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PUBLIC NOTICE <br /> Federal Communications Commission <br /> 445 12th St., S.W. News Media Information 202 / 418 -0500 <br /> Internet: http: / /www.fcc.gov <br /> Washington, D.C. 20554 TTY: 1-888-835-5322 <br /> DA 09 -2589 <br /> Released: December 11, 2009 <br /> LICENSEES, FREQUENCY COORDINATORS, AND EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS <br /> REMINDED OF NARROWBAND MIGRATION DEADLINES IN THE 150 -174 MHz AND 421 - <br /> 512 MHz BANDS <br /> This Public Notice reminds interested parties of the Commission's deadlines for private land <br /> mobile radio services in the 150 -174 MHz and 421 -512 MHz bands to migrate to narrowband (12.5 kHz <br /> or narrower) technology.' The Commission directed that a Public Notice be issued by December 31, <br /> 2009 reminding licensees and frequency coordinators of the approaching deadlines . This Public Notice <br /> also provides additional information regarding the transition to narrowbanding technology. <br /> Key Deadlines <br /> Licensees and frequency coordinators should be aware of the following deadlines: <br /> (1) beginning January 1, 2011, the Commission will no longer accept applications for <br /> -new wideband 25 kHz (i.e., operating with only one voice path per 25 kHz of spectrum) <br /> operations, and <br /> - modification of existing wideband 25 kHz stations that expands the authorized <br /> interference contour (19 dBu VHF, 21 dBu UHF); and <br /> (2) by January 1, 2013, Industrial/Business and Public Safety Radio Pool licensees must <br /> - operate on 12.5 kHz (11.25 kHz occupied bandwidth) or narrower channels, or <br /> - employ a technology that achieves the narrowband equivalent of one channel per 12.5 <br /> kHz of channel bandwidth (voice) or 4800 bits per second per 6.25 kHz (data). <br /> ' See Implementation of Sections 309(j) and 337 of the Communications Act of 1934 as Amended; Promotion of <br /> Spectrum Efficient Technologies on Certain Part 90 Frequencies, Second Report and Order and Second Further <br /> Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, WT Docket No. 99 -87, RM -9332, 18 FCC Rcd 3034 (2003); Implementation of <br /> Sections 309(j) and 337 of the Communications Act of 1934 as Amended; Promotion of Spectrum Efficient <br /> Technologies on Certain Part 90 Frequencies, Third Memorandum Opinion and Order, Third Further Notice of <br /> Proposed Rule Making and Order, WT Docket No. 99 -87, RM -9332, 19 FCC Rcd 25045 (2004) (Narrowbanding <br /> Third Memorandum Opinion and Order); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 90.203(j), 90.209(b). <br /> 2 See Narrowbanding Third Memorandum Opinion and Order, 19 FCC Rcd at 25057 1126. <br /> 3 A petition seeking a stay of the January 1, 2011 deadlines, filed by the National Public Safety Telecommunications <br /> Council (NPSTC) on September 29, 2009, is pending. See Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Public Safety <br /> and Homeland Security Bureau Seek Comment on National Public Safety Telecommunications Council Petition for <br /> Stay of Interim Narrowband Implementation Dates, Public Notice, WT Docket No. 99 -87, DA 09 -2364 <br /> (WTB/PSHSB rel. Nov. 2, 2009). <br />