Overview
Rebanding NEWS
The Integrated Public Safety Commission, which represents all 800 MHZ FCC licenses held by the State of Indiana, has finalized a Planning Funding Agreement (PFA) with Nextel. The next step isto create a plan of mandatory migration to new 800 MHZ frequencies. This migration will impact every radio currently capable of using the statewide system.
Some Rebanding Facts
- The State of Indiana holds 194 800Mhz licenses. Of those licenses, 179 are for the IPSC trunked system. 15 are for the Department of Correction.
- Of the 179 IPSC trunked licenses, 135 are permanent and 44 are licensed as STA’s (temporary).
- There are 1151 frequencies contained in the 194 licenses. 914 of those frequencies need to be rebanded.
- All of the current 131 trunked sites on the IPSC system, except Monticello, use frequencies that must be rebanded. We anticipate the number of sites to expand to 148 by the end of rebanding.
- Of the 15 DOC facilities, 8 of them utilize frequencies that must be rebanded.
- There are approximately 42,000 radios currently on the system. That number is estimated to grow to 55,000 by the end of rebanding. Many of those radios will need to be touched twice. It will take us one year from the time we start to touch all of the 42.000 radios the first time!
IPS/the State of Idiana met with Nextel for about 6 hours on July 10, 2008 to begin negotiations to reach a Frequency Relocation Agreement (FRA) for the mobiles and portables. That meeting went well. There is no time estimate to have the executed M/P FRA in hand. The M/P FRA must be negotiated and signed before radio reprogramming/retunin can begin.
Negotiations for a separate Fixed Network Equipment (FNE) FRA will begin soon. The completed FNE FRA must be completed prior to rebanding site equipment.
Contact Steve Skinner, State Rebanding Coordinator, if you have questions.
