”Customers should not be permitted to operate a consumer signal...
"Customers should not be permitted to operate a consumer signal booster on a licensee’s exclusive spectrum without the licensee’s express consent,” MetroPCS said in a filing at the FCC. MetroPCS noted that a joint proposal on cell boosters by Wilson…
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Electronics, Verizon Wireless, Nextivity, T-Mobile and V-COMM failed to make any recommendations on whether licensee consent is required prior to use of a booster because parties to the agreement were unable to agree on that issue. But in July, Wilson filed an ex parte “which argued that no licensee consent should be required prior to a consumer operating a signal booster on that licensee’s exclusive spectrum,” the carrier said (http://xrl.us/bnktrj). “One major concern, from MetroPCS’ perspective, is that certain signal boosters are broad spectrum amplifiers that amplify all CMRS signals that are presented, rather than repeating only the signal of a single consumer on a single frequency,” the filing said. “This creates the distinct possibility that a signal booster could generate interference on multiple networks at the same time. MetroPCS has experienced such interference on its networks in the past. It is difficult to isolate and resolve such interference when the licensee is unaware of what signal boosters are in fact in use on its network and who is responsible for their operation. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that some manufacturers -- including Wilson -- offer ‘mobile solutions’ and the portable nature of these mobile signal boosters makes detection difficult."