3.45 GHz Clearinghouse Has Smaller Job, Must Get It Right: CTIA
The 3.45 GHz transition is much smaller than the one for the C-band but presents its own complications, CTIA said in comments posted Friday on the 3.45 GHz clearinghouse, in FCC docket 19-348. “Both the number of claims and the…
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dollar amount of estimated reimbursements for the 3.45 GHz band are more than a thousand times smaller” than for the C-band, and “there may be a dearth of qualified applicants, or the clearinghouse infrastructure may substantially raise the transition costs for the band,” the group warned: “Key safeguards need to be maintained.” Comcast's NBCUniversal said it and Nexstar, as the only radiolocation incumbents “should play a role in the important step of selecting a reimbursement clearinghouse.” While both “operate weather radars in the 3.45 GHz band, their transition processes will differ in certain respects, making representation by both parties crucial to a fair and equitable clearinghouse selection process,” NBCU said. It called on the FCC to keep things simple, consistent with the small size of the transition.