by Mirva Villa
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is seeking comments on the filings from Departments of Transportation in the State of Florida and State of Gerogia, and State of Maryland State Highway Administration. Each authority is requesting a waiver of the FCC's rules to operate roadside unites with cellular vehicle… Read more...
by Mirva Villa
The US Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau have issued a consultation on a request for a nationwide waiver of ITS rules for the deployment of Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything technology in the 5GHz band. A group of stakeholders have requested permission to use C-V2X… Read more...
by Mirva Villa
US regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to begin a consultation on the needs and uses of offshore spectrum. The Notice of Inquiry seeks comments on different spectrum rights models and rights structures, and the needs of commercial or private maritime or aeronautical uses. One area FCC is… Read more...
by Richard Haas
The FCC has issued a public notice on regulating receiver performance. In the notice, the regulator is considering different ways it can encourage better receiver performance to ensure spectrum is used more efficiently. One proposed idea is for the FCC to develop performance criteria or ratings which can be used… Read more...
by Richard Haas
April 25, 2022: This consultation has now been published in the Federal Register. Comments are due May 25, and reply comments are due June 9. March 21, 2022: The Office of Engineering and Technology, which advises the FCC on allocation and spectrum usage, has issued a public notice on potential changes… Read more...
by Richard Haas
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comment on the auction format to be used in the country's upcoming 2.5 GHz auction. The agency is currently considering the use of an ascending clock auction as well as single-round and simultaneous multiple-round (SMR) auction format. The consultation comes after stakeholders disagreed… Read more...
by Richard Haas
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed to revise its spectrum sharing rules for non-geostationary orbit, fixed-satellite services (NGSO FSS). The commission is proposing that the existing spectrum sharing mechanism for NGSO FSS systems will be limited to those systems that have been approved in the same processing round. The… Read more...
by Richard Haas
The FCC has released a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which sets out initiatives to enhance the availability of telecommunications services in rural areas. The Notice proposes several incentives for small carriers and Tribal Nations to participate in the program. Incentives include changes to partitioning, disaggregation and leasing rules. Comments… Read more...
by Richard Haas
October 29, 2021: This consultation has been published in the Federal Register. It will be available for public comment until November 29, while replies to those comments can be made until December 28. October 4, 2021: The FCC has published a notice of proposed rulemaking on the use of the… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US regulator, the FCC, is seeking comments on applications it may receive for operators of Automated Frequency Coordination solutions. AFC providers will allow higher power and outdoor usage of parts of the 6 GHz bands for unlicensed services. Initial AFC system proposals are due on November 30, and comments… Read more...