The TETRA + Critical Communications Association (TCCA) said the FCC...
The TETRA + Critical Communications Association (TCCA) said the FCC should reject a Motorola Solutions petition for reconsideration of an FCC order on certification and use of Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) technology on certain Part 90 land mobile radio frequencies.…
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“The Motorola Petition raises no new issues, unnecessarily delays the implementation of rules allowing access to TETRA in this country, and should be dismissed immediately,” TCCA said (http://xrl.us/bn822b). But the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials said the Motorola petition raises questions that need to be answered by the FCC. “In particular, Motorola notes an inconsistency between the text of the Report and Order and the text of the adopted rules as to whether TETRA may be deployed on non-NPSPAC [National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee] 800 MHz band channels,” APCO said (http://xrl.us/bn822d). “Public safety frequency coordinators have recently received applications indicating proposed TETRA use on such channels. Therefore, immediate and formal clarification is required to determine if such applications are compliant with the Commission’s rules."