A draft FCC order circulated Wednesday would enable LTE mobile broadband...
A draft FCC order circulated Wednesday would enable LTE mobile broadband deployment on 20 MHz of “long-dormant spectrum” in the WCS band, said Chairman Julius Genachowski’s office. It would also make an additional 10 MHz available for fixed broadband with…
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the option for possible mobile broadband use in the future. The order is tentatively set for a vote at the agency’s Oct. 17 meeting, where a few other items also will be voted on, the agency said Wednesday. (See separate report below.) AT&T and Sirius XM had agreed this summer on a deal involving wireless communications service (WCS) spectrum that some had seen as providing the base for an eventual FCC order (CD June 19 p1). The new draft item would “revise the WCS rules to facilitate use of 30 megahertz of spectrum for wireless broadband service while protecting” satellite radio “against harmful interference,” the tentative meeting agenda said. The proposed order is part of Genachowski’s efforts to allow for more flexible use of spectrum to address the ongoing “spectrum crunch,” an FCC spokeswoman said. “By unleashing 20 megahertz of spectrum now -- and up to 30 megahertz in the future -- [Genachowski] continues to leave no stone unturned when it comes to maximizing opportunities to refill the mobile spectrum pipeline that had begun to run dry over the last decade."