Subject: [NEXTEL-1] FCC Chairman tells Congress 800 MHz solution will cost "billions"

From: Marcelrf <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 20:37:47 -0500

Don't forget to mention Nextel will get reimbursed for their efforts in the 1.9 Ghz
band. New users to the band will compensate Nextel.

[email-masked] wrote:

> It is certainly true under the most conservative of estimates that rebanding
> will ultimately cost Nextel over a billion dollars in payments to a variety
> licensees.  Specifically, it will cost $850 million for 800 MHz licensee's
> rebanding (Consensus Plan estimate), $500 million to relocate the Broadcast
> Auxiliary Service licensees (NAB's estimate) on the 1.9 GHz channels and probably
> about $15 million to relocate the microwave incumbents on what is now the
> unlicensed PCS spectrum on the other portion of the 1.9 GHz channels.  That doesn't
> count any costs that Nextel has to bear for it's own movements around the band.
>
> Obviously, those numbers are somewhat reduced if Nextel gets less 1.9 GHz
> spectrum, as there were be fewer incumbents to be relocated by Nextel.  If Nextel
> were to receive less 1.9 GHz spectrum, those 1.9 GHz incumbents located on
> the portion of spectrum that Nextel doesn't get would still be paid to relocate
> by whatever new licensees wind up in the band (which under the current rules
> are currently scheduled to be satellite licensees, as this is presently
> allocated as satellite reserve spectrum).
>
> Alan Tilles--

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