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Representatives of Philips Healthcare stressed the importance of the...

Representatives of Philips Healthcare stressed the importance of the FCC appointing a Medical Body Area Networks (MBANs) coordinator. Last May, the FCC approved the use of 2360-2390 MHz spectrum, on a secondary basis, for medical purposes (CD May 25/12 p1).…

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The Philips representatives who with Matthew Quinn, director of Healthcare Initiatives at the commission, also asked the FCC to take action on a petition for reconsideration on the NPRM (http://bit.ly/YFMpjP). “Given the work needed and time required for a new MBAN coordinator to establish a coordination system and negotiate suitable procedures with the Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry (AMT) coordinator, Philips suggested that if action on the MBAN coordinator is being delayed by the more complex issues in the reconsideration, that the MBAN coordinator order be moved forward separately,” Philips said (http://bit.ly/13ii8XQ).