CTIA Seeks Additional Clarity in Notice for Auction of 5G Spectrum
CTIA officials urged the FCC to provide additional clarity in its public notice, set for a vote by commissioners Tuesday, on rules for upcoming 24 and 28 GHz auctions (see 1803270052). CTIA met Monday with Wireless Bureau staff, said a…
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filing in docket 18-85. “CTIA urged the Commission to consider the implications for the agency and auction participants if the Commission’s anti-collusion rules apply across the two auctions and include applicants in both,” the group said. “We also discussed opening bids and reserve prices, incumbent licenses in the 28 GHz band, and encumbered licenses in the 24 GHz band, urging the Commission to ensure that the Draft Spectrum Frontiers Auctions Public Notice is sufficiently clear for the public to respond to the questions raised therein.” CTIA also urged the FCC to start auctioning other high-frequency bands needed for 5G, especially the 37, 39 and 47 GHz bands. The Competitive Carriers Association, meanwhile, reported on a meeting with Will Adams, aide to Commissioner Brendan Carr. As the FCC takes up the auction notice it “must protect against the anti-competitive effects of a first-mover advantage in critical [millimeter-wave] bands, and ensure that all carriers are afforded an opportunity to access 5G spectrum at auction,” CCA said. CCA also “encouraged the FCC to expeditiously address remaining barriers to infrastructure siting processes to further deployment of next-generation and 5G technologies.”