APCO Weighs in at FCC on 4.9 GHz Rules
On revised rules for the 4.9 GHz band, APCO said the FCC should “require frequency coordination, adopt minor changes to ULS [the universal licensing system] to properly capture all pertinent details of public safety operations, increase operational and technical flexibility,…
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and depart from the current geographic licensing framework. These rule changes would provide new incentives to drive further use of the band while officially recording public safety operational and technical parameters in the ULS database. This would in turn set the stage for subsequent sharing of this band with non-public safety users, which APCO has also supported in order to increase innovation and competition in the 4.9 GHz equipment marketplace, and likely lower costs provided that public safety users retain priority and preemption rights over other users.” The APCO comments to officials from the Wireless and Public Safety bureaus addressed an order recently circulated by FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel (see 2211090036), said a filing posted Monday in docket 07-100.