**DA 08-2122**

**September 19, 2008**

**POST-TRANSITION NOTIFICATIONS FILED IN WT DOCKET NO. 06-136**

By this Public Notice, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau)
announces the filing of Post- Transition Notifications by Clearwire
Spectrum Holdings LLC and Fixed Wireless Holdings, LLC, wholly-owned
subsidiaries of Clearwire Corporation (together, "Clearwire"), and
Nextel Spectrum Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sprint
Nextel Corporation ("Sprint Nextel"), regarding the transition of the
2500-2690 MHz band.

On July 29, 2004, the Commission released a *Report and Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking* (*BRS/EBS R&O and FNPRM*) that
revamped the rules and policies governing the licensing of services in
the 2500-2690 MHz MDS/ITFS band.[^1] In particular, the Commission
adopted a new band plan that restructures the 2500-2690 MHz band into
upper and lower-band segments for low-power operations (UBS and LBS,
respectively), and a mid-band segment (MBS) for high-power operations.
The Commission also adopted a transition plan for relocating Educational
Broadband Service (EBS) licensees and Broadband Radio Service (BRS)
licensees from their current channel locations to their new spectrum
blocks in the LBS, MBS, or UBS. Specifically, the transition occurs in
the following five phases: (1) initiating the transition process by
filing an Initiation Plan with the Commission; (2) planning the
transition; (3) reimbursing the costs of the transition; (4) terminating
existing operations in transitioned markets; and (5) completing the
transition by filing the Post-transition Notification with the
Commission and sending a copy to all affected BRS and EBS licensees.[^2]

On April 27, 2006, the Commission released a *Third Memorandum Opinion
and Order and Second Report and Order* (*BRS/EBS 3^rd^ MO&O*) that,
among other things, revised the transition area size from Major Economic
Areas (MEAs) to Basic Trading Areas (BTAs). [^3] The Commission also
determined that the transition can be undertaken by multiple proponents,
and that the first entity to file an Initiation Plan with the Commission
is the proponent for a given BTA.[^4] When the transition has been
completed, the proponent must file a copy of the Post-transition
Notification with the Secretary's Office certifying that the Transition
Plan has been fully implemented. The proponent must also provide copies
of the Post-transition Notification to all parties to the transition.
Any BRS or EBS licensee who objects to a Post-transition Notification
listed in the Appendix to this Public Notice must file an objection with
the Secretary's Office by October 20, 2008.

The Post-transition Notifications listed in the Appendix to this Public
Notice were filed as described in the Appendix.

Copies of the Post-transition Notifications listed in the Appendix, as
well as other documents filed in WT Docket No. 06-136, may be obtained
from Best Copy and Printing, Inc. in person at 445 12th Street, S.W.,
Room CY-B402, Washington, D.C. 20554, via telephone at (202) 488-5300,
via facsimile at (202) 488-5563, or via e-mail at fcc@bcpiweb.com. These
documents are also available for public inspection and copying during
normal reference room hours at the following Commission office: FCC
Reference Information Center, 445 12th Street, S.W., Room CY-A257,
Washington, D.C. 20554. The documents are also available electronically
through the Commission's ECFS, under WT Docket No. 06-136, which may be
accessed on the Commission's Internet website at http://www.fcc.gov.

> By the Chief, Broadband Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.

-   FCC --

> **APPENDIX -- POST-TRANSITION NOTIFICATIONS FILED**

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  BTA      BTA Name                       Proponent                  Date Filed
  Number                                                             

  BTA141   Fayetteville-Lumberton, NC     Fixed Wireless Holdings,   9/17/2008
                                          LLC                        

  BTA165   Goldsboro-Kinston, NC          Fixed Wireless Holdings,   9/17/2008
                                          LLC                        

  BTA324   Norfolk-Virginia Beach,        Nextel Spectrum            9/3/2008
           Newport News-Hampton, VA       Acquisition Corp.          

  BTA327   Odessa, TX                     Clearwire Spectrum         9/17/2008
                                          Holdings LLC               

  BTA379   Rochester, NY                  Clearwire Spectrum         9/8/2008
                                          Holdings LLC               

  BTA458   Visalia-Porterville-Hanford,   Fixed Wireless Holdings,   9/17/2008
           CA                             LLC                        
  -------- ------------------------------ -------------------------- -----------

[^1]: *See* Amendment of Parts 1, 21, 73, 74 and 101 of the Commission's
    Rules to Facilitate the Provision of Fixed and Mobile Broadband
    Access, Educational and Other Advanced Services in the 2150-2162 and
    2500-2690 MHz Bands, *Report and Order and Further Notice of
    Proposed Rulemaking,* WT Docket No. 03-66, 19 FCC Rcd 14165 (2004)
    (*BRS/EBS R&O* and *FNPRM* as appropriate).

[^2]: *Id.* at 14198 ¶ 74.

[^3]: Amendment of Parts 1, 21, 73, 74 and 101 of the Commission's Rules
    to Facilitate the Provision of Fixed and Mobile Broadband Access,
    Educational and Other Advanced Services in the 2150-2162 and
    2500-2690 MHz Bands, *Third Memorandum Opinion and Order and Second
    Report and Order,* WT Docket No. 03-66, 21 FCC Rcd 5606, 5642 ¶ 65
    (2006) (*BRS/EBS* *3rd MO&O)*.

[^4]: *Id*, 21 FCC Rcd at 5652 ¶¶ 91-92; 47 C.F.R. §§ 27.1231(c),
    27.1231(f).