The FCC said it will continue to work with stakeholders...
The FCC said it will continue to work with stakeholders from the Association of American Railroads (AAR) to resolve a spectrum use dispute between the group and first responders in the state of Maine, according to a letter released last…
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week (http://xrl.us/bnsb8r). The FCC is considering whether public safety agencies in Maine should be permitted to use additional unassigned spectrum channels which are designated for use by railroads and other industrial entities. Four congressional lawmakers from Maine had previously urged the commission to permit state emergency responders to use the additional spectrum to increase the coverage, reliability and interoperability of the state’s public safety radio communications system. They are: Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, and Democratic Reps. Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree. FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Chief David Turetsky said the commission issued an order in July to grant a majority of the state’s waiver requests and would continue to urge AAR to reach a satisfactory resolution “or we will decide the disputed issues if the parties are unable to resolve them.”