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.

  • Clarifying the Record for APCO’s Benefit

    September 21, 2021

    Earlier this week, the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) filed comments in response to APCO’s opposition to EWA’s request for clarification of the Commission’s decision to exempt public safety licensees from the new license renewal certification requirements.

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  • Waivers Are Frowned Upon — Even North of the Arctic Circle

    September 21, 2021

    For some 10 years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had granted OTZ Telecommunications numerous extensions of its deadline for construction to bring cellular service to Ambler, Alaska, located in the Northwest Arctic Borough.

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  • "If the radio appears smelly or smoke…"

    September 21, 2021

    Many of our wireless sales and service member organizations are lamenting the fact that manufacturers from Asia are selling radio devices that are not only exceedingly inexpensive, but come equipped with instructions on how to tune the portable radios to potentially hundreds of channels ranging from 136-174 MHz and 400-512 MHz without regard to eligibility requirements.  EWA’s research reveals

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  • Be Forewarned – Federal Licensing, Inc. - Part III (Refreshed)

    September 21, 2021

    This is an updated version of our earlier article covering the shenanigans of Federal Licensing, Inc. (“Federal Licensing”), and continues to serve as a warning to you and your customers who may receive this outfit’s "I’m here to save you" solicitations. 

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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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