USA

last updated: September 29, 2001

September 24, 2001:

The US FCC on Monday said it will add a mobile allocation to the 2500-2690 MHz band to provide additional near-term and long-term flexibility for use of this spectrum, thereby making this band potentially available for 3G wireless systems. However, because the 2500-2690 MHz band is extensively used by schools, health care facilities, and in order to preserve the viability of the incumbent services, the FCC is not relocating the existing licensees or otherwise modifying their licenses.

September 6, 2001:

The USA Commerce Department has said that it will ask the US Congress to postpone plans for a 3G spectrum auction by two years from next September to September 2004. Nancy Victory, the new chief of the Commerce Department’s NTIA said that the delay would give the FCC the time it needs to identify the available spectrum and arrange for the incumbent users to migrate to other slots. The Defense Department, which is the main user of the 1710- to 1755-MHz and the 2110- to 2150-MHz bands has already said that it cannot migrate to other bands until at least 2010 without impairing national security.

2nd Feb 01:

The Federal Communications Commission once again has postponed the auction of 700 MHz spectrum for high-speed 3G wireless services.

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