FCC Extends Waiver for White Spaces Devices

The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology extended a waiver of the push notification requirement for fixed and mode II personal/portable white space devices through Sept. 30. The waiver was to expire March 31. The original waiver was approved in an August 2015 order on Part 15 rules and white spaces devices got their initial reprieve in 2016 (see 1612230051). “Manufacturers may continue to market previously approved white space devices" and users "may continue to operate them,” said Tuesday's order in docket 14-165.