Verizon, AT&T Concerned About 37 GHz Order
Verizon and AT&T raised concerns about the coordination process with DOD outlined in a draft order on the 37 GHz band, set for an FCC commissioner vote Friday. Verizon met with aides to all five commissioners, Wireless Bureau Chief Donald…
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Stockdale and other staff, said a filing posted Friday in docket 14-177. The process outlined “lacks the much-needed clarity” to promote investment, Verizon said: “We urged the Commission to make clear that licensees are under no obligation to agree to a federal entity’s request for spectrum access and -- when a licensee grants access -- that the federal entity must operate on a non-interference basis to existing and future commercial deployment within the licensed area.” AT&T cited similar concerns in a filing. The “unknown potential for new, post-auction preclusion zones could create harmful pre-auction uncertainty, the bane of maximizing the possibility of auction success and value,” AT&T said.