Notice No. DGTP-008-99

Industry Canada

Radiocommunication Act

Notice No. DGTP-008-99

Revision to the PCS Spectrum Cap and Timing for Licensing Additional PCS Spectrum

The purpose of this Notice is to announce Industry Canada’s decision on the review of the policy that limits spectrum aggregation by licensees of personal communications services (PCS), otherwise known as the Spectrum Cap. This review was initiated in Gazette Notice DGTP-015-98, Review of the Spectrum Cap Applied to Providers of Personal Communications Services, dated October 24, 1998.

Effective immediately, the Spectrum Cap for PCS and similar mobile services will be raised from its present level of 40 MHz to a maximum of 55 MHz. Industry Canada will also be proceeding to license an additional 40 MHz of spectrum for PCS by the Fall of 2000. Radio Systems Policy 021 (RP-021), Revision to the PCS Spectrum Cap and Timing for Licensing Additional PCS Spectrum, delineates this decision.

Radio Systems Policy 021 is available electronically via the Internet at the following address:

World Wide Web (WWW)
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/spectrum

or in hard copy, for a fee, from

Tyrell Press Ltd.
2714 Fenton Road
Gloucester, Ontario
K1T 3T7
Canada toll-free no.: 1-800-267-4862
U.S. toll-free no.: 1-800-574-0137
Worldwide tel. no.: (613) 822-0740
Fax number: (613) 822-1089

Canada Communication Group
45 Sacré-Coeur Blvd.
Hull, Quebec
K1A 0S9

Canada Toll-free no.: 1-888-562-5561
Worldwide tel no.: (819) 779-4335
Fax number: (819) 779-2833

November 5, 1999

Michael Helm
Director General