The Security Industry Association (SIA), The Monitoring Association (TMA) and the Electronic Security Association (ESA) are hosting a webinar addressing the imperative to protect the lower 900 MHz Band. Michael McGinley, senior systems engineer, Pericle Communications Company, will join the webinar as its special guest speaker.

The lower 900 MHz band (902-928 MHz) is used by millions of Part 15 low-power, radio frequency (security and life safety devices such as consumer electronics and appliances, wireless alarm systems, smart home equipment, electronic access control devices and others essential for protecting homes, small businesses and critical infrastructure. A proposal before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seeks to reallocate portions of this band of spectrum for an exclusive license and remove an FCC rule that has protected Part 15 devices from harmful interference.

The webinar will address this proposal and its impacts on the security industry devices that communicate in the spectrum. Panelists will cover:

• An in-depth analysis of the impact this proposal would have on a variety of security technologies
• What SIA, ESA and TMA are doing to advocate on this issue
• Where the proposal stands today
• How you can get involved

Registration for the event is now open. Other speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.