Remaining 800 MHz Cellular Rules Take Effect Friday, After OMB Clearance, FCC Says
Some rules in an FCC 800 MHz cellular service order from March take effect Friday (the others already took effect), said a Wireless Bureau public notice Thursday in docket 12-40, noting the rules received Office of Management and Budget approval…
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under the Paperwork Reduction Act. "Most notably," the PN said, as of Friday, licensees "may test and deploy Cellular facilities using a power spectral density (PSD) model, giving them substantially enhanced flexibility and efficiency in their system designs to offer consumers more advanced wireless services." They no longer will need to file a notification for a "cell site's permanent discontinuance, nor a minor modification application for coverage reduction in the licensee’s Cellular Geographic Service Area." AT&T and Verizon can begin testing PSD facilities in cooperation with local public safety agencies, which they voluntarily committed to do in order to address possible cellular interference with public safety systems, the PN said. The order was unanimously adopted March 24 (see 1703230062).