FCC Grants Waiver To Garmin For Digital Data On GMRS
Thu, 01/23/2025 - 1:10pm
Jim1348
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It will be interesting to see if Garmin is planning a new line of Garmin Rinos or a firmware update on the existing Rinos.
Adopted: January 7, 2025 Released: January 7, 2025
By the Chief, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:
I. INTRODUCTION
1. This Order addresses a request filed by Garmin Request for Waiver of Section 95.1787(a)(3) of the Commission’s Rules, Non-Docketed ECFS INBOX-1.3, (filed Oct. 5, 2023), ECFS (Garmin Waiver Request).
for a waiver of section 95.1787(a)(3) of the Federal Communications Commission’s (Commission) rules.
Garmin seeks relief from section 95.1787(a)(3) so that it may obtain equipment certification for handheld General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) devices that will transmit digital data communications every five seconds as compared to a maximum of one digital transmission for every 30-second period permitted under the rules. Id. at 1, 5.
For the reasons set forth below, and subject to the conditions outlined in this Order, we grant Garmin’s limited waiver request.
It will be interesting to see if Garmin is planning a new line of Garmin Rinos or a firmware update on the existing Rinos.
Adopted: January 7, 2025 Released: January 7, 2025
By the Chief, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:
I. INTRODUCTION
1. This Order addresses a request filed by Garmin Request for Waiver of Section 95.1787(a)(3) of the Commission’s Rules, Non-Docketed ECFS INBOX-1.3, (filed Oct. 5, 2023), ECFS (Garmin Waiver Request).
for a waiver of section 95.1787(a)(3) of the Federal Communications Commission’s (Commission) rules.
Garmin seeks relief from section 95.1787(a)(3) so that it may obtain equipment certification for handheld General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) devices that will transmit digital data communications every five seconds as compared to a maximum of one digital transmission for every 30-second period permitted under the rules. Id. at 1, 5.
For the reasons set forth below, and subject to the conditions outlined in this Order, we grant Garmin’s limited waiver request.
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-16A1.pdf