Essex Telecom to Pay Fine for Illegal Use of 3.5 GHz Band
Essex Telcom agreed to pay a $28,800 civil penalty and install a compliance plan for operating a station on unauthorized frequencies in the 3.5 GHz band, the FCC Enforcement Bureau said. The FCC is moving to open the band for…
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shared use, but it isn’t yet available for commercial use. In July, the bureau’s Spectrum Enforcement Division received a report from the Wireless Bureau that Essex was operating on frequencies in the 3550-3650 MHz band, said a Friday consent decree. ”The Division reviewed Commission records and found that Essex had recently acquired and held a license for the Station, which was authorized to operate in the 3650-3700 MHz band.” In late July, Jeff Kohler of JAB Wireless, Essex’s parent company, submitted a declaration saying that immediately upon speaking with FCC staff, “Essex began to migrate some customers and disconnect others and in less than 24 hours had ceased transmitting on the 3550-3650 MHz frequencies,” the bureau said. But in August, a bureau field officer found one Essex station was still using the spectrum. On Aug. 17, “the Field Agent informed Essex of this transmission and Essex stopped operations on the unauthorized frequencies on the same date,” the bureau said. Essex didn't comment Tuesday.