The NARUC board adopted all three telecom resolutions Wednesday, a...
The NARUC board adopted all three telecom resolutions Wednesday, a day after the telecom committee voted to approve them (http://xrl.us/boe9fr). They will now become official association policy. The board passed unmodified the resolution addressing possible interference Progeny may be causing…
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to Part 15 users (CD Feb 6 p11), calling for “the FCC to not authorize Progeny to operate its licensed M-LMS system in the 902-928 MHz band” until it’s sure it’s safe. “Given the critical need within the E911 public safety community for Progeny’s position location service, we are obviously disappointed,” Progeny CEO Gary Parsons told us in a statement. “We recognize the importance of protecting the integrity of smart grid and SCADA monitoring systems for energy distribution and we understand that the NARUC commissioners did not have the technical resources to review the voluminous results from 18 months of testing with numerous Part 15 systems. Progeny remains confident, however, that the FCC’s expert technical staff will conclude from its review of the independent and joint test reports that Progeny’s position location network will not cause unacceptable levels of interference to Part 15 devices in the 902-928 MHz band.” A resolution calling for more collaboration after disasters also passed without changes. The board adopted a third resolution (CD Feb 6 p14) slamming the way the FCC makes use of ex parte contacts and calling for more referral to the Federal-State Joint Boards on Separations and Universal Service. The adopted resolutions also included a seven-page white paper detailing its criticisms of FCC rulemaking processes. “The FCC’s failure to fully disclose the sum and substance of oral ex parte communications creates a situation at odds with the widespread demand for open government, specifically the public’s desire for a complete picture of agency lobbying (especially by regulated entities), thereby providing a perspective on the legitimacy of the agency’s action,” the paper said.