Establishing remote identification standards for unmanned aircraft is essential for addressing national security and privacy standards, lawmakers told us. A lobbyist said senior-level officials at the Department of Transportation and the FAA haven't shown any urgency.
Establishing remote identification standards for unmanned aircraft is essential for addressing national security and privacy standards, lawmakers told us. A lobbyist said senior-level officials at the Department of Transportation and the FAA haven't shown any urgency.
In what some called an unusual move, FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly used the agency's blog Friday to defend each of the commission's media regulations under Chairman Ajit Pai against criticism that such actions are benefiting Sinclair. Recounting a trip last week to the Pearl TV-led ATSC 3.0 model-market project in Phoenix (see 1805090082), O'Rielly fleshed out his view that the Pai-led commission isn't trying to help only Sinclair, but broadcasters overall when circumstances dictate.
In what some called an unusual move, FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly used the agency's blog Friday to defend each of the commission's media regulations under Chairman Ajit Pai against criticism that such actions are benefiting Sinclair. Recounting a trip last week to the Pearl TV-led ATSC 3.0 model-market project in Phoenix (see 1805090082), O'Rielly fleshed out his view that the Pai-led commission isn't trying to help only Sinclair, but broadcasters overall when circumstances dictate.
BALTIMORE -- Transportation Department test results on adjacent-band compatibility to GPS reinforces the belief of a threat that Ligado's plans for a broadband terrestrial low-power service (TPLS) pose to high-precision GPS receivers, Bradford Parkinson, vice-chairman of the Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) National Advisory Board, told us Wednesday during the board's meeting. "I want [Ligado] to succeed, but not at the expense of PNT." He said concerns remain that the FCC could move on approval of the company's applications. The FCC didn't comment.
BALTIMORE -- Transportation Department test results on adjacent-band compatibility to GPS reinforces the belief of a threat that Ligado's plans for a broadband terrestrial low-power service (TPLS) pose to high-precision GPS receivers, Bradford Parkinson, vice-chairman of the Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) National Advisory Board, told us Wednesday during the board's meeting. "I want [Ligado] to succeed, but not at the expense of PNT." He said concerns remain that the FCC could move on approval of the company's applications. The FCC didn't comment.
The U.S. is moving toward creation of a national spectrum strategy that would predict spectrum trends and allow companies to do a better job of planning, said DOD spectrum chief Fred Moorefield at the National Spectrum Management Association annual conference Tuesday. “I think you'll see that coming out of the White House soon." He noted the Pentagon will update its own spectrum road map and action plan.
The U.S. is moving toward creation of a national spectrum strategy that would predict spectrum trends and allow companies to do a better job of planning, said DOD spectrum chief Fred Moorefield at the National Spectrum Management Association annual conference Tuesday. “I think you'll see that coming out of the White House soon." He noted the Pentagon will update its own spectrum road map and action plan.
Wireless emergency alerting has a ways to go, especially after the false missile alert that created panic in Hawaii in January (see 1801160054 and 1803160042), Chairman Ajit Pai said at an FCC panel Tuesday. “There's a lot of potential in the system, some of which consumers have come to realize,” Pai said. “We do have some improvements to make.” He expressed hope the lesson learned would inform other future changes to alerting systems. Others agreed there's a ways to go.
Reps. Susan Brooks, R-Ind., and Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., filed their National Non-Emergency Mobile Number Act Tuesday. HR-5700 would direct the FCC to create a unified wireless number for critical nonemergency situations on U.S. highways. “When people are traveling from state to state, the short non-emergency number people call to report an instance deserving of attention but may not classify as an emergency varies across state lines,” Brooks said. “Designating a code for this specific use promotes a more cohesive and effective public safety response.” FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly lauded HR-5700 as “an important first step in eliminating traveler confusion and potentially to saving lives.”