Colorado Authority Concerned About 900 MHz Freeze
The Lower Colorado River Authority raised concerns that the FCC’s 900 MHz freeze (see 1809130064) may hurt utilities. LCRA representatives met Wednesday with the Wireless Bureau, said a filing posted Monday in docket 17-200. The freeze “effectively prevents utilities such…
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as LCRA from expanding the coverage and capacity of their 900 MHz radio systems that are necessary for mission-critical communications to meet the needs of their growing utility operations,” which is important for employee and public safety, it said. LCTA reps and FCC staff discussed waiver options and “that an application that seeks to change an existing emission designator, without other changes to the frequencies or locations or technical parameters, would not expand a station’s spectral or geographic footprint, and would therefore not be subject to the licensing freeze.”