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Southern Co. Raises 6 GHz Testing Concerns

Southern Co. representatives spoke with aides to all five commissioners about its concerns about 6 GHz rules, said a filing posted Monday in docket 18-295. The FCC “authorized unlicensed low power indoor operations in the 6 GHz band without any…

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testing having been conducted whatsoever,” the utility said. “Manufacturers and proponents of unlicensed use have consistently ignored or rejected repeated requests to participate in any field testing (and continue to do so), and manufacturers continue to decline to provide any prototype or sample devices that could be used in such testing even though some parties have already received certification for unlicensed 6 GHz devices and many have already begun marketing efforts.” Commissioners approved rules and a Further NPRM 5-0 in April (see 2004230059).