The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau today announced the extension until Oct. 18, 2015, of a freeze on the filing in NPSPAC Region 43 (Washington state) of new non-rebanding-related 800 megahertz band applications. “This extension of the freeze on non-rebanding applications is needed to preserve vacant channels for licensees re-tuning their systems according to the reconfigured band plan adopted by the Bureau for incumbents operating along the U.S.-Canada border,” the bureau said in a public notice. “As of this date, some border region licensees in Washington State have yet to complete their system re-tunes. Accordingly, to preserve currently vacant channels for use by these licensees and avoid potential licensing conflicts that could delay rebanding, we have determined that temporarily extending the freeze in NPSPAC Region 43 (Washington State) is in the public interest.”