FCC Public Notice DA 12-12, January 5, 2012
CONCERNING:
--One Year Remains for Transition
--Key Narrowbanding Deadlines
--Additional Narrowbanding Information
This Public Notice reminds licensees, frequency coordinators, equipment manufacturers, and other interested parties of the Federal Communications Commission’s January 1, 2013 deadline for private land mobile radio licensees in the 150-174 MHz and 421-512 MHz (VHF/UHF) bands to migrate to narrowband (12.5 kHz or narrower) technology.
FCC Public Notice DA 11-1189, July 13, 2011
CONCERNING:
--Key Narrowbanding Deadlines
--Guidance for Submitting Requests for Waiver of the Narrowbanding Deadline
--Additional Narrowbanding Information: Q&A
HIGHLIGHT:
What are the potential enforcement consequences to VHF/UHF licensees of failing to narrowband by January 1, 2013?
As of January 1, 2013, the Commission‟s rules will prohibit Industrial/Business and Public Safety Radio Pool licensees in the 150-174 MHz and 421-512 MHz bands from operating with wideband channels (unless their equipment meets the narrowband efficiency standard), even if the license still lists a wideband emission designator. Licensees operating in wideband mode after January 1, 2013 that have not received a waiver from the Commission extending the deadline will be in violation of these rules. Operation in violation of the Commission‟s rules may subject licensees to appropriate enforcement action, including admonishments, license revocation, and/or monetary forfeitures of up to $16,000 for each such violation or each day of a continuing violation and up to $112,500 for any single act or failure to act.11
