FiberTower Concerned About new Service Rules for High-Frequency Spectrum
The FCC should protect the interests of companies using the 24 GHz, local multipoint distribution service and 39 GHz bands if it revises services rules for high-frequency spectrum, FiberTower said in a filing posted Friday in docket 14-177. “Placing a…
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new mobile licensee on top of the incumbent’s existing geographic area and channel would result in dual base stations saturating the same sector and cause harmful interference.” A “properly placed” 24 GHz point-to-multipoint base station “with a 90-degree sector antenna will blanket that sector with a serviceable signal for any remote terminal -- whether fixed, portable or mobile -- that is within line-of-sight and within a serviceable distance,” FiberTower said. It offers spectrum leases and backhaul/equipment services primarily in the 24 GHz and 39 GHz bands, according to the company’s website.