New Street Sees No Looming Decision on 12 GHz for 5G
The FCC appears unlikely to allow terrestrial mobile use of the lower 12 GHz band in the immediate future (see 2301300043), New Street’s Blair Levin said in a Monday note to investors. “While we think the engineering analysis will be…
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decisive, we have also thought that if one puts that aside the for the moment, the political and policy forces tend to favor approval of the coalition proposal,” Levin wrote: “The coalition has the right membership to appeal to a Democratic majority, including the most respected public interest spectrum advocates and smaller new entrants.” He warned action may have to wait for a third Democratic commissioner to be approved for the FCC. Levin said there's increased focus on fixed wireless use, but that may require further study and more data. The growing sense is that Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and the Office of Engineering and Technology are focused on an approach that takes into account both the lower 12 GHz and the upper parts of the band, Levin said. A leading advocate of using the lower 12 GHz for 5G said no decision has been made. “RS Access is not aware of any definitive guidance issued by the Commission regarding the open 12 GHz NPRM,” emailed RS Access CEO Noah Campbell: “We are confident that the broad coalition of advocates who support unleashing the 12 GHz band's full potential will be successful.”