CCA Presses for Changes to High-Frequency Rules
The Competitive Carriers Association asked the FCC to revise parts of its rules for high-frequency spectrum. It asked the agency in a petition for reconsideration to modify licensing policies for the 37-37.6 and 64-71 GHz bands, reconsider subdividing local multipoint…
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distribution service licenses and eliminate an operability requirement across the 37/39 GHz bands. The high-frequency spectrum “offers tremendous opportunities for rural, regional and nationwide carriers as they begin to deploy 5G networks, and it is absolutely essential for the FCC to ensure this spectrum is utilized in a way that promotes competition and innovation while protecting those that have deployed services on this spectrum,” CCA President Steve Berry said in a news release. “However many of the policies adopted in the Report and Order would harm wireless carriers by increasing consolidation and discouraging investment -- a result the Commission certainly does not wish to see.” The FCC approved the order in July (see 1607140052). U.S. carriers see the spectrum as critical to the eventual launch of 5G services.