Mobile Future Says FCC Needs to Revise 3.5 GHz Rules
Mobile Future views the opening of the 3.5 GHz band, with rules that will encourage industry to bid on priority access licenses (PALs), as critical to U.S. leadership in 5G, the IoT and even 4G, said Robert McDowell, chief public…
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policy adviser, Monday on a call with reporters. FCC commissioners are to vote Tuesday on an NPRM on revised rules (see 1710180043). “The U.S. is leading the world in this space and we think that we need to continue to lead when it comes to the international harmonization of this band in particular,” McDowell said. By “improving the licensed options in the band,” the FCC will “create certainty” and lead to more investment by carriers, equipment providers and entrepreneurs, he said. The band provides “plenty of spectrum for everybody, regardless of their size or their type of business plan,” McDowell said. Larger-sized licenses also will stimulate build out in rural areas, he said. Austin Schlick, Google director-communications law, reported in docket 12-354 on a call with Louis Peraertz, aide to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, on the size of the PALs. Schlick said Google prefers the FCC stick with census tract-sized licenses.