Arizona Utility Asks FCC to Act on 800 MHz Waiver
Arizona Public Service Co. told the FCC there was broad support for most parts of its request for waiver to access 800 MHz channels for a new statewide trunked radio system (see 1708010070). The FCC has in place a licensing…
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freeze along the Mexican border amid the 800 MHz transition. In initial comments in docket 17-168, there was no opposition to lifting the rebanding freeze on channels it seeks to use, the utility said. “Most noteworthy are the comments regarding and the overarching support, albeit in some cases indirect, of APSC’s immediate access to the Expansion Band Channels,” APSC said. “No caution need be exercised in granting [APSC’s] request for fear of disadvantaging future public safety waiver applicants,” the Enterprise Wireless Association said. “EWA again urges the FCC to proceed promptly in granting the waiver relief requested by the Company.” The Government Wireless Technology & Communications Association (GWTCA) said the FCC should lift the freeze in National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) regions where the rebanding is complete. “At this time, approximately sixteen regions remain unreleased,” the group said in a filing in docket 02-55. “While GWTCA understands that those regions bordering Mexico are not yet ripe for release, GWTCA urges the Commission to release new 800 MHz NPSPAC frequencies in all of the other remaining areas where it appears that rebanding has been completed.”