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FCC is seeking comments on recent NTIA report on spectrum needs o...

FCC is seeking comments on recent NTIA report on spectrum needs of energy, water and utility industries. Last month, NTIA released report on need for more spectrum for critical infrastructure providers, saying those needs might have changed after Sept.…

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11 terrorist attacks. Report to Congress said FCC should “revisit these critical issues” to accommodate operations of those industries. Fiscal 2001 appropriations act that called on NTIA to produce report also required FCC to submit followup report to Congress addressing any needs identified in NTIA document. Among points raised by report, which itself was based on feedback received from those industries and others, was that there was lack of consensus about where new spectrum could be reallocated or obtained. Comments are due March 6, replies March 18.