Faulty UHF card was quickly replaced
Radio interference traced back to appeal manufacturer Nike’s corporate distributed antenna system prompted the Federal Communication Commission’s Enforcement Bureau to issue the company a notice of violation in December.
According to the FCC’s notice of violation, Nike’s DAS at its company headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., caused radio interference in the 466.7375 MHz and 466.8375 MHz bands.
An agent at the FCC’s Portland, Ore., office linked the interference to a defective UHF amplifier card in the Solid Technologies DAS equipment, which is essentially a network of antennas used to boost Wi-Fi in large buildings like corporate campuses, stadiums and hotels.
A network technician with Wireless Applications Consulting replaced the card, stopping the interference and notified the FCC on Dec. 3, according to the violation prepared by FCC resident agent Binh Nguyen.
A legal analysis from Alton Burton Jr. and Deborah Wei of firm Hogan Lovells called the violation “the latest example of increased FCC enforcement activity.”
The attorneys continued: “The Nike notice is the latest indication that the FCC Enforcement Bureau is taking a more aggressive approach toward FCC rule violation under new acting Bureau Chief Travis LeBlanc. Of note, penalty amounts have been larger under LeBlanc’s direction and stricter enforcement may be catching some companies off-guard.”
There’s not currently a proposed penalty in play.
