Motorola Solutions, Inc., has filed a petition for clarification of the FCC’s sections 90.547 and 90.548, which were revised in a 2014 700 megahertz narrowband order (TRDaily, Oct. 24, 2014). “Specifically, Motorola Solutions respectfully requests that the Commission clarify that only subscriber devices that are capable of operating on the designated nationwide narrowband interoperability channels in conformance with the technical standards identified in Section 90.548 of the Commission’s rules are permitted to operate in the 700 MHz public safety narrowband spectrum,” said the petition in PS dockets 13-87 and 06-229 and WT docket 96-86.

“Absent such a clarification, Motorola Solutions fears that some might mistakenly interpret the Commission’s rules to permit the introduction of non-interoperable technologies in the 700 MHz public safety narrowband spectrum, on the logic that the devices could later be programmed and reconfigured to include the mandated interoperability protocols.”

Courtesy TRDaily