[opendtv] Landover Continues Applying for LPTV Licenses for LTE Network
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: OpenDTV Mail List <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 06:52:41 -0500
DEBORAH D. MCADAMS
01.15.2013 02:55PM
Landover Continues Applying for LPTV Licenses for LTE Network
FCC accepts 36 LPTV and translator applications
WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission has accepted three
dozen low-power and translator TV applications for filing. Among
those, at least 28 are for new construction. The permits come at a
time when LPTVs that are not designated Class A stations will not be
allowed to participate in the TV spectrum incentive auctions
tentatively scheduled for June 2014. Virtually all of the
applications are for channels in the UHF band, which is targeted for
repacking following the auctions.
Applications were made for new construction permits in Santa Maria,
Calif.; Port Charlotte, Fla.; Kokomo, Ind.; Alexandria, La.; Mt.
Pleasant, Mich.; Springfield, Mo.; Glendive, Mont.; Westmoreland,
N.H.; Syracuse, N.Y.; Corning, N.Y.; Williamsport, Pa.; Reliance,
S.D.; Kimball, S.D.; Jolly, Texas; Vernal, Utah; Mexican Hat, Utah;
Elk Mount, Wis.; and Gillette, Wyo.
Fourteen of the new applications are from Landover 2, LLC, for
permits in Montana, New Hampshire, Wyoming and South Dakota. Landover
is a holding company of the eponymously named, New York-based
wireless provider working on an LTE network to operate in the 600 MHz
band. Landover 2 was incorporated in 2009 and immediately started
applying for construction LPTV construction permits. When the FCC
agreed to freeze applications for new operations on Ch. 51 in August
of 2011, 34 of 75 pending were from Landover 2. Cavel Mertz &
Associates currently lists Landover 2 as having 768 low-power
facilities licenses in the UHF TV band. CTB Spectrum Services, a
company associated with Landover 2, has 356. Both are involved in
aggregating UHF spectrum to create a hybrid unicast, wireless content
delivery network.
Landover Wireless said it would seek an one-year experimental license
application starting Sept. 1, 2012, to "evaluate and demonstrate" the
network, and to see if it interfered with TV stations. Rohde &
Schwarz was listed as the provider of the signal generator, spectrum
analyzer, broadband power amplifier and other equipment. Ericsson
provided the macro base station with a effective radiated peak power
of 500W, and the UE prototype device with an effective radiated power
of 26 dBM, 400m peak. The experimental license was for Ch. pairs 42
and 43; 49 and 50 in Columbia, Mo. A subsequent license was granted
for a two-year period. ~ Deborah D. McAdams
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