The Alliance for Automotive Innovation urged the FCC to act on revised rules for short-range field disturbance sensor radars in the 60 GHz band (see 2110190067), in a call with Office of Engineering and Technology staff. The group asked for liberalization of the technical rules “to allow for greater fixed and mobile automotive radar use of the band without the need for waivers,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 21-264.

The Enforcement Bureau fined uAvionix $13,000 for marketing aviation equipment to government contractors before it was authorized by the FCC. The company admitted it violated rules and will implement a compliance plan, said Monday's consent decree. It “designs, manufactures, and markets avionics equipment” for drones and manned aviation, some of which uses automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast surveillance technology, which must be approved under rules for part 87 devices, the bureau said.

Representatives of the Utilities Technology Council, Edison Electric Institute, APCO and others told an aide to FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr they would like the agency to stop certifying low-power indoor (LPI) devices in 6 GHz and seek new rules for the band (see 2112080058). “Adopting new rules for 6 GHz LPI devices and granting a stay of certification of all 6 GHz LPI devices is procedurally appropriate and in the public interest,” said a filing posted Monday in docket 18-295.

The Competitive Carriers Association, which last week urged an aide to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel to announce a schedule for the 2.5 GHz auction (see 2112160054), made that pitch to aides to the other three commissioners. “Announce a schedule for this auction so that all potential bidders can prepare,” asked a CCA filing posted Monday in docket 18-120.

Verizon indicated interest in the 2.5 GHz band, dominated by T-Mobile, which the FCC is expected to auction next year. Verizon isn’t expected to be a big player in the auction (see 2112100045). Its filing was its first in the 2.5 GHz proceeding, docket 18-120, since July 2019. Verizon urged the FCC to make more information available on the licenses that will be offered for sale. “As supported by other potential … bidders, the release of relevant terms such as the duration of the leases, whether there are rights of first refusal to renew the lease or purchase the incumbent’s licenses, and lease termination provisions would have a potentially dramatic effect on the valuation of the spectrum to be auctioned and may lead to more competitive bidding,” the carrier said in a filing posted Monday.

NewPhone Wireless will pay $100,000 to the U.S. Treasury under a consent decree to resolve an FCC Enforcement Bureau probe into whether the company violated Lifeline rules by requesting or receiving support for ineligible subscribers, the bureau ordered in a document released Friday.

The FCC Wireless and Public Safety bureaus extended until April 1 the filing window for accepting to file applications by incumbent licensees for part 22 and 90 T-Band facilities. It's "in the public interest to extend the period limiting applications to incumbent licensees as staff continues working on ways to improve the orderly resumption of the application and licensing processes for the T-Band,” said Friday's order. The bureaus previously extended the incumbent-only window until Dec. 19.

The Competitive Carriers Association urged an aide to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel to announce a schedule for the 2.5 GHz auction (see 2112100045), said a filing posted Thursday in docket 18-120. “Many of the licenses in the 2.5 GHz inventory cover rural and underserved areas and will provide critical mid-band spectrum,” CCA said: “The licenses also will be offered on a county basis, which provides opportunities for small carriers.”

Representatives of the Utilities Technology Council, Edison Electric Institute, APCO and others spoke with aides to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on their request that the agency stop certifying low-power indoor (LPI) devices in 6 GHz and seek new rules for the band (see 2112080058). They “requested that the Commission immediately grant the Request for Stay and expeditiously adopt a rulemaking to develop new rules for 6 GHz LPI devices, establish a cost recovery mechanism to reimburse the costs incurred by licensed microwave incumbents to mitigate and resolve interference from unlicensed operations in the band,” said a filing posted Thursday in docket 18-295. They also sought “independent testing to consider the extent to which new rules for standard power access devices should be developed."

The Enterprise Wireless Alliance urged the FCC to stay further certification of low-power indoor (LPI) devices in the 6 GHz band, as sought by the Utilities Technology Council and others (see 2112080058), until it fully evaluates Southern Co. interference field tests. “EWA has no reason to challenge the FCC’s decisions in this proceeding other than a profound concern about the interference potential of unlicensed LPI operations in the 6 GHz band under the current rules, a concern that has been greatly increased in light of the Southern Test Report,” said a filing posted Thursday in docket 18-295. EWA said it represents “numerous utilities, transportation providers, oil and gas companies, manufacturers, private wireless operators, and other enterprise users that depend heavily on 6 GHz microwave networks to manage their operations.”