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The Federal Communications Commission is accepting comments for their proposed rules for usage of spectrum above 24 GHz. According to the consultation notice, the FCC has identified frequencies above 24 GHz suitable for mobile services, such as 5G. They are proposing rules for the following frequency bands: 28 GHz and… Read more...
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The FCC has issued a consultation concerning the "repackaging" phase of next year's incentive auction. This phase is where broadcasters who did not sell their spectrum are given new channel assignments. It will be the final part of the world's first ever incentive auction, and the FCC has been given a $1.75 billion… Read more...
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Early in 2012, Chairman Julius Genachowski asked the FCC’s Technological Advisory Council (TAC) to study the role of receivers in ensuring the efficient use of spectrum and to provide recommendations on avoiding obstacles posed by receiver performance to making spectrum available for new services. Acting on this request, the TAC working group on… Read more...
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The US regulator is seeking input from stakeholders and the public on the auction procedures for 1,868 licenses due to come on the block on December 7, 2010. The 218 to 219 band is used for short-distance communications service for subscribers within a specified service area. 220 MHz licensees will… Read more...
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As recommended by The National Broadband Plan which was released earlier this year, the US regulator is consulting stakeholders about how best to develop and monitor broadband performance standards for mobile services. At present it is up to operators to provide consumers with performance and coverage details for their networks,… Read more...
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The US regulator's wireless bureau is seeking comment from stakeholders and interested parties on how to facilitate an effective, efficient and timely process for railroads to acquire spectrum. The spectrum is needed for them to be able to comply with the Rail Safety Improvement Act, which mandates the implementation of… Read more...
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In a comprehensive 290-page consultation document on proposed rulemaking, the FCC suggests ways to streamline and modernise its universal service and intercarrier compensation policies in order to bring affordable wired and wireless broadband to all US citizens and particularly the 24 million who currently have no access at all. The… Read more...
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The FCC has issued a Public Notice on further details for its planned incentive auction of the 600 MHz band. The auction is currently planned to take place at the beginning of 2016, but the FCC must first overcome legal challenges from some broadcasters, and dissent from its own Republican Commissioners The… Read more...
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The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), initiating a fresh look at its mobile spectrum holding policies given the changes in technology, spectrum availability, and the mobile marketplace since the last comprehensive review of these rules more than a decade ago. In recent years, large and small wireless… Read more...
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The US regulator is seeking comments that will help it update the 2009 Rural Broadband Report. This recommended new policies to deliver broadband to rural areas, mainly by wireless means, and restore economic growth and opportunity for Americans living and working in rural areas. Since the publication of the report,… Read more...