In a broadband-related order, the FCC agreed to allow fixed...
In a broadband-related order, the FCC agreed to allow fixed terrestrial wireless licensees to operate channel bandwidths of as much as 30 MHz in the upper 6 GHz band. The Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition requested the change in February 2008,…
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and the commission proposed approval in a notice of proposed rulemaking a year ago. The FCC noted general support for the proposal. “We find such action could serve the public interest by making an additional source of spectrum for high capacity microwave links more readily available,” the order said. “As FWCC states, such links support a variety of important commercial, public safety, and consumer uses, including backhaul for broadband systems.” The commission noted that it has granted many waivers allowing 30 MHz channels in the band. “All of the commenters agree that our existing rules and policies are sufficient to prevent congestion and speculative licensing. There is no indication in the record that the many waiver requests that the Bureau has already granted for 30 megahertz channels in the Upper 6 GHz Band have caused problems for relocating licensees.” The FCC also granted a FWCC request that it allow conditional licensing for non-federal use, with NTIA’s consent, on two additional channel pairs in the 23 GHz band: the 22.025/23.225 GHz and 22.075/23.275 GHz channel pair.