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for wireless broadband (http://xrl.us/bmgdqi). The 1755-1780 MHz portion of the band is carriers’ top target for reallocation. The list of agencies using the wider band includes the departments of Defense, Homeland Security and Commerce, but also less well known users including the U.S. Capitol Police and the Postal Service, the report said. The report lists 12 different categories for how the spectrum is used, from Unmanned Aerial Systems to air-to-ground telemetry to land mobile robotic video functions such as explosive ordnance disposal. NTIA officials have said repeatedly that clearing the band won’t be easy. NTIA is getting set to issue long-awaited recommendations for the band. “By September 9, 2011, agencies submitted reports providing timelines, estimated costs, and prerequisites to accommodate relocation of their operations,” the report said. “NTIA will summarize the results of its analysis of the 1755-1850 MHz band study and provide recommendations in a separate report this fall.” NTIA also worked with other agencies and the FCC on a proposal for a broadband wireless access agenda item for the proposed World Radiocommunication Conference in 2015 on making additional international allocations of spectrum for wireless broadband, the report said. “The U.S. proposal seeks additional allocations to the mobile service on a primary basis and places no limitations on the frequency bands to be considered.”