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Silent Key
APCO and the major police and fire chief assosciations along with the sheriff's association worked out an agreement with Sprint-Nextel to expedite reaching agreeement on costs of rebanding radios that can be reprogramed. Any request over the $55 per unit figure will need a lot of justification. Here is comments from APCO email:
800 MHz Transition Administrator, Public Safety Leadership and Sprint Nextel Announce Fast Track Option for Planning Funding
The 800 MHz Transition Administrator, LLC ("TA"), jointly with Public Safety leadership and Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S), announced today a new option for licensees to obtain planning funding, where necessary, for 800 MHz Reconfiguration - the Planning Funding Agreement (PFA) Fast Track Option.
Under certain circumstances, public safety licensees affected by 800 MHz reconfiguration may obtain planning funding without the need to negotiate planning costs with Sprint Nextel. To speed up the planning process and enable licensees to more quickly conclude a reconfiguration agreement, Sprint Nextel has agreed to fast track any planning funding request that equates to no more than $55 per subscriber unit operated by the licensee. Once the TA has reviewed the request for conformance to program guidelines, Sprint Nextel will, without undertaking a detailed review and negotiation of each cost element, enter into a contract for any approved request that is at or below the $55 threshold. If, for any reason, a licensee requires planning funding that exceeds the $55 threshold, it may still pursue the current process that provides for up to 60 days of negotiations, followed by mediation, if required.
Details on the PFA Fast Track Option will be available by June 5, 2006 when the TA will publish detailed guidance on its website, www.800TA.org.
800 MHz Transition Administrator, Public Safety Leadership and Sprint Nextel Announce Fast Track Option for Planning Funding
The 800 MHz Transition Administrator, LLC ("TA"), jointly with Public Safety leadership and Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S), announced today a new option for licensees to obtain planning funding, where necessary, for 800 MHz Reconfiguration - the Planning Funding Agreement (PFA) Fast Track Option.
Under certain circumstances, public safety licensees affected by 800 MHz reconfiguration may obtain planning funding without the need to negotiate planning costs with Sprint Nextel. To speed up the planning process and enable licensees to more quickly conclude a reconfiguration agreement, Sprint Nextel has agreed to fast track any planning funding request that equates to no more than $55 per subscriber unit operated by the licensee. Once the TA has reviewed the request for conformance to program guidelines, Sprint Nextel will, without undertaking a detailed review and negotiation of each cost element, enter into a contract for any approved request that is at or below the $55 threshold. If, for any reason, a licensee requires planning funding that exceeds the $55 threshold, it may still pursue the current process that provides for up to 60 days of negotiations, followed by mediation, if required.
Details on the PFA Fast Track Option will be available by June 5, 2006 when the TA will publish detailed guidance on its website, www.800TA.org.
