Free Press weighed in to support a broad 700 MHz interoperability...
Free Press weighed in to support a broad 700 MHz interoperability mandate taking in more than just the lower part of that band, said an FCC filing (http://xrl.us/bmyfmo) reporting on a call between Policy Director Matt Wood and Wireless Bureau…
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Chief Rick Kaplan. “While the Commission’s initial focus on interoperability in the Lower 700 MHz band is understandable, the forthcoming item should not foreclose consideration of interoperability across the full range of the Lower and Upper 700 MHz bands,” Free Press said. “Such requirements would promote competition in two important ways: enabling deployment by A Block licensees by improving access to competitive handsets; and facilitating customer movement between carriers with compatible equipment, not proprietary band class radios.” Because of “AT&T’s control over the device market, particularly in the lower 700 MHz spectrum band, and based on the record developed in the interoperability proceeding, the FCC must promptly issue an interoperability requirement,” the Rural Cellular Association said (http://xrl.us/bmyfkx) in a filing in docket RM-11592.