TETRA  |  2011-12-01

Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) Nothing Against TETRA, It’s the FCC

Source: The Critical Communications Review | Gert Jan Wolf editor

"...Because TETRA is a digital technology that promotes efficient use of spectrum, it could be good for the market..."

Radioresourcemag.com today released an online article about the acceptance of TETRA in th USA.

Mark Crosby, president and CEO of the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA), said his association’s three filings with the FCC requesting clarification on items related to the commission’s orders on TETRA technology don’t translate to problems with the technology itself.
 
“All we’re trying to do is to get the FCC to recognize that there are critical frequency coordination and licensing requirements,” Crosby said. “If necessary, EWA is prepared to go back to the commission on clarifications 11 times if it must.”
 
In its recent clarification order on TETRA’s use in UHF spectrum, the FCC said that frequency coordination is not required for TETRA modification applications if the only proposed change to the station’s technical parameters is the emission bandwidth.....

The full article can be read on the website of radioresourcemag.com

Source: www.radioresourcemag.com