narramissic writes "Engineers from T-Mobile, AT&T, M2Z Networks, Nokia, Metro PCS, CTIA and XM Sirius have convened at a Boeing facility in Seattle this to watch as the FCC performs tests it hopes will quiet debate over a proposed spectrum auction. At issue is the FCC's requirement that the winner offer free wireless broadband services in a portion of the spectrum, a move the wireless industry contends will lead to interference for 3G phone users. The FCC is conducting some of the same tests that T-Mobile, one of the more vocal opponents of the FCC plan, has already done plus some additional tests, focusing on interference between handsets running on the different frequencies, said Julius Knapp, chief for the FCC's office of engineering technology. Some of the tests that the FCC is repeating involve using handsets connected to WiMax or UMTS networks running on spectrum the commercial providers would use and then issuing signals using the proposed new service and spectrum to determine at what signal strength the proposed service causes the WiMax or UMTS call to drop. 'That's where views differ,' Knapp said." Link to Original Source
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