EBS Groups Raise Concerns on 2.5 GHz Draft NPRM
Representatives of the National Educational Broadband Service Association and Catholic Technology Network met with aides to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to express general support for a draft NPRM on changes to the 2.5 GHz band. Commissioners are to vote at…
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their May 10 meeting (see 1804200023). “We expressed our support for the initiation of this proceeding and intention to work with the Commission to ensure that unlicensed EBS spectrum is put to use for the benefit of educators, broadband service providers, and the public,” said a filing in docket 18-20. The groups had quibbles and questioned use of census tracts for licensing, which they said “may not be as efficient” as using counties. “Mutually exclusive applications for new licenses may be more prevalent than anticipated in the NPRM,” the filing said. “Requiring a 20 percent spectrum reserve for new licenses appears inconsistent with other proposals in the NPRM.” They said a proposal to eliminate the current 30-year term limit for future EBS leases “may not be in the best interest” of licensees.