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August 5, 2010
Volume 4, Issue 11 |
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| MESSAGE FROM EWA REGULATORY COUNSEL |
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Marketplace 101 ....
Elizabeth Sachs, Esq. | "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!!!" Well if Captain Renault was surprised to learn that there was gambling in the backroom of Rick's Café in Casablanca, apparently so was the FCC to discover that when it allows the marketplace to establish equipment standards, that darn marketplace doesn't always behave the way the FCC might like. MORE |
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Premier Service Automates Renewals
You will soon start receiving calls and emails from your customers concerning the license renewal reminders the FCC is sending out to licensees. In 2000 the FCC began authorizing ten year term license grants, and now it is time to start renewing those licenses. Luckily, you can take advantage of the EWA Premier License Management Service where a personal database of your customers and your licenses is established and maintained.
As a member of EWA, you have access to a unique Premier Service that not only provides security to your customers, it also relieves you from the task of keeping up with numerous FCC licensing requirements. EWA will complete a review of all licenses to determine their date of expiration, ensure they have met the FCC construction notification requirement, and determine compliance with the FCC narrowband mandate.
EWA will also review and assist in ensuring the currency of the licensees' password associated with their FCC Registration Number (FRN). You will receive recommendations on the licensing actions required to bring your customer 's licenses into compliance along with renewal reminders and all at EWA member fees. You save time, your customer's are happy and everyone saves money.
Start your service today or become an EWA Premier Member by contacting Ron Franklin at 800.482.8282 or Nancy Gruen at 800.886.4222. |
FCC Will Study Competition in Public Safety Communications Technology
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski stated that "...proprietary solutions and market dominance play an important role in the problems with interoperability, innovation, cost and competition in the market for public safety communications equipment" in a letter to Chairman Henry Waxman, House Energy and Commerce Committee in response to a June 30 letter of inquiry on public safety communications. MORE |
Senators McCain and Lieberman Say D Block Should Go to Public Safety
Senator Joe Lieberman stated, "It's time to put first responders first" in his introduction to the First Responders Protection Act of 2010. The legislation would provide the public safety community with the "D-Block" spectrum for a coast-to-coast communications network rather than allowing the FCC to auction the 700 MHz spectrum to a commercial carrier. MORE |
Senators Want Spectrum Use and Occupancy Tracking
Spectrum measurements to determine the actual usage and occupancy rates of the nation's spectrum will be conducted by the FCC and the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) through the Spectrum Measurement and Policy Reform Act. This is to assist lawmakers and the public in making informed decisions about future spectrum use. MORE |
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Chairman Genachowski Reports Progress on Mobile Broadband
In his update to Senator John Rockefeller on the FCC's spectrum inventory work Chairman Genachowski advised that, concurrent with the release of the National Broadband Plan, the agency had launched a Spectrum Dashboard giving public access to usage and licensee information, mapping and analysis tools for various spectrum bands all through a single web portal. MORE |
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NATIONAL BROADBAND CORNER |
14-24 Million Americans Lack Access to Broadband
The FCC, in a response to a Congressional inquiry whether broadband "is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion", concluded that between 14 and 24 million Americans still lack access to broadband. Many of these Americans are poor or live in rural areas that will remain unserved without reform of the universal service program and changes to the U.S. broadband policy. MORE |
American Petroleum Institute Asks for 30 MHz of Exclusive Spectrum
The American Petroleum Institute (API) has asked that the Department of Energy support their unique communications requirements by recommending that the FCC provide 30 MHz of exclusive broadband spectrum. MORE |
Unlicensed FM Station Receives $10,000 Forfeiture
Dexter Blake of Mt. Vernon, NY, received a $10,000 forfeiture since Blake did not respond to a Notice of Unlicensed Operation in 2008 or a 2009 Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL). The Commission had determined that the power level of his station exceeded the allowable unlicensed limit of 250 uV/m at 3 meters as established in FCC Rule Part 15.239, Operation in the band 88-108 MHz. MORE |
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Registration is Open for Enterprise Wireless 2010
Join wireless leaders in Orlando, November 3-5 for the Enterprise Wireless 2010 conference. Highlighted by an exhibit hall with the latest wireless products and sessions on topics including spectrum inventory, National Broadband and a 2011 regulatory overview, you can register today. Secure your room at the 4-star Omni Championsgate for the special discounted rate of $145. For more details, visit the conference web site at (link). Exhibit space is still available. Contact Elaine Baugh Walsh, Conference Director, at 520.620.0063 or elaine@ecommint.com. |
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Bill Roselle SBC Global
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