FCC Wireless Bureau granted petition by United Telecom Council (U...
FCC Wireless Bureau granted petition by United Telecom Council (UTC) to become frequency coordinator in private land mobile radio (PLMR) service for 800 MHz and 900 MHz business and industrial/land transportation frequencies. UTC already has been certified as frequency…
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coordinator for pool of PLMR frequencies below 512 MHz. Bureau said it also was offering opportunity to other frequency coordinators below 512 MHz to perform same function for those higher frequencies. Order extended earlier decision to allow more than one entity to coordinate frequencies for PLMR services below 512 MHz to PLMR frequencies at 800 and 900 MHz. “We anticipate that any entity that has successfully resolved the complex engineering questions presented by numerous below-512 MHz frequency recommendations will be able to correctly apply the mileage separation requirements set forth in the Commission’s 800 MHz and 900 MHz band PLMR service rules,” order said. Industrial Telecommunications Assn. (ITA) lauded fact that order went beyond UTC petition and opened up competition above 800 MHz to all coordinators. “We believe the rules for dissemination of information among 800 and 900 MHz coordinators should mirror the existing rules between frequency coordinators for private wireless bands below 512 MHz,” ITA said. As example, group said frequency coordinators should be required to notify their peers of their certifications within 25 hours.