CELLULAR, PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS TEAM UP ON LIMITING WIRELESS MICS

摘要

CTIA and and the Public Interest Spectrum Coalition expressed strong qualms about a possible increase in the numbernof wireless microphones that would be allowed to use 700 MHz spectrum as Part 74 devices. The FCC said in anJanuary rulemaking notice that it was considering the action. The commission should allow the devices to operate onlyn"in a limited portion of the TV bands -- well removed from the 700 MHz band," CTIA said. "With more limited spectrumnavailability, manufacturers will have more incentive to develop devices that operate more efficiently.?Limiting operationsnto the lower portion of the TV bands "will advance the goal of making the TV band spectrum 'more available to a rangenof users for new and innovative products and services,' including the potential for mobile broadband operations innspectrum adjacent to the 700 MHz band," the association said.