009
Freeze extended until May 13, 2009
FCC began accepting applications for first 20 Nextel Vacated Spectrum on January 28, 2009

2. 800 MHz Rebanding
800 MHz Plan Modification for Regions in Non-Border Areas (Waves 1-3)
FCC established 2 plan amendment procedures
1) Amendments that are Rebanding Related Only (Shifting frequencies down 15 MHz)
No adjacent Region concurrence required
Amendments must be filed by April 13, 2009
Expedited FCC review - will not be put on Public Notice
2) Additional amendments to the Plan (Changing frequency allocations/allotments, technical parameters, application filing procedures)
Adjacent Region concurrence IS required
Must notify FCC by April 13; File amendment by June 10
Normal FCC review process
Amendments must include a cover letter signed by the RPC chair and referencing the original docket #

3. DTV Transition Extended
On February 4th, Congress passed a bill to extend the DTV transition deadline from February 17 to June 12
Not yet signed by President (as of 2/9/2009)
Many stations have already moved
For 66 TV/DTV transmitters in continental US affecting PS spectrum, as of 2/6/2009
6 stations are already ‘silent’
At least 1 other station is operating at reduced ERP
6 more stations filed applications to go ‘silent’ on 2/17/2009
These stations must confirm status by midnight on 2/9/2009
PS must protect co- and adjacent channel full-power TV & DTV stations that continue to operate after Feb 17th until June 12th, or earlier termination

4. 700 MHz
13 Plans are Approved
Three 700 MHz Regional Plans approved since November
Region 1 (Alabama)
Region 7 (Colorado)
Region 51 (Texas-Houston)
17 Plans Pending; Six filed since November
Region 54 (Chicago area)
Region 33 (Ohio)
Region 6 (Northern California)
Region 10 (Georgia)
Region 13 (Illinois)
Region 28 (E.PA/S.NJ)

5. 700 MHz RPC Status
Active Regions