Crosby's Blog

In his blog, EWA Chief Strategy Officer Mark Crosby addressed topics of concern to the land mobile radio industry. Unleashed and unvarnished, Mark takes on speculators, exposes the practices of those who prey upon unknowing licensees, and comments on spectrum policy at large.

  • Beyond Belief …

    September 21, 2021

    I read with amazement, in the October 2016 issue of MissionCritical Communications, the announcement that Potomac Spectrum Partners (PSP) was planning to roll out a nationwide TETRA-based public safety network using Space Data’s 900 MHz spectrum and balloon communications technology.

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  • Revisit Sprint-Vacated Access Policy

    September 21, 2021

    Isn’t it time to review the three-year public safety priority access to Sprint-vacated 800 MHz spectrum, followed by yet another two-year priority access period that adds CII entities to the mix? It has been more than twelve long years since this spectrum segregation policy was first adopted, and its basis, 800 MHz rebanding, is now virtually complete.

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  • Pardon the Misunderstanding

    September 21, 2021

    Well, let it be officially noted that I was unequivocally in error drawing the conclusion in earlier blogs this year that Federal License Management, LLC is an alias created by Federal Licensing, Inc.

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  • No Man’s Land

    September 21, 2021

    We get it. The Pai Commission does not like determining spectrum policy through waivers.

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  • File a Petition for Rulemaking! Oh, Ok …

    September 21, 2021

    Before we get to this week’s news highlights (in EWA's member newsletter The Insider), I’m compelled to comment in response to the FCC’s back-to-back denials of waiver requests (see related stories below) from business enterprises that sought permission to use spectrum capacity that, while admittedly assigned for eligible classes of users other than EWA’s two applicants at the moment, is

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  • Public Safety Seeks Access to B/ILT 800 MHz Channels — Again

    September 21, 2021

    Washington County, Oregon, with a population of 563,000, is currently licensed for over seventy (!) 800 MHz channels, but apparently the seventy plus channels provide insufficient spectrum capacity despite advances in system design and the application of digital technologies.

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  • Be Forewarned – Federal Licensing, Inc., Part II

    September 21, 2021

    For the record, while Federal Licensing, Inc. may have a “Renewal/Modification Division,” the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not. We repeat – the FCC does not have a “Renewal/Modification Division.” We bring this to our member’s attention as another in a series of Federal Licensing, Inc.

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  • Be Forewarned — Federal Licensing Communication

    September 21, 2021

    Many suspecting licensees, along with their wireless service providers, are contacting EWA asking “are these guys for real” after receiving misleading communications from “Federal Licensing, Inc.

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  • Paperwork Burdens

    September 21, 2021

    This past week, FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly asked whether certain information collection mandates by the FCC are “truly justified,” noting that certain rules stay in place past any useful purpose, while the burden can accumulate unnoticed for segments of the industry.  What an incredible observation and call for action, which has EWA’s total support. 

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  • The Quest for Equitable 800 MHz Sharing Policy

    September 21, 2021

    EWA took a pass on this one back in 2015 when the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NC State) filed for a waiver of the 800 MHz inter-category sharing freeze to access a B/ILT channel in order to accommodate capacity shortfall issues at its Hibriten Mountain site.

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