Accommodates both Data Telemetry and VRS System Deployments Herndon, VA – Today, the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) delivered to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for its approval proposed “Consensus Protocols for VRS/Data Telemetry Frequency Coordination.” Upon approval by the Commission, particularly the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, it is anticipated that the FCC will issue a Public Notice announcing the date on which…

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Incumbent public safety, business, industrial and SMR licensees should have initial priority Herndon, VA – In an Ex Parte filing, the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) has requested that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not release 800 MHz Expansion Band (EB) and Guard Band (GB) spectrum in additional National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) regions where rebanding has been completed pending the outcome of the Petition for Rulemaking that…

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Expansion of technology options adds complexity to frequency assignment process Herndon, VA – In its May 26, 2015, filing before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) submitted for the FCC’s and the industry’s consumption a matrix specifying derated interference contours for all known combinations of adjacent channel system types to be used by participating 800 Mhz frequency advisory committees when coordinating full power, interstitial 12.5…

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Herndon, VA – The Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) has volunteered its services to the FCC to develop frequency coordination procedures on six 173 MHz channels which will serve to facilitate the use of this important spectrum that has been proposed for use by both vehicular repeater (VRS) and data telemetry systems. LMCC member organizations represent users who invest in both types of system technologies, and every Industrial/Business and Public…

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Herndon, VA – The LMCC membership elected its Board of Directors during its annual meeting on April 14, 2015, in Washington D.C, and agreed to take action in several matters before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Elected to the Board of Directors as officers were: – President—Gregory Kunkle, Esq. (American Petroleum Institute), – Vice President—Farokh Latif (Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials), and – Secretary/Treasurer—Mark Crosby (Enterprise Wireless Alliance). Also elected…

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(Mclean, VA) The Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) has asked that the FCC clarify certain aspects of FAC-certification criteria because certification of an entity without an independent governance structure “would undermine the credibility of the entire frequency coordination process upon which the Part 90 spectrum is made available”. In their reply comments to a request from the Engineers Frequency Advisory Committee, LLC (EFAC) to be certified as a FAC, the…

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(Mclean, VA)    The Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) has submitted a letter to the FCC suggesting that, during the FCC’s review of requests from entities seeking to be certified as frequency advisory committees, that one of the fundamental requirements for receiving FCC-certification is that the entity must be “representative” of the applicants and licensees that it serves. This has been interpreted consistently by FACs to mean that they are…

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(Herndon, VA) Comments are due May 27, 2014 on the LMCC’s Petition for Rulemaking regarding interim eligibility for 800 MHz Expansion Band and Guard Band frequencies filed March 27. The LMCC requested that the FCC modify Section 90.617 of the rules governing eligibility to allow 800 MHz incumbent licensees in a market a six-month period in which to apply for Expansion Band and Guard Band (EB/GB) frequencies before making them…

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(Herndon, VA) During its 2014 Annual Membership Meeting, which convened on Wednesday, April 9 in Washington, D.C., the LMCC membership elected the following as members of its Board of Directors for the 2014 – 2015 fiscal year: President – Donald Vasek, UTC; Vice President – Ralph Haller, FCCA; Secretary/Treasurer – Mark Crosby, EWA; Douglas M. Aiken, IMSA; Greg Kunkle, API; and Michele Farquhar, AAR. The LMCC is a nonprofit association…

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(Herndon, VA) The Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) has requested that the Commission initiate a rulemaking proceeding governing eligibility for frequencies in the 800 MHz Expansion Band and Guard Band, so that 800 MHz incumbent licensees be allowed a six-month period in which to apply for available EB/GB frequencies before making them available for new 800 MHz systems. In their Petition for Rulemaking submitted March 27, the LMCC explained that…

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