OET OKs Piper Launch of Enhanced Transit System in Boston Area
The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology on Tuesday approved Piper Networks' request for a waiver of rules allowing use of its enhanced transit location system in the metropolitan Boston area (see 2411080021). The system operates in the 4243-4743 MHz…
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band, and Piper sought an expansion of its current waiver. “We find that granting Piper’s request to operate its system in the greater Boston area is in line with the waiver’s intent and serves the public interest,” OET said: “We are not aware of any reported harmful interference to existing services resulting from Piper’s operations, and we see no reason why a geographic expansion under the same technical restrictions would alter this dynamic.”