EWA Briefs Chairman’s Office on Importance of 800 MHz Interstitial Channels
EWA representatives met with legal advisors from Chairman Pai’s office to discuss the spectrum benefits and the importance of releasing 319 full power, interstitial 12.5 kHz “offset” channels in the 800 MHz Mid-Band. Along with discussing the spectrum attributes that would accrue to all sectors of the private wireless community, EWA noted that this item has been pending at the FCC for nearly eight years. (WP 15-32)
Category: EWA On Your SideMeeting Set with Enforcement Bureau on Non-Compliant Radios
In response to a meeting request from the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC), Rosemary Harold, Chief, Enforcement Bureau and other FCC bureau representatives will be meeting with LMCC members on March 1 to discuss and identify potential solutions related to products being sold, largely over the internet, for use on Part 90 spectrum that are not certified for Part 90 use, are not licensed, and are deployed on channels for which users are not eligible.
Category: EWA On Your SideFCC Seeks EWA Input on CMRS Presumption
FCC staff has recommended that EWA supplement the record regarding its Request for Clarification concerned with the issue of whether non-interconnected Specialized Mobile Radio service operators are properly classified — as telecommunications carriers and/or common carriers. (WT 16-240; WC 27-108)
Category: EWA On Your SideNone Whatsoever!
Earlier this year, EWA filed Comments generally supporting the FCC’s Technological Advisory Council (TAC) spectrum policy recommendations that addressed prospective interference realities, responsibilities of radio services, and necessary regulatory requirements. Some parties supported parts of the recommendations, although with caveats about how, where, and when they should be implemented. A small number of Reply Comments submitted on February 15, primarily by entities with operations such as flight testing, stated that “they cannot tolerate any interference”! Exactly the point of view and expectations the TAC is seeking to address. (DA 17-1165)
Category: EWA On Your SideJudgement Against Janus Spectrum Confirmed
A federal judge confirmed the settlement against Janus Spectrum LLC and its affiliated companies and principals for $14,700,000 in disgorgements and civil penalties secured by the Securities and Exchange Commission in October of 2017. Through a licensing scheme, Janus Spectrum and others defrauded speculators by persuading them that they could make “Money from Thin Air” by investing in licenses in the 800 MHz band. In his findings, the judge wrote that “Many of the investors in the spectrum offerings … were unsophisticated, did not have a technical background or understanding of spectrum, and did not have any substantial role in preparing the applications or involvement in the entities in which they bought membership interests. Investors were entirely dependent on the information and efforts of Janus Spectrum.”
Category: EWA On Your SideNo Challenges to 6 GHz Report
To date, no entity has challenged the RKF Engineering report submitted on behalf of a coalition of parties including Apple, Cisco, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and QUALCOMM concluding that unlicensed Radio Local Area Network (RLAN) devices can be deployed nationwide in the 6 GHz band using “established RLAN mitigation techniques and regulatory constraints similar to those applied in the neighboring 5 GHz band.” (GN 17-183)
Category: EWA On Your SideBitcoin Machine Interferes with T-Mobile LTE Network in NYC
In 2017, T-Mobile informed the Commission that it was receiving interference to its 700 MHz LTE network in Brooklyn, New York. Agents of the Enforcement Bureau confirmed that radio emissions in the 700 MHz band were emanating from a Brooklyn residence. The interfering device was an Antminer s5 Bitcoin Miner. Victor Rosario received a Notification of Harmful Interference to which he must respond in 20 days of date of issue. The Notification includes questions concerning where he acquired the device, its FCC certification (if any), what he did to prevent it from causing interference, and whether he still operates the device. (EB-FIELDNER-17-00025658)
Category: In the newsEnforcement Bureau Cites Town of Ward for Unlicensed Radio Operations
- Apostle Nicholas Oluyemi for operating an FM station from the Christ for the World Church in Newark, New Jersey;
- Gerlens Cesar for multiple unlicensed operations in Boston, Massachusetts; and
- William John Nurre for operating an FM station from his Ashland, Oregon residence.