Public Interest Groups Urge 12 GHz NPRM
Public interest groups asked the FCC to launch an NPRM on reallocating the 12 GHz band. “In light of the vast progress made in the last two decades on spectrum sharing technology, and the ever-increasing need for new spectrum ...…
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the current very low-power and one-way constraints on terrestrial use of the band are antiquated, unnecessary and a hindrance to bridging the digital divide,” said a filing in RM-11768. Public Knowledge, the Open Technology Institute at New America, Access Humboldt, Consumer Federation of America, Next Century Cities and National Consumer Law Center were among signers. The band could be used for fixed and mobile broadband “with mid-band propagation characteristics significantly better than the millimeter wave bands at 24 GHz and beyond,” they said. Also Thursday, Commissioner Mike O'Rielly urged a look at the swath (see 2007090027).