The Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) filed comments supporting a waiver request by the Doyle Fire District near Buffalo, New York to add a single UHF Industrial/Business (I/B) repeater pair to supplement its current UHF mobile-only system.
EWA’s comments emphasized that while we support the waiver request, we trust that Doyle Fire District is aware that the I/B channel they secure, assuming the FCC grants the waiver request, will be shared with current and future I/B entities.
The filing underscores EWA’s broader position that regulatory barriers that prevent available spectrum from being placed into productive use do not serve the public interest. We have supported a significant number of similar waiver requests from public safety applicants and would hope public safety frequency coordinators will offer reciprocal cooperation when no usable I/B spectrum is available.
EWA urges the FCC to grant the Doyle Fire District waiver.
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