Electric Utilities Seek Access to 4.9 GHz Band
Electric utility groups said the FCC should expand eligibility for the 4.9 GHz band to include utilities and other critical infrastructure industries. The FCC last week took comments in docket 07-100 on the future of the public-safety band (see 1807060019).…
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“Utilities across the country urgently need access to the 4.9 GHz band to support increased bandwidth requirements for applications such as remote monitoring and control of transmission and distribution substations as well as distribution automation and synchrophasor technologies which provide power quality monitoring,” said the Utilities Technology Council, Edison Electric Institute, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and GridWise Alliance.