The FCC Wireless Bureau gave AT&T part of...
The FCC Wireless Bureau gave AT&T part of what it sought when it asked for a waiver of commission rules for a test in Florida of power spectral density (PSD) as an alternative to effective radiated power (ERP) for determining…
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base station power limits. AT&T sought a waiver in July 2013 (http://bit.ly/154X4It, proposing an ERP limit of 250 watts/MHz in non-rural areas and 500 watts/MHz in rural areas. Tuesday, the bureau approved the interim waiver for three Florida markets for AT&T’s Cellular B block spectrum, but with a maximum ERP limit of 125 watts/MHz. The bureau imposed other restrictions, including that a base station must immediately shut down following complaints of interference to a public safety licensee. “We believe it is in the public interest to foster the development of advanced technologies in the Cellular Service, thereby allowing AT&T to launch LTE services and offer its subscribers’ access to these valuable broadband wireless services,” the bureau said (http://bit.ly/1vuBqHw). “A partial grant also furthers the Commission’s goal of increasing regulatory parity in technical rules when possible for competing CMRS services.” The order came in docket 13-202.