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The American Petroleum Institute said it supports a...

The American Petroleum Institute said it supports a recommendation by the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council that business/industrial coordinators should be authorized to coordinate 4.9 GHz band channels applied for by business/industrial users. API also said the FCC should not…

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permit “by regular licensing” the operation of vehicular repeater units on the 173.2375, 173.2625, 173.2875, 173.3125, 173.3375 and 173.3625 MHz telemetry channels. “Mobile voice operation is incompatible with the telemetry equipment currently deployed in the band,” said an FCC filing (http://bit.ly/1ntV1F0) by API, which represents oil and natural gas companies.