Four wireless orders, 2 hotly contested, are on the agenda for th...
Four wireless orders, 2 hotly contested, are on the agenda for the FCC’s Dec. 15 meeting: (1) The air-to- ground (ATG) order, developed by the Wireless Bureau, will start the process of an auction of 4 MHz of spectrum…
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for use by passengers on commercial airline flights. The build-up to the order has seen a big fight between AirCell and Boeing, which want the FCC to offer multiple licenses, against Verizon’s Airfone, which favors a single license. (2) The FCC scheduled a vote on an International Bureau order on rules for radio transmitters on ships, known as earth stations on board vessels (ESVs), which has seen a battle between the satellite industry and fixed wireless operators. (3) The Commission will be asked to vote on a report and order by the Office of Engineering & Technology on ultra wideband, which is not very controversial. (4) The Commission will consider a revision of the rules for airborne cellular calls, an item related to the ATG issue. Also on the agenda is a Wireline Bureau item on the universal service support mechanism for rural health care. As expected, the TRO remand order is on the agenda (see story elsewhere).