Cellular Measurement Change not Threat to Public Safety, AT&T Says
AT&T told the FCC it should ignore National Public Safety Telecommunications Council arguments asking the agency not to approve AT&T’s request for waivers to use power spectral density (PSD) measurements to comply with effective radiated power limits for 800 MHz…
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cellular operations in eight cellular market areas in Kentucky and Tennessee. NPSTC said the FCC should address changes to cellular service power limit rules through a pending rulemaking and not through waivers (see 1512310029). “Notwithstanding the complexity of the issues involved, the public interest would be best served by grant of the waiver,” AT&T said. “NPSTC’s concerns about an increase in the potential for interference are generalized and not specific to AT&T’s proposal to use the PSD measure to set base station power limits in Kentucky and Tennessee.” AT&T said a study it submitted to the FCC shows there's no risk to public safety operations posed by the rule change. AT&T’s reply comments were filed in docket 15-300.