12 GHz Discussions in Late Stages with FCC's Next Steps Unclear: New Street
The 12 GHz band is the final chunk of spectrum available for the FCC to reallocate in the near term for wireless use, but what the agency will do isn’t certain, New Street’s Blair Levin told investors in a Sunday…
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note. “12 GHz is in play, with the game entering the final period,” he said: “The one spectrum issue that could be material to investors in the near term involves the 12 GHz band. … Over the summer, there was significant activity on the debate, but nothing that gives us a high level of conviction on which way the FCC will rule.” The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology is key player but unlikely to “support one side or the other 100%,” Levin said. “It is more likely to say something to the effect of the spectrum can be shared without material harm ‘if’ and then list a bunch of conditions. Then the question will be whether a terrestrial service is viable under those conditions.”