Canada Finalizes 800 MHz Band Plan for PS

Following the United States by several years, a Canadian government agency has approved a spectrum plan for public safety radio operations in the 700 MHz band. Industry Canada takes into account TV frequency assignments and the digital transition, public safety’s need for more spectrum, the existing U.S. band plan near the border, and the need to narrowband individual frequency assignments. Like the U.S. plan developed by the FCC, the Canadian band plan has a complex timetable to permit an orderly transition from analog to digital, and from one band to another. Read the entire spectrum policy here.