CTIA Request on Mid-Band Comment Deadlines Rejected
The Wireless Bureau rejected a request by CTIA that the FCC harmonize the reply comment deadline on the Broadband Access Coalition proposal for the 3.7 GHz band (see 1708100037) with the deadline for comments on the mid-band spectrum notice of…
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inquiry. “CTIA’s justification for a 72-day extension is that the two separate proceedings should be consolidated,” the bureau said in an order. “But the Commission has already declined this approach. The Commission recognized in the Mid Band NOI that there are ongoing proceedings, including RM-11791, that relate to spectrum within the 3.7-24 GHz frequency range.” Meanwhile, the FCC Wireless Bureau Friday changed the regulatory status of the proceeding on the BAC proposal, making it a permit but disclose proceeding requiring the filing of ex parte presentations “We find that modifying the ex parte designation of this proceeding from ‘exempt’ to ‘permit-but-disclose’ will provide greater transparency into the Commission’s deliberations regarding a band shared by the Fixed Service and the Fixed-Satellite Service,” said a bureau notice.