In drawing up rules for an incentive auction of broadcast...
In drawing up rules for an incentive auction of broadcast spectrum, “continued nationwide availability of a substantial amount of unlicensed access in the current TV bands” should remain a top FCC priority, representatives of the Public Interest Spectrum Coalition (PISC)…
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said in a meeting with Commissioner Mignon Clyburn. “The spectrum legislation enacted last February reflected a conscious compromise that included an expectation that the Commission would mitigate the loss of unlicensed spectrum access due to a reallocation for auction by designating any duplex gap and/or guard bands for unlicensed access under rules that would be complementary to the current TV White Space rules,” the coalition said (http://xrl.us/bnmn6b). “The PISC representatives emphasized the importance of maintaining national markets for TV band unlicensed chips, equipment and applications -- and their concomitant concern that TV band repacking could preclude the availability of unlicensed in a few of the very largest metro markets unless the Commission adopts affirmative measures as part of the incentive auction rulemaking.” The New America Foundation, Consumers Union, Public Knowledge and Free Press took part in the meeting. The FCC should hold the auction “no later than June 2014,” representatives of the Telecommunications Industry Association said in a meeting with Commissioner Ajit Pai. TIA representatives “discussed how the Commission could structure its rules to maximize the amount of spectrum made available to licensed services,” said an ex parte filing (http://xrl.us/bnmn22). “TIA also recommended that when the Commission issues a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the 3550-3650 MHz band later this year, it solicit comment on all possible options for the band and remain open to alternatives other than small cells. We also reported on TIA’s assessment of the effort by the [NTIA] to make the 1755-1780 MHz band available for commercial broadband operations."