A pair of Senate Democrats urged the FCC in separate...
A pair of Senate Democrats urged the FCC in separate letters made public this week to deny Progeny’s petition to operate mobile radio transmitters and high-power base stations. Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said Progeny’s “unacceptable interference”…
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issues remain and the company hasn’t met the agency’s conditions to begin commercial operations. Progeny recently completed testing on a joint basis with three other parties, to examine whether the company’s Multilateration Location and Monitoring Service (M-LMS) network would cause harmful interference to unlicensed devices in the 902-928 MHz band (CD Dec 26 p13). The senators argued that the FCC’s definition of unacceptable interference in the proceeding has not been “clearly defined” and urged the commission to protect the millions of unlicensed device users operating in the band. Companies have used the unlicensed spectrum for medical devices, remote controls, baby monitors and home alarm systems, among other connectivity devices, the letters said. Cantwell said if Progeny’s petition is approved, the company “will have absolutely no incentive to try and work with the various Part 15 users to see if they can find a technical remedy for mitigating the impact of unacceptable interference,” according to her letter. Klobuchar said a favorable decision for Progeny could impact the “untold number of successful companies that have integrated unlicensed devices into their operations if they are subject to unacceptable levels of interference.”