Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Federal Communications Commission 47 CFR Part 90 [WT Docket No. 02-55; FCC 21-41; FR ID 26200] AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) brings the Commission's 800 MHz rebanding program to a conclusion, eliminates rules that are now unnecessary, and terminates this proceeding. The rebanding process is now essentially complete: Over 2,100 800 MHz licensees have successfully relocated to new channels in the band and the few licensing and administrative matters remaining can be completed outside the rebanding program. DATES: Effective June 14, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roberto Mussenden, Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418-1428. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of Commission's Order, in WT Docket No. 02-55 (Terminated); FCC 21-41, adopted and released on April 22, 2021. The full text of this document is available for public inspection online at https://docs.fcc.gov/​public/​attachments/​FCC-21-41A1.pdf . In 2004, the Commission's Report and Order (800 MHz Report and Order) ( 69 FR 67823 , November 22, 2004) initiated the 800 MHz rebanding program to alleviate harmful interference to 800 MHz public safety radio systems caused by their proximity in the band to the 800 MHz commercial cellular architecture systems, principally those operated by Sprint. To alleviate the interference, the Commiss…