Federated Seeks CBRS Waiver for Puerto Rico as Hurricane Looms
In light of Hurricane Beryl, Federated Wireless asked the FCC for a waiver of rules that require environmental sensing capability systems to protect federal incumbents in the citizens broadband radio service band from harmful interference. The waiver is for markets…
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in Puerto Rico. Beryl is expected to pass about 200 miles south of Puerto Rico “bringing with it intense winds and rainfall that could cause widespread power outages,” Federated said in a filing posted Tuesday in docket 15-319. “If such outages occur, the Impacted Systems will lose commercial power and be unable to operate normally,” the company said: “Backhaul at the impacted sites will also likely be unreliable while carriers attempt to stabilize their operations.”