Florida Utility Interested in Using 4.9 GHz Band
Florida Power & Light reported on meetings with aides to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, Commissioners Geoffrey Starks and Nathan Simington and Wireless and Public Safety Bureau staff on the 4.9 GHz band. Filings were posted Thursday in docket 07-100. “FPL…
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discussed how, given the critical infrastructure industry’s (CII) complementary mission and need for spectrum, CII could use” the band “on a secondary basis in ways that promote spectrum efficiency and the public interest without causing harmful interference to existing public safety users.” FPL urged the FCC to lift the restriction on airborne mobile operations “noting that its elimination could increase the band’s use by introducing new use cases (e.g., aeronautical operations by crewed aircraft and uncrewed aircraft systems).” The utility argued against use by wireless providers and said if a band manager is needed the FCC should use “a competitively neutral process based on objective criteria” to select one.