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| Ajit Pai, FCC Commissioner |
by Dan Bowman, fiercehealthit.com, 6 August 2015
AHA raises interference concerns before, after hearing
Unlicensed devices will be allowed to operate on the same frequency as wireless medical telemetry service systems for cardiac and fetal monitoring, after the Federal Communications Commission voted to modernize rules to "accommodate growing demand for ... innovation."
Despite protests from the American Hospital Association, three U.S. senators and 16 members of the House, the FCC insisted at its Aug. 6 hearing that unlicensed TV White Space devices--such as garage door openers, cordless phones and Bluetooth technologies--will not interfere with patient monitoring technology that operates on Channel 37.
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Unlicensed devices will be allowed to operate on the same frequency as wireless medical telemetry service systems for cardiac and fetal monitoring, after the Federal Communications Commission voted to modernize rules to "accommodate growing demand for ... innovation."
Despite protests from the American Hospital Association, three U.S. senators and 16 members of the House, the FCC insisted at its Aug. 6 hearing that unlicensed TV White Space devices--such as garage door openers, cordless phones and Bluetooth technologies--will not interfere with patient monitoring technology that operates on Channel 37.