FCC Rejects 700 MHz Waiver Request Sought by Illinois Water Company
The FCC Public Safety Bureau approved a waiver Thursday for Illinois American Water (ILAW), a division of American Water Works, to share 800 MHz frequencies with the state Starcom21 network, but it denied a request to share 700 MHz frequencies.…
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“We disagree with ILAW that its proposed operation is consistent with the Bureau’s previous waiver grants in these cases, and we are not persuaded by the comments of the Enterprise Wireless Alliance to the contrary,” the order said: “ILAW has not presented the requisite detailed showing that its use of the 700 MHz frequencies will be ‘solely for transmission of communication essential to providing services the sole or principal purpose of which is to protect the safety of life, health or property.’ Accordingly, we find that ILAW fails to demonstrate that it meets the conditional eligibility criteria to operate on STARCOM21’s 700 MHZ network, consistent with Section 337 of the [Communications] Act, section 90.523(b) of the Commission rules, and our prior precedent.”