On February 15, APCO filed comments in response to an FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking to allow new unlicensed uses, such as Wi-Fi, to share spectrum with existing users in the 6 GHz band. Public safety agencies heavily rely upon the 6 GHz band for fixed point-to-point microwave links essential to public safety communications. APCO is especially concerned that expanding unlicensed use in the 6 GHz band will cause harmful interference to public safety operations. If the Commission were to permit new unlicensed operations to share this spectrum with public safety, any spectrum sharing techniques must undergo substantial testing and be proven in advance to be effective for protecting public safety communications. Read APCO’s comments.

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