Nextlink Wireless Presses for Changes to Rules for High-Frequency Spectrum
Nextlink Wireless executives met with Rachael Bender, aide to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, to continue to make the company’s case (see 1704060040) for changes to its spectrum frontiers order. The discussion focused in part on rules for upper microwave flexible…
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use licenses, the company said. The June 2024 performance deadline for incumbent UMFU licensees is too onerous and may deter development of mobile technology, said a filing in docket 14-177. Standards for 5G are still years away, the company said. “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,” the firm said. “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.”