FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler circulated an order and...
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler circulated an order and FNPRM Thursday that “puts forth major changes to modernize and streamline the Commission’s rules and application processes for Cellular Service licensees,” said Wireless Bureau Chief Roger Sherman in a blog post. The…
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order would transition site-based cellular service to a geographic-based licensing regime, which “would bring the Cellular Service into greater harmony with other mobile services,” including PCS, 700 MHz and AWS, Sherman said. The FCC would be able to eliminate or revise a large number of filing requirements, reduce licensee filing burdens by more than 60 percent and “eliminate barriers” to deployment of advanced services, Sherman said. The FNPRM would propose and seek comment on additional issues relating to cellular service reform, including technical changes “that could foster the deployment of wider-band technologies” like LTE, he said. Those changes will satisfy a recommendation in the FCC staff’s commission process reform report by “reducing regulatory burdens and fostering the development of new generations of Cellular Service across the country,” Sherman said (http://fcc.us/1vlVcTf).