FCC Should Address Cellular Power Limits Through Rulemaking, not Waivers, NPSTC Says
The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council asked the FCC not to approve an AT&T request for waivers to use power spectral density (PSD) measurements to comply with effective radiated power limits for 800 MHz cellular operations in eight cellular market…
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areas in Kentucky and Tennessee. The FCC should address changes to cellular service power limit rules through the pending rulemaking proceeding and not through waivers, NPSTC said in comments filed in docket 15-300. “However, should the Commission decide to grant AT&T’s waiver request, NPSTC urges that the waiver include conditions similar to those the Commission attached to previous grants in Missouri and Kansas, plus a condition requiring AT&T to compensate public safety entities for their time and expenses involved in investigating and resolving any interference that occurs,” NPSTC said. NPSTC had objected as well to other PSD waiver requests by AT&T (see 1505010039).