mardi 22 avril 2014

Industry Canada changing its licensing records system and lookup

Spectrum Applications Modernization - Spectrum Management and Telecommunications



The above is a FAQ page for "Spectrum Applications Modernization" which is a project Industry Canada (the custodian of radio spectrum in Canada) is undertaking. They are replacing their in-house records management system for spectrum licensing with a commercial off the shelf product called "SPECTRA Enterprise" by LS telcom.



One might hope that the records will have more data available to the public in the future, in a similar vein to the FCC lookup (categorizing licenses by commercial/public safety/other, conventional/trunk, etc).



It would appear that the first groups to be migrated to the new system will be microwave (>960MHz) licensees. From the "presentation" linked below, it looks like land mobile radio will be migrated in phase 2, in late 2014 to mid 2015.



SAM-CSI Pilot Release: Information for Microwave Clients - Spectrum Management and Telecommunications



Of interest to RR users who look up radio information using Industry Canada search engines or static data files is the last question in the FAQ:




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I hear that the monthly Technical and Administrative Frequency List (TAFL) information on the Web will be discontinued. Is that correct?

Industry Canada has an obligation to make the licensing information available to the public. The TAFL provided a full list of all disclosed frequencies. For now, the TAFL will continue for frequencies that are out of scope for this launch. The new system will allow you to search for individual frequencies within the scope of this launch. It should be feasible for clients who want the complete list in order to set up a program to search in a repetitive fashion and build the list themselves. The TAFL was always published a month behind the current status. The new search function will be more accurate because the data will be current.



If I get more info I will post it where/when I can. I posted the announcement here because it has pertinence to all parts of Canada, and cross-posting in multiple forums is prohibited.




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