FCC Grants Conditional Waiver To NFL For “Coach to Coach” Communications In Event of Internet Outage

The FCC has conditionally granted the National Football League’s request for a waiver of Section 96.39(C) of the Commission’s rules “to allow it to continue to operate its coach-to-coach communications system in the limited circumstance of an Internet outage in NFL stadiums, during NFL football games but after authority to operate within the stadium has been obtained from a Spectrum Access System (SAS). For reasons discussed below, we grant Petitioner’s Waiver Request subject to the conditions described herein.”

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