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Mobile & Wireless
TIA urges FCC to deny petition for restrictions on 700 MHz devices
Would severely delay availability of wireless devices, violate technology-neutral policy
by Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)
Arlington, Va. – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) filed last week with reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urging it to reject a petition to freeze any 700 MHz mobile device approval while it establishes rules to require that all 700 MHz mobile equipment be capable of operating on all paired commercial 700 MHz frequency bands.
The petition, submitted by the 700 MHz Block A Good Faith Purchasers Alliance (Alliance), "will present significant technical and interference problems, severely delay the availability of wireless devices in the 700 MHz spectrum, and violate the Commission's policy of technology neutrality," said TIA Vice President for Government Affairs Danielle Coffey.
TIA pointed out that the Alliance is ignoring technological and marketplace realities that will stall progress to make 700 MHz devices rapidly available at reasonable cost. Forcing carriers to develop devices capable of operating on each band in the 700 MHz band severely discourages a licensee's prerogative to change air interfaces, thus thwarting the Commission's technology-neutral policy.
"As other commenters in this matter make clear, technical and market-based concerns will result in stifled innovation and increased cost to consumers," said Coffey.
For the reasons cited in its comments, TIA recommended that the Commission deny the Alliance Petition.
Read the comments on TIA's FCC filings page at tiaonline.org.
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