Details - Competitive Carriers Association
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The Washington Monitor<br />
Page 4<br />
‣ Prohibit base and fixed transmission in the 1915-1920 MHz band.<br />
‣ Require mobiles at 1915-1920 MHz to attenuate OOBE by 90 + 10log P dB<br />
within the PCS band (1930-1990 MHz band), and establish a power limit for<br />
mobiles of 23 dBm/MHz EIRP.<br />
‣ Prohibit mobile transmission in the 1995-2000 MHz band.<br />
‣ Adopt an OOBE limit of 43 + 10 log (P) dB for base and fixed stations at 1995-<br />
2000 MHz and a power limit of 1640 watts peak EIRP in non-rural areas and<br />
3280 watts peak EIRP in rural areas.<br />
Comments will be due fourteen days following publication in the Federal Register,<br />
with reply comments due twenty-one days following publication in the Federal Register.<br />
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, WT Docket Nos. 07-195 and 04-356, FCC 08-158,<br />
released June 20, 2008.<br />
FCC PROVIDES PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE<br />
PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF ALLTEL BY VERIZON WIRELESS<br />
The FCC has issued a Public Notice of applications for consent to the acquisition of<br />
ALLTEL by Verizon Wireless. When the FCC and Justice Department eventually act on the<br />
proposal the parties may be subject to certain terms and conditions, and will likely be<br />
required to divest certain spectrum licenses and business units where the agencies find that<br />
competition would be severely impacted by the merger.<br />
Interested parties may file petitions to deny no later than July 25, 2008. Issues that<br />
could be raised include foreign ownership by Vodafone Group, Plc (an English public<br />
limited company), spectrum aggregation in certain markets, automatic voice/data roaming<br />
agreements where networks are technically compatible, and exclusive agreements for<br />
handsets. Oppositions to such pleadings must be filed no later than August 4, 2008. Replies<br />
to such pleadings must be filed no later than August 11, 2008. Public Notice, DA 08-1481,<br />
released June 25, 2008.<br />
RCA URGES FCC TO MAINTAIN NATIONWIDE 700 MHz D BLOCK LICENSE<br />
AND LIMIT ELIGIBILITY OF BIDDERS<br />
RCA submitted comments in support of the establishment of a mandatory<br />
public/private partnership in the upper portions of the 698-806 MHz band (D-Block) as the<br />
best means to facilitate the construction and deployment of a much-needed public safety<br />
network. A nationwide D-Block license will simplify the Commission’s oversight<br />
obligations that follow grant of the spectrum license and will allow the winning D-Block<br />
licensee and the Public Safety Spectrum Trust (“PSST”) to focus their collective efforts on<br />
ensuring the timely completion of an advanced telecommunications network that serves the<br />
commercial interests of the D-Block licensee and the nation’s public safety and homeland<br />
security needs.