The Computer & Communications Industry Association again urged the FCC...
The Computer & Communications Industry Association again urged the FCC to quickly adopt a 2 GHz order that will allow Dish Network to build a terrestrial service with wireless spectrum. CCIA executives met Wednesday with staff from the offices of…
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Commissioners Ajit Pai and Jessica Rosenworcel, CCIA said in ex parte filings in docket 12-70 (http://xrl.us/bnqtvv) (http://xrl.us/bnqtv5). Although potential future interference issues relating to the 2 GHz spectrum currently licensed to Dish will eventually require resolution, “forcing Dish to move in a 5 MHz upward shift now would require a do-over of the standards setting process already nearing successful completion,” CCIA said. The commission should reach a solution that doesn’t close the door on the future H block licensing and operations or delay Dish’s proposed deployment of a new mobile broadband network, it said. FCC staff continue working on an order to waive requirements so that Dish can build out its satellite network for terrestrial wireless service, and are weighing whether to require the company to move its uplink frequencies by 5 MHz up to 2005-2025 MHz (CD Sept 19 p6).