Work together to resolve 3G spectrum - says letter

date: July 22, 2001

The Commerce Department's telecommunications arm, and the FCC should work together to identify an additional spectrum to be used for advanced wireless 3G applications, Commerce Secretary Donald Evans said in a short letter to FCC Chairman Michael Powell.

The Evans letter is a response to Powell's June 26 letter suggesting a delay to the former administration's plan, announced last October, to complete a 3G allocation plan by the end of July. In the letter, Evans will agree to the delay, according to sources.

Allocating more spectrum bands for commercial wireless carriers' planned 3G applications is a thorny issue involving commercial and market forces, national security and property rights.

The DoD and institutional users such as the Catholic Church as well as fixed wireless providers such as Sprint Corp. own spectrum coveted by commercial carriers such as Cingular Wireless, AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS.

The wireless carriers say they need to offer new, global data communications services to be competitive with foreign carriers.

The NTIA and the FCC are now poised to work together to discuss the potential use for 3G spectrum in the 1710 to 1850 MHz band and the 2500-2690 MHz band.

The 1755 to 1850 MHz slice of the spectrum is owned by the DoD, which hasn't shown the inclination to relinquish it, especially since they have not been paid in the past for giving up spectrum.

Merrill Lynch analysts have written that the relocation for most DoD systems would take until 2010 and beyond and could cost over $4 billion.

read the letter: http://osecnt13.osec.doc.gov/public.nsf/docs/Evans-Powell-G3

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