FCC Need Not Limit High-Frequency Spectrum Buys, Verizon Says
The FCC should refrain from imposing limits on buying high-frequency spectrum, Verizon said in a letter to the agency. The carrier responded to a Thursday fact sheet by the FCC, which said the rules as circulated would limit carriers to…
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buying 1250 MHz of spectrum in the bands in the initial auctions, with a threshold of 1250 MHz for case-by-case review of secondary market transactions (see 1606240026). “A spectrum limit for 5G-suitable bands above some arbitrary threshold could thwart 5G innovation and undermine speedy deployment at this critical time, when much is still unknown about 5G,” Verizon said. “Given that the Spectrum Frontiers Further Notice will propose making an additional 17.7 GHz of [millimeter wave] spectrum available, there will be no dearth of mmW spectrum available as 5G technologies and services develop.” T-Mobile earlier urged the commission to establish a screen to weigh secondary market transactions, while imposing a cap on buys of high-frequency spectrum in FCC auctions (see 1606210034). The Verizon filing was posted Monday in docket 14-177.