800 MHz Rebanding Update

Sprint-Nextel has submitted a progress report to the FCC on the huge 800 MHz rebanding project. The company said that as of last Dec. 26th, all non-Sprint Nextel, non-SouthernLINC channel 1-120 radio users “were completely retuned to comparable replacement channels” in the 809-817 MHz/854-862 MHz channel block in 26 NPSPAC regions. Those regions included several of the country’s largest and most heavily populated areas, the company said. The report said that Sprint-Nextel had negotiated “hundreds” of agreements with radio users and submitted the required paperwork to the FCC. Download (pdf) the company’s report here.