Ignore NAB Complaints About White Spaces Spectrum, PK Tells FCC
Public Knowledge told the FCC it should ignore broadcaster complaints about the commission's proposal to set aside vacant TV band channels in every market nationwide for unlicensed use after the TV incentive auction. “PK began with the observation that NAB…
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continues to misinterpret both the Commission’s general statutory authority and the Commission’s specific authority pursuant to the 2012 Spectrum Act,” the filing said. “No one proposes to eliminate a single full power broadcast station or Class A [low-power] TV, which the statute requires protecting. Nor will anyone force these stations unwillingly into the VHF band.” In June, the FCC proposed to reserve at least one TV channel in every market for white spaces devices and wireless mics after the incentive auction and repacking (see 1506160043). “All that is at issue here is the post-repacking of secondary services and unlicensed services. Both of which are mentioned in the 2012 Act.” PK officials met with officials from the Media Bureau, Office of Engineering and Technology and Incentive Auction Task Force, said the filing posted Thursday in 15-146.