AWS-1 Transition
In 2002, NTIA and the Federal Communications Commission announced plans to make additional spectrum available for commercial use. This spectrum, in the 1710-1755 MHz range, would be transferred from Federal government users and made available to the private sector through spectrum auctions conducted by the FCC. The effort was authorized by the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act (CSEA) in 2004, which created a fund to allow Federal agencies to recover the costs of relocating their radio systems from the proceeds of the auction of the vacated spectrum. The auction of the 1710-1755 MHz band concluded in 2006, and Federal agencies and NTIA provide an annual report on the status of relocation activities as required by the CSEA.
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Relocation of Federal Radio Sysytems From the 1710-1755 MHz Spectrum Band: Fourth Annual Progress Report
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) submits this report pursuant to Section 207 of the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act (CSEA), Title II of P.L. 108-494, which requires annual reporting on Federal agencies’ progress in vacating certain wireless communications systems from the 1710 megahertz (MHz) to 1755 MHz radio spectrum that has been reallocated to commercial use. The NTIA published the first annual report to Congress in March 2008. Each subsequent annual report documents the cumulative progress through December. This annual report documents the cumulative progress since the commencement of relocation activity in March 2007 through December 2010.
Coordination in the 1710-1755 MHz band
FCC 06-50
Released: April 20, 2006
THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION – COORDINATION PROCEDURES IN THE 1710-1755 MHz BAND
WTB Docket No. 02-353
By the Commission: Chairman Martin and Commissioners Copps, Adelstein and Tate.