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FCC Seeks Comment on New York Proposal for 4.9 GHz Band

The FCC on Wednesday sought comment on a New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) proposal to use the 4.9 GHz band for train safety communications. Comments are due Aug. 22, replies Sept. 8, in universal licensing system file number…

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0011366120. MTA seeks to license “wayside” transmitters as temporary fixed stations but requests a waiver of certain technical rules to operate them at permanent locations,” said a notice by the Public Safety and Wireless bureaus. MTA also seeks “a waiver of the 4.9 GHz application freeze on new deployments so it can continue expanding its operations in the future,” the notice said.