The Spectrum Task Force’s proposal that the Commission adopt the ...
The Spectrum Task Force’s proposal that the Commission adopt the new metric of “interference temperature” to quantify and measure interference is widely viewed as a nonstarter and should be rejected by the Commission, commenters said in replies to the…
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FCC. “Of the approximately 45 timely filed comments, representing a broad cross-section of the telecommunications industry, none wholeheartedly supports the notice,” said the Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition: “Skepticism extends even to the unlicenced device industry, which would be a direct beneficiary of the Commission’s proposals.” Sprint also called on the FCC to pull back from its interference temperature inquiry: “There is broad consensus that the ITemp concept is not in the public interest… Virtually all commenters, representing the gamut of the telecommunications industry -- including unlicensed device interests -- conclude that the FCC should not pursue the ITemp concept. The comments demonstrate that the ITemp concept is not technically feasible in mobile wireless service bands.” CTIA said only 3 commenters support the implementation of ITemp: “Even those parties note that ITemp, as proposed in the [notice of inquiry] suffers practical implementation issues.” Several sources said they expect the FCC to eventually back away form the concept. “The unanimous opinion among the comments I've seen is this idea stinks. Nobody wants it,” one regulatory attorney said.