The FCC gave Motorola Solutions the clarity it...
The FCC gave Motorola Solutions the clarity it sought on whether a 2012 order restricting Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) from being deployed in the portions of the 800 MHz band reserved for public safety applies to not just National Public…
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Safety Planning Advisory Committee band spectrum. “We hereby clarify that the Commission did not intend to limit use of this technology in the 800 MHz band to [Business/Industrial Land Transportation] Pool licensees, and, as indicated in the Discussion of the Report and Order and in the amended rules themselves, TETRA technology is permitted on all channels in the 809-824/854-869 MHz band, not just the B/ILT channels,” said the commission in a Tuesday order (http://bit.ly/1azyv7j). “As to the second issue on which MSI seeks clarification, whether the technical rules adopted in the Report and Order are technology-neutral or are intended only for TETRA equipment, we clarify that the rules permit any equipment that meets the applicable adjacent channel power limits of Section 90.221. The application of the rule is not limited to TETRA equipment and it was not the Commission’s intention to restrict the rule in this manner."