It was reported earlier this week by a member of the press that the FCC will be handing FirstNet and AT&T the 50 MHz of spectrum at 4.9 GHz, and while they are at it, they also plan to appoint APCO as the band manager. Only APCO? What happened to IMSA, FCCA and AASHTO? Of course nothing is over until the fat lady sings, but I am asking myself...
This is it! These are the 4.9 GHz comments that will tip the scales in PSSA/FirstNet’s favor at the FCC. A Bert Norton recently advised the FCC that he supports “the position and comments of the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA). The 4.9 GHz spectrum should remain solely for the use of public safety. I am opposed to sharing this spectrum with...
Before you sign a letter written for you, it’s a good idea to carefully review the contents so you don’t appear naïve. The Arkansas Sheriffs’ Association recent letter to the FCC suggested that the 4.9 GHz band “should be allocated to the FirstNet Authority so that it may be available for use within the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network...
“This notification is to inform you that, in light of the outpouring of requests received from current and former customers (thank you!), WIA has decided that we will not be shutting down our Frequency Coordination Services on December 29, 2023, as previously announced.” We could have fun attempting to decipher the rationale for WIA’s u-turn on...
So, it’s the end of the year, a time to assess where we are with our advocacy efforts. We have been busy for sure, but busy hasn’t generated many results in 2023. Without providing too many details, we are awaiting FCC action in response to several EWA petitions that will promote spectrum efficiency while eliminating unnecessary, 30-plus year old...
An EWA member recently forwarded to my attention a solicitation from a public safety association promoting the benefits of its spectrum management arm which is providing Part 90 public safety licensing, renewal assistance and construction FCC notification services. Why not, and it was clear that the solicitation was directed towards public safety...
I became aware recently of a member’s concern that my blog had regressed to a series of rants and that it was not an effective way of responding to those who advocate a different opinion. To be clear, I appreciate the feedback, but my blogs tend to focus on the outlandish, misleading, and sometimes dishonest claims from policy adversaries. I want...
I’ve written about this think tank before, the Open Technology Institute at New America (OTI), covering their numerous FCC filings touting, virtually to the point of hysteria, the unbelievable, unfathomable benefits that will be unleashed should the FCC authorize Very Low Power (VLP) devices and higher power for indoor-only (LPI) devices at 6 GHz...
On August 3, a group of organizations acting under the misleading name of the “Public Interest Spectrum Coalition” (PISC) reported meeting with the offices of all Federal Communications Commission Commissioners to call upon them to finalize the rules in the 6 GHz proceeding. The ex parte reporting the meeting included the claim that VLP “devices...
Geez!!! NCTA – The Internet and Television Association has thrown a hissy fit in response to First Energy and other 6 GHz incumbent advocacy efforts to ensure that there are realistic protocols to protect incumbent operations from interference when the predicted hundreds of thousands of unlicensed devices penetrate the band and mingle with...
