Crosby's Blog

In his blog, EWA Chief Strategy Officer Mark Crosby addressed topics of concern to the land mobile radio industry. Unleashed and unvarnished, Mark takes on speculators, exposes the practices of those who prey upon unknowing licensees, and comments on spectrum policy at large.

September 21, 2021
We get it. The Pai Commission does not like determining spectrum policy through waivers. So, it comes as no surprise to the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) when we attempt to accom-modate business enterprise spectrum needs by accessing channels that have remained unassigned for years or decades through waiver requests, that our efforts are...
September 21, 2021
For the record, if I were to drink Kool-Aid, I would prefer orange.  The Federal Communications Commission’s plan to consolidate its Enforcement Bureau to improve its efficiency and responsiveness is experiencing some friendly fire and some not so friendly fire.  Is it deserved? Maybe, maybe not.  But upon further reflection, let’s face it: under...
September 21, 2021
Last week, the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) convened its annual Membership and Board of Directors meetings in Atlanta, Georgia. One of the more critical reports provided during the membership meeting is the Advocacy Initiatives Report, which is presented by EWA’s Regulatory Counsel, Liz Sachs, Esq.This report shares detailed activities...
September 21, 2021
Donny Jackson with Urgent Communications called me earlier this week, which prompted a conversation about the FCC’s recent designation of EWA as the frequency coordinator for Medical Body Area Networks. Issues included EWA’s responsibilities to AFTRCC, health care facilities and the FCC.  You may listen to the conversation on Urgent’s website.    
September 21, 2021
Presumably on the notion that nothing ventured is nothing gained, License Acquisitions, LLC (LA), a new member of the M2M Networks/Smartcomm family of companies, requested a waiver to reinstate four 800 MHz Guard Band licenses that are to be moved to the Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR) Band. LA only holds 11 licenses with two expiration...
September 21, 2021
It is always wise only ask those questions where you have a good idea what the answer will be. In the case of asking for FCC clarification regarding to what extent frequency advisory committees are to consider non-compliant wideband licenses in the 150-470 MHz band during spectrum analyses, perhaps we should have left well enough alone. I was...
September 21, 2021
For some 10 years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had granted OTZ Telecommunications numerous extensions of its deadline for construction to bring cellular service to Ambler, Alaska, located in the Northwest Arctic Borough. Recently, however, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) denied OTZ’s latest waiver request to delay the...
September 21, 2021
Many of our wireless sales and service member organizations are lamenting the fact that manufacturers from Asia are selling radio devices that are not only exceedingly inexpensive, but come equipped with instructions on how to tune the portable radios to potentially hundreds of channels ranging from 136-174 MHz and 400-512 MHz without regard to...
September 21, 2021
This is an updated version of our earlier article covering the shenanigans of Federal Licensing, Inc. (“Federal Licensing”), and continues to serve as a warning to you and your customers who may receive this outfit’s "I’m here to save you" solicitations. 
September 21, 2021
Well, let it be officially noted that I was unequivocally in error drawing the conclusion in earlier blogs this year that Federal License Management, LLC is an alias created by Federal Licensing, Inc. In fact, as was communicated to me very clearly in a Cease and Desist request from the law offices of Jane Smedley Anzalone, Esq., the two...

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