Lujan, Blackburn Urge FCC to Continue 'Evidence-Based' 12 GHz Rulemaking
Senate Communications Subcommittee Chairman Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., and Consumer Protection Subcommittee ranking member Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., urged the FCC Thursday to “continue to proceed with an evidence-based rulemaking” as it evaluates future use of the 12 GHz band. FCC…
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Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel told lawmakers last month the commission is going through “a complex engineering process that involves analyzing competing technical analyses” of the band (see 2208100063). “We appreciate your willingness to prioritize impartial technical and engineering analysis to answer the underlying question of whether it is possible to increase terrestrial use of this band while avoiding harmful interference to incumbent operations,” Blackburn and Lujan said in a letter to Rosenworcel. The 12 GHz “proceeding continues in the tradition of the FCC taking on complex engineering and policy challenges with objective evidence-based analysis. This will serve to reinforce the Commission as the expert agency for evaluating competing interference claims when considering shared and flexible use of spectrum.”