The Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) is concerned that...
The Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) is concerned that Progeny’s proposed commercial deployment of its E-911 locator service on the 902-928 MHz band “could cause unacceptable interference to millions of smart grid and smart meter devices that utilities and other critical…
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infrastructure industries use to provide essential energy and water services to the public at large,” the group said Monday in an FCC filing. UTC said it discussed its concerns with Louis Peraertz, then-FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn’s aide on wireless international and public safety issues, in a phone call Thursday. UTC urged the commission not to authorize Progeny’s service for deployment “until further testing can be conducted and it is shown that no unacceptable interference will be caused to unlicensed operations in the 902-928 MHz band, including those by utilities and other critical infrastructure industries.” There’s no need for the commission to “rush to judgment” to authorize Progeny’s service given that tests by the FCC’s Communications, Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) showed the service needed further development to consistently meet current public safety needs, UTC said (http://bit.ly/12TbiWz). Now-former FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski reportedly voted for and circulated an order approving deployment of Progeny’s service prior to his departure as chairman Friday (CD May 17 p1).