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The FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning the use of spectrum by wireless microphones. The document examines the sector's needs for spectrum and seeks comments on a variety of existing and new spectrum bands that may accommodate these needs. It also looks at how to facilitate the transition of… 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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The FCC has issued a consultation regarding its technical understanding prior to the incentive auction next year and its methodology for predicting interference from LTE to DTV. The document sets out the assumptions that the FCC has made during their tests. Read more...
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The FCC is seeking comments on a notice of proposed rulemaking which would make up to 195 MHz of additional spectrum in the 5 GHz band (a 35 per cent increase) available to unlicensed wireless devices. It also proposes to create a more flexible regulatory environment and to streamline existing rules and equipment… Read more...
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The US regulator is seeking comment on its proposals to make 90 MHz of spectrum currently allocated to Mobile Satellite Services in the 2 GHz Band, Big LEO Band and L-Band available for terrestrial moblle broadband use. The proposals seek to remove regulatory barriers to terrestrial use in 1525-1559 MHz… 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...
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The US regulator has published a lengthy "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" which proposes several measures to increase the potential for sharing between terrestrial and satellite services in the 37.5 to 42.5 GHz V Band. A second proposal envisages deleting the Broadcasting Satellite Service (BSS) allocation in the 42.0 to 42.5… 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 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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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...