The unvarnished words of EWA Chief Strategy Officer Mark Crosby.
Modal Message
Crosby's Blog
-
09/15/2014
Unfortunately, it appears that the public safety coordinators aren’t particularly interested in responding with any degree of clarity to the B/ILT frequency advisory committees (FACs) suggestion that it is necessary to identify processes and standards that would trigger a public safety applicant’s ability to access B/ILT frequencies.
-
08/25/2014
The Public Safety Communications Council (PSCC) recently provided a rather vague response to Business/Industrial frequency advisory committee inquiries regarding how and under what circumstances public safety coordinators will seek Industrial/Business frequencies for public safety entities under certain circumstances.
-
07/23/2014
Let’s look at a spectrum issue that demonstrates the American values of fairness and competition at their best, and at their worst. And, if you use or sell wireless devices, how this spectrum issue plays out is definitely going to affect you.
-
06/04/2014
EWA will be filing Reply Comments on June 11 in the EB/GB 800 MHz proceeding in which the LMCC has asked the FCC to provide a six-month period for incumbents in a market to request those channels prior to accepting applications from new entrants. Virtually all of the Comments in opposition were filed by individuals and organizations that selected their positions from a Chinese-restaurant like menu of five potential arguments prepared by someone who appears highly motivated to stop this LMCC initiative.
-
02/27/2014
American Time & Signal’s (ATS) licenses will eventually get squared away with EWA’s unsolicited assistance. Earlier this year, the FCC ruled that ATS would be permitted to license its product - data based clock mechanisms - at customer premises with an MO6 station class (!) on ATS’s authorization to ease their administrative licensing burden.
-
02/06/2014
Vehicular repeater systems are an important technology for many public safety and business enterprises. However, finding hassle free channels for these systems has been and remains another story. The FCC has asked stakeholders to consider permitting the use of VRS systems on six 173 MHz channels that are currently available only for data telemetry systems.
-
01/11/2014
It may be a bit optimistic on NPSTC’s part to label its 4.9 GHz reorganization effort as the “National Plan Recommendations Final Report”. It’s not final by any means as yet.
-
12/12/2013
I do not pretend to be a sage with any unique knowledge of future outcomes on wireless regulatory or spectrum allocation matters, but after more than 35 years in the business, I am entitled to have a few opinions. I know, I know, everybody has opinions, but I do routinely receive a lot of questions from EWA members, customers and industry colleagues regarding a plethora of wireless issues.
-
11/11/2013
EWA has for the third time (letter to the FCC)responded to the continued efforts of Weld County, Colorado, who is being egged on by APCO, to secure FCC approval to use 800 MHz Industrial/Business (I/B) channels in lieu of using available Sprint-vacated channels that are actual
-
10/15/2013
The last time I broached the subject of the pain and suffering that one must endure to secure approval from Industry Canada (IC) as a precondition to receive a 150-470 MHz license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)—whether Industrial/Business (I/B) or Public Safety (PS)—the few friends I had in Canada at the time called me saying that I was out of line.