New America Hopes for Changes to High-Frequency Spectrum Order
Michael Calabrese, director of the Wireless Future Program at New America, confirmed his group’s concerns with parts of the FCC-proposed spectrum frontiers order (see 1606280070). “Our primary concern is that selling carriers exclusive licenses that cover large geographic areas will…
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foreclose public access and innovative uses, particularly outside the largest urban areas and most profitable venues where it will be most profitable to densely deploy small cells,” Calabrese emailed. “It is still possible that the Commission will follow through on its proposals for robust opportunistic access to rural and other areas where licensees leave this spectrum fallow. It’s also possible the Commission will ultimately approve open and shared access to the 600 megahertz it proposes to set aside from 37 to 37.6 GHz.” Calabrese said that “the public interest would be best served by making those basic decisions now in this initial order -- and not kick that can down the road.”