June 8, 2000

FCC CHAIRMAN WILLIAM E. KENNARD STATEMENT ON THE 
ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW WIRELESS MEDICAL TELEMETRY SERVICE 
(ET Docket No. 99-255)
		

Today's action will enhance the ability of health care providers to offer high 
quality and cost-effective care to patients with acute and chronic health care needs.

Heart and blood pressure monitors have become a vital part of the arsenal 
available to hospitals.  At the same time, new technologies in other services are crowding 
the spectrum where these devices have been operating on a secondary basis, resulting in 
the potential for interference. 

The spectrum allocation we have made for these devices will protect the public  
by providing frequencies where heart and blood pressure monitors can operate without 
interference.  It will also help in resolving conflicts between these devices, digital 
television, and land mobile services.

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This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order
constitutes official action.  See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974).