Nextlink Makes Case for Changes to 5G Rules
Nextlink met with aides to Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Mike O’Rielly about proposed changes to rules for high-frequency spectrum. The FCC approved its 5G spectrum frontiers order in July (see 1607140052), but Nextlink sought changes. “The June 2024 performance deadline…
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for incumbent UMFU [upper microwave flexible use] licensees is too onerous and may deter development of mobile technology,” the company said in a filing in docket 14-177. “Standards for 5G are unlikely to become available until 2020 or 2021. Meanwhile, the state of the art of several components of 5G technology, including beamforming and antenna form factor, must advance significantly for next-generation mobile networks to become viable. Extending incumbent licensees’ performance deadlines will not give them any advantage over new UMFU licensees because these new county-based licenses will require significant construction by incumbents and new licensees alike.” CEO Lisa Youngers and other officials were at the meetings.