Mark E. Crosby, President DA 05-1264

Enterprise Wireless Alliance

8484 Westpark Dr., Suite 630

McLean, VA 22102

Joseph B. Vestal, Chairman

American Mobile Telecommunications Association, Inc.

c/o

Enterprise Wireless Alliance

8484 Westpark Dr., Suite 630

McLean, VA 22102

Dear Messrs. Crosby and Vestal:

This is in reply to the April 5, 2005 letter from Mr. Crosby on behalf
of the Industrial Telecommunications Association, Inc. (ITA), and the
March 31, 2005 letter from Mr. Vestal on behalf of the American Mobile
Telecommunications Association, Inc. (AMTA). In these letters, ITA and
AMTA, recognized Part 90 frequency coordinators, state that, effective
April 1, 2005, they consolidated their operations to form the Enterprise
Wireless Alliance (EWA). AMTA states that it will continue to provide
independent frequency coordination services until June 12, 2005,
whereupon EWA will assume responsibility for any pending
AMTA-coordinated applications, and for assisting in the resolution of
post-licensing conflicts involving AMTA-certified applications.
Accordingly, AMTA requests that its frequency coordinator certification
be terminated, and ITA requests that EWA be permitted to continue in its
place as a Part 90 certified coordinator. ITA states that this
consolidation will allow the two organizations to better serve the
public, and in turn promote more efficient use of the spectrum.

In support of its request, ITA represents that EWA's frequency
coordination activities will not materially differ from those of ITA.
For example, the coordination activities will be managed and operated by
the same personnel that currently manage ITA's frequency coordination
activities. Further, ITA states that EWA will continue to follow the
same basic coordination procedures, including its interaction with other
certified coordinators, and provide coordination service on a
non-discriminatory basis.

We previously have determined that a frequency coordinator certification
cannot be transferred from one entity to another.[^1] Thus, ITA's
certification may not be transferred to EWA. However, we are treating
ITA's request as a consolidated request seeking both the termination of
ITA's certification and the certification of EWA as a Part 90
coordinator. This is consistent with the Commission's goal of promoting
a competitive marketplace in frequency coordination and, we believe,
best serves the public interest.

To determine whether we should certify EWA as a Part 90 frequency
coordinator, we looked at the criteria previously established to
evaluate coordinator requests.[^2] After careful consideration of the
information before us, we are persuaded that EWA has demonstrated that
it is qualified to act as a Part 90 frequency coordinator. We have
concluded that EWA is generally representative of users eligible to be
licensed for the spectrum it wants to coordinate, has a satisfactory
coordination plan, experience in coordinating frequencies and will
provide a nationwide coordination capability. For these reasons, we
hereby certify EWA as a Part 90 frequency coordinator.[^3] As a
certified coordinator, EWA will be required to comply with the rules
governing coordinators and the consensus policies and procedures
currently in place. At this same time, we also terminate ITA's
certification. In addition, we grant AMTA's decertification request,
effective June 13, 2005.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the request of the Industrial
Telecommunications Association, Inc., filed April 5, 2005, IS GRANTED to
the extent indicated above, and the Industrial Telecommunications
Association, Inc., IS DECERTIFIED as a Part 90 frequency coordinator.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the request of the American Mobile
Telecommunications Association, Inc., filed March 31, 2005, IS
GRANTED*,* and the American Mobile Telecommunications Association, Inc.,
IS DECERTIFIED as a Part 90 frequency coordinator, effective June 13,
2005.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Enterprise Wireless Association IS
CERTIFIED to provide Part 90 frequency coordination services for the I/B
Pool and Special Emergency frequencies below 512 MHz, the 800 MHz and
900 MHz B/ILT Pools, the 800 MHz SMR Pool, 929 MHz one-way paging
frequencies and the 1.4 GHz telemetry frequencies (*i.e*., the same
categories as ITA coordinated).

This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections
0.131 and 0.331 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131, 0.331.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Michael J. Wilhelm

Chief, Public Safety and Critical Infrastructure Division

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau

Cc: PSCID chron

S Stone

[^1]: *See* American Mobile Telecommunications Association, Inc. and
    American Trucking Associations, Inc., *Memorandum Opinion and
    Order*, 16 FCC Rcd 12416, 12420-21 ¶ 10 (WTB PSPWD 2001).

[^2]: *See*, *e.g*., *id.* at 12421 ¶ 12 (*citing* Frequency
    Coordination in the Private Land Mobile Radio Services, *Report and
    Order*, PR Docket No. 83-737, 103 F.C.C. 2d 1093, 1126 ¶ 70 (1986).

[^3]: The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau has authority to certify
    frequency coordinators. *See* Sections 0.131(m) and 0.331 of the
    Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.131(m), 0.331.