The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council said the...
The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council said the FCC should drop its 700 MHz narrowbanding mandate, which is set to kick in Dec. 31, 2016. The requirement, adopted in 2002, will do little good, NPSTC said in response to an…
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NPRM. The deadline was timed to occur 10 years after the initial proposed date for the DTV transition. Under the requirement, systems would have to use 6.25 kHz channels for their communications, rather than the 12.5 kHz channels that had been the norm. “NPSTC believes that public safety licensees and the regional planning bodies are in the best position to judge whether the higher level of 6.25 kHz or equivalent efficiency is required for a particular jurisdiction and/or region, respectively,” NPSTC said (http://bit.ly/1bWLQTm). “Agencies in the congested metropolitan areas may very well need to implement the higher level of efficiency while states, cities and counties with lower population densities may be able to meet their needs more economically with the current 12.5 kHz efficiency.” If the FCC doesn’t drop the narrowbanding mandate, it should at least extend the deadline until Dec. 31, 2024, NPSTC said.