The Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) signe...
The Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) signed off on a proposal to permit VHF public coast (VPC) and automated maritime telecommunications system (AMTS) licensees to provide private mobile radio service to units on land -- provided marine…
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communications retain priority. The RTCM filing is the first in 2 months in the docket, which seeks comments on a proposal by MariTel and Mobex seeking additional flexibility for public coast station licensees. “By improving the business opportunities for spectrum licensees, the proposal could potentially improve services available to maritime users,” RTCM said. The group added that licensees must adopt “operational or technical measures which ensure that priority is always given to maritime communications” and should be required to explain how this will be accomplished: “The market will dictate whether such interconnection is required.” “My reading is that the Commission is willing to go forward with it as proposed, barring significant opposition,” said a maritime industry source. “Opposition is most likely to come from the maritime community, and we generally have no objection to it, as long as maritime uses of the frequencies are protected.”