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...

The US regulator is conducting its annual consultation, and the first since the government launched its new broadband initiative, to determine whether broadband is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. Comment is sought from companies, policy institutes, governmental entities, analysts, consumer groups, individual broadband consumers… Read more...

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...

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...

The US regulator's Spectrum Task Force is inviting input to help develop a cohesive approach that maximises the terrestrial mobile broadband potential of parts of the 2 GHz band. It is particularly interested in comments on bands co-allocated for Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) at 2000 - 2020 MHz and 2180… Read more...

The FCC is seeking more information about the telecom industry's plans for the use of LTE-Unlicensed (using Licensed Assisted Access technology), and its potential impact on incumbent or potential users of the 3.5 GHz and 5 GHz bands. In a public notice, the FCC acknowledges that Wi-Fi (in the 5… Read more...

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...

The US regulator is seeking comment on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking aimed at significantly advancing communications interoperability for the country's first responders. According to the FCC proposal document, the order supports the build out of robust, secure and dedicated mobile broadband networks enabling public safety broadband users to share… Read more...

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...

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...