The FCC should not eliminate its Dec. 31,...
The FCC should not eliminate its Dec. 31, 2016, 700 MHz narrowbanding deadline, but should take other steps to cushion the blow for public safety, Motorola Solutions said in comments filed at the commission. “Even if the Commission decides to…
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extend the narrowbanding deadline, there are still benefits to be gained by requiring 700 MHz equipment to be capable of supporting 6.25 kHz efficiency,” Motorola Solutions said (http://bit.ly/1bZWN6G). “The availability of the greater efficiency mode would enable new and upgraded 700 MHz narrowband deployments to more efficiently utilize the limited spectrum available to the public safety community and address capacity challenges as they arise. Additionally, requiring the inclusion of 6.25 kHz efficiency operations in devices in advance of any eventual mandatory transition would allow equipment prices to decrease naturally as 6.25 kHz equipment penetrates the market.” The filing said the FCC should delay by one year the Dec. 31, 2015, deadline prohibiting the marketing, manufacture, or import of 700 MHz narrowband equipment not capable of operating at 6.25 kHz efficiency. “The added time would provide public safety the ability to better manage the transition to greater spectrum efficiency, while still supporting the backwards compatibility and interoperability that will be needed by existing networks that need greater time to leverage their existing equipment investment before such a transition becomes practical, and to better plan such a transition at the appropriate time,” Motorola said. The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council asked the FCC to lift the narrowbanding mandate (CD June 20 p13).