The Edison Electric Institute said its members “are in fact...
The Edison Electric Institute said its members “are in fact among this nation’s largest users of communications networks” and need more spectrum, including access to the 4.9 GHz band. EEI represents electric utilities. “Electric utilities have a strong interest in…
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broad, efficient use of the 4.9 GHz band by utilities and other [critical infrastructure] entities, which will go far to ensure reliability and efficiency of utility communications, particularly during and in the immediate aftermath of emergency situations, when communications may be disrupted,” EEI said (http://xrl.us/bnx44m). Motorola said a key use of the 4.9 GHz band could be wireless backhaul for the new FirstNet (http://xrl.us/bnx46b). “The Commission’s actions in this proceeding on [implementing a nationwide, broadband, interoperable public safety network in the 700 MHz band] should seek to preserve existing uses of the band while enabling continued innovation and efficiency in 4.9 GHz applications,” Motorola said. But the FCC needs to improve frequency coordination procedures for the band “through leveraging the capabilities and expertise of private land mobile radio frequency coordinators and the Regional Planning Committees,” the company said. “The Commission also should revise its 4.9 GHz band licensing policies to promote a diversity of public safety uses, including by expanding eligibility to critical infrastructure industry users and by encouraging jurisdictional licensing."