I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that I received a bit of static from LightSquared as a result of my last post about possible air navigation issues announced by the FAA around Las Vegas while tests were being conducted to measure the potential for interference to GPS functions. LightSquared is working very hard to enable a terrestrial broadband...
We have been watching with much interest for several years now the ongoing effort to minimize avian (bird) mortalities that result from those unfortunate instances when migrating birds happens to misjudge and, er, fly into a communications tower or guy wires. This is a meaningful issue as evidenced by the substantial amount of time, energy and...
The FCC’s Office of Engineering Technology recently announced that the testing of the first TV White Spaces database demonstrated that the database “worked.” Ok, a couple definitions of “worked” include that a certain activity performed a function as intended or operated as expected. In this case, we suspect that the FCC’s pronouncement presumably...
The FCC released a News Release earlier today announcing the 45-day public testing of the “First Television White Spaces Database.” This is important news as one of the more critical requirements that must be accommodated before white space devices are certified to roam free within TV and land mobile spectrum is that they know to recognize the “do...
This past May, EWA suggested that the FCC clarify what registration information is required for embedded signal boosters and to provide an online database of already certified devices that meet the Consumer Signal Booster Network Protection Standard. Later, both Verizon Wireless (Verizon) and CTIA - The Wireless Association® (CTIA) filed comments...
“This action will serve to stabilize the spectral environment while the Commission considers issues surrounding future use of the T-Band.” This was the statement in the FCC’s announcement that it was imposing a limited suspension of the acceptance and processing of certain applications for Part 22 and 90 systems operating in the 470-512 MHz band...
Let’s hope that pilots have visual contact with the ground around a 175 nautical mile radius from Las Vegas from May 16 – 27. It seems that with the FCC’s blessing, LightSquared will be conducting tests of its terrestrial broadband service within this area at that time. But in a bizarre twist of Federal Government oversight, the Federal Aviation...
Effective Monday, March 12th, there are now three and only three public safety organizations that have the coveted FCC-certified frequency advisory committee medallion. On February 22nd, IMSA/IAFC and FCCA announced that they had joined their respective frequency coordination forces under a single organization called the Public Safety...
If AT&T didn’t see it coming, I don’t believe that the FCC saw it coming either. That is, the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) antitrust suit to block the AT&T/T-Mobile merger that was filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court. Obviously, this is Washington, D.C., and the stakes are huge on a number of fronts, so it isn’t over until it’s...