Utilities, First Responders Lose Bid to Stay FCC Wi-Fi Plan (1)

The D.C. Circuit on Thursday denied separate requests by groups representing utilities and public safety entities to stay the Federal Communications Commission’s Wi-Fi plan.

Groups including the Utilities Technology Council and the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials haven’t met the requirements for the stay, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said in an order.

“APCO will continue to fully prosecute its appeal of the FCC’s 6 GHz order and remain highly vigilant of any harm caused by new unlicensed use of this band to mission critical public safety microwave operations,” APCO Executive Director Derek Poarch ...