FCC, Industry Canada sign agreement to allow handheld radio use by public safety officials when they cross border

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and Industry Canada Senior Assistant Deputy Minister Kelly Gillis signed an agreement that will allow public safety officials in both countries to use handheld radios when they cross the border, the FCC said Tuesday. The agreement expands on a 1952 treaty that allowed only for cross-border use of radios installed in public safety vehicles, the FCC said. The new agreement also allows a public safety official to operate a radio across the border without a permit provided the official is licensed in his country of origin, the FCC said (http://bit.ly/ZMWUDj).