Communications Daily is a service of Warren Communications News.

GPS Innovation Alliance Sees No Concerns With UWB Waiver Request

The GPS Innovation Alliance (GPSIA) reported on a successful meeting between members of the group and Proceq USA over the company’s request for a waiver (see 2005070053) asking to expand the range for an ultra-wideband ground penetrating radar device used…

Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article

Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today!

to test “the safety, durability and sustainability of materials such as concrete, metal, rock, and composites used in industrial settings.” Discussions were “substantive, constructive, and transparent, and in the course of that meeting, GPSIA members and Proceq discussed technical features and operational information of Proceq’s ground penetrating radar imaging device under the proposed waiver,” the group said in a filing posted Tuesday in docket 20-127: “While there may be other UWB technologies and approaches that would raise concerns regarding the impact on GPS, the information that Proceq provided allayed the GPSIA’s concerns.”