6 GHz Incumbents Speak With Rosenworcel Aide on Gear Authorization Pause
Require “rigorous testing … to demonstrate that unlicensed devices can coexist with incumbent” 6 GHz licensees before allowing additional equipment certifications for unlicensed low-power indoor devices, utility and public safety groups urged an aide to acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.…
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The groups asked the FCC to pause authorizations in January (see 2101270037). “Such testing should be conducted before more LPI devices … become commercially available, otherwise it will be extremely difficult to retrieve these devices from consumers,” they said in an ex parte posted Thursday in docket 18-295. The Utilities Technology Council, Edison Electric Institute, American Public Power Association, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, American Petroleum Institute, American Water Works Association, American Gas Association, National Public Safety Telecommunications Council, International Association of Fire Chiefs and APCO were on the call.