CTIA, wireless carriers, the National Emergency Number Associatio...
CTIA, wireless carriers, the National Emergency Number Association and the Public Interest Spectrum Coalition met Monday with an aide to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, seeking prompt agency action barring future deployment of wireless microphones in the 700 MHz band.…
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The mics pose “significant risk of interference” to both commercial and public safety systems, the group said, reporting on a meeting with Martin adviser Charles Mathias. “The parties stressed the importance of an immediate decision prohibiting” manufacture or sale of the devices, “thereby exacerbating the interference problem,” a filing said. “They also highlighted the continued efforts of numerous sales outlets to sell, often at significant discounts, wireless microphones operating in the 700 MHz bands in advance of any definitive FCC action.”