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FCC OKs Wireless Airwaves Swap for Nextel
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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U.S. communications regulators on Thursday approved a plan to give Nextel Communications Inc. wireless airwaves it wanted in a swap aimed at ending interference with police, fire and rescue communications. (article 4)
The Federal Communications Commission voted 5-0 for a plan in which Nextel would receive airwaves in the 1.9 Gigahertz band in exchange for returning other airwaves, including in the 800 Megahertz band where public safety groups operate. (article 4)
The Federal Communications Commission's unanimous decision, which gives Nextel Communications access to a valuable new piece of broadcast spectrum, was denounced by the cell phone industry's lobbying group and Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest cell company. (article 1)
The proliferation of cell phones is having potentially dangerous consequences for firefighters and police officers, who in some places can't use their radios to call for help because of interference from cell signals. (article 5)
" If equipment needs to be repaired or upgraded, we have no problem doing that he said. (article 5)
In exchange, Nextel will abandon some of its airwaves in the 800 megahertz range, where the company's cell phones are causing interference. (article 3)
So, if a radio dispatch is made at 850 MHz near a Nextel cell tower broadcasting at 851 MHz, the radio signal can be drowned out. (article 2)
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Event tracking:
Story keywords
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Nextel, spectrum, Verizon, FCC, Wireless |
Source articles
- FCC OKs Plan to Swap Nextel's Bandwith (USA Today, 07/08/2004, 718 words)
- Jul. 08, 2004 PT (Wired, 07/08/2004, 516 words)
- Nextel Deal With FCC? Done! (CBS News, 07/08/2004, 258 words)
- FCC OKs Wireless Airwaves Swap for Nextel (ABCNews, 07/08/2004, 360 words)
- Cell Phones Jamming Police, Fire (CBS News, 07/08/2004, 709 words)
- Wireless companies beefing up systems to try to en... (boston.com, 07/08/2004, 616 words)
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