The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council has reiterated its concern about requests for waivers filed by AT&T, Inc.,  to allow the use of power spectral density (PSD) measurements until the FCC completes action in a proceeding in which it is considering modernizing its cellular licensing rules (TRDaily, Nov. 10, 2014).

NPSTC yesterday filed comments in WT docket 15-130 that were similar to those it filed in response to an earlier AT&T request for a PSD waiver (TRDaily, May 1).

In the latest request, AT&T is seeking the waiver for cellular operations in seven Kansas cellular market areas (CMAs). The earlier request that NPSTC weighed in on involved four Missouri markets.

AT&T has proposed a PSD limit of 250 watts/megahertz in non-rural areas and 500 watts/MHz in rural areas.

“NPSTC recommends the Commission address changes to a cellular service power limit rules through the rulemaking proceeding and not through waiver requests,” the federation said in the comments filed yesterday. “However, should the Commission decide to grant AT&T’s waiver request, NPSTC urges that the waiver include specific conditions requiring AT&T to resolve and report any interference that occurs to public safety operations and to compensate public safety entities for their time and expenses involved in investigating and resolving interference.”- Paul Kirby, paul.kirby@wolterskluwer.com