NCTA Meets Commissioner Aides on Axon Waiver
NCTA representatives asked the FCC to reject Axon's waiver request that would allow the marketing of three investigative and surveillance devices operating at higher power levels than allowed under agency rules in the heavily used 5 GHz spectrum. The devices…
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target the law enforcement market. NCTA discussed “the central importance of the U-NII-3 band for Wi-Fi in homes, businesses, schools, and healthcare settings, and the significant negative impact that operation of Axon’s devices would have on nearby consumers using Wi-Fi devices,” said a filing posted Monday in docket 24-40. The representatives met with aides to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and Commissioner Geoffrey Starks. “Wi-Fi’s success in supporting a great number of users and devices using unlicensed spectrum is due in large part to its use of a listen-before-talk protocol to support spectrum sharing,” NCTA said. The proposal has proven controversial (see 2403080044).